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Celeb-studded Bible audio book: Dylan McKay as Judas? Holy moly.
16 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Better watch your back, Mel Gibson -- there's a new star-studded Bible in town: A 79-cd audio version, in fact, with quite the illustrious cast. There are a few obvious choices -- ahem, Jim Caviezel as Jesus? -- but a lot more unexpected ones: Jason Alexander as Joseph (as in technicolor dream coat), Lou Diamond Phillips as Mark, Harry Hamlin as Nehemiah, and my favorite, Luke Perry as Judas. Dylan McKay! Is Judas! The mind boggles. Also, Marisa Tomei lends her voice to Mary Magdalene, which is somewhere on the sublime border of "what the hell?" and "actually...yes." Poor »
- Margaret Lyons
New Promotional Posters for Upcoming Films Including Neuromancer, Chloe, The Irishman, and I Come With The Rain
12 October 2009 11:10 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Here’s some inside baseball about Hollywood that your average moviegoer may not know: movies do not get made solely from investors or studios nor do they make money solely from domestic box office. A large majority of films, especially true indie films (i.e. no name stars), require the sale of their foreign distribution rights to finish the film they’re selling or to secure a profit that will provide investors with a good return on their investment. However, films with name actors like Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken also have to play this game. Some movies do it by creating unofficial posters and after the jump, we’ve featured six of these posters plus synopses for films with name actors but are still trying to secure funding. However, this is no guarantee that these films will ever get made and just because someone made up a poster, »
- Matt Goldberg
Weekly Poll Results: Best Football Movie
2 September 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Last week's poll was a battle of pigskin pics, and Film Junk readers decided that the #1 football movie is the inspirational Rudy starring Sean Astin, followed very closely by Remember The Titans starring Denzel Washington. Peter Berg's Friday Night Lights placed third, which isn't bad, but I kind of expected it to get a few more votes, especially because of the popularity of the TV show. Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday and the original The Longest Yard rounded out the top 5. Brian's Song was way down at the bottom, although I'm guessing a lot of people simply haven't seen it? I hear it's a classic. Do you concur with these results? 1. Rudy -- 23.5% 2. Remember The Titans -- 21.2% 3. Friday Night Lights -- 14.2% 4. Any Given Sunday -- 13.3% 5. The Longest Yard (1974) -- 7.5% 6. Jerry Maguire -- 6.6% 7. The Program -- 5.8% 8. The Replacements -- 3.1% 9. We Are Marshall -- 2.7% 10. Brian's Song (1971) -- 2.2% For More Daily Movie Goodness, »
- Sean
Disney Channel Presents "Special Agent Oso" Mini-Marathon On August 24
19 August 2009 6:54 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Disney Channel will be presenting a mini-marathon of the hit animated series "Special Agent Oso" on Monday, August 24. The marathon will feature four episodes, along with the premiere of a new episode.
The new episode "Tie Another Day/ You Only Start Pre-School Once" will kick off the marathon and debut at 8:00 am Et.
The series is voiced by Sean Astin as Special Agent Oso, a fuzzy, lovable bumbling stuffed panda bear and special agent-in-training who enlists the help of young viewers at home to help him complete his missions.
The series airs every morning at 8:00 am Et during Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney morning programming block for preschoolers.
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[DVD Review] The Color of Magic
24 July 2009 6:12 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
It would be really easy to bash The Color of Magic (or The Colour of Magic, in its original spelling) for trying to be a cheaper version of Stardust or even Lord of the Rings – but that would be unfair. Those films (books, etc.) may form the foundation of the genre and the standard against which others are measured, but they’re really only relevant when a film is actually trying to mimic them. The Color of Magic isn’t in their tradition. Instead, The Color of Magic is best compared to the made-for-television mini-series The 10th Kingdom, a fairytale romp as humorous as it was flawed. Celebrated fantasy author Terry Pratchett’s novels received a decent made-for-television film adaptation in The Color of Magic, but even when measured against a lower standard like The 10th Kingdom, it falters and eventually fails.
Brian Cox’s less than iconic voice narrates »
- Lex Walker
retro trailer: ‘The Goonies’
18 July 2009 9:35 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
It’s funny how different trailers looked even 25 years ago -- this feels really slow, doesn’t it? Look how young Sean Astin is! And Josh Brolin! Can you imagine a movie today calling a kid “Chunk”? It’d never happen -- everyone would be too worried about damaging the self-esteem of all the fat kids in the audience... and there’d be a lot more of them now then there were then. Fat grownups are still acceptable as the butt of humor today, but fat kids seem to be off the table. (I was a fat kid, but I don’t remember being traumatized by Chunk...) Tee-hee: a Gremlins reference right in the trailer! The Goonies is available on DVD in Region 1 and in Region 2. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
New On DVD This Week
14 July 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week on Blu-Ray.
Movies:
For All Mankind: Criterion Collection ~ Jim Lovell, Kenneth Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, and Eugene Cernan (Blu-ray)
The Color of Magic ~ David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons (DVD)
The Towering Inferno ~ Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Richard Chamberlain (Blu-ray)
The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition) ~ Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen (DVD and Blu-ray)
The Edge of Love ~ Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, and Simon Armstrong (DVD and Blu-ray)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy ~ Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Chow Yun-Fat (Blu-ray)
Horsemen ~ Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Clifton Collins Jr. (DVD)
Van Wilder: Freshman Year – Unrated ~ Linden Ashby, Kurt Fuller, »
- Joe Gillis
20 Years Later, is a 'Goonies II' Finally Coming Our Way?
28 June 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
According to Chris Columbus, the biggest obstacle to a sequel to The Goonies isn’t reuniting the cast, many of whom have moved on to bigger things. No, the real problem, he says, is creating a believable situation in which modern kids would play outside.
