Monday we unveiled the American poster for the Tribeca-bound import Death of a Superhero , and now it’s time for a first look at the film’s trailer. It’s got it all: Live-action, animation, death-defying stunts, the irresistible Aisling Loftus on a scooter, and no less than Andy Serkis demanding to see young star Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s war face. Rahhhr! Read on and have a look. As noted yesterday , Superhero debuts April 17 on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon and Vudu, then splashes down at the Tribeca Film Festival before a limited theatrical roll-out commences May 4 in Seattle. [Photo credit: Allen Kelly] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Mac Miller and Machine Gun Kelly win big at the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards. By Nadeska Alexis Mac Miller performs at the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Photo: Getty Images The 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards aired on Sunday night highlighting performances from Santigold, Steve Aoki and the show’s big winner, Mac Miller, who walked away with two trophies. The half-hour feature, shot in Austin, Texas during the South by Southwest festival was packed with entertainment. Santigold performed her hit ” L.E.S. Artistes ” along with the new single ” Disparate Youth ,” while EDM Effect nominee Steve Aoki performed ” Emergency ,” ” Steve Jobs ,” and commanded a guest appearance from Lil Jon on ” Turbulence .” Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller was one of the standouts of the night, taking home Woodie of the Year and Performing Woodie awards, in addition to amping up the crowd with a set that included ” Party on 5th Ave ,” ” Donald Trump ” and ” Loud .” “My fans are dope,” Mac told MTV’s Buzzworthy blog following his win. “I think the reason they go so hard for me and why they ride for me is because… I think they just see me as one of them. When my album came out, I had fans tweeting me that they bought 10 of them.” Machine Gun Kelly also had a notable night, topping off his title as MTV News’ Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011 by taking home the Breaking Woodie award. After nabbing the trophy, MGK sent out a genuine thank-you to his throng of supportive fans, who cast their votes for his big win. “To all the fans out there who took the time to vote over and over again ’til your fingers got carpal tunnel, thank you!” MGK told Buzzworthy . “Thank you dude. You have made my year. Lace up!” Other winners included Best Coast, who took home Best Video Woodie for ” Our Deal ” and Calvin Harris who was honored with the EDM Effect Woodie. The Woodie Awards were held in Austin, Texas following the first-ever Woodies Festival, which featured an additional slew of performances from A$AP Rocky, Machine Gun Kelly, Fun., Chiddy Bang and more. Related Photos 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Festival: Performances Related Artists Mac Miller Machine Gun Kelly Steve Aoki
Nas presents his debut album Illmatic and gives first performance of ‘The Don’ in Austin. By Nadeska Alexis Nas performs at SXSW 2012 Photo: Getty Images A classic never dies and Nas proved that to a packed house during the final night of SXSW, with a performance of his debut album Illmatic at ACL Live at the Moody Theatre. The 20th anniversary of Illmatic ‘s release (April 19, 1994) is quickly approaching, and to commemorate the occasion, VEVO tapped the Queens, New York MC to perform his celebrated album in its entirety. The stage of Austin’s Moody Theater was transformed into an elaborate set designed to replicate the atmosphere of mid-90s Queens. An image of the Queensbridge Houses were set behind a New York City bus stop tagged up with “RIP Ill Will,” (a tribute to Nas’ childhood friend Willie “Ill Will” Graham) and Nasir Jones climbed a flight of stairs, emerging from a subway tunnel to begin his set. The veteran rapper was brief with his words, simply introducing himself, “My name is Nas and tonight I’m bringing you Illmatic ,” before beginning “N.Y. State of Mind.” Legendary producers DJ Premier and Pete Rock, who both had a hand in crafting Illmatic , manned the turntables and joined Nas in reminiscing about his early days. Rapper AZ joined Nas to assist on “Life’s a Bitch,” and the duo diverted from Illmatic momentarily to perform The Firm’s “Phone Tap.” DJ Premier kept the memories coming, teasing Nas about the first time he heard him rapping back in 1991 (“You were rapping some sick, demented s—“), which prompted Nas to perform his verse on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbecue.” In between classics like “The World is Yours,” “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” and “Halftime,” DJ Premier and Pete Rock encouraged crowd participation and kept energy levels high with a short tribute to fallen legends Big L and Guru. But before Nas finished his set, he brought things back to the present, with the first performance of his new single “The Don,” which will appear on his upcoming tenth studio album Life is Good. Related Videos South by Southwest 2012 Related Photos SXSW 2012 Related Artists Nas
