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Zemeckis Presents The Nutcracker
13 November 2009 4:42 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Outside of Dr. Zhivago, I can’t think of very many great Hollywood films set in Russia, even though Russian literature has the potential for great adaptations, or at least 19th century Russian literature, when Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky reigned. On that note, Robert Zemeckis is reportedly going to adapt yet another ineffable classic in 3D motion capture, The Nutcracker. While The Nutcracker is most famously known for the ballet, it’s actually based on an 1816 novel, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Eta Hoffmann. It is this story that provides the impetus for the Zemeckis adaptation. According to Pajiba, even though it is not per se a Russian story, it will be a faithful adaptation set in 19th century Russia involving the cursed nutcracker and his trevails against the Mouse King. I was surprised to find that well known actors have actually worked on adaptations in the past: Christopher Lee »
- Jacob
“Alice In Wonderland” Poster – Alice And The White Rabbit
12 November 2009 1:22 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Earlier we posted the first poster for “Alice in Wonderland” in a series of three which features Cheshire Cat (voiced by Stephen Fry), the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), and Tweedledee/Tweedledum (both played by Matt Lucas).
“Alice In Wonderland” Poster
Today, Walt Disney Pictures has released the second poster featuring Alice and the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen). Next up will be the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) and Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp).
The movie directed by Tim Burton from the script by Linda Woolverton also stars Christopher Lee (Jabberwock) and Crispin Glover (The Knave of Hearts).
Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” centers on the now-19-year-old Alice. Attending a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types, she runs after a white rabbit into a hole and ends up transferred once again to Wonderland. »
- Fiona
Still more vampire photos from Dead Cert
12 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Producer Jonathan Sothcott sent along yet another couple of pics from his new vampire film Dead Cert, this time depicting veteran British actor Billy Murray as lead bloodsucker Dante Livenko. Sothcott and Murray also shared a couple of quick comments about the role and movie.
“To follow in the footsteps of actors such as Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan and Frank Langella is a thrill,” Murray, flashing his fangs with Loretta Basey in the first pic below, tells Fango. “This is one of the great parts, and I’m loving playing it. I am a much darker, more terrifying vampire than the Twilight audience is used too. It’s very gory.”
“Billy is one of the most underrated actors in the country,” Sothcott adds. “Someone recently described him at a meeting as simply ‘Billy Murray, English icon,’ and that’s what he is. But his vampire king is very »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Still more vampire photos from Dead Cert
12 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Producer Jonathan Sothcott sent along yet another couple of pics from his new vampire film Dead Cert, this time depicting veteran British actor Billy Murray as lead bloodsucker Dante Livenko. Sothcott and Murray also shared a couple of quick comments about the role and movie.
“To follow in the footsteps of actors such as Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan and Frank Langella is a thrill,” Murray, flashing his fangs with Loretta Basey in the first pic below, tells Fango. “This is one of the great parts, and I’m loving playing it. I am a much darker, more terrifying vampire than the Twilight audience is used too. It’s very gory.”
“Billy is one of the most underrated actors in the country,” Sothcott adds. “Someone recently described him at a meeting as simply ‘Billy Murray, English icon,’ and that’s what he is. But his vampire king is very »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Still more vampire photos from Dead Cert
12 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Producer Jonathan Sothcott sent along yet another couple of pics from his new vampire film Dead Cert, this time depicting veteran British actor Billy Murray as lead bloodsucker Dante Livenko. Sothcott and Murray also shared a couple of quick comments about the role and movie.
“To follow in the footsteps of actors such as Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan and Frank Langella is a thrill,” Murray, flashing his fangs with Loretta Basey in the first pic below, tells Fango. “This is one of the great parts, and I’m loving playing it. I am a much darker, more terrifying vampire than the Twilight audience is used too. It’s very gory.”
“Billy is one of the most underrated actors in the country,” Sothcott adds. “Someone recently described him at a meeting as simply ‘Billy Murray, English icon,’ and that’s what he is. But his vampire king is very »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Still more vampire photos from Dead Cert
12 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Producer Jonathan Sothcott sent along yet another couple of pics from his new vampire film Dead Cert, this time depicting veteran British actor Billy Murray as lead bloodsucker Dante Livenko. Sothcott and Murray also shared a couple of quick comments about the role and movie.
“To follow in the footsteps of actors such as Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan and Frank Langella is a thrill,” Murray, flashing his fangs with Loretta Basey in the first pic below, tells Fango. “This is one of the great parts, and I’m loving playing it. I am a much darker, more terrifying vampire than the Twilight audience is used too. It’s very gory.”
“Billy is one of the most underrated actors in the country,” Sothcott adds. “Someone recently described him at a meeting as simply ‘Billy Murray, English icon,’ and that’s what he is. But his vampire king is very »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
New art for Alice in Wonderland added.
