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 [...]
You might remember hearing up-and-coming (actually unproven) director Carl Erik Rinsch’s name being tossed about in discussions of Ridley Scott’s planned Alien prequel or reboot. However, Scott took Rinsch off the project to see over it himself, leading the man to head in another direction: that of 47 Ronin.
In a logline that reads like someone [...]
Whether you love or hate Just Friends (an inconsequential little comedy that came out a few years ago), you have to admit that Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris shared a great deal of comic chemistry. This is largely due to the fact that Reynolds is incapable of being anything but charming, while Faris is unstoppably [...]
Life is not looking good for Terminator Salvation director McG.
Disney has decided to indefinitely can the Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea project (surely to be a 3D CGI adventure-fest) and McG has stepped away from the film, which was slated to begin production in a little over two months from now. There has [...]
If there’s one thing I’m just not buying into yet about Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, it has to be the actor I was certain I’d be the most confident about: Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Don’t get me wrong: he looks mad, indeed. But his character design is so off-putting it might take [...]
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 [...]
Director Tom Hooper (John Adams, The Damned United) has been working on a period drama that focuses on the father of Queen Elizabeth II, King George VI.
The film will follow George as “he reluctantly assumes the throne after his brother, Edward, abdicates. Considered unfit to rule and cursed with a nervous stammer, the unprepared monarch [...]
