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**Over 70 Photos From Brad Pitt's The Tree of Life **Guillermo Del Toro Says "Hellboy 3" Isn't Happening **Marisa Tomei And Sarah Jessica Parker Circling Married And Cheating **Danny Huston Joins Nic Cage As He Tries To Find His Daughter In Medallion **Streisand's Gypsy is a No-Go
Guillermo Del Toro Says "Hellboy 3" Isn't Happening
Posted: March 12th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Movieweb recently caught up with Guillermo Del Toro, who spoke about "Frankenstein," "At the Mountains of Madness," "Pacific Rim" and the third "Hellboy" movie.
While he respects Universal Pictures' decision not to fund "At the Mountains of Madness," he said that the plan is to one day develop the film. "A hundred percent I'll try," the director explained. "With a little bit of luck we will find good terms to get it back from Universal."
"Pacific Rim," which is Del Toro's next helming gig, has been in pre-production for six months. "I was developing the visual bible for that," he said. "We hope to start shooting this September."
Regarding "Frankenstein," Del Toro has a meeting with Universal set for next week. Unfortunately, there are no meeting coming up about "Hellboy 3," because according to Del Toro: "There are no plans at all [for 'Hellboy 3']."
Source: Movieweb
Read more: http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=20950&count=0
Marisa Tomei And Sarah Jessica Parker Circling Married And Cheating
published: 2011-03-12 15:52:17 Author: Mack Rawden
If I told you a sports movie was coming out and gave you no other information, what would you guess might be the vague construction of its plot? New coach comes aboard to impart winning attitude on hapless team. What about a horror movie? Psychopath terrorizes group of friends, mowing them down one by one. What about an independent film? That one’s a little harder, but I bet if I gave you three guesses one of them would involve philandering spouses. These story arcs might seem repetitive, to a degree they certainly are, but they exist because they’re proven winners. In the end, it doesn’t matter if the territory has been covered before, as long as the film has something new to say about it. Let’s hope that’s the case with Raymond de Felitta’s newest.
According to Variety, it’s aptly titled Married And Cheating, and it follows three couples as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives and deal with the ramifications of their decisions. The always reliable Marisa Tomei is negotiating to star alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, provided the financing comes together. These deals are always a bit dicey as you can’t sign anyone until the money’s done, but you can’t get money until people are signed. As a result, most of the time people verbally commit, checks are signed and then it all gets formalized.
I can’t help but be reminded of the underseen Your Friends And Neighbors. The Ben Stiller relationships indie never really caught on with viewers, but if Married And Cheating proves to be half as brilliant, we’ll all be in for something special.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Marisa-Tomei-And-Sarah-Jessica-Parker-Circling-Married-And-Cheating-23617.html
Danny Huston Joins Nic Cage As He Tries To Find His Daughter In Medallion
published: 2011-03-12 10:55:56 Author: Mack Rawden
What do coaches tell professional athletes in the middle of a cold streak? Think about the fundamentals, get back to basics, we still have confidence in you. The same message should ring true for actors with a few flops in a row. Trying new things is great, but in times of trouble, it's always best to steer your way out using what's worked before, and for Nicolas Cage that's a big budget action film that's approximately forty percent too ridiculous to actually happen. Drive Angry 3D and that Witch one went a little too far, but this new scaled-back project Medallionshould do the trick, especially now that Danny Huston is on board.
If you, like most people, didn't see last year's Warrior's Way, you missed out on a truly epic villain performance from Huston. Murdering, raping and slaying ninjas, he was a true original, and with any luck director Simon West will let him go for it in Medallion too. According to IndieWire, the actor has officially boarded the thriller, which will see West reteam with his Con Air star Nic Cage. The plot follows a criminal (Cage) as he enlists his partner (Malin Akerman) to find his kidnapped daughter hidden somewhere in the trunk of a taxi cab. Asses will be kicked, heads will roll and hopefully, people will shell out to see it.
