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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Hippie Hippie Shake
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence
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- Garth Franklin
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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!
23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST
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The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year?
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Jonah Hexed?
10 December 2009 9:48 AM, PST
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Bloody Disgusting are circulating the news Jonah Hex is undergoing reshoots at the behest of Warner Bros. As everybody knows, this happens when studio executives get nervous and take away the film from its director. Jimmy Hayward was making his live-action directorial debut. The former Pixar man previously directed Horton Hears A Who! and Robots under his belt.
Even more interesting is I Am Legend’s Francis Lawrence is “consulting” over the new footage. Does this mean Hayward is not involved? It’s likely. Reshoots can be beneficial to a production, but can also spell anxiety and trouble. The film wrapped ages ago, so it’s obviously been found lacking during the editing process. What the finished product will be like is anybody’s guess. It would be a great shame if studio executive meddling turns this into a shadow of its former self. The other side of the argument is Warner Bros.
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- Martyn Conterio
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Jonah Hex Headed For Reshoots
9 December 2009 9:51 PM, PST
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According to the lads over at Bloody Disgusting, it looks like Warners' adaptation of Jonah Hex is headed back to the studio for additional shooting.Hearing that a movie is headed for additional camera time months after it originally wrapped is usually cause for concern - though not always, as some directors simply need extra time once the first couple of cuts are complete to fill in gaps or squeeze in new ideas.But when that news comes linked to word that original Hex director Jimmy Hayward will have I Am Legend's Francis Lawrence "consulting" on the new footage, that's when the alarm bells start to ring.Hayward, of course, is making his live-action debut with the movie after directing Blue Sky's Horton Hears A Who! He's also got plenty of experience under his belt - he spent time at Pixar before moving on to direct Robots and Horton.
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Powell scores ‘Rio’ with Mendes and will.i.am
20 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST
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Following his collaboration with metal band Mastodon on Jonah Hex, John Powell will work with latin legend Sérgio Mendes (”Mas que nada”) and rap star will.i.am on the music for Rio, the upcoming animated comedy from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Powell’s involvement in the project doesn’t come as a surprise; he reunites with director Carlos Saldanha for whom he has scored three films (Robots, Ice Age: Meltdown
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Despicable Me Trailer #2: Supervillains Are Funny
4 November 2009 4:28 PM, PST
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Ever since Universal Pictures released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming animated comedy Despicable Me back in July, I've been curious about it. The animation looks great, the voice cast is solid, it comes from Christopher Meledandri, the producer of such underrated animated flicks as Robots and Horton Hears a Who! This might actually be something worth watching out for.
And here, just days after Dreamworks released the abysmal trailer for How to Train Your Dragon, Universal and Illumination Entertainment have dropped a new, longer trailer via Apple. This time we finally meet Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell), the world's #2 supervillain. He's engaged in a war of wits with Vector (voiced by Jason Segel), the world's #1 supervillain. That's all we know for now -- but the film follows Gru's fight to become number one, and to steal the moon.
That sounds fun. The Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Sergio Pablos directed film will also feature the
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- Neil Miller
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Blu-ray Review
3 November 2009 2:36 AM, PST
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Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the third installment of the Ice Age franchise, and comes to Blu-ray (with DVD included) via directors Carlos Saldanda (director of the other Ice Ages and Robots) and Mike Thurmeier (also director of the other Ice Age movies and Robots) and writers Peter Ackerman and Michael Berg (writers of 2002.s Ice Age). A lot of fun for the kiddies, Ice Age 3 is voiced by return star talents to the franchise John Leguizamo (Sid), Queen Latifah (Ellie), and Dennis Leary (Diego). There are actually two stories going on: Scrat chasing the acorn and finding love and competition for his precious acorn along the way, and the mammoths Ellie (Latifah) and Manny.s
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- Dana Rae
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Playwright Found For Guardians
2 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST
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David Lindsay-Abaire, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter for Spider-Man 4, has signed on to write the script for The Guardians, the DreamWorks fantasy kid's movie based on an upcoming series of books called The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce.Yes, the books aren't even published yet and they've already got a scriptwriter. The premise of the stories is that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Man in the Moon and Jack Frost are part of a team that protects children from the forces of evil. Presumably with super-powers like eating cookies, hiding eggs and, er, shining in the sky at night.Lindsay-Abaire got his big break when his play, Rabbit Hole, won Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes in 2007, and has written screenplays for Inkheart and Robots as well as Shrek the Musical back on Broadway.This effort, meanwhile, has Peter Ramsey set to direct - he was Head of Story on Monsters vs.
