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Kevin Smith Wants Seann William Scott for His Hockey Movie

I'm actually watching the USA vs Canada hockey game at the Olympics while writing this, which is more than just a coincidence, because this NHL.com article actually starts out talking about this game. Anyway, Kevin Smith was recently interviewed by NHL.com for Cop Out and revealed there that Seann William Scott will play Buddy, the lead character in his new hockey movie Hit Somebody. Smith just worked with Scott in Cop Out, due out next weekend, as well as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Scott is not officially signed on yet, but Smith says he wants to take Scott "to the (Tom) Hanks level" as an actor. Wait, what?!

⥤ Posted February 21 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 37 Comments

James Cameron Explains Why Hollywood is Screwing Up 3D

By Alex Billington

For over a year now, I've been referring to one quote from James Cameron over and over in the many articles I've written about 3D. Cameron stated way back in 2008 at the 3D Entertainment Summit, while talking about Alice in Wonderland (which is incidentally due out in a few weeks), that it "doesn't make any sense to shoot in 2D and convert to 3D." In another new interview segment at MTV, Cameron talks about how 3D is still being used improperly in Hollywood. "But it's typical of Hollywood getting it wrong, right?" he asks. Indeed it is. But his new quotes from this are some of the best I've heard. You tell 'em Cameron!

⥤ Posted February 21 in Discussion, Editorials, Opinions | 79 Comments

Indie Trailer Sunday: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trailer

By Alex Billington

There have been some really strong films coming out of Sweden recently (need I mention Let the Right One In) and this is another one to add to that list. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo got a lot of buzz when it showed in the Cannes Marketplace and buyers went crazy for it, but it's only now making its way to the US. This film is the first in a trilogy about a journalist and a young female hacker wrapped up in a murder mystery. Not only does it seem like a very intricate and fascinating story, but this trailer is pretty sleek. All of it looks great, the cinematography and story and acting. I'll be checking this out this spring. Take a look!

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⥤ Posted February 21 in Indies, To Watch, Trailers | 29 Comments

Depp Confirms Knightley & Bloom Won't Return for Pirates 4

By Alex Billington

Actor Johnny Depp recently appeared at a press event this weekend for Alice in Wonderland and talked briefly about Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (via Collider), officially known as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will start shooting this summer in Hawaii. Depp confirmed that Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, who played Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner, won't be returning for this sequel. Depp also said, "we're coming at it from a different angle at this point, Rob Marshall and [a] totally new take, it's a new story." Some photos of the Black Pearl arriving in Oahu recently showed up on Hawaii News Now, too.

⥤ Posted February 21 in Movie News, Opinions | 88 Comments

Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker Win Writers Guild Awards

By Alex Billington

The 2010 Writers Guild Awards were held tonight at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Up in the Air, written by Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, and The Hurt Locker, written by Mark Boal, took the top awards tonight (in the adapted and original categories, respectively). The Cove also won the documentary award. This is pretty much exactly what we expected to happen at the WGA, no big surprises. This was also where 500 Days of Summer got a good nomination, since it didn't get one at the Oscars, but I didn't expect it to win anyway. Plus, this may be a sign of what will happen at the Oscars in a few weeks.

⥤ Posted February 20 in Awards News, Opinions | 8 Comments

DiCaprio the Latest to Work on Aaron Guzikowski's Prisoners

By Alex Billington

I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting pretty tired of writing about all the different hands this script has gone through. Aaron Guzikowski's script Prisoners was first unleashed upon Hollywood back in March of last year. At one point Bryan Singer was set to direct with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, but that never happened. Then they attached Training Day's Antoine Fuqua late last year to direct a "lower budget" version, eventually hooking Hugh Jackman as well. But now apparently both of them have fallen off and Leonardo DiCaprio is now the latest to to be "taken" by the script. Now he's setting it up at Warner Bros.

