While Olivia Wilde was making the media rounds last Friday, checking in on David Letterman the day after his extortion/infidelity clusterfrak and stopping by MTV News HQ for a chat, she was also getting ready to begin filming "The Next Three Days" in Pittsburgh.
Thankfully for everyone involved, our own Josh Horowitz had no embarrassing personal revelations to make during his time with Olivia, and the two ended up touching on her upcoming film role. Mind you, she didn't tell us much – or anything, really, beyond what has popped up in the trades over the past several months. But the 25-year-old "House" star was simply so lovely as she declared her preference for "playing it safe" when it came to plot details that it's hard for us to complain. Read more...
Daft Punk likes to play dress up. The Euro electronica duo is basically never seen in public without spaceman helmets clamped to their heads. It's a look that would not be out of place in a sci-fi flick like, say, "Tron Legacy," Disney's mega-budget remake of the 1982 original about artificial intelligence, a computer-generated world and Jeff Bridges in a skin-tight neon suit.
And that's just where Daft Punk will be when the new "Tron" hits theaters in December 2010. MTV News has exclusively learned that the group will not only be scoring the film—as previously revealed—but that they will actually appearing in the movie itself. Read more...
If you saw "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" this past weekend, then you already know that classic Cobra villain Dr. Mindbender was transformed from a maniacal madman into a mumbling scientist. And, like me, you probably thought "Okay, fine. Maybe the bald, shirtless, cloaked, monocle-and-purple-pants-wearing villain doesn't strike the same chord in a live action setting as he did in an '80s cartoon." If you thought that then, also like me, you'd be wrong.
Comedy website Funny Or Die has a higher opinion of Mindbender than the "Rise of Cobra" team did. The site is launching its own "G.I. Joe" parody today, with a star-studded cast that includes appearances from Olivia Wilde, Chuck Lidell and Tony Hale. Today's Daily TwitPic from @funnyordie delivers Hale as Mindbender, looking far different than he did as "Arrested Development" star Buster Bluth. Menacing? No. Hilarious? Maybe... I won't cast judgment until I see the purple pants. Read more...
Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn are in for the honeymoon of a lifetime when their trip to Hawaii turns deadly in director David Twohy's "A Perfect Getaway." Their holiday escape is anything but when they find out there are psychopaths stalking and murdering tourists on the Pacific islands.
Honestly, what were they expecting? Didn’t they know that tropical locations are a known hot-spot for homicidal maniacs? We’ve put together the honeymoon planner’s kit detailing locations avoid if you’re not a fan of taking an axe to the face. Read more...
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"Tron Legacy" stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde took some time from their busy San Diego Comic-Con schedules to go one-on-one with MTV yesterday. All of this may be old hat for Bridges, who played the central character in the original movie, but Hedlund and Wilde come to Disney's sequel with their childhood memories intact. Imagine the thrill they must have felt then at handling a Disc of Tron for the first time. Or climbing into a Lightcycle. I get chills just thinking about it, and they've lived it.
Head over to MTV.com for more video coverage on the ground at San Diego Comic-Con 2009!
Whatever the forthcoming "Tron" sequel ends up calling itself, one thing is clear: fans are anxiously -- and cautiously -- following the project. We've been no exception, covering everything from the initial announcement to the casting of Bruce Boxleitner and his new generation of co-stars. But it won't be just fresh faces that audiences will be contending with...according to one cast member the entire film will be unlike anything we've ever seen.
"It's going to be a kind of revolution in filmmaking and film watching," Olivia Wilde promised MTV News on the Golden Globes red carpet. Read more...
After its debut at San Diego ComicCon 2008, "Tron" (formerly "Tron 2” and "Tr2n") is poised to become one of the most talked about movies in production this year. Now, it finally has a leading man to fix the buzz on.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Garrett Hedlund will be the main character, a man who finds himself pulled into a computer, where he will retrace the steps of Kevin Flynn, the protagonist of the original "Tron." We reported earlier that Jeff Bridges will reprise his 1982 role of Flynn alongside his original co-star Bruce Boxleitner, and that they'll be joined by actresses Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett. Read more...
One of the most buzzed about movies at this year's Comic-Con was Joseph Kosinski's "Tron 2.0” (then titled "Tr2n"), Disney's sequel to their 1982 technology classic. It's hard to believe that a sequel to a twenty-six year old movie could create such a frenzy -- but hey, I was there, and the footage was pretty darn cool.
As it turned out, none of the revealed footage was from the film, but test scenes cooked up to test the special effects and wind up the geek audience at Comic-Con. The film has vanished off the radar a bit, but you can expect the buzz to pick up again now that casting has begun.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Turistas" stars Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett are the first to sign on for "Tron 2.0." Read more...
