Posted 1/19/12 12:00 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Sundance 2012
With the kickoff of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, almost as many A-listers are heading to Park City, Utah as industry newcomers. The fest has always been a place for established actors and filmmakers to branch out and go indie for a movie or two.
We've looked over the scheduled screenings and rounded up a list of some of the celebrity attendees and the projects they're representing at Sundance this year.
Posted 11/14/11 10:32 am EST by Josh Wigler in News, splash page
"Immortals" arrived in theaters this weekend and stole the box office's thunder, proving that fall season moviegoers were indeed craving some hard R-rated action. Of course, the comparisons to "300" couldn't have hurt Tarsem Singh's latest picture's box office performance. Over on Splash Page, we measured out the similarities and differences between "Immortals" and "300" and decided which one we like better. It was a close call, but there was a winner.
Check out more comic book movie news beyond the jump!
Posted 5/23/11 11:13 am EST by Josh Wigler in News
Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" opened at Cannes to a mixed chorus of cheers and boos, but there's no split decision here.
The Cannes Film Festival jury, headed up by Robert De Niro, has awarded the highly coveted Palme d'Or to "Tree of Life," bestowing Malick's most recent effort with the festival's top prize a full year after it was supposed to appear in competition. The result is a bit of a surprise, as many spectators identified the buzzworthy "We Need to Talk about Kevin" and "The Artist" as top contenders for the prize.
See who else emerged victorious at Cannes past the jump!
Posted 5/3/11 12:55 pm EST by Aly Semigran in Casting Call, News
Here's some casting news that is prettt-ay, prettt-ay, prettt-ay funny: Larry David, the king of uncomfortable comedy, will reportedly settle into a role in the Farrelly Brothers' upcoming take on "The Three Stooges." But it's not exactly what you'd expect (hint: he's not playing Larry!)
Deadline reports that the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-creator has signed on to play Mother Mengele, the nun who runs the orphanage where the stooges hail from. David, last seen on the big screen in 2009's "Whatever Works," joins Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Jane Lynch and Chris Diamantopoulos for the Farrelly-directed comedy.
Check out the rest of today's biggest casting news out of Hollywood, including the casting for Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's latest endeavor.
Posted 4/25/11 12:57 pm EST by Aly Semigran in Casting Call
With the mystery of who will play "The Hunger Games" heroine Katniss Everdeen long over, the question of who will star as the important supporting characters still looms.
As Elizabeth Banks closes in on the over-the-top Effie Trinket, Hollywood Crush reports that Oscar-nominee John C. Reilly is in contention for the part of the boozy, but vital, "Hunger Games" ex-champ and mentor Haymitch Abernathy. Reilly, an inspired and more than well-suited choice for the role, would beat out the likes of other rumored Haymitch contenders such as Hugh Laurie.
Check out the rest of Monday's biggest casting news after the jump, including Sam Raimi's push to have Hilary Swank head to "Oz"!
Posted 4/16/10 5:45 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Dailies
-- Harrison Ford returns to the "Star Wars" universe with a special appearance at a Los Angeles event honoring the 30th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back." The event is intended to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [Los Angeles Times]
-- "The Blind Side" actress Lily Collins will appear opposite "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner in "Abduction," the erstwhile Jacob Black's upcoming action thriller about a teenager who suddenly learns that his parents aren't really his parents at all. [Variety]
-- Director Curtis Hanson and screenwriter Clark Gregg are teaming up for a new film that tells the true story of a small Missouri town plagued by drugs and crime. A mystery law man appears out of the blue and cleans the streets of criminal activity, but this is no ordinary law man — this is a bank security guard with a phony badge. [Deadline] Read More...
Posted 3/1/10 1:30 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in Video
Weird things come out of Japan. This isn't a negative value judgment mind you, simply an observation. Weird things come out of Canada too (see also: curling), it's just a cultural difference sort of thing. Still, really weird things come out of Japan when viewed in the context of a Western mindset.
This might not be the strangest thing you see all week, but it's definitely surreal. "Spider-Man" star Kirsten Dunst does some wacky cosplay and dances through the streets of Akibahara in Japan, singing the classic '80s ditty from The Vapors, "Turning Japanese." Not strange enough for you? How about the fact that McG directed it? Yeah, I thought that'd do it.
Posted 1/14/10 10:30 am EST by Adam Rosenberg in News
FROM MTV.COM: Well before a rebooted "Spider-Man" hits theaters in 2012, we'll get a chance to meet a brand-new Peter Parker — some lucky actor plucked to replace Tobey Maguire now that the 34-year-old and director Sam Raimi have been jettisoned from the franchise. As MTV News plays its own game of Cast That Arachnid — Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Jesse Eisenberg? — we took a look back at the time when we first met Maguire in his Spidey world.
It was January 2001, and production on Sam Raimi's film was about to begin in Culver City, California. MTV was there to chat with the cast and the director at a moment when comic book movies were beginning to return to their fanboy roots after years of schlocky "Batman" and "Superman" flicks.
Continue reading Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi Talk 'Spider-Man' In Vintage Interviews
Posted 1/13/10 11:30 am EST by Larry Carroll in Commentary
FROM MTV.COM: Monday's announcement that "Spider-Man 4" was as dead as the Green Goblin reportedly came as a shock not only to fans, but also to the series' stars, who were at least entertaining the possibility of returning. Few, however, have had as much riding on the sequel as Kirsten Dunst.
Undoubtedly the most divisive of the series' leads (whereas you'd have a hard time finding any Spidey fans who hate on Tobey Maguire or James Franco), it's been a long time since Dunst has had a hit. Aside from the little-seen "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," Dunst's last non-Spidey films were the back-to-back-to-back duds "Elizabethtown," "Wimbledon" and "Marie Antoinette" nearly a half-decade ago.
Continue reading What's Next For 'Spider-Man' Actress Kirsten Dunst?
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With Megan Fox Dropped From 'Transformers 3,' Who Should Replace Her?
Posted 5/19/10 8:01 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Casting Call, Commentary, News
We could dissect the behind-the-scenes drama all day long, but a simple fact remains: Paramount needs a replacement. It's not an enviable task given how deeply Megan Fox's character Mikaela Banes was connected to the action movie's human story — indeed, Lorenzo di Bonaventura told MTV News just last month that reports of Fox leaving the film were "silly" — but the reality is, LaBeouf needs a new love interest… and we've got some ideas for who that could be.
Come play matchmaker with us after the jump as we propose some possible candidates to replace Megan Fox in the next "Transformers" film! Read More...
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