First, he made Miley Cyrus jump off the screen and into our laps. Currently, he’s bringing the Jonas Brothers in all their shirtless glory to fans. So, which musical act is director Bruce Hendricks hoping to make a 3D concert film about next?
“I saw Springsteen at the Super Bowl,” Hendricks revealed to MTV when we caught up with the filmmaker recently. “I’d love to do him.”
Bruce Springsteen’s energy, stage antics and die-hard fanbase would seem to make him an ideal target for the next big 3D concert flick. It would be quite a departure, however, for the genre that has until now focused mainly on youth-oriented artists. Read more...
When we chatted with Chris Rock at Sundance this week he was pretty pumped about George W. Bush's recent exit from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But truth be told besides talking politics, the actor/comedian had a documentary to promote. "Good Hair" premiered this week to strong reviews. Its positive reception had the former Oscars host likening it to, of all things, a U2 album?
U2, P-Diddy, Morgan Spurlock and Charlize Theron were just a few of Hollywood's elite who took to the slopes of Sundance this past week to showcase their films – and my colleagues at MTV News spoke with all of them.
But forget the stars. From ground zero here in Los Angeles, the bird's eye view of the Festival was full of dollars, not Cents (as in 50), meaning big paydays for the following filmmakers:
"Hamlet 2": Hamlet tells his friend Horatio that "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in [his] philosophy." Yeah, no kidding, apparently there was a whole other story! The comedy flick with Steve Coogan as a teacher who writes a Shakespearean sequel sold to Focus Features for $10 million, easily the tops of the festival. And they said he was indecisive.
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After films like "Superman Returns" and "Beowulf" sampling the third-dimension, I suppose we should have expected that the next great usage was for a massive concert documentary. That's exactly what we get in "U2 3D," a new film that premiered at Sundance that captures footage from a variety of South American shows. We caught up with bandmates Bono and The Edge to discuss their new film; read all about it here. Below, Bono also fills us in on reuniting with his "Joshua Tree" producers for U2's next album.
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