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Shark Tale Co-Director Finds A Monster in Paris
21 October 2009 4:46 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
For the record: Shark Tale is one of the worst animated films I’ve ever seen, only made more painful by the fact that it quickly followed on the heels of Finding Nemo the way that Surf’s Up followed Happy Feet and March of the Penguins.
It was laughless and devoid of fun, and now its co-director Bibo Bergeron is getting another chance to display his questionable directorial talent — his knack for animation isn’t a question, as he’s been involved with films since Asterix.
The $42 million movie in question is A Monster in Paris, which, according to Variety, “is set at the turn of the 20th century. It follows a monster who lives in a garden and falls in love with a beautiful, young singer.” At least that sounds a little more unique than the transparent Shark Tale, but I’ve yet to be swayed to Bibo’s side. »
- John Cooper
Director David Bowers Discusses Astro Boy
19 October 2009 5:04 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Initially unveiled at the San Diego Comic-Con to thunderous applause, Imagi's latest animated adventure, Astro Boy, debuts in theaters this week and director David Bowers is hoping that American audiences will connect with his take on the iconic Japanese character created by Osamu Tezuka.
It's such a rich story, and I think its themes are universal. I think American audiences are very used to superheroes, so it's not an enormous stretch for them. The only difficulty was having it be such a beloved character and having to decide what to retain and what to get rid of.
I like origin stories. I think Richard Donner's Superman is still just about the best superhero movie ever made. And I think it's interesting to see where these characters come from and what their roots are. I think it would be hard to jump into an Astro Boy movie with him already fighting robots and battling aliens. »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Directors of the Decade: Martin Scorsese
16 October 2009 8:51 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Robert here, with a new series on the filmmakers who've shaped the past ten years. We'll feature new directors who've lent their voice to the cinematic landscape as well as veterans. First up: Martin Scorsese
Number of Films: Six.
Modern Masterpieces: None.
Total Disasters: None
Better than you remember: Gangs of New York
Awards: 9 Oscars for his films (including 1 Best Director and 1 Best Picture)
Box Office: The Departed is his highest grossing at $132 million (though no film he directs makes as much as the A Shark Tale for which he lends his voice talents.)
Critical Consensus: High praise for all. Highest praise for No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Favorite Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio stars in three films.
Let's talk about:
Oscar. It seems pretty obvious that the great Martin Scorsese started off this decade with a clear goal for himself: win an Oscar. Can you blame him? The man was considered by many, »
- Robert
Post Grad Ruined my Night
30 August 2009 10:26 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
I’ve only walked out of two movies in my entire life: Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and, last week, Post Grad. I’ve come close to walking out of others but something or someone always gets me to stay in my seat. I first saw the trailer for Post Grad when I went to see I Love You, Beth Cooper (a movie that took every fiber of my being to sit through). I’ll be honest with you; I am recently out of college and jobless. I don’t know what made me think I could relate to Post Grad, but I knew I’d have to see it. If you read my last article, you know that I am also an absolute sucker for coming of age films. The added advantage that I have is the Optimum Rewards Card. If you have Optimum phone, internet and cable services, »
- NickO
New To Theaters This Weekend: Inglourious Basterds, Post Grad, Shorts
21 August 2009 6:32 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is poised to claim the box office crown this weekend, but memories of the Grindhouse failure are still lingering. Is it a coincidence that Robert Rodriguez also has a new movie opening today, albeit one for kids? In addition to Shorts, there is also a new comedy from Shark Tale/Shrek co-director Vicky Jenson called Post Grad, and a documentary on the X Games... in 3-D! In limited release we have the Bobcat Goldthwaite dark comedy World's Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams (which is also available on VOD), Oliver Hirschbiegel's Five Minutes of Heaven, and a comedy no one has heard of starring Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman called The Marc Pease Experience, that seems to be getting screwed by Paramount. What will you be checking out this weekend? Inglourious Basterds [1] Shorts [2] Post Grad [3] X Games 3-D: The Movie [4] World's Greatest Dad [5] (limited) Casi Divas »
- Sean
Aguilera 'excited about Burlesque role'
4 August 2009 6:06 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Christina Aguilera has revealed that she is excited about her upcoming role in Burlesque. The 'Ain't No Other Man' singer will play a small town girl who finds success at a Los Angeles-based nightclub after owner Tess (Cher) takes her under her wing. The project will mark Aguilera's acting debut, though she had previously lent her voice to an uncredited role for the animated film Shark Tale. The pair will both sing in the Screen Gems production being directed by Steve Antin, while studio president Clint Culpepper said that Aguilera's part was written (more) »