Medallion is about to start shooting in New Orleans. There's no official release date, but if it ends up being as good as it could be, next summer is probably a good guess.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Danny-Huston-Joins-Nic-Cage-As-He-Tries-To-Find-His-Daughter-In-Medallion-23614.html
Over 70 Photos From The Tree of Life
Source: Kinopoisk.ru March 13, 2011
Some interesting news items have come online (and disappeared) about Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life recently. From visual effects supervisor Dan Glass saying a bit too much about certain creatures appearing in the film (hence the pulled articles), to the running time being revealed as 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Now comes a rather large gallery of photos from the film at Kinopoisk.ru (via TheFilmStage.com). The pictures feature mostly Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. You can check them out by clicking here or on the photo below!
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75203
http://www.kinopoisk.ru/level/13/film/256408/
Streisand's Gypsy is a No-Go
Source: The Hartford Courant , Edward Douglas March 12, 2011
Back in January, there was a report in the New York Times that Barbara Streisand had met with Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, co-writers of the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy, to talk to them about playing Mama Rose in a movie version of the musical.
Well, it looks like that movie may not happen now according to Laurents, who spoke to the Hartford Courant's Frank Rizzo about how the project came together and how it now seems to not be happening anymore.
According to Laurents, it's Sondheim himself who questioned the reasons for making a movie based on their musical. Laurents told Rizzo the following story about talking with his partner who got cold feet:
"He said, 'What is the point of it?' And I said, 'They have this terrible version with Rosalind Russell wearing those black and white shoes.' And then Sondheim told me something that he got from the British -- and it's wonderful. He said, 'You want a record because the theater is ephemeral. But that's wrong. The theater's greatest essence is that it is ephemeral. You don't need a record. The fact that it's ephemeral means you can have different productions, different Roses on into infinity.'
"So I don't want it now. I don't want a definitive record. I want it to stay alive."
Laurents goes on to say that Streisand is disappointed with Sondheim's decision, especially because Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) was interested in directing the movie.
Streisand is staying busy following her appearance in Little Fockers by co-starring in the Seth Rogen comedy My Mother's Curse for Paramount with Anne (The Proposal) Fletcher directing.
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75202
Posted: March 12th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Movieweb recently caught up with Guillermo Del Toro, who spoke about "Frankenstein," "At the Mountains of Madness," "Pacific Rim" and the third "Hellboy" movie.
While he respects Universal Pictures' decision not to fund "At the Mountains of Madness," he said that the plan is to one day develop the film. "A hundred percent I'll try," the director explained. "With a little bit of luck we will find good terms to get it back from Universal."
"Pacific Rim," which is Del Toro's next helming gig, has been in pre-production for six months. "I was developing the visual bible for that," he said. "We hope to start shooting this September."
Regarding "Frankenstein," Del Toro has a meeting with Universal set for next week. Unfortunately, there are no meeting coming up about "Hellboy 3," because according to Del Toro: "There are no plans at all [for 'Hellboy 3']."
Source: Movieweb
Read more: http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=20950&count=0
Marisa Tomei And Sarah Jessica Parker Circling Married And Cheating
published: 2011-03-12 15:52:17 Author: Mack Rawden
If I told you a sports movie was coming out and gave you no other information, what would you guess might be the vague construction of its plot? New coach comes aboard to impart winning attitude on hapless team. What about a horror movie? Psychopath terrorizes group of friends, mowing them down one by one. What about an independent film? That one’s a little harder, but I bet if I gave you three guesses one of them would involve philandering spouses. These story arcs might seem repetitive, to a degree they certainly are, but they exist because they’re proven winners. In the end, it doesn’t matter if the territory has been covered before, as long as the film has something new to say about it. Let’s hope that’s the case with Raymond de Felitta’s newest.
