Rush Hour 3’s Box Office Disappointment: Steve Mason Responds By Steve Mason/Aug. 13, 2007 10:57 pm EST Hello all, My name is Steve Mason, and I’m the guy who wrote that $50M was slightly disappointing for Rush Hour 3 (Editors Note: The comment thread spun off into an editorial written by Peter Sciretta comparing the film’s box office to Mission: Impossible 3). I’ve got nothing against Brett Ratner or Chris Tucker or New Line....
Sundance Audio Blogs: Our Most Anticipated Films By David Chen/Jan. 22, 2010 12:41 am EST As I’ve mentioned already, one of my favorite things about Sundance is being able to engage with all the people in the blogger community. I’ve chatted with a lot of people on the /Filmcast before, but nothing beats sitting around a table in person and arguing about movies and other geek trivia. After the break, hear some audioblogs I did with Quint from Aint It Cool News, Eric D....
Sundance Movie Review: The Great Buck Howard By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 20, 2008 1:32 pm EST The Great Buck Howard should probably be called The Pretty Good Buck Howard, The Okay Colin Hanks or The Brilliant John Malkovich. Hanks stars as a young man who quits law school, moves to Los Angeles, and gets a job as the travel manager for the Great Buck Howard, a down-and-out mentalist (read: not magician) who once appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 61 times....
Sundance Photo Preview: HIGH School By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2009 3:00 pm EST John Stalberg’s feature directorial debut HIGH school will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the Park City at Midnight category. Many people are comparing the film to The Wackness, another pot dramedy that played Sundance a couple years back. Michael Chiklis plays a smarmy high school principal who suddenly institutes a zero-tolerance crusade, introducing mandatory drug tests for all students....
Sundance Photo Preview: Jake Scott’s Welcome To The Rileys By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2009 12:00 pm EST You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott, but you know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays). Jake’s directorial debut was a 1999 British historical action comedy titled Plunkett & Macleane which chances are you’ve never seen....
Tarsem’s War Of The Gods Gets Additional Cast And A New Title: Immortals By Russ Fischer/April 6, 2010 9:54 am EST There has been talk in the last couple months that War of the Gods, the new film from Tarsem Singh, might be retitled. Dawn of War seemed to be an option at one point. Now the film has been given a new title — Immortals — and has gained a few new cast members as the shoot begins in Montreal....
Terminator Salvation Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2007 8:01 am EST EW was able to talk to Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins producers Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, and Moritz Borman about the fourth film in the Terminator series, directed by McG. Here is what I learned: The movie is set to begin shooting in either Australia or Budapest on March 15 The budget is “north of $150 million.” John Connoer (Christian Bale) is the star of the film: “He’s leading the fight for the salvation of humanity against the machines....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Knowing, Push, And The Unborn By Adam Quigley/July 7, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the films at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....
VOTD: Neill Blomkamp’s TED Talk: Life On Other Planets And The Future Of Human Civilization By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2010 12:15 am EST /Film reader Kashif Pasta sends along word that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp recently gave a TED Talk at TEDxVancouver, and the video of his 13-minute presentation is now online. So you undoubtedly know about TED talks, and of TEDx, the independently-organized TED events around the world. We had one recently in Vancouver, where Neill Blomkamp was a speaker....
VOTD: The Simpsons - Any Given Sundance By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2008 12:00 am EST Any Given Sundance created by The Simpsons The Pitch: On this week’s episode of The Simpsons, Lisa makes a documentary about her family for a school project and is encouraged to enter the film into the Sundance Film Festival. The entire episode is presented for free with limited commercials on Hulu. The episode offers funny look at Sundance, and features some great insider indie film cameos like Festival programer Geoff Gilmore throwing film reels into the fire, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, John C Reilly and Comic Book Guy, who submits a review to Ain’t I Fat News....
VOTD: X-Mas Origins: Santa By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2009 11:08 pm EST They say that all legendary figures are the creation of great tragedy and perseverance. But what about Santa Claus? Imagine, if you can, Santa Claus as a superhero, out for vengeance. Imagine, if you will, a movie trailer mash-up featuring The Santa Clause and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Imagine, no more. You can watch the real origin story of Santa Claus, after the jump....
What Is Going On With Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch?! By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2009 11:52 pm EST Zack Snyder has lost two more Sucker Punch cast members: Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone have both dropped out due to “scheduling conflicts”. This comes one month after it was announced that the film’s lead Amanda Seyfried was forced to leave the project, also due to “scheduling conflicts”. Am I the only person that finds it strange that half of the announced cast have been forced to drop out due the scheduling issues?...
Where’s Waldo? To Become Feature Film By Brendon Connelly/June 1, 2009 2:29 pm EST US readers will know him as Waldo, UK readers as Wally but seeing as he was created and first published in the UK, I’m taking the Wally option for this post. Whatever you want to call the little fella anyway, he’s once again on his way to the big screen, this time courtesy of Universal. Until recently, Paramount were planning a Where’s Wally?...
WonderCon Meet-Up Anyone? 8:00pm At Jillians! By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2008 1:08 pm EST Update: If anyone is interested, we’re meeting at 8:00PM at Jillians at the Metreon right next to the convention center. Who’s going to WonderCon this weekend in San Francisco? Alex from FirstShowing and I will have a bit of free time on Friday night, February 22nd, and we’re considering catching some dinner and drinks with anyone who wants to join us....
Another Way To Die Music Video By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2008 2:11 pm EST You’ve heard the song, now watch the music video. Jack White and Alica Keys’ Another Way to Die, the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace, is now online. Another Way To Die Music Video By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2008 2:11 pm EST You’ve heard the song, now watch the music video. Jack White and Alica Keys’ Another Way to Die, the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace, is now online....
Box Office: Harry Potter Adds $26.5M On Friday, $142.6M Estimated 5-Day Total By Steve Mason/July 13, 2007 11:59 pm EST HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (Warner Bros) continued its strong run at the box office on Friday grabbing an estimated $26.5M, bringing its 3-day cume to just shy of $90M. That should put HP5 right at $80M for the traditional Fri thru Sun 3-day weekend, and it will give ORDER OF THE PHOENIX the biggest 5-day opening in the history of the franchise with an estimated $142....
Casting Notes: Additions To Battle: Los Angeles And Eat, Pray Love By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2009 1:48 pm EST It’s a really slow news day (how can you follow Ridley Scott going back to Alien?) so here are a few small casting notes to chew on. First, appropriately, is the news that Billy Crudup has joined the adaptation of best-selling memoir Eat, Pray Love. Variety notes that he’ll work alongside Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins under the direction of Ryan Murphy....
Comic Con: Paper Heart Gang To Team Up For Whimsical “Kiddie Show” By Adam Quigley/July 26, 2009 11:26 pm EST There’s an upside and a downside to Sundays at Comic Con. The upside is that there’s a dramatic drop in the amount of people there, making it easier to roam the show floor without risk of being suffocated between the greasy, sweaty bodies of the multiple thousands of attendees. The downside is that there’s not much news to discuss....
Contest: Alexander Revisited On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2007 1:23 am EST Alexander Revisited hit DVD Store shelves on February 27th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On March 6th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
Cool Stuff: LOST & Found T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2010 5:00 am EST We’ve featured a bunch of New Zealand-based artist Glenn Jones t-shirts in previous editions of Cool Stuff. His latest shirt, Lost & Found, is a parody for the television show LOST. Some guy called Desmond told me about a missing plane he once saw on the side of a milk carton. He disappeared, but I recently had a message on my phone telling me it was time to print this concept....
