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It's shaping up to be an alien invasion at the Oscars .
To surprise of absolutely no one, James Cameron 's Na'vi-centric 3-D extravaganza Avatar , Neil Bloomkamp 's prawn thriller District 9 and J.J. Abrams ' action-packed Spock-eriffic reboot of Star Trek lead the list of seven films shortlisted for the Visual Effects Oscar nomination.
Of course, all three are aspiring to even loftier heights. After yesterday's Producer... Read Full Story
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that seven films remain in the competition to pick three nominees for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Here's the list of films:
2012
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
That list came from the original tally of 15 movies competing for the Visual Effects prize. Coraline, Angels & Demons, Disney's A Christmas Carol, G-Force, G... Read Full Story
It's shaping up to be an alien invasion at the Oscars.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, James Cameron's Na'vi-centric 3-D extravaganza Avatar, Neill Blomkamp's prawn thriller District 9 and J.J. Abrams' action-packed Spock-eriffic reboot of Star Trek lead the list of seven films short-listed for the Visual Effects Oscar nomination.
Of course, all three are aspiring to even loftier heights. After yesterday's Producer Guild nominations, the trio all have a shot at a Best Picture nod in... Read Full Story
SCREENWRITERS Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have been confirmed as the writers for the X-Men spin-off Deadpool, featuring Ryan Reynolds' wisecracking mercenary from the Wolverine prequel.
Early in December, it was revealed by CHUD that the pair were in the running to pen the screenplay. The pair scripted hit horror comedy Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson, and also wrote a draft of Spider-Man spin-off Venom.
Confirming the pair had been hired, Variety added that Reynolds is likely to... Read Full Story
The Daily Beast recently ran an article discussing Avatar and 3D seemed to indicate that the film adaptation of the comic book Cowboys & Aliens starts shooting this July.
“The Avatar factor could make the difference on Cowboys & Aliens, a Dreamwork project to be directed by Jon Favreau that starts shooting in July. (Plot line: Settlers and Indians put aside their differences when a spaceship crash-lands in their town.)”
Jon Favreau is directing the film which was written by Alex... Read Full Story
We'll have to see if this actually bears fruit, but a Tweet from The Auters Daily (later reported by The Playlist ) heralds
Martin Scorsese 's next movie as The Invention of Hugo Cabret , an adaptation of Brian Selnick's novel. If it's true - if it's true - Scorsese
would bypass that long-awaited Frank Sinatra biopic and, as The Playlist points out, another mob movie with Robert De Niro.
There is reason to believe this is possible, even if we'd never expect Scorsese to work in the... Read Full Story
Prior to the release of X-Men back in 2000, it’d be fair to say that comic book movies sucked balls big time, that’s not to say that there weren’t one or two gems in the late 80’s/early 90’s, but by far and large the likes of The Phantom , Judge Dredd , The Shadow and (shudder) Batman & Robin were all tacky abominations. Worse than that, any film Marvel had released prior to 2000 ranked among the worst comic book movies ever known to man!
Then came the X-Men, an exciting, intelligence... Read Full Story
The Producers Guild of America announced its ten nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award and three of them, Avatar , District 9 , and Star Trek have the Sci-Fi World buzzing in the hope that a film representing that genre will earn a Best Picture Academy Award.
The Producers Guild award takes on a special significance this year for two reasons: first because its an important (not perfect) " precursor " in predicting which film will get the coveted Best Picture... Read Full Story
Francouis Duhamel/ The Weinstein Co., David James/ The Weinstein Co., Dale Robinette/Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, WETA/ Twentieth Century Fox, Summit Entertainment
The Producers Guild of America is out with its nominations for top flick of the year, a list that typically matches up with a certain Motion Picture Academy.
And yes the usual suspects are in play for the PGA.
The Hurt Locker . Check. Up in the Air . Ditto. Invictus . No surprise. Precious , Inglourious Basterds... Read Full Story
Hellboy (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] ( Blu-ray ) By Ron Perlman Buy new : $12.49 49 used and new from $8.72 Customer Rating: Related tags: blu-ray (103), hellboy (34), comics (21), high definition (20), guillermo del toro (18), ron perlman (17), best seen on blu-ray (6), hd dvd (5), science fiction (5), superhero (3), the miskatonic project (3), hell (2) Review & Description From visionary writer/director Guillermo del Toro (director of Blade II, The Devil's Backbone ) comes Hellboy , a... Read Full Story
