Are D-Box Movie Theater Motion Seats A Gimmick Or A Cinematic Revolution? It’s a slow news night, so I thought I’d post this report from /Film reader Joshua R about seeingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Princein D-Box seats. For those who don’t know, a few movie theaters have begun installing these motion seats in select theaters. D-Box programs the seats to move in sync with the action during the film presentation....
Bruno Movie Review Rather than outlineBrunofor you or chew over too many of its finer formal qualities, I want to address the film in a slightly different fashion. When we get to December,Brunomight not still be the best comedy of the year, but I’ll eat Werner Herzog’s shoe if it isn’t the best documentary. Sacha Baron Cohen and team here paint a picture of our society that we really shouldn’t be looking away from, and share a point of view that we shouldn’t decry out of hand....
Cannes 2015 Lineup Includes Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Sicario’, Todd Haynes' ‘Carol’, Justin Kurzel’s ‘Macbeth’ And More The 2015 Cannes Film Festival slate has been revealed. Competition entries this year include new titles byTodd Haynes,Yorgos Lanthimos,Justin Kurzel,Gus Van Sant,Denis Villeneuve, andPaolo Sorrentino, while out of competition entries includeInside Out,Mad Max: Fury Road, andWoody Allen’sIrrational Man. We can expect a few more titles to be revealed in the coming weeks, as confirmed by Cannes delegate generalThierry Fremaux....
Christopher Nolan Reveals New ‘Interstellar’ Trailer At Comic Con 2014 We’ve told you about the Comic Con debutofMatthew McConaugheyandChristopher Nolan, who took the stage in Hall H today to discuss their upcoming filmInterstellar. While seeing Nolan field a few questions was a treat, the two also brought along a newInterstellartrailer. We don’t have that trailer to embed, as it won’t be shown to the general public for a while yet. But we’ll tell you a bit about what it contains, after the break....
Cool Stuff: Bottleneck Gallery Reveals Mark Chilcott’s Stunning Batman Cityscapes And Ben Harman’s Gorgeous Disney Castles Bottleneck Gallery has a new collaboration with Eyeland Prints showcasing artistBen Harman’s latest additions to his ongoing classic Disney castle series. But that’s not all, because if you prefer the darkness of Gotham City, artistMark Chilcottalso has you covered with a batch of newBatmanprints, each one featuring a different version of The Caped Crusader in the stunning cityscape he protects every night....
Disney May Be Abandoning 4K Physical Releases Of Catalog Titles, Disney Denies Plans To Discontinue 4K Releases [Updated] Update:A Disney spokesperson has reached out to /Film to clarify that there are “no plans to discontinue release in a particular format.” The full statement is below. Hold onto your physical media, because it may start to look pretty lonely on your shelves over the next few years. The demand for physical media has slowly stagnated as streaming has become king, but the promise of new4K Ultra HDeditions of catalog titles has always kept a light burning for the home video format....
First Look: ‘GLOW’ Season 3 Heads To Sin City, Arrives On Netflix In August The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are almost back, and now we have a first look at season 3, an official synopsis of the new season, and a release date announcement. While the first two seasons ofGLOWwere about the eponymous group of outcast performers learning the ropes and perfecting their wrestling characters in a scrappy independent operation in Los Angeles, season 3 is going to change the dynamic by shifting the location to Las Vegas, where they’re the headlining act at a hotel/casino....
First Look: Elizabeth Banks In ‘The Hunger Games,’ Plus More Set Photos UPDATE:We’ve been asked to take the photos down. Sorry everyone. News onThe Hunger Gamesfront has cooled down in recent weeks now that the film is shooting. DirectorGary Rossis hard at work on adaptingSuzanne Collins' hit novel and whilewe know exactly what his star,Jennifer Lawrence, looks like as the lead character of Katniss Everdeen, we still aren’t sure what some of the other major stars are going to look like....
Here’s Why Marvel Won’t Make A Solo ‘Hulk’ Movie Stop trying to askKevin Feigewhen a soloHulkmovie is going to happen. It’s not going to happen. But it’s for reasons beyond the fact that the green-skinned monster’s last solo outing,The Incredible Hulk, did lackluster numbers at the box office, that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s slate is packed for the next 15 years, or that Feige is probably just annoyed people keep pestering him about it....
Is Twitter Hollywood’s New Casting Office? Can you believe that what started out as a random tweet has now become one of Netflix’s upcoming original films? The now-famous tweet ofRihannaandLupita Nyong’ofabulously attending a Paris Fashion Week show will now be realized as a project directed byAva DuVernaywith a script byIssa Rae. With so much star power behind this idea, does this mean that Twitter has now officially become the next generator of blockbuster films?...
Jerry Bruckheimer Buys Online Short Story ‘Shake’ For Seven Figures Jerry Bruckheimerhas purchased the rights toShake, a short story byWantedco-writerDerek Haas. The short tale first appeared onPopcorn Fiction, a website created by Haas for screenwriters to show off short bites of hard-boiled fiction. The deal is reportedly in the seven-figure range, so what the hell is in there that makes Bruckheimer think it is worth a million-plus? THR reports the deal, but the real place to check out is the actual story onPopcorn Fiction....
John Krasinski Lines Up ‘Life On Mars’, His Sci-Fi Follow-Up To ‘A Quiet Place’ FormerThe OfficestarJohn Krasinskisurprised a lot of people – us included – withA Quiet Place, his terrific newhorror filmthat cost $17 million to make but has already grossed $85 million worldwide. We expect Paramount to green light a sequel any day now, but Krasinski isn’t interested in waiting around. He’s already signed on for his next directing gig, a sci-fi film calledLife on Marsthat will reunite him with the producers ofA Quiet Place....
Julia Roberts In Talks To Be Tarsem’s Evil Queen In ‘The Brothers Grimm: Snow White’ It’s obviously time for another Snow White development report card. Universal’sSnow White and the Huntsmanis getting closer to ‘go time,’ and we just reported that Kristen Stewart has been offered the role of Snow White and is in talks. And Disney’s Snow and the Seven nowboastsToy Story 3screenwriter Michael Arndt to do the latest of several rewrites on the retelling of the classic story set in 19th century China....
