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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
3 November 2009 12:58 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film awards.The choice of Martin and Baldwin comes as a mild surprise on the heels of last February's Oscar telecast hosted by song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman. It earned some favorable reviews and higher viewership than the previous year.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, had previously hired "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman to co-produce and, based on Jackman's success and Shankman's history making musicals, the betting had been that organizers might aim for another music-oriented telecast.But Martin is known as a stand-up comedian and comic actor, while Baldwin's reputation was built in theater and film dramas like 2003's "The Cooler," which earned him a best supporting actor nomination. »
John Rhys-Davies Has "Ruled Out" Playing a Dwarf in The Hobbit
1 November 2009 3:39 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
With all of the legal troubles MGM has been going through, it was beginning to look like The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, would never get made. However, in early October, MGM announced that it had secured funds from "key lenders" to move forward with the production and that filming would begin in Spring 2010.
Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed that the production is on track and that he will be returning as Gandalf, but said that "there won't be many of the actors going back." Now, at least one of those actors in question has said that he isn't interested in returning to Middle Earth. John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli the dwarf, told Empire that he was asked about the possibility of playing Gimli's father, Gloin, but that he has "completely ruled it out." There's a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. »
- BrentJS Sprecher
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
Michael Jackson’s This Is It Enters the Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time
7 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Three weeks prior to its October 28th release, Michael Jackson’s This Is It is now one of the MovieTickets.com Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time, bumping The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring from the Number 25 slot. At the same point in the sales cycle, Michael Jackson’s This Is It is on the heels of Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds, the highest grossing concert film of all-time. Here’s the updated Top-25: MovieTickets.com Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince + IMAX + IMAX 3-D 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4) + IMAX 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5. The Dark Knight + IMAX 6. Twilight 7. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Disney Digital 3-D 8. Harry Potter and the Order »
- Peter Sciretta
Ice Age Now Third Highest-grossing Movie Overseas
16 September 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
With $667 million in overseas ticket sales, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs has become the third highest-grossing movie of all time behind only Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Over the weekend, the animated feature overtook Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The movie has performed far more robustly on the foreign market than it has on the domestic, which it has grossed almost $195 million. Its combined domestic/overseas gross of $667 million puts it at No. 18 on the all-time worldwide chart. »
'Ice Age 3' Climbs to Lofty Foreign Milestone
15 September 2009 5:56 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
On the foreign front, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs has officially become the third highest-grossing movie of all time. The animated comedy edged out Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to rank behind Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Worldwide (which combines both foreign and domestic grosses), it currently stands at No. 18 on the all time chart, just shy of Finding Nemo, which it will soon surpass. The third Ice Age has made over $667 million thus far, accounting for a whopping 77 percent of its $862 million worldwide total. That's the greatest foreign ratio for an American blockbuster on record, exceeding such foreign favorites as the Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code movies. Based on its domestic run, Dawn of the Dinosaurs may seem like an unlikely contender for any all time chart. Despite the ticket price boost of its 3D presentations, its domestic gross is under $195 million, »
- Brandon Gray
Fan-Made, Fake Posters For ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ or ‘Untitled Batman Project’
12 September 2009 1:50 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – There was talk of a sequel even before “The Dark Knight” hit theaters and obliterated box-office records. That’s all we still have at this point, but we also have a pair of decent, fan-made posters for “The Dark Knight” sequel.
Though IMDb lists the poster above in its entry for the next “The Dark Knight” film, which is
currently being called “The Dark Knight Returns” or the “Untitled Batman Project,” this image
is a fan-made creation and can be found in this GameSpot discussion thread on Aug. 30, 2008.
Image credit: GameSpot discussion thread
Though so much of the project is still up in the air and unofficial, what’s currently being called “The Dark Knight Returns” (which may or may not be the sequel’s actual title) or the “Untitled Batman Project” (as it’s now listed on IMDb) has a fan-made poster above that dates back at least to Aug. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Ice Age 3 is Third Biggest Foreign Film Ever
9 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros were the highest-earning studios of the summer, while 20th Century Fox was third on the list, even though it had more than double the amount of entries than its competition. Fox performed so poorly in theaters that having the third highest foreign grosser of all time was still not enough to take first place. You might be asking what did Fox make that became such a hit. Well... According to the latest box office numbers, "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" took in $657.5 million in international ticket sales. That's $200 million more than "The Dark Knight" earned. And in a few days, the only two films that will be ahead of "Ice Age 3" are "Titanic" ($1.24 billion) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($742 million). The only other big summer releases Fox had were "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Night at the »
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Passes to ‘9’ Screening in Chicago From Tim Burton
3 September 2009 8:44 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In our latest animated edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new animated film “9” from producers Tim Burton of “Beetlejuice” and Timur Bekmambetov of “Wanted”.
