DreamWorks and Paramount have a messy breakup
For quite a while now, DreamWorks has been due for some change. Its relationship with distributor Paramount had gone from shaky, to rocky, to in dire need of a life raft. Due to this tension, it was no surprise that as its contract with Paramount ended the company looked elsewhere to produce its films. Reliance, a company based mostly out of India, is helping to fund a stand-alone production company for DreamWorks. ... read more
Emmy award winners include 30 Rock and Mad Men
The best part of the rather stiff 60th anniversary Emmy awards show may very well have been Ricky Gervais reclaiming his statue from a stone-faced Steve Carell, but many an award was given out nevertheless. And to some of Paste's favorites too, including 30 Rock, Mad Men, The Daily Show, Entourage and John Adams. Peruse an extensive list after the jump.... read more
Watch the trailer for Synecdoche, New York
When Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) decided to direct one of his screenplays for the first time, it wasn’t clear exactly what would happen. And now, a completed film and two major festival runs later, it’s still not clear what did happen—reviews out of Cannes and Toronto were as wild as the movie apparently is, and even the people who seem to admire the film aren’t sure what to make of it.... read more
Oz and The Wire creators pen Lincoln miniseries for HBO
Pleased that it could turn the story of a curmudgeonly political stalwart into the year’s hottest miniseries with John Adams, HBO is sizing up the search for Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth as a new miniseries. And they’re getting right to it: The network has brought on veterans David Simon and Tom Fontana to write and produce. ... read more
Watch Ben Kingsley portray Minor Threat's Ian MacKaye
Perhaps it was his role as Don Logan in Sexy Beast that helped Ben Kingsley connect with his inner angry, unbridled side—a far cry from the actor's famous performance as Ghandi. Whatever the case, Mean Magazine's recent video of the knighted, Oscar-winning actor lip-syncing as Ian MacKaye to hardcore punk band Minor Threat's eponymous classic song has got the Internet all in a tizzy with questions. ... read more
Zach Galifianakis to get Hangover, Bored to Death
According to Arrested Development alum David Cross, Zach Galifianakis isn't worth paying attention to. "He’s just a fucking standup comic!" Cross told Paste recently. ... read more
Duke Nukem film in the works
If you remember the Duke Nukem series, then you've probably been playing video games for a long time. The last game in the series that wasn't just a mobile phone platformer came out in 2002, while the last time the series was a household name of sorts was more like 1996 (when Duke Nukem 3D came out). Since then, the series has languished while its next game, Duke Nukem Forever, has been in production purgatory for more than 10 years. In fact, the series has now won significantly more Vaporware Awards than it ever did for actual products, which is... read more
Stephen Colbert's Christmas special sports crazy talent
Christmas will come early for Stephen Colbert fans this year... read more
Sarah Silverman nabs Emmy for "fucking Matt Damon"
Accepting her award for outstanding original music and lyrics at the 2008 Creative Emmy Awards, Sarah Silverman gushed onstage, "Oh my gosh...this makes a year of [catcall voice] 'I'm fucking Matt Damon too!' totally worth it. Matt Damon, I'm going to be honest, had very little to do with this being popular. And the person for who this video was made, Jimmy Kimmel, who broke my heart, oops... who... will always have a place in my heart." ... read more
After 10 years, MTV bids adieu to TRL
Via the Associated Press, word is that TRL is shutting down operations after a final farewell episode in November. The MTV video-countdown show, which premiered in Sept. 1998 and peaked in 1999, had reasonable fame while being hosted by Carson Daly until 2003, but has recently not done as well in ratings. Even still, the show became a popular place for artists to debut new music and videos. ... read more
IMDb launches free on-demand movies and TV shows
[Above: Fever Pitch is among the free films now available on IMDb.com]For most users, IMDb is a get-it-and-go web service for movie credits and daily features like the birthday calendar. And despite innovations over the years like open forums, trailer uploads and IMDbPro, it’s largely stayed that way. ... read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie rumors confirmed
In hopes of teaching the world that there are multiple ways to "go green," the powers that be in Hollywood are developing a new hybrid CGI/live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. ... read more
Darren Aronofsky actually adapting Robocop?!
After the trio of prestige art films (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain), most people thought they had Darren Aronofsky pegged. Then this year he decided to make a film called The Wrestler, and cast seemingly washed-up actor Mickey Rourke in the title role. The film earned rave reviews at last week's Toronto International Film Festival, and won the top award at the Venice Film Festival. But turns out that was just the beginning of the surprises Aronofosky has in store for us. According to reports, Aronofsky has finished up his script for an original version of Robocop. As... read more
Raimi and Maguire re-team for Spider-Man sequels
You need only click here for a brief reminder (or here for a much longer one) of how bad Spider-Man 3 was. Overlong, overstuffed and overcrowded with no less than three villains, Spider-Man 3 was a let-down in nearly every department.... read more
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski get animated
Disappointed as you may have been by the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski clearly had good chemistry. And given that Depp often works with his favorite directors repeatedly (Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam), it's not too big of a surprise that he'll be working with Verbinski again on a new feature. What is quite a surprise is that the team is embarking on an epic $150 million animated feature and turning away from Disney. ... read more
Watch the trailer for TV adaptation of Crash
Back in January, Starz announced plans to adapt the Oscar winning film Crash into a television show for the pay-cable channel.... read more
The Dark Knight returns to theaters in Jan. for Oscar push
You've already seen it six times, so what’s one more? Warner Bros. has announced it plans to re-release The Dark Knight in January on IMAX screens to solidify a push for Academy Awards consideration. ... read more
The Soloist debuts with powerful trailer and Oscar buzz
It has finally arrived...the trailer for the much anticipated Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) film The Soloist, that is. And before you ask, no, it doesn't star Keira Knightley. ... read more
Which project has produced Ben Stiller's funniest work to date?
Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll... ... read more
IFC picks up rights to Steven Soderbergh's Che
Steven Soderbergh's Che caused quite a stir when it premiered at the Cannes film festival earlier this year. Combining two separate film pieces and clocking in at over four hours, Soderbergh has apparently realized that everything the critics railed on him about at the festival was correct; four hours is too much. Of anything.... read more
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