Category: Films
HANNA (2011) (***1/2)
There are a bunch of movies that this thriller brings to mind. It's like THE PROFESSIONAL crossed with the BOURNE series and a touch of KICK-ASS. The first and last of those films because of the young female protagonist and the middle one for its reality grounded action. But then you get a dose of fairy tale woven in as well.
Gollum Actor To Second Unit Direct Hobbit
Andy Serkis, who is returning as Gollum in THE HOBBIT films, will also be serving as the second unit director on the film as well, writes Heat Vision.
Wedge Acquires Wings of Madness
Chris Wedge has bought the rights to Paul Hoffman's book WINGS OF MADNESS: ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT AND THE INVENTION OF FLIGHT, reports Variety.
Hugh Jackman Eyed for Snow White and the Huntsman
Universal Pictures has asked Hugh Jackman to join SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, reports Deadline.com.
EA, FUNimation Announce Mass Effect Anime Movie Deal
BioWare, a division of leading video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and FUNimation Entertainment, the leading distributor of Japanese animation in North America, announced today an agreement to create an anime feature film adapted from one of the video game industry’s most revered franchises, Mass Effect.
Rise of the Apes Lengthens Title
20th Century Fox has decided to lengthen the title of the PLANET OF THE APES prequel, RISE OF THE APES, reports ComingSoon.net.
Tartakovsky's Animated Priest Opening Online
The Genndy Tartakovsky animated opening sequence for the live-action summer tentpole PRIEST is now online.
Green Lantern Special Effects Worker Sued Warner Bros.
Special effects worker John Franco has filed suit against Warner Bros. and numerous other companies over injuries he claims he suffered on the set of GREEN LANTERN, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Dark Knight Actor Boarding Elysium
Character actor William Fichtner is in discussions to join Neill Blomkamp's ELYSIUM, reports Variety.
Moss, McDowell Join Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Carrie-Anne Moss (THE MATRIX) and Malcolm McDowell (CLOCKWORK ORANGE) have joined the cast of SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D, reports ComingSoon.net.
Grace Returns to Taken 2
Daily Show Correspondent Goes Bad for 21 Jump Street
Rob Riggle (TV's THE DAILY SHOW) is in talks to play the top baddie in Columbia's adaptation of 21 JUMP STREET, reports Variety.
Harry Potter's Heyman To Produce Oscar Pill
Warner Bros. and HARRY POTTER producer David Heyman's Heyday Films are set to adapt the five-book French YA series, THE ADVENTURES OF OSCAR PILL, reports The Wrap.
Scream 4 Lawsuit Settled
The Weinstein Co. has settled the $3 million lawsuit by producer Cathy Konrad, who claims she was shut out of SCREAM 4 after having produced the first three films in the series, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Alien vs. Predator Lawsuit Thrown Out
A Los Angeles judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed against Twentieth Century Fox over the script for ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
New Actress Emerges as Odd Thomas' Girlfriend
Now that former frontrunner Lily Collins has signed onto Tarsem's SNOW WHITE, a new top choice to play the female lead in ODD THOMAS has emerged, reports Variety.
Evil Dead Game Coming to iPhone, iPad
Ghost House Pictures and Trigger Apps have teamed to create an EVIL DEAD game for the iPhone and iPad, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Dish Network Wins Blockbuster Bid
Teaser Trailer Available for Dean Wright's Cristiada
VFX vet Dean Wright (THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE and THE LORD OF THE RINGS) is in post-production on his first directorial feature, CRISTIADA, an epic about the Cristeros War concerning the rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Review: 2011 The New York International Children’s Film Festival
The 2011 edition of the New York International Children’s Film Festival began early in March and wrapped on the 27th with its Awards ceremony, classy post-ceremony reception and traditional goodie-bag giveaway. If the fifteen-years and counting Big Apple fixture needed any more legitimacy, its newly won status as an Oscar-qualifying festival (NYCIFF prize winners now have a shot at the Academy’s golden statue) surely kicked it up a notch.