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Brandon's Word: Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a Shame

If there's one thing I hate above all else, it's wasted potential. Unfortunately, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is just that: wasted potential. The film has a stunning cast, home to the likes of Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Rosario Dawson, and Steve Coogan. Of course, the actors above are but the trimmings on a film starring Alexandra Daddario (as Annabeth), Brandon T. Jackson (as Grover), and, as the titular character, Logan Lerman. It's these three we are meant to follow and grow with. Unfortunately, though, these three are the

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⥤ Posted February 12 in Opinions, Reviews | 42 Comments

Eli Roth Producing Psychological Thriller 'The Other Woman'

By Alex Billington

Even though Eli Roth is starting to develop himself as an actor (Inglourious Basterds) and a director of other things besides just horror (with Endangered Species), he still loves horror, and he's been producing films in that genre recently as well. He has an exorcism film called Cotton that is shot and finished. Variety reports that Lionsgate just picked up the US rights to the film, which will be called The Last Exorcism. On top of that, Roth just closed a new deal with StudioCanal and Strike Entertainment to produce another psychological horror/thriller called The Other Woman. Wait till you hear what Roth has to say about it.

⥤ Posted February 12 in Movie News, Opinions | 10 Comments

Kate Mara & Amber Tamblyn Join Danny Boyle's 127 Hours

By Alex Billington

Two gorgeous actresses have been cast in Danny Boyle's new film that's about a mountain climber pinned beneath a boulder? Wait, that doesn't make sense. We'll explain later. THR has announced that Kate Mara (last seen in Shooter and the Sundance hit HTYMP) is the latest actress to join the cast of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours starring James Franco as mountain climber Aron Ralston who had to amputate his own arm after being trapped for five days in Utah. We also mentioned a few days ago that Amber Tamblyn had been cast in this as well. But how do these two actresses fit into what's supposed to be a one-man show (like Buried)?

⥤ Posted February 11 in Casting, Movie News | 3 Comments

New Riddick Sequel, Titled Just Riddick, Officially on the Way

By Alex Billington

I don't know what it is with Universal and shortening titles. Some genius there must think that by removing more words from an upcoming sequel's title, it'll do better. They just renamed Fast and the Furious 5 (as it should be called) to just Fast Five. And now Variety says they've named the next Chronicles of Riddick sequel just Riddick. Come on, you can't sell a movie with more words in its title? Anyway, there's nothing really new in this announcement, they're just saying that the next movie is now officially in the works, so expect it in theaters in 2011 (most likely). And yes, Vin Diesel will be back, but we already knew that, too.

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 39 Comments

'Darkest of Days' Time Travel Game Headed to the Big Screen

By Alex Billington

Video game movies still aren't a hot commodity yet (maybe after Prince of Persia?), but it doesn't mean we can't be excited for more adaptations coming up (like BioShock, too). SlashFilm has learned that writers Douglas Cook and David Weisberg, of The Rock and Double Jeopardy previously, will be adapting the video game Darkest of Days released by Phantom EFX last year (for Xbox 360 and PC). The project is being produced by Joe Roth (Hellboy II, Alice in Wonderland, Knight & Day) and is currently be shopped around to Hollywood studios by CAA. You've got to hear what the plot of this game is, though, it's pretty awesome!

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 10 Comments

Kevin Costner to Direct and Star in 'A Little War of Our Own'

By Ethan Anderton

It's been almost seven years since Kevin Costner directed his last film (Open Range) and about fourteen years since I saw him in a film that I actually enjoyed (Tin Cup). It's a shame, because I grew up really liking him in films like Field of Dreams and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and then as I got older, I discovered his great performances in The Untouchables, Dances with Wolves and Bull Durham as well. Now he might get a chance to shine on both fronts again as Variety reports that Costner will direct and star in A Little War of Our Own, which centers on a sheriff who has to try and keep a town from exploding into violence.

