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Terry Gilliam Didn't Know 'How To Deal' With Heath Ledger's Death
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Director of the actor's final film, 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,' remembers the actor's talent.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Kurt Loder
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"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" will forever be known as Heath Ledger's final film. In January of 2008, with less than half of the shoot complete, the 28-year-old actor died in his New York apartment. Refusing to recast Ledger's part, director Terry Gilliam enlisted the help of three A-list actors: Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. Together they stepped into the role of Tony, a mysterious man who joins a fantastical theater troupe led by the immortal Parnassus and his mirror, which allows audience members to travel into a psychedelic realm of their own thoughts.
The film opens on Christmas Day. In a wide-ranging interview with our own Kurt Loder, Gilliam spoke about his earliest memories of Ledger, the
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Stars To Feed The Homeless On Christmas Eve
22 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST
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A host of stars will be at the Los Angeles Mission on Christmas Eve to help spread good will for the holiday season.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will join Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), Roxy Olin (Brothers and Sisters), Carolyn Hennesy (Cougartown), Stephanie Pratt (The Hills), Boo Boo Stewart (Twilight Eclipse), Donal Logue (The Patriot), Gilles Marini (Sex and the City), Victor Webster (Melrose Place), Rick Yune (Ninja Assassin), Jeremy London (Rain from Stars), and of course Santa at the Mission to feed the homeless.
Tough economic times hit the poor and homeless in countless ways – and at Christmas time the impact can be heartbreaking. Not enough money for necessities means not enough for toys for the children either.
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Review: 2012
13 November 2009 5:24 AM, PST
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I find it humorous, if not entirely premeditated, that what is perhaps the disaster movie of the grandest scale be released on this, Friday the 13th, 2009. For a movie that has so much riding on it’s success and so many people sitting on the fence, unsure of how it will do… for it to open on such a characteristically traditional day for neurotic fears of bad luck, well… it ballsy. Then again, I don’t believe in that kind of superstitious black cat and broken mirrors bad luck.
Apparently, neither do the filmmakers. It’s a good thing too, because if they had it may have manifested itself in the movie and turned out much worse that it did. I will admit, I was one of those fence-sitting skeptics, fearful that 2012 would end up being a disastrous disaster movie. I can say with a fair amount of satisfaction that
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HitFix Interview: '2012' director Roland Emmerich
11 November 2009 11:29 PM, PST
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It's the end of the world as we know it, but Roland Emmerich feels fine. And he should feel fine. No filmmaker of his generation has made more money off of destroying the world, one internationally famous landmark at a time. Between "Independence Day," "Godzilla" and "The Day After Tomorrow," Emmerich's disaster oeuvre has yielded more than $1.7 billion in worldwide box office (that doesn't take into account films like "Stargate," "10,000 B.C." and "The Patriot"). On Friday (Nov. 13), Emmerich's latest global destroyer hits theaters. Given the other names on his resume, it's hard to believe, but
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Opening Night - John Cusack Agrees That 2012 Is the Biggest Movie Ever
11 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST
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At last week's premiere of 2012 (pronounced "two thousand twelve" for anyone wondering), I heard the movie's executive producer Mark Gordon say -- and I'm paraphrasing -- that this movie could be one of the biggest films in scope ever made. Granted, 2012 is built around the Mayan myth of the apocalyptic destruction of the earth, but still, that's a quite a statement coming from a guy who previously teamed up with director Roland Emmerich for The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot and 10,000 BC.
According to John Cusack, the script called for the demolition of Rome and Paris, just to name a few places. I wondered if fellow cast member Danny Glover and director Emmerich agreed that this movie would be bigger than any we've seen before. I especially wanted Emmerich's opinion, since he told AMC's SciFi Scanner this film will be his last disaster movie and perhaps he wanted to go out with a bang.
