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Will Smith to Bring ‘Flowers for Algernon’
7 hours ago
There’s no doubt that Will Smith is one of Hollywood’s biggest power players: he’s one of Tinseltown’s highest paid actors, and if his name is put on a project, chances are pretty good that film is going to do well at the box office.
However, Smith is not one to rest on his laurels and go for easy roles just to bring in the cash. Instead, he’s ever pushing himself forward as an actor, working to expand his repertoire and make his name receive equal accolades for both his comedic and serious work.
His next role will certainly require him to take his acting to the next level.
Smith has signed on with Sony Pictures to produce and star in a modern-day adaptation of Daniel Keyes’s novel Flowers for Algernon. Now, I’m going to have to step aside from the movie part of »
- Carly
“Eastwick” Goes “Poof”
17 hours ago
“Eastwick” ran out of magic on Monday, and will be “poof-”ing out of existence. The crime-show drama, “The Forgotten” will, on the other hand, be extended five more episodes.
“Eastwick” is the least-watched show on ABC this season with an average of 6.5 million viewers weekly. ABC said the cast of the Wednesday night drama will finish filming its order, and all 13 episodes will run at some point. The next episode will air on Nov. 25.
“The Forgotten,” which stars Christian Slater, was extended to 18 episodes. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama averages 8.6 million viewers on Tuesday nights. However, executive producer Luke Reiter is not expected to continue with the show.
Separately, ABC has nixed plans to air the five-episode reality-series “Let’s Dance,” beginning Nov. 23. “Dance,” hosted by Kathy Griffin, was to have featured celebs re-enacting famous dance routines. Supposedly, the network was having issues finding celebs to participate in »
- Leilani Laureano
New ‘Brothers’ Trailer Online!
18 hours ago
Is it wrong that the first thought that popped into my mind after viewing the trailer for Jim Sheridan’s new film Brothers was “I’m so glad somebody finally decided to capitalize on the physical similarity between Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire!”?
The film, which will be released on December 4, centers around the conflict between two brothers over one woman (Natalie Portman) after one thought to be dead overseas returns home. The trailer starts out as sappy melodrama and then shifts into something over the top and maybe a little absurd.
Check out the trailer below, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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- John Cooper
New Alice in Wonderland Poster!
18 hours ago
This isn’t much in the way of news, but we got our hands on a new poster for Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland!
While looking a bit photoshopped, the poster does give a good look at Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen, Stephen Fry’s Chesire Cat and Matt Lucas’ Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.
The film will be released in 3D on March 5, 2010.
Update: Whoops! Sorry! That’s actually Anne Hathaway as the White Queen.
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- John Cooper
DeFrance and Damon Join Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’
18 hours ago
The Informant himself, Matt Damon, will be joining forces with Belgian actress Cecile De France to star in director Clint Eastwood’s “supernatural drama” titled Hereafter.
Written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, Bond 23), Hereafter centers around “three people who are touched by death in different ways. De France, whose credits include High Tension and Russian Dolls, will portray a French journalist who has a near-death experience.”
The film began production last month, and will continue to film all across the world in Paris, London, San Francisco and Hawaii. Don’t expect to see Hereafter come to light until December of next year.
Personally, I’m excited to see Eastwood branch out from the real world a bit and try his hand at something new. Ideally, though, he’d direct himself in a remake of Every Which Way But Loose. That would be brilliant.
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- John Cooper
Len Wiseman Goes Post-Apocalyptic
18 hours ago
Len Wiseman, the man behind Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard, has signed on to direct and produce an untitled pitch that Fox has just grabbed the rights to.
Details (and screenwriters!) are scarce, but according to THR, “the project is based on an original idea about a group of people who survive the end of the world and the mystery surrounding how they got to that position. The studio is seeking writers for the project.”
Wiseman is currently in limbo at the moment, with his name attached to Schrapnel and Atlantis Rising, but no project in production. Seeing as how this post-apocalyptic project hasn’t even had the details fleshed out, I’d say we’re more likely to see one of those two projects coming to fruition first, or Wiseman stepping in for another director elsewhere.
I have conflicted thoughts about Wiseman. He seems to straddle a »
- John Cooper
Best News You’ll Hear Today: Old Boy Remake Canned
19 hours ago
Having recently revisited Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, I’ve come to the conclusion that that film has a little slice of everything. It has incredibly light humor followed by the darkest of gallows humor, and then proceeds to toss any funny business aside to strike at some of the darkest themes I’ve ever seen in a film. It’s one of those movies that could only be satisfactorily completed in another country with values and tolerance levels significantly different from our own.
Which is why the idea that Steven Spielberg would be teaming with Will Smith to deliver a remake of the film was a horrible one indeed. There’s no way they could possibly create something as powerful as the original. It just wasn’t feasible in Hollywood.
The great news is that Latino Review is reporting the remake dead in the water, as Spielberg and Smith have jumped ship. »
- John Cooper
11/09/09: The Big Bang Theory – “The Guitarist Amplification”
21 hours ago
We are all the end result of a lifetime of experiences. Who we are today has been directly decided by what we’ve seen, done, and been exposed to in the past. On tonight’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, we have insight into one of the most baffling minds on television: Sheldon Cooper’s.