- By Tim Parks
2009 Comic-Con "Astro Boy" interview with David Bowers, director.
29 July 2009 6:01 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Comic-Con, July 23rd, 2009. Annie Award nominee David Bowers (“Flushed Away”) takes a seat. The helmer of “Astro Boy” has vast experience in animation which goes way back to the lovely “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” as well as “An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,” “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest,” “The Prince of Egypt” as well as the most recent “Shark Tale” starring Will Smith. We introduce ourselves to the friendly Mr. Bowers who has a great calmness about him. A comment is made on the look of the film being more western. Bowers talks about the visual style “You gotta remember in the original Astro Boy…Manga is not that hard anime look. It’s very cartoony. It’s actually further away from whatever you call hardcore Manga anime than the things that we’ve done. I think when you see the movie, the city for example is very Japanese. Metro City »
Ten Things You Never Knew About Jack Black
23 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity, creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale, Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences. His latest project, the Harold Ramis-directed Year One is released later this week, and in celebration, we've compiled 10 unusual facts about the rotund Californian funnyman. 1. Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith and Thomas Black. His parents were both satellite engineers, with his mother working on the famous Hubble Space Telescope. 2. Black's first taste of fame came at the age of 13, when he was cast in the advert for Atari's Activision Pitfall! game. His second ad campaign was for the slightly less cool Smurfberry (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Ten Things That You Never Knew About Jack Black
23 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity, creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale, Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences. His latest project, the Harold Ramis-directed Year One is released later this week, and in celebration, we've compiled 10 unusual facts about the rotund Californian funnyman. 1. Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith and Thomas Black. His parents were both satellite engineers, with his mother working on the famous Hubble Space Telescope. 2. Black's first taste of fame came at the age of 13, when he was cast in the advert for Atari's Activision Pitfall! game. His second ad campaign was for the slightly less cool Smurfberry (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Shouting Match: Jack Black Must Be Stopped!
20 June 2009 3:28 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
With the release of Harold Ramis' Year One, Jack Black continues his stay as Hollywood's version of "Jack Black." In light of that, Fsr's resident Fat Guy at the Movies Kevin Carr and Resident Devil's Advocate Josh Radde ponder just how far they're willing to let Jack Black go before enough is enough. Opening Statement (Kevin) As an avid fan of puns and plays on words, I am proud to recognize that one word in the English language is integral as to why Jack Black must be stopped from making more films. The word, my friends, is Scat. Definition #1: “Jazz singing, with nonsense syllables.” [Ref.: Merriam-Webster] In virtually every movie this guy is in, he scats. It doesn’t matter if he’s playing a rocker, a Spanish monk, a caveman or a frickin’ fat panda. For some reason, Jack Black always manages to work in a scene with his skiddily-diddily-doing it. It »
- Josh Radde
Top Ten: Pixar
31 May 2009 2:50 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
tuesday thursday top ten: for the listmaker in me and the listlover in you
What follows is a reworking of a post originally published in 2007. It's two years later and you know what that means: Pixar has given us two more classics. Up brings their feature film count to ten. You know what Ten means: Top Ten Time!
Pixar by Preference
Cars (John Lasseter, 2006) 117 min.
Pixar's only dud. Chief among its problems: the anthropomorphics were forced. Let me get this straight: Cars as bugs on windshields of cars as cars who act like humans and they even sleep in hotels for cars -- What? What? It's not quite Shark Tale in the realm of painful "they're just like us!" pandering but it's not 'good' either. I would give it a second chance except it's also Pixar's longest feature... too long by about 23 minutes. Thankfully, they seem to have reversed their bloated running time trending. »
- NATHANIEL R
Christina Aguilera tramps it up for film role
5 May 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Christina Aguilera will play a stripper in a new musical. The 'Candyman' singer has signed on to make her film debut in 'Burlesque', a film about a shy American girl whose life changes when she takes a job at a Los Angeles strip club. Clint Culpepper - from Screen Gems, the studio making the film - said: "I couldn't be more excited, as this was a project written with her in mind." This is the first time Christina, 28, has appeared in a film, though she voiced a character in the 2004 animation 'Shark Tale'. 'Burlesque' - which is reportedly based on Bob Fosse's iconic musical 'Cabaret' - was written by Pussycat Dolls producer Steven Antin, who will also »
Burlesque star Christina Aguilera
5 May 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Christina Aguilera will play a stripper in a new musical. The 'Candyman' singer has signed on to make her film debut in 'Burlesque', a film about a shy American girl whose life changes when she takes a job at a Los Angeles strip club. Clint Culpepper - from Screen Gems, the studio making the film - said: "I couldn't be more excited, as this was a project written with her in mind." This is the first time Christina, 28, has appeared in a film, though she voiced a character in the 2004 animation 'Shark Tale'. 'Burlesque' - which is reportedly based on Bob Fosse's iconic musical 'Cabaret' - was written by Pussycat Dolls producer Steven Antin, who will also direct »
First Look: Gulliver's Travels Set Photos
5 May 2009 7:30 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Today we have several set photos from the upcoming big screen adaptation of "Gulliver's Travels," which stars Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Billy Connolly. Photos feature the cast looking up at the giant Gulliver (Black) and playing basketball, a sport that Gulliver brought with him to the new land. Plot: Story centers on Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel writer who, on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle, suddenly finds himself a giant among men when he washes ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput, home to a population of industrious, yet tiny, people. "Gulliver's Travels" is being directed by Rob Letterman (Shark Tale, Monsters Vs Aliens) and is scheduled to hit theaters on June 4th, 2010. Set Photos: (click to enlarge) »
Christina Aguilera Stars in Her First Film, ‘Burlesque’
5 May 2009 5:47 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Screen Gems a division of Sony Corp is the first studio to get Christina Aguilara into a starring movie role in their new, musical film called, "Burlesque".Although, she has four Grammy Awards,jewelry and perfume deals,and has sold over 25 million albums. She has yet to actually star in a movie. She has done voice over work for the animated flick, "Shark Tale". In the plot of Burlesque, Aguilera will play a smalltown girl with a big voice who goes to Los Angeles, and eventually finds love,success,and a family do to her successful career in cabaret. She works at a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club which appears to be inspired by Bo Fosse's "Cabaret". Screen Gem's Clint Culpepper actually stated that this film was written with Christina in mind so they are very excited to actually have her on board. »
- Andre@ontheflix
Christina Aguilera Preps Her Big-Screen Debut
5 May 2009 4:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It seemed like Christina Aguilera would be a pop princess that kept herself free of Hollywood. (Free aside from some "Lady Marmalade" and a voice in Shark Tale.) But no -- she's finally joining the rest of the singers-turned-actresses and grabbing a starring role in a new movie. Luckily, it won't be any sort of stretch. Variety reports that she'll make her big-screen debut in a new sexy musical called Burlesque.
