September, 2010
James Franco will Write, Direct and Star in ‘The Adderall Diaries’
POSTED IN Movie News, Read September 30, 2010
Variety reports that Franco has optioned the rights to Stephen Elliot’s memoir, ‘The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Maso-chism and Murder.’ Published last year, the tome uses the 2007 murder trial of Hans Reiser to dig into Elliot’s troubled life — how his father may have killed someone, being tormented since his youth, and struggling through substance abuse and an addiction to masochistic sex. The book earned a slew of great press calling it “provocative and masterful”, and an “influence of genius.” (San Francisco Chronicle and Vanity Fair)
Skyline Feature and Teaser Trailers
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video September 29, 2010
Skyline — an alien-invasion flick from special-effects duo the Brothers Strause, who also directed the second Aliens vs. Predator movie and a video for 50 Cent.
I Am Number Four – Teaser Trailer
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video September 29, 2010
DreamWorks has released a teaser based on I Am Number Four, the DJ Caruso-directed adaptation of the novel co-written by James Frey that’s the first of a franchise. Alex Pettyfer plays the title character, an alien trying to assimilate as a human, but targeted for death by the baddies that destroyed his planet. Tim Olyphant’s also in the cast.
Will be released February 18.
Jared Harris Cast as Moriarty in ‘Sherlock Holmes 2′
POSTED IN Movie News, Read September 29, 2010
Jared Harris, according to Deadline, will take on the role of Professor James Moriarty, Holmes’s primary villain, in the soon-to-be-shooting sequel, which brings back Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson.
Harris plays Lane Pryce on “Mad Men”, “Fringe” and has had roles in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and was most recently cast in Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In follow-up Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He joins Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace and Stephen Fry in the feature. Fry recently confirmed he would be playing Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s more intelligent brother in Arthur Conan Doyle’s well-known detective novels.
Sherlock Holmes 2 is currently set for a December 16, 2011 release.
Fox has cancelled its critically adored con-man drama Lone Star
POSTED IN Read, TV News September 29, 2010
The first official cancellation of the 2010-11 TV season is critically adored con-man drama Lone Star after two low-rated episodes.
Lie to Me—which wasn’t expected to kick off its third season until later this fall—takes over the show’s Monday-at-9 time slot beginning next week.
Lone Star got off to a disastrous start last week, averaging just over 4 million viewers. The depressing numbers prompted series creator Kyle Killen to pen an open letter to fans urging them to tune in for episode 2. “For [Lone Star] to survive we’re going to have to pull off a minor miracle,” he wrote. “Statistically, new shows tend to lose viewers in their second week. We’re aiming to gain them. In fact, screw it, let’s just double our audience.”
Unfortunately, viewership for last night’s episode sank to 3.2 million viewers, sealing the show’s fate.
Production on Lone Star will cease immediately, confirms a 20th Century Fox spokesperson. “We will have shot five completed episodes after the pilot,” says the rep, “and will not complete principal photography on episode 106.” It’s not clear what will happen to the unaired episodes.
‘Lost’ Star Josh Holloway confirmed for ‘Mission: Impossible IV’
POSTED IN Movie News, Read September 29, 2010
Josh Holloway is trading his years on an island for another impossible mission, this time with Tom Cruise. The Lost star has jumped from one J.J. Abrams world to another, signing on to join the Mission: Impossible team that’s reassembling under director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and producer Abrams.
The film marks Holloway’s first post-Lost role. He will join Cruise, Jeremy Renner (The Town), and Paula Patton (Precious), in addition to series regulars Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news this afternoon.
Details on the fourth iteration of this franchise are being kept under wraps, but production is expected to begin by the end of the year. The film is slated to bow Dec. 2011.
‘The King’s Speech’ Trailer
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video September 23, 2010
Trailer for Toronto International Film Festival Top Prize winner ‘The King’s Speech’ . Based on the true story of the Queen of England’s father and his remarkable friendship with maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue The King’s Speech stars Academy Award nominee Colin Firth (A Single Man) as King George VI, who unexpectedly becomes King when his brother Edward abdicates the throne. Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine) stars as Logue, the man who helps the King find a voice with which to lead the nation into war.
The multi-award-winning cast includes Helena Bonham Carter (Alice In Wonderland) as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Derek Jacobi (The Golden Compass), Timothy Spall (The Damned United) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter).
The Weinstein Co. is set to release The King’s Speech on November 24.
Trailer from ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video September 23, 2010
A trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, hits theaters on November 19 and will be told in two full-length parts. Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction–the Horcruxes.
‘The King’s Speech’, ‘Beautiful Boy’, And ‘Incendies’ Take Top Prizes at the Toronto International Film Festival
POSTED IN Movie News, Read September 20, 2010
The King’s Speech has taken the Cadillac People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush was one of five films I gave a grade in the A-range to during the festival.
The complete list of winners is listed directly below.
AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
* Les Fleurs de l’âge (dir. Vincent Biron)
THE SKYY Vodka AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
* The High Cost of Living (dir. Deborah Chow)
THE CITY OF TORONTO AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
* Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS (FIPRESCI PRIZES)
* Discovery Programme – Beautiful Boy (dir. Shawn Ku)
* Special Presentations – L’Amour Fou (dir. Pierre Thoretton)
CADILLAC PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
* The King’s Speech (dir. Tom Hooper)
Cadillac People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award
* Stake Land (dir. Jim Mickle)
Cadillac People’s Choice Documentary Award
* Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (dir. Sturla Gunnarsson)
The Dilemma – 2011, Trailer
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video September 20, 2010
Trailer for The Dilemma Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don’t say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, a story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny’s girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick’s wife, Geneva (Ryder), by their sides, they’re unbeatable. But Ronny’s world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide how and when he will reveal the truth to his best friend.