“9” features the voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover and Martin Landau from director Shane Acker (an animator for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”), writer Pamela Pettler (Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride”) and producers Tim Burton (“Beetlejuice”) and Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”).
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “9” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! The screening will be held on Sept. 8, 2009 at 9:09 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Top 15 Films of the New Millennium
19 August 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
IMDb has the famous Top 250 page that lists the highest-rated films of all time, according to the site's users. To make it a bit more interesting, IMDb put together the top 15 movies of the new millennium (since the year 2000). The list is quite interesting, containing four foreign films, two Pixar entries, and arguably the most depressing movie of all time. And coming in at No. 1 is "The Dark Knight." Take a look full list below and let us know if you agree or disagree with some of the film that made it into the top 15. 1. The Dark Knight 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 3. City of God 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5. Up 6. Memento 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8. Wall-e 9. Amelie 10. The Departed 11. The Lives of Others 12. The Pianist 13. Spirited Away 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 15. Requiem »
Report Card: Movies of 2009 Get a 2.15 G.P.A. So Far
11 August 2009 4:14 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I was recently prompted to take a look back at my reviews of 2009, average out the grades and see how things shaped up. However, once I got done with that I began wondering how this year stacked up to earlier years and my first days reviewing films back in 2003. Of course, I dreaded the prospect. For those of you that are either new to the site or don't read all of my posts, you may not know how I feel about my early movie reviews back when I started RopeofSilicon.com. Perhaps you think I am awful right now, and if that's the case, I cringe at the thought of what you would think of my writing back then. As for this little experiment, I have listed the overall grade point average for my reviews on a per-year basis, the total number of reviews, the best and worst reviewed movies »
- Brad Brevet
'G-Force' Takes Cake, 'Potter' Plummets
26 July 2009 1:12 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Though G-Force and The Ugly Truth opened well, it was another down weekend at the box office. Driven by less compelling new and recent releases, business as a whole was down from last year for the third weekend in a row. With around $149 million, the drop was 18 percent from the $181 million of the same timeframe last year, when The Dark Knight was in its second session and Step Brothers debuted.
Following the playbook for the perennially popular talking animal sub-genre, G-Force scooted to an estimated $32.2 million on approximately 5,200 screens at 3,697 sites, grossing a bit more out-of-the-gate than Bolt, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Cats & Dogs, though it was far from the next Alvin and the Chipmunks. In its marketing, the picture looked like it was stitched together from past like-minded movies, from the scatological and cutesy humor of Alvin and the Chipmunks to the gizmos of Cats & Dogs and others. While »
- Brandon Gray
Russell Crowe is Considering Master & Commander 2
19 July 2009 7:32 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Russell Crowe is in early negotiations to reprise his role as Jack Aubrey, the British captain in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Crowe has never been a part of a movie sequel.
The 2003 movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won two (cinematography and sound effects editing). It was released the same year as The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which swept all 11 of its nominations leaving only two remaining awards for the Crowe starrer. It earned $212 million worldwide during its theatrical run.
The first movie was based on several books from the 20-novel series written by Patrick O’Brian based on adventures at sea during the Napoleonic Wars. A script has been written for another film based on the eleventh book “The Reverse of the Medal.” Discussions are taking place to acquire the rights from the owner (O’Brian died in 2000).
“The Reverse of Medal, »
- Jeff Leins
Full Comic-Con Schedule Released
13 July 2009 4:39 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
It’s official, the full schedule for San Diego Comic-Con is now online. This year promises to be an exciting time and it looks like there will be plenty of stuff to keep us busy at the Con. From panels to screenings to booths and everything in between, we’ll bring it all to you right here at The Flickcast.
