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Kick Ass New Artistic Posters for 'Chronicle' + Amazing Tilt-Shift Photo

What are you capable of? Whoa. I'm glad to see the marketing start ramping up in a big way for this flick, because it needs all the love it can get, and it's one of my most anticipated movies before the summer hits. Chronicle, conceived and directed by Josh Trank, is the "found-footage superheroes" film about teenage kids who get telekinesis. I've been excited for it ever since the first trailer hit, which came with a cool poster, and went really overboard when they showed us footage last week. These posters were found by GeekTyrant on their official viral Tumblr and they kick ass. Plus there's an amazing tilt-shift surprise photo at the end.

› Posted January 11 in Hype, Opinions, Posters, Viral News | 10 Comments

'The Artist' Star Jean Dujardin Taking on a Spy Role in 'Möbius' Next

By Alex Billington

One of the many actors to come out of 2011 with a lot of buzz is Frenchman Jean Dujardin, who starred in Michel Hazanavicius' B&W silent film The Artist as George Valentin. He does an extraordinary job and I'm glad to see him continue taking on all the roles he wants. While this was first reported last year by Variety, over on EW.com they're now confirming (in the middle of all the awards buzz) that Jean Dujardin will next be starring in a film called Möbius, from French director Eric Rochant (Love Without Pity, Long Live the Republic, "Mafiosa"). He'll play an "experienced intelligence officer" and return to Europe to shoot.

› Posted January 10 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

Paramount Releasing Cameron-Produced 3D Cirque du Soleil Movie

By Alex Billington

It looks like Paramount caught the Cameron bug. They got a taste of the buzz he brings with Titanic in 3D and now they want more. A press release today announces that Paramount will be the worldwide distributor of a Cirque du Soleil 3D feature film entitled Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away, written & directed by Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian) and executive produced by James Cameron, with 3D mastermind Vince Pace himself overseeing the "stereo production aspect." Which means this is going to look amazing in 3D, that's the big selling point.

› Posted January 10 in 3D, Movie News, Opinions | 4 Comments

Watch: Trailer for Tobe Hooper's 'Politically Subversive' Horror 'Djinn'

By Alex Billington

I'm not looking to kick up any political dust here, but this is quite an intriguing trailer. Horror master Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist) shot a film in the United Arab Emirates last year called Djinn, about a couple who return from a trip to the US to discover that their apartment is haunted by a malevolent being. There were recent reports that distributor Imagenation Abu Dhabi was going to shelf the film for being "politically subversive", but new reports say it's still on track to be released this year. Italian site MovieSushi (via STYD) found the first long promo trailer, and it's honestly rather boring. Take a look!

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› Posted January 10 in Foreign Films, Opinions, Trailers | 23 Comments

Cameron Crowe Says Jonsi Will Be Scoring His New Comedy Film, Too

By Alex Billington

Go sing, too loud. If I haven't said it enough, my favorite score of 2011 was indeed Jonsi's We Bought a Zoo; I love Sigur Ros and his music for it is just wonderful. Like David Fincher and Trent Reznor before them, it looks like filmmaker Cameron Crowe and Jonsi are now teaming up. The Playlist posted an update from Crowe himself via email, where he told them "yep, it's with Jónsi," in regards to his next film. I didn't even know he had another one lined up! But they go on to say it is a "currently untitled comedy" inspired, in spirit, by director Preston Struges. Whatever it may be, I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing it already.

› Posted January 10 in Development, Movie News, Opinions | 1 Comment

TV Star Katee Sackhoff Lands a Lead Role in the New 'Riddick' Movie

By Alex Billington

Time to bust out the Battlestar! Deadline is reporting that Katee Sackhoff is in final negotiations to star as the female lead in David Twohy's new Chronicles of Riddick sequel movie, still untitled, in the works at Universal. Sackhoff most recently has been working on A&E's "Longmire" and will finish that and move on to shoot Riddick next. This news picks up on the new R-rated Riddick sequel after they halted production for two months due to "financing issues"; production will now start up again in Montreal. Vin Diesel is back as Riddick and Sackhoff will play Dahl, a Nordic mercenary tracking him in this. Glad it's back on track!

› Posted January 9 in Casting, Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 9 Comments

Studio Ghibli Retrospective Spanning 14 Films Arrives in Los Angeles

By Alex Billington

Following a successful run in New York, GKIDS is ready to launch a massive 14-film retrospective for The Studio Ghibli Collection: 1984 to 2002 in Los Angeles. Running for two weeks, starting January 26th to February 12th, at the Egyptian and Aero American Cinematheque Theatres, 14 of the best classic Ghibli films will be screened in all new 35mm prints. Sounds wonderful already. Fourteen Studio Ghibli features produced between 1984 and 2008 will be presented, including Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar winning Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky and Howl's Moving Castle. Read on!

