Two summers ago we heard that director Brett Ratner was looking to direct a new film from producer Avi Lerner that would bring the epic action hero Hercules back to the big screen. But then last spring it was reported that Ratner was circling a completely different Hercules project in the form of Hercules: The Thracian Wars, a film set up at the recovering MGM Pictures, which is based on Steve Moore's comic book of the same name. The film will apparently go by the singular title Hercules, and all we need is that name to go with Variety's report that Dwayne Johnson will play the titular role and the crowd goes wild. The synopsis from Moore's comic book at Radical Publishing (the company that also has an adaptation of their Legends comic in the works) sounds pretty epic: Nearly 3,200 years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth as...
- 2/23/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
By Roger Friedman, ©2012
HollywoodNews.com: From an updated story I published in 1992: This Sunday, 1500 of Whitney Houston’s closest friends will gather in New Jersey for her wedding to singer Bobby Brown. The ceremony will most likely be at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, followed by a reception at Whitney’s house near Bernardsville. Rev. Marvin Winans, brother of singers BeBe and Cece, will perform the service. Stevie Wonder will sing, possibly his old hit “You and I” or maybe something new that he’s written for the occasion.
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“Every important black person in show business will be there,” says a black journalist who’s on the Whitney watch twenty four hours a day. Freddie Jackson is bringing Toukie Smith. Ashford and Simpson will be there. Dionne Warwick of course. The ubiquitous Winans, too. (Last month, Whitney...
HollywoodNews.com: From an updated story I published in 1992: This Sunday, 1500 of Whitney Houston’s closest friends will gather in New Jersey for her wedding to singer Bobby Brown. The ceremony will most likely be at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, followed by a reception at Whitney’s house near Bernardsville. Rev. Marvin Winans, brother of singers BeBe and Cece, will perform the service. Stevie Wonder will sing, possibly his old hit “You and I” or maybe something new that he’s written for the occasion.
Scroll Down For Whitney Houston Photo Gallery In Her Memory
“Every important black person in show business will be there,” says a black journalist who’s on the Whitney watch twenty four hours a day. Freddie Jackson is bringing Toukie Smith. Ashford and Simpson will be there. Dionne Warwick of course. The ubiquitous Winans, too. (Last month, Whitney...
- 2/18/2012
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
The author's The Rings of Saturn starts as travelogue and ends in melancholy and horror – a new film, Patience (After Sebald) captures its mood admirably
I came late to Wg Sebald, in the early summer of 2010, although I'd known of him for years. He was one of those surname-only authors whose works it seemed everyone else had read – or else he would crop up stuffily in the footnotes of a certain sort of book.
So until I heard Will Self praising his work on the Today programme, he was simply a name on my to-do list. A task, you might say. Someone to read in hospital, if and when the time came.
But something about Self's enthusiasm persuaded me to buy The Rings of Saturn that lunchtime. Billed as an account of several days spent walking the Suffolk coast – territory I have known and loved since childhood – it ought to...
I came late to Wg Sebald, in the early summer of 2010, although I'd known of him for years. He was one of those surname-only authors whose works it seemed everyone else had read – or else he would crop up stuffily in the footnotes of a certain sort of book.
So until I heard Will Self praising his work on the Today programme, he was simply a name on my to-do list. A task, you might say. Someone to read in hospital, if and when the time came.
But something about Self's enthusiasm persuaded me to buy The Rings of Saturn that lunchtime. Billed as an account of several days spent walking the Suffolk coast – territory I have known and loved since childhood – it ought to...
- 2/8/2012
- by David Newnham
- The Guardian - Film News
New York, July 17: Two summers after his last performance at Citi Field in New York, Sir Paul McCartney once again hit the city, but this time at Yankees.
The show in the Bronx represented the Beatle's third official concert in the New York area in just 24 months, including another iconic stop at The Apollo, reports the New York Daily News.
The ex-Beatle thrilled the crowd.
The show in the Bronx represented the Beatle's third official concert in the New York area in just 24 months, including another iconic stop at The Apollo, reports the New York Daily News.
