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The Prisoner - Trailer And Website
6 November 2009 12:57 AM, PST | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
A man, known as "Six," finds himself inexplicably trapped in "The Village" with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance. Not knowing whom to trust, Six is driven by the need to discover the truth behind The Village, the reason for his being there, and most importantly -- how he can escape.
Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, The Thin Red Line) will play the role of Six; and two-time Oscar nominee Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, The Da Vinci Code) will co-star as Two.
Prisoner Portal: www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/premiere/
Also check out The Village Wiki, The Village Map and test your spying aptitude with Swat.
The Prisoner premieres on Sun., Nov. 15 from 8Pm to 10Pm Et | Pt. »
- Leigh
'North' Meets 'Groundhog Day' in New Comedy 'Hello, I Love You'
4 November 2009 10:04 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
And that's what you get when you combine a producer from The Passion of the Christ (Stephen McEveety) with a writer (David McFadzean) from Tim Allen's TV series "Home Improvement": complete and utter chaos. But when you combine a box office and critical disaster like North with the modern comedy classic Groundhog Day, there has to be some semblance of a decent comedy hidden in there right? That's the hope as THR reports that development on Hello, I Love You, a comedy about a teenager who wishes for a new family only to find herself waking up each successive day with a new and strange one, is progressing well. Sunu Gonera (Pride), seen in the photo above, will direct from a script by Kim Beyer-Johnson, and though there's probably some fun to be had with this concept, the same producing team also brought us the equally recycled and »
- Ethan Anderton
Mel Gibson sells off Icon distribution firm
3 November 2009 1:31 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Mel Gibson has sold his UK distribution firm Icon to Russian-born tycoon Len Blavatnik. Blavatnik's Access Industries purchased "more than a controlling stake in Icon UK" from Gibson and his partner Bruce Davey, Access head Alex Genin told Russian business newspaper Vedomosti. Gibson released The Man Without A Face, The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto, all of which he directed, through Icon. The firm's (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
5 Great Wilhelm Screams
31 October 2009 3:47 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
You’ve heard it. You might not think that you’ve heard it, but you have, countless times in fact. A piercing, despair-ridden wail so aurally disturbing that you instinctively glance up, even if you weren’t watching, to try to glimpse what unspeakable horror just befall the character whose demise it was assigned to signify.
Though named for its first on screen use, the 1953 film Charge at Feather River where a character named Private Wilhelm takes an arrow to the leg and screams in agony, the origin of the scream dates back two years previously. The scream was originally recorded for the 1951 film Distant Drums with Gary Cooper and slated as “man being bitten by alligator” but was never used. A post-production sound effects actor, who some believe to be none other than Sheb Wooley of “Purple People Eater” fame, made several attempts that the supervisor deemed unsatisfactory. The »
- Neil Pedley
Jackson Film In Less-than-Thriller Start
29 October 2009 4:29 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It! brought in $2.2 million at the box office in late-night screenings Tuesday -- very good, but far from extraordinary. Industry forecasters said that it was likely to earn $10-12 million by the end of the day Wednesday. Today's (Thursday) Los Angeles Times observed that comparisons are difficult inasmuch as only two major films have ever been released on a Wednesday outside of summer or the holiday periods. And each of them, The Passion of the Christ and The Matrix Revolutions collected more than twice what This Is It! is expected to earn. The film also faces a tough weekend ahead, since Halloween, which falls on Saturday, is a night when the moviegoing crowd usually is occupied with other activities. The Times noted, however, that regardless of how well -- or poorly -- the movie performs domestically, it is likely to become a smash hit overseas, where Jackson's image and reputation were never undermined the way they were in the U.S. »
The Problem with Torture Porn
27 October 2009 8:56 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Just when it seemed that usage of the term “torture porn” was behind us, it’s once again raised its ugly head - from reviews of The Hills Run Red and Lars von Trier's Antichrist to blog posts about how Paranormal Activity earned more than Saw VI this past weekend.
"Torture porn" is a term that simply doesn't make sense when describing horror films that feature graphic depictions of torture. To the uninitiated, it sounds more like a subgenre of porn than a horror subgenre, as evidenced by Roger Ebert's review of Antichrist:
"... These passages have been referred to as 'torture porn.' Sadomasochistic they certainly are, but porn is entirely in the mind of the beholder. Will even a single audience member find these scenes erotic?" When a film critic with as much experience as Roger Ebert misunderstands the term, it's obvious that "torture porn" has »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm)
Could Mel Gibson Be Involved In Mad Max 4 After-all?
26 October 2009 11:37 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Over the past few years I’ve been a bit amazed when certain films - that I honestly believed would never be made - have eventually made it to the big screen.
Films such as Live Free Or Die Hard, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull and even Superman Returns were in development for so long that at one point it appeared that they’d never be made. Now it looks like George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road might be making it onto that list.
Over the weekend Miller talked up the forthcoming action extravaganza to the Australian media, discussing casting, showing off cars for the film and giving details about when the film will shoot.
