RZA and Hans Zimmer bring ruckus to Vin Diesel film

By Adam Daniels at 2:09 PM on June 27, 2008

Think back. All the way back to 1994. Think about the first time you saw The Lion King. The heartbreak, that mocking hyena laugh that haunted your mind for weeks, the powerful booming echo of James Earl Jones’ voice, and, most of all, that moving and adventurous score...  read more

Update: Arrested Development movie plans progressing

By Michael Saba at 11:06 AM on June 27, 2008

Now the story of an amazing television show that got canceled, and the rabid fans who had no choice but to keep it all together. It's Arrested Development...  read more

Toronto Film Festival announces first films in 2008 lineup

By Sean Gandert at 11:04 AM on June 27, 2008

The Toronto Film Festival, arguably the most important festival in North America, unveiled much of its film line-up yesterday evening. Without further adieu, the announced features: ...  read more

Saturday Night Live commemorates George Carlin

By Julia Reidy at 10:31 AM on June 27, 2008

The type of sappy eulogizing inevitable after a celebrity passes away would likely have disgusted George Carlin (case in point). We can be relatively sure, however, the tribute NBC has planned in Carlin's honor would have been to his liking. The network is not talking about him. It's always generally been a good call to shut up and let Carlin do the talking, and in that spirit, NBC is replaying one of his finest and funniest moments....  read more

WALL-E

By Robert Davis at 10:14 AM on June 27, 2008

The accomplished artisans at Pixar have achieved a remarkable string...  read more

Online Star Trek mini-series completed

By Rebecca Bowen at 9:24 AM on June 27, 2008

Filmed in two weeks on a tight budget in 2006, the third and final segment of  Star Trek: Of Gods and Men slid under most non-Trekkie radars to make its online debut this month. Although the special effects are a little bit PC game circa 2000, some fans have found this independently-made Starship Enterprise adventure most enduring. At the very least, it's a free spectacle to tie them over until the studio-backed J. J. Abrams blockbuster next year.   ...  read more

Kung Fu Panda sequel possibly already in the works

By Julia Askenase at 4:11 PM on June 26, 2008

Kids martial-arts movies have been known to pack a one-two (or three) punch. 3 Ninjas and The Karate Kid each produced trilogies. And while DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda may lack such memorable lines as "Rock loves Emily!" or "Wax on, wax off," it appears that another dose of animated ass-kicking is in order. ...  read more

Seth Rogen brings on the Apocalypse

By Mark Krotov at 11:02 AM on June 26, 2008

Knocked Up at the End of the World? The 40 Year Old Virgin's Last Day on Earth? Both of these horrendous titles were not under consideration for Seth Rogen's new film, but perhaps they should have been. After all, the premise does involve the televised weed smoker confronting the Very End....  read more

Sam Raimi adapting Dennis Lehane novel

By Adam Daniels at 8:48 AM on June 26, 2008

When you think of the next project from the studio and director that brought you the first three installments of the Spider-Man series, what comes to mind? If your answer is "police strike in early 1900’s influenza-ridden post-WWI Boston," well, frankly, you’re lying. ...  read more

Emergent (Filmmaker): Todd Rohal

By Jesse Jarnow at 4:48 PM on June 25, 2008

Name: Todd Rohal Hometown: born in Columbus, based in Brooklyn Film/Release date: The Guatemalan Handshake (out now on DVD) For fans of: True Stories, Nashville ...  read more

Twisted: A Balloonamentary coming soon

By Henry Freedland at 4:40 PM on June 25, 2008

Perhaps you were under the impression that making balloon structures was an act best suited for birthdays and Bar Mitzvahs. But like we discovered with...  read more

Javier Bardem awarded Spanish National Cinema Prize

By Julia Reidy at 3:18 PM on June 25, 2008

Spain's ICAA film institute has awarded actor Javier Bardem its National Cinema Prize in the amount of $46,000. For what, you ask? Well it's not for "being terrifying," as his Oscar-winning role in No Country For Old Men might suggest (see above)....  read more

Spike Lee isn't finished with Hurricane Katrina

By Valentina Tapia at 10:41 AM on June 25, 2008

Director Spike Lee confirmed last week that he intends to pursue Katrina, potentially following up his Peabody Award-winning HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts with a visit to other areas hit by the storm in the next 24 months. ...  read more

Michel Gondry launching a website

By Sean Gandert at 9:54 AM on June 25, 2008

When he's not making features, Michel Gondry keeps busy with little things. A music video here, a rubix cube puzzle there, at the very least he keeps people guessing about his next project.  But it looks like right now that project is designing his new website and, from the look of it so far, he's making it just as idiosyncratic as his movies....  read more

Hollywood signs on for Warren Ellis' Red and Ocean

By Adam Daniels at 5:09 PM on June 24, 2008

Warren Ellis is a weird dude. Upon reading his blog, one could momentarily lose themselves and wonder if the words are those of the famed Kurt Vonnegut personality Kilgore Trout. Ellis puts forth fantastical science fiction that is regarded somewhere between brilliance and lunacy, depending on your perspective, historical context and general sentiment toward opium dens on Mars. ...  read more

The Last Mistress

By Robert Davis at 4:33 PM on June 24, 2008

With puffy eyes and a natural sensuality, Asia Argento...  read more

Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt film Northern Ireland drama

By Julia Askenase at 2:29 PM on June 24, 2008

Liam Neeson (Love Actually, Kinsey) and James Nesbitt (Match Point, Murhpy's Law) will share the screen for the first time in the forthcoming BBC drama, Five Minutes in Heaven, that has recently begun filming.  Written by Guy Hibbert (Omagh) for BBC's Belfast branch, the film will take viewers to both modern-day Northern Ireland and the "Troubles" era of the country's lengthy conflict. ...  read more

Movies.com acquired by Fandango

By Michael Saba at 8:12 AM on June 24, 2008

Fandango recently bought Movies.com from Disney, and will be managing both sites' ticket sales and news releases. Movies.com was a joint venture with Fox helmed by Disney as part of their initial plan for online distribution of content, which has now been completely abandoned with the sale of the website. The venture never really took off and lingered as a film news website and ticket merchant, a policy Fandango will be continuing with a few tweaks....  read more

George Lucas not directing Red Tails

By David Marek at 4:17 PM on June 23, 2008

Episode VIIA SQUASHED HOPEIt is a dark time for movie blogs. Although they reported enthusiastically that George Lucas would be directing his first non-Star Wars film in over three decades, Lucasfilm has announced that he'll will merely serve as the executive producer for the project, restoring peace to the blogosphere......  read more

Quentin Tarantino war film to be split in two

By Valentina Tapia at 1:49 PM on June 23, 2008

Quentin Tarantino announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May that his World War II film Inglorious Bastards will premiere, "if all goes well," at the Festival in 2009. Not only that, but the project will be split into two films....  read more