Looking over the schedule for this year, here’s a few of the TV and Movie events, panels, and more that we are particularly interested in and the days on which they happen. Tomorrow, look for our picks of the coolest and most interesting comics and games-related panels and events coming up at the Con.
Wednesday, July 22
6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings— Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly present exclusive pilot premiere screenings of some of the most buzzed-about new TV series of the 2009–2010 season—Human Target, »
- Chris Ullrich
San Diego Comic-Con Schedule: Saturday, July 25
11 July 2009 2:40 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The following information focuses on the 2009 Comic-Con schedule that is set for Saturday, July 25th. It’s not a full schedule - it only highlights TV and movie related panels and events.
Highlights for Saturday include Lost, Fringe, a screening of the pilot episode of ABC’s V, a first look at Heroes: Redemption, 2012 and a little film coming out next year you may have heard of: Iron Man 2.
10:00-11:00
Marvel: “Hero Up” with The Super Hero Squad Show!— Marvel’s first action-comedy series is a manic, mind-blowing, all-ages romp through the Marvel Universe. Coming to Cartoon Network in September, the animated show is loaded with superstar voice talent. Several of the actors will preview their characters in a live performance: Tom Kenny (Spongebob) as Iron Man and Modok, Charlie Adler (Cow and Chicken, Transformers features) as Dr. Doom, Steve Blum (Wolverine and the X-Men) as Wolverine, »
- Vic Holtreman
See All 9 Stitchpunk Images From 9!
1 July 2009 8:43 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
So far, with regard to the upcoming animated film 9, we've met two characters: the beast known as The Seamstress and the good gal adventuress known as "7", voiced by Jennifer Connelly. Now Focus Features has released images of the remaining eight stitchpunk beings who comprise the titular "9".
Their descriptions can be found below; click each slice to see the full image while you imagine being 9, who finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, »
- The Woman In Black
Depp Takes Aim At Transformers
1 July 2009 12:12 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Will Johnny Depp and his cohorts in Public Enemies be able to shoot down the rampaging Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen over the July 4 holiday? The film, along with Fox's 3D cartoon Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, opens in theaters today (Wednesday), and it's anybody's guess which one will produce the most fireworks. Transformers may have been a $200-million wonder last weekend, but ticket sales fell off far more steeply on Sunday than the studio had expected. By this weekend it could reach the point of audience saturation. At the same time, Johnny Depp is no stranger to box-office treasure troves. His Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the third-highest-grossing film of all time (behind Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), and his Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the sixth highest-grossing film. Moreover, no one is willing to call Ice Age 3 out at this point either, despite mixed reviews. Ice Age: The Meltdown, after all, grossed $651.9 million worldwide. »
134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy
1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's »
- Brad Brevet
Meet the Cast of '9' in Eight Character Posters
30 June 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Focus Features just sent over eight character posters depicting all nine of the main characters in the upcoming animated effort 9 from filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch). For anyone that has already seen the trailers you already know this looks like it has the potential to be a fantastic animated film and dare I say give Pixar's Up a run for its money in the Best Animated Feature category come Oscar time? The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone ond only a small community of stitchpunk beings have survived with 9 (voiced by Elijah Wood) at the center of it all. Along with a few others like him, 9 takes refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. »
- Brad Brevet
Warner Brothers Television Releases Comic-Con 2009 Schedule!
25 June 2009 10:32 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Warner Bros. Television Group (Wbtvg) returns to Comic-Con International: San Diego in 2009 with a star-studded lineup featuring a Studio-record 11 series that will be showcased in panel sessions, screenings, media appearances and autograph signings throughout the convention. For continuing info on the Studio's plans at Comic-Con, please follow us on Twitter. Wbtvg will also be launching a Con-related website at TheWB.com/ComicCon, coming in July.
Series and selected stars and creators (*) scheduled to attend include:
The Big Bang Theory: Johnny Galecki (Roseanne), Jim Parsons (Garden State), Kaley Cuoco (Charmed), executive producer Chuck
Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and more
Chuck: Zachary Levi (upcoming Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel), Yvonne Strahovski (upcoming I Love You Too), executive producer Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl) and more
Eastwick: Rebecca Romijn (X-Men), Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle), Jaime Ray Newman (Veronica Mars) and more
Fringe: Anna Torv (The Pacific), Josh Jackson »
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