He actually looks better than the computer-generated version in the movies! Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seems to be in the Halloween spirit and is ready to get out trick-or-treating with his kids. The actor posted up this message to his faceboook fans along with the shot of him as ‘The Incredible Hulk’ “Don’t make me angry..” “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” ~ The People’s Hulk Happy Halloween! In case you’re wondering, that’s just body paint on homeboy. Images via facebook
Also in a round-up of news briefs Tuesday morning, the Academy is set to honor Stanley Kubrick ; the Austin Film Festival announces winners of its Audience Awards; And, a doc spotlighting Levon Helm heads to U.S. theaters. Academy to Honor Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick will be feted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Wednesday November 7th. Hosted by Malcolm McDowell at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, the evening will feature film clips and personal remembrances by friends and collaborators including Paul Mazursky, Ryan O’Neal and Matthew Modine. The tribute is in association with the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) which is hosting a retrospective. Silver Linings Playbook Wins Austin Film Festival Audience Award The romantic drama by David O. Russell won the Austin Film Festival’s “Marquee Feature Audience Award, while Junk by Kevin Hamedani took the Narrative Feature Audience Award. Joseph Levy’s Spinning Plates and T.C. Johnstone’s Rising From Ashes tied for the Documentary Feature Audience Award. The Muslims Are Coming! by Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah took the Comedy Vanguard Audience Award. Kino Lorber Picks Up Levon Helm Doc Ain’t In It For My Health The film is an in-depth and intimate look at music legend Levon Helm who died last April. The NYC-based distributor picked up the film on the heels of a recent “Love for Levon” tribute concert in New Jersey earlier this month where nearly 20,000 fans packed an arena to hear musicians including Roger Waters, Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples, Joe Walsh and Lucinda Williams celebrate his legacy. Kino Lorber is planning an early 2013 release followed by a VOD/home video release in early summer. Around the ‘net… Tom Cruise Teases a Mission: Impossible 5 A fifth installment appears to be in the preliminaries. “I started Mission: Impossible hoping I could make many of them. It’s a character that I can grow with…We’re already working on different images. Talking conceptually. I love traveling around promoting different movies because I’m always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city. I look at architecture, subways… coming up with different sequences,” Cruise told the U.K.’s Total Film. Hurricane Sandy Forces Broadway Theaters to Go Dark for Third Day; Region Slammed The shut-down is one day longer than the aftermath of 9/11. Power outages continue to plague Lower Manhattan and the subway is closed again as the city and region deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, THR reports .
The Hobbit caught some negative reaction when 10 minutes of unfinished footage played at the CinemaCon convention earlier this year in Las Vegas. But Sir Ian McKellen , who stars in The Lord of the Rings prequel, has defended the anticipated film directed by Peter Jackson , after early criticism from fans flared over how it looks in 3-D. Some viewers complained that the footage appeared “un-cinematic” and that it had “made-for-TV” quality. But McKellan, who plays the wizard Gandalf in the forthcoming film, said he believes audiences will be impressed by the feature’s aesthetics. “I’ve seen enough of it to know it’s going to be just as exciting as Lord of the Rings ,” he said via BBC . “In fact in some senses it’s more exciting because it’s in three dimensions.” McKellan said the sensation audiences will experience will bring them closer to Middle Earth, drawing fans into the story as never before. “It’s not the sort of crude 3-D that comes out of the screen. Rather it brings you into Middle Earth. You see round the corners. You see everything,” said McKellen. For his part, Jackson said he didn’t it surprising by the reaction the footage received. He shot The Hobbit at a rate of 48 frames per second which compares to the industry standard of 24 frames. “It’s not absolutely complete yet but Peter Jackson’s very pleased with it,” added McKellan. Along with McKellan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Evangeline Lilly star, while Orlando Bloom returns as Legolas and Elijah Wood takes on Frodo again. The three films are a prequel to The Lord of the Rings series. The first installment, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will open Stateside December 14th. Part two, The Desolation of Smaug will open in 2013, while There and Back Again heads out in 2014. [ Source: BBC ]
Also in Thursday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Cloud Atlas is being criticized for using “Yellow Face” for white actors. New York salutes the late Andrew Sarris. And an Amy Winehouse play based on her life heads to the stage. Deal Closed for Tom Cruise-Attached Script Our Name is Adam In the pic, Cruise will play an astronaut who travels back in time and works with his younger self. Paramount Pictures acquired the T.S. Nowlin script with Skydance Productions on board as partner, Deadline reports . Al Pacino Making Bank in Broadway Pay Package for Glengarry Glen Rosss Pacino is receiving a minimum of $125K per week and is entitled to 5% of the profits for the 10-week run of David Mamet’s drama now in previews. Pacino plays washed-up huckster Shelley Levene in the play, Deadline reports . Cloud Atlas Slammed for non-Asian Actors and ‘Yellow Face’ Makeup The feature by Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Twyker is based on the 2005 David Mitchell novel, which weaves together six story-lines, connecting them through use of the same actors for multiple roles. In one storyline focused in the year 2144 in South Korea, multiple white male actors are given prosthetic makeup to appear Asian. The Media Action Network for Asian Americans blasted the move, THR reports . Film World Salutes Andrew Sarris Top figures in the New York film community feted film critic Andrew Sarris who died in June at 83. He is credited for championing “auteur” theory in America. The tribute took place Wednesday at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, TOH reports . Amy Winehouse Theater Play to Open in Denmark A play based on the late singer’s life will feature music from her two studio albums, Frank and Back to Black . It will be based on material from interviews, speeches, concerts, newspapers, letters and songs. A Winehouse spokesperson said the family has nothing to do with the production, BBC reports .
