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Watchmen Gets It’s Running Time Cut Dec 4, 2008 soundfood Other “The movie’s pretty long … compared to 300, which was an hour and 58 minutes. The director’s cut [of Watchmen] is about three hours and 10 minutes long. It has even more than the theatrical version as far as the detail that gets even closer to the graphic novel.”
“Che - The Argentine” Trailer Dec 3, 2008 soundfood Other A trailer for the upcoming Steven Soderbergh‘s “Che” movie (The Argentine), starring Benicio Del Toro as the famous revolutionary, has been released.
Steven Seagal to Star in Vampire Movie Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will release "Against the Dark" on DVD, which will be the first Steven Seagal horror film. The new movie is set to appear in stores on February 10th, 2009. Plot: Katana master Tao (Seagal) leads a special ops squad of ex-military vigilantes on a massacre mission, their target: vampires. On the post apocalyptic globe, sucked dry by bloodthirsty vampires, a few remaining survivors are trapped in an infected hospital. Tao is their only hope and he knows the only cure is execution. Now it's time for the last stand against the flesh-eating vampires and there’s nothing left to lose but the last of humanity. In addition to Seagal, the movie also stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin, Tanoai Reed. "Against the Dark" is 94 minutes long and is rated R for bloody violence/gore, some language and brief nudity. Will you be buying this on DVD?
Final "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" Poster Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Lionsgate is really trying to push the 3-D aspect of the upcoming "My Bloody Valentine" remake, by creating 2-D images that are in your face. The newest poster, courtesy of STYD, features a cole miner swinging a pickaxe. The tagline states: "Get your heart broken." The new movie revolves around Tom Hanniger (Jensen Ackles), who returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame (Jaime King) is the only one will believes he's innocent. "My Bloody Valentine 3D" is directed by Patrick Lussier, the man behind "Dracula 2000" and "White Noise 2: The Light." His new movie is scheduled to hit theaters on January 16th, 2009.
Alternate Ending For 'Friday the 13th' Remake Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other You saw some reviews hit the web regarding Marcus Nispel's Friday the 13th, now it looks as if we'll be seeing something completely different when the film hits theaters February 13, 2009. Some pretty sweet news comes in this afternoon as sources tell us that Platinum Dunes shot additional scenes for New Line Cinema's remake, which follows a group of young adults that find themselves going toe-to-toe with the infamous Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) at a cabin near Camp Crystal Lake. What exactly was shot is unknown, but we can confirm a new (or possibly variant) ending was in fact filmed. That would be pretty awesome to see on the DVD!
DVD Cover Art and Features For 'Boogeyman 3' Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Beyond the break check out the DVD cover art for Gary Jones 's Boogeyman 3, which arrives on DVD January 20th, 2009. From the producers of Boogeyman, 30 Days of Night and The Messengers comes the unrated, most intense and terrifying film in the Boogeyman series yet! When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now she must stop the ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey. Special Features: Deleted Scenes, "Creating the Boogeyman" Featurette, "Deconstructing the Deaths" Featurette and "Boogey in Bulgaria" Featurette.
Panto Steve: I'm just like Depp Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other ONE is over here doing panto – the other is Hollywood’s biggest star and a multi-millionaire. Yet amazingly, fading Eighties actor STEVE GUTTENBERG reckons he is right up there with JOHNNY DEPP. It’s like BARRY CHUCKLE trying to say he’s as good as CHARLIE CHAPLIN. Steve — or Mahoney as he’s better known after playing the cop in the first four Police Academy films — is currently treading the boards as Baron Hard-up in Cinderella in Bromley, Kent. Johnny is getting ready to earn his next Ł32million for the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean, movie. But Steve reckons he should be mentioned in the same breath as the Hollywood heart-throb and the late, great PAUL NEWMAN. And he doesn’t just stop with Tinsel Town’s finest. He also found time to compare himself to some of the biggest painters the world has ever produced, including VAN GOGH and PICASSO. Steve said: “I am an artist. I paint pictures. And sometimes my pictures sell and sometimes they don’t. “But that doesn’t mean I am not an artist. You know Picasso was the same artist when he sold his paintings as when he didn’t. “Van Gogh never sold a painting his whole life and now his paintings sell for millions of dollars. Does that mean he wasn’t a success? “But that is the way a career is, you go up and down. If you talked to ROBERT REDFORD or Paul Newman, you know, everything is up and down. “Are you going to walk up to Johnny Depp and say he is any less of an actor because he is doing the fourth Pirates movie?” No, Steve. He’s probably too busy at some glamorous location making films we want to watch. You however, are in Kent with Scouts shouting “behind you” every night before heading back to your B&B. Don’t get me wrong, I was a huge fan of Police Academy and other films Steve starred in. But I haven’t been sickened by ego so badly since SHAKIN’ STEVENS claimed his name should be held in the same esteem as BONO or STING. I’m off to Bromley this weekend to throw rotting veg at Mahoney. Below I’ve compared him to Johnny
Britney Spears 'Abusing Prescription Drugs' Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Britney Spears is abusing prescription drugs in a bid to keep her weight down, a new report claims. The singer - who has been under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie, since earlier this year - has managed to get herself back into shape over the past couple of months. But it has come at a price - she is plagued by insomnia and shaking fits. Star magazine: "Although Brit has come a long way since her shocking mental breakdowns, insiders say she's far from fine. In fact, the pop tart is so obsessed with her body that she goes to bed hungry and is abusing a prescription drug to keep her weight down. In her desperate quest to be slim, Brit has also reluctantly returned to the gym, says another source. "But she was still having trouble losing the last five to 10 pounds. So she turned to more drastic measures." The source says that Brit started also going in for twice-weekly colonics to shed a few pounds. And sometimes she goes days without eating any solid food." Spears celebrated her 27th birthday on Tuesday, December 2. She has also just announced the dates for her Circus world tour.