The ex-Beatle thrilled the crowd.
- 7/17/2011
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
The Hangover Part II may have had the biggest opening five-day haul of any comedy in history, but the collective Internet/media/ spectator-snark voice has spoken, and the verdict is not pretty. The Hangover Part II, it is said, reduces the first Hangover to a transparently contrived formula; it’s a cookie-cutter comedy, way too safe and pat; it doesn’t do anything that’s really unpredictable; it’s more of the same; and beyond that (did I mention this point yet?), it’s more of the same. To which I can only react by asking: And you were expecting the movie to be what,...
- 5/30/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
Two summers ago, back when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was first hitting theaters, Movieline pointed out that two of the film's robots, Mudflap and Skids, were shameless African-American stereotypes. Bay took some serious heat for his racist robot depictions and now, to prove that the filmmaker has reformed his ways, he's betting $25,000 that you won't find the ebonics-spouting characters in Dark of the Moon.
- 5/16/2011
- Movieline
Two summers ago, the Disney Channel movie Camp Rock turned then 16-year-old Demi Lovato into a breakout star and 'tweens the world over fell in love with her character, Mitchie Torres, an everygirl with rock star talent and a pretty cool duet partner (that would be a mulleted Joe Jonas.) Two years, two pop-rock albums and another Disney movie later, Demi and the JoBros return for the sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, premiering September 3. In an exclusive interview with Celebuzz, Demi, who recently blew out her 18th birthday candles, said both she and Mitchie have grown up. “She has...
- 9/2/2010
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
By Scott Mendelson
hollywoodnews.com: Two summers ago, Marvel rebooted a franchise that grossed $245 million on a $130 million budget (funded by Universal). Said reboot, intended to be a more audience-pleasing (ie – dumbed down) variation on a the Incredible Hulk, ended up grossing just $263 million worldwide on a $160 million budget (this time funded by Marvel itself). But that was ok, because now we had a Hulk cast that could seamlessly blend into the new Marvel movie universe and could fit right in with the eventual Avengers film, right? Right? Oh… right.
Drew McWeeny of HitFlix broke the story yesterday, and Marvel confirmed it today. Edward Norton will not be reprising his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers.
The official statement denied that it was a money issue for the notoriously cheap Marvel Studios, but rather a creative one. The key passage below:
“Our decision is...
hollywoodnews.com: Two summers ago, Marvel rebooted a franchise that grossed $245 million on a $130 million budget (funded by Universal). Said reboot, intended to be a more audience-pleasing (ie – dumbed down) variation on a the Incredible Hulk, ended up grossing just $263 million worldwide on a $160 million budget (this time funded by Marvel itself). But that was ok, because now we had a Hulk cast that could seamlessly blend into the new Marvel movie universe and could fit right in with the eventual Avengers film, right? Right? Oh… right.
Drew McWeeny of HitFlix broke the story yesterday, and Marvel confirmed it today. Edward Norton will not be reprising his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers.
The official statement denied that it was a money issue for the notoriously cheap Marvel Studios, but rather a creative one. The key passage below:
“Our decision is...
- 7/11/2010
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Chicago – Not since the restoration of Orson Welles’s “Touch of Evil” has a butchered cinematic classic been brought to such startling new life as “The Complete Metropolis.” Though Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece “Metropolis” may never be restored to its original cut, this latest theatrical re-release is as close as film preservationists have ever gotten to recreating the legendary science-fiction epic in its entirety.
The twenty-five minutes of new footage added to this cut of “Metropolis” are nothing short of miraculous, especially in light of how they were found. Two summers ago, a 16mm back-up copy of the film’s original 35mm nitrate print was discovered in Buenos Aires. Though the print was badly damaged, it offered a wealth of missing scenes, as well as a complete blueprint for the film’s editing. Despite its permanently scratched surface, the Murnau Foundation decided to add the new material into the...
