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'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas' Crew Lipdubs 'Party in the U.S.A.'

When you're dealing with a movie that has Danny Trejo in an ugly Christmas sweater, a baby covered in cocaine, a robot that makes waffles, and a drug-induced claymation sequence, there's really no need to ask why the crew of A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (which has a 75% score on Rotten Tomatoes right now) decided to put together a lipdub to the tune of Miley Cyrus' pop song Party in the U.S.A. It's just something that happens. Director Todd Strauss-Schulson (@TheRealTSS on Twitter) even gets in on the lip syncing action himself in a video that takes him and the crew all the way to the premiere of the film.

⥤ Posted November 8 in Humor, To Watch | 6 Comments

Brett Ratner Resigns as Oscars Producer After Sparking Controversy

By Ethan Anderton

After the official announcement that Eddie Murphy would be hosting the 84th annual Academy Awards next year with filmmaker Brett Ratner producing the live telecast, recent events have transpired that have resulted in the loss of one of those talents. While Murphy is usually the one to offend with films like Norbit and Daddy Day Care, this time it's Ratner who has offended with inappropriate remarks that have essentially forced him to resign as producer of the Academy Awards ceremony. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the announcement today, and Ratner also released an official statement.

⥤ Posted November 8 in Awards News, Featured, Opinions | 41 Comments

New Three-Way Banner for 'Snow White and the Huntsman' Revealed

By Alex Billington

On the completely opposite spectrum as Tarsem Singh's "sickeningly kiddie" take on Snow White, we have Universal's dark, Lord of the Rings-like epic take on Snow White as well. This one, titled Snow White and the Huntsman and directed by up-and-comer commercials filmmaker Rupert Sanders, stars Kristen Stewart as a "gritty, badass" Snow White in this one. While we saw some character profiles at Comic-Con, Universal has just revealed on Twitter (via ComingSoon) the first full three-character banner for the movie, featuring Stewart as well as Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman and Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen.

⥤ Posted November 8 in First Look, Hype, Posters | 13 Comments

MGM Ordering Up Some of Adam Green's 'Killer Pizza' Adaptation

By Alex Billington

Now this is a project that sounds like it could be awesome! Deadline reports that MGM is in talks to acquire a spec script adaptation from filmmaker Adam Green of Greg Taylor's 2009 novel Killer Pizza. Green is the fan-favorite indie horror director of Hatchet I & II and Frozen and it sounds like he'll be directing this, too. It's likely that Rafaella De Laurentiis (DragonHeart, The Last Legion) will produce with 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment. It sounds like such a great concept for a kid-focused horror, about a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza place that's actually a front for a monster hunting organization. Read on!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Development, Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

Watch: Whimsical New Australian Trailer for Illumination's 'The Lorax'

By Alex Billington

It all started a long, long time ago... Let's learn the story of the trees! A brand new Australian trailer for Illumination Entertainment's animated take on Dr. Seuss' The Lorax has landed online, courtesy of MSN UK (via Vlicious). In this one we get a different assembly of footage than the first teaser, starting with the young Ted (voiced by Zac Efron) asking to hear the story of the Truffula trees, which is when we actually get to meet the "legendary, slightly annoying" Lorax, voiced by Danny DeVito. Beyond that I'm not sure where this is going, but it looks fun in only a way Illumination could deliver, and I mean that in a good way.

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⥤ Posted November 8 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 6 Comments

Stephen King Novel 'Rose Madder' Being Adapted for the Big Screen

By James Wallace

There are numerous big screen Stephen King adaptations, from the really good (The Shining) to the really bad (unfortunately there are too many of these to list but here's one for you...Dreamcatcher) and the "Oh yea, he did write those didn't he?!" (The Shawshank Redemption , The Green Mile) in between. But somehow, King's Rose Madder has evaded the feature film treatment until now. Variety is reporting that Palomar Pictures and Grosvenor Park are working on an adaptation of the 1995 novel with screenwriter Naomi Sheridan, writer of In America and daughter of My Left Foot director Jim) scripting the project.