According to Variety, it’s aptly titled Married And Cheating, and it follows three couples as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives and deal with the ramifications of their decisions. The always reliable Marisa Tomei is negotiating to star alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, provided the financing comes together. These deals are always a bit dicey as you can’t sign anyone until the money’s done, but you can’t get money until people are signed. As a result, most of the time people verbally commit, checks are signed and then it all gets formalized.
I can’t help but be reminded of the underseen Your Friends And Neighbors. The Ben Stiller relationships indie never really caught on with viewers, but if Married And Cheating proves to be half as brilliant, we’ll all be in for something special.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Marisa-Tomei-And-Sarah-Jessica-Parker-Circling-Married-And-Cheating-23617.html
Danny Huston Joins Nic Cage As He Tries To Find His Daughter In Medallion
published: 2011-03-12 10:55:56 Author: Mack Rawden
What do coaches tell professional athletes in the middle of a cold streak? Think about the fundamentals, get back to basics, we still have confidence in you. The same message should ring true for actors with a few flops in a row. Trying new things is great, but in times of trouble, it's always best to steer your way out using what's worked before, and for Nicolas Cage that's a big budget action film that's approximately forty percent too ridiculous to actually happen. Drive Angry 3D and that Witch one went a little too far, but this new scaled-back project Medallionshould do the trick, especially now that Danny Huston is on board.
If you, like most people, didn't see last year's Warrior's Way, you missed out on a truly epic villain performance from Huston. Murdering, raping and slaying ninjas, he was a true original, and with any luck director Simon West will let him go for it in Medallion too. According to IndieWire, the actor has officially boarded the thriller, which will see West reteam with his Con Air star Nic Cage. The plot follows a criminal (Cage) as he enlists his partner (Malin Akerman) to find his kidnapped daughter hidden somewhere in the trunk of a taxi cab. Asses will be kicked, heads will roll and hopefully, people will shell out to see it.
Medallion is about to start shooting in New Orleans. There's no official release date, but if it ends up being as good as it could be, next summer is probably a good guess.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Danny-Huston-Joins-Nic-Cage-As-He-Tries-To-Find-His-Daughter-In-Medallion-23614.html
Over 70 Photos From The Tree of Life
Source: Kinopoisk.ru March 13, 2011
Some interesting news items have come online (and disappeared) about Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life recently. From visual effects supervisor Dan Glass saying a bit too much about certain creatures appearing in the film (hence the pulled articles), to the running time being revealed as 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Now comes a rather large gallery of photos from the film at Kinopoisk.ru (via TheFilmStage.com). The pictures feature mostly Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. You can check them out by clicking here or on the photo below!
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75203
http://www.kinopoisk.ru/level/13/film/256408/
Streisand's Gypsy is a No-Go
Source: The Hartford Courant , Edward Douglas March 12, 2011
Back in January, there was a report in the New York Times that Barbara Streisand had met with Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, co-writers of the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy, to talk to them about playing Mama Rose in a movie version of the musical.
Well, it looks like that movie may not happen now according to Laurents, who spoke to the Hartford Courant's Frank Rizzo about how the project came together and how it now seems to not be happening anymore.
According to Laurents, it's Sondheim himself who questioned the reasons for making a movie based on their musical. Laurents told Rizzo the following story about talking with his partner who got cold feet:
"He said, 'What is the point of it?' And I said, 'They have this terrible version with Rosalind Russell wearing those black and white shoes.' And then Sondheim told me something that he got from the British -- and it's wonderful. He said, 'You want a record because the theater is ephemeral. But that's wrong. The theater's greatest essence is that it is ephemeral. You don't need a record. The fact that it's ephemeral means you can have different productions, different Roses on into infinity.'
"So I don't want it now. I don't want a definitive record. I want it to stay alive."
Laurents goes on to say that Streisand is disappointed with Sondheim's decision, especially because Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) was interested in directing the movie.
Streisand is staying busy following her appearance in Little Fockers by co-starring in the Seth Rogen comedy My Mother's Curse for Paramount with Anne (The Proposal) Fletcher directing.
