The sequel to 2008’s Twilight proves that there’s something to be said for having a strong fan base.
Despite receiving reviews that range from lukewarm to downright cold, New Moon’s midnight release showed that a solid — and large — fan following can trump quality of movie as being the main factor in earning box office success.
New Moon’s [...]
Disney’s newest princess won’t be making her screen debut for a few more weeks, but The Princess and the Frog’s Princess Tiana is already being embraced as much as Disney’s longer-established princesses.
In less than a month, more than 45,000 Princess Tiana dolls have made their way off shelves, three times as many Princess Tiana bedding [...]
Tim Burton is lauded as being one of the most creative forces in Hollywood. His films have a distinct style that sets them apart, and characterizes Burton as a stand out director. Now, his work is being moved from the big screen onto the walls of the Museum of Modern Art.
In an exhibit opening Sunday [...]
There used to be a time, not so very long ago, when a film starring Will Ferrell would instantly draw in crowds and see box office success.
Whether Ferrell has simply been making poor project choices, or whether his reign as Hollywood’s leading funny man has just been passed on, one thing is for certain: His [...]
Jason Lee’s television show My Name is Earl make have just been canceled, but don’t think Lee is going to be having any downtime because of that.
Lee will be sticking around the TV circuit for a bit, starring in the pilot for TNT’s Delta Blues where he’ll be playing a Memphis police officer who works [...]
Remakes. Sequels. Prequels. Screen adaptations of books, cartoons, comics, and TV shows. It can’t be denied that the film industry is starting to run rampant with movies based on something that has already been done. What’s shocking, though, is just how few original ideas Hollywood is really seeing.
Wikipedia recently posted a list of the highest [...]
Although MGM may have recently found itself on the chopping block, other studios are continuing to thrive. In particular, Sony has been having a phenomenal year, especially overseas.
The studio revealed on Monday that this year’s films have earned Sony over $1.63 billion worldwide, making 2009 the highest grossing year in the studio’s history, as far [...]
We see movies being remade all the time, especially ones that have had a consistent fan base, so it was really only a matter of time before a remake of 1973’s The Exorcist came about. What comes as somewhat of a surprise is that the classic horror film is being remade by the original writer [...]
Well, it looks like the possibility of a sequel to Independence Day is more than just a rumor. In a recent interview with MTV News, director Roland Emmerich revealed that, while there’s no script as of yet, there is definitely an idea for what the sequel will entail.
Emmerich plans on the sequel having a much [...]
Not too long ago, we brought you the news that Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli had started moving forward with his next project, Area 51, with the casting of three virtually unknown actors.
At the time, Peli was trying to keep the plot of the movie tightly under wraps. Well, Peli continues to want to keep [...]
Having only been introduced in 2001,”Best Animated Feature” is a fairly new category for the Oscars. Since then, the Academy has only had three nominees in the category every year. This year, however, it’s looking like that might change.
The number of nominees is determined by a set of rules that bases nominations based on how [...]
First there was The Polar Express in 2004. This year saw the release of A Christmas Carol. Next on Robert Zemickis’s list for animated Christmas tales? The Nutcracker.
Zemickis’s adaptation of the story of the nutcracker prince will be taken from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, rather than Tchaikovsky’s balletic interpretation [...]
