Johnny Depp is in talks to return for the Alice in Wonderland sequel

Posted 13 years ago

Johnny Depp must not have gotten the memo that his last two films bombed at the box office. Both DARK SHADOWS and THE LONE RANGER were creatively lacking and critically panned and yet Depp continues to pretend that he is...

Harvey Weinstein says the controversy over The Butler’s title is because of The Hobbit

Posted 13 years ago

Harvey Weinstein and Warner Bros. are currently at odds over the title to Lee Daniels‘ latest movie THE BUTLER. At the heart of the case is an obscure 1916 silent short movie of the same name that WB is claiming...

New poster double feature: Oblivion and CBGB

Posted 13 years ago

There’s a couple of new posters out for two completely different films. First up there’s a new IMAX poster for OBLIVION that has a very lonely looking Tom Cruise looking off into the distance. Everything I’ve seen for OBLIVION so...

Lee Daniels only gets one f*ck with The Butler’s PG-13 rating

Posted 13 years ago

Lee Daniels, director of such hard-R flicks as Precious and Paperboy, evidently felt a bit frustrated with keeping things PG-13 inhis upcoming film The Butler, which follows Forest Whitaker as a White House staffer through eight presidential administrations. That’s a...

There is a new Harry Potter mini-movie being filmed for Universal Studios theme parks

Posted 13 years ago

If you thought HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 was going to be the last time you saw Harry Potter and friends on the big screen, you were mistaken. Well, sort of. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that there...

Disney to move forward with Alice in Wonderland 2

Posted 13 years ago

Seeing as ALICE IN WONDERLAND grossed a billion dollars worldwide, this news should come as a shock to no one. Despite being a mediocre movie, ALICE IN WONDERLAND will be getting a sequel. Variety reports that Disney screenwriter Linda Woolverton...

Lee Daniels’ The Butler finds distribution courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Posted 14 years ago

THE BUTLER will assuredly get a wide release now that The Weinstein Company has picked up the US rights to the Lee Daniels film. The movie has all the makings of a prestige film and Oscar contender. If there is...

Full trailer for Gambit starring Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, and Cameron Diaz hits the net

Posted 14 years ago

So, there’s this new trailer for GAMBIT, starring Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz, and Stanley Tucci.  It’s written by Joel and Ethan Coen, which would normally cause me to raise my eyebrows and nod with approval, but after watching...

Here are our first looks at footage from The Coen Brothers scripted Gambit and Neil Jordan’s Byzantium

Posted 14 years ago

Today we have some first looks at footage from a pair of very different movies. First up is GAMBIT from director Michael Hoffman and screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen. Now, the Coen Brothers typically do not write movies they don’t...

Oprah tweets two new photos from The Butler featuring Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, and Lenny Kravitz

Posted 14 years ago

Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER has been slowly sharing images of it’s star-studded cast as they transform into a range of political figures from American history. We previously saw Forrest Whitaker in character (see above) and now we get a look...