Adventure

Originally Published: February 27, 2005 The U.S. Pavilion and Warner Bros. Pictures Japan today announced that Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated feature, Batman Begins, will make its Japanese premiere at the World’s Fair, Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. This screening is one of five pre-release screenings scheduled for Summer 2005 in Japan, and is part ….

Originally Published: March 14, 2005 Here are some recent (in some cases, announced today) director appointments. Ain’t It Cool News has confirmed that 20th Century Fox has chosen Matthew Vaughn, the director of Layer Cake, to direct X-Men 3. Brian DePalma is set to direct The Black Dahlia, which will star Aaron Eckhart. Jon Avnet ….

Originally Published: March 20, 2005 Another major Japanese Anime film is getting a U.S. release. We are covering more of these films lately, and plan on launching a section of the web site dedicated to Asian animation trends. I will post a launch date for the section as soon as I have it. Katsuhiro Otomo’s ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Meet the Fockers, the highest-grossing live-action comedy of all time, makes its DVD and VHS debut April 19, 2005 and includes a hilarious extended version of the film. In addition to an extra 15 minutes of sidesplitting laughter not included in the theatrical version, the DVD is packed with bonus ….

Originally Published: March 1, 2005 The 20th Annual IFP Independent Spirit Awards aired live on the IFC network Saturday and was rebroadcast later in the evening on Bravo. Fox Searchlight’s wine and spirits comedy Sideways won big, picking up six trophies, including best feature film. Under a huge tent in a parking lot off the ….

Originally Published: March 28, 2005 Anthony Anderson stars as Malcolm King, a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him for everything he’s worth in their divorce settlement. Determined to avoid losing his fortune to her, Malcolm plans his own kidnapping with the help of his dim-witted mistress and her ….

Originally Published: February 25, 2005 Coming this fall for Keanu Reeves, who is currently repenting his sins in Constantine, is A Scanner Darkly. We have some information on the film, including a link to the Yahoo Movies exclusive trailer, some cools photos and more. The film is adapted from a Philip K. Dick story about ….

Originally Published: March 9, 2005 Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in Columbia Pictures’ long-in-development Sinbad movie, titled The 8th Voyage of Sinbad. Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) is in negotiations to direct the film. The film has been in the works for several years, with John Singleton most recently attached to ….

Since we reported yesterday that there will be a sneak preview of the online RPG, more facts and details have surfaced you may want to know about. Here’s what we have. The launch of The Matrix Online is less than 2 weeks away. To celebrate, we are having a Sneak Preview event starting at 12 ….

Originally Published: March 1, 2005 The 2005 Academy Awards were certainly an historic on many fronts for African-Americans. This year, not only was Chris Rock responsible for bringing a new youthful vibrance to the ceremony, but Beyonce performed 3 of the 5 nominated songs and Sean P.Diddy Combs and Prince were presenters. As expected, Jamie ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 The trailer for Tony Scott’s next project, Domino starring Keira Knightley, is now online. Keira Knightley stars in the wild action thriller Domino, the latest project from director Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Beverly Hills Cop II, True Romance). A trademark Scott film, Domino presents an entertaining mix of gritty ….

Originally Published: March 28, 2005 Will Ferrell mimics Allen’s sexual panic attacks better than anyone I have seen. When Susan sets up Melinda with a hunky dentist (played by Josh Brolin), a jealous Hobie (Ferrell) argues that she just divorced a doctor: “A dentist is the same thing, only oral.” Ferrell delivers the line with ….

Originally Published: March 25, 2005 According to an article on iesb.com, Julian McMahon, who will soon play Dr. Doom in the Fantastic 4 movie, is apparently keen on playing the next James Bond. Apparently, he loves talking about the role and linking himself with the part. In the video interview with IESB, he talked about ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Yahoo has posted the exclusive first look at Rob Zombie’s full trailer for The Devil’s Rejects starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie and William Forsythe. The Devil’s Rejects further explore the Dr. Satan Cult Murders. As we reported earlier (See story 3/23/2005), the trailer will also be attached ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 We have a link below, to sketches that Guy Dyas did for Terry Gilliam’s the Brothers Grimm. The art work was most likely used as conceptualization ideas for the upcoming film. Filmed in Prague, the Brothers Grimm stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger as the brothers Will and Jake Grimm. ….