Month: June 2010

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‘Atlas’ Shrugs Off Development Hell, Filming Begins

Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged has been kicking around Hollywood for a while now. We reported last month that producer John Aglialoro bought the rights to the novel for $1 million in 1992 and had to start production by this past weekend or he would lose the rights. ...
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Bloody ‘Centurion’ Red Band Trailer

Hulu has debuted the first red band trailer for the violent Roman epic, Centurion. It is the latest film by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday) and stars Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, and Olga Kurylenko. ...
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‘Babysitter Is Dead’ Remake Is Alive

This weekend saw the mighty clash of the '80s remakes as The Karate Kid trounced The A-Team. However, both brought home an admirable payday, green-lighting the market....
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David Yates: From ‘Harry Potter’ To ‘The Hobbit’?

Well, he isn't on our list of directors that should take on The Hobbit. With the recent departure of Del Toro from The Hobbit, many people were left wondering who would take over the director's chair. /Film tells us that the role may go to David Yates. ...
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Kristen Stewart To Become A Martyr For ‘Twilight’ Producer?

It was reported a while ago that the French horror film, Martyrs would be getting a US remake. Now, thanks the The Playlist we get news that the producer of the remake, Wyck Godfrey (Twilight, Dear John) is hoping Kristen Stewart (Twilight, The Runaways) will star in the film....
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Christopher Nolan Has Dark Feelings About 3-D

On the second day of the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival, Christopher Nolan participated in an extended Q&A between the screenings of his 2002 film Insomnia and 2008 film The Dark Knight....
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[Review] Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Picking up where Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel left off, Jan Kounen’s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky provides a dual portrait of two icons of the 1920s, who had a brief, passionate romance that coincided with highpoints of their respective careers....