8 New SXSW Movie Trailers A new batch of movie trailers for film playing at the 2008 South By Southwest film festival have hit the interwebs. Check out the trailers forBeautiful Losers, FrontRunners, Nerdcore Rising, Mister Foe, Yeast, The Ostrich Testimonies, Present Company,andDreams With Sharp Teethafter the jump. Also we have included a round up of links to other SXSW Movie trailers below. Beautiful Losers Directors: Aaron Rose & Joshua Leonard....
Alex Kurtzman And Roberto Orci Rebooting ‘Tales From The Darkside’ For The CW The CW is already home tosuperheroes,vampires,aliens, and, uh,tomorrow people, whatever those are. Now the genre-friendly network is adding a whole bunch of other things that go bump in the night to their lineup. Star TrekscribesAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orciare teaming withLocke & KeywriterJoe Hillto rebootTales From the Darkside, the horror anthology series created byGeorge A. Romeroin the ’80s. Hit the jump for more details on their new take....
Amy Adams And Viggo Mortensen Join The Walter Salles-Directed ‘On The Road’ I’m not quite sure how I feel about the upcoming film version ofJack Kerouac’sOn the Road, which will be directed byWalter Salles(The Motorcycle Diaries). But I just became significantly more convinced about the viability of the film thanks to two new cast members:Amy AdamsandViggo Mortensen. Deadlinehas the details, saying that Adams will be “Jane, the emotionally damaged junkie mother of two children and the wife of Old Bull Lee,” while Mortensen will play Bull Lee....
An American Version Of ‘Black Mirror’ Is In The Works American audiences finally got the chance to dig intoBlack Mirrorlast month when the acclaimed British serieshit Netflix. And now that we’ve acquainted ourselves with its excellence, we could be getting our own version ofBlack Mirrorin the near future. A U.S. take on the sci-fi anthology show is in in the works, as confirmed by production company Endemol. More on the developingBlack MirrorUS version after the jump....
An Animated Married… With Children Revival Is In The Works With The Original Cast On Board Love and marriage, love and marriage … go together like a horse and carriage … The theme song to “Married… with Children” has lived rent-free in my mind since childhood, when I would catch reruns of the hit Fox TV series on my tube TV late at night, adjusting the foil-covered antenna for better reception....
Angie’s Most Anticipated Films Of 2014 2013’s given us all it has to offer at this point, but 2014 is just around the corner with a whole new slate of promising films. The movies I’m most looking forward to are all over the map, running the gamut from provocative arthouse flicks to big-budget superhero movies. After the jump, check out the ten titles that have me giddy with anticipation for the next twelve months....
Best Stories Of The Week: Ant-Man 2, Hail Caesar, The Incredibles 2 And More Best Stories of the Weekis a round-up of the previous week’s best and biggest stories, from news to editorials to trailers. In this edition, we’ve got some big updates fromMarvel StudiosandDisney/Pixar, including new movie announcements and release date changes. Plus, we’ve got some viral marketing fromBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, an update on the status of theTerminatorfranchise, and word fromRick Moranison whether or not he’s in theGhostbustersreboot....
Chris Pratt’s ‘Jurassic World’ Motorcycle Will Be Up For Auction This Week This past weekend,Jurassic Worldcrossed yet another massive blockbuster milestone by hitting $600 million domestic, putting it at#4 on the all-time domestic box office list, with an eye towards passing upThe Avengersat #3 before it leaves theaters. But if you’ve seen Jurassic World enough in theaters, maybe you’d like to bring a piece of the movie home with you. No, sadly you can’t have dinosaurs as pets yet (hasn’t the movie shown you that’s a bad idea anyway?...
Conan O’Brien Wants To Reinvent Late Night Talk Shows For The YouTube Generation As streaming content has risen in popularity over the past decade, it’s become clear that the late night talk show format is wildly outdated. And it’s not just outsiders making that observation – veteran television host and comedianConan O’Brienknows it, too. Conan’s making some major changes, cutting his hour-long show down to a half-hourstarting in 2019. But that’s not all: at a recent event, O’Brien talked about the irrelevance of the traditional late night format and how his show is getting a “radical” reworking....
Cool Stuff: ‘The War Of The Worlds’ Poster By Tom Whalen [UPDATED] UPDATED with official specs and on sale information. A sure-fire contender for “limited edition movie poster of the year” will soon be available. The movie is the 1953 classicThe War of the Worlds, and the poster is by talented artistTom Whalen. The prints are being sold byDark Hall Mansionand will first become available to fans who purchase a subscription to a newTwilight Zoneprint series by Whalen and others....
Disney’s Live-Action Cruella De Vil Spinoff Taps ‘Fifty Shades’ Writer Yesterday, Disney set release dates for four more as-yet-untitled live-action fairy tales. At the time, we rattled off a long list of such projects already in development at the studio, fromDumbotoMulan, but one we overlooked now looks likely to claim one of those spots. Disney is reportedly fast-trackingCruella, a retelling of101 Dalmatiansthat hasKelly Marcel(Saving Mr. Banks) on board to write....
Ewan McGregor Joining Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ One of the biggest films currently casting, not based on a comic book, isBryan Singer’s 3D action epicJack the Giant Killer.We already knew thatNicholas Hoult(About A Boy) is set to star as the title character in this adult retelling ofJack and the Beanstalkand that he’ll go up against giants, of course, as well asan evil king played byStanley Tucci. The latest addition to the cast, which also includesBill Nighy, isEwan McGregorwho’ll most likely play the King’s head of security....
Firestarter Used A John Carpenter Classic As A Starting Point For Its Score Hollywood has gone through so many Stephen King films that it’s circling back to remake King movies that have already been adapted for the silver screen (see “It” and also “Pet Sematary”), but can you blame them? The man knows how to craft a terrifying story. The most recent King remake to hit theaters is “Firestarter,” which is helmed this time around by directorKeith Thomas(“The Vigil”) and comes from the folks at Universal and Blumhouse....
