Philip Baker Hall talks about his role in the new indie film, Paul Thomas Anderson and future projects Philip Baker Hall has found quite a niche in supporting roles in his career, from the Rush Hour series to Paul Thomas Anderson films like Boogie Nights and Magnolia and many others. I also can’t forget his incredibly memorable guest spot as the aggressive library cop Mr. Bookman in one of the best Seinfeld episodes ever....
Video games have always been a difficult medium to translate to film. Think about it, can you name a good movie that was based on a video game? You’d be hard put to do it. I’ll give you the “Resident Evil” series and maybe “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” but that is about it. Certainly in resent years that haven’t been any successful adaptations when you consider the crop of films we’ve seen including “Bloodrayne,” “Doom,” “Hit Man” and “Max Payne....
Sixteen of the best up-and-coming mixed martial artists from around the world will convene in Las Vegas in mid-January in pursuit of one goal – to be named the “ULTIMATE FIGHTER” and to be given a contract in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. The fifth season of Spike TV’s highly successful reality series, The Ultimate Fighter, features lightweights (155lbs) for the first time ever. Former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver and former UFC Welterweight Champion B....
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today that principal photography began in Los Angeles on The Night Watchman. Keanu Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him....
Rachael Taylor, Amanda Walsh and Quarterlife star Bitsie Tulloch have taken the female leads in HBO’s comedy pilot The Washingtoniennes, from Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the semi-autobiographical book by Jessica Cutler about the sexploits of a low-level female congressional staffer with powerful men on Capitol Hill, The Washingtoniennes revolves around the professional and personal lives of three smart, sophisticated 28-year-old girls working on the Hill....
A quartet of upcoming films have found new release dates homes today. eRc Box Office is reporting that the upcoming Rogue Pictures films War of Gods and The Dark Fields have set 2011 release dates. War of Gods, which stars Mickey Rourke, Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, Kellan Lutz, Robert Maillet, Corey Sevier and Neil Napier, will be released on November 11, 2011 while The Dark Fields, which stars Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Daniel Richards and Abbie Cornish, will hit theaters on March 18, 2011....
Get ready for a lot of Resident Evil! Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has tapped January 2 to release Resident Evil: Extinction on Standard DVD, Blu-ray Disc and UMD. The disc is priced at an SRP of $28.95 for Standard, $38.96 for Blu-Ray and $24.94 for UMD. Synopsis: Hiding in the Nevada desert, Alice (Jovovich), Carlos Oliver (Fehr) and L.J. (Epps) join forces with new survivors of the Raccoon City disaster - Nurse Betty (Ashanti), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Claire Redfield (Larter) - to create a formidable force ready to defeat flesh-hungry zombies and save Earth before time runs out....
Spoiler Warning: This story contains mild spoilers for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, detailing Angela Lansbury’s cameo. While Angela Lansbury may not have been the Among Us gamer in real life that she was depicted as in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, she was lovely to work with and a “generous” person to meet, according to director Rian Johnson. In the film, which is now streaming on Netflix, Detective Benoit Blanc is left playing the popular multiplayer game Among Us with some of his intellectual pals....
It’s the end of an era for The Walking Dead, as the hit AMC series is saying goodbye to Andrew Lincoln. Over the course of eight years and 120 episodes, the actor has starred on the zombie drama as central character Rick Grimes. Lincoln has been with the series since the very first episode, co-starring with Jon Bernthal, whose character Shane Walsh was Rick’s partner. For Lincoln’s final episode of the series, Bernthal returned to the set of the show one last time for another scene with his old co-star....
Director Rob Minkoff discusses The Lion King’s 3D conversion, his thoughts on motion-capture, Chinese Odyssey, and more Last month, I got to see one of the greatest animated movies of all time in a way I had never seen it before. Back in May, Disney announced that the 1994 classic The Lion King will be re-released in theaters with a brand new 3D conversion, for a limited two-week run starting on September 16....
Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment company, today announced plans to release 10 titles on the next-generation high-definition Blu-ray Disc (BD) to coincide with the arrival of the first commercially offered BD players in stores. The first wave, available at retail on May 23, will include Crash and Lord of War, priced at a $39.99 SRP, and The Punisher, Saw and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, marked at a $29.99 SRP. The second wave with five additional titles will follow shortly thereafter with a June/July date still to be determined....
Well, John McClane always broke the rules so why shouldn’t this release? In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like “20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is expected to announce Tuesday that the special-edition DVD of Live Free or Die Hard will come with an electronic copy of the movie that can be played on a computer and select portable video players.” “This may be the killer app, where you have physical media that allows you to have a big-screen experience and at the same time move the file around to other devices and have a great experience there as well,” stated Mike Dunn, the division’s worldwide president....
Dave Bautista has lined up his next starring role. The Dune and Army of the Dead star has just boarded the cast of Knock at the Cabin, the next movie from M. Night Shyamalan. From Universal Pictures, the movie is scheduled for an early 2023 release, though it’s not yet clear when filming will begin on the project. It’s the latest collaboration for the studio and Shyamalan following the recent release of Old....
George Miller may be one of the most unconventional master filmmakers of our time. The rural Australian-born director’s talent has sharpened over time, especially with a combination of live-action genre films and big studio animation projects under his belt. His eye for cinema has never been better. With word of Furiosa’s production underway, the unpredictable filmmaker is likely dreaming up something truly unique, with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth leading the film’s cast....
AMC’s critically acclaimed Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama Mad Men will return for Season 6 on Sunday, April 7 at 9:00 pm ET/PT with a special two-hour premiere written by creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner, and directed by executive producer Scott Hornbacher. Following the premiere, on Sunday, April 14, Mad Men will return to its regular timeslot at 10pm ET/PT with an episode written by Jonathan Igla and Weiner, and directed by Jon Hamm....
Spoiler Warning: Made for Love Season 1 Season 2 of HBO Max’s Made for Love is coming sooner than expected! The dark comedy features Cristin Milioti as Hazel Green, a wife of a tech-billionaire who escapes from her marriage of ten years. Billy Magnussen plays Byron Gogol, Hazel’s husband who created the Hub, a virtual reality complex that he and Hazel have lived in for the last ten years. And Ray Romano plays Herbert Green, Hazel’s dad whom she goes to after escaping Byron but also learning that her dad’s life partner happens to be a love doll....
With the word that the writing team of Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris have pulled out of writing the sequel to Superman Returns, comic author Mark Millar (Civil War, The Ultimates) announced on Millarworld.tv (his personal web site) that he has thrown his name into the ring to pen Superman: The Man of Steel. From a post to his forum: It’s 8.58am right now, my guys at CAA get into the office in about seven hours and my call will be waiting for them to talk about this....
Marvel’s The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo has joined the cast of Foxcatcher for AnnaPurna Pictures and director Bennett Miller (Moneyball). This drama is based on the true story of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, and his relationship with John du Pont, who shot and killed him in 1996. John du Pont was the heir to the Du Pont chemical empire, who was also a paranoid schizophrenic. He built a wrestling training facility dubbed “Team Foxcatcher” on his Pennsylvania estate....
Adam McKay’s newest film Don’t Look Up is now streaming on Netflix, and for many viewers, an unexpected cameo from Chris Evans stands out as one of the best moments. Featuring a strong ensemble cast, the movie includes a slew of big names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, and Meryl Streep. There are some notable cameo appearances as well, and for Evans, many fans might even miss it because of how quickly it goes by, coupled with how unrecognizable the actor is in the role....
Sorry, Ghost Rider fans, but the planned live-action TV series centered on the character won’t be moving forward at Hulu. We first learned that the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider was poised to get his own show back in May. Now, it’s come to light that Marvel has decided not to proceed with the series, which opens up a whole host of questions. Unfortunately, for the time being, precious few answers to those questions are available....
