By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 29, 2008 in Actors, In-Development | 0 Comments
Leonardo DiCaprio is eyeing a big-screen remake of cult television series “The Twilight Zone,” it was reported Friday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way is seeking script ideas for a film based on the classic television series, which spanned more than 150 episodes between 1959 and 1964.
The report said a “Twilight Zone” [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 29, 2008 in News, TV, TV Shows | 0 Comments
HBO has opted not to renew racy drama “Tell Me You Love Me” for a second season.
The decision was made almost a year after the sexually explicit series premiered on the pay cable channel.
(Hollywood Reporter)
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 29, 2008 in Film Genre/History | 0 Comments
If you’re watching a Hollywood movie and a young couple on a transcontinental railroad trip gets involved in a murder, or a ragtag band of thieves plans the perfect heist, or hardened criminals scheme to break out of a tightly guarded prison, you’re probably watching a Hollywood movie from another era.
Thirty years ago or more, [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 28, 2008 in Directors, Film Business | 0 Comments
How did Hollywood lose Steven Spielberg?
Late last month, DreamWorks, the boutique movie studio that Mr. Spielberg co-founded in 1994, let it be known that it had found a way to exit its unhappy three-year marriage with Paramount Pictures. Reliance ADA Group, a Mumbai conglomerate, was nearing a deal to give the dream workers $550 [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 28, 2008 in In-Production, News | 1 Comment
Production on the new Robin Hood film has been postponed indefinitely according to US trade newspaper Hollywood Reporter.
Directed by Ridley Scott Nottingham the movie is a twist on the classic tale starring Russell Crowe as the Sheriff alongside Sienna Miller as Maid Marian.
Universal Pictures cited script concerns, location logistics and a potential actors’ strike for [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 28, 2008 in Actors, New Releases | 0 Comments
Asked if there is any role he couldn’t pull off, Kevin Costner says, “I couldn’t play a hockey player. I don’t know how to skate.”
Otherwise, the 53-year-old actor has shown a pretty wide strike zone — a term you might hear from one of his baseball movies — for a guy who reigned as your [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 28, 2008 in Actors | 0 Comments
He armors himself, keeps other people guessing and likes to wear a mask.
Batman? Try Christian Bale.
Though in his case the armor and mask are metaphorical, the 34-year-old “Dark Knight” star likes to keep his personal life as shadowy as a superhero’s back story. He’s been known to keep a low profile — “You will never [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 28, 2008 in Comics, Film Festival | 0 Comments
Jackie Earle Haley steps inside of the Night Owl’s spaceship, walking gingerly past the pilot’s seats toward the control panel, touching the blinking gauges and dials.
“It’s still a little hard to believe,” the balding, bespectacled actor says, “that I’m playing a superhero.”
But if this year’s Comic-Con convention, which wrapped up Sunday, has demonstrated anything, it’s [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 26, 2008 in New Releases | 0 Comments
STEP BROTHERS
Director: Adam McKay
Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Two spoiled adult men (Ferrell and Reilly) are pulled into a new sibling rivalry after their respective single parents get hitched.
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Director: Julian Jarrold
Stars: Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell
Studio: Miramax Films
The Plot: Charles Ryder (Goode), an officer [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jul 25, 2008 in DVD, Film Business, News | 0 Comments
The movie-rental service Netflix Inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with Hollywood studios with which it partners for DVD and Internet distribution.
The financial impact on the company will be small, and only four out of about 400 employees are losing their jobs.
(Associated Press)