11 November 2009 9:44 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
We have new art from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' "Alice in Wonderland," starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry ... The Cheshire Cat, Christopher Lee, Michael Sheen, Alan Rickman, Matt Lucas, Timothy Spall and Barbara Windsor. Legendary director Tim Burton takes the helm, directing from the screenplay byh Linda Woolverton based on the novel by Lewis Carroll. A magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror... »
Robert Zemeckis Planning Remake of 'The Nutcracker'
11 November 2009 9:35 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
According to Pajiba, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is already planning his next feature project, which will reportedly again be a Christmas film. The new project is an adaptation of "The Nutcracker". This project will not be based on the popular Tchaikovsky ballet, however, but rather on Eta Hoffmann's original novel "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
The story will be a set in 19th century Russia and will explore the battle between the dolls and the mice, and how the cursed Nutcracker character came to be. Zemeckis will once again use 3D animated motion capture to make the movie.
There was a stop-motion version of "The Nutcracker" back in 1979 called "Nutcracker Fantasy", which starred Christopher Lee, and an animated version in 1990 called "The Nutcracker Prince", starring Kiefer Sutherland. Zemeckis therefore isn't the first filmmaker to tackle the material using one form of animation or another.
It's worth noting that while A Christmas Carol »
Martyn’s Top Ten Vampire Films
11 November 2009 7:43 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
The vampire has been a key figure in folklore, literature, television and cinema. Its popularity, at present, has never been so high. It is easy to see the appeal: immortality and sex. Since death is the fate that awaits us all, a creature that we invent and imbue with an indeterminate lifespan, captivates the collective imagination like no other. Due to sexual liberalism and relaxed censorship of the 1960s, the erotic sensibilities inherent in the mythology were allowed to fruition in cinema. What once was implied, could now be shown in all its sexy glory (see the films of Jean Rollin). Gothic horror and romanticism may be the classic home of the vampire, but in cinema, they have found a new place to spread wider-reaching nightmares.
In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs, »
- Martyn Conterio
Exclusive: A Night with The Wicker Man / The Wicker Tree Footage Premiere Report
11 November 2009 1:00 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Director Robin Hardy was present for a screening of his 1973 film The Wicker Man and a 10-minute clip of his upcoming feature The Wicker Tree at the 92nd St. Y in Tribeca on All Hallows Eve. Once heralded as the “Citizen Kane of Horror Films,” by Cinefantastique Magazine, The Wicker Man remains relevant today with its nod towards an outwardly polite and perfect community obfuscating malignant religious fanaticism and featuring the age-old fight between pagans and Christians.
The Wicker Man follows the good Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) as he attempts to uncover the whereabouts of a missing girl last seen on Summerisle in Scotland, a beautiful, private island filled with song, ritual, and customs from a time long, long ago. Howie bears witness to many instances of bizarre behavior: outdoor orgies under a moonlit sky; a naked woman in a cemetery, weeping with her chest pressed against her beloved »
- Heather Buckley
New Alice in Wonderland Poster
10 November 2009 2:15 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Walt Disney Pictures has released a new poster for “Alice in Wonderland” featuring Cheshire Cat (voiced by Stephen Fry), the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), and Tweedledee/Tweedledum (both played by Matt Lucas).
This is the first in a series of three one sheets on the way. Next up will be the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) and Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), followed by a poster of Alice and the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen).
“Alice In Wonderland” Poster
The story centers on the now-19-year-old Alice. Attending a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types, she runs after a white rabbit into a hole and ends up transferred once again to Wonderland. Still, she has no recollection of this place she visited 10 years before.
The movie directed by Tim Burton from »
- Fiona
Another Alice in Wonderland Poster Arrives
10 November 2009 12:16 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Facebook page for Mad Hatter Subjects has just been updated with the second new poster from Alice in Wonderland, which will hit theaters nationwide on March 5, 2010. Click below to take a look at our poster gallery which includes this poster and the poster we just revealed yesterday.
There is still one more poster to be released, and "The Mad Hatter" said that 9,000 "likes" were required on this new poster on the Facebook page to unlock the third and final poster. Click on the link above to "like" away.
Alice in Wonderland stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lee, Matt Lucas, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, Marton Csokas, Eleanor Tomlinson, Annalise Basso, Jemma Powell, John Hopkins and will be released in theaters everywhere on March 5, 2010.
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New Alice in Wonderland Poster Arrives!
10 November 2009 7:44 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Walt Disney Pictures has released a brand new poster image from Alice in Wonderland, which will be released in theaters on March 5, 2010. Click below to enlarge this new image and take a look below for information on how you can see more posters from the film.