⥤ Posted November 8 in Development, Movie News | 32 Comments

Rob Reiner Working on Heist Story 'Airtight' and Also a Prop 8 Film

By Ethan Anderton

When you look back at the films of director Rob Reiner, the man really has done it all rather successfully. The mockumentary comedy This is Spinal Tap, the childhood favorite fantasy The Princess Bride, the classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, the courtroom drama A Few Good Men, the Stephen King penned horror thriller Misery, and the lovely and underrated coming-of-age romance Flipped all hail from Reiner's directing talents. Now THR reports that the director is setting his sights on something he hasn't done before: a heist film called Airtight and a drama surrounding Proposition 8. More details below!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Development, Movie News | 7 Comments

Charming Poster for Crowe's 'We Bought a Zoo' Needs No Star Power

By Ethan Anderton

One of the worst trends in poster design comes in the form of floating heads, and that usually comes when a romance or drama arrives that can't easily be conveyed in a single image (or imply lacks a creative team to do so). Many of these types of posters can be seen in our recent highlight of common trends in Hollywood movie posters, but thankfully, We Bought a Zoo, the promising drama from Cameron Crowe starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson doesn't need the faces of its good-looking leads, but rather just a simple image that could even double as a cover for the book on which the film is based. See it in full below!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Featured, Hype, Posters | 6 Comments

Check This Out: Sleek New Website for McQueen's 'Shame' Unveiled

By Alex Billington

"You want to get out of here? I can take you somewhere..." Fox Searchlight has unveiled today a gorgeous new website (tip to Awards Daily) for their awards season heavyweight Shame, written/directed by Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender in one of the best performances of his career. As expected with Searchlight, they let the film and its visuals (and that amazing score you'll hear) speak for itself, along with numerous critics' quotes planted throughout, including one from myself (see the screenshot below) from my glowing Telluride review. I really love this film, and I'm more than happy to point out its sleek new website.

⥤ Posted November 8 in Hype, Indies, Movie News | 1 Comment

'Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview' Playing in Limited Theaters Next Week

By Alex Billington

We can mix cinema and technology once again, as a documentary titled Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview was put together following the recent death of one of technology's greatest innovators/leaders, and is being released theatrically next week. In 1995, during the making of his TV series "Triumph of the Nerds", Bob Cringely conducted "the best TV interview Steve Jobs ever gave", but only showed a small portion. The full un-aired 70-minute interview has been restored from VHS and turned into Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview and is showing on the evenings of November 16th and 17th. If you love Jobs or Apple, you can't miss this!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Indies, Movie News, Opinions | 6 Comments

Jason Segel Hopes to Make Kids Adventure Movie Similar to 'Goonies'

By Ethan Anderton

Since the star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man is in the midst of trying to give The Muppets their promising big screen comeback, maybe Jason Segel is the right guy to also bring back the action and adventure that once inhabited family friendly films back in the 80's. That's what the actor is hoping as The Playlist recently spoke with Segel who revealed that he's just bought back his first-ever script that he sold when he was just 21-years old. Though he's not exactly forthcoming with the details, he did say that it would be a kids adventure style film in the same vein as The Goonies and Labyrinth. More below!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Development, Movie News | 4 Comments

Check This Out: Hollywood's Most Common Trends in Movie Posters

By Ethan Anderton

If the revelation that Hollywood consistently uses the contrast of orange and blue color palettes on dozens of movie posters ruined your enjoyment of seeing stylish one sheets in theaters everywhere, then you may want to stop reading right now. A French blogger by the name of Christophe Courtois (via Movies.com) has put together a collection of fourteen popular design trends in movie posters. While some you've seen already like floating heads, there are some other interesting observations like the predominance of blue in both action films and movies about animals and nature as well. See the various movie poster trends below!

⥤ Posted November 8 in Discussion, Featured, Posters | 26 Comments

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