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Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition - Blu-ray Review
10 November 2009 7:46 AM, PST
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From Director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, and Godzilla) comes the cult classic Stargate in High Definition 1080p picture. Haled as .a must-see sci-fi classic., Stargate grew into something bigger with the expansion of the franchise to the world of television and direct-to-dvd movies. Fans will want to revisit the film that started the Stargate franchise. The picture holds up well, and the special features make it worth the money. This anniversary edition has over four hours of extras. For the purists out there, you can view the movie in its original 1994 theatrical version, but if you like a little something extra to go with the popcorn and a relaxing Friday night, you can view
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Three “2012″ TV Spots
27 October 2009 4:45 AM, PDT
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Sony have released three TV spots for upcoming “2012″ disaster movie.
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. In “2012,” a large group of people must deal with natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, typhoons and glaciers. The idea stems from the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, which could mean the end of the world.
“2012″ is directed and co-written by German filmmaker Roland Emmerich (“Godzilla,” “The Patriot,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” “Stargate,” “Independence Day,” “10,000 B.C.”). Harald Kloser (”The Day After Tomorrow,” “10,000 B.C.” “The Thirteenth Floor,” “Alien vs Predator”) worked with Emmerich on the script.
The film stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Chin Han, Morgan Lily and Beatrice Rosen.
“2012″ opens November 13th, 2009.
More movie info, trailers, images, posters you can find at “2012” FilmoFilia Movie Page,
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Emmerich To Direct Shakespeare Thriller
22 October 2009 5:47 PM, PDT
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Here are two names we never thought we’d see in the same sentence: Roland Emmerich and William Shakespeare.
In a collision of high and low culture that sounds like something The Onion might have cooked up, Emmerich, director of such cinema spectacles as 10,000 BC, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, and the upcoming 2012, is set to direct a movie about the great Bard.
The film, titled Anonymous, tackles the controversy over whether Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays attributed to him. It’s no secret the prolific playwright lifted plotlines and characters from history (in the case of Julius Caesar, for example) or other sources (Romeo and Juliet was brought to the stage several times before Shakespeare’s version), but some literary historians claim the philosopher Francis Bacon or rival dramaturge Christopher Marlowe authored some, if not all, of Shakespeare’s works.
Emmerich’s Anonymous focuses on a
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Mel Gibson Takes Us to the 'Edge of Darkness' in New Trailer
14 October 2009 7:16 PM, PDT
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Counting out Signs and We Were Soldiers, it's been nearly a decade since Mel Gibson's knocked some skulls (if you're willing to factor in 2000's The Patriot; if not, then exactly a decade since 1999's Payback), and in the trailer for Edge of Darkness -- embedded post-jump -- it looks like old habits die hard.
Gibson plays a Boston detective whose daughter is killed in a hit meant for him. Naturally, he starts knocking on doors and following trails to determine if his daughter had actually been the target all along, and why. Writer William Monahan is no stranger to either Beantown (The Departed) or elaborate conspiracies (Body of Lies), and director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) already made a BBC miniseries out of the material back in 1985. (No wonder it was reminding me of State of Play, title similarities aside.)
I wasn't sure then why a film with such
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‘Saving Private Ryan’ Writer gets Tapped for Raimi’s ‘Warcraft’
14 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Since its announcement, there has been tons of buzz surrounding the Warcraft film. Warcraft: Rise of the Lich King has already been put under the reigns of Sam Raimi (Spider-Man franchise, Drag Me to Hell) as it tells the story of Arthas, the young paladin prince who would be corrupted by an evil sword and ultimately become the ruler of the undead legions of Azaroth.
Speaking with MTV News, Raimi said “We want to be really faithful to the game…to the Horde and the Alliance and the mythology that takes place in the game, and the archetypes that the game presents… I think we would try and find touchstones within the game to make it accurate and true and choose one or some of the lands that are portrayed in the game with as much accuracy and authenticity as possible.”