Magneto next on Lauren Shuler Donner’s to-do list Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Lauren Shuler Donner, mother of all the past and upcoming X-Men movies, recently spoke to IndieLondon while promoting The Secret Life of Bees and revealed that her next focus will be X-Men Origins: Magneto. Q. How is Wolverine coming along? Lauren Shuler Donner: It’s good… it’s very good. I’m very pleased with it. It’s very much an origins story. It’s very much in the tone of the first X-Men. Q. And how about Magneto? Lauren Shuler Donner: We have a great script on Magneto. I’ll tell you the honest truth… I’ve made four movie this year and I was so busy that I didn’t at all talk to the studio while making Magneto because I couldn’t have done it. And David Goyer, who wrote and is going to direct it, also did another movie. So now, he’s done with his and I’m done with two of mine, so when I get back that’s my first order of business to say: “Come on, let’s go and make Magneto.” If X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a success next May then that will prove solo character films can work, and Magneto will probably move forward (if David Goyer doesn’t start on another movie)
"Pulse 3" Arriving on DVD December 23, 2008 Dec 3, 2008 captainunderoos Other In a world now void of the deadly electronics that once nearly destroyed it, the horrifying nightmare is about to begin again as PULSE 3 signals its way onto DVD December 23rd under the Dimension Extreme label from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company. From director Joel Soisson (Pulse 2), the pulsating supernatural fright-fest stars Rider Strong (Cabin Fever) and Brittany Finamore (Silent Night, Deadly Night) as Justine. A sequel to the fan favorite film Pulse, PULSE 3 takes place seven years after the phantom invasion, and the survivors on Earth have settled into a primitive lifestyle completely void of technology. That is, until sixteen year-old Justine is lured into the city where her curiosity gets the best of her as she unwillingly unleashes the deadliest digital invasion yet.
Kim Kardashian Not Doing Playboy Again....Right Now Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Kim Kardashian bounced her big booty to her blog to clear up some reports that she snubbed Hugh Hefner over appearing in Playboy again. She's loving Hef, but her career isn't taking her in that direction. For now. Also? She doesn't use the term "one-off." Get it right. "There are a bunch of reports about me on the web saying that I snubbed Hugh Hefner. They're quoting me as saying, "It was a one-off. I don't think I'll do Playboy or anything like that again." I WAS TOTALLY MISQUOTED. First of all, I have never used the term "one-off." It's simply not in my vocabulary. I'm not planning to pose for the magazine any time soon. My whole point in this post is to say I would never snub Hugh Hefner. I love him and his whole team were lovely to me and treated me like family. Lately I have steered away from sexier shoots but it doesn't mean I'm afraid to be sexy or ashamed of that. I have no regrets. One day you never know, but it's not the direction I'm going in now," she blogs. And added - "f*ck you, Joey Fatone!" Ok, she didn't Translation: Not right now, Momma's got a lucrative reality show. But ring me up once in awhile with a dollar figure and I'll sleep on it. Here's Kim in a ruffled number working some bangs at the Diamond Empowerment Fund for Africa dinner at Hearst Tower in NYC last night. What do you think? Would Kim doing Playboy again help or hurt her career? Let us know in the comments section!
Robert Pattinson Ate One Meal A Day For Two Months Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Some people will do anything for $24 million. Camilla Belle's new friend Robert Pattinson, brooding star of teengirl freakout vamp flick Twilight, says that he went through a two month grueling workout regimen to play angsty Edward Cullen. "I was so much more muscular than I have ever been in my life, but I looked weird," Pattinson says. He did three hours of kickboxing every day, and two hours of running. That's dedication. But director Catherine Hardwicke agreed that he was too stringy and made him gain back 30 lbs. Here's Pattinson at the UK premiere of Twilight last night in London's Leicester Square. He walked a black carpet complete with dry ice. Corny-ass.
Common Would Like To Return For ‘Wanted 2’ With Angelina Jolie — But How? Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other His day job has made Common a hit with the critics and kept him at the top of the charts over the last several years — a trend that seems likely to continue when his eagerly-anticipated “Universal Mind Control” comes out this week. But moviegoers have had their own epiphany while enjoying his soulful presence in “Smokin’ Aces,” “Street Kings” and “American Gangster,” and the Chicago-born rapper is holding out hope that his most recent gig might give him his first film franchise. “I was really just glad to be in that flick, with Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie, and I really admire James McAvoy,” he told us recently of “Wanted,” his eye-popping action film that hits DVD and Blu-Ray this week. (Here’s a list of the “Wanted” DVD and Blu-Ray special features.) “It was an honor to be around them, and to be filming in Prague, and then for the movie to come out and be so successful was great.” Terrence Stamp told us awhile back that his character was written in specifically for sequel purposes, and screenwriter Chris Morgan has been hired to write “Wanted 2.” But, after Angelina Jolie offered her own input into the conclusion of “Wanted,” the franchise seems to have painted itself into a corner. SPOILER ALERT: Want to know why? Keep reading. “It would be best with Angelina, if they could make it a prequel,” speculated Common, citing his hope to bring back the strong supporting cast from the first flick, even though they all died at the end of the film. “That would be great. Because you didn’t get to know my character too well; you didn’t get to know a lot about him.” Last month, Morgan said “Wanted 2’ would work off the principal that “the point is to continue the journey that Wes started in the first film,” which wouldn’t seem to bode well for us ever seeing Common’s Gunsmith, Jolie’s Fox or virtually anyone else. Common revealed to us that he hasn’t officially been told he won’t be required for “Wanted 2,” so he’s keeping his hopes up. “I haven’t heard what they are doing, they are keeping it tight right now probably until they get the script written,” he explained. ‘But I’m enthused that they have a sequel.” After watching “Wanted,” it would seem quite impossible to bring back a handful of characters last seen taking a bullet through the skull. Then again, when you’re talking about a film franchise that has characters conducting assassinations from the roof of a moving train, it seems like anything is possible. “I would love to come back for it; it was a great franchise to be a part of,” Common insisted. “It’s really clever and new, and definitely innovative.” Would you see a “Wanted” sequel with McAvoy and Stamp as the only returning cast members? Or would you rather have Morgan figure out a way to bring back Jolie, Common, and the others? Give us your best ideas on how they could pull it off!