Miami rapper brings down the FADER FORT with his biggest hits and new Rich Forever mixtape singles. By Nadeska Alexis Rick Ross Photo: Roger Kisby/ Getty Images Considering the star power that had already passed through Austin, Texas beginning with Jay-Z’s Monday night performance , it was only fitting that Rick Ross would make a surprise appearance at SXSW to wrap up the week’s festivities. The FADER FORT was packed to the brim all week, hosting acts like Kendrick Lamar, The-Dream and 2 Chainz, but the “TBD” spot for their closing set on Saturday night was the subject of much speculation. Jay-Z, Kanye West , Lil Wayne , 50 Cent and Eminem had all shown up earlier in the week, so it was reasonable to assume that hip-hop’s reigning titan would also get in on the action. Memphis Tennessee rapper, Gangsta Boo, opened up Fader’s last set of the festival performing old hits, new singles and her verse on the Eminem-featured Yelawolf single “Throw It Up” before passing the mic off to Maybach Music Group rapper Stalley. The Ohio native dipped into his mixtape Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music then performed the Chad Hugo-produced single “Everything New,” from his upcoming project Savage Journey to the American Dream before exiting. Stalley had only left the stage for a few minutes when Ross showed up, launching right into bangers like “I’m Not A Star,” after being introduced to the crowd as ” the Hottest MC in the Game. ” At this point, the Miami rapper has no shortage of hits and the crowd received every new track, including “Hustlin'” and his verse on “I’m On One,” with enthusiasm. Solange Knowles hung in the VIP area dancing and singing-a-long to songs like “Aston Martin Music,” which Ross so kindly dedicated to all of the women in the house. Ross summoned Stalley back to the stage to perform his Rich Forever cut “Party Heart,” but perhaps the most triumphant moment of the set came during the introduction to the mixtape’s title track. “My success was not overnight,” he told the crowd. “MMG started as a dream, MMG started in a basement. It took me over a decade to get where I’m standing now.” For music lovers in the crowd who weren’t Ross aficionados, the Bawse did his best to translate the overarching message in his music. “I want ya’ll to know that dreams come true,” he told the crowd before closing set. “Every boss in the game started as a m—–f—–‘ worker, so build it from the ground up, do it self made, and be rich forever.” Related Videos South by Southwest 2012 Related Photos SXSW 2012
MTV News has been awaiting the arrival of the TV-show-turned-R-rated-comedy since it was first conceived back in 2008. By Kara Warner Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in “21 Jump Street” Photo: Sony At this point in the end of a long promotional stretch for “21 Jump Street,” it seems as though we’ve been talking about the hilarious TV-to-movie adaptation forever. As it turns out, we have. Well, not forever, but for nearly four years, since it was first announced that Jonah Hill and screenwriter Michael Bacall would be tackling the screenplay for an R-rated version of the popular ’80s TV show that launched Johnny Depp’s career. Here’s everything you need to know about the next great action/ buddy comedy: It’s Based On a Really Awesome TV Show “21 Jump Street” has a special, nostalgic significance for a lot of us who grew up in the late ’80s. The series, which ran for five seasons from 1987 to 1991 on the fledgling Fox network, followed a group of undercover cops who posed as high school and college students. The show featured an attractive group of young actors led by Depp, Holly Robinson, Peter DeLuise and Richard Grieco (as loose cannon Dennis Booker), and was a unique hybrid of television archetypes: the classic cop show and the teen-issue show. Back in May 2008, news broke that Sony was working on adapting the show for the big screen and had tapped Jonah Hill, then most well-known for “Superbad,” to do it. The then-24-year-old would write the screenplay and serve as executive producer of the film, but no announcement was made about casting at that time. It Wasn’t Exactly Welcomed With Open Arms Because of the show’s cult status, many people seemed to have issues with a young funnyman like Hill adapting the material and took to the Internet to air their grievances. But