To learn more keep reading.
Miller says that pre-production for Mad Max 4 will start next week and it looks like there may be a slim chance that Mel Gibson »
- Niall Browne
Promo, Synopsis & Photos: The Prisoner
22 October 2009 3:54 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
I haven't watched the original Prisoner series, but I'm very excited about AMC's new reboot in the form of a 6 hour miniseries, which will be premiering on November 15.
Thanks to AMC, we have a synopsis of the show, a trailer, some behind the scenes videos and promo photos.
In November, AMC will present The Prisoner miniseries, a reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series that starred and was co-created by Patrick McGoohan.
The Premise : A man, known as Six, finds himself inexplicably trapped in The Village with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance.
Not knowing whom to trust, Six is driven by the need to discover the truth behind The Village, the reason for his being there, and »
- Clarissa
'The Boondock Saints II': A cult hit gets a second shot
22 October 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
As writer-director Troy Duffy recalls it, the cast and crew of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day were more than a tad nervous when they began work on their Boston-set, vigilante-action sequel. “Everybody was terrified to be the guy that screwed it up,” he says of the Toronto shoot for his movie, which is released October 30. “They knew the fans would find out where they lived and burn their f—-ing house to the ground." If you've never heard of Troy Duffy or his films you’re not alone. The Boondock Saints, a violent slice of Tarantino-esque Irishsploitation, was »
- Clark Collis
Moses Goes Hollywood
12 October 2009 8:46 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's time to pray and kick ass - biblical style. That's right, The Bible is totally selling out. First Jesus went all Hollywood, combining forces with Mel Gibson to make The Passion of The Christ and now Moses is trying to one-up him with his newest project: His life, 300-style. That's right, Moses is going full-out action. Fox has bought a pitch for a script about the life of Moses, starting with him almost dying as a baby, continuing on with his adoption into the Egyptian royal family followed by him totally dissing the Pharoah and finally the face off and freedom of the Hebrews. You know, same old... But wait! It's not just the same old thing, with the plagues on Egypt and parting of the Red Sea and what not, there's more. The script will also take pointers from various scriptures and other historical documents made about Moses which wasn't in The Bible. »
- Kasper
Michael Jackson's This Is It takes on Lord of the Rings
12 October 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
The power of Michael Jackson lives on - and it's proving enough to conquer the mystical might of the Lord of the Rings.
The late singer's upcoming concert movie Michael Jackson's This Is It has overtaken Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the first film in Peter Jackson's trilogy - in a league table of films with the highest advance ticket sales of all time.
MovieTickets.com said This Is It had knocked The Fellowship of the Ring of the 25th place in the chart.
The Jacko film documents the star's preparations for his planned 50-date concert series and will be released on October 28. Sony Pictures edited hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage to create the movie after paying $60million for the film rights.
A Michael Jackson single and album with the same title are also set to be released.
The highest grossing concert film »
- David Bentley
Fox Parts the Red Sea, Remaking the Moses Story
12 October 2009 10:28 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Peter Chernin is the new big wig at Fox, and Variety says his first big acquisition will be a retelling of the story of Moses, with one noticeable difference: It's going to be a lot like Braveheart.
Why there hasn't been a crop of less family friendly movie versions of Bible stories over the past few years is beyond me. The Passion of the Christ only made about $600 million worldwide in theatrical receipts alone. And to be sure, there's plenty of PG-13 or R-rated stuff in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. So while it might seem strange to give Moses an action movie feel, it probably lends itself pretty well. And given Hollywood's history with projects like The Ten Commandments, there's plenty of evidence that people will line up for a new film like this. »
- Colin Boyd
Twentieth Century Fox to make The Life of Moses
12 October 2009 5:10 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After The Passion of the Christ was released to a fanfare of $611m at the international box office, there was massive speculation that Hollywood would start to remake as many Bible stories as they possible could. Well, it’s been over five years since Mel Gibson’s movie retelling the last days of Jesus’ life was brought to our screens and it now seems that the wait is over for the next Hollywood Bible story.
Peter Chernin, recently moved from Universal Pictures to Twentieth Century Fox and Variety are reporting that his first movie will be a “300″-like re-imagining of the story of Moses.