Robert Pattinson And Kristin Stewart Celebrate ‘Twilight’ At London Premiere Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other American Twilighters screamed their hearts out at last month’s star-studded Los Angeles premiere of “Twilight,” and now that honor falls to fans on the other side of the pond. “Twilight” held its London premiere last night and the cast was out in force, as Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart & crew marched down the red carpet.
Fans Kick Off The Dark Knight's Oscar Campaign625 Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other The best thing about this year's Oscar season is that, if The Dark Knight makes it in as a big contender, it will be propelled by the sheer power of millions and millions of fans. The unofficial For Your Consideration site DarkCampaign.com is only part of the evidence, though it's probably the best-looking one too. Some Dark Knight fans have gathered together to build a site dedicated entirely to getting Oscar nominations for what, for my money, is still one of the best movies of 2008. The highlight is a clip reel of the movie, which we've embedded below but appears in much better quality on the site. They've picked a lot of moments that you haven't seen over and over again in the trailers-- the Joker saying "hi" to Harvey Dent in the hospital, the police scattering after the mayor is shot, Harvey threatening Gordon's family. The only part missing is the tractor-trailer flipping over, though that's a better argument for the movie's effects than its status as the best movie of 2008. Having seen the bulk of this year's Oscar contenders (which I'll write about later today in my Oscar column), there's not much that holds a candle to The Dark Knight. The DarkCampaign guys mention 1999 as a possible precedent for this year, in which visionary movies like Fight Club, The Matrix and The Iron Giant were overlooked in favor of Oscar bait like The Green Mile. Let's not let history repeat itself! The Dark Knight deserves a Best Picture nomination, but to get there, it'll need all the help from fans it can get. Luckily, there's a whole lot of us
Fans Kick Off The Dark Knight's Oscar Campaign Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other The best thing about this year's Oscar season is that, if The Dark Knight makes it in as a big contender, it will be propelled by the sheer power of millions and millions of fans. The unofficial For Your Consideration site DarkCampaign.com is only part of the evidence, though it's probably the best-looking one too. Some Dark Knight fans have gathered together to build a site dedicated entirely to getting Oscar nominations for what, for my money, is still one of the best movies of 2008. The highlight is a clip reel of the movie, which we've embedded below but appears in much better quality on the site. They've picked a lot of moments that you haven't seen over and over again in the trailers-- the Joker saying "hi" to Harvey Dent in the hospital, the police scattering after the mayor is shot, Harvey threatening Gordon's family. The only part missing is the tractor-trailer flipping over, though that's a better argument for the movie's effects than its status as the best movie of 2008. Having seen the bulk of this year's Oscar contenders (which I'll write about later today in my Oscar column), there's not much that holds a candle to The Dark Knight. The DarkCampaign guys mention 1999 as a possible precedent for this year, in which visionary movies like Fight Club, The Matrix and The Iron Giant were overlooked in favor of Oscar bait like The Green Mile. Let's not let history repeat itself! The Dark Knight deserves a Best Picture nomination, but to get there, it'll need all the help from fans it can get. Luckily, there's a whole lot of us.
Sundance Festival's 2009 Competition Films Announced Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Snow is falling in states where the white stuff is allowed, and that must mean the 2009 Sundance Film Festival is drawing close. I have a hard time focusing my mind on it until after people start taking down their Christmas lights, but the folks at the Sundance Institute have just announced this year’s slate of 2009 competition films for the festival. I’ll be on a plane headed for Park City on the 15th, here’s a list of the competition movies we’ll be covering for you while we’re there. Ok, we’ll actually only probably cover about 5% of these movies. It’s a long list and the CB festival team likes the inside of bars an awful lot. Here’s the list: DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year's 16 films were selected from 879 submissions. Each film is a world premiere. The films screening in Documentary Competition are: Art & Copy (Director: Doug Pray; Screenwriter: Timothy J. Sexton)—Rare interviews with the most influential advertising creative minds of our age illustrate the wide-reaching effect advertising and creativity have on modern culture. World Premiere Boy Interrupted (Director: Dana Perry)—An intimate look at the life, mental illness and death of a young man told from the point of view of the filmmaker: his mother. World Premiere The Cove (Director: Louie Psihoyos; Screenwriter: Mark Monroe)—Dolphins are dying, whales are disappearing, and the oceans are growing sick. The horrors of a secret cove nestled off a small, coastal village in Japan are revealed by a group of activists led by Ric O’Barry, the man behind Flipper. World Premiere Crude (Director: Joe Berlinger)—The inside story of the “Amazon Chernobyl” case in the rainforest of Ecuador, the largest oil-related environmental lawsuit in the world. World Premiere Dirt! The Movie (Directors: Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow)—The story of the relationship between humans and dirt, Dirt! The Movie humorously details how humans are rapidly destroying the last natural resource on earth. World Premiere El General (Director: Natalia Almada)—As great-granddaughter of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles, one of Mexico’s most controversial revolutionary figures, filmmaker Natalia Almada paints an intimate portrait of Mexico. World Premiere Good Hair (Director: Jeff Stilson)—Comedian Chris Rock turns documentary filmmaker when he sets out to examine the culture of African-American hair and hairstyles. World Premiere Over the Hills and Far Away (Director: Michel Orion Scott)—Over the Hills and Far Away chronicles the journey of the Isaacson family as they travel through Mongolia in search of a mysterious shaman they believe can heal their autistic son. World Premiere The Reckoning (Director: Pamela Yates; Screenwriters: Peter Kinoy, Paco de Onís, Pamela Yates)—A battle of monumental proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice. World Premiere Reporter (Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar)—Set in Africa, this documentary chronicles, in verité fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Nicholas D. Kristof. World Premiere The September Issue (Director: R.J. Cutler)—With unprecedented access, director R.J. Cutler and his crew shot for nine months as they captured Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour and her team preparing the 2007 VogueSeptember issue, widely accepted as the "fashion bible" for the year's trends. World Premiere Sergio (Director: Greg Barker)—Sergio examines the role of the United Nations and the international community through the life and experiences of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights, including interviews with those who knew and worked with him over the course of his extraordinary career. World Premiere Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (Director: Liz Garbus)—An exploration of the history and current state of free speech in America narrated by the filmmaker's father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus. World Premiere We Live in Public (Director and Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner)—We Live in Public is the story of the Internet’s revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris and his transgressive art project that shocked New York. World Premiere When You're Strange (Director and Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo)—The first feature documentary about The Doors, When You're Strange enters the dark and dangerous world of one of America’s most influential bands using only footage shot between 1966 and 1971. World Premiere
Moriarty Will Be In Sherlock Holmes Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Mark Strong is getting all the credit as the bad guy of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, playing "the ultimate cad" Lord Blackwood in the film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. But apparently there are even bigger villain fish to fry-- and those will be saved for the sequel. He told IGN that Holmes's super-duper archnemesis, Moriarty, will make a small appearance in the film. ""Moriarty's in it... but you don't really see him. I think he's there because if the franchise carries on, there's a possibility that he will appear in a larger guise." Ahhh, so it's all about the sequel, is it? Doesn't surprise me-- this movie has potential to be massive provided it's any good, and Holmes is a character well-suited to a sequel, having had so many serial adventures. Now the big question is just what Strong means when he says "you don't really see" Moriarty. Will it be like when you see the Joker's calling card at the end of Batman Begins? Or like how you saw Captain America in a vial in The Incredible Hulk? As if we didn't have enough to speculate over with the Sherlock Holmes movie.
Trailer for 'Screamers 2' -- Yep, 'Screamers 2' Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Raise your hand if you remember the movie Screamers. OK, keep your hand raised if you remember anything other than "Peter Weller," "Philip K. Dick," and "box office failure." Yeah, that's what I thought. It's not that Screamers is that rotten of a sci-fi horror movie ... more that it's just OK. Not awful, but certainly not cool enough to warrant a full-bore cult following. But that hasn't stopped a bunch of Canadian filmmakers from unleashing Screamers: The Hunting. I'll embed the trailer clip in just a sec, but since Quiet Earth did the leg-work on this item, we'll refer you to their site for more info. Screamers: The Hunting looks pretty plain across the board, but of course I'm always interested in seeing a video sequel to a 14-year-old sci-fi flick that nobody talks about anymore. (I'm weird that way. Someone kick me if they ever find a trailer for Galaxy of Terror 2.) Digging a little deeper I learned that Screamers 2 was directed by Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground) and written by Miguel Tejada-Flores, who used to write fun flicks for Filmax, so I'm feeling 10% better about Screamers: The Hunting than I was ten minutes ago. Except ten minutes ago, I had no idea Screamers: The Hunting even existed. (Oh wait, yes I did.) Expect the flick's arrival in the next month or two. Probably on Sci-Fi Channel, but I'll just wait for the DVD.
Exclusive: The Joker Takes Over Mad Magazine Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other DC Comics has supplied us with an exclusive look at the new issue of Mad Magazine, issue #497, which will hit stores on December 16th. Mad mascot Alfred E. Neuman is in costume as The Joker with the tag-line “Why So Stupid?” This is Mad’s annual “tribute to the year’s biggest idiots”.
"Bottle Rocket" Soundtrack Now Available in Digital Format Dec 3, 2008 captainunderoos Other Fantasy Records has released the original soundtrack to Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket: Short Film in digital form. The digital release of the album coincides with The Criterion Collection’s deluxe DVD reissue of the feature and 13-minute short film. Bottle Rocket Soundtrack Audio Streams: “Skating” by Vince Guaraldi Trio http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/audio/qtl/Vince_Guaraldi_Trio_Skating.qtl “Jane-O” by Zoot Sims http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/audio/qtl/Zoot_Sims_Jane-O.qtl Bottle Rocket: Short Film Movie Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_twg7Jj_mqQ Bottle Rocket: Short Film Official Site: http://www.rushmoreacademy.com
"The Dark Knight" is Highest Downloaded Movie Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other "The Dark Knight" DVD/Blu-ray will be available in stores on December 9th, but Apple is now reporting that the film has already become the best-selling movie download of the year at its online iTunes store. This is a great accomplishment, considering the film has yet to be released. According to Apple, consumers have been pre-ordering the movie for purchase and rental at such a fast rate that it has surpassed Disney's "WALL-E" as this year's top iTunes movie download. Rounding out the iTunes Top 5 are "Kung Fu Panda," "Iron Man" and "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." "The Dark Knight" is also Yahoo!'s most watched trailer of 2008, followed by "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," "Twilight," "The Incredible Hulk" and "Iron Man." Are you planning to buy "The Dark Knight" when it is released?