Raimi followed by revealing that Robert Rodat, the
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Robert Rodat To Write Sam Raimi's 'Warcraft'
14 October 2009 11:15 AM, PDT
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The news that Sam Raimi would be helming the game movie of all game movies, Warcraft was met with both squeals of joy, and stunned silence by the movie blogosphere. But now that it's had a little time to sink in, people seem to be really looking forward to it. Some might even wish he'd do a last minute duck out of Spider-Man 4. But at least the wait is broken up by a bit of news, and that's Raimi announcing his screenwriter. MTV and Variety both report that Robert Rodat is set to pen Warcraft for Raimi and Warner Bros.
"We want to be really faithful to the game," Raimi told MTV. "We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a World of WarCraft adventure. Only obviously it's very different 'cause it's expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture.
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Sam Raimi Names Warcraft Writer
14 October 2009 12:28 AM, PDT
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Sam Raimi has dropped the name of Warcraft's screenwriter in an interview with MTV. Robert Rodat, who wrote Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot, is the guy who'll be wrangling the Horde and the Alliance.Why Rodat? Clearly the pitfalls of the game-to-film adaptation are not lost on the director, and he wants to make certain of a rock-solid starting point. "I've never made a video game movie," says Raimi, "but my approach would be to work with the best character writer I can find, which in this case is Robert Rodat, and tell a great character story." Contrary to some previous reports, the film's plot will be original, and won't be based on any of the Warcraft novelisations. It's a way away yet though, as Raimi has the small matter of Spider-Man 4 to contend with in the meantime.
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‘Warcraft’ Movie to be Scripted by Robert Rodat
13 October 2009 1:42 PM, PDT
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Coming Soon just passed us a note saying Sam Raimi, who directed all three Spiderman movies, confessed to MTV that Robert Rodat is set to write the forthcoming Warcraft movie. Having written Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot, Rodat is no stranger to scripts that are heavy on combat.
Raimi had this to say to MTV:
“We want to be really faithful to the game…We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a ‘World of WarCraft’ adventure. Only obviously it’s very different ’cause it’s expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture.“
And some of this!
“We would choose… something that encompasses lands and characters and storylines, and we would be true to it. But our story may or may not be about one of those central characters.“
Click here to read more of Raimi’s quotes to MTV.
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Screenwriter Hired for Warcraft Movie
13 October 2009 8:53 AM, PDT
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A week ago, NewsinFilm ran a story about a title change to the Warcraft movie on IMDb that included the subtitle “Rise of the Lich King.” The details were based on rumor and speculation, but were labeled as such and gave us an opportunity to look at a possible storyline. Other websites (Warcraft and movie alike) are feigning the high ground, but keep in mind they have all run unfounded articles in the past. Ok, now that that’s out of the way, here is the latest from Sam Raimi’s camp:
In a phone interview about today’s DVD release of Drag Me to Hell, MTV had the chance to talk with Raimi, who is directing the live-action fantasy epic for Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., and Blizzard Entertainment.
Raimi revelead the screenwriter as Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot) and said the intention is to make a faithful
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Independence Day Sequel Still on the Horizon?
13 October 2009 4:49 AM, PDT
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After raking in over $300 million back in 1996 (which amounts to almost $500 million adjusted), it’s a wonder a sequel to Independence Day never happened. There have been rumors for years, and the people over at Latino Review recently had a sit-down with director Roland Emmerich about the project. It wasn’t their first question, but let’s start with Emmerich’s answer to whether or not there is a story.
Oh yeah! There’s a story. There’s a very really good great story, a very cool one.
Great, so what’s the hold-up. Essentially, Emmerich states in the interview that Will Smith and Fox’s idea of fighting gross players are butting heads. A sequel to Independence Day is trapped in the middle, fighting to get made.
Fox has not quite figured out how to incorporate Dean’s and my deal, and Will’s (Smith) deal.
