A few weeks back, Marc Guggenheim departed his role as co-showrunner of "FlashForward," leaving the job solely to co-creator David Goyer. The move came as a surprise to many, considering the critical approval that the show has received. Goyer himself touts tonight's episode as the best installment yet. Sure there are challenges, but that is true of every show on television.
Many have wondered how Guggenheim's exit might effect the upcoming slate of episodes. Goyer has a great background in film and TV; his writing on Chris Nolan's "Batman" films revived the ailing franchise and he executive produced the underrated TV series "Threshold." "FlashForward" is his biggest TV project yet, but he brings a lot of experience to the table and will be fine without Guggenheim. Besides, Goyer told MTV in a recent interview that the departure was hardly a surprise — indeed, it was always part of the plan. Read more...
My long-standing unusual relationship with Charlize Theron has been well documented on this website. For those flabbergasted, that I, a 5'9'' (NOT 5'8'' as some would have you believe) nebbishy dork could have any kind of a rapport with one of the most desirable women on the planet, well in most cases you'd be right. But doesn't the fact that we have something, anything, give all of us hope? Dreams can come true, my friends.
To bring most of you up to speed, here's all you need to know from my previous four interviews with Charlize. A) she likes to call me really vulgar things. B) we have enjoyed chatting about "The Hills" ever since I once made her look like "a nana" for not knowing anything about the MTV cash cow. C) she's just generally awesome, flirty, saucy, and fun.
The below came on the red carpet for Charlize's latest "The Burning Plain," now in theaters (go see it! support our favorite actress!) and it's not our best collective work but still, how many times do you get to see an Oscar winner say "butt naked"?
Zombies, vampires and supernatural masked serial killers: these are the monsters currently revving popular culture's collective engine. That wasn't always the case though. It wasn't so long ago that moviegoers were foaming at the mouths for eyepatches and hook hands, but as Bruno would say, pirates are sooo 2007.
Of course, don't let Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer or Johnny Depp hear you say that -- they're still hard at work on a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" adventure. Or Steven Spielberg for that matter. But there's another filmmaker in Hollywood who is ready to set sail with the scurvy genre, someone you probably wouldn't expect to have an interest in Davy Jones' locker: none other than "Halloween 2" director Rob Zombie.
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While I'm certainly curious about Rob Zombie's further take on the Michael Myers mythology in "Halloween II," it's his original material that interests me most. One such project is "Tyrannosaurus Rex," a film that's been rarely discussed but has one of the single most ridiculously awesome (albeit unsafe for work) posters I have ever seen.
But Zombie was gracious enough to discuss the movie with MTV News, if only to clear the air on some rumors -- namely, that "Tyrannosaurus Rex" won't be based on a pre-established property, despite some speculation to the contrary.
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It's one of the most beloved films of the 1990s, and it helped launch the career of one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Now, nearly two decades after Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It" swept into theaters, the fan-favorite flick is receiving the HD treatment with a remastered Blu-ray collector's edition. It was for that reason that we left New York City recently and traveled north to join actors Tom Skerritt and Craig Sheffer in the serenity of rural Vermont.
Set in early-20th Century America, "A River Runs Through It" is an emotional tale of two teenage brothers (Sheffer and Brad Pitt, in one of his first roles) coming of age under the umbrella of their strict minister father (Skerritt). The common bond among the trio is fly fishing in the great Blackfoot River, and as the brothers grow and drift further apart, their time spent fishing together becomes an even more integral shared experience. Read more...
by Savas Abadsidis
The popular FX sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" was born as a low-budget pilot in 2005. The quirky cast of bar patrons who inhabit Paddy's Bar in South Philadelphia impressed network execs enough for a seven episode first season to be ordered, for an August 2005 premiere. Four years and four completed seasons later, the show is still going strong, with the fifth season premiere set for September 17. We got to sit down with "Sunny" star Kaitlin Olson at San Diego Comic-Con last week, who talks about what's next for the show and what she's been doing with her free time.
MTV: What’s going on in the fifth Season of Sunny?
Kaitlin Olson: What’s going on?! There’s so much going on—we tackle the economy this season—we take the economy head on. Read more...
Spoiler warning! If you haven’t read the book or don’t want to know how the movie ends, turn back now!
The first American hardcover edition of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” spanned 652 pages. Even at over two hours and thirty minutes, the film version couldn’t stuff in every battle, breath and broomstick. Director David Yates had to make a number of tough calls, including losing an important fight in the Second Wizarding War and changing J.K. Rowling’s original ending, which recounted Dumbledore’s funeral. Read more...
FROM MTV.COM: The last time Brüno got in front of MTV's cameras, he swooped down from the rafters at the Movie Awards like some S&M-possessed angel and plunged onto Eminem's head, setting off a melee of flying feathers and angry bodyguards and creating one of the most unforgettable moments in the show's 18-year history.
So when MTV News caught up with Brüno on Tuesday during a MySpace-sponsored screening of his upcoming movie, we wanted to know what the Austrian fashion guru had to say about the infamous encounter with Em. Not surprisingly, he had some fightin' words left over after the May awards show.
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FROM SPLASH PAGE: Tyrese Gibson is a busy dude these days, between his record-breaking blockbuster “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” maintaining his multi-platinum selling music career, and dropping his face into a new field these days: comic books. When we caught up with the stocky star recently, he was eager to talk about teaming up with comics legend Todd McFarlane and the Image Comics team to publish “Mayhem!” next month.
“He’s a gun-slinging vigilante who seeks refuge from the basement of a church,” Tyrese said of the comics’ main character, who resembles the actor/singer/model in more ways than one. “He’s like a modern-day Robin Hood, who wants to take from the bad and give it back to the good and do whatever he can do to make life better in L.A.”
Continue reading ‘Transformers’ Star Tyrese Gibson Eager to Unleash ‘Mayhem’ Comic — But Will It Be A Movie?
FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: If our exclusive clip of Vanessa Hudgens strumming a guitar didn’t get you excited enough to check her out in the upcoming high school flick “Bandslam,” then here’s your chance to get even more of a V-Hud fill by chatting with the actress herself!
I’ll be sitting down with Miss Vanessa this Saturday to get the scoop on “Bandslam” (out Aug. 14) and what else she has in the works. I’m not the only person the former Wildcat wants to hear from though. We want to give all of you guys the opportunity to participate in the interview as well!
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