Philip Noyce to Remake "Captain Blood" Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Warner Bros has tapped John Brownlow to pen its remake of the classic swashbuckler "Captain Blood." Project is being developed by Philip Noyce (Patriot Games, The Quiet American) with an eye toward directing. Errol Flynn starred in the 1935 original, directed by Michael Curtiz, as a doctor wrongly sentenced to slavery in the Caribbean, where he and his comrades become avenging pirates. It was nominated for the best picture Oscar. Brownlow's credits include "Sylvia." He's adapting "Panic" for the Weinstein Company and "Sabbatical" for Disney; he also has original thriller pitch "The Hero" at Miramax with Julian Farino ("Entourage") attached to direct.
Keanu Reeves Denies "Speed 3" Rumors Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Dennis Hopper has previously revealed that a third installment in the "Speed" franchise is being worked on and that he will be in it. Later, an AICN scooper revealed that 20th Century Fox is planning a reintroduction of Jack Traven and are hoping to get Keanu Reeves to reprise the role. To figure out what's going on, IGN went straight to Reeves, who denied knowledge of the project and insisted that he won't star in it. "I honestly don't know anything about it," he said. "I don't know if they are going to make another one, and if they are it won't be with me... honestly!" The original Speed, which starred Reeves and Sandra Bullock, revolved around a bus wired up to a bomb that would explode should the vehicle's speed drop below 50 mph. A sequel was made with Jason Patric stepping in as a new character to replace Reeves.
Jason Bateman Says "Arrested Development" Movie is Happening Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other We already heard from Ron Howard that an "Arrested Development" movie is pushing forward, but now we learn that it could actually start shooting as early as next summer. Actor Jason Bateman (Hancock, Juno) has revealed that things are now moving quickly. "Well it looks as if it's going to happen," he said. "The question is who wants to be a part of it." He continued: "I think there's still a couple more conversations to be had with some of the cast, once we get a good head count we'll be able to really sort out the story and the script and hopefully we'll be shooting in the summer." Some of the actors on the show have since become big stars. Those actors include Bateman, Will Arnett (Blades of Glory) and Michael Cera (Superbad). Would you still see the "Arrested Development" movie if they re-cast some of the roles?
"Punisher 2" Director Considered for "Jonah Hex" Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other The "Jonah Hex" drama continues. It all started with Thomas Jane asking to star in "Jonah Hex," but directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) rejected him in favor of attracting Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men). Later, Brolin stated that he wouldn't put his career in the hands of Neveldine and Taylor, which many assume caused the studio to drop the directors in order to keep Brolin. Now, LatinoReview is reporting that Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) has been sent the script for "Hex," to see if she would be interested in directing it. The site caught up with her to ask whether she likes the script. "I do," she said. "I like it even more that Mr. Josh Brolin is still attached. Who knows if he'll stay, but it's more exciting than I thought. You get a story like this you think, 'Oh God, I'm going to be doing the same thing over and over again.' But it's really, really interesting." She added: "I would change some things in the script, but you know. It's not there yet. I'm sure there's many, many directors up for the same thing." Do you think Lexi is a better choices than Neveldine and Taylor?
Kevin Federline PEOPLE Magazine Interview December 2008 Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Kevin Federline has been called many things in the nearly five years since Britney Spears walked into his life: boy toy, gold-digger, wannabe rapper, partier. These days he answers to one name: Daddy. Since splitting with Spears in 2006 – and then watching in fear as she went through her very public breakdown – the former backup dancer, 30, has channeled all of his energy into their sons Preston, 3, and Jayden, 2. (Federline also has two kids, Kori, 6, and Kaleb, 4, with ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson, 32.) Now that Spears, 27, is getting her life back on track, they're sharing parenting duties again – and Federline is ready to tell his side of the story exclusively to PEOPLE. Do you remember when you first met Britney? I met her at a club in Hollywood, Joseph's. Our eyes met and that was it. We just hit it off right away. I learned real fast how much of a whirlwind the press and everything was. What are your happiest memories of the marriage? Well, getting married. I never thought that I would get married but it wound up happening. That was a really, really, happy, exciting moment. I pretty much realized that I was giving my life to her, and I was doing it without question. What went wrong? It's hard enough to be in a marriage, and then have a kid, then kids, it changes everything. For me, I'd become more concerned with my children. Not that I ignored Britney, but my kids are always most important ... I mean, we were having complications. I didn't give her an ultimatum, but I was trying to work stuff out with her, and she didn't even talk to me or anything and went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided. A lot of people assumed you fought for custody of the kids because of money. My first question to [my lawyer] was, "Am I ever going to be able to see my children?" I told him that I would spend every last dime that I had to make sure that my children are okay. That's all that mattered. I didn't know how much power Britney had. That really scared me. How did you react in January when Britney locked herself in the bathroom with Jayden and was later taken to the hospital on a gurney? That whole night is a blur. You want to talk about one of my lowest points of depression, that was probably one of them. I was very, very worried for her 'cause I care about her. That's the mother of my children. Just because I'm not in love with her doesn't mean that I don't love her. I'm definitely rooting for her. There's nothing more that I want than for her to be in the best health and doing what she loves to do. Are things getting better? Oh, man, it's totally turning around. It works out that [the kids] get to see her. There's structure over there, there's structure at my house. We're trying to keep the same type of schedule. It doesn't have to be completely perfect, but the foundation is there. Kevin Federline at home with his sons Photo by: Dana Fineman / GettyKevin Federline: My Side of the Story| Britney Spears, Kevin Federline For more on Federline – including what he says about his sons' personalities, their life at home and if he hopes for a reconciliation with Britney – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
Punisher: War Zone Review Dec 3, 2008 soundfood Other War Zone is a relentlessly grim and unapologetically violent mess of a movie that pays tribute to comic book creators Garth Ennis and Tim Bradstreet’s dark, twisted take on the character as well as give the cinematic finger to the first two films.