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75202
Thursday, March 10, 2011
**Casting Call: Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin in HBO’s GAME CHANGE; Eric McCormack Joins WWE’s BARRICADE **CBS Films to Distribute Coen Brothers-Scripted Remake of GAMBIT Starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz **MY MOTHERS CURSE Starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Opens March 30, 2012 **Tom Hardy And Joel Edgerton Go Face-To-Face In The First Poster For Warrior
Casting Call: Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin in HBO’s GAME CHANGE; Eric McCormack Joins WWE’s BARRICADE
by Adam Chitwood Posted: March 9th, 2011
A couple of casting stories for you this evening. Deadline reports that Julianne Moore has been tapped to portray Sarah Palin in Jay Roach’s (Dinner for Schmucks) adaptation of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s book following the behind-the-scenes turmoil of the 2008 presidential election. Roach previously directed another HBO Films flick, Recount, which examined the fallout of the 2000 presidential election. The script for Game Change is being penned by Danny Strong (Recount), and follows both the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign from the party primaries up through election night, so we’ve got quite a few more roles to be cast (Obama, Clinton, McCain, etc.).
Eric McCormack is set to star in the supernatural thriller Barricade for WWE (yes, that WWE). Heat Vision reports that filming on the Andrew Currie-directed flick is set to begin later this month. The story follows a recently widowed psychiatrist who takes his children to a remote cabin to unwind. Obviously, they’re not exactly alone and the father must battle “unknown forces” to save his family from peril. Hit the jump for a synopsis of Game Change.
.... read more;
http://collider.com/julianne-moore-game-change-eric-mccormack-barricade/79776/
CBS Films to Distribute Coen Brothers-Scripted Remake of GAMBIT Starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz
by Adam Chitwood Posted: March 9th, 2011
CBS Films has acquired distribution rights to the Joel and Ethan Coen-scripted remake to the 1966 Michael Caine-Shirley MacClaine caper comedy Gambit. The remake, from director Michael Hoffman (The Last Station), is set to star Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. Firth will play a London art curator who plots an elaborate scheme to con a wealthy collector into buying a fake Monet painting. As part of the ruse, he recruits a Texas steer roper (Diaz) to play the part of a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.
Deadline reports that filming is set to begin in London this May. It appears that this will be the first film Firth will shoot following his Oscar win last month for his brilliant turn in The King’s Speech. Relatively new to the movie-making business, CBS Films recently scored a hit with The Mechanic and currently has the fantasy-romance Beastly in theaters. Diaz will next be seen in the R-rated comedy Bad Teacher.
.... read more;
http://collider.com/cbs-films-gambit/79784/
CBS Films has made five films since January 2010, and despite trying to reach all corners of the market they have yet to have a real solid opening. From Extraordinary Measures to Beastly none of their films have opened at number one on their respective weekend and while the latter film is still in theaters, none have been able to make more than $40 million domestically (The Back-Up Plan is their most successful film with a $37 million domestic take). Their newest acquisition, however, has something that none of their other films have brought to the table: Oscar Power.
Deadline is reporting that CBS Films has won the U.S. distribution rights for Gambit, the con-artist film written by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen and starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth. Directed by Michael Hoffman, Firth will play an art curator who teams up with a "Texas steer roper" - played by Cameron Diaz - to bamboozle the richest man in England. The film is a remake of the 1966 Michael Caine-Shirley MacLaine film of the same name.
This movie should be a perfect litmus test for the young distributor. Considering the incredible amount of talent on display here, it should be easy to open this movie at number one, provided that they get the release date right. Let's hope they can do it.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/CBS-Films-To-Distribute-The-Coen-Brothers-Scripted-Gambit-With-Colin-Firth-23576.html
MY MOTHERS CURSE Starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Opens March 30, 2012
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 9th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has scheduled the road trip comedy My Mother’s Curse for release on March 30, 2012. Barbra Streisand star as a mother and son who, according to Variety, “embark on a road trip so the inventor son can sell his latest invention.” Previous reports indicate the script from Dan Fogelman (Tangled) reunite Streisand with a lost love. Paramount may have actually performed the mother’s curse on the last pre-Easter 2012 weekend — as of this writing, no other film is scheduled that Friday.
Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) will direct; Fogelman, Rogen, and Streisand are producing alongside Lorne Michaels (SNL), John Goldwyn (MacGruber), Evan Goldberg (The Green Hornet), David Ellison (True Grit), Paul Schwake (Strange Wilderness), and Dana Goldberg (Yes Man). Rogen will next be heard March 18 as the titular alien in Paul, followed by Kung Fu Panda 2 on May 26. Rogen holistically returns to theaters in 50/50, which opens September 30.
.......read more;
http://collider.com/my-mothers-curse-release-date/79825/
Tom Hardy And Joel Edgerton Go Face-To-Face In The First Poster For Warrior
published: 2011-03-10 00:14:24 Author: Eric Eisenberg
If you took one lesson away from 2010's year in movies I hope it was that Tom Hardy is awesome. After years of putting on great performances under the radar, Christopher Nolan's Inception made him a break-out star that absolutely everyone wants a piece of. But while we wait for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and This Means War to get official release dates, the guaranteed next opportunity to see more of Tom Hardy will be on September 9th when Warrior is released and tonight we have the film's first poster.
Posted by Jennifer Morrison (who also stars in the film) on her Facebook wall, the artwork shows off both Hardy and his co-star Joel Edgerton. Directed by Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory), Hardy plays a man returning home to where his alcoholic former-boxer dad, played by Nick Nolte, trains him to become a mixed martial arts fighter. The greatest conflict, however, is that the tournament that he plans to enter will bring him face-to-face with his oldest brother and fellow fighter, played by Edgerton.
Check out the poster below.
................ more here;
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tom-Hardy-And-Joel-Edgerton-Go-Face-To-Face-In-The-First-Poster-For-Warrior-23581.html
by Adam Chitwood Posted: March 9th, 2011
A couple of casting stories for you this evening. Deadline reports that Julianne Moore has been tapped to portray Sarah Palin in Jay Roach’s (Dinner for Schmucks) adaptation of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s book following the behind-the-scenes turmoil of the 2008 presidential election. Roach previously directed another HBO Films flick, Recount, which examined the fallout of the 2000 presidential election. The script for Game Change is being penned by Danny Strong (Recount), and follows both the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign from the party primaries up through election night, so we’ve got quite a few more roles to be cast (Obama, Clinton, McCain, etc.).
Eric McCormack is set to star in the supernatural thriller Barricade for WWE (yes, that WWE). Heat Vision reports that filming on the Andrew Currie-directed flick is set to begin later this month. The story follows a recently widowed psychiatrist who takes his children to a remote cabin to unwind. Obviously, they’re not exactly alone and the father must battle “unknown forces” to save his family from peril. Hit the jump for a synopsis of Game Change.
.... read more;
http://collider.com/julianne-moore-game-change-eric-mccormack-barricade/79776/
CBS Films to Distribute Coen Brothers-Scripted Remake of GAMBIT Starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz
by Adam Chitwood Posted: March 9th, 2011
CBS Films has acquired distribution rights to the Joel and Ethan Coen-scripted remake to the 1966 Michael Caine-Shirley MacClaine caper comedy Gambit. The remake, from director Michael Hoffman (The Last Station), is set to star Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. Firth will play a London art curator who plots an elaborate scheme to con a wealthy collector into buying a fake Monet painting. As part of the ruse, he recruits a Texas steer roper (Diaz) to play the part of a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.