⥤ Posted February 11 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 17 Comments

Watch This: Russell Brand in the Get Him to the Greek Trailer

By Alex Billington

Right after Forgetting Sarah Marshall hit in 2008, Universal decided to make a spin-off featuring rock star Aldous Snow (played by Brit Russell Brand), the crazy idiot who is screwing Jason Segel's woman. This is that spin-off, titled Get Him to the Greek, about an assistant at P. Diddy's record label who has to fly to London and "get" Snow back for a performance in LA. Basically, they're selling it like The Hangover mixed with an annoying "sweaty little drunk idiot covered in puke" sidekick, played by Jonah Hill. To be entirely honest, I actually think this looks good. It's got some funny moments and I'm really looking forward to it.

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⥤ Posted February 11 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 28 Comments

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Split into Two Back-to-Back Flicks

By Ethan Anderton

By now you know how this works. We hear something about The Twilight Saga, and I make some sort of snarky comment about how unbelievable it is this series is so successful despite the source material that reads like it was written in a 15-year-old girl's diary. It's like clockwork. So now that we've got that out of the way, here's the news that you Twi-Hards want to hear, or the news that fanboys will inevitably bitch about. Deadline Hollywood reports that the final installment of The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, will also be going the Deathly Hallows route and be split into two back-to-back films to begin shooting in mid-October.

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 33 Comments

Billl Wisher Has Written Treatments for Terminator 5 and 6

By Ethan Anderton

There's been tons of activity surrounding the Terminator franchise as of late. The rights were up for grabs as of November and studios like Lionsgate and Sony have been foaming at the mouth to snatch them up. So when the surprise victory came from a $29.5 million bid from Santa Barbara-based hedge fund Pacificor, the debtholder which pushed Halcyon into bankruptcy, something wasn't quite right. But out of this deal came the offer to let Sony and Lionsgate produce and distribute the next Terminator film. But who would will it? How about original franchise writer Bill Wisher who has treatments for a fifth and sixth movie? Read on!

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 33 Comments

Emmerich is Going Motion Capture for the Foundation Trilogy

By Alex Billington

Although I'd love to see that Independence Day sequel, it looks like director Roland Emmerich will be moving on to direct Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy. It was first announced last January that Emmerich would be bringing this beloved sci-fi series to the big screen and although we've written about it since then, we haven't learned much else about his plans until now. Emmerich tells MTV that "the Avatar technology applies to Foundation... It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real." So will it be motion capture kind of like Avatar (or probably A Christmas Carol)? The answer is: Yes.

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 34 Comments

Peter Cattaneo Hits Ice for Hockey Comedy 'What the Puck'

By Ethan Anderton

Back in 1997, director Peter Cattaneo made waves by delivering a hilarious comedy about out of work steel workers becoming male strippers in The Full Monty. Unfortunately, he followed it up eleven years later by directing 2008's The Rocker, which despite its best efforts with plenty of cameos, just couldn't measure up to the far superior School of Rock. Maybe he can redeem himself as Variety reports he will direct the hockey comedy What the Puck that's inspired by a true story of a father and son who bond after a messy divorce through their mutual love of ice hockey which leads the duo to the World Junior Championships in Canada.

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 5 Comments

Bill Condon & Larry Mark Making 'The Song is You' a Musical

By Ethan Anderton

After collaborating on the musical award magnet Dreamgirls, director Bill Condon and producer Larry Mark took on the awards in a different way last year when they worked with Hugh Jackman for a slew of musical numbers for the Academy Awards telecast. If the subsequent awards show ratings boost was any indicator, the duo know how to put together one hell of an entertaining musical show, so it's no surprise that Deadline Hollywood reports Condon and Mark will collaborate again by adapting the Arthur Phillips novel The Song is You (Amazon) into a film that isn't exactly a musical, but more of a "music-infused film."

⥤ Posted February 11 in Movie News, Opinions | 1 Comment

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