Paramount Pictures has released the first picture of Sacha Baron Cohen from "The Dictator". See below and try not to exclaim "meh" all at once. I do dig Cohen, Borat, Ali G, and Jean Girard went over well. Bruno...not so much. I actually thought for a long while he portrayed Max Baer in "Cinderella Man", which would have been a nice career move, but that was Craig Bierko.
Hoping that Cohen does something out of the box sooner rather than later. By out of the box I mean something not so out of the box as he has historically magnetized himself too. Maybe an assassin opposite Jason Statham or a Mayor of a small Ohio town who decides to run for president.
The "Green Lantern" marketing machine continues full green ahead with yet another tv spot courtesy of The Brothers Warner. Head over to our sister site WelcomeToCoastCity.Org for more in depth coverage on "The Green Lantern".
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.
Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.
I really dig any type of viral experience that studios are providing via the internet to the geekdom, whether it be "Cloverfield", "Dark Knight" or now "Super 8".Yahoo Movies has put the puzzle together for the ongoing viral campaign. Read and see below.
In the theatrical trailer for the movie, the address for a website was hidden in a single frame: s8editingroom.com. At first, the viral site offered just a few little glimpses of scratchy black-and-white footage. But over the last few months, various movie sites across the web have received packages containing small reels of Super 8 film and more segments of the film. Slashfilm, io9, ComingSoon, HitFix, and others each got small bits of the puzzle, but now all the pieces have come together. And it gives the first partial look at the alien creature that breaks free in the film.
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
In an all new TMT weekly column I'll be compiling hilarious and entertaining top 10 lists. In the very first edition I give you the Top 10 Losing Their Shit Performances. It was tough trying to compile the top ten with a separate actor for each slot, seeing as Nic Cage could have easily filled the entire 10 with any number of his bat shit crazy performances. Surprisingly though I was actually able to find nine other shit losing performance that toppped the all time nut job.
Top 10 Losing Their Shit Performances
10. Nicolas cage in The Wicker Man. In almost all of his films Cage at one point or another completely loses his shit and goes completely crazy. With Wicker Man, you could almost argue that happened when he signed on to star. The all out losing his shit Nic Cage that we all know and love didn’t let his true colors fly until about the final act in the film, unless you count punching and dropkicking women or stealing bikes at gun point. It’s not until he’s confronted by a group of women who attack him with bees, yes little black and yellow bees, that he completely loses his shit.
9. Jack Nicholson in The Shining. It’sarguably one of the best performances of his career, but also a performance where he no doubt completely lost his shit. The greatest part of the film for me and the reason he made our list, is the scene where jack recited the little pigs and the big bad wolf while axing a bathroom door to shit, in an attempt to kill his terrified wife. I know it shouldn`t be funny, but try watching the clip and not laughing.
8. Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs. It’s not that Hopkins performance was outrageous or over the top like some of the other performances that made the cut, but he no doubt still lost his shit. What was crazy and even chillingly scary about his performance though, was that he was able to completely lose his shit without ever raising his voice or getting too excited. His best line in the film was when he tells Jodie Foster that he ate someone’s liver with some fava beans and Chianti.
7. Robert De Niro in Cape Fear. It was either this or Taxi Driver,but ultimately I think Bobby went a little crazier and a little more over the top in Cape Fear. You really can’t help but laugh with that lovable lunatic in the movie theatre scene either. He’s obnoxious and ridiculous, but clearly out of his damn mind as well.
6. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket. After being nicknamed Private Pile and asked ridiculous rhetorical questions by his Drill Sergeant, it’s really no surprise at all that he lost his shit; “do you suck dicks Private…Bullshit, you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose!”
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5. Christopher Walken inKing of New York. Shooting a man I don’t even know how many times and then saying you should thank me, solidifies Walkens position on the list. Similar to Nic Cage, Walken tends to lose his shit in just about everything he’s in, he’s only been doing it a lot longer.
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4. Christian Bale in American Psycho. This very well could be the be all end all of losing their shit performances. No one has ever played crazy quite like Bale did in American Psycho. He goes from brutally murdering someone in his apartment, to confessing to his friends only to find out he imagined the entire event.