Deadline reports that filming is set to begin in London this May. It appears that this will be the first film Firth will shoot following his Oscar win last month for his brilliant turn in The King’s Speech. Relatively new to the movie-making business, CBS Films recently scored a hit with The Mechanic and currently has the fantasy-romance Beastly in theaters. Diaz will next be seen in the R-rated comedy Bad Teacher.
.... read more;
http://collider.com/cbs-films-gambit/79784/
CBS Films To Distribute The Coen Brothers-Scripted Gambit With Colin Firth
published: 2011-03-09 18:20:10 Author: Eric EisenbergCBS Films has made five films since January 2010, and despite trying to reach all corners of the market they have yet to have a real solid opening. From Extraordinary Measures to Beastly none of their films have opened at number one on their respective weekend and while the latter film is still in theaters, none have been able to make more than $40 million domestically (The Back-Up Plan is their most successful film with a $37 million domestic take). Their newest acquisition, however, has something that none of their other films have brought to the table: Oscar Power.
Deadline is reporting that CBS Films has won the U.S. distribution rights for Gambit, the con-artist film written by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen and starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth. Directed by Michael Hoffman, Firth will play an art curator who teams up with a "Texas steer roper" - played by Cameron Diaz - to bamboozle the richest man in England. The film is a remake of the 1966 Michael Caine-Shirley MacLaine film of the same name.
This movie should be a perfect litmus test for the young distributor. Considering the incredible amount of talent on display here, it should be easy to open this movie at number one, provided that they get the release date right. Let's hope they can do it.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/CBS-Films-To-Distribute-The-Coen-Brothers-Scripted-Gambit-With-Colin-Firth-23576.html
MY MOTHERS CURSE Starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Opens March 30, 2012
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 9th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has scheduled the road trip comedy My Mother’s Curse for release on March 30, 2012. Barbra Streisand star as a mother and son who, according to Variety, “embark on a road trip so the inventor son can sell his latest invention.” Previous reports indicate the script from Dan Fogelman (Tangled) reunite Streisand with a lost love. Paramount may have actually performed the mother’s curse on the last pre-Easter 2012 weekend — as of this writing, no other film is scheduled that Friday.
Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) will direct; Fogelman, Rogen, and Streisand are producing alongside Lorne Michaels (SNL), John Goldwyn (MacGruber), Evan Goldberg (The Green Hornet), David Ellison (True Grit), Paul Schwake (Strange Wilderness), and Dana Goldberg (Yes Man). Rogen will next be heard March 18 as the titular alien in Paul, followed by Kung Fu Panda 2 on May 26. Rogen holistically returns to theaters in 50/50, which opens September 30.
.......read more;
http://collider.com/my-mothers-curse-release-date/79825/
Tom Hardy And Joel Edgerton Go Face-To-Face In The First Poster For Warrior
published: 2011-03-10 00:14:24 Author: Eric Eisenberg
If you took one lesson away from 2010's year in movies I hope it was that Tom Hardy is awesome. After years of putting on great performances under the radar, Christopher Nolan's Inception made him a break-out star that absolutely everyone wants a piece of. But while we wait for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and This Means War to get official release dates, the guaranteed next opportunity to see more of Tom Hardy will be on September 9th when Warrior is released and tonight we have the film's first poster.
Posted by Jennifer Morrison (who also stars in the film) on her Facebook wall, the artwork shows off both Hardy and his co-star Joel Edgerton. Directed by Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory), Hardy plays a man returning home to where his alcoholic former-boxer dad, played by Nick Nolte, trains him to become a mixed martial arts fighter. The greatest conflict, however, is that the tournament that he plans to enter will bring him face-to-face with his oldest brother and fellow fighter, played by Edgerton.
Check out the poster below.
