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The future of big-scale filmmaking may be none-other than ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’
I wrote a few weeks ago about how something released this year or perhaps last year might be a signal for the future of the would-be blockbuster, a film whose respective success would spawn a decade or so of like-minded would-be tentpoles.
What if I were to tell you that a[...]
Early IMAX release of Tom Cruise’s ‘Oblivion’ cancelled
Having rather loathed Tron: Legacy, I’ve had to work myself up in order to get excited about Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion.
Yes, Tom Cruise usually makes sure that his big-scale pictures are a cut above and yes the film looks better with each trailer, but the biggest cause for hope[...]
2013 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Selections for Spotlight, Midnight and New Storyscapes Sections, and Special Screenings
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Midnight sections, projects in the new Storyscapes section and Special Screenings. The 12th edition of the Festival will take place from April 17 to April 28 in New York City.
The Spotlight[...]
Umm… Jodi Arias “body-slam” testimony reenacted on HLN
The trial of Jodi Arias – who claims self-defense in the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander – reaches week 10, and HLN continues its coverage featuring expert analysis of the testimony.
As the defense attorney conducts the re-direct of Ms. Arias this week, HLN anchor Vinnie Politan, HLN law enforcement[...]
‘Iron Man 3′ New Trailer is Out
Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his[...]
Celebrating “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” 25th anniversary
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a new digital restoration of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature a post-screening onstage discussion[...]
Delaying the inevitable – “Jack the Giant Slayer”
As most of you know, Warner Bros. intended to release Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Killer in June of 2012 before pulling it from release, ordering reshoots and the like, and calling it a more kid-friendly Jack the Giant Slayer.
I don’t know what the film’s budget was prior[...]
The Burnetts and the History Channel are putting their all into pulling viewers into “The Bible”
Roma Downey and Mark Burnett are bracing themselves for reaction to their ambitious, 10- hour History Channel adaptation of the Bible that launches this Sunday night (3/3) and runs through Easter. “I’m sure people will hurl what they want to hurl,” the “Touched by an Angel” actress told us.[...]
Robert DeNiro can do anything
Oscar voting has closed, so I can say this: Robert DeNiro can do anything. And so now, the nominee for “Silver Linings Playbook” is taking on his bravest project yet. He’s going to direct the Broadway musical of “A Bronx Tale,” the movie he directed in 1993.
Chazz Palminteri, who[...]
“Jack the Giant Slayer” bombs!
Pretty much everything I said last March about John Carter applies to Jack the Giant Slayer. There are a few differences.
Jack and the Beanstalk is technically a well-known property and Bryan Singer had the live-action track record that Andrew Stanton did not. But otherwise it is pretty[...]