"I don't know if that's possible anymore," Columbus remarked to Sci Fi Wire. "Maybe if all the parents in the new Goonie movie forbid their kids to play on the Internet, that's gotta be the plot. You can't go anywhere near a computer or cell phone. I guess the adventures are online."
The Goonies, released in 1985, came out during what now seems like an idyllic time: the main protagonists were a bunch of kids who lived together in a seaside town called The Goon Docks. Mikey, Mouth, Data and Chunk routinely went on adventures out-of-doors. In the movie, they find a map showing the location »
Disney Orders More Special Agent Oso
21 June 2009 5:54 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Disney Channel has ordered a second season of its animated preschool sleuth series Special Agent Oso, according to Variety.
Sean Astin lends his voice to the lead character on Special Agent Oso, which the Disney Channel said is the fastest-growing preschool series ever for the cabler.
Riffing on classic secret agent movies, Special Agent Oso revolves around a bumbling stuffed panda bear who works for Unique -- "United Network for Investigating Quite Usual Events." Oso and his team help kids accomplish tasks such as using the library or cleaning their room.
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Demoted Footage Online
13 May 2009 3:10 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Some Cannes footage has been put together in trailer-form for upcoming comedy Demoted, which on the strength of this taster looks pretty amusing.Mike (Sean Astin) and Rodney (Michael Vartan) are mid-level employees with a fondness for playing pranks on office jerk Ken Castro (David Cross). But when their kindly boss dies, Castro is promoted to his place and Mike and Rodney are demoted to the secretarial pool. Where, unsurprisingly, they don't cope too well.The film's directed by American Pie 2's James B. Rogers, which admittedly is no guarantee of funny, and written by Dan Callahan. Let's hope that we get a chance to see it for ourselves. »
Promo Trailer for Demoted Surfaces
12 May 2009 10:52 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
The folks over at Collider have gotten their hands on a promo trailer for the comedy Demoted. The below clip is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to help sell the film to foreign markets. The flick stars Sean Astin, Michael Vartan, David Cross, Sara Foster, Billy West and Constance Zimmer. It was directed by J ames B. Rogers (American Pie 2). Demoted comes from writing partners Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison (College) and centers on two tire salesmen (Astin, Vartan) who enjoy playing cruel pranks on their co-worker (Cross). When the victim unexpectedly becomes their boss, he places the humiliated duo in secretarial jobs. »
- James Cook
TV Generation: Decorating the Meerkat's Manor
12 May 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Daily Film Music Blog | See recent Daily Film Music Blog news »
If you're anything like me (and my girlfriend), you love meerkats. In case you don't, let me ask how you can resist the adorable little critters, their huge eyes and their constantly wet nose? No need to answer. If you like meerkats, you're probably already familiar with Meerkat Manor, the long-running documentary / reality narrated by Bill Nighly (or Sean Astin / Stockard Channing if you live in the Us). The shows' stars like Flower, Mozart or Zaphod are so "famous" that they have their own imdb pages with enraged fans posting on Flower's message board about the need for a more detailed biography or at least putting in Flower's date of death on her resumé. Today you can read an interview with Brollyman, who gives his first interview here about doing Meerkat Manor in addition to some other animal reality programs such as Lemur Island and Lemur Street.
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Collider Premiere: Cannes Promo Footage from Demoted -- Starring David Cross, Michael Vartan and Sean Astin
11 May 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Written by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub With the Cannes Film Festival set to begin in just two days, Collider has been given something to premiere before anyone can see it at the festival. As some of you already know, one of my partners is producer Warren Zide. He’s made a few films you might have heard of like the “American Pie” movies, and the first three “Final Destination’s”. Anyway, he’s recently produced a new comedy called “Demoted” and it stars David Cross, Michael Vartan and Sean Astin. To help sell the film around the world, a short promo clip has been put together and they’re going to show it at Cannes. However, we’ve been given permission to premiere it here on Collider first. Since Warren is a partner on the site, I’m not going to give my thoughts on the footage as that would destroy »
News on Goonies 2 and Gremlins 3
29 April 2009 1:59 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
As part of Steven Spielberg’s guest editing gig for Empire’s 20th anniversary issue, the director orchestrated a reunion of the original cast of 1985’s Goonies, which he conceptualized and executive produced all those years ago. The historic get-together naturally turned to questions about the long rumored sequel. Never say die.
