Ever wonder what happens to a town when it's hit by an outbreak of Lyme disease? So has filmmaker Derick Martini, and that's why he's bringing us "Lymelife." The movie follows the emotional and romantic travels of a young man (Rory Culkin) in a town upset by the Lyme infestation, and also stars Alec Baldwin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Cynthia Nixon and Timothy Hutton, with no less than Martin Scorsese as an executive producer.
Having generated considerable buzz at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the film will be hitting theaters in limited release on April 9. But before then, MTV News legend Kurt Loder will be sitting down with Martini and Culkin for a candid chat at the SoHo Apple Store in Manhattan. The interview will happen live at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2nd, so those of you in the NYC area should mark their calendars now. Click here to read more about "Lymelife," and here to learn about the event.
Tomorrow is my birthday. Go ahead, think up a witty little joke about how I must have been an April Fool's joke on my parents. I have heard them all. Nearly as important as tomorrow being an excuse for me to eat as many pieces of cake and pie with total absolution is the fact that there's a benefit being put on by the Reno 911 gang.
Yes, five seasons, one movie, and innumerable inappropriate jokes haven't slowed the Reno gang. They're gearing up season six of the show with a premiere screening of their season six opener. For $40 bucks you can show your allegiance to the show, help out Planting Peace, and share in revelry with the likes of Rainn Wilson not to mention all the deputies...
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In an interview posted to MTV Movies yesterday, “Star Trek” producer Damon Lindelof was quoted as saying he’s hopeful his and J.J. Abrams’ reboot will be successful enough to warrant a couple more movies. “Ideas have been thrown around that are very informal at this point,” he said of potential plots for the future.
Well, it took only a few more hours for Variety to report that Paramount Pictures is in fact moving forward with the franchise, and the studio has hired Lindelof to collaborate on a script with “Star Trek” screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, which will be due this December in order to have the film in theaters by summer 2011. Read more...
"Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster lifted Khaled Hosseini's first novel "The Kite Runner" to a new plateau of prominence when the film came out in 2007. The hot-button political and cultural issues that the story touched on, however, resulted in a delayed release of what was already a daunting project to put together.
Forster is currently looking ahead to his next film "World War Z," but said that he looked at Hosseini's second book "A Thousand Splendid Suns," currently being developed at Columbia Pictures, opting to pass because he wasn't ready to go through the gauntlet of demands posed by "Kite Runner" without some time on other movies.
"I met early on," Forster told MTV News. "They gave me an early copy and said, ‘Look, would you want to do it?’" Read more...
When "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" hit theaters last year, there was one person very clearly absent from the film.
Sure, George Lucas was able to bring back Harrison Ford to play the whip-slinging, womanizing archaeologist. He was even able to find a place for Indy's old flame, Marion Ravenswood, played by Karen Allen. And yes, Lucas even brought in some new blood, with Cate Blanchett as a cold-blooded Soviet and Shia LaBeouf as Indy's sassy son, Mutt.
But Lucas wasn't able to get Sir Sean Connery to reprise his role as Indy's dad, Henry Jones Sr. So, Lucas killed him off and has Indy mention it somewhere along the way in "Crystal Skull." Read more...
Here at MTV News, we often get word of wacky movie biz gossip that has no chance of actually being true, from an art house director rumored to be taking on a franchise blockbuster to a long-forgotten film that someone, somewhere wants to reboot for the big screen. And then there are those rumors that are just so bizarre and delightful we hope against hope they contain a kernel of truth. Put a musical version of “Groundhog Day” into that last category.
About five years ago, the famed Broadway lyrist and composer Stephen Sondheim (“Sweeney Todd”) told some folks he loved the idea of doing a stage adaptation of “Groundhog,” the classic 1993 Bill Murray comedy about a prickly weatherman stuck reliving the same day over and over again. And that was about it. No one thought it might actually happen. But when Harold Ramis stopped by the MTV News offices to chat about his upcoming movie “The Year One,” he revealed that plans for a “Groundhog” musical are not just idle gossip, but are actually moving forward. Read more...
As promised, we have been updating our "New Moon" cast photo gallery as news continues to evolve around the who's who of the second film in the "Twilight" saga.
Unlike the Wolf Pack casting announcement, the Volturi casting news is trickling out bit by bit. Last week runway model Noot Seear was said to play Heidi, and yesterday we brought you news that Jamie Campbell-Bower has been cast as Caius.
The interesting thing about the Jamie Campbell-Bower casting is how young he looks in comparison to how old and venerable Caius comes across in the "Twilight" series. However, considering many of the vampires are hundreds of years old but look the age at which they were originally turned, Campbell-Bower's look could work really well, especially with those piercing eyes. (Check out a shot of your new Caius after the jump, plus the rest of the cast in our "New Moon" cast photo gallery.) Read more...
Just when they stopped being tabloid fodder, Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are pairing up again onscreen for some clumsy romance. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the on and off again couple has signed on to "Going the Distance," a romantic comedy from New Line. Nanette Burstein ("American Teen") will direct from a script penned by first time writer Geoff LaTulippe.
The story revolves around a couple who encounters difficulties while trying to maintain a long distance relationship. Barrymore plays a middle school teacher who moves to Chicago for a job, and Long plays a script reader who (we're guessing) resides in L.A. They quickly discover that "going the distance" may cost them everything, and destroy their relationship. Read more...
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Amanda Crew believes in ghosts. And it looks like this weekend’s moviegoers did too -- or at least they like a good ol’ haunted house tale. "The Haunting In Connecticut," the latest based-on-a-true-story horror flick to hit theatres, dominated its genre, breaking Lionsgate’s opening day record for a non-sequel horror pic.
Crew may be best known for roles in MTV-friendly blockbusters "She’s The Man" and "Sex Drive," but “Haunting” marks her first fear-inducing film. When we talked to the Canadian-born actress recently, she dished on everything from "Twilight," her nickname for co-star Virginia Madsen and the cast’s behind-the-scenes jitters to what gives her the heebie jeebies.
So without further adieu, here’s our top fives with The Haunting Of Connecticut’s Amanda Crew: Read more...
Once upon a time, Matthew McConaughey was known more for playing brainy Southern lawyers than living his life half-naked and happy-go-lucky. But he's returning to the world of legal briefs and thrillers, as he's signed on to star in Lakeshore Entertainment's "The Lincoln Lawyer."
According to Variety, the film is based on Michael Connolly's 2005 bestseller. The story centers on a low-level criminal defense lawyer named Mickey Haller, who finds himself representing a wealthy client named Louis Roulet against assault charges. Read more...