Chicago – Not since the restoration of Orson Welles’s “Touch of Evil” has a butchered cinematic classic been brought to such startling new life as “The Complete Metropolis.” Though Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece “Metropolis” may never be restored to its original cut, this latest theatrical re-release is as close as film preservationists have ever gotten to recreating the legendary science-fiction epic in its entirety.
The twenty-five minutes of new footage added to this cut of “Metropolis” are nothing short of miraculous, especially in light of how they were found. Two summers ago, a 16mm back-up copy of the film’s original 35mm nitrate print was discovered in Buenos Aires. Though the print was badly damaged, it offered a wealth of missing scenes, as well as a complete blueprint for the film’s editing. Despite its permanently scratched surface, the Murnau Foundation decided to add the new material into the...
- 6/3/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Though the economy was still in dire straits, Broadway carried on during the 2009-10 season, with visits from such high-voltage marquee names as Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liev Schreiber, and Scarlett Johansson. A little group called Green Day rocked Broadway's world with the stage adaptation of the band's hit album "American Idiot," Twyla Tharp paid tribute to Frank Sinatra in "Come Fly Away," and Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins formed a "Million Dollar Quartet." "Fela!," Bill T. Jones' combination dance party, concert, and musical biography, transferred to the Main Stem from its Off-Broadway run, as did Geoffrey Nauffts' tender and moving play "Next Fall." "Red" and "Time Stands Still" offered searing portraits of artists coping with crises, while Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" captured the repressive Victorian era. Broadway fare also...
- 5/27/2010
- backstage.com
Every two years, the Olympics come into our lives and take over our televisions, allowing us at home to watch the great athletes from across the globe battle it out. The Olympics are great for many reasons; they unify countries, they glorify the greatest, and they give much needed spirit to the nations involved. Humanitarian and 3x Grammy-winner Sarah McLachlan has been honored with providing us with the official theme song for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. And you know that you can make it, You've got the whole world in your hands. Cause you've spent your lifetime working for this moment And you are shining You are all that you wanted to be And you are shining You're all that you wanted to be The touching and inspiring lyrics will keep the Olympians warm during the frigid Vancouver nights and motivate them to go for the gold. The winter games...
- 1/24/2010
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
Two summers ago The Dark Knight defined just how much an online viral campaign could get moviegoers involved even before they had seen a minute of the film. Now Iron Man 2 is apparently trying to follow directly in those footsteps. Tonight Superhero Hype debuted a "clue" for the film, a washed-out, blue-tinted image of a magazine article about Tony Stark, with a pensive-looking Stark sitting behind it. Given the Whiplash poster that debuted earlier today, featuring a background papered with magazine articles that look very similar to this one, there's got to be a connection there somewhere. But what's the connection, what on earth is this game, and what's up with the arrow in the middle? Not a clue. Check out a smaller version of Superhero Hype's image below and let the game begin!
- 12/11/2009
- cinemablend.com
After experiencing a too-brief period of popularity in the late 70’s and early to mid-80’s, the ninja is returning to the movies. And why not? If vampires can make a comeback, surely these shadowy warriors can do the same. Unfortunately, James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, produced by the action-loving Wachowski brothers, is not the kind of film likely to put them back on top.
It all starts well enough. The film’s opening scene, featuring an arrogant Yakuza youth discovering an envelope of black sand in a tattoo parlor and being subsequently taken out, is visceral and exciting. Flashes of shadow and light play exquisitely across the screen, and for a few brief moments the film behaves like horror, with unknown assailants striking with bloody accuracy from the darkness. I was excited; after following all those cheesy ninja pictures from my youth, could this one have gotten it right?...
It all starts well enough. The film’s opening scene, featuring an arrogant Yakuza youth discovering an envelope of black sand in a tattoo parlor and being subsequently taken out, is visceral and exciting. Flashes of shadow and light play exquisitely across the screen, and for a few brief moments the film behaves like horror, with unknown assailants striking with bloody accuracy from the darkness. I was excited; after following all those cheesy ninja pictures from my youth, could this one have gotten it right?...
- 11/25/2009
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Atomic Popcorn
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