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The Weinsteins Win Back Miramax for $600 Million - Updated

And we're right back at where we started. THR is reporting that Hollywood powerplayers Bob and Harvey Weinstein have won the auction for the indie distributor Miramax today with a top bid of around $600 million. Where they got that money, I don't know. Miramax was founded in 1979 by the Weinsteins and sold to Disney in 1993. They then started their own company, The Weinstein Company, which still runs today, but has been on the verge of closing down due to a lack of successful films in recent years. In January, it was reported that Miramax would "close its doors" and be auctioned off, including the 611 films in its library.

⥤ Posted April 15 in Movie News, Opinions, Rumors | 8 Comments

Avatar is Getting a Quick IMAX 3D Re-Release This Weekend

By Alex Billington

It is our duty to bring you news and information about movies showing in theaters, so we have to let you know about the upcoming re-release of James Cameron's Avatar in theaters this weekend, even though I don't really understand the point of it. AMC will be re-showing Avatar in 61 theaters in 29 cities in the US on April 16th and 17th (Friday and Saturday) in glorious IMAX 3D. The real reason is that Avatar hits DVD and Blu-Ray on April 22nd (Earth Day!) next week and this is your very last chance to see Avatar "the way director James Cameron intended it to be experienced." I'm not sure this is truly your last chance, though.

⥤ Posted April 15 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 11 Comments

Joss Whedon Rewriting Captain America & Avengers Scripts?

By Alex Billington

This latest "rumor of the day" (although it seems more legitimate than inaccurate) from Pajiba claims that the recently announced director of Marvel's The Avengers movie, geek favorite Joss Whedon, will also be polishing the script for Captain America: The First Avenger. Variety also mentioned ever so briefly that Whedon is rewriting The Avengers script that was originally written by Zak Penn. This is fantastic news for everyone who thinks Whedon is a better writer (for TV, movies, and comics) than he is a director, as Pajiba says Marvel brought on Whedon in order for him to help beyond just directing that one movie.

⥤ Posted April 15 in Hype, Movie News, Rumors | 16 Comments

Fincher's Social Network To Be First Movie Shot & Shown in 4K

By Alex Billington

While the rest of the world is caught up in the 3D craze, I'm glad to see that David Fincher is still sticking with his guns and thinking about how to make 2D projection look better and better. A reader on SlashFilm sent in a little scoop from the RED camera presentation at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this week. For those unfamiliar, the RED camera system (created by the founder of Oakley) is the world's leading high resolution digital video camera that the entertainment industry has been slowly using more often. The RED is one of the few cameras that actually shoots in 4K, but most films aren't even projected in 4K at movie theaters.

⥤ Posted April 15 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 24 Comments

Casting Tidbits: Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Bacon

By Ethan Anderton

Once these Casting Tidbits hit 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit. First up, THR reports Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of the new Steve Carell dramatic vehicle from writer Dan Fogelman, which started out untitled, was suddenly being called Crazy, Stupid Love, and is now back to being untitled. The story centers on Carell, whose wife (Julianne Moore) wants a divorce. To salvage their marriage, he uses a slick life coach (Ryan Gosling) to reform him. Bacon will play a co-worker of Moore's, an alpha male who begins an affair with her. I can definitely seeing Bacon stealing some poor man's wife and loving it.

⥤ Posted April 15 in Casting Tidbits, Movie News | 5 Comments

Watch This: Crazy Fun New International Knight & Day Trailer

By Alex Billington

Fox has debuted a new international trailer for their summer action movie Knight & Day starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. We've already seen at least two other official US trailers for this, so there's not much new footage or story that we get to see this time around. To be honest, I'm actually getting a bit tired of watching trailers for this. They're designed the same way: "It was some guy who was a terrorist!" then we meet Cruise again and go on a wild ride for the rest of it. In fact, this may literally be the exact same trailer as the other new one, but whatever. I'm still excited for this, but I don't need to see more footage. Enjoy!