Twentieth Century Fox will develop a retelling of the story of Moses, from his near death as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharaoh and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement
It’s been 53 years since we saw »
- David Sztypuljak
Mel Gibson's drunken driving conviction erased
6 October 2009 2:51 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
<p>Mel Gibson's criminal record was cleared on Tuesday when a California judge expunged his drunken driving conviction from a 2006 arrest that led to accusations of anti-Semitism over the actor's comments to a policeman.</p><p>Gibson, the Oscar-winning actor and director of "Braveheart," fulfilled his court-ordered obligation to attend meetings for recovering alcoholics and perform public service work as part of his conviction for driving under the influence.</p><p>"He does not appear to be on any sort of probation or facing any similar charges," said Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira. "The request is granted."</p><p>Gibson's 2006 arrest in Malibu gained massive media and public attention after a leaked police report quoted him as making anti-Semitic statements to the arresting officer, who is Jewish.</p><p>"Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Gibson was quoted as saying.</p><p>Gibson apologized for the »
AMC Announces Launch Date for Limited Series "The Prisoner"
29 September 2009 8:34 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Cabler AMC has announced that its six-hour limited series event The Prisoner, starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan, will launch on Sunday, November 15th at 8 pm Et/Pt. The cabler will air three two-hour installments over three consecutive nights, with subsequent installments airing on Monday, November 16th and Tuesday, November 17th. In this remake of the classic British cult series, Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) plays Number Six, a man who finds himself the unwitting titular prisoner of The Village, a strange and surreal settlement overseen by the nefarious Number Two, played by Ian McKellan (Lord of the Rings). The Prisoner also stars Jamie Campbell-Bower (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) as Number 11-12, Hayley Atwell (Brideshead Revisited) as Number 41-5, Lennie James (Jericho) as Number 147, and Ruth Wilson (Suburban Shootout) as Number 313. The Prisoner was written by Bill Gallagher (Conviction) and directed by Nick Hurran (Little Black Book »
- Jace
Re: Creation
26 September 2009 3:40 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Dave here, with a bit of a sneak peek of sorts. Conveniently enough, news came today that Charles Darwin biopic Creation, which had been said to be without a distributor, has been picked up by Newmarket for a December release in the Us - a company that, as everyone and their mother has already pointed out, is most famous for releasing The Passion of the Christ. A December release suggests they're going for the awards on this one - but hold your horses. The British release date was today, and, like a good little film scholar, I went along to the first screening at my cinema to check it out.
Of course awards don't necessarily equal quality all of the time, and vice versa, so for all I know Creation could still be in with some kind of shot, but on initial impressions it looks doubtful. It's a competent, polished production, »
- Dave
Darwin Bio-pic 'Creation' Finally Finds a Distributor
25 September 2009 10:24 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Last week, we told you that American distributors were keeping their distance from the new film about Charles Darwin, the father of Evolution. Strangely enough, the film is called Creation and perhaps even more strangely (to some), the film has finally been picked up by the same distributor that released The Passion of the Christ.
Newmarket Films announced today that it will release director Jon Amiel's film, which stars Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly as his wife. The immediate plan is to release the film in December, although if they were really thinking, they'd release it on November 25th, the day after the 150th anniversary of On The Origin of Species.
There are a couple of great quotes about this acquisition, and I'll share both of them with you. First is Newmarket's Chris Ball:
"We at Newmarket pride ourselves in getting behind important films that help »
- Colin Boyd
Newmarket To Distribute Creation
24 September 2009 1:31 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
When Creation played Toronto to largely dismissive reviews, the film's producer attempted to drum up interest by manufacturing controversy. He claimed that the film wasn't finding distribution in the Us because of active Christian resistance to a film about Charles Darwin. So there's no small irony to the fact that it has now been picked up for Us distribution by Newmarket Films, the distributor of The Passion of the Christ. A press release announces that Newmarket will release Creation, which stars Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Darwin and his wife, in December of this year. If you're thinking to yourself, wait, does Newmarket even exist anymore...I don't have an answer. I think we all were under the impression that the company was kaput as a distributor. Though Newmarket has developed a couple of films since, the last project they distributed (as far as I know) was The Nines, »
- Russ Fischer
The Darwin Movie Creation Gets Us Distribution
24 September 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
The buzz surrounding Creation's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival prompted Newmarket Films (the same company that distributed The Passion of the Christ) into action, buying up the rights to distribute the Charles Darwin biopic in the U.S. Directed by Jon Amiel and based on Darwin's great-great grandson Randal Keynes' biography Annie's Box, Creation stars real life spouses Paul Bettany as Charles and Jennifer Connelly as his wife, Emma. The film focuses on the period of time when Charles was hard at work on his book On the Origin of Species, examining his struggle to find a balance between his theories on evolution, his devoutly religious wife's beliefs, and his own faith.
Announcing the acquisition Newmarket's Chris Ball stated, "We at Newmarket pride ourselves in getting behind important films that help open the door for discussion and conversation, as is the case with Creation. While Darwin.s »
Newmarket Films Picks Up Creation
23 September 2009 6:45 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Newmarket Films announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to director Jon Amiel's Creation, a film which focuses on Charles Darwin and his family as he struggles to finish his legendary book "On The Origin of Species," which went on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology. The screenplay was written by John Collee, based on the biography "Annie's Box" which was penned by Darwin's great-great grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. The film was produced by Jeremy Thomas at Recorded Picture Company (The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast), with BBC Films and Ocean Pictures.
Creation stars real-life couple Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World) and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind) as Darwin and wife. Newmarket plans to release the film in December.
In Creation, Amiel (The Singing Detective, »
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