You’ve seen the trailer . You’ve parsed the poster . Now study in the stern countenances awaiting you in Moonrise Kingdom , Wes Anderson’s Cannes-opening reverie for which a new “vintage team photo” is making the rounds. To my knowledge, this is the first and probably only time we’ll get Anderson’s ensemble — including Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton and the young campers of New Penzance Island — in one place before the film hits theaters next month. Except for Tilda Swinton, I guess; “Social Services” just gets a picture frame. And Snoopy R.I.P.? Nooo! Whatever. It’s better Photoshop than this . [Click for bigger; via Focus Features] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
You’ve seen the trailer . You’ve parsed the poster . Now study in the stern countenances awaiting you in Moonrise Kingdom , Wes Anderson’s Cannes-opening reverie for which a new “vintage team photo” is making the rounds. To my knowledge, this is the first and probably only time we’ll get Anderson’s ensemble — including Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton and the young campers of New Penzance Island — in one place before the film hits theaters next month. Except for Tilda Swinton, I guess; “Social Services” just gets a picture frame. And Snoopy R.I.P.? Nooo! Whatever. It’s better Photoshop than this . [Click for bigger; via Focus Features] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Have you ever imagined how much better Inside the Actors Studio might be if it consisted entirely of awkward silences? (Culminating in a lightning-round through the Proust questionnaire, natch.) Me too! And thanks to the wonders of YouTube, now we know: A lot better . Let James Lipton and his special guest Johnny Depp enlighten you: May the Dark Shadows press tour be this rewarding. [ You’re a Nation Films via Videogum ]
This week’s Guy Pearce -starring, Luc Besson -produced Lockout might look like a run of the mill action pic — that vague title doesn’t help things — but, as the film’s opening scenes show, it’s got a blustery ’80s-style hero at its core and a punny sense of humor to move things along. Get a taste for the brawny bravado and hijinks to come in the film’s first five minutes, viewable after the jump. The thing about the first five minutes of Lockout is that you’re either with it or not, and this is indeed your cup of tea, Lockout might be the most surprisingly fun action movie of 2012 you never saw coming. Pearce stars as Snow, a government agent wrongfully convicted after a mission gone wrong who is tapped to lead a one-man job into a high-security space prison to save the President’s daughter (Maggie Grace) from the psycho inmates who’ve taken over the place. It’s Pearce’s show, and though he told Movieline recently that he hadn’t had Snake Plisskin in mind during the shoot, there are more than a few strands of Escape from New York and its antihero in Lockout ‘s DNA. (Stay tuned for Movieline’s full chat with Pearce this week.) Much of this was featured in the first European trailer : The opening scene highlights both Pearce’s tough-guy appeal and his character’s penchant for baiting just about everyone with surly jokes, but the sequence is also notable for the tongue-in-cheek flair of co-directors Irish writer-directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger. It’s a neat trick and a ballsy one to kick off a movie with, and that’s even before the flashback, bathroom fight scene, bed sheet gun flip, space helicopter assault, rooftop fall, and night market shootout. All in the first five minutes . Lockout is based on an original idea by co-writer Besson (of course) and hits theaters this Friday. [via MovieWeb ]
Mmm-hmm : “‘I am not being Harvey Weinstein, showman,’ he said in a separate interview on Friday. ‘I am not using the ratings system for publicity . Yes, I’ve done it in the past . Mea culpa for that.’ But, he said of Bully , ‘this is completely out of passion.'” [ NYT ]
An eagle-eyed reader of Warner Bros.’ exhibitors site passes along word today that The Dark Knight Rises has earned — wait for it — a PG-13 from the MPAA ratings board for “intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality, and language.” Sensuality! I knew Batman and Bane were going to get close, but not that close. [ Nolanfans via Collider ]
On this day in the year 1990, Kristen Jaymes Stewart was born in Los Angeles to a script supervisor mother and father who works in television. Who’d have guessed that she’d grow up to become the highest earning actress in Hollywood before she was old enough to drink? Thanks to the Twilight films, Stewart’s star rose in the blink of an eye (okay, four years and soon to be five movies), but she also deserves credit for racking up indie cred between bouts of vampire swooning. On the occasion of her 22nd birthday — and with 22 features to her name to date — let’s name Stewart’s finest onscreen moment. Stewart began her career with a few uncredited appearances in kids flicks ( The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas , anyone?) before launching a steady stream of child acting roles ( Catch That Kid , Panic Room , Cold Creek Manor ). By her early teens she was already balancing indie dramas with mainstream films ( Catch That Kid and Undertow in 2004; Fierce People and Zathura in 2005), continuing to keep a foot in both worlds even after 2008’s Twilight . Over the years she’s robbed a bank, adventured through space, battled a debilitating neurological disease, rocked out as Joan Jett, and hooked the mean streets of New Orleans; played daughter to Jodie Foster , Dennis Quaid , Robert De Niro , Meg Ryan , and Diane Lane ; and romanced Jesse Eisenberg , Emile Hirsch , Jamie Bell , Adam Brody , Eddie Redmayne , and, of course, Robert Pattinson . (This year she’ll be seen Snow White and the Huntsman , On the Road , and the franchise-ender The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 .) But reach back to 2001 and you’ll find fine work from an 11-year-old Stewart playing tomboy Sam in the ensemble indie The Safety of Objects . Rose Troche’s suburban drama featured a natural, instinctive turn from Stewart, who shared scenes with Patricia Clarkson and Timothy Olyphant a full year before mainstream audiences saw her in Panic Room . Watch little Kristen Stewart below and chime in below.
Deadline reports that Paula Patton is in talks to star with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in 2 Guns , a crime pic directed by Contraband ‘s Baltasar Kormakur based on the graphic novel by Stephen Grant “about a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence officer who unwittingly investigate each other as each steals mob money.” Patton will play Washington’s love interest, though I feel like they’ve already been here before… or maybe I just have DEJA VU . HONK! Yeeeeah . Sigh. [ Deadline ]
Batter up! It’s the greatest time of the year, so I’m taking you out to the ballgame with Jessica Biel , Susan Sarandon , and the rest of my top 5 babes of baseball flicks. You’ll pop a fly!
Marvel and Disney have officially released a clip from The Avengers , with Scarlett Johansson kicking ass in a cocktail dress while bound to a chair. I would go on, but you’ve seen it all before: It is basically the same fight scene Jason Statham staged last year in Killer Elite , except with boobs. Click through to view both. What’s next? Thor thrashing Loki in a hospital somewhere? Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
