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After the mixed reception of “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,” one would have thought that it was the beginning and end of a possible film franchise of the popular books. Well, not so fast. Speaking at the Australian premiere of “Land of the Lost,” director Brad Silberling said that he wouldn’t rule out …
Oscilloscope Labratories, the film distribution company owned by MCA of the Beastie Boys has bought Michel Gondry’s documentary, “The Thorn in the Heart,” at Cannes. The movie is about Gondry’s aunt Suzette, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. It also explores Suzette’s years as a school teacher. Gondry uncovered new family stories while shooting …
The Cannes film festival ended with Austrian director Michael Haneke winning the Palme d’Or for his new movie, “The White Ribbon.” “Ribbon,” is set in 1931 and is about strange goings on in a small town in Germany, where strange deaths occur. The Cannes jury was headed by actress Isabelle Huppert and included Asia Argento, …
If you’re like me, anything Terrence Malick does is worth seeing. (I once worked on a movie with some of the accountants from “The New World,” and I continually bothered them about stories and facts about him.) And, given the fact that he works is such silence, the release of a new Malick movie is …
Everyone seems to be anticipating James Cameron’s latest movie, “Avatar,” which is due out later this year. The trailer is eagerly anticipated and the buzz is getting louder and louder. And then there comes this; a photo that claims to be from an “Avatar” prop. It’s supposed to be a powersuit, which is reportedly 14 …
A new documentary by Michael Moore will be released on October 2nd, according to distributor Overture Films/Paramount Vantage. The untitled movie was originally going to be about America as an empire, but the focus has shifted to the economic meltdown. Moore has called the bailout, “the biggest swindle in American history.” In a press release, …
Dan Aykroyd has been going around saying that Ghostbusters 3 could be in production as soon as the winter for Sony. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and of course, Aykroyd are set to return. The new film is being written by ‘Year One’ writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Ivan Reitman will not be …
Bret Easton Ellis has written an original screenplay that will be co-financed and produced by The Roseblood Movie Company. Ellis is known for writing ‘American Psycho,’ and ‘The Rules of Attraction.’ The story line involves a social outcast who takes hostage a group of peers who humiliated him. Shooting is set to begin late summer. …
Variety is reporting that Daniel Suarez’s techno thriller novel ‘Daemon’ is being adapted for Paramount Pictures by Walter Parkes and David DiGilio. The book tells the story of a game designer who designs a program to fight mankind. Parkes previous screenwriting efforts were ‘Wargames’ and ‘Sneakers,’ the two best hacker movies of all time (if …
We’ve been talking about it for some time now. But now it’s here. Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” had its first screening ever at the Cannes Film Festival in France. What’d people think? Here’s a sampling of reviews from across the internet: Obsessed With Film: “Absolute F**CKING quality!…. It gets a bit silly for ten minutes …