Hill set the record straight, assuring fans that his version would not be “crappy.” “People expect you to do something crappy [when] adapting a TV show into a film. … When I hear it, it seems totally unoriginal,” Hill told MTV News . “We’re approaching it from an original standpoint, I’ll tell you that much.” Hill promised that it would not be a spoof, revealing that he and Bacall had written a Johnny Depp cameo into the script with hopes that somehow the Academy Award nominee would think about making an appearance in the film. Not long after that, the casting announcements started rolling in, with Hill and Tatum in the lead roles supported by the likes of Ice Cube, Rob Riggle, Dave Franco, Ellie Kemper, Nick Offerman and Jake Johnson. You’ll Get to See a ‘Bit’ of Johnny Depp We’re not ones to toot our own horns or take credit when it’s unwarranted, but with regard to the Depp cameo in the film, we can trace both Hill’s and Depp’s comments back to interviews we conducted with both parties separately. After Hill told us about what they’d written with Depp in mind, we asked the man himself, who seemed open to the idea at the time, even though no one had passed along a script yet. A couple years and several will-he-or-won’t-he rumors later and Depp confirmed that he did his “bit” in the film. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum Are Total Bros MTV News was lucky enough to be invited down to New Orleans to visit the film’s set, where we got our first glimpse of Hill and Tatum in action , along with their obvious real-life friendship that translates onscreen. “I’ve got to be honest: I’m about as ‘fish out of water’ as I can possibly get,” Tatum said of his first full-on comedic role, adding that he knew he signed onto the role for a reason. “I signed on for Jonah, and I watched this show growing up, so this is home for me.” Hill later revealed that he “begged” Tatum to sign on, that he needed someone with Tatum’s action and leading-man background to help carry the film. They’re Already Planning a Sequel When we finally saw the first full-length red band trailer and realized that the film was very well going to deliver on all Hill’s early promises, we were psyched, to say the least. And then came an exclusive extended clip , followed by a few interviews with all the key players at both the New York press day and the film’s world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, where Hill revealed that he got the call to start on the film at SXSW five years earlier. All the while, the buzz kept building, so much so that it seems that the studio has already commissioned a sequel which, according to Bacall, will take place almost immediately after the end of the action in the first film. Check out everything we’ve got on “21 Jump Street.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ’21 Jump Street’ Exclusive ’21 Jump Street’ Red Band Clip Premiere
A word to any political pundits looking to get a quote about the Tea Party from Chris Rock , protect your camera! The comedian/actor spazzed on a camera when conservative writer Jason Mattera tried to ensnare Rock with a question about his pointed remarks about the Tea Party in Esquire Magazine . The altercation happened at the Sundance Film Festival and video footage of the incident recently hit the internet. Rock stirred up controversy in an Esquire Magazine interview last year when he told the magazine, “When I see the Tea Party and all this stuff, it actually feels like racism’s almost over. Because this is the last — this is the act up before the sleep. They’re going crazy. They’re insane.” When Mattera asked Chris Rock about those comments, Chris tried to walk away but once he realized he had nowhere to run, he lunged at the camera. Chris Rock’s camp says their lawyers are looking into the video and they have no other comment at this time. What do you think of Chris Rock’s behavior? Share your thoughts in the comments. RELATED: Chris Rock Talks Black Men In Drag In New Vibe 50 Cent, Chris Rock, Tami Roman And More To Attend 2011 Urbanworld Film Fest Chris Rock: “Anything That Keeps Me Off ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Is Good”
Now here’s an image that could inspire a rebellion: Jennifer Lawrence hit the premiere of The Hunger Games in shiny, glowing gold, joining cast mates Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, and more to celebrate the upcoming YA event movie. Well, OK — that number’s not quite bow and arrow, running-through-the-woods killing people-friendly, but JenLaw destroyed everyone else on that black carpet, including guest (and… secret Hunger Games fan?) Sylvester Stallone. Photos after the jump! Click to launch the slideshow . Get more on The Hunger Games , in theaters March 23.