................ more here;
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tom-Hardy-And-Joel-Edgerton-Go-Face-To-Face-In-The-First-Poster-For-Warrior-23581.html
Saturday, January 29, 2011
***Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Pick Up MY MOTHER’S CURSE ***SOUL SURFER Trailer Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, and Helen Hunt ***Sundance 2011: TAKE SHELTER Review
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Pick Up MY MOTHER’S CURSE
by Jason Barr Posted: January 28th, 2011
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand have signed on to star in Paramount’s road-trip comedy My Mother’s Curse. Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) will direct the Dan Fogelman (Cars) script which pairs Rogen and the two-time Oscar-winner as mother and son. Per THR, Fogelman’s script tells the story of an inventor (Rogen) who “invites his mother on a cross-country road trip as he tries to sell his new product.” As the story goes, in the process, Streisand’s character is also reunited with a lost love.In addition to starring and writing respectively, Rogen, Streisand, and Fogelman will act as executive producers on My Mother’s Curse alongside fellow exec. producer David Ellison. Lorne Michaels and Evan Goldberg will also act as producers on the film which is scheduled to begin shooting this spring.
http://collider.com/seth-rogen-barbra-streisand-my-mothers-curse/73377/
SOUL SURFER Trailer Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, and Helen Hunt
by Jason Barr Posted: January 28th, 2011
A trailer for veteran television director Sean McNamara’s (personal favorite Even Stevens) Soul Surfer has landed online. Starring AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia), Dennis Quaid, and Helen Hunt, the sports drama tells the true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003 only to return to the top of the competitive surfing world by 2005.To check out the trailer for yourself, hit the jump. Soul Surfer opens April 8th.Here’s the trailer:
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand Pick Up MY MOTHER’S CURSE
by Jason Barr Posted: January 28th, 2011
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand have signed on to star in Paramount’s road-trip comedy My Mother’s Curse. Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) will direct the Dan Fogelman (Cars) script which pairs Rogen and the two-time Oscar-winner as mother and son. Per THR, Fogelman’s script tells the story of an inventor (Rogen) who “invites his mother on a cross-country road trip as he tries to sell his new product.” As the story goes, in the process, Streisand’s character is also reunited with a lost love.
In addition to starring and writing respectively, Rogen, Streisand, and Fogelman will act as executive producers on My Mother’s Curse alongside fellow exec. producer David Ellison. Lorne Michaels and Evan Goldberg will also act as producers on the film which is scheduled to begin shooting this spring.
http://collider.com/soul-surfer-movie-trailer/73361/
Sundance 2011: TAKE SHELTER Review
by Matt Goldberg Posted: January 28th, 2011
Before the screening of Take Shelter, writer-director Jeff Nichols explained to the audience that he was attempting to tap into an emotion of dread and anxiety. For the first act of his movie, he’s wildly successful at capturing that feeling. Vivid, nightmarish dream sequences set the film up as a paranoid thriller. But then Nichols hits the breaks, stops the dreams, and the tension slowly leaves the picture as it moves at a glacial pace. While he’s able to eventually pick it back up at the end and come to an interesting conclusion, he is never able to reconnect with his audience.
Take Shelter opens with Curtis (Michael Shannon) having a vision of a storm. Thick, viscous rain falls from the sky and thunder shakes the landscape. The vision passes and Curtis goes back to his normal life as a family man with loving wife Sam (Jessica Chastain) and daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). But then Curtis tarts to have nightmares. The nightmares always begin with a storm and end with Curtis waking up in pain and paranoia. He believes that his nightmares are premonitions of an apocalypse and so he takes to expanding the storm shelter in his backyard. Desperate to protect his family, Curtis has only two dark options: either he’s wrong and he’s starting to show signs of schizophrenia like his mother (Kathy Baker) or it’s the end of the world.
..............more here; http://collider.com/take-shelter-review/73352/
Thursday, January 6, 2011
***5 Movie Clips from THE DILEMMA ***Barbra Streisand in Talks to Star in GYPSY Remake ***Robert Pattinson Joins David Cronenberg’s COSMOPOLIS
5 Movie Clips from THE DILEMMA
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: January 5th, 2011
Universal has released 5 movie clips from The Dilemma, a comedy from director Ron Howard which stars Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, and Queen Latifah. Vaughn plays a man who is distraught when he catches the wife (Ryder) of his best friend (James) cheating.
