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Summer movie train wreck World War Z is looking to cause a world of hurt for Paramount when it releases if a recent Vanity Fair article is correct. Doing some quick math the article concludes that the film will have to b...
| Matthew Razak |
We just reported that Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio has been put on the back burner by the Jim Henson Company. The film's co-writer, Gris Grimly, tweeted that the box office numbers on Frankenweenie were partially to blame f...
| Hubert Vigilla |
I'm not the comic book guy around these parts so my knowledge of the graphic novel Pyongyang is limited to cursory information, but it sounds like one of the most interesting graphic novels one could read. That's probabl...
| Matthew Razak |
News that I'm sure will please fans of everything blood and gore, director Fede Alvarez recently Tweeted that his first cut of the Evil Dead remake that was submitted to the MPAA came back with an NC-17 rating. He said h...
| Thor Latham |
Those wacky guys from South Park are at it again. Well, they've really just be at it for a while now, but now all of Trey Parker and Matt Stones work will be made under their new studio, Important Studios. One assumes th...
| Matthew Razak |
Dalian Wanda Group finalized its purchase of AMC Entertainment yesterday to the tune of $2.6 billion. Deadline notes that Wanda is China's largest investor in entertainment activities, and that this acquisition makes them the...
| Hubert Vigilla |
So much for that great header. Focus Features has dropped a proposed sequel to David Cronenberg's 2006 Eastern Promises, which would have reunited David Cronenberg with Vincent Cassel and Viggo Mortensen as their characters f...
| Alex Katz |
A lot of modern-day releases are remakes of beloved older franchises, and DreamWorks is well aware of the kind of money nostalgia can bring in. In October, DreamWorks began talks to acquire Classic Media, the company that own...
| Jenika Katz |
Magic Mike has made solid box office business, and it's quickly becoming a staple for the girl's night out, so it's not surprise a sequel may be on its way, according to Channing Tatum. Tatum claims "We’re working ...
| Alex Katz |
Evidently frustrated at the lack of studio enthusiasm for the sequel, which was supposed to be shooting a little later this year per my interview with Peter Farrelly, Jim Carrey has dropped out of the upcoming sequel to Dumb ...
| Alex Katz |
It must be difficult when a filmmaker like Gary Ross manages to shut the door on 3D for one of Lionsgate's biggest new franchises, the Hunger Games series, by likening it to the exact kind of needless spectacle his film ...
| Alex Katz |
World War Z has just not been able to catch a break. Between untold budget problems, concessions for the MPAA, and now extensive reshoots, the Max Brooks adaptation seems to have been dealt literally every terrible hand ...
| Alex Katz |
This is the second trailer for Canadian documentary The Rep, which follows a year in the life of a "repertory theater" run by three friends. A repertory theater is one that shows classic or cult movies rather than brand new blockbusters. The doc looks adorable and like something that cinephiles will fall head over heels for. You can also check out the full poster for The Rep below. [via /Film]
| Liz Rugg |
When Paramount pulled G.I. Joe Retaliation from its June 29th release slot, it didn't count on one thing: Seth McFarlane. Universal has slipped right into the newly opened release date with the Mark Wahlberg-helmed ...
| Cecilia Razak |
Between this and Josh Trank taking on Shadow of the Unadaptable Videogame, today's news is conspiring to take the wind out of my sails hardcore. Paramount has pushed back the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation from a late Ju...
| Alex Katz |
This is crazy. I was just extolling the virtues of John Woo's classic The Killer, possibly the director's second-best Hong Kong film, which puts it in the running for one of the top ten best action movies of all time. There h...
| Alex Katz |
This is something of an old video, as it was first released back in 2011, but Max mentioned briefly in his epic film vs. digital piece a few months back, so I thought it'd be good to share. Basically, the story goes tha...
| Alex Katz |
Have you ever been in a Rolls Royce? That stuff is plush. I have twelve of them in my multi-car garage next to the unicorn (they're real for rich people) and the bars of Nazi gold I keep around to re-enact the golf scene from...
| Matthew Razak |
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