The Anime News Network is reporting that Katsuhiro Otomo’s Steamboy will be released to North American theaters in October to qualify for this year’s Oscar awards. Otomo is best known as the director of the cult classic Akira and this film has been hugely anticipated for years. Steamboy is being … [Read More]
If he keeps this up Andy Serkis will soon be the most famous actor in the world that nobody can recognize … director Peter Jackson has confirmed with the Hollywood Reporter that not only will Serkis be playing a live action role in Jackson’s upcoming remake of King Kong but … [Read More]
In a strange turn of events we’ve actually gotten a film sooner here in Canada than our neighbors to the south … Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi hit theaters in Toronto and Vancouver this week and opened to generally positive reviews. This isn’t Kitano’s best film (I give that to Sonatine … … [Read More]
Once I finished cursing the Weinsteins and posting that article about Infernal Affairs (see below) I spotted a couple other interesting notes on that HSX update … First, and here’s another reason to give the folks at Miramax a good slap in the head, Terry Gilliam’s Brother’s Grimm has been … [Read More]
Hey, look! Another reason for Asian film fans to get mad at Miramax! According to the Hollywood Stock Exchange Infernal Affairs has been dropped from Miramax’s release schedule. Though the film still appears on the Miramax website HSX is saying that the film has been outright removed from the release … [Read More]
Ok so this isnt really about the movies. But just to prove just how obsessed… er.. interested in Movies my fiance and I are, we are getting married in a Movie Theatre. We were scheduled to be on an episode of Life Network’s Wierd Weddings but the network has chosen … [Read More]
AICN posted this about 8 seconds ago… The newest, and currently “Internet Only” Alien vs. Predator Trailer is Up. Trailer is Here. Cheesy? Sure.. but this is the kinda trailer they should’ve done in the first place — This stuff gets a lot more of the “Okay that looks corny, … [Read More]
And of course, this is just for Americans so far. (C’mon Mike, Canada’s included in “North American” releases — let’s see some gravy!) I’m not sure if individual theatres around the world are selling advance tickets, but I’m not about to check every last theatre on the planet….again. Although advance … [Read More]
Spotted at Coming Soon.net Spyglass has preemptively purchased a pitch based on the yet-to-be-published online comicstrip Spin, created by Rob Liefeld, reports Variety. Kara Holden is writing the film’s script. The fantasy comedy in the vein of Bruce Almighty concerns a highly successful single woman whose life is uprooted when … [Read More]
Perhaps you’ve heard of this movie. A few have. Anyway, I only mention it because I haven’t seen news anywhere else yet, and I’m sure people will be asking sooner or later – But the “Passion” DVD release date is currently sitting at August 31st, 2004. As it seems, you … [Read More]
If the PR people and the wealthy CEO’s of the Fast Food Industry would put half of the effort that they are putting into funding their own conclusions and writing articles that slam a small time film-maker, and put it into making their food not as heart-stoppingly fattening – maybe, … [Read More]
Okay, I confess that I knew nothing at all about this prior to spotting the article on AICN and I’m kicking myself, very hard, over that … Seems Tim Burton is working with Vinton Studios as producer on The Corpse Bride, a new stop motion animated film based on an … [Read More]