Still feeling nihilistic ? So’s Michael Musto ! “Apparently, you pay Scientology, and they help your career big time. But in the old days, the studios closeted you for free! … I’d rather read an old Pauline Kael review of a movie than watch the actual movie. … The film biz should pick one day out of the calendar year and declare it ‘No Fart Jokes or Car Crashes Day.’ … And how about ‘No Pretentious, Scenery-Chewing Oscar-Grubbing Month’ (and let’s make it December)? … Every important film from an auteur bloats in at exactly two hours and 20 minutes. One second less would obviously be a creative abortion. … Today’s stars should never do historical epics. Chin implants and pillow lips look funny in the Middle Ages. … Opening credits have become ridiculous. ‘Dingdong Films, under the auspices of Crapola Productions, in association with FilMagic, Cinema Paradise, and Rutgers University, along with Kazilloscope Matters Inc., and Hempstead Futons, Presents an Ashton Kutcher Joint …'” [ Village Voice ] [Photo via Shutterstock ]
In strict dramatic terms, almost nothing occurs in the Dardenne brothers’ The Kid with a Bike . Some characters show a lack of empathy, even cruelty, but there’s more than enough kindness elsewhere to make up for it, and the terrible things you fear might happen simply don’t. Those qualities make the movie seem slight, almost inconsequential, as if the merest breeze would blow it off-course. But the real strength of The Kid with a Bike is the cautious but generous warmth of its storytelling. Not much happens in The Kid with a Bike , but it leaves you grateful that the worst doesn’t happen — with these characters, you might not be able to bear it. The Kid with a Bike starts out as your standard child-at-risk story. Cyril (played by the fine young actor Thomas Doret, in his debut) is an 11-ish redhead with a buzz cut who’s in perpetual movement from the movie’s first minute: Peripatetic, quizzical and persistent, Cyril is obsessed with reconnecting with his father (played by Dardennes regular Jérémie Renier), who has essentially abandoned him to a local home for displaced or problem kids. Cyril also wants his bike back — he believes it’s still in the apartment his father has recently also abandoned — and with the help of a quietly compassionate hairdresser he meets by chance, Samantha (Cécile De France, in a relaxed but extremely focused performance), he does get it back. Recognizing, in some basic, primal way, that he’s found someone who might be able to give him the care and affection he needs, Cyril latches onto her, figuratively and even at one point literally — he clamps his arms around her in an ironclad, monkeylike embrace. He also makes a bold request, asking her outright if she’ll let him live with her on the weekends, even though she barely knows him. With no hesitation she agrees. But even under Samantha’s guidance and care, Cyril is still something of a lost kid, which causes him to fall under the spell of a local hood, who hopes to enlist him in a life of petty crime. On the basis of previous pictures like The Son or L’Enfant , you might think Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne would lean heavily on the suspense card: The Belgian writing-directing duo aren’t exactly the cheeriest guys on the planet, and if they were to follow their more dour instincts, they might have fixated on the question of whether or not Cyril would succumb to thuggery. But they’re after something more delicate here, and if it doesn’t completely work — the movie is so muted it comes off as being a bit wayward in its emotional and narrative focus — there’s still something admirable in their outright rejection of desolation and despair. (The picture won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes last May.) The ending of The Kid with a Bike holds out a very real possibility for redemption. It doesn’t hurt that the picture, set in an unnamed provincial town and filmed in some gorgeously bucolic parts of Belgium, is also beautifully shot (by DP Alain Marcoen): The images have a clean, crisp, no-nonsense look that’s almost a metaphorical counterpart to Cyril’s confident physicality as he whizzes from here to there. Doret, for all his preternatural confidence in this role, is