Rumors have been relentlessly circulating for some time now that a sequel to Disney/Pixar’s mega-hit, “Monster, Inc.” is lurking in the bowels of the Emeryville-based animation studio. Some execs of have denied it, others haven’t ruled that possibility out. But some new evidence that pre-production may be further along than anticipated has just surfaced. Web [...]
It’s official. Ridley Scott is returning to the “Alien” franchise to direct a prequel for Twentieth Century Fox, reports Variety. Jon Spaihts has been hired to pen the script which Scott Free will produce. Fox also hired Spaihts, in an unrelated move, to rewrite “The Darkest Hour,” which Timur Bekmambetov will produce with Tom Jacobson. [...]
Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp are swimming in cash after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, and two flicks have already been setup concerning the recent hijackings off the coast of Africa by Somali pirates. So with the Caribbean and the African coast already covered what setting could possibly make for an original pirate film? [...]
After the staggering critical and commercial success of Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan-directed Batman films, “Batman Begins,” and “The Dark Knight,” rumors have been relentlessly circulating about work on a third film, though little legitimate information has surfaced. But Quint over at AICN may have just uncovered the biggest bomb in the saga so far. While [...]
BURBANK, Calif. – The Walt Disney Company today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter and nine months ended June 27, 2009. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter were $0.51, compared to $0.66 in the prior-year quarter. EPS for the current quarter included $0.01 of restructuring and impairment charges while the prior-year [...]
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts (WAMPA) and Tallgrass Film Festival will present a special encore screening of THE WRECKING CREW , the 2008 Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Feature Award winner as the Tallgrass Third Thursday selection for August. It will screen at 7:30 p.m., August 20 at the Warren West [...]
Jeremy Renner, star of Kathryn Bigelow’s recent critical success, “The Hurt Locker,” is in negotiations to join Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall in Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” says THR. “Town” is a romantic crime thriller from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s novel “Prince of Thieves,” that Ben Affleck will direct. The [...]
The Coen Brothers’ newest film is the haunting black comedy, “A Serious Man,” about a physics professor in a midwestern Jewish community in 1967. The trailer is an intense, and frankly frightening, couple of minutes that reveals almost nothing about the plot. Take a look:
Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes are in negotiations to star in the independently financed drama, “Southbound,” reports Variety. The pic will be directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz (“Secuestro Express”), and produced by Rick Schwartz and Aaron Kaufman. The script was penned by Peter Craig and centers on a patrol officer on the border between California and [...]
Russell Crowe has finalized negotiations with Lionsgate to star in “The Next Three Days,” an adaptation of the 2008 French film “Pour Elle,” reports Variety. “Crash” director Paul Haggis, who penned the script, will direct as well as produce with Michael Nozik through their Highway 61 Films. Crowe’s character is a teacher whose wife is [...]
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