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 ….
Yes film synopsis
Some kind of polemical erotic fable from the British filmmaker Sally Potter, moved to contrive a variation on “Hiroshima, mon amour” in the aftermath of September 11. She casts Joan Allen as an adulterous wife who leaves husband Sam Neill in Paris to pursue a Middle-Eastern lover to Beirut. The affair is ornamented by dialogue ….
Shadow of a Doubt
One of Hitchcock’s earlier films released in 1943 starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. This movie is very suspenseful and shows why the well loved director is the father of the suspense thriller. Cotten plays Charlie, a lonely drifter decides to visit his older sister and her family in Santa Rosa California. Young Charlie, played ….
Gibson to Make Another Ancient Language Film
Actor-director Mel Gibson is well on his way to cornering a new niche market in Hollywood – movies written in ancient languages. A year after breaking box-office records with “The Passion of the Christ,” which was shot in Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew, Gibson has struck a deal with the Walt Disney Co. to release his ….
Darksiders Coming From New Line
New Line is bringing in Jonathan Hensleigh to rewrite and direct Darksiders, which revolves around a group of vampires who become special operatives for the FBI, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Case #5: High Tension, War of the Worlds, Push Off, I’m On Vacation
This Week’s Case(s): High Tension/War of the Worlds/Push Off, I’m On Vacation That’s right. I’m at the Aqua Teen famed South Jersey Shore. Rather than getting all uppity at A.O. Scott for shit-canning some mildly obscure sequel to a big budget softcore vampire noir, I’d rather just briefly tell you why recent releases High Tension ….