It’s the general consensus in The Big Bang Theory fan-circle that Sheldon is written to be Autistic; more specifically, he has Asperger Syndrome. His difficulties in understanding social behavior, his dependence on repetitive behavior, his limited circle of interests and his unusual diction are hallmarks of the condition. Due to his odd mannerisms being played for laughs, the show’s producers avoid offending the Autistic community by only canonically referring to Sheldon as weird, or just a little off. How CBS gets away with this is amazing.
Tonight’s episode begins with Penny »
- Jaspers
11/09/09: How I Met Your Mother – “Rough Patch”
21 hours ago
Never underestimate the power of the written word. Words have the power to change the world, inspire people, and influence monumental decisions. It doesn’t matter if it’s an internationally bestselling novel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poem or a pro-bono television article on an online entertainment magazine.
Last week in my review of How I Met Your Mother, I ranted heavily about how a faltering subplot between characters Robin and Barney was wringing the lifeblood from the show and destroying both characters. I claimed if the writers or producers didn’t take immediate action, these problems would sound the death knell for the series.
So imagine my surprise when, one week after writing said article, the show did away with both the carcinogenic storyline and alteration of characters. Most likely this was the plan all along, as television shows are both written and filmed months before their airdates. However, just »
- Jaspers
Basic cable to acquire “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
21 hours ago
TV Land and TV Guide Network purchased the syndication rights to the HBO show, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Beginning in February, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will air on TV Guide Network, which will present 70 episodes by the end of this season. After the contract expires with TV Guide, “Curb” moves to TV Land in 2013. HBO is currently premiering the seventh season of the series. Both networks also say they will acquire certain broadband, wireless and video-on-demand rights, bringing “Curb” to multiple platforms.
Other HBO favorites such as “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City” and “Entourage” have moved from the pay network to syndication.
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- Leilani Laureano
Spider-Man 4 Finally Gets Its Villain
9 November 2009 5:29 PM, PST
Well folks, no need to wonder any longer. Spider-Man 4 director Sam Raimi has reportedly decided on at least one villain to throw at Spider-Man.
Completely blowing out of the water the numerous villains whose names had been tossed around to be Spider-Man’s potential nemesis in the fourth film, Raimi is going with Black Cat as the foe in Spider-Man 4.
While Black Cat was certainly not one of the names that came up in speculation about the movie’s villain, the choice is anything but random.
Raimi follows a strict rule when it comes to choosing his villains: the character can’t just be a threat to Spider-Man, but also has to somehow be linked to Peter Parker’s life. Black Cat fits this rule perfectly.
In the Spider-Man comic series, Black Cat is the cat burglar alter ego of Felicia Hardy, who at one time was Peter »
- Carly
James Marsh Reveals Vatican Tapes
9 November 2009 5:27 PM, PST
After winning last year’s Oscar for Best Documentary, director James Marsh is moving onto feature films with The Vatican Tapes.
The film is a supernatural thriller (of course it is, everything is these days) that follows the events set in motion when a tape showing a botched exorcism by the Vatican is leaked. Rather than focusing on the tapes of the exorcism itself, The Vatican Tapes will center on what happens after the tapes get out.
The Vatican Tapes comes from an idea thought up by Chris Morgan and Chris Borrelli, and was then turned into a screenplay by Borrelli. It will also be the first non-documentary to Marsh’s directing credits.
Marsh’s documentaries have won the director eight different awards, as well as six other nominations. If he can transition his skill as a director from filming true life events to fiction, The Vatican Tapes could shape »
- Carly
The Flock of ‘Black Swan’ Grows
9 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST
Darren Aronofsky, director of the 2000 hit Requiem for a Dream, is back with his next project, Black Swan.
Black Swan is a supernatural thriller that follows dancers within the New York City Ballet. In particular, the film centers on Nina, a veteran of the stage who must fight to keep her place in the spotlight for a production of Swan Lake. Nina’s biggest rival is a dancer named Lilly, but here’s the kicker: Nina isn’t sure if Lilly is real, a delusion, or a supernatural apparition.
Casting details have been released, and Aronofsky has himself a cast that’s sure to deliver. Natalie Portman will be starring as Nina, with Mila Kunis playing the part of Lilly. Joining them on stage will be Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, and Barbara Hershey.
Ryder will be playing the role of Beth, a dancer coming to the end of her career, »
- Carly
CSI Trilogy on its first three-show crossover
9 November 2009 1:49 PM, PST
From Miami to New York to Las Vegas, the CSI franchise embarks on a three-part crossover trilogy for the first time in its history.
The three CSIs unite to investigate a nationwide human-trafficking case.
The three-parter starts off with Dr. Langston (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) flying down to meet up with Horatio Caine (CSI: Miami) after finding a leg of a girl who went missing in Las Vegas. After visiting Miami, Langston travels to help Mac Taylor (CSI: New York) and his team with a case dealing with interstate trucking ring that specializes in human cargo. The string ends with Langston going back home to Las Vegas to investigate a prostitution ring that may harbor a missing girl taken hostage.
