The coming-of-age tale of a talented teen comics illustrator battling cancer, Death of a Superhero premiered to acclaim and a swift acquisition deal last year at the Toronto International Film Festival. Now, roughly a month away from its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, that event’s distribution offshoot Tribeca Film has given a first peek at Superhero ‘s American poster to Movieline. Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Andy Serkis star in director Ian FitzGibbon’s drama, which the festival program guide describes as an “exceptionally honest drama about discovering life, love, and death”; reviewing the film at Toronto, Variety critic John Anderson praised “the way it swings between toon and live-action characters, a daredevil trapeze act that keeps it from succumbing to mawkishness.” Superhero debuts April 17 on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon and Vudu, then splashes down at Tribeca before a limited theatrical roll-out commences May 4 in Seattle. Stay tuned to Movieline for more, including the debut of Death of a Superhero ‘s new trailer on Tuesday. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
St. Patrick’s Day was not exactly lucky for Nicolas Cage, whose aromatic new thriller Seeking Justice bowed in 231 theaters to a gravely underwhelming $260,000 . That would make for a per-screen average of $1,125 and change — by far the worst opening of Cage’s 30-year career. The PSA “beats” that of last year’s little-seen disaster Trespass , which nabbed $1,682 in 10 theaters. (N.B. That one remains co-star Nicole Kidman’s worst-ever opening.) Were it not for the comic-book sequel he recently debuted to $22,000,000, we might be spending this afternoon eulogizing Cage’s movie-star status
Call it The Curse of The Change-Up : Another film that tried to fool viewers into buying tickets to see a nonexistent nude scene has bombed at the box office. Wanderlust opened this weekend to generally positive reviews and absolutely terrible box office receipts, coming in at number eight after Act of Valor , The Vow, This Means War and four other movies that had already been in theaters for a week or more, including Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance . And if you can’t beat the sequel to a Nicholas Cage movie widely considered to be the equivalent of gouging your eyes out with flaming pokers in its second weekend, then you know you’ve got problems. Some are blaming Jennifer Aniston ‘s flagging star power for the film’s weak performance. If “flagging star power” is code for “nude fake-out fatigue,” then we heartily agree. JenAn’s been playing this game with her male fans for several years now, and the next time she claims to have shot a nude scene for a movie…well…let’s just say we won’t take it with a grain of salt. We’ll take it with a truckful. You’ve burned us one too many times, Jen, and our lust has wandered away. Get the skinny on Wanderlust right here at the Mr. Skin blog!
‘Spirit of Vengeance’ sneak peek has MTV Movies team excited for what’s to come from the Nicolas Cage superhero. By Eric Ditzian and Josh Wigler “Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance” Photo: Columbia Pictures The “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” trailer popped up online late last week, and what else is there to say about it other than Nicolas Cage closes out the new footage by pissing fire? Well, it turns out there’s a heck of a lot left to say, which is why the MTV Movies team jumped into the comic book action for an expert commentary. The trailer begins sweetly, with a score reminiscent of “Lost” and some epic title cards: “He fought the curse … evil will force him … to face his demon.” But any wacky notion that directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who also helmed the “Crank” films, have delivered a kinder, gentler Johnny Blaze is quickly dismissed when the music picks up and the flames flicker to reveal our first look at the new Ghost Rider. It’s a look the directors have spoken with us about at length. “We wanted this black skull, with this gasoline fire and this black, inky smoke to get this real feeling of explosions and fire and heat,” Neveldine said at San Diego Comic-Con . “That’s something we really went for: ‘Let’s feel the heat in this movie.’ ” The grittiness of this Ghost Rider most definitely shines through in the trailer. Charcoal skull? Check. A whiff of gasoline seemingly rising off the screen? Check. Neveldine and Taylor not holding back in this trailer and delivering a full-on look at our hero right off the bat? Check. And they don’t stop there, quickly showing off Ghost Rider’s signature move, the Penance Stare: He looks into your eyes and makes you feel all the pain and suffering you’ve ever inflicted on other people. This is no fairy-tale power. This is not X-ray vision. This is a hard-core demonic power, one which was not played very well in the first film. Even in this quick shot, the Stare looks very cool. Speaking of demonic powers, the trailer got us thinking this film might not just be a sequel to the 2007 original, but to Cage’s “Drive Angry,” the 3-D action flick that had the actor busting out of hell to inflict gory revenge on his enemies. Crazy talk? Sure. But since “Drive Angry” hardly performed well enough at the box office to justify a sequel, we’ll take whatever we can get. We get to see plenty of Ghost Rider here, but the trailer gives us the briefest glimpse of Johnny Whitworth as Blackout. He’s part human, part demon, all bad news. Whitworth is a guy to watch — hardly a household name but one who delivered an energetic supporting role in the largely forgettable “Limitless.” With Neveldine and Taylor in control, there is serious potential for killer fight scenes between Blackout and Ghost Rider. Another character we get a peek at is young Danny Ketch. Comic fans will know him as one of the guys who eventually becomes Ghost Rider. The big departure here is that Danny is a kid. In the comics, he’s a young man. While this film probably won’t turn into a passing of the torch from Cage’s Johnny Blaze to Danny as the next Ghost Rider, it’s nonetheless cool to see filmmakers laying the mythological groundwork. The trailer ends with pure, absurd fun: Ghost Rider declaring that it feels awesome when he pees fire. That’s essentially how Cage feels about the movie as a whole. “The Ghost Rider is just the coolest-looking superhero, and it has to be the one that goes to film and looks the best,” the actor told us at SDCC. “I think they’ve achieved that with this.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com . Related Videos Experts Analyze ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’
Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Columbia Pictures’ and Hyde Park Entertainment’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, Johnny – still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter – is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : [Geeks are Sexy] Discovery Date : 19/08/2011 18:46 Number of articles : 5
Brian Taylor took a break from Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance duties to trek down to SXSW in support of The FP — a film he describes as “a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie from the ’80s” where said action is Dance Dance Revolution. His ties to the indie action-comedy trace back to his close circle of filmmaking friends: Director Brandon Trost is a frequent DP and collaborator to Taylor and partner Mark Neveldine, while actors from Neveldine + Taylor’s Crank films also show up in The FP . As Taylor closed out his brief SXSW visit, he shared his love for The FP gang via phone along with details on Ghost Rider 2 ‘s new origin story, Crank 3 , and how one might go about filming a 3D movie… on the iPhone.
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Despite my most fervent wishes and prayers to Santeria, Katy Perry is still a thing. Still so much of a thing, in fact, that she’s come to rub her kewpie doll face in beloved American institution, The Simpsons . Perry guest stars this week in a live-action puppet segment that is described as Maggie’s fever dream. Or something. EW is disallowing embedding, so go here to enjoy these very herky-jerky clips that come and go with little rhyme or reason![ EW ]
Posted onDecember 4, 2010by|Comments Off on Ghost Rider 2 & Spider-Man Reboot Have Some News They’d Like To Share
And over here in the world of Marvel comic book movie adaptations, we’ve been hit with a one-two punch from the folks behind the new Ghost Rider movie and the new Spider-Man flick, with a casting notice from the latter and from the former, a reassurance that the sequel won’t suck like the first one.
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