The time is ripe for a James Bond auction. The latest in the franchise, Skyfall , heads to North American theaters in early November and the 50th anniversary of 007 is a key slot for a memorabilia sale. Posters from every Bond pic, stills, lobby cards, scripts and other memorables will hit the auction block and in December and is expected to take in over $200K. But the loot may pail in comparison to an earlier sale of Bond tidbits, including a bathing suit worn by 007’s latest incarnation, Daniel Craig . One of the centerpieces of the planned sale of Bond memorabilia is a rare From Russia With Love special advance Leicester Square world-premiere poster from 1963, according to Reuters. It is one of only a handful known to exist and it’s expected to nab $10,000 – $15,000. Certainly not bad, though not quite the tidy sum swimming trunks worn by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale fetched at a separate London auction . Judi Dench presented the swimming costume (as the Brits call it) and joked they were “unwashed,” selling for a cool $72,000. The latest items going under the hammer were assembled by a private British collector over 25 years, noted the auction house’s head Joe Maddalena. “He wanted to build the most comprehensive James Bond movie poster collection,” he said. “It’s really a mind-boggling collection.” Maddalena pointed out a yellow Dr. No silkscreen on linen poster from 1962 that is thought to be the very first 007 film poster ever to appear to the public. Other highlights going on sale is a rare U.K. advance for Goldfinger and a 1964 British Thunderball poster from 1965. They’re expected to sell for $4,000 – $6,000, though Maddalena noted that he tries to keep estimates “conservative.” The auction will take place n Los Angeles December 15 and 16 and will include hundreds of other Hollywood-themed memorabilia aside from Bond. Auctions have reaped huge sums in past sales. Marilyn Monroe’s “subway” dress from The Seven Year Itch sold for a whopping $5.5 million, while Audrey Hepburn’s Ascot dress from My Fair Lady grabbed $4.4 million. [ Source: Reuters ]
Also in Wednesday evening’s round-up of news briefs: Garden State filmmaker Zach Braff is readying a comedy series for ABC. The Academy announces its Screenwriting Nicholl Fellowship winners and a Bin Laden raid film produced by Harvey Weinstein has Republicans in a rage. Academy Announces Nicholl Fellowships Five writers have been selected as recipients of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Each writer will receive $35K and will be feted at a November 8th gala in Beverly Hills. The winners are: Nikole Beckwith ( Stockholm, Pennsylvania ), Sean Robert Daniels ( Killers , James DiLapo ( Devils at Play ), Allan Durand ( Willie Francis Must Die Again ) and Michael Werwise ( Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile ). The winners were selected from 7,197 entries. Around the ‘net… Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty May Not Open Wide Until January The possible Oscar contender may only open in NYC and LA on its official opening date December 19 and may only open more slowly across the country, theater owners have been told. It may expand to the top 10 – 12 markets January 4 and then nationwide January 11. The film depicts the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, THR reports . Johnny Depp Eyes Transcendence The film will be the directorial debut of cinematographer Wally Pfister ( The Dark Knight Rises ) The Alcon Entertainment/Warner Bros. project is set for an early 2013 shoot. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but the screenplay is written by newcomer Jack Paglen, Deadline reports . ABC Buys Zach Braff Comedy Braff will write, direct and executive produce Garage Bar , which will combine a “workplace idea with the heart and humor of Braff’s 2008 feature Garden State . It will center on a group of friends who start to experience the ups and downs of fame when one of them becomes a pop star,” Deadline reports . Bin Laden Film Incenses GOP A film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, which will air two nights before the US presidential election, has been re-edited to feature more footage of Barack Obama, prompting accusations Hollywood is trying to swing the vote. Harvey Weinstein who has contributed to the president’s campaign, tweaked the film Seal Team Six: the Raid on Osama bin Laden to broaden Obama’s role, The Guardian reports .