still an unassuming and sympathetic presence. With that strawberry-blond perpetual-summer haircut, and a reckless scattering of freckles across his nose, he looks like the kind of kid you’d see on a ’50s bread wrapper. But his face is solemn and purposeful, and his mannerisms are too: When he makes or takes a call on his cell phone, he conveys information with just-the-facts-ma’am efficiency. His body is gangly and puppet-like in that pre-adolescent way, but every movement is resolute: When he chases after the various kids who, repeatedly, try to steal his precious bike, he throws off sparks of grim determination, like a single-minded marathon runner. Maybe, in the end, he outruns the movie. But it’s hard to take your eyes off him as he sprints into the distance. [Editor’s note: This review appeared earlier, in a slightly different form, in Stephanie Zacharek’s 2011 Cannes Film Festival coverage .] Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Tuesday night the 2012 SXSW Film Festival jury awards went to Adam Leon’s NYC-set drama Gimme the Loot and the rock doc-biopic Beware of Mr. Baker , about Cream/Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker. Meanwhile, Audience Awards honored Megan Griffiths’ Eden , whose star Jamie Chung ( Sucker Punch ) earned a Special Jury Award for her central performance as a human trafficking victim, and to documentary Bay of All Saints , about three single mothers living in an impoverished Brazilian bayside town. Full list of winners after the jump. Leon’s Jury winner Gimme the Loot follows two graffiti artist Bronx teens hustling on an “epic urban adventure” during two hot summer days in NYC. Take a closer look here: Doc Jury winner Beware of Mr. Baker shines a spotlight on the notorious drummer, lovable rogue, and rock legend via interviews with the likes of Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and as seen in the film’s trailer, Johnny Rotten: [Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal and Festival Favorites Audience Awards will be announced separately on Saturday, March 17.] Feature Film Jury Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: Beware of Mr. Baker Director: Jay Bulger NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: Gimme The Loot Director: Adam Leon Special Jury Recognition for Performance: Jamie Chung – Eden Besedka Johnson – Starlet Nico Stone – Booster Feature Film Audience Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: Bay of All Saints Director: Annie Eastman NARRATIVE FEATURE Winner: Eden Director: Megan Griffiths Short Film Jury Awards NARRATIVE SHORTS Winner: The Chair Director: Grainger David DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Winner: CatCam Director: Seth Keal MIDNIGHT SHORTS Winner: Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared Directors: Rebecca Sloan & Joseph Pelling SXGLOBAL SHORTS Winner: The Perfect Fit Director: Tali Yankelevich ANIMATED SHORTS Winner: (notes on) biology Director: Danny Madden MUSIC VIDEOS Winner: Battles, “My Machines” Director: DANIELS TEXAS SHORTS Winner: Spark Director: Annie Silverstein TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS Winner: Boom Director: Daniel Matyas & Brian Broder SXSW Film Design Awards presented by iStockphoto EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN Winner: Man & Gun Designer: Justin Cox Special Jury Recognition: Pitch Black Heist Designer: Andrew Cranston Audience Award Winner : The Maker Designer: Christopher Kezelos EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN Winner: Les Bleus de Ramville Designer: Jay Bond, Oily Film Company Inc. Special Jury Recognition: X-Men: First Class Designer: Simon Clowes, Prologue Films Audience Award Winner: Bunraku Designer: Guilherme Marcondes, Hornet Inc. SXSW Special Awards SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD Winner: The Black Balloon Director: Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD Winners: Megan Griffiths for Eden and Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t Shine LOUIS BLACK “LONE STAR” AWARD Winner: Bernie Director: Richard Linklater Special Jury Recognition: Trash Dance Director: Andrew Garrison KAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIP Presented to: Lindsay Utz