I didn’t love the trailer, but the cast is undeniably impressive. The bromance between Vaughn and James plays well in this footage, which bodes well for the film. Watch the clips after the jump.
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The Dilemma opens on January 14th. Here’s the official synopsis: 
http://collider.com/the-dilemma-movie-clips/68384/Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don’t say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, a story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny’s girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick’s wife, Geneva (Ryder), by their sides, they’re unbeatable.But Ronny’s world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide how and when he will reveal the truth to his best friend.
Barbra Streisand in Talks to Star in GYPSY Remake
by Jason Barr Posted: January 5th, 2011
Here’s a little news for all the diehard Barbra Streisand fans who also happen to frequent Collider (I know you’re out there…somewhere…): the two-time Oscar-winner/eight-time Grammy-winner is in early negotiations with Warner Bros. to star in a remake of the 1962 film adaptation of the Broadway play Gypsy. While the project is currently without a writer and/or director, Streisand would star as Rose (the role turned by Rosalind Russell in the 1962 adaptation) if a deal is indeed struck.
For those unfamiliar with Gypsy (much like myself only one half-hour ago), both the play and the first film are based on the memoir of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee. Per THR, each iteration focuses on Lee’s relationship with her mother, Rose (Streisand), who has “since become the prototype of a ’stage mom’ in pop culture.”
http://collider.com/barbra-streisand-gypsy/68346/Robert Pattinson Joins David Cronenberg’s COSMOPOLIS
by Jason Barr Posted: January 5th, 2011
In what must be considered a big step in his up-hill struggle to gain credibility outside of Twilight circles, Robert Pattinson has joined David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis. Based on the Don Delillo novel of the same name, Cosmopolis has been adapted by Cronenberg and will follow a newlywed billionaire (Pattinson) over a 24 hour span in which he cheats on his wife, gets stalked, gets assaulted, and loses his fortune. Hopefully, at some point, he also catches a nap because that is one action-packed day.
In addition to Pattinson, Cosmopolis will also star Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard as Pattinson’s wife and Oscar-nominee Paul Giamatti as one of Pattinson’s two stalkers. Per THR, Pattinson is filling the role abandoned by Colin Farrell so that the latter can shoot the Total Recall remake that is scheduled to begin filming in mid-May (around the same time as Cosmopolis). For more on the project, hit the jump to check out a plot summary for Delillo’s novel.
Here’s a plot summary for Delillo’s Cosmopolis [per Wikipedia]:
http://collider.com/robert-pattinson-cosmopolis/68321/Cosmopolis is the story of Eric Packer, a 28 year old multi-billionaire asset manager who makes an odyssey across midtown Manhattan in order to get a haircut. The stretch limo which adorns the cover of the book is richly described as highly technical and very luxurious, filled with television screens and computer monitors, bulletproofed and floored with Carrara marble. It is also cork lined to eliminate (though unsuccessfully, Packer notes) the intrusion of street noise.Like James Joyce’s Ulysses, Cosmopolis covers roughly one day of time and includes highly sexed women and the theme of father-son separation. Packer’s voyage is obstructed by various traffic jams caused by a presidential visit to the city, a funeral procession for a Sufi rap star and a full-fledged riot. Along the way, the hero has several chance meetings with his wife, seeing her in a taxi, a bookstore, and lying naked in the street, taking part in a movie as an extra. Meanwhile, Packer is stalked by two men, a comical “pastry assassin” and an unstable “credible threat”.Through the course of the day, the protagonist loses incredible amounts of money for his clients by betting against the rise of the yen, a loss that parallels his own fall. Packer seems to relish being unburdened by the loss of so much money, even stopping to make sure he loses his wife’s fortune as well, to ensure his ruin is inevitable.
