There are always a fair number of test screenings out in LA, but here’s one outside of Hollywood you might have a chance at. This Thursday, Warner Bros. is doing a test screening of Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” in Portland, Oregon. They’re attempting to get a blind audience that doesn’t know what they’re seeing, in other words, people not familiar with the comic books.
Right now it’s scheduled to show at 7pm at the Regal Lloyd Center 10 Theater in Portland. They aren’t issuing passes to this one, and instead will be recruiting people that night at the theater. If you decide to go, play dumb and maybe you’ll get picked.
If you get a chance to go, feel free to send us a review and we’ll post it.
Steve Martin is set to join Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in the untitled romantic comedy that Nancy Meyers wrote and will direct in February.
They story is about Martin and Baldwin playing rivals for the affection of a woman (Streep).
Martin and Meyers worked together before on Father of the Bride films. Meyers co-wrote and produced both of the films in which Martin starred for Disney.
Here are a couple of the latest production stills from the highly anticipated film, Twilight. The film is based on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 17 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer.
Twilight is a teenage cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fan base. The book Twilight has been chosen as the New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s “Best Book of the Decade…So Far”, Teen People’s “Hot List” Pick, and The American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and “Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers,” among others. Director Catherine Hardwicke brings life to this modern, visual, and visceral the story of the ultimate forbidden love affair — between vampire and mortal.
Cancer is not a laughing matter… or is it? Seth Rogen, however, intends to make it one. Mandate Pictures has just picked up “I’m With Cancer”, a comedic autobiographic spec by Will Reiser. Rogen will be producing with Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin, but he’ll also have a supporting role in the film.
“I’m With Cancer” is about Reiser’s account of his struggle to beat cancer, and centers on a 25-year-old who finds out that he has cancer.
Overseeing the project are Nathan Kahane and Tendo Nagenda, who are fast-tracking the project in hopes of getting it out to directors this month.
Rebecca Mader, who plays the scheming redhead Charlotte on ABC’s “Lost,” is in final discussions to take the lead female role in George Clooney’s adaptation of the book “Men Who Stare at Goats” with Grant Heslov co-producing and directing.
The story takes place in Iraq and pivots on Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who asserts to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was reactivated after 9/11.
Enchanted director Kevin Lima is set to direct Thumb, a feature version of the diminutive folklore character called Tom Thumb.
Thumb is set up to be live-action movie with Tom Thumb possibly being depicted as a CG character.
The movie might be fast-tracked plans to journey to the origin of Thumb’s story. I don’t blame them with the success of Enchanted.
The story is a comedy-adventure based on an original screenplay by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat to look at the heroism that a knight must muster after he is reduced to a pint size.
Tom Thumb is a British legend that dates back to 1500s; the tiny hero is known for getting himself into tomfoolery in his parents’ home while ultimately ending up in the castle of King Arthur.
There have been a number of big screen takes on the character over the years, including a live-action musical from MGM in 1958 and a darker animated BBC film in 1993.
Not only has Lima had success with Enchanted, but he co-directed Disney’s Tarzan, which grossed $435 million in 1999.
The Guardian ran an interview with Jeff Bridges about his current movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People discussed starring in Tron 2. His response, ”Seriously though, doing the new Tron movie is something that is just too good to pass up.” You can read the article here.
Casper- Bored Billionaire
Witches and ghosts need cash and cars? Casper the friendly ghost meets Big Bill the Billionaire and it’s fun and games until Greedy Gertie the wicked witch proposes marriage. The lesson? Nuptials without a prenup are more terrifying than the undead.
Is the current economic crisis getting you down? Well turn that frown upside down because it’s time for a cartoon from The Minisode Network. When you examine it closely, the latest Casper minisode is a lot like our county’s current financial disaster! Just imagine that Big Bill Billionaire is Wall Street, and Greedy Gertie the Witch is the economic crisis. Who knew Casper could be so insightful!
Bad news for the fans of the surprisingly above-average fans of the Terminator TV series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Despite the rather good feedback from critics and fans alike, the diminishing ratings of the second season could ensure that the series will be axed.
Last year the show debuted to an excellent 11% share of the USA viewing audience, with the series averaging out at 9%, which is a reasonably good average. However, the new season (including the new arrival of a T1000 “morphing” terminator, as seen in T2) has been getting shares lower than 6%. This equates to a damaging 34% drop from Season One last year.
Over at SyFY Portal a source from broadcasting network Fox has said that “production will likely stop”, although nothing is official as of yet. This is a real shame, as the show (at least Season 1, I have yet to see Season 2) was quite watchable, and will certainly be better than next year’s piece of crap, helmed by McG, far more watchable than the latest season of Fox’s leading show, the silly and contrived Prison Break.
DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed a sequel to its animated hit Kung Fu Panda is in the works with a release date of June 3, 2011.