Written and to be directed by Steven Antin (Troy Perkins from Goonies!), with a revision by Erin Brokovich scribe Susannah Grant, Burlesque follows "an ambitious smalltown girl [Aguilera] with a big voice who finds love, family, and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club that appears to be right out of Bob Fosse's Cabaret." Big voice? Check. Experience in saucy dance and titilating the mens? Check.
Clint Culpepper says: "I couldn't be more excited, as this was a project written with her in mind. »
- Monika Bartyzel
Christina Aguilera Does 'Burlesque'
5 May 2009 3:08 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Christina Aguilera has picked a project that should be perfect for her, agreeing to star in a contemporary musical called Burlesque. It's the singer's first movie role, and it's a big one, although the movie's plot sounds a little like Glitter to me: Small town girl hits the big city, wows everyone with her voice, etc.
Xtina did provide her voice for Shark Tale several years ago, and the logic probably was that she would parlay that into some more movie roles, but she waited a while, and now she's got a script revised by Susannah Grant, which should appeal to women, and the promise of burlesque shows in the movie, which should appeal to men. »
- Colin Boyd
Christina Aguilera Lands Role In 'Burlesque'
5 May 2009 8:44 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Singer will make her big-screen debut in modern-day musical.
By Elisabeth Rappe
Photo: Kevin Parry/ WireImage
Though Christina Aguilera seems omnipresent with her music, jewelry, perfume and numerous endorsement deals, the songstress superstar has never actually been in a movie. She's lent her voice to "Shark Tale," and she was featured in Martin Scorcese's Rolling Stones documentary, "Shine a Light," but she's never gotten to be anyone but herself onscreen.
But now, she's getting her chance to test her talents as an actress. According to Variety, Aguilera will make her big-screen debut in "Burlesque," a contemporary musical.
Aguilera will play "an ambitious, small-town girl with a big voice" who aspires to stardom (as all ambitious, small-town girls do) and finds work at a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles inspired by Bob Fosse's "Cabaret." Things apparently turn out all right for the determined singer, because she ends up finding love, »
Christina Aguilera Does Burlesque
5 May 2009 1:23 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Competing with today's Wolverine sequel news for least-surprising-story-ever is the revelation that Christina Aguilera is set to make her live-action film debut in a film called Burlesque. What's that? You thought she'd made that one already? Nope, that was just every video she's ever done.Aguilera will play an "ambitious small-town girl with a big voice" who finds love, family and success in a burlesque bar in La. We're assured that this will seem like it came straight out of Bob Fosse, rather than being in any way seedy. It will be Aguilera's film debut, apart from some voice work in Shark Tale, and comes from the same studio that recently saw great success from the Beyonce-starring Obsessed, spotting a gap in the market for popstar-led films.We are also guessing, however, that it will at least manage to be a tiny bit raunchier than Mary Elizabeth Winstead's take on the same subject, »
Christina Aguilera Indeed In for 'Burlesque'
4 May 2009 11:37 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
The rumor suggesting that songstress Christina Aguilera sets her eyes on "Burlesque" is very much true. Variety reported that the four-time Grammy Award-winner has signed on to star in the Steve Antin-directed contemporary musical for Screen Gems, making the movie as her big screen debut.
28-year-old Aguilera will portray an ambitious small town girl with a big voice who finds love, family and success in a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles. Of her involvement in the project, Screen Gems topper Clint Culpepper commented, "I couldn't be more excited, as this was a project written with her in mind."
"Burlesque" has been described by Steve Antin as "a contemporary take on the traditional burlesque that derived from vaudeville, with singing, dancing, comedy and more tease than striptease." Written by the brother of The Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin, it was revised by "Erin Brockovich" scribe Susannah Grant. Donald De Line will produce. »
- AceShowbiz.com
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