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The new trailer for the upcoming theatrical animated film, ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ is now available online. The story takes place between Episode II and Episode III and will lead into the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ television series. The trailer itself looks like it would look cool if I could actually get it to play. …
I don’t know if this is in poor taste or not, but man, the injury count on the latest Bond flick, ‘Quantum of Solace’ has me pumped to see this movie. So far stunt men have sustained injuries in a car crash while they were filming the opening scene and now James Bond himself, Daniel …
Looks like Marvel, the production company, is already starting to act like a production company. Out of the gate with the amazingly great and successful ‘Iron Man’, Marvel has greenlighted (greenlit?) a slew of their comic books to be adapted to films. And now that they’re running a full court press, it seems that they …
ed Atom Egoyan will be writing and directing a new romantic fantasy for Universal callde “Seven Wonders.” The film is about a woman named Pandora who, following a failed relationship, she becomes consumed by a relationship between a commercials director, and her boyfriend. Following the pair as she shoots commercials at the Seven Wonders of …
Novelist Paulo Coelho is taking an undtraditional route in having his books adapted, rather then approaching a studio, he’s turned to his fans on MySpace. He’s asked the internet to create films based on his novel ‘The Witch of Portobello.’ His hopes for the experiment that he can eventually air the best submissions on television. …
The house that mouse built is stepping into the online streaming biz, offerring their full-length movies for free on Disney.com. Films like ‘Monsters, Inc.’, ‘Finding Nemo,’ and ‘Freaky Friday,’ will be available for one week each following their broadcast on ‘Wonderful World of Disney.’ This is stepping away from Disney’s usual rental and purchase model. …
Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen will be starring in a new action comedy called ‘Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse.” The film is based on a short from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who co-wrote Superbad together), the two will write and produce the feature. The film is about two guys dealing with the apocolypse. …
Due to scheduling conflicts, and me being in Florida, the weekly show has been canceled for the week. Though, I may broadcast live tomorrow night, so watch my Twitter for when I do. http://www.twitter.com/vatchea
Universal has announced October 24th as the limited release date for Clint Eastwood’s next film, the period drama ‘Changeling.’ The film stars Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Kelly. Following limited release, it will go wide a week later. Set in 1920s Los Angeles, the film is based on a true story of …
For one reason or another, I’ve never cared about the smurfs, which is why I can’t report the following news enthusiastically. Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have greenlit a new hybrid live-action CGI (a la Alvin & the Chipmunks) Smurf feature.