The film reunites Jack Black as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast. Kung Fu Panda sequel will be released in 3-D — the new standard for all DWA movies starting next year — on regular and Imax screens worldwide. Awesome!!!
Jennifer Yu Helson, who was head of story on Panda, is promoted to director for the sequel - go girl.
If you look into the crystal ball of movie marketing, the 2011 date means that Panda will be sharing the summer with Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2, which Disney moved from a 2012 release to summer 2011 last week.
The original Panda grossed more than $626 million worldwide and is DWA’s most successful nonsequel. It will be released on two-disc DVD and Blu-ray, containing a new companion story Secrets of the Furious Five, on Nov. 9.
Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac), and Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) star in The Brothers Bloom, a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world’s best con men.
Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they’ve decided to take on one last spectacular job-luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the world.
For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each other to depend on. From their childhood in a long series of gloomy foster homes to their highflying lives as international con artists, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have shared everything. Stephen brilliantly concocts intricate stories that the brothers live out, but he’s still searching for the perfect con, the one where “everyone gets what they want.” Meanwhile, Bloom yearns for “an unwritten life”-a real adventure, one not dreamed up by his old brother.
Eager to retire, Bloom agrees to take part in one last grand scam. He insinuates himself into the life of Penelope (Rachel Wiesz), a bored, single New Jersey heiress. When a genuine romance begins to blossom between them, he is reluctant to exploit her naiveté, but Penelope has already taken the bait: She impulsively joins Bloom, Stephen and their “associate,” a sexy Japanese explosives expert named Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), on an ocean liner to Greece. Penelope is convinced she’s happened upon the adventure of a lifetime and offers to bankroll a million dollar deal. As the quartet makes their way from Athens to Prague to Mexico to St. Petersburg, Penelope quickly becomes addicted to the illicit thrills. But as Stephen’s elaborate web of deceit pulls tighter, Bloom begins to wonder if his brother has devised the most dangerous con of his life.
Let us take a look into the movie world as another day, be it good or bad, comes to a close.
First off, we are giving away The Rebel, so be sure to enter into that contest before October 1st, the Dead Girl trailer was released, and X-Files star David Duchovny was announced to be starring in The Joneses.
The complete theme song for Quantum of Solace. I can’t wait to see and hear “Another Way to Die” with the movie. Alica Keyes and Jack White are awesome!
On behalf of Genius Products and The Weinstein Company, Screenhead welcomes the upcoming arrival of the Vietnamese blockbuster hit, The Rebel, on DVD September 30th. The Dragon Dynasty title will be released as a 2-Disc Ultimate Edition.
The Rebel is the highest grossing Vietnamese film to date!
The story takes place in 1920s Vietnam during the long-standing French colonization, rebel forces emerge to disrupt the foreign control as the French employ elite Vietnamese agents to destroy them.
The movie is filled with martial arts, battles and love scenes. English is in subtitles.
The Rebel 2-Disc Ultimate Editionstars contemporary Asian superstars Johnny Nguyen (The Protector), Dustin Nguyen (”21 Jump Street,” Finishing the Game) and Vietnamese pop star/actress Ngo Thanh Van. The DVD also includes extensive and exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features.
Post your name and I will draw the winner October 1st, the day after it hits the shelves.
Helen Hunt’s directorial debut of Then She Found Me is a spectacular concatenation pivoting around Hunt’s character Alice.
An adoptive daughter of a Jewish faith who is visited by her biological mother, played brilliantly by Bette Midler, at the end of her short-failed marriage and the death of her adoptive mother.
Yet at the same time, Alice meets Colin Firth’s character, Frank, who loves her deeply and the feeling is mutual.
Then she finds out she is pregnant.
Although it appears this film is a slice of life — it’s more than that – the story dissolves the seamless writing into rough cuts of true to life scenes.
Bette Midler stands out. Her character has many layers of half-truths, untruths and incomplete truths. You can’t help but understand her complexity. She takes each scene and rests on the undercurrents between her and Hunt.
This movie is a great beginning for Hunt. It’s billed as a comedy but the humor (or wit) comes from Midler.
Hunt took on a huge task with an ensemble of very talented actors and a story as thick as angst. It’s worth a look if you ask me – Then She Found Me hit the DVD shelves September 1st.
Pirates of the Caribbean is quite a franchise, now, with three blockbusters under its belt.
Taking that successful idea of converting a theme park ride to a movie, which the trades reported yesterday, Disney is considering Tomorrowland to be a space movie staring Dwayne Johnson.
Interestingly though, Disney denies such reports in the trades, taking another theme park and converting it to a movie.
Disney is calling Tomorrowland a new project from an original script.
I wonder why that are using the same name as their theme park?
Bad news for the fans of the surprisingly above-average fans of the Terminator TV series, 
