MI3 Theatrical Trailer Tells More About Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible III Trailer Premieres on MTV Networks today; Debuts in Theaters tomorrow Paramount Pictures will premiere an exclusive look at this summer’s highly anticipated action-thriller, “Mission: Impossible III,” as Tom Cruise introduces the new trailer across MTV Networks on Thursday, March 16, it was announced today by Gerry Rich, president of worldwide motion picture marketing for Paramount Pictures. The film, starring Tom ….
Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water Trailer
M. Night Shyamalan is at it again with Lady in the Water. This story seems a bit more of a fantasy than his previous outings, which include The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village. An apartment building super named Cleveland Heep (played by Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti) rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. He ….
Haggis to Direct Enemies
Fresh from his best picture win for Crash, director Paul Haggis is in final negotiations to direct and produce Against All Enemies for Columbia Pictures, according to Variety. Haggis will either tackle the political drama next or after another directing project first. Either way, he will supervise screenwriter James Vanderbilt (who also wrote The Rundown), who is penning a second draft of the script. Haggis ….
Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel in ‘Next’ Philip K. Dick
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Biel has signed on to co-star in Lee Tamahori’s sci-fi thriller Next. Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore are toplining the film, based on a Philip K. Dick short story titled The Golden Man. Gary Goldman wrote the screenplay about a man (played by Cage) with the unique ability to see future events and affect their outcome. Pursued by the FBI, which is ….
Weinsteins Get The Shivers
The Weinstein Company announced that its Dimension Films unit has bought the script “Shiver,” written by Mikey Wigart. Michael*Cuesta is set to produce and direct the thriller for the company. “Shiver” is based on a true story about a group of New*Year’s Eve revelers who get in a car wreck and are stranded in a Minnesota*snowstorm when they stumble upon a ….
Logan’s Run and Wonder Woman Updates
Producer Joel Silver (V for Vendetta) recently talked to SCI FI Wire about several of his high-profile genre films that are in various stages of development. “The next one up is The Reaping, with Hilary Swank and directed by Stephen Hopkins, which is a supernatural thriller,” Silver said in an interview. Silver previously tapped Hopkins to direct Predator 2 and several episodes of TV’s Tales From ….
Ultraviolet clips
Sony Pictures has just sent us 3 new Ultraviolet clips, including a really cool swordfight. Set in the 21st century. a subculture of humans called Hemophages has emerged who have been genetically modified, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. To the governments’s dismay, more and more of the population are being transformed, and they ….
Silent Hill Site and Poster Contest Update
The Silent Hill website has been updated. And one lucky movie geek will have their artwork in movie theaters all over the world, as winner of the poster contest for the film (see press release below). As far as the site, a production diary is now posted and the Silent Hill newspaper can be found on the site. Check ….
G opens in theaters on October 28th
This is part of an open call to drum up support for “G,” a new movie which opens around the country on Friday October 28th. “G” is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story The Great Gatsby. This film was produced independently because Hollywood Studios chose to pass on it based on their ….
The Weinsteins are at it again
The Weinstein Company was created in March of 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corp. in 1979. Here are some of the pics the team is working on bringing to the screen: Decameron, The Libertine, Last Legion, Young Hannibal, Hoodwinked!, Transamerica, Nomad, Outlander, Stormbreaker, Lucky Number Slevin, and Master ….
Whedon’s A Goner
Variety reported that Universal Pictures has paid seven figures for Goners, a fantasy thriller spec script Joss Whedon wrote and will direct. Film will be produced by Mary Parent and Scott Stuber. The studio premiered Whedon’s directorial debut, Serenity, on Thursday night at Universal City Walk. Pic opens Sept. 30. Whedon doesn’t give much detail ….
Letter from Michael Moore to Mr. Bush About Katrina
The following letter was written by Michael Moore, as an open letter to George W. Bush, in response to the handling of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans. Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Dear Mr. Bush: Any idea where all our helicopters are? It’s Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and ….
Summer 2005’s Top Grossing Films Are…
While the final domestic summer scoreboard won’t be tallied until Labor Day has come and gone, there’s no need to wait for that typically blah holiday weekend to play itself out. It’s already clear who this summer’s winners were: “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” (20th Century Fox) with over $379 million. ….
Fall Film Synopses for 2005
Here are some of what we have to look forward to this Fall film season. The long-awaited adaptation of the best seller “Memoirs of a Geisha,” director Rob Marshall’s follow-up to “Chicago,” stars Ziyi Zhang as a poor Japanese girl who becomes a geisha goddess. Other big films include Steven Spielberg’s “Munich,” a thriller about ….
The Constant Gardner
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa’s companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa’s widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the ….