Emmerich also states
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Warcraft Gets a War-Torn Writer
13 October 2009 4:32 AM, PDT
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Okay, maybe not war-torn, exactly, but the guy has cut his teeth on a couple of war movies, namely Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot (not the Steven Seagal one). In a phoner interview with Sam Raimi, MTV got some information about the upcoming Warcraft film out of the director. One of the revelations Raimi gave them was that Oscar nominated Robert Rodat was working on the screenplay, something the screenwriter’s agents confirmed.
Raimi also spoke on the story for the film. It will be an original story based in the game’s universe, contrary to the early rumors that it would be based on the “Arthas: Rise of the Lich King” book.
Says Raimi about his and Rodat’s approach to the film:
We want to be really faithful to the game. We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that
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What Has Been Holding 'Independence Day 2' From Happening
13 October 2009 1:34 AM, PDT
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Director Roland Emmerich has a script written for a sequel to the 1996's "Independence Day", but "Independence Day 2" may still be far from seeing the light of day. Digging for the real reason behind the hold-up was Latino Review, which uncovers that the project's paralysis is related to 20th Century Fox and the original star Will Smith.
"Dean Devlin and I are still set to make a sequel likely because we've found some sort of idea and we approached Fox and Fox has not quite figured out how to incorporate Dean's and my deal, and Will's [Smith] deal," Emmerich began explaining on the situation. "Will wants to do it in some sort of a package they can live with."
"So it's just been in negations now since forever, and naturally Fox says 'Why don't you do it without Will Smith?' I said Will is essential for us, for this movie
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Raimi Grabs Saving Private Ryan Scribe For Warcraft
12 October 2009 8:27 PM, PDT
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Now this is some nerd news right up my alley: Sam Raimi, the director of the Spiderman films and Army of Darkness, has hired Robert Rodat, the writer of Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot, to draft his World of Warcraft film. On IMDb, it’s simply being called Warcraft, which seems to work just as well.
There’s a lot to root for with this project. Raimi is incredibly talented, and seeing him return to a fantasy/horror genre is great news — he’s the man who got me into film in the first place with The Evil Dead. The fact that he’s taken up Warcraft is even better: it’s a videogame property that allows him the breathing room to have a little fun without treading on the toes of Lord of the Rings. The franchise is his oyster, and I can think of a hundred ways
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Sam Raimi’s Warcraft Movie Going Saving Private Ryan on Us?
12 October 2009 3:44 PM, PDT
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Screenwriter Robert Rodat hasn’t written a feature film since 2000’s Mel Gibson war movie “The Patriot”, and before that he wrote the Steven Spielberg World War II Ouchfest known as “Saving Private Ryan”. So what’s next on Rodat’s plate? How about adapting the “World of Warcraft” game for Sam Raimi? Yup, it’s true. MTV got the word from Raimi himself, and a subsequent call to Rodat’s agent has confirmed the news. The guy who wrote “Saving Private Ryan” is currently writing a WoW movie. Wow, indeed.
In the same interview, MTV also found out that the “World of Warcraft” movie will in fact not be based on the novel “Arthas: Rise of the Lich King” as previously believed, but will instead be an original work of fiction courtesy of Rodat. As such, the movie may or may not use any familiar characters from the game,
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Saving Private Raimi, World Of Warcraft Movie Gets A Writer
12 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Call Pepsi and have them start mass producing unprecedented amounts of Mountain Dew Code Red because Sam Raimi's Warcraft is only a few steps away from hitting level 80 and heading into the hardest end game heroic dungeon of all... Development! Scary right? Well, Raimi has just acquired a new set of epic level gloves (Aka a writer) for his upcoming video game adaptation in the form of Robert Rodat.
Rodat's resume gives him +42 to Script Writing and +90 to Frost Resistance because according to IMDb, the dude is from my home state of New Hampshire, and it gets colder than the Storm Peaks up there. Ok. I'm done making ultra dorky World of Warcraft references. Some notable work from Rodat includes the Anna Paquin launch pad Fly Away Home, pre-crazy Mel Gibson's The Patriot, and the most exciting on the list is Saving Private Ryan. Exciting because the ultra kinetic look,
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