Archive for July, 2008

Leonardo DiCaprio eyeing ‘Twilight Zone’ remake »

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” [...]

HBO not renewing ‘Tell Me You Love Me’ »

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)

Heist and prison movies make a comeback »

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, [...]

Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Cut »

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 [...]

Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood movie delayed »

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 [...]

As He Ages, Kevin Costner Seeks Variety In Movie Roles »

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 [...]

‘The Dark Knight’s’ Bale: Who is that masked man? »

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 [...]

Comic-Con wrap-up: Are superheroes done for? »

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 [...]

MOVIE OPENINGS - July 25 »

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 [...]

Netflix shuts movie financing arm to focus on core »

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)