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New Trailer for ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’
24 October 2009 6:46 AM, PDT
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A new trailer has appeared online for the upcoming George Clooney, Ewan McGregor comedy, The Men Who Stare at Goats. And I think you’ll be happy to know that the first trailer wasn’t just a happy accident - the new trailer also makes it look nothing less than fantastic.
Along with Clooney and McGregor, The Men Who Stare at Goats co-stars the likes of Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey (that quartet of actors is reason alone to see it). It’s directed by Grant Heslov and is based on the 2004 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson. Just as a reminder, here’s the official synopsis for the film, and then we’ll get to the new trailer:
A reporter (McGregor), trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent (Clooney) who reveals the existence of a secret,
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- Ross Miller
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Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris team up for the animated ‘Rio’
23 October 2009 9:38 AM, PDT
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The lovely Anne Hathaway and the hilarious Neil Patrick Harris are teaming up for Fox Animation’s 3D Rio.
In conjunction with Blue Sky Studios, director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs) will helm the feature which is scheduled for release in 2011.
The film will follow the story of a “nerdy macaw” who leaves Minnesota and heads for the bustling city of Rio de Janeiro.
Fox and Blue Sky have taken $2.4 billion worldwide on previous films Horton Hears a Who!, Robots and the Ice Age franchise.
It is not yet known which roles Hathaway and Harris will voice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro Are Voicing Blue Sky Studios Rio
23 October 2009 9:14 AM, PDT
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While Blue Sky Studios has produced some great looking movies (the “Ice Age” films and “Horton Hears A Who”), only “Horton” impressed me with both its animation and story. However, since it was based on a Dr. Seuss book, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Anyway, Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation and director Carlos Saldanha have announced their next animated project and it’s called “Rio”. According to THR, the film follows the adventures of a nerdy macaw who leaves his small-town Minnesota cage for Rio de Janeiro. While I’m sure there is a lot more to the story, that’s the logline for now.
While the story sounds a little weak, they’re trying to get Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro to voice the film. Anything that has Neil Patrick Harris voicing a character gets a pass from me. Of course, with the three “Ice Age” movies,
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Anne Hathaway and Nph Providing Voices for Blue Sky's Rio
23 October 2009 3:22 AM, PDT
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We don't always report on voice casting for animated movies, but this one sounds interesting. Blue Sky Studios' next feature film is called Rio, about a nerdy macaw who breaks out of his small-town Minnesota cage and heads to the exotic Summer Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro. Fox has cast Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro as the voice talent for the film in order for it to be ready for an April, 2011 release. Brazilian-born Carlos Saldanha, who has been developing the project for years and who also directed most of Blue Sky's films including Ice Age 1 through 3 and Robots, will be directing Rio.
As with DreamWorks Animation as well, I'm always interested in Blue Sky's newest original projects, but they never seem to hold up in the end. The first Ice Age is the only film out of the five that Blue Sky has
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Anne Hathaway is off to Rio
23 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT
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Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris are locking down deals to voice characters in Rio.
It's the latest film from Blue Sky and Fox Animation, creators of the Ice Age Series. Robots and Horton Hears A Who.
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs director Carlos Saldanha is in charge of a story that finds a nerdy parrot who flits from his boring cage in Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro.
Maybe he's an Olympics fan? Even if he is, it looks like he'll be a year early, as the film will open in early 2011...
[Source: THR]
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- James White
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EA Takes ‘Spore’ to Fox
6 October 2009 11:15 AM, PDT
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EA has teamed up with 20th Century Fox to turn their popular creature creator game, Spore, into a motion picture, Variety reports. Writing the Spore script will be Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the team behind Disney’s upcoming “The Princess and the Frog” and directing will be Chris Wedge, director of Ice Age and Robots.
“I’m always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation,” Wedge said. “From every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of ‘Spore’ provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen.”
Released in 2008, Spore allows players to create and evolve a species from its earliest stages to its development as an intelligent and social creature by mixing role playing, action, and strategy. EA Entertainment’s Patrick O’Brien will produce “Spore” with Lucy Bradshaw, VP of Maxis Studio, the studio that developed the game with Will Wright, creator of
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"Ice Age" Director to Adapt Videogame "Spore"
3 October 2009 11:28 AM, PDT
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The videogame "Spore" is set to be a big screen animated creature feature from "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge. Fox has teamed up with Electronic Arts for the movie adaptation.
Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will write the script. The duo wrote Disney's upcoming "The Princess and the Frog" and Ben Stiller's "The Return of King Doug."
The animation will be handled by EA and Blue Sky Studios, the animation production behind the "Ice Age" films, "Robots," and the upcoming "Rio."
"Spore," the videogame, was released in September 2008, and enables players to create their own creatures and the worlds they live in and share them with other players for their own universe!
To date, "Spore" has sold more than 3.2 million units. It's a ready-made brand fit to be a feature film.
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Fox Bringing Spore To The Big Screen
3 October 2009 12:19 AM, PDT
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Variety.com is reporting that Twentieth Century Fox and Electronic Arts will be turning the popular EA video game “Spore” in a full-length animated feature.
Chris Wedge (”Ice Age”) is attached to helm, and Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (”The Princess And The Frog”, Ben Stiller’s “The Return Of King Doug”) are writing the script. EA and Blue Sky Studios, who worked on “Ice Age” and “Robots” will handle the animation/CGI.
The game, which was released in September 2008, allows players to create their own creatures and the worlds they live in from the single-celled beginning, as well as share their creatures and worlds with others over the Internet.
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Fox Hatching a ‘Spore’ Movie
2 October 2009 2:57 PM, PDT
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20th Century Fox is developing a movie called ‘Spore.’ It is to be followed by a sequel titled ‘Mold’ with a third film to follow called ‘Fungus.’ And, if you catch that joke, you’re instantly in my cool book.
But, seriously, according to Heat Vision Blog, Fox has acquired the rights to the popular video game, ‘Spore,’ developed by Mr. Sim himself, Will Wright. The new film is to be developed as a CG-animated feature that will be directed by Chris Wedge, Fox Animation’s go-to guy who gave us the ‘Ice Age’ series and ‘Robots.’ The screenwriters behind Disney’s upcoming ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, are set to pen the screenplay.
The original game gave the player the power of evolution, letting them create a creature from the cellular level all the way up to global colonization. Not sure how they’re
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Will Wright’s Spore Becomes a Movie
2 October 2009 10:45 AM, PDT
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Here's another head scratcher of a movie coming down the production pipeline over at 20th Century Fox. According to Variety [1], Fox is teaming up with EA to bring Will Wright's evolutionary sim game Spore to the big screen as a CG-animated film. The game allows you invent a creature that can be guided over time from single-celled organism through to complex, intelligent species to an advanced civilization capable of intergalactic travel. Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots) will direct from a script that is being written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog).
As crazy as this sounds, it still makes a little more sense than The Sims movie which is apparently in development. At least with this I can see it being similar to Pokemon or the animated adaptation of the Ricky Gervais book Flanimals, although the screenwriters will have a lot more room to
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Hollywood Reaches Bottom of Barrel, Adapts Spore
2 October 2009 7:44 AM, PDT
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Despite prognostications otherwise, there has never been one videogame-to-movie conversion that has legitimized the entire endeavor. Then again, it’s not like anyone’s really trying. Videogames are chosen for their action components, not for their potential as a film. Spore and Hollywood in particular make strange bedfellows, but maybe this one is just unconventional enough to work.
Variety reports that Chris Wedge, who has worked previously on Ice Age and Robots (and also voiced the prehistoric squirrel Scrat, which makes him okay with me), will direct. Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog and Ben Stiller’s The Return of King Doug) have signed on to write the screenplay. Presumably the story would be structured like the game, in which the player (in this case an audience) follows a custom-made creature from its simplistic origins all the way to a vast intergalactic civilization. The entire film is being done in CG.
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Will Wright’s Spore to be Adapted Into a Feature Length Film
2 October 2009 6:09 AM, PDT
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Electronic Arts’ bestselling videogame Spore, designed by legendary Sim City and The Sims creator Will Wright, will be adapted into an animated film by director Chris Wedge (the Ice Age films, Robots, the upcoming Leaf Men).
The game deals with the evolution of an entire species, from the tiniest little microscopic organism all the way to a species adapted enough to explore other planets. It’s a pretty huge concept, so while Wedge and writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will certainly need to find a coherent storyline to attach to the film, the idea is certainly great material for an animated film.
Erb and Oremland just finished handling writing duties on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Wedge, who’s also gearing up to direct the live-action film The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stated that he’s “always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation … from every perspective — visually,
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