Every few months another Goonies II story pops up because one of the actors or director Richard Donnor mentions it in an interview, which is misconstrued by blogs in posts reading, “Omg, finally a Goonies 2!” I won’t pretend (with exclamation marks) there is a sequel on the way, just update you on what has been said recently.
Donnor said in 2004 he had a story that Spielberg liked, but Warner Bros apparently wasn’t interested in another Goonie adventure. In 2007, Sean Astin told MTV it was an “absolute certainty.” Donnor later admitted he didn’t think it would happen, »
- Jeff Leins
Never Say Die! | Goonies Reunion & Sequel Talk
29 April 2009 8:24 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
On March 17, 2009, in Hollywood, California all of The Goonies, Mikey (Sean Astin), Brand (Josh Brolin), Chunk (Jeff Cohen), Mouth (Corey Feldman), Data (Jonathan Ke Quan), Andy (Kerri Green), Stef (Martha Plimpton) and including director Richard Donner and producer Steven Spielberg reunited for the first time since they did the commentary for the DVD release over 8 years ago. This time they came together for the Empire 20th birthday issue photo shoot. Anytime press of any kind interview one or more of The Goonies stars, questions are always asked about a and possibilities or developments on a sequel. This is what they had to say this time... Richard Donner: "We tried for a long time. Steven and I had many meetings with writers but nothing stuck. It seemed disrespectful." Corey Feldman: "So I guess the answer about the sequel is that there's always hope." Donner: "No. No hope." Sean Astin: "A year from now, »
- Dave Campbell
Exclusive: The Goonies Talk Sequel
29 April 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
You may not have realised, but March 17, 2009, was an historic day. It was on that day in Hollywood, California, that all of The Goonies, including director Richard Donner and producer Steven Spielberg, were reunited for the first time in over 20 years* to have their photo taken for Empire's 20th birthday issue.Naturally, whenever one or more Goonies are gathered together, they're always asked about a sequel, and this time was no different. Here's a little taste of what they had to say.Richard Donner: "We tried for a long time. Steven and I had many meetings with writers but nothing stuck. It seemed disrespectful."Corey Feldman: "So I guess the answer about the sequel is that there's always hope."Donner: "No. No hope."Sean Astin: "A year from now, ten years from now, 50 years from now, I'm absolutely convinced there'll be one. We'll figure it out. A sequel could be great. »
Tribeca Film Festival 2009 - The Polish Brothers Found the Perfect '80s Parents for Stay Cool
28 April 2009 11:05 AM, PDT | amctv.com - AMC News: Film Festivals | See recent amctv.com - AMC News: Film Festivals news »
The Polish brothers, Michael and Mark, have worked together on a number movies (The Astronaut Farmer, Northfork, Jackpot, and Twin Falls Idaho). But Stay Cool is the first one that pairs them with Michael Gross (Family Ties), Dee Wallace (E.T.) and Sean Astin of Lord of the Rings and Rudy fame. Watch the video to find out how a yearbook catchphrase turned into a feature film, and don't forget »
On The Red Carpet For 'Stay Cool'
24 April 2009 11:22 AM, PDT | ReelTalkTV.com | See recent ReelTalkTV.com news »
Sean Astin and Hilary Duff may have had to rush down the red carpet, but the stars of “Stay Cool” took the time to tell me a little about their plans for the future. Duff talks a bit about staying cool while in the spotlight and then about “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde” and a film she just wrapped called “Provinces of Night.” And, according to a reporter next to me, she has a new album on the way. Astin was disappointed to tell me his ”Lord of the Rings” character, Sam Gamgee, isn’t in “The Hobbit,” but he is still more than willing to offer his creative genius to the film’s director, Guillermo del Toro.
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2009 Tribeca Film Festival Focus - "Stay Cool" - Images added to the gallery.
24 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
See images from the Michael Polish-helmed comedy "Stay Cool" written by Mark Polish. The cast includes Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Marc Blucas and Joanna Cassidy. The film is produced by the Polish brothers along with Jonathan Sheldon and Janet Dubois. See all the images here! What's it about? Mild-mannered Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished author, returns home to give the commencement speech at his high school. But even after 20 years, it feels like he never left. Henry stays in his old room, perfectly preserved with '80s artifacts, and a luggage mishap leaves him no choice but to squeeze into clothes still hanging in his closet...read more at the Tribeca Film Festival site. »
2009 Tribeca Film Festival Focus - "Stay Cool" - Images added to the gallery.
24 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
See images from the Michael Polish-helmed comedy "Stay Cool" written by Mark Polish. The cast includes Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer, Josh Holloway, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Marc Blucas and Joanna Cassidy. The film is produced by the Polish brothers along with Jonathan Sheldon and Janet Dubois. Mild-mannered Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish), an accomplished author, returns home to give the commencement speech at his high school. But even after 20 years, it feels like he never left. Henry stays in his old room, perfectly preserved with '80s artifacts, and a luggage mishap leaves him no choice but to squeeze into clothes still hanging in his closet »
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