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The trailer for the new Megan Fox/Diablo Cody movie, “Jennifer’s Body,” will be attached to prints of “Bruno,” on Friday. However, writer Cody and producer Jason Reitman think this red band trailer is a much better example of what kind of movie we’re going to see. The website Shock ‘Til You Drop has the red …
Academy Award winning American Actor Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. KNown for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Baby Doll, and How the West Was Won. Born in Gary, Indiana, Malden started his acting career on Broadway in 1937. He was also known for his role …
The third ‘Twilight’ film is being scheduled to complete shooting, just as the second film opens November 20th. ‘Eclipse,’ will begin shooting August 17th in Vancouver, and is being directed by David Slade. ‘New Moon,’ the second in the Twilight Saga was directed by Chris Weitz. Talk about striking when the iron is hot. The …
George Clooney is about to sign a 2-year thetrical development deal with Sony Pictures. “I’ve felt like part of the family for almost 20 years,” Clooney said in an official press release. “I’m tremendously excited to be working at Sony Pictures, and we all feel like it’s a perfect match for Smokehouse. Grant Heslov and …
Video game ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,’ which just saw a much talked about sequel at E3, is being adapted to the screen for Sony Pictures. ‘Uncharted’ tells the story of treasure hunter Nate Drake, a descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake, while he looks for the South American golden city of El Dorado. But Drake isn’t …
Variety is reporting that Transformers: “Revenge of the Fallen,” has already pulled in around $16 million from 3,000 screens on its opening night. The movie is just under the staggering opening night ‘Dark Knight’ had ($18.5 million). It’s expected to post a similar five day take to ‘Dark Knight,’ hitting at least $200 million this …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that starting next year, there will be 10 nominees for best picture. Academy president Sid Ganis said the move was made to allow for more movies that might have slipped past unnoticed in past years. (One only need to look to last year when both …
I feel like I’m shaking my head in anger quite a bit more these days. But this one takes the cake. A few months back we wrote about Aaron Sorkin writing a movie about Facebook. Well, that project has a director, David Fincher. The film, ‘The Social Network,’ is being produced by Scott Rudin, and …
Director James Cameron screened 20 minutes of his upcoming “Avatar” at CineExpo in Amsterdam. And the reaction? Um, pretty freaking good. Unique Cinema Systems tweeted the following after the movie: “ CGI was photorealistic, characters look really real. Believe the hype, this movie will be massive!” “Footage from “Avatar” at #cinexpo was stunning, literally jawdropping. …
Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Larry Doyle’s novel “Go Mutants!.” The book sets the story in a high school where all the aliens and monsters from 50s sci-fi movies come true, and their children assimilate among the other kids. The pic will be produced by Brian Grazer, no word on director yet.