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall.I’m not even sure I need to reference any specific scene he went ape shit in, but if I had to name one, it would be him in the chair fighting to get out. That was classic and hilarious Schwarzenegger losing his shit.
2. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator. Although his performance was based on a bat shit crazy person, he did such an amazing job there was no way we couldn’t have him on the list. He goes from reasonable and sane to completely nuts and losing his shit for half the movie.
1. Michael Douglas in Falling Down.If shooting up a McDonalds at 10:31ambecause they’re no longer serving breakfast wasn’t enough, just watch the rest of the film. Douglas loses his shit through the entire duration of the movie. Not only is this an awesome and gripping movie, it’s also kind of fun and hilarious to watch someone go as bat shit crazy as he does.
We’re now only 9 days away from the release of the first live action Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. At this point you’d expect anticipation amongst fans and average movie goers to be palpable. Unfortunately for Warner Brothers though, their lack of marketing for the film until the too little too late point might have left them in a tight spot for the potential box office take. That’s not to say that the film’s doomed and it’ll end up like last year’s DC comic release Jonah hex, which made virtually nothing at the box office and had an even harder time on home video. It’s more likely however that the poor marketing strategy, which didn’t actually take full effect until recently, will impact what could have been a huge opening weekend. I’m sure it’ll go on to make decent money like most super hero movies are doing right now. But the question is; with all the extra money being pumped into the special effects and last minute marketing will the returns be enough to launch a franchise and green light a sequel?
Let’s start from the very beginning when in 2007 Greg Berlanti signed on to direct a Green Lantern film and co-write it with comic book scribes Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. By late 2008 they had gone through 3 drafts and Warner Bros was preparing to head into pre-production. Not long after though Berlanti was forced to vacate the director’s chair. In early 2009 Martin Campbell came on board with a release date set for Christmas 2010, which was later moved to June 17th 2011. At this point everything was in place, the wheels were rolling and it seemed as though Green Lantern was a well-oiled machine. The next big break after bringing Campbell on board was the casting of the charming and witty Ryan Reynolds, the decision was considered pitch perfect amongst most fans. Reynolds beat out the likes of current rising stars Chris Pine and Bradley Cooper, the latter of which was also said to be considered for The Flash which was also written by the same team. Also gunning for the role of Hal Jordan was TV star Brian Austin Green, who actually went as far as to campaign for the role. He was never actually seriously considered being that he’s a giant turd.
In addition to Reynolds came a slew of other surprisingly high profile casting announcements, all of which only drew more hype to the anticipated franchise. It wasn’t until April of last year that things started to sound less than promising. This is when we first learned that the Green Lantern suit wouldn’t at all be an actual physical suit, but only a CGI suit added in post-production. Right away there was both negative and positive reaction coming from the fans, but more than anything it was curiosity. Then in July came our first look at the CGI suit on Reynolds, unlike the announcement of the suit being CGI the actual reveal saw a lot more negative than positive reaction. Trying to keep the anticipation high WB scrambled to put a positive spin on the news saying that the suit wasn’t finished and that it would look much different as a finished product. With damn near everyone outside of the diehard fans left giving the slightest glimmer of shit for the film a trailer was finally released in November. Once again it met very mixed reactions. More so than anything the feedback was mostly negative.
After the disappointing reactions to both the CGI suit and the first trailer it seemed as though Green Lanterns marketing had gone into hiding for fear of being beaten down by fan boy ridicule once again. Finally in May another trailer was released with much more finished visual effects work having been completed. The new trailer unlike the previous promo material was receiving surprisingly positive feedback. Warner Bros even went as far as to explain the lack there of in marketing for the film being due to the unfinished visual effects. Between then and now they’ve since released another trailer along with several clips doing the film much more justice. The only problem being most of the material was released in the last few weeks, not allowing a lot of time for the average movie goer to get excited or care as much as they might have had there been more marketing earlier on. In addition to the new heavy onslaught of clips and trailers WB had to commission a new team of special effects wizards from Sony to help finish the post production in time for the June 17th release. They spent a reported $9 million above the budget in hopes of bringing the look of the film up to snuff.