The Dark Knight is Already the Most Downloaded Movie of 2008 Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other It was no surprise that The Dark Knight tops Yahoo’s top 10 downloaded movie trailers of the year: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3. Twilight 4. The Incredible Hulk 5. Iron Man 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7. Wanted 8. Hancock 9. Sex and the City 10. Kung Fu Panda But the shocker came when Apple announced today that they have crowned a new best-selling digital movie download of the year. Get this - it’s a film that hasn’t even been released yet! That’s right, The Dark Knight. Apparently more customers have pre-ordered the movie that the film has already surpassed Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E to become the biggest digital movie of the year. The other three movies rounding out the top five are Dreamworks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda, Paramount’s Iron Man and Disney’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The Top 10 Television Nude Scenes of 2008: 1. Lizzy Caplan – True Blood (HBO) 2. Mary Louise Parker – Weeds (Showtime) 3. Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO) 4. Arlene Tur – Crash (Starz) 5. Jenaveve Jolie – Entourage (HBO) 6. Caprice Benedetti – Brotherhood (Showtime) 7. Hayley Marie Norman – Crash (Starz) 8. Cerina Vincent – Manchild (Showtime) 9. Alicia Leigh Willis, Katherine Moennig – The L Word (Showtime) 10. Carla Gallo – Californication (Showtime)
Exclusive Set Visit! HBO’s East Bound and Down With Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Ben Best. Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Pulling into the suburbanish neighborhood of Marsh Oaks in Wilmington, North Carolina, one would not expect this quiet enclave to be ground zero for an American Comedy Valhalla, but surprise, surprise. On the sunny backyard patio of an upscale home, a camera is rolling as Pineapple Express director, David Gordon Green, casually pitches one-liners to Danny McBride. His suggestions are incredibly vile. “Okay Danny, now say ‘she’s my cum dumpster,’” says Green, with a focused smirk, his moderately tired eyes hidden beneath a pair of Ray Bans. “She’s my cum dumpster,” delivers McBride with deadpan redneck aplomb, referring to his date, the local floozie who’s standing nearby and currently flirting with a large, black male. “I put a lot of shit into her.” I’m standing a few feet away, hearing this ribald improv through a headset, surrounded by the cast and crew of East Bound and Down. Nobody is laughing—professionalism aside—because everyone knows these lines are funny as shit, the funniest shit you can imagine. Airing in February on HBO, this new original series from the all-star creative team behind The Foot Fist Way, which also includes Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, looks to do for Southern stereotypes what Larry David did for rich neurotics burdened with follically-challenged cul-de-sacs. However, it turns out that Green is now directing the majority of the show’s six episodes, while Hill is wrapping up Observe and Report (pegged by me as the darkhorse classic comedy of spring ’09). Hill was arriving on location shortly to film the finale ep, and McKay (Talladega Nights, Step Brothers) also directed an episode. Originally, Will Ferrell was scheduled to contribute his first-ever gig behind the camera, but got sidetracked rehearsing his 2009 George W. Bush stage show. He had just flown out to do SNL while I was there. In East Bound, he plays an “alphamale owner of a local BMW dealership” named Ashley Shaper who sizes up dicks with Powers (probably not literally). Green is candid. Everyone on this set is. Half of my interviews contain party stories and crazy shit that was sworn off the record. While riding back from craft services, Green semi-dismissed a well known ensemble actress unrelated to the show as “…or whatever her name is.” Funny. When I ask if East Bound’s half-hour episodes and UK-inspired six-episode season will leave viewers frustrated for real depth a la Entourage (RIP), he grins and quickly says, “No. It’s not like that.” And then, as if he’s cutting a taut line, “And I’ve never watched Entourage.” What about the divisive Southern accents on HBO’s vamp-hit, True Blood, which is set in Green’s home of New Orleans? “I can’t watch that show.”
Why Does The New Street Fighter Movie Look Like Smallville? Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Film reader Christopher M sent over five new production photos from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk. It could just be the many hours I’ve wasted on Smallville talking, but does this film look like a bad WB/CW television show or what? Release: February 27 2009 Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Screenplay by: Justin Marks, based on Capcom’s Street Fighter video games Cast: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Taboo, and Michael Clarke Duncan Based on the legendary video game by Capcom, STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI brings a new dimension to a world and characters beloved by millions. Devastated by the kidnapping of her father, Chun-Li takes to the streets of Hong Kong, embarking on an epic quest for justice – and hurtling toward a confrontation with a seemingly unstoppable foe.
15 Photos and 3 Clips from Seven Pounds Dec 3, 2008 soundfood Other Sony Pictures has revealed three brand new TV spots and photos from “Seven Pounds.” Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson also starring in the movie which Gabriele Muccino is directing from a script by Grant Nieporte.
Kevin McKidd Still a "Thor" Contender Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other IGN had the chance to chat with Kevin McKidd ("Rome," "Journeyman") at the premiere of "Punisher: War Zone," who revealed that he is still in the running to star in the Marvel's upcoming "Thor" movie. McKidd added that there has been "a lot of back and forth" about the project, but nothing has been determined. He acknowledged that Kenneth Branagh is directing it, a choice that makes him even more excited about the film. McKidd stressed that the part that he's up for is indeed that of Thor and not a supporting role. This contradicts what McKidd said last year when he suggested that Thor might be played by a younger actor and that he would be up for a different role instead. Do you think Kevin McKidd would make a good Thor?
