http://www.joblo.com/ JoBlo's Movie Emporium News en-US JoBlo WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE The American vs The Mexican!! This weekend's grosses aren't anything to write home about, but it was interesting to see a slow-burning "thriller" entitled THE AMERICAN going mano-a-mano against the Mexploitation fun that was MACHETE. Who would come... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33738 2010-09-05 15:27:18 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:27:18 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33738 JoBlo "Registered with MovieFanCentral a long time ago...only decided to start using it today. Gotta' say, though, I'm more comfy here than I ever was on Facebook... Forget Twitter and Facebook! If you're a movie fan, and you wanna hang out with like-minded... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33737 2010-09-04 15:48:17 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:48:17 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33737 JoBlo If you've been thinking about adding a few new posters to your place recently, honestly...this is probably the best time to buy posters online, as poster sites are lowering their prices by the bucket-load, tossing out coupons like they're going out of style and offering free shipping, etc... Anything to make you buy their posters! Allposters.com is having their annual... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33548 2010-09-04 12:31:08 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:31:08 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33548 Dave Davis We haven't seen much work in the past few years from director Jan de Bont -- although if you endured SPEED 2, THE HAUNTING or TOMB RAIDER 2, you may not have minded his absence. He hasn't had much luck since then either, with the giant shark project MEG never surfacing and his John Cusack vehicular action movie STOPPING POWER fatally crashing just before filming. Now de Bont is heading to China and hooking up with... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33736 2010-09-04 12:12:16 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:12:16 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33736 Dave Davis Cool as DISTRICT 9 was, you probably wondered what went into some of those funky designs for the aliens and their weaponry. You'll get plenty of insight from an upcoming book called "The Art of DISTRICT 9", currently being put together by the WETA Workshop team who help filmmaker Neill Blomkamp bring his vision of Prawns and portable Arc Generators to the screen. UPDATE: The book will ship in October and is now... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33320 2010-09-04 11:23:20 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:23:20 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33320 George Merchan Casting for the Tomas Alfredson (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN) adaptation of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLIDER, SPY has been solidifying in recent months. The latest bit of news is that Michael Fassbender (CENTURION) will NOT be in the film due to his commitments on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, which just began filming this week. But fret not, as the great Tom Hardy (INCEPTION) will be replacing him. Hardy, who will be playing Ricky Tarr in... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33735 2010-09-03 23:06:15 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:06:15 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33735 George Merchan A handful of new images from HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 have made their way online to go along with a bunch that were released a couple of weeks ago. Good to see a little of the always awesome Billy Nighy (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 and 3, SHAUN OF THE DEAD) who's playing "Rufus Scrimgeour" in the film. Rufus... now there's a name that should become more common. DEATHLY... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33734 2010-09-03 22:27:14 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:27:14 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33734 Niki Stephens You may not have known, but there's going to be a remake of THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND. You might remember the original from 1983 directed by Sam Peckinpah. It was derived from the thriller by Robert Ludlum. The story centers on a man who while on a trip with his friends is visited by a reporter who says that they aren't who he thinks they are. When the reporter winds up dead, the man fights through his paranoia in order... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33733 2010-09-03 20:10:13 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:10:13 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33733 Niki Stephens Browsing through the concept art from Pixar's abandoned film NEWT makes me sad. I had heard nothing about about this project previous to this art. This looks like it would have been adorable! What was the story about? "What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can’t stand each other? Newt and Brooke embark on... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33732 2010-09-03 19:15:12 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:15:12 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33732 Niki Stephens Since the news of a John Belushi biopic, we haven't heard anything from its helmer, Todd Phillips. There have been many efforts to try and push a Belushi biopic for years now. Phillips wasn't exactly pleased about it and reflected upon what had been reported in the trades, "That's something that gets released by some agent of somebody and then you get asked questions about it. It's in its very nascent... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33731 2010-09-03 17:41:11 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:41:11 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33731 Paul Tassi I'm not too terribly thrilled with the idea of a JUDGE DREDD remake. I'm fine with Karl Urban I suppose, but with VANTAGE POINT's untested Pete Travis behind the lens, I'm a bit skeptical. Well, we haven't heard much about the project in a while, not since Urban was cast a month ago, but now we know who will be his second lead. JUNO's Olivia Thirlby will play Judge Cassandra Anderson, who according to the script is... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33730 2010-09-03 14:50:10 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:50:10 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33730 Paul Tassi Jon Hamm seems to be Hollywood's new "it" boy, despite not even having acted until he was almost 30 (he's 39 now). But he's the star of what most claim to be the best show on TV right now (Mad Men) and that honor is landing him movie roles left and right. So far, they haven't been particularly memorable, as no one really saw THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, but he does have a major part in Ben Affleck's THE... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33728 2010-09-03 13:14:08 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:14:08 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33728 Paul Tassi I really wish that I lived in California so I could go to some of the movie prop auctions that happen frequently out there. The stuff that isn't saved for Planet Hollywood gets sold to the highest bidder, and this particular one caught my eye for one reason. On Saturday, September 11th in El Segundo there's an "auction extravaganza" with props from various films, both recent and not-so-much. You... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33727 2010-09-03 12:38:07 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:38:07 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33727 Mike Sampson M. Night Shyamalan has been teasing us with thoughts of a sequel to UNBREAKABLE since the film was released. As he just told MTV, "Literally, that's the question I get asked the most anywhere around the world." OK fans, your wait is over. UNBREAKABLE 2 is finally coming. But not really. So when is an UNBREAKABLE 2 not an UNBREAKABLE 2? (Is this kinda like how a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4 is not a... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33724 2010-09-03 09:51:04 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51:04 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33724 Mike Sampson I'm sure, by now, you know the story of the original trailer for HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN. Jason Eisener, John Davies, and Rob Cotterill won a contest at SXSW sponsored by Robert Rodriguez and the movie GRINDHOUSE. The trio created a trailer for a fake grindhouse film called "Hobo With a Shotgun" and as a result of their win, the trailer was played in select screenings of GRINDHOUSE in both the US and Canada. But... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33725 2010-09-03 09:35:05 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:35:05 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33725 Mike Sampson High atop my list of phobias (right underneath heights but right above giant hairy spiders) is the thought of getting in my car at night and having some crazy serial killer jump up from the backseat and attack me. So naturally this clip from LET ME IN, featuring Richard Jenkins, vampire enabler, doing exactly that, freaked me the f*ck out. I saw this clip at Comic-Con and sadly what you're seeing here cuts off the... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33726 2010-09-03 09:18:06 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:18:06 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33726 Chris Bumbray PLOT: An ex-Federale, MACHETE (Danny Trejo) is double crossed and left for dead by a vicious Mexican drug kingpin, Torrez (Steven Seagal). Three years later, he turns up in Texas, where he’s hired by the mysterious Booth (Jeff Fahey) to assassinate Senator McLaughlin (Robert DeNiro), whose campaign is aimed at ridding the state of illegal immigrants and erecting a large electrified wall along the U.S/ Mexican... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33702 2010-09-03 08:31:42 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:31:42 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33702 George Merchan A few weeks ago, there was a brief and not very detailed report that filmmaker Barry Levinson (MAN OF THE YEAR, RAIN MAN) was planning on directing an indie sci-fi thriller then called ISOPOD. But today, Screen Daily revealed new information... Firstly, the film is now titled THE BAY. Secondly, the project actually sounds a bit more like a sort of ecological horror thriller, focusing on a viral outbreak taking... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33723 2010-09-03 06:22:03 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:22:03 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33723 George Merchan Haha, holy shit! Just the other day I wrote about the poster for Disney's SECRETARIAT saying it was one of the most basic one sheets I've seen in a long time. And now, out of nowhere, comes the first poster for Paul W.S. Anderson's THE THREE MUSKETEERS (in 3D) and it completely takes the crown for most weirdly plain poster for a major film I think I've ever seen. Maybe I'm missing the artistry behind it, or... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33721 2010-09-03 06:19:01 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:19:01 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33721 George Merchan Deadline is reporting that TINTIN star Jamie Bell has been cast opposite Aussie and sometimes Na'vi Sam Worthington, as well as Anthony Mackie (THE HURT LOCKER) in the crime drama MAN ON A LEDGE from director Asger Leth (GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL) who's making his Hollywood debut. Originally penned by Venezuelan television writer Pablo Fenjves and soon to be rewritten by RED scribes Erich and Jon Hoeber, MAN ON A LEDGE... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33722 2010-09-03 05:49:02 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:49:02 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33722