⥤ Posted February 20 in Casting, Movie News, Rumors | 4 Comments

Cheech & Chong Confirm that 'Up in Smoke 2' is on the Way

By Alex Billington

I received an email from a reader named Brandon tonight linking to a YouTube interview with legendary stoners Cheech and Chong talking about all things geek, movies, and, well, Cheech and Chong. But at one point (about 1:02 in) they talk briefly about what they've got coming up for movies and Chong says there's three things: a concert movie, out on 4/20, called Hey Watch This! (pre-order on Amazon); an animated feature, "a bunch of those" Chong says (not just one movie), but the first one will get released "sometime after 4/20"; and lastly, they reveal that "we're also working on a movie movie, Up in Smoke 2." Hell yes!

⥤ Posted February 20 in Movie News, Opinions | 53 Comments

List of Cities Revealed Under Tron Legacy's Viral Countdown

By Alex Billington

I love viral marketing. I love the mystery and intrigue surrounding big games like this, I love everything. Earlier this week we reported on the discovery of a new viral site for Tron Legacy called just Zero Hour (located at flynnlives.com/zerhour). A countdown clock was initially all that was discovered on the site, and it's set to expire next Wednesday, February 24th at 8AM. However, a few days later a few mysterious pixels started showing up beneath the binary countdown clock, slowly forming a list of around 25 different cities which we think will be part of the next "game" (to be held locally in each city) when this countdown ends.

⥤ Posted February 19 in Hype, Tron Legacy, Viral News | 14 Comments

Must Watch: Trailer for Don Hahn's Waking Sleeping Beauty

By Alex Billington

Disney has just debuted the trailer for Don Hahn's wonderful Disney Animation documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty that I've been talking plenty about since seeing it at the Telluride Film Festival last year (read my review). It's an incredible documentary, probably my favorite of 2010 (and 2009), and this trailer captures some of that magic. But, of course, you have to see the entire thing to get the full story. I can't say enough good things about this and I hope everyone makes it their goal to eventually see this. "We went from hitting rock bottom to creating the most successful films ever. This is the story of how we got there." Enjoy!

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⥤ Posted February 19 in Indies, To Watch, Trailers | 18 Comments

Tom McCarthy Directing Giamatti in 'Win Win' for Searchlight

By Alex Billington

Tom McCarthy is much more than just a talented actor (you've seen him in Duplicity and 2012 recently). He has also written and directed two great films - The Station Agent and The Visitor, the latter of which got Richard Jenkins an Oscar nomination last year. Now McCarthy is joining with Fox Searchlight to direct a new feature called Win Win that will star Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan, as announced on NY Mag's Vulture. The drama is about "a suburban New Jersey family and the teen runaway who changes their lives and turns around the sagging fortunes of a high school wrestling team." Shooting starts in April. Read on!

⥤ Posted February 19 in Casting, Movie News | 3 Comments

Wes Craven is Officially Directing Scream 4 Starting in May

By Ethan Anderton

Last November we heard from actress Neve Campbell that it looked like director Wes Craven was going to be coming back to the horror franchise he helmed in the late 90's with Scream 4. But with a more recent report saying Craven might have another project lined up, there wasn't any certainty. Now it seems official as the LA Times' Hero Complex recently profiled the legendary horror director and discovered that he will start filming the sequel this May. Thanks to occasional updates from writer Kevin Williamson on Twitter, we know he's been hard at work on the script, and now it's finally time for a return of the Ghost Face Killer.

⥤ Posted February 19 in Movie News, Opinions | 8 Comments

Owen Wilson Attached to Woody Allen's Next Untitled Film

By Ethan Anderton

We know that Woody Allen already has his next film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, lined up with Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts. However, Allen has, as usual, been secretly busy gathering talent for his next as yet untitled film, as THR's Risky Biz reports Owen Wilson has been attached to a project of which there aren't any known details about story or characters. This of course has been Allen's trademark as he continues a 33-year streak of writing and directing one (or more) feature film every single year, starting with 1977's Best Picture winning Annie Hall. The man is a cinema machine.

⥤ Posted February 19 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

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