Patrick Swayze: I'm not dying Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other PATRICK SWAYZE says he's winning his fight against cancer. The Dirty Dancing star was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March, prompting an outpouring of support from fans. Early reports from the US claimed he only had weeks to live, but brave Patrick has returned to work and is positive about his future. Patrick said: "Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease and from the moment I was diagnosed, I knew I was in for the fight of my life. "It's a battle, and so far I've been winning. I'm one of the lucky few that responds well to treatment." Patrick is still angered by those false rumours regarding his condition, labelling them "cruel". Patrick added: "They're reporting that I'm on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family. "For me, my family, and those close to me, it amounts to downright emotional cruelty. That makes me angry when hope is so precious."
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Damon Films 'Green Zone' Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Barack Obama supporter Matt Damon is done being political and humanitarian for the time being and has returned to what he does best, which is spy movies. The Bourne Identity actor is currently filming Green Zone, in which he's taking on the role of a soldier. There are CIA agents, a hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent. It all sounds very exciting and the potential to be highly confusing for anyone not paying attention to the current international political climate (ahem, much like ourselves). But there will probably be lots of trucks exploding and an exposed nipple here and there and that's always good. Damon dropped the weight he'd put on for his role in The Informant, opting for a leaner look this time around. As long as he doesn't get all Christian Bale from The Machinist on us, then we're happy.
'Australia' Keeps Invading European Countries Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other This time, it's Spain who has had the Australian flag plunged into its soil to be claimed by the Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman vehicle. And yes, it was about as phallic as it sounds. And you loved it. Kidman once again brought along her second tiny husband Keith Urban to the Madrid premiere after the Kidman-Urban family spent some time checking out portraits of ladies with their eyes and noses all askew in gay Paris. Handsome Hugh recently expressed a desire to return to the Broadway stage and never has it been more apparent than at this premiere, where he showed up looking like he was harboring a not-so-secret fantasy to star in Guys and Dolls. Sadly, Sunday Rose Urban didn't feel up to attending to the event. Word has it, she was feeling as if her crow's feet were getting a bit too pronounced and thought the worst thing to do would be to stand next to her mother.
Jessica Alba And Allegra Versace Engage In Stare-Off Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other If anyone can get in between these two women it's Donatella Versace. The women are attending the Campari Club, 2009 Campari Calendar launch at La Permanente in Milan, Italy. Jessica Alba was there to promote the calendar, we showed you some of her Campari Calendar shots yesterday, Donatella was there to drink all the Campari and Allegra Versace was there because her mother dragged her to the event.
Brunette Scarlett Johansson Hints At Big Screen Nudity Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Oh yeah, just take a look at all that leg the newly-dyed actress is showing off on the red carpet for her photocall in Madrid for her new film, The Spirit. Scarlett Johansson just wants to remind you that even though she's fully-clothed at this moment, she's totally capable of getting naked while cameras are rolling. So you best keep your eyes on her. Flanked by fellow hotties, Eva Mendes and Paz Vega, Scarlett was making the promotional rounds of the new Frank Miller graphic novel turned movie, showing off a darker-than-usual do. On a random side note, I'm loving the k.d. lang lookalike in a black dress. Let the sexual confusion begin! Boyish girls in dresses that make me wonder how I'm supposed to feel!
Without Courtney Love, Britney Wouldn't Have Lost Her Marbles Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other If anyone knows how to have a meltdown, it's former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love. And in her recent interview with Elle magazine, on which she's featured on the cover The often drug-addled singer says in the interview that her downward spiral enabled Britney Spears to experience her very public nervous breakdowns that ended with her in the hospital. "I had a long, hard fall. I set the stage for Britney to crash and burn. I went through it all first." It's not exactly clear if Courtney thinks she should be ashamed or proud of this fact. Needless to say, she's pretty delusional but always entertaining! The plastic surgery enthusiast also denied that she got a gastric lap band to lose weight. "I did go to see a Hollywood doctor about it. I wasn't desperate, I just knew I had to do something," Courtney claims. Instead, Love says she shed the weight the old-fashioned way--by not eating. Courtney's kind of old-school in that sense.
Roman Polanski Child-Sex Charge Dismissal Petition Dec 3, 2008 Petes1234567 Other Director Roman Polanski is requesting that the 30-year-old child-sex charge against him be dismissed, says the Associated Press. Lawyers for R.P. say a documentary film about the director has exposed “misconduct and improper communications” between the judge and prosecutors involved in his case. The Polish-born filmmaker fled the United States for Europe in 1978 after he was charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Despite his status as a fugitive from justice, Polanski’s 2003 film The Pianist won an Academy Award.
Kristen Stewart is Joan Jett Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Twilight star Kristen Stewart has signed on to play famous rock’n'roller Joan Jett in The Runaways. Music video director Floria Sigismondi wrote and will helm the project. Sigismondi’s videos have included Marilyn Manson’s Tourniquet, Christina Aguilera’s Fighter and The White Stripes’ Blue Orchid. The film is a biopic of the first successful all-girl hard rock band The Runaways (hence the title), which fell apart after four years due to management and money disputes. According to THR, the film “will revolve around Jett and [singer-keyboardist Cherie] Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment.” River Road Entertainment hopes to go into production in 2009, but they will have to work around the Twilight sequel New Moon, which is supposedly gearing up for a March 2009 start.