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⥤ Posted April 15 in Hype, To Watch, Trailers | 20 Comments

Full 63rd Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Announced

By Alex Billington

The 63nd Cannes Film Festival official selection was just announced this morning. A total of 53 films this year are featured in four categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition and Special Screenings (including those Midnight Screenings). The festival kicks off on May 12th next month and last for 11 days until May 23rd. I will be attending for my second year in a row. It was previously announced that Ridley Scott's Robin Hood would be opening the festival. Highlights from this year's selection include Mike Leigh's Another Year and Jean-Luc Godard's Socialisme among many others. Read on for a full list!

⥤ Posted April 15 in Cannes Film Festival 10, Indies, Movie News | 14 Comments

Impressive Official Teaser Poster for The Sorcerer's Apprentice

By Alex Billington

I'd been wondering when we'd see a poster for this movie, but I was definitely not expecting something like this! ComingSoon has debuted the first teaser poster for Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and it's a gorgeous bit of artwork. It's basically just got a sneering Nicolas Cage as Balthazar showing off his magical dragon ring that identifies Jay Baruchel as the "chosen one," or whatever it is. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, watch it here. This kind of reminds me of Drew Struzan's paintings but it's actually just a dark and sleek photo with some nice color touch-up work. However, I really am very impressed by this. Check it out below!

⥤ Posted April 15 in Hype, Opinions, Posters | 15 Comments

Must Watch: Viral Teaser Trailer for Space Paranoids Online!

By Alex Billington

This looks awesome! If you read up about the Tron Legacy viral event at WonderCon a few weeks ago, you may have heard that Alan Bradley announced that the original Space Paranoids game would soon become an online playable game. If you thought that was just part of the stunt, guess again, as FlynnLives.com has just been updated with an awesome new teaser trailer (you can watch it below) for the actual online playable Space Paranoids game. Yes, once this is released online it's going to consume endless hours of your life until this December when Tron Legacy finally lands in theaters. You've been warned... but check this out anyway!

⥤ Posted April 14 in To Watch, Tron Legacy, Viral News | 4 Comments

Zac Efron to Smuggle Cocaine in WB's Remake of Snabba Cash

By Ethan Anderton

You're not the only one who doesn't know what's up with wacky that title. Heat Vision reports that remake rights to this Swedish thriller sparked a huge bidding war in Hollywood and it looks like the winner is Zac Efron (also attached to star) and Warner Bros (the home of Efron's new production company) along with producers Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) and Richard Suckle (The International) of Atlas Ent. Snabba Cash is a new Swedish film based on a novel by Jens Lapidus that follows three interconnected storylines involving drugs and organized crime, and would have Efron as a financial wiz who becomes drug runner.

⥤ Posted April 14 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 16 Comments

French Actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey Joins the Cast of Pirates 4

By Ethan Anderton

Surely there is someone who is disappointed by the fact that Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will not be returning for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but there are also still plenty that don't mind, especially with people like Ian McShane coming on-board. Well since there's been recent development on finding a suitable young actor to fill Bloom's shoes as the young heartthrob in the flick, surely there must be a comparable young beauty to fill Knightley's shoes and it looks like Disney found her, as they announced that the young French actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey will be making her US feature debut in the sequel.

⥤ Posted April 14 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 12 Comments

Hayley Atwell Cast as Captain America's WWII Love Interest

By Alex Billington

Marvel has officially announced (no more rumors!) that British actress Hayley Atwell (seen above) has been cast as Peggy Carter in Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger (notice the new title, too?). Deadline has posted the press release, which doesn't reveal a single bit of new information besides Atwell's casting. The 28 year old actress beat out other British talent like Keira Knightley, Alice Eve, and Emily Blunt (mentioned here) for the breakout role. In the early comics, Peggy Carter fell in love with Captain America while fighting together during the war. The character will be updated for the feature adaptation. Read on!

⥤ Posted April 14 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 23 Comments

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