Quotables: James Franco Roasted – Hosting the Oscars…
Look at me doing all the talking while you sit there doing nothing. I feel like I’m hosting the Oscars with you. Seth Rogen as the roastmaster on Comedy Central’s The Roast of James...
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Consider This Sh*t: James Franco’s SPRING BREAKERS Oscar Campaign
If this was any other movie, I wouldn’t even believe it was real. But it’s James Franco and Harmony Korine, so a hyper-real Oscar campaign is about right. Franco’s long-shot campaign for Best Supporting Actor in Korine’s Spring Breakers was released to THR over the weekend, making it one of the first For Your Consideration ads of the Oscar season. It’s also the first and likely only campaign to ever include word “shit” in its messaging. While there’s no better way to win attention than to create a campaign that gets right to the heart of the character/actor it’s supporting, this Spring Breakers ad won’t likely win over the old, white male Academy voters. Still, as Harmony Korine’s only consistently watchable movie and his likely masterpiece, Spring Breakers deserves some recognition come the end of the year. Maybe, just maybe, some brave critics group will...
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SAVED BY THE BELL Making A Return In A Whole New Format – Big 6 Morning Report
Who wants to see more of the misadventures of Skreech, Zack and the gang? Well, NBC is making 80s and 90s TV fans dreams come true with a line of new digital comics. Saved by the Bell, as well as other shows including Airwolf, Knight Rider, Miami Vice, and Punky Brewster, are all expected to make returns thanks to a partnership with Lion Forge. Oh, I bet those kids are going to drive Mr. Belding so crazy. (ScreenRant) Relativity Media has hired The Crow creator James O’Barr as a creative consultant on the upcoming movie reboot of the classic comic. (/Film) James Franco may have quit Garden of the Last Days but that doesn’t mean we won’t have to suffer through another of his directorial efforts. Franco says he’s following up his directorial debut, an adaptation of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, with another Faulkner adaptation: The Sound...
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There’s A CAPTAIN PLANET Movie In The Works – Big 6 Morning Report
For 90s kids, you’ll never forget where you were when you heard this news: Captain Planet and the Planeteers is being made into a feature film. No, I’m not talking about those Funny or Die shorts starring Don Cheadle. Sony is in final negotiations to acquire the screen rights to the classic 90s cartoon. (THR) Terminator 5 now has a release date: June 26, 2015 (making it part of what will likely be the greatest summer movie season ever). Not only that, but it’s going to be the first movie in a stand-alone trilogy. (AICN) Netflix must really like Orange is the New Black. The streaming TV company has already renewed the show for a second season, even before its July debut. (THR) Django co-stars Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio are re-teaming for WB’s adaptation of Craig Zahler’s Mean Business On North Ganson Street. (Deadline)...
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James Franco’s Short Film LA PASSIONE Debuts
Oh, James Franco. Just when we thought you couldn’t make anything crazier than Interior. Leather Bar. you come along an make a short BDSM film about Joan of Arc featuring the ATL Twins. Watching Franco’s film/art/whatever career is like watching the Tea Party develop. You say something like, “It can’t get worse than Sarah Palin.” And then Rand Paul shows up. In La Passione, produced by Gucci, well… just watch. You’ll have to head over to Vice.com because they don’t know how to produce embeds. And be sure to read Franco’s take on branded entertainment because you should never miss a Franco rambling if you have the chance....
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in 2016 and 2018, MAN OF STEEL 2 in 2014? – Big 6 Morning Report
Because Marvel staked its claim to the first weekend in May in 2015 and 2016, The Amazing Spider-Man lost its chance to become the first blockbuster of the summer in 2016. Well, Sony announced yesterday the release dates for The Amazing-Spider-Man 3 & 4, for June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018, respectively. That 2018 release may be the earliest official release date I’ve ever seen, but Sony is leaving nothing to chance with its most lucrative franchise. (Screen Rant) While the Spider-Man release dates may be way out in the future, we may be seeing a sequel to Man of Steel earlier than anyone could have imagined… in 2014. That’s right, 2014. With a Justice League movie to follow in 2015?! Well that’s what a “knowledgeable people” recently told the Wall Street Journal. It’s ambitious and since the third The Hobbit movie comes out in December 2014, it’s hard...
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