The poster was released as a part of the new Facebook site for The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter. According to the "Mad Hatter" himself, if that poster receives over 7,500 "likes," then he will release the second of three posters he has to display. The poster already has more than 6,600 "likes," so it shouldn't be long before we see a new poster. to get in on the fun yourself.
Alice in Wonderland stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lee, Matt Lucas, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, Marton Csokas, Eleanor Tomlinson, Annalise Basso, »
Jeymes Samuel Talks Kevin Spacey’s Next Film and Gorillaz The Movie
3 November 2009 1:58 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
One of the nicest things about the McM Expo is how willing people are to talk to convention-goers. Outside of the panels and signings are comic creators and film makers who will quite happily have a conversation with anyone who approaches them.
HeyUGuys managed to snag some time with Jeymes Samuel, who has produced albums for The Gorillaz, Ben Hudson and KT Tunstall. His current project is Buskers, a film version of the comic that he wrote with graphic-novelist Sean Michael Wilson.
The film, which begins shooting in December stars Kevin Spacey, Damon Albarn, Ian Brown and Mos Def. It tells the story of Timothy Book, a former banker who falls on hard times, and ends up spending an increasing amount of time involved with London’s busking scene.
The film is being produced by Pilar Savone, associate producer on Inglorious Basterds, and will feature a soundtrack by London-based musical collective The BulliTTs. »
- Ben Mortimer
Saw VI TV Trailer and Season of The Witch Sneak Preview
1 November 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Lionsgate recently released this new TV Spot for “Saw VI” and another preview from the upcoming film “Season of The Witch”. “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert stars Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Saw VI Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, [...] »
- Brian Corder
Christopher Lee is knighted
31 October 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Yesterday the man who played Count Dracula in dozens of Hammer horror films throughout the 1950s through the 70s stared down a man wielding a sword. However, instead of having to worry about being stabbed through his heart actor Christopher Lee was standing in front of Prince Charles and being given an Order of the British Empire -- he was knighted.
The 87-year-old Lee was being honored for his contribution to cinema. At the height of his time wearing white makeup and brandishing fangs toward the necks of quivering British ladies, Hammer horror movies were considered garbage cinema. While they recouped their investment and proved to be popular among the blue-collar crowd, British cinephiles turned up their nose and proclaimed the films as trash. Now, half a century later, a more kinder and appreciative generation of film critics have recognized Hammer horror movies and the important role they played in »
- Patrick Sauriol
Dracula Stakes Out A British Knighthood
31 October 2009 9:18 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »
Hammer horror movie star Christopher "Dracula" Lee has been knighted in the UK for his many villainous screen performances. The 6' 5", 87-year-old actor, who has appeared in more than 250 film/TV productions, was honoured for his services to both drama and charity, receiving his knighthood from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. Lee's first major acting role was as the 'Frankenstein Monster' in Hammer Films' Curse of Frankenstein (1957). More Hammer films followed including Horror Of Dracula, The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the 1970's, he continued working in genre films, including the role of 'Scaramanga' in the 'James Bond' film The Man with the Golden Gun, 'Rochefort' in The Three Musketeers, 'Lord Summerisle' in the original Wicker Man and the lead in Fu Manchu. Recently, he portrayed the wizard 'Saruman' in The Lord of the Rings and 'Jedi' villain 'Count Dooku' in Star Wars. »
Lee knighted by Prince of Wales
30 October 2009 12:45 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Christopher Lee has been knighted by the Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The 87-year-old, who received the honour for his services to drama and charity from the Queen in June, was officially recognised today during the long-established investiture service, Sky News reports. Lee is considered to be one of the most prolific actors of his generation and has appeared in over 150 pictures. He is perhaps best known for his performances with co-star Peter Cushing in a string of successful Hammer horror films from the '50s and '60s, during which time he played famous monsters Dracula and Dr Frankenstein's creature (more) »
- By Tim Parks
Christopher Lee Knighted
30 October 2009 9:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Legendary actor Christopher Lee is now a Sir - he was officially knighted by British royal Prince Charles on Friday.
The 87-year-old star, famed for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer horror movies, was honoured by the Prince of Wales for his services to drama and charity.
Lee is one of the U.K.'s most prolific actors with roles in 1973's The Wicker Man, 1974 Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun, and more recently appearing in the new Star Wars films and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
Rocker Joe Brown was also presented with an MBE (Member of the British Empire) for his contribution to music during the ceremony in London. »
Saw VI Featurette and Season of the Witch Sneak Preview
30 October 2009 12:15 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Lionsgate just released this combined featurette for “Saw VI” and the sneak preview from the upcoming film “Season of The Witch”. “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert stars Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Saw VI Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, [...] »
- Brian Corder
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