Saturday
Mar102012

"On The Road" Trailer

After the death of his father, Sal Paradise (Sam Riley, playing Kerouac's alter-ego), an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund, playing the fictionalized Neal Cassady), a wild and infectiously charismatic ex-con. They hit it off immediately. Determined to avoid the pitfalls of a narrow, prescribed life, Sal hits the road, joining Dean on what evolves into a life-changing physical and emotional odyssey. Thirsting for freedom, they discover the world, the ecstasy of experience, the connectedness of humanity and ultimately themselves.

On The Road Facebook Via Coming Soon.Net

Friday
Mar092012

"Sound Of My Voice" Viral Campaign

Meet us every Thursday at 7pm at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in LA. Presented by Fox Searchlight, SOUND OF MY VOICE opens in theaters April 27, 2012.

In SOUND OF MY VOICE, Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie's underworld.

Friday
Mar092012

Watch A Clip From Kevin Macdonald’s "Marley"

Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.

From Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (One Day In September, The Last King of Scotland) comes the story of a towering figure of musical history, whose music and message has transcended different cultures, languages and creeds to resonate around the world today as powerfully as when he was alive.

MARLEY will make its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this month followed by its North American premiere at SXSW. Magnolia Pictures will release theatrically and on VOD on Friday, April 20th.

Friday
Mar092012

Paramount Confirms the Obvious - Mission: Impossible 5 Coming

By sheer virtual of its $680 million gross, the fact Movie Hole already heard echoes straight from the top of the Paramount Mountain and the general awesomeness of Ghost Protocol, you knew it was coming. We're getting Mission: Impossible 5.

This confirmation doesn't come from a press release or some inside scoop, but during the shareholder meeting of Paramount's corporate big-daddy Viacom, as supplied by THR:

"And a brief statement made by Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman at the Paramount parent company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday in New York confirms the studio's intention to make a follow-up.

Dauman was asked by a shareholder if there were 'any plans to develop an additional sequel.' His response: 'Oh, yes'"

Concrete details remain on a TBD status. Though I imagine Simon Pegg would be the only returning cast member besides Tom Cruise. If you don't count another Ving Rhames cameo.

Directorially speaking, here's hoping they continue the tried-and-true formula of getting an IMF virgin. J.J. Abrams made his big splash with M:I 3 and he went on to Star Trek. Hopefully Brad Bird follows suit. As much as he wowed with Ghost Protol, the thought of him pulling a new trick from his magician's hat is more exciting than him simply doing M:I 5.

Thursday
Mar082012

First Official Lone Ranger & Tonto Image Rides Onto The Net!

I'm surprised how washed out and serious this debut image of the new Lone Ranger & Tonto is. I was expecting bright colours and a sly smile, maybe we all jumped the gun in thinking it will be Pirates of the Caribbean with Cowboy hats?

Uber producer Jerry Bruckheimer unveiled the pic on his Twitter.

Wednesday
Mar072012

There Will Be a Chronicle Sequel

From that glowing, crystallized object and its resemblance to the starship Marlon Brando put the baby Kal-El in Richard Donner's Superman to the fact co-star Alex Russell himself could pass for a young Clark Kent before the red-and-blue suit and the bumbling disguise days, Chronicle played like an Elseworlds comic brought to life. So much so that by the time you see Russell's character Matt flying off at the end, you think, "Okay so he's going off to be Superman now!?"

There isn't much need to elaborate on the origins of that extraterrestrial ship nor do we need to see Matt randomly saving people across the globe if not meeting up with others the Josh Trank-directed film hinted may have also been effected. But Chronicle made good mint and like any studio seeing big dollar-signs coming off low costs, they want more.

"TOLDJA" says Fox has hired Max Landis to return to write a sequel. The fact there will be another Chronicle doesn't mean we'll see actor Russell back per say. It's not a guarantee it would even follow the same "found footage" (For lack of a better term) format either. All it means at the moment is writer Landis is in for a big(ger) paycheck this time out. Nothing wrong with that. The guy's earned it.

I just don't like continuing in this world, and potentially with these characters again, when Landis and helmer Trank did such a great job telling a complete and satisfying story the first time out. Not everything needs to have a sequel just because it was successful... and I say that knowing what a naive jackass I sound like.

Wednesday
Mar072012

What to Expect When You're Expecting Trailer #2 Really Wants Men To Watch

The best part of the first What To Expect When You're Expecting trailer (I realize how strange that sounds saying) was clearly "The Dudes," a group of dads who hang out at park-grounds with their small children; strollers, diaper-bags, etc. intact and talking about all the little shit there is to be someone's husband/father.

Whomever is in charge of the marketing clearly saw that and as an attempt to latch on to the Men Over 25 quadrant (As opposed to being dragged to see it by their wives), focuses on them for the second trailer, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. Not garbage but not hysterically funny either. It's just cute enough.

Wednesday
Mar072012

So It’s Come to This: Boy Scouts vs. Zombies

We all complain about the lack of originality in the market place. In that sense, this is a breath of fresh air to see a boardroom full of executives (all vying for what's hip, cool, trendy, etc.) trying to one-up one another with championing projects that don't have a number behind it or is a reboot of a movie we saw 5 years ago.

Then you read the title of the upcoming film in question is Boy Scouts vs. Zombies and you think to yourself, "Really?" THR has the details. Etan Cohen (writing alum for Ben Stiller and behind Men in Black 3) will make his directorial debut on what’s described as a horror comedy with the plot synopsis being "a troop that must save a group of girl scouts from a pack of zombies with designs on spoiling a camping trip."

In case any of you were afraid it wouldn't deliver on the title. I just hope there's a gag involving Girl Scout Cookies and brains. Talk about something I would kill for...

Wednesday
Mar072012

"Bad Ass" Trailer, Starring Danny Trejo 

In the film, decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

iTunes Movie Trailers Via Coming Soon

Wednesday
Mar072012

Someone Still Thinks A Venom Movie Is A Good Idea...

Initial word bantering around the street had Josh Trank staying in-house with Fox to reboot Fantastic Four, and though I have no doubt there's truth to that nor was I crazy about that, it's still a better alternative than this.

LA Times says he's in talks with Sony to spearhead a solo Venom movie, even as the studio holds it collective breath on the reception (both critical and financial) on The Amazing Spider-Man this July.

Remember all those cries for Sam Raimi to get past his perceived bullish anti-Venom stance and how they were silenced when we saw him as depicted in Spider-Man 3? Some would argue it was the characterization as directed by Raimi and performed by Topher Grace that "fucked it all up" as fans would say.

Nah, the character was just never that interesting, and the angle Raimi were going for (Eddie Brock being Peter Parker without morals) was better than anything I've ever seen from his comic-book iterations. It's not like Grace would come back or anything. It's a reboot and you know how the kids love their reboots. Though nobody seems to know (Read: care) if there's a connection to the afore-mentioned Spider-Man cinematic do-over.

Never liked the idea of Trank, fresh off Chronicle, already getting lured by the mega bucks brought on by the franchises any way. Both he and writer Max Landis have shown they have the talent and potential they don't need to get involved; at least this soon into their careers. These guys could start their own franchises from idea cooking in their heads or influenced by the films, cartoons, comics, etc. of their young. You know... like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg did.