Auteur Japanese director Takashi Miike has his new film Sukiyaki Western Django coming out soon in the US (August 29th), after playing the festival circuit. Now thanks to our friends over at ComingSoon.net we have a clip featuring Mr Quentin Tarantino (an odd casting choice if I ever saw one). Check it out below:
Now as a loyal fan of both director Takashi Miike and Quentin Tarantino, obviously to see them two work together in any way, shape or form makes me extremely happy. But I will... Read Full Story
After the success of The Dark Knight (and the past welcomings of the comic book labels best loved characters with Batman Begins and Superman Returns), Warner Bros. have come out and talked about the status of future DC projects. We get the scoop from our friends over at ComingSoon.net:
“Variety talked to Warner Bros. Pictures President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn, Production President Jeff Robinov and Gregory Noveck, Senior VP of Creative Affairs for DC Comics about the challenges... Read Full Story
Along with the Prince of Persia movie being pushed back to 2010, it appears that Warner Bros. have decided to push this falls biggest movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince back from November 2008 to July 2009. We get the story from our friends over at The Hollywood Reporter:
“In a surprise move, Warner Bros. has moved the release date of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from Nov. 21 to July 17. Warners president Alan Horn blamed last winter’s 100-day WGA strike in large part... Read Full Story
I am writing this article having just hours ago watched Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 film The Seventh Seal. An interesting film with some gorgeous cinematography and some stellar acting. But did I find it as brilliant, as fantastic, and a masterpiece as so many others found it to be? Sadly no.
This was just one of the countless examples of films I have watched after hearing the hype and praise about them from everyone (including websites like IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes) and ended up not thinking... Read Full Story
Source: Empire/Variety
Well it’s official. Brad Pitt will star in Tarantino’s latest film set to be filmed in October of this year. At the moment he’s the only confirmed star and as Empire reports: Simon Pegg is in talks to play a British Lieutenant, Nastassja Kinski has begun negotiations to play a German movie star and David Krumholtz is likely to join the cast as well.
This is shaping up to be a classic Tarantino cast and hopefully another great Tarantino film.
The Inglorious... Read Full Story
It was said a little while ago (I believe it was first mentioned at Cannes this year) that there may possibly be a fifth instalment in the Indiana Jones franchise. There was talks first off Shia LeBeouf’s character taking over the lead role and Indy being a secondary, father-figure type character (in the style of what Sean Connery was in the Last Crusade) but now Lucas says a fifth film would yet again have our beloved Indy in the lead role. We get the story from our friends over at... Read Full Story
We all knew The Dark Knight would make a lot of money at the box office. But we never knew just how much. A few weeks before it’s release (in the US) there was talk of, “Could The Dark Knight break $100 million opening weekend?” And as the buzz started to rise even more, not just with the online community but with average movie goers, the conversations changed to, “Could The Dark Knight beat Pirates 3’s opening weekend?” It seemed like an unbelievable claim considering the dark nature of... Read Full Story
The upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced video game adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been pushed back almost a full year. We get the news from our friends over at ComingSoon.net:
“Walt Disney Pictures has moved the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time out of its June 19, 2009 release date spot (which would have been a week before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is opening) and has pushed it back almost a year to May 28, 2010, which is the week... Read Full Story
It looks like The Dark Knight producers are after Johnny Depp to play the character of The Riddler in the next Batman movie. We get the story thanks to YahooNews:
“Johnny Depp is tipped to play Batman villain The Riddler in the next installment of the comic book movie series.
After the huge success of The Dark Knight, which has taken GBP220 million at the worldwide box office, producers are confident they can convince Depp to take on Christian Bale’s Batman on the big screen.
And, according... Read Full Story
There’s been many speculation as to who’s going to do the latest Bond theme. We’ve had everything from Leona Lewis to Beyonce Knowles. Now it looks as if it’s going to be Alicia Keys and Jack White. I like the sound of Jack White but not Keys and it will be interesting to see what it sounds like.
From Source:
After all the talk of Amy, Duffy and Leona, the next James Bond theme won’t be coming from the best of British.
Alicia Keys and White Stripe/Raconteur Jack White will instead record... Read Full Story
