Posted 1/17/12 11:00 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Casting Call
A "Mad Men" star is the first actress on board for the upcoming Joss Whedon-written film "In Your Eyes." Meanwhile, a trio of big-name actors are lending their voices to "Madagascar 3," Chris Evans is considering joining Bong Joon-Ho's domestic debut and Idris Elba confirms his return to the "Thor" franchise in "Thor 2."
It's January 17, and you're tuning into today's casting call.
Posted 12/5/11 2:46 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in News, Trailers, Video
That noise you're hearing is millions of Joss Whedon fans from across the universe yelling "FINALLY!" all at once.
It has taken years for the Whedon co-written movie, "Cabin in the Woods," to finally hit screens, and after last week's teaser poster, here we have the first trailer and the most conclusive evidence yet that this movie may actually open.
Future Whedon collaborator Chris Hemsworth leads a cast of attractive 20-somethings into the familiar set-up. They're looking to go off the grid and spend some time—where else—in a cabin in the woods. With the straight-forward horror set-up, you'd be right to expect Whedon and his co-writer/director Drew Goddard to take things down unexpected paths.
Posted 10/28/11 10:27 am EST by Josh Wigler in News, splash page
"Avengers" director Joss Whedon isn't content with simply overseeing Earth's Mightiest Heroes -- apparently, he wants to get in on the action himself. Tom Hiddleston, who plays the film's villain Loki, recently shared an anecdote from his time on the "Avengers" set when Whedon fully acted out a stunt-heavy moment, earning the filmmaker serious kudos points in Hiddleston's eyes. See what he had to say over here.
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Posted 10/25/11 4:20 pm EST by Josh Wigler in News
Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing," the "Avengers" director's adaptation of the William Shakespeare comedy classic, is starting to become a little less mysterious.
How did Whedon manage to shoot this movie while simultaneously working with Earth's Mightiest Heroes for Marvel Studios, for example? What went into his casting process? How was he able to keep his cast quiet? Did he have to threaten notorious tweeter Nathan Fillion with violence?
Posted 10/24/11 11:10 am EST by Tami Katzoff in News
Some interesting news is making its way around the Whedonverse this morning: As if he didn’t already have his hands full helming a little flick called "The Avengers," apparently Joss Whedon has shot a film based on William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing."
Posted 4/25/11 6:30 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Dailies, Trailers
Raise your hands if you aren't looking forward to seeing the Marvel universe comes together in next year's "The Avengers." No one? Thought so!
Now, finally, at long last, "The Avengers" are officially assembling, as director Joss Whedon has announced that shooting is officially underway. Splash Page reports the news, citing Whedon's message to the fans: "It should be a fun day, followed by the eighty thousand other fun days it will take to finish this." Okay, so what if "Thor" and "Captain America" haven't even hit theaters yet -- we're just itching for May 2012 to get here fast!
Check out the rest of today's news past the jump, including a report on how Jeremy Renner landed the lead in the Bourne franchise, Johnny Depp's big upcoming cameo and the first trailer for "Our Idiot Brother."
Posted 4/21/11 5:11 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Dailies
If you haven't allowed yourself to get excited about "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" yet but you're still a sucker for ass-kicking robots, some new character posters should be enough to put you over the fence.
Mysterious villain Shockwave and heroic Autobots Bumblebee and Optimus Prime stand poised and ready to kick butt against the backdrop of a demolished city, thanks to new banner images debuted on Yahoo Movies. That's a lot of massive mechanical awesomeness!
The rest of today's news is after the jump, including a legal battle facing "The Crow" and talk of Robert Zemeckis' next movie.
Posted 12/20/10 11:30 am EST by Terri Schwartz in News
Despite the fact that Joss Whedon was reportedly approached to make the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reboot but turned it down, we've always been against the idea that this franchise needed to be brought to the screen -- large or small -- in a third incarnation. Especially since the new film is going to ignore the mythology that Whedon created in his beloved television series (kind of like the reboot that must not be named) and return to the horror-comedy origins of the original "Buffy" starring Kristy Swanson.
That would be all well and good, except Access Hollywood is reporting that "Glee" star Heather Morris is one of the front runners to star in the film. And anyone who's seen a single episode of "Glee" should know that Morris steals every scene she's in as dumb-as-a-rock-but-hilarious Brittany Pierce. No seriously, this girl is hilarious, and we could definitely see her pulling off a good Buffy Summers. Read More...
Posted 12/1/10 4:30 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in News
Joss Whedon won't be "left to his pain" so much after this little "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" development. Warner Bros. has been made to seem like the Big Bad Guy in this situation when they chose to reboot "Buffy" without the involvement of Whedon, who wrote the screenplay for the original feature film and spearheaded the TV series.
Turns out Whedon actually was offered the first opportunity for a "Buffy" reboot, though -- at least that the tune WB insiders are singing -- which kind of takes away from our little Whedon pity fest. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Whedon decided to pass on the film because he'd rather work on other projects (read: "The Avengers") and it was only then that producers turned to unknown writer Whit Anderson. She came up with a version of the myth that captured the studios' attention, and Warner Bros. decided to go forward with the project even without Whedon. Read More...
Posted 11/23/10 10:44 am EST by Terri Schwartz in News, Poll
Yesterday we got the news that Warner Bros. is rebooting the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" franchise with a new film.... but without the involvement of creator Joss Whedon, and presumably without "Buffy" film star Kristy Swanson and TV series headliner Sarah Michelle Gellar. We asked in a poll who you guys thought should play the titular vampire waster in the reboot, and so far you've almost unanimously endorsed Gellar's return to the title role. But if Whedon's sarcastic response to the reboot is any indication, that is not going to be happening any time soon.
"I'm glad you asked for my thoughts on the announcement of Buffy the cinema film," Whedon wrote in an email to E! Online. "This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths — just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself." Read More...
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