Month: June 2006

The Wicker Man Trailer

Nicolas Cage plays a sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl, but finds a much larger mystery to solve in the remake of the British cult hit The Wicker Man. Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty) wrote and directed the upcoming thriller, which hits theaters on September 1, 2006. I have added the trailer for the film on the ….

24 Coming to the Big Screen

Variety reports that Fox’s popular 24 TV show is headed for the big screen after years of speculation. According to the trade, Twentieth Century Fox srtuck a deal with series creators Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, to bring the Kiefer Sutherland real-time thriller to the silver screen. Surnow and Cochran will pen the script and produce, along with Imagine Entertianment’s Brian Grazer. No talent ….

FCC Chief Hinting at Tiered Access

According to MarketWatch, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin appears to support broadband providers seeking to offer tiered access to high-bandwidth content online. He suggested this while answering questions at the Globalcomm 2006 Conference in Chicago. “Consumers need to be able to access all the content that’s available over the Internet without being impeded by ….

Dreamgirls Movie Updates

I watched the Broadway play Dreamgirls when I was 11 years old. My family made it tradition to watch Broadway shows every year, at least 3 times a year, as a family unit. Up until that time, I honestly wasn’t very impressed with Broadway in general. It just wasn’t my thing. I would have rather been home ….

Road to Gauntanamo Trailer

The Road to Guantánamo is part drama, part documentary. It focuses on the trio nicknamed the Tipton Three; three British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge. The film will begin a limited release on June 23, 2006. Watch the trailer for one of the scariest films ….

The Banquet (Ye Yan) Trailer

What do you get when mix the beauty of Zhang Ziyi, the fight choreography of Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix Trilogy, Kill Bill), and the direction of Xiaogang Feng (A World Without Thieves)… You get the Banquet. The Banquet is a loose adaptation of Hamlet, set in an empire in chaos. The film sounds like a Chinese soap opera, but with serious intentions, as an ….

New Halloween Coming From Zombie

Dimension Films is proud to announce that they will make a new Halloween movie with Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses) writing, directing and serving as a producer. Malek Akkad of Trancas International Films (Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) will produce the feature along with Andy Gould of Vision Entertainment Group (The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses). Zombie will also serve as music ….

Smith ‘Gains’ New Projects

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith is attached to star in the upcoming film Seven Pounds for Columbia Pictures and will produce the film alongside his Overbrook Entertainment partner James Lassiter.  Seven Pounds was written by Grant Nieporte, and tells the story of a man who inadvertently falls in love with a woman while attempting to kill himself. Sort of a depressed Hitch, I guess. ….

My Super Ex-Girlfriend Trailer

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane… No, it’s a jilted lover! Nothing is more dangerous than a scorned woman with super-powers. I would say to her, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” I am sure she’d probably turn me into dust at that point. Head on over to Movie-List to ….

New Die Hard 4.0 Info

The question really is, will it be called Die Hard 4: Die Hardest? Len Wiseman (Underworld: Evolution) has been tapped to direct the next adventure of Detective John McClane. Aint it Cool managed to get a first look at the script and describe the plot as terrorists systematically trying to seize the U.S. technological infrastructure via a three-day ….

The Namesake Trailer

The Namesake focuses on American-born Gogol, who is trying to break away from his Indian heritage, by doing things like dating a blond and shaving off his hair. However, his very traditional family shows him some things he may have overlooked about himself, which begins the journey to find and accept himself. The Namesake is directed by ….

Jet Li’s Fearless Trailer

Another film about ethnic identity… only Jet Li in Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia) wears his cultural heritage with great pride. In Fearless, Jet Li plays a Martial Artist who dreams of continuing the legacy his father established as a world-class fighter in China. After reaching his goal, personal tragedy causes him to disappear for several years. He’s not heard from until ….