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Peter Jackson Won’t Bring The Hobbit to Comic-Con, But Does Offer Third Production Video

Posted on July 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

If you were hoping to see some hairy-footed Middle-earth action at Comic-Con this weekend, some distressing news: Peter Jackson and The Hobbit won’t make an appearance at the pop culture mecca because — in the director’s words — it’s “too early.” Jackson took to Facebook to make the disappointing announcement, but like any good geek icon, he offered some consolation: another production video ! Click through for Jackson’s Facebook post and the clip.

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How Many Oscar-Winners Will Topline Comic-Con’s Day 2 Line-up?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Breaking Dawn highlighted yesterday’s announcement of the Day One schedule for Comic-Con, but today’s unveiling of Day Two’s line-up promises even more star wattage in Hall H. Among the talent making appearances in support of upcoming projects: John Cusack, Steven Soderbergh, Jeff Bridges, Alex Proyas, Guillermo del Toro, Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Nicolas Cage, and Andrew Garfield. Hit the jump to see how many award nominees and Oscar winners will come through the geek event on Friday alone!

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Weekend Receipts: Cars 2 Smokes the Competition

Posted on June 26, 2011 by | Leave a comment

“Move, b****, get out the way!” said Cars 2 to Green Lantern as the Pixar sequel burned rubber over all over the competition this weekend. Hey, if Mater and Lightning McQueen can eat sushi and have car doors and live in a world with sidewalks but no humans with no discernable method of procreation in place , Cars 2 can speak in the parlance of Ludacris in my head. Especially when it defies everyone – skeptics, haters, that 34 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating — to rake in $68M in its opening weekend. Let’s review the weekend receipts!

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Beats, Rhymes & Life, Attack the Block, Chely Wright Doc Win L.A. Film Fest Awards

Posted on June 26, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Two upcoming Sony releases scored their first honors Sunday at the 2011 L.A. Film Fest , where Michael Rapaport’s Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Sony Classics) and Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (Screen Gems) won audience awards. Also in the winners’ circle: Stephane Lafleur’s Canadian comedy Familiar Ground and Wish Me Away , a documentary about country singer Chely Wright’s decision to come out of the closet.

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Closing Night at Tribeca: Edward Burns Talks The ‘Liberating’ Independence of Newlyweds

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Despite debuting six films at the Tribeca Film Festival during its 10 years of existence, the fest is not Edward Burns’ personal screening room. Newlyweds , though — the sixth Burns film to premiere at Tribeca, and the closing night selection for the 2011 fest — just might be his most Tribeca-y film yet, and not only because it features ample shout-outs to festival sponsors Heineken, Stoli and Cadillac.

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At Tribeca: Alex Gibney Talks Catching Hell and the Mystery of Steve Bartman

Posted on April 24, 2011 by | Leave a comment

If you’re the type of person who thinks sports don’t mean anything, direct your attention to Steve Bartman. On the morning of Oct. 14, 2003, Bartman was an anonymous 26-year-old Chicago Cubs fan; hours later, he would get blamed for costing his beloved team a chance to go to the World Series. Over the weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, Oscar winner Alex Gibney debuted Catching Hell , his in-depth look at all things Bartman, save one thing: Steve Bartman.

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Elton John, Cameron Crowe Premiere Get Tribeca 2011 Off to Rocking Start

Posted on April 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Tribeca Film Festival has always been an adventuresome place to visit on opening night. Few major festivals outside Cannes can claim to have hosted such a broad range of popcorn prospects ( Speed Racer , Shrek Forever After ), midsize local darlings ( Whatever Works ) and variety show curios (buy me a beer and I’ll tell you about that year Jon Bon Jovi slow-jammed “Living on a Prayer”). But Wednesday, just in time to commence their 10th annual event, Team Tribeca nailed it.

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Paul Bettany Promises 3-D Conversion Done Well in Oft-Delayed Priest

Posted on April 4, 2011 by | Leave a comment

If Screen Gems’ upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller Priest feels a bit familiar to you, there’s a reason: the film reunites star Paul Bettany with director Scott Stewart, with whom he made last year’s avenging-angel apocalypse pic Legion . Produced on a relatively modest budget, Legion made $67 million worldwide but fared poorly with critics and, Bettany admits, suffered from its limitations. With Priest , however, he and Stewart aim to surpass their own benchmark and give audiences something that they haven’t seen before: a 3-D post-conversion job worth the price of admission.

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Friday Box Office: Hop Jumps To Number One Over Time-Jumping Jake Gyllenhaal

Posted on April 2, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Despite it being about as fun as a tracheotomy, the Easter Bunny exposé Hop won the top spot this Friday night, sending the wibbley-wobbly timey-wimey Source Code to second place. If only you could crap candy too, Jake! And right behind dear ol’ Jake was the haunted house antics of Insidious , scoring a close number three. Your Friday box office is here.

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Will Alien-Free Marketing, Lack of 3D, and Tonal Ambiguity Make Cowboys & Aliens a Tough Sell?

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When it comes to conventions, Jon Favreau is nothing if not a man of the nerd people. Mindful of how much he owes to the Comic-Con faithful for jump-starting early word of mouth on the Iron Man franchise, he came to San Francisco this weekend with a treat: Nine minutes of footage from Cowboys & Aliens cut exclusively for the WonderCon audience, including a special reveal of the film’s big, bad aliens — aliens that Favreau otherwise intends to keep under wraps.

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