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Super 8, produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by J.J. Abrams, and starring Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Joel Courtney, and Kyle Chandler, opens June 10,...
Read MoreTHE MASTER postponed, the Locke and Ben show, Bening and Moore for Best Actress, more – News Links
The power of Scientology? Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master has been postponed indefinitely according to Jeremy Renner, one of the film’s stars. (The Wrap) J.J. Abrams isn’t done with Locke and Ben just quite yet. The Lost co-creator is actively pitching a buddy comedy-drama that will star Terry O’Quinn and Michael Emerson as former black-op agents. (Vulture) What are Bening’s chances now? It looks like both Annette Bening and Juliane Moore will get a Best Actress campaign for The Kids Are All Right. (EW) Kerry Washington, Craig Robinson and David Alan Grier have joined Tina Gordon Chism‘s We the Peeples. (THR) Showtime has again renewed the once great Weeds, which will be back for a seventh season next year. The pay cable channel is also bringing back The Big C. (The Wrap)...
Read MoreTHE TOWN is No. 1, TRUE LIES at ABC, Chandler and Fanning in SUPER 8, more – New Links
Director Ben Affleck’s The Town was the surprise winner at the domestic box office this weekend. The Boston crime thriller took in $23.8 million to take the No. 1 spot in its opening weekend. (erc BoxOffice) ABC execs must feel like kings of the broadcast world right now. The network has nabbed James Cameron’s True Lies TV series. (Deadline) Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning have joined the cast of J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg’s mysterious Super 8. (Vulture) ICYMI: The Toronto International Film Festival closed this weekend and The King’s Speech was the festival’s big winner. (more)...
Read MoreJ.J. Abrams ALCATRAZ, Ellsworth gets GOOSEBUMPS, Herzog to IFC, more – NEWS LINKS
Another J.J. Abrams series is coming to your TV, courtesy of Fox. Abrams’ Alcatraz, “show about mysteries, secrets and the most infamous prison of all time: Alcatraz”, has a pilot commitment from the network. (Deadline) Disturbia screenwriter Carl Ellsworth will script a live-action adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps book series. I’m hoping for an 80s-style anthology horror flick. (THR’s Risky Business) IFC has picked up Werner Herzog‘s 3D doc, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, for US distribution. (indieWire) M. Night Shyamalan‘s has recruited Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) to helm his second The Night Chronicles film, Reincarnate. The first film in the series, Devil, opens tomorrow. (The Wrap) Time Warner Cable says no to EPIX after the premium cable channel’s Netflix deal. (The Wrap)...
Read MoreYear in Review – Best Films of 2009
I saw fewer new movies this year than in any other since I started putting together my top ten lists. That’s not bad news. I just cut out a lot of… well… crap. No, I didn’t see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and no, I didn’t see Sherlock Holmes. I love movies, but what’s the point in watching all the bad when there’s so much good out there. (That doesn’t explain how I ended up seeing Nine, though. Ugh.) The good, in fact, was so good that I could have chosen any one of the 11 pictures on my top 10 list to be the best movie of the year. That’s a testament to the quality of all the pictures listed below. All the films on my list, from Tarantino, Reitman, the Coen brothers, Bigelow and more, may very...
Read MoreUp in the Air moves back to December – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The release for Oscar frontrunner Up in the Air is moving back to Dec. 4. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy moved to Nov. 13 for an earlier release after a very positive reception at Toronto and Telluride. However, that date put it within a week of another George Clooney film, The Men Who Stare at Goats. Overture wouldn’t blink. Now we wait an extra two weeks for the Clooney movie we actually want to see. (THR) In Other News: J.J. Abrams’ latest spy series has all the networks in a tizzy. The show about two married spies is the prize in a bidding war between ABC, NBC, and CBS . NBC, for once, might just be winning. (THR) Speaking of NBC, the entertainment company NBC Universal may become part of the Comcast family. (Variety) Hugh Jackman is in...
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