Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune is an icon of a particular generation of Japanese film, even managing to cross over into American cinema and Hollywood towards the end of his life. Mifune’s career is specifically intertwined with Akira Kurosawa’s most well-known body of work. The actor and director duo were known to have 17 years’ worth of filmmaking together, and they produced an incredible 16 movies — many of which are now classics....
Go to the movie theater today and you can see sparkly, lovelorn vampires, but, according to Bluewater Productions, their darkly comedic tale of septuagenarian bloodsuckers will soon be sharing space on the silver screen. Uptown 6 Productions, whose first feature film 16-Love, hits theaters in January 2012, purchased the rights to Bluewater’s successful graphic novel Nanny & Hank, a unique take on the vampire mythos. It follows two grandparents ready to enjoy their golden years with travel and grandchildren, and how a horrible encounter with a disgruntled vampire changes their world forever and ever....
Violent Night was a surprising, fun-filled action flick with equal parts holiday cheer and impactful violence. David Harbor’s Santa Claus reminded us exactly what the holidays are for by busting heads and sipping scotch, all while utilizing the cheery character for a variety of creative fight scenes. It marks director Tommy Wirkola’s most recent feature, and given its success with commercial audiences, you can bet that a sequel is already on the cards....
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc., announced today that they have completed an agreement to release up to 20 Warner Bros. films in IMAX’s format over the course of the next three and a half years (from 2010 through 2013). The agreement strategically aligns Warner Bros.’ tent-pole business with the increasing worldwide popularity of The IMAX Experience in both 2D and IMAX 3D, providing the studio with an added distribution platform that consistently delivers strong box office returns....
For today’s format war story… According to Home Media Magazine, Warner Bros. will not be dropping the HD DVD format, despite recent reports to the contrary. Rumor had it that WB was to announce the move at International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which starts on January 7 in Las Vegas. However, according to an unnamed Warner executive, the rumors aren’t true. This isn’t the first time there have been rumors about Warner’s high-def format decision....
The third season of the Smithsonian Channel’s reality series The Real Story will debut on Sunday, May 15, although we have a special treat for our readers. We have the full episode of The Real Story Season 3 premiere right here! Click on the video player below to watch this full episode, which takes a real look at the life of a pirate, which ties into the upcoming theatrical release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides....
Christa Campbell The Milk Maiden returns when this cult smash arrives on DVD July 20th Every great horror movie needs an iconic harbinger of doom, and in the case of 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams, which arrives in stores on DVD July 20th in both an Unrated and Rated edition, Christa Campbell serves as our buxom, bawdy bad girl escort into the torrid, gruesomely hilarious world that director Tim Sullivan has created....
Pop culture’s creepiest, kookiest family is getting reimagined once again for the Netflix series Wednesday. Partly directed by Tim Burton, the show was created by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough who also serve as showrunners. The series puts Wednesday Addams front and center with Jenna Ortega starring in the role, though the other members of the family are featured in supporting roles, such as Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzman as Gomez, and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester....
Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation: Werewolf By Night took everyone by surprise at the D23 Expo. The black and white teaser of the classic monsters’ horror-inspired television special was well received by the audience. It was praised for its perfect blend of creepy horror and Marvel-style humor. The special will introduce several new characters from the comics into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Elsa Bloodstone, Verusa, and Man-Thing, alongside Jack Russell’s incarnation of the titular character played by Gael García Bernal....
It’s been more than 30 years since the audience fell in love with the cinematographic representation of young Harry Potter, a promising wizard who would change the world forever. Today, 11 movies and a whole universe later, the Wizarding World remains popular among old and young viewers, especially those who grew up with the sorcerer’s books and films. J.K. Rowling, the author of the franchise, imagined a magic setting for misfits to find the place where they belonged....
Yesterday, MovieWeb had a chance to visit Skywalker Ranch in Northern California for presentations of the “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” DVD release and the “Star Wars: Battlefront II” video game releases, both hitting to store shelves on November 1st. During our interviews with several of the actors and crew members in attendance, the juiciest bits seemed to come from producer Rick McCallum, who talked about many upcoming projects that George Lucas is involved in, his plans for the future, upcoming DVD releases from the Lucasfilm archives and what we can expect from both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises....
Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games, portraying Effie Trinket. The story centers around a national event called The Hunger Games, where two teens from each of America’s 12 districts are picked at random to compete in the games, where they must fight to the death. Elizabeth Banks’ Effie Trinket is a chaperone for the 12th District, where the main characters Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) come from....
Disney has announced a new CGI-live-action film Mufasa: The Lion King, a Lion King prequel, at this year’s D23 Expo. The news has left fans surprised, as this was definitely unexpected. It also leaves some asking if the character of Mufasa needs a prequel. What will this movie be about, and where does it fall into the saturated prequel market? We don’t know much about this forthcoming movie, but what has been shared so far is enough to give us some insight into whether this will be a good movie....
For many people, Lord of the Rings is the ultimate, epic high fantasy adventure story. Even among critics, J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and Peter Jackson’s film trilogy are both critically acclaimed and award-winning. It’s easy to see why Lord of the Rings is a near-perfect series. This complex story contains men, hobbits, elves, dwarfs, and villainous creatures such as orcs, Uruk-hai, balrogs, and Nazguls. Besides the magical creatures that inhabit the world of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings’ story is one of bravery, courage, determination, and friendship....
The newest character in The Munsters, Rob Zombie’s new movie based on the classic sitcom of the same name, has been revealed. Last year, when the rumors first emerged that Zombie was working on a Munsters movie, a small handful of rumored names attached to the cast were also reported on. Among them was Lost star Jorge Garcia, but almost a full year after word first broke, his casting still hadn’t been officially confirmed....
Get ready for some classic monsters to make their way back to television in allegedly hilarious fashion. NBC is reportedly moving ahead with a reboot of the 60s classic The Munsters as a half-hour comedy. Late Night host and SNL alum Seth Meyers is set to produce the new take on the series, with Odd Mom Out creator Jill Kargman on board the creative team as well. If all goes well, The Munsters reboot will make it to air on NBC next season....
The Good A very well made film that stands out due to it’s honest and true message. The Bad No director’s commentary. The extras seem very cheap and not well thought out for a movie of this caliber. The Polar Express is the tale of young boy becoming convinced that Santa Claus is a real. However, like most tales of Christmas, this story takes that simple idea and expands upon it so that we are taken on a journey of epic proportions....
Evans stops short of revealing intricate details about the plot, but does confirm the plan is for it to be a straight sequel to the original Sandlot. He also implies the entire original cast is on board to reprise their roles. “I already got all the original cast members back. It takes place in 1984, when they’re all like 33 years old and they all have children of their own, and that’s all I can tell you,” the filmmaker says....
Hell or High Water’s Ben Foster stars in the powerfully bleak first trailer for the upcoming HBO biographical drama, The Survivor. Released by the HBO official YouTube channel, The Survivor tells the brutal true story of Harry Haft, a boxer who looks to carry on after fighting to survive in the Holocaust. Starring Ben Foster as Harry Haft, The Survivor begins when the Nazis invade Poland and Harry Haft is sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp....
This is not a drill, nor is it a cruel and unusual April Fool’s Day joke. This is very real. Cameron Monaghan, at long last, has been really, truly revealed as the Joker in a new promo for the Gotham series finale. Additionally, a couple of photos have made their way online, which tease a very different, yet faithful to the comics, version of the character on the horizon. Fox released a trailer for the finale, which kicks off with a shot outside the walls of Arkham Asylum....