Love or hate his shtick, Kevin Smith dropped some amusingly candid real talk on Larry King Now as he explained to the media kingpin why it is he’s retiring from moviemaking after his forthcoming hockey film, Hit Somebody . “If I can’t bring anything new to the game, and I assure you I cannot, there’s no point in stepping up to the plate,” said Smith, who also charmingly compared his 20 years behind the camera to getting an unexpected blow job. Well, Clerks and the success that followed wasn’t just like any blow job. “It was like hoping for a kiss and getting the most amazing blow job you’ve ever had in your life,” he explained to King, who nearly choked as he nodded in recognition. Somebody here knows what you’re talkin’ about, Mr. Smith. Hit Somebody was previously said to star Red State cast members Kyle Gallner, Nicholas Braun, and Michael Angarano, although the project has yet to begin filming. Meanwhile, Smith’s not going anywhere; he may be moving out of the director’s chair but he’s got his multimedia interests (SModcast podcast, books, live shows, Spoilers on Hulu, AMC’s Comic Book Men, Twitter ). [ Larry King Now via Joblo ]
This is an amazing article and that’s all there is to it. I mean what better way to celebrate a pretty bullshit list that may not be life changing or genius, and that may not have taken much more than a google search by an intern and an hour to compile…of “girls who have been topless who have been on TV at least once and we’ll just pretend they are stars…”….coupled with no fear of a lawsuit from the evil paparazzi and film companies who always threaten to sue me for posting clips of girls topless in their movies and Tv shows…. than to have a Glamour model present the shit by getting topless….Danica Thrall looks hot…and 101 screen caps of bitches showing tits…isn’t all that bad either….if anything there’s something for everyone in there…like a menu at a family chain of restaurants, the titty version….I’m just glad I didn’t order the white sauce… Good job NUTS on this masterpiece…
The Jolie-Pitt brood appear to have caught the acting bug from their folks. Last August, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ‘s four-year-old daughter was cast as the young Princess Aurora in Maleficent , starring her superstar mother in the title role. Now, two siblings are set to join the production, and with a 2014 release date, could there be room for more? Jolie and Pitt’s son Pax, 8, and daughter Zahara, 7, are also set to appear in the big screen spin on the Sleeping Beauty tale, Us Weekly reports, adding that their parts will be small and they will not have speaking roles. Four year-old Vivienne joined the Maleficent cast as the young Princess Aurora. She eventually grows up to be the enemy to the evil Maleficent. Walt Disney Productions confirmed the addition in August. Daughter Shiloh, 6, meanwhile also nearly appeared in the movie, but she was apparently not in the mood during the day her part was supposed to shoot. She made an appearance in her dad’s feature The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008. Maleficent , directed by Robert Stromberg ( Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ), also stars Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. It is slated for a 3-D release in March, 2014. The pic retells the Sleeping Beauty story from the POV of villainess Maleficent. Fourteen year-old Fanning will play the grown-up Princess Aurora and gave a shout-out to Jolie in a recent E! News interview. “She’s so elegant. She looks just amazing as Maleficent, all her costumes and her makeup. You know, it’s like an elegant scary—sort of spooky. But you get used to it…It’s perfect.” [ Sources: Huffington Post , Yahoo , Us Weekly, E! ]
When Entertainment Weekly posted an exclusive photo of actor Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin, the super-villain who rocks Tony Stark’s world in the upcoming Iron Man 3 , it resurrected a thorny question around the virtual office here. In the Marvel universe, the Mandarin is the son of one of pre-Revolutionary China’s wealthiest men and an English noblewoman, as well as a descendant of Ghengis Khan. So, why, as Executive Editor Jen Yamato wondered when news broke that Ben Kingsley would play him, did the job go to a half-Indian, half-English actor? The answer, according to Marvel Studios Kevin Feige , appears near the bottom of the EW post. As a villain, it turns out, the Mandarin is kind of a mutt. According to EW, Feige says Marvel “wanted to blur the background” of the Mandarin portrayed in Iron Man 3 . “It’s less about his specific ethnicity than the symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end,” Feige explained. ” As EW further explained: “From his samurai hair, to his royal robe, to his bin Laden-esque beard, and the AK-47 he keeps at his side, Kingsley’s interpretation is a hodgepodge of various warrior motifs. That way, I guess no single ethnicity, particularly one with a population of 1.3 billion, can be offended by Kingsley’s portrayal or his character’s evil doing. Please feel free to weigh in on the debate. Or, if you just want to look at pretty pictures. USA Today also posted some exclusive shots from the film. Here are a couple: Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