Watchmen Running Time Gets Shortened Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Last we heard (in October), Watchmen had a running time of 2 hours and 43 minutes. Well apparently is has gotten shorter. Sci-Fi reports that the current running time is two hours and 35 minutes, and the studio has yet to approve that cut. But fans shouldn’t worry as I wouldn’t expect the film to get that much shorter. I predict the film will end up around two and a half hour. The eventual directors cut will be clock in at three hours and 10 minutes in length. Zack Snyder says that it has “even more than the theatrical version as far as the detail that gets even closer to the graphic novel.” But hardcore fans will have to wait for what Snyder is calling the “huge epic version” which will incorporate a 20-minute animated adaptation of The Black Freighter, bringing the total running time to three hours and 40 minutes. Discuss: But why wait for Blu-ray/DVD? Why doesn’t Warner Bros hold theatrical digital screenings of the “Epic Version” in a handful of the major cities after the film has been in theaters for a month or so? Sounds like a great way for the studio to make more money, without that much of an extra expense. We already know their plans to triple-dip the home video release, why not let us see the whole fucking thing on the big screen? Hardcore fans will make the trip to the city to see the extended cut, and I’m sure you could even charge a premium ticket prices for the screenings.
James Cameron Criticizes Tim Burton and 3D DVD Releases Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other James Cameron gave a keynote presentation at the 3D Entertainment Summit today, and took aim at Tim Burton, who is filming Disney’s upcoming 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland using 2D cameras. Burton plans to convert the footage to 3D in post production, a decision that has angered and baffled the 3D community. “It doesn’t make any sense to shoot in 2D and convert to 3D,” Cameron said. The Titanic filmmaker later attacked the industry’s decision to release 3D films on DVD/Blu-ray with the old red and blue anaglyphic glasses. According to FirstShowing, Cameron said that such releases are “stunting 3D growth,” and hurting the progression of the format. Amen. It’s going to take a little while for the public to accept 3D films, and its going to take Hollywood a while to perfect the art of 3D filmmaking, and the release of old technology is counterproductive to the cause. MarketSaw was also able to confirm that a movie trailer has yet to be cut for AVATAR as not enough footage is completed. Cameron claims he hasn’t spoken to Fox about trailer placement but that there will be many opportunities in terms of 3D movies over Spring/Summer 2009.
Veronica Mars Movie Stalled Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Entertainment Weekly has a bit of bad news on the Veronica Mars movie front. Series creator Rob Thomas tells Michael Ausiello that he “hasn’t gotten far” on the movie outline. “I thought I had the idea broken, but I’ve hit a wall in the final act that I haven’t quite figured out. And with Cupid and Party Down occupying 80 hours a week, and a new baby boy occupying the remaining hours, I haven’t nailed it down. I’m hopeful that I can find the time to figure it out over the Christmas holidays.” We hope so too. Wait a second… Cupid and Party Down? Does anyone really care about either of those projects? Rob, get cracking on the final act of the Veronica Mars movie. We need this film to go into production before Kristen Bell is 30-years-old (which, believe it or not, is only two years away).
James Cameron Discusses "Avatar" Trailer Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other MarketSaw had a brief conversation with director James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator) about when fans can expect to see the first teaser trailer for his upcoming "Avatar" movie. Cameron revealed that he has a few lengthy scenes from various parts of the film completed, but does not have enough finished material to put together a good teaser. His goal is to have the teaser appear in front of a 3-D movie during Spring/Summer 2009. He has yet to speak to 20th Century Fox about the exact date, but has mentioned that "Monsters vs. Aliens" could be a possible choice. "Monsters" is scheduled to appear in theaters on March 27th, 2009. Do you think the teaser can live up to the hype around this movie?
HBO's Rome to the Big Screen? Dec 3, 2008 wincuse97 Other HBO's historic series Rome is in development.
The Spirit New Featurette And Third Trailer Dec 3, 2008 soundfood Other ...With projects like “The Spirit,” “A Contract With God” and “Last Day In Vietnam” (among dozens of others) he remains a pinnacle of the comics industry, living on through his work and inspiring generations of writers and artists...
Johnny Depp Circles The Rings Of Hell Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Ah, Johnny Depp, staying predictably off-the-wall even after he's seemingly sold his soul to Disney for the rest of his life. The man who will reprise Jack Sparrow for the fourth Pirates movie will also star in a completely nutso take on Dante's Divine Comedy, titled In the Hand of Dante. The movie will be based on a novel by Nick Tosches. Depp, according to Variety, will play Tosches, who is asked to authenticate what may or may not be Dante's original manuscript for The Divine Comedy. In the meantime the story also follows Dante while he tries to complete the piece in the 14th century. See, if we're going to make this truly crazy, we'll have Depp playing both roles-- but maybe now that he's taking a break from Tim Burton, he'll stick to something a little more traditional. Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company will be producing the movie, along with a ton of other fascinating projects they've got in development. This one is hard to wrap my brain around, but the company has shown such good taste in the past that there's a little room here for blind trust.
Benicio Del Toro's "Che" Trailer Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other A trailer for the upcoming "Che" movie (The Argentine), starring Benicio Del Toro as the famous revolutionary, has been released, showing the famous revolutionary as both an inspiration and a murderer. "The Argentine" takes place in 1956, when Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. The second film, "Guerrilla," revolves around Guevara and his 1964 travels to New York City to address the United Nations. The two pics have a combined budget of around $70 million and are both directed by Soderbergh, who is responsible for such films as "Erin Brockovich," "Traffic" and the three "Ocean's" movies. Both of the Che films are set to appear in theaters on December 12th.
Five New "Street Fighter" Photos Dec 3, 2008 SexiVixxEN Other Five new photos from the upcoming "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" have been released, featuring some action shots of Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li. Check them out by clicking on the link below. The new movie is based on the popular Capcom's video game franchise, in which female fighter Chun-Li embarks on a quest for justice. "Street Fighter" is directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, the man behind such movies as "Romeo Must Die," "Exit Wounds," "Cradle 2 the Grave" and "Doom." At this point, his new film is scheduled to hit theaters on February 27th, 2009. Click here to read more about "Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li."