The CSI Trilogy begins with CSI: Miami on Monday, Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. Followed by CSI: New York on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10 p.m. Ending with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on Thursday, »
- Leilani Laureano
David Fincher Makes Peter Proud
9 November 2009 6:18 AM, PST
David Fincher’s career is pretty much flawless. You might cry “blasphemy!” simply because of Alien 3, but I’ll be very honest with you: that is not a bad entry in that series, no matter what you might believe. And then Fight Club? Zodiac? Seven?
Now, he’s working on an adaptation of the Max Ehrlich novel The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, to be scripted by Seven’s Andrew Kevin Walker. The story has already been self-adapted by the author once for a film in the mid-1970s, starring Margot Kidder.
According to THR, the film centers on a “college professor who begins having recurring dreams and nightmares and, realizing they are images of a past life, decides to search out the source of the visions. With his girlfriend in tow, he discovers a woman and her grown-up daughter who are keys to his past life.”
Yeah, that reads like a Fincher logline, »
- John Cooper
Foxx and Lawrence are ‘Sheneneh and Wanda’
9 November 2009 6:08 AM, PST
Do you remember when Martin Lawrence was funny? Neither do I.
Do you remember when he was talented? Trick question.
Do you remember when Jamie Foxx had a supremely promising career track? Yes, I do.
And that’s why the news of Foxx and Lawrence being paired together in the comedy vehicle Sheneneh and Wanda is so frustrating to me. I look at Foxx and I think of his great turn in Collateral and Ray, and just weep for his future. He’s dropped off the face of the earth, only to resurface this way?
Apparently, Sheneneh and Wanda are female comic characters that the duo played in their old days, and they’re making a comeback. Foxx is writing the script for the film himself, with Lawrence producing. According to Variety, “the project originated as a parody of a movie trailer for a film called “Skank Robbers,” which Foxx »
- John Cooper
Duncan Jones Grabs Jake Gyllenhaal For ‘Source Code’
9 November 2009 5:55 AM, PST
Duncan Jones’ Moon was one of the best debut films from a young and talented director to have been released in quite a while. He got an amazing performance out of Sam Rockwell and the film looked like a mash-up of Kubrick, Aronofsky and The Twilight Zone. And while his next project, Mute (said to be inspired heavily by Blade Runner) has been put on the backburner due to budgetary constraints, he’s got another project lined up.
His next film will be called Source Code, and will star the Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal. The film will center “on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.” Sounds very intriguing and quite a bit like the mystery that was unraveled in Moon. Hopefully he »
- John Cooper
Stargate Universe 1.07: “Earth”
9 November 2009 5:10 AM, PST
As the situation continues to worsen aboard the Destiny, Col. Young is called back to Earth via the communication stones. When he arrives, Col. O’Neil informs him that the Ioa back on Earth has come up with a seriously risky plan to get the crew aboard the ship home. In short, the plan is to divert power to the Stargate while the ship “recharges” inside a star. Unfortunately, the plan could also cause the ship to explode.
Thinking on behalf of the members aboard Destiny, Young asks O’Neil for more time to think about the decision. The Ioa denies his request; they order Young, Chloe and Eli to use the communications stones to come back to Earth. They send Col. Telford and two scientists in their place to conduct the plan they came up with to get the crew home.
Most viewers will not be surprised that Rush »
- Jorden Beatty
11/08/09: The Amazing Race – “This is the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done in my Entire Life (Sweden)”
9 November 2009 5:09 AM, PST
This recap of The Amazing Race is sponsored by Travelocity. Travelocity: You’ll never roam alone.
Sweden. The lovely Scandinavian nation known for meatballs, candy fish and unassembled, wobbly furniture was the locale for this leg of the race. The five remaining teams departed for the peninsular nation from The Netherlands, seeking out an amusement park named Tivoli Gröna Lund. This may be culturally insensitive, but Swedish is a hilarious language. Every single word sounds like a Steve Martin joke. Even when I watch Fanny & Alexander, all I hear is the chef from The Muppet Show.
Instructed to leave the airport and travel to the amusement park by rail, we encounter the first of many problematic nuisances: an automatic ticket machine. Anyone who travels via public transportation knows the complicated procedure of deciding which tickets to purchase, how many, how to validate said tickets, and how to do it all »
- Jaspers
Three Rivers 1.06: “Where We Lie”
9 November 2009 5:03 AM, PST
A young gymnast who has collapsed at an event and a young boy trapped underneath the wreckage of a carnival ride both garner the attention of the staff at Three Rivers.
Lisa, presumably a nurse at Three Rivers, is one of the first on the scene at the carnival where the young boy is trapped.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Miranda questions Dr. Jordan about her relationship between herself and Miranda’s father. He was also a doctor at the hospital, who passed away. Jordan says they were only very close colleagues, but Miranda doesn’t seem to believe her.
The gymnast, Megan, comes to in the hospital but initially the staff doesn’t know what is wrong with her. After some tests and questions, she admits to taking too many pain relievers to treat a recent injury. Unfortunately, her liver is beginning to shut down because of the damage from the medication. »
- Jorden Beatty
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