In consideration for the character as its own franchise going forward I think as long as the box office isn’t too far below expectations, assuming it slightly underperforms, it should still see a green light based off home video sales alone. A prime example of this is Batman Begins. After the enormous amount of money sank into rebooting the Batman franchise the box office pull even though it wasn’t a complete failure, wasn’t enough on its own to grant a sequel. Warner Bros had no real plans of going forward with the sequel. It wasn’t actually until after they had made a considerable profit from the DVD release, that in turn solidified their position on The Dark Knight and now next years The Dark Knight Rises. I can only hope that Green Lantern is able to achieve similar success. They’re obviously already feeling confident in the finished product as they’ve commissioned Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim to write the treatment and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg to adapt the proposed sequel should it come to fruition. Another thing that remains a possibility at this point is that we’ll see Green Lantern return to the big screen in the tentatively planned live action Justice League film that’s been in development hell for some time now. After all it does seem like it’s about damn time for DC to finally be able to rival Marvels big screen presence with their heroes.
Does anyone remember when the Harry Potter cast was this little? It's hard to believe that it's been more than ten years since 11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, 10-year-old Emma Watson, and 12-year-old Rupert Grint were introduced to the world as the stars of the first Harry Potter film. Only four of the books had been published at the time and some feared that they would outgrow their roles before the remaining books could be written to make movies out of. Other pessimistic types even warned that they would surely go the way of too many kid actors and end up in rehab before even reaching their final showdown with Voldemort.
Well, luckily none of that ever happened. We've had the pleasure of watching the young Harry Potter cast grow up through an entire kickass film series and graduate from Hogwarts to become successful young adults - with Dan currently singing and dancing on Broadway, Emma becoming a modelling star for Lancome, and Rupert working on a number of film projects as well.
With the final film just a few weeks away, FilmSchoolRejects has posted a video of the kids' first screen test together and look at their wizarding adventures through the years. Natually, it also serves as a big trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, which opens on July 15.
We've seen time and time again. An acclaimed filmmaker, coming off an unabashed commercial smash, cash in all their chips and go for a normally unattainable project. But with their new-found clout following said hit, it's becomes a non-issue getting it off the ground and they're left to their own devices to make their film the way they want to make it. History has plenty of examples ranging from William Friedkin's Sorcerer to Christopher Nolan's Inception last year.
Darren Aronofsky might be the latest example.
"TOLDJA" says following Black Swan's big bank, Aronofsky is shopping his revisionist Nolan’s Ark project Noah around town and the director has every intention of making it his next film. Studios ranging from Paramount to 20th Century Fox are said to be considering co-funding the fantasy epic. All the while, the money concerns sort themselves out; John Logan (Gladiator) is doing rewrites on Aronofsky's script.
This is exactly the kind of project I was hoping someone of Aronofsky's talent would go for next instead of a Wolverine sequel, Robocop reboot or Disney's Maleficent. Added bonus: this is the kind of film I can already imagine my old man wanting to go see.
Am I prepared to drain my words in pepper-jack cheese and Louisiana hot sauce and eat them? Not at the moment, but we're getting there.
Heat Vision says the prospects of Tron 3 increased as Disney has hired David DiGilio (who wrote/produced the Paul Walker/sled dog-centric Eight Below) for writing duties. Reports from the out-put, well before Tron: Legacy opened, said Adam Horowitz and Adam Kitsis would return to writer. They're out now and the chances of Joseph Kosinski returning to direct aren’t exactly 100% sure either – he's off readying Oblivion for Tom Cruise and Universal.
Also interesting to note the change of rational towards a potential Tron threequel. First, it was "Let's wait for the home video sales!" It's on the market for about two months now, and according to the trades, the focus has now shifted to see how the forthcoming Tron Uprising animated series does next year before authorizing a greenlight.
I can't be the only one to find that logic a bit off?
La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family’s most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.
Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy’s earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment… Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Solider Serum and bombarded by “vita-rays.” Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued his war against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and as leader of the Avengers.
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