2009 |
2008 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004
1-20 of 64 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
'Prison Break' Actor Goes from Jail to Screenwritng
10 December 2009 3:51 PM, PST
| Cinematical
| See recent Cinematical news
»
This story, if it pans out the way it's supposed to, is so nice that I might not even make fun of it very much. You may recall that Lane Garrison, best known for appearing in TV's Prison Break, was driving drunk in December 2006 when he hit a tree, killing a 17-year-old male passenger and injuring two 15-year-old female ones. He pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to 40 months in prison, then escaped when his heavily tattooed brother was sent to the same prison and busted him out. No, I kid. He was released this past April for good behavior.
Now The Hollywood Reporter has word of Garrison's next step: He's writing a screenplay, based on real events, about a football team from a Texas school for teenagers convicted of violent crimes. Think The Longest Yard, but with kids, and inspiring, rather than whatever The Longest Yard was supposed to be.
»
- Eric D. Snider
Permalink | Report a problem
Lane Garrison Scripting An Emotional Football Movie
9 December 2009 8:40 AM, PST
| cinemablend.com
| See recent Cinema Blend news
»
The United States prison system has over two million people incarcerated around the country. It is a constant source of debate, dividing the nation on issues such as mandatory minimum sentences, three-strike laws, and privatization. If we were to simply take a tip from Hollywood, however, all of the problems could be solved tomorrow. All we would have to do is make an all-prisoner football league.
Despite the fact that this idea has been done multiple times (two versions of The Longest Yard, Gridiron Gang, and the documentary it was based on to name a few) former Prison Break star and recent inmate Lane Garrison is now scripting One Heart, a screenplay about a football team made up of young convicts. According to THR the story is based on a team from Gainesville State School in Texas who lost every game in 2008, but in their final game, the opposition's crowd
»
Permalink | Report a problem
'Blind Side' Tackles Post-Thanksgiving Blahs
6 December 2009 4:07 PM, PST
| Box Office Mojo
| See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news
»
Though The Blind Side still packed a wallop, the movies as a whole saw a typical post-Thanksgiving slide over the weekend. However, due to the momentum from last weekend's record Thanksgiving gross, overall business was the highest the timeframe has ever seen (although not in terms of attendance), up 21 percent over the same period last year.
As indicated by their close grosses last weekend, The Blind Side out-paced The Twilight Saga: New Moon to claim the top spot. Down 49 percent, the football-themed drama had the best hold among nationwide releases, racking up an estimated $20.4 million. With a super $129.3 million tally in just 17 days, it surpassed Rocky IV to become the highest-grossing sports drama on record (though it 's still a far cry off in terms of attendance). Among football movies, only the Adam Sandler comedies The Waterboy and The Longest Yard made more, and Blind Side will soon overtake them as well.
»
- Brandon Gray
Permalink | Report a problem
The 180 second challenge
19 November 2009 11:03 PM, PST
| FilmInk.com.au
| See recent FilmInk.com.au news
»
Gearing up for its fourth annual competition is The Optus ONE80PROJECT, an initiative that encourages local, aspiring film and television talent to submit an original 180 second television pilot and accompanying treatment for judging, by a panel of judges as well as Optus mobile phone subscribers.
Previous illustrious judges have included Noah Taylor, Abbie Cornish, Emily Barclay, Neil Armfield, Teresa Palmer, Alex Dimitriades and Nash & Joel Edgerton and this year it is Us based, international heavyweight producer David Gale (Election, The Longest Yard and Napoleon Dynamite) that will hone in on the winning contender.
Currently the Executive Vice President of New Media at MTV, David Gale was previously head of MTV films and oversaw films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Hustle and Flow, Murderball, Beavis and Butthead Do America, Jackass: The Movie and Jackass Number Two.
»
Permalink | Report a problem
Guide to the Movies Released Over 2009 Thanksgiving
16 November 2009 1:55 AM, PST
| Aceshowbiz
| See recent Aceshowbiz news
»
Most people perceive Thanksgiving as the moment to gather at home with