› Posted January 9 in Cool Stuff, Events, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

Playwright David Auburn Adapting 'A Discovery of Witches' for WB

By Alex Billington

From vampires to zombies to werewolves, now witches. Variety is reporting that Warner Bros is adapting a novel called A Discovery of Witches, written by Deborah Harkness, and they've lined up quite a prolific writer to take on the task. Playwright David Auburn, winner Joseph Kesselring Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the Drama Desk Award, and the Tony Award for "Proof", has been hired to adapt the script for WB. The studio acquired the rights to adapt the film last year, and has producers Denise Di Novi (Crazy Stupid Love, Nights in Rodanthe, The Lucky One) and Allison Greenspan developing the project. Sounds fascinating.

› Posted January 9 in Development, Movie News, Opinions | 4 Comments

Tom Hiddleston Says 'Thor 2' Already Starts Shooting This Summer

By Alex Billington

So that means Loki survives The Avengers? I'm kidding. Isn't he the villain? Empire recently had a chat with actor Tom Hiddleston and, while he of course did not say a thing about Avengers or the story or any of that, he did mention one worthwhile tidbit - they're already planning to shoot Thor 2 this summer. "All I know about Thor 2 is that we're supposed to film it in London in the summer and that it is being directed by Alan Taylor," he said. Taylor was just announced and the release date is now November 15th, 2013, so they've got a bit but they're looking to get into production by the summer anyway. Keep 'em coming Marvel!

› Posted January 9 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 8 Comments

Mike Patton to Score Derek Cianfrance's 'The Place Beyond the Pines'

By Alex Billington

Some interesting news regarding the new film by Derek Cianfrance starring Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond the Pines, seen above. The Playlist & SlashFilm are reporting that the film will be scored by Mike Patton, a singer-songwriter-musician known more for his bands and music than scores, but he did do work for Crank: High Voltage and the Italian film A Solitude of Prime Numbers. Cianfrance has a knack for choosing unique artists for his films, like Grizzly Bear doing the excellent score for Blue Valentine. This already sounds as promising and unique as we should expect for The Place Beyond the Pines. Can't wait.

› Posted January 9 in Development, Indies, Movie News, Opinions | 3 Comments

Don't Watch: Trailer for High School Comedy 'LOL' with Miley Cyrus

By Alex Billington

"I know that this looks bad..." Since there aren't many other good trailers to feature, here's one you don't want to watch. A new trailer for a teen romantic comedy called LOL starring Miley Cyrus has hit YouTube via Vlicious. Yes, believe it or not with that title, this is a to-be-theatrically released movie from Lionsgate, and it's also a remake of the director's own 2008 French film, also titled LOL. There's a lot of questions in this, like: why the random trip to Paris, why is their hair blowing in the car, who's the band with the Dharma symbol? In addition to Miley, this co-stars Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene and Demi Moore. Have fun!

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› Posted January 9 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 18 Comments

DGA Awards 2011 Nominees Include Fincher, Hazanavicius, Scorsese

By Alex Billington

As we continue into the awards season in early 2012, more guilds are announcing their nominees/awards for 2011. We've already seen the Screen Actors Guild nominees and the Writers Guild nominees, so next up is the Directors Guild of America. The DGA has announced their nominees for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film 2011. This guild chooses five nominees every year in the feature category (documentary comes a bit later) which means it's a very short list. The winner will be named at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 in just a few weeks. Read on for the full list.

› Posted January 9 in Awards News, Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

Lionsgate Moving to Actually Buy Summit Entertainment for $700M

By Alex Billington

Another potentially monumental Hollywood deal may actually go through to kick off the New Year. Deadline is reporting, with confirmation via The Wrap, that Lionsgate is moving to seal the deal on a $700 million purchase of Summit Entertainment, the studio that is already raking in the cash with the Twilight series and other hits like RED and 50/50. "As the merger talks between two of Hollywood's largest independent movie studios morphed into takeover talks and went down to the wire," many places reported it was about to blow up, but now it's likely to come through. Wow, this will be huge, and something I'm intrigued to see.

› Posted January 9 in Development, Movie News, Opinions | 3 Comments

'The Artist' Director Michel Hazanavicius Headed on a 'Search' to 1948

By Alex Billington

How do you follow-up a triumphant, award-winning black & white silent film that Hollywood loves? Go back and remake a 1948 film! French director Michel Hazanavicius (interview), of The Artist as well as the two OSS 117 spy films, is reportedly lined up to direct a remake of Fred Zinnemann's 1948 film The Search, but will update the setting to contemporary "war-torn" Chechnya. Variety broke the news, which comes at a key time when Hazanavicius and The Artist are aiming for some big Oscar nominations (and maybe wins). But I also find it perfectly fitting that Hazanavicius chose a classic B&W film to remake for his next project.

› Posted January 9 in Development, Movie News, Opinions | 1 Comment

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