— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Two years ago, Overbrook Entertainment partners James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith announced plans to remake the classic musical “Annie.” Rap artist and entrepreneur Jay Z would arrange the music and Willow Smith would portray Ann[...]
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Jason Momoa is Out
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Two weeks ago, Latino Review reported that Jason Momoa flew to London for a screen test with the folks at Marvel. Apparently, they were so impressed with his Dothraki skills, Momoa was offered the part of Drax the Destroyer for the upcoming “Guardians of t[...]
85th Annual Academy Awards Results
— by ADAM POYNTER — Last night, the most prestigious awards of the year were presented to the leaders in the entertainment industry at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Oscar host Seth MacFarlane presided over the festivities as emcee, and while he did an OK job, the entire night was prett[...]
Jobs will open April 19
Open Road Films, in partnership with Five Star Feature Films, will release “Jobs” – the highly-anticipated film chronicling the story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century – nationwide on April 19. April 2013 wil[...]
Will Halle Berry Play Storm Again?
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Josh Horowitz of MTV News spoke briefly to Bryan Singer about the progression of “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and what we can expect from the sequel to “X-Men: First Class.” Right off the heels of the CGI heavy “Jack the Giant Slayer” — which a[...]
Speed Filmmaking Contest Calls for Entries
The 168 Film Project announced the Call for Entries today for the 11th annual speed filmmaking contest (www.168film.com). “168” is a global competition in which teams are challenged to create a short film based on randomly-selected scripture in one week (168 hours) from any location. Filmmakers [...]
Oz: The Great and Powerful: Major Spoiler
— by ADAM POYNTER — With just over two months left until its theatrical release Disney’s “Oz: The Great and Powerful” has been slowly rolling out new content including a full-length trailer as well as a very interesting poster. While the story and the Land of Oz is one quite famili[...]
Eva Green Lands in Sin City Sequel
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — The sequel to “Sin City” has been a long time coming. With production continuously pushed back, like many of you, I was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen. Thankfully, my disappointment diminished last spring when Dimension Films announced “Sin Ci[...]
Sony Acquires Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen’s next film, “Blue Jasmine,” from Gravier Productions. займы ночью на карту The film marks the sixth collaboration between the filmmaker and Sony Classics. Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenen[...]
Is the Force with J.J. Abrams?
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Well, by now you may already know Disney has bought Lucasfilm and is quickly moving ahead with a new “Star Wars” series of movies. Also, the web has been conjecturing nonstop who the possible candidates would be to take on the challenge of directing the first fil[...]
Beautiful Creatures Moved to Feb. 14
Warner Bros. Pictures has moved the release date of Alcon Entertainment’s “Beautiful Creatures” back one day to Valentine’s Day, in keeping with the film’s blend of magic and romance. Directed by Richard LaGravenese from his own screenplay, “Beautiful Creatures[...]
Argo Tops 2012 OFCS Award Winners
— by BEV QUESTAD — The 2012 Online Film Critics Society Awards have been announced and “Argo” heads the honors winning Best Picture. While also nominated, “Zero Dark Thirty” has proven contentious in its depiction of torture. While every American should see it, the politically sa[...]
Jerry Seinfeld’s Web Series Set to Return
“Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” the popular web series starring Jerry Seinfeld, will return with 24 new episodes exclusively on Crackle and comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com. New episodes are set to start production shortly and to begin airing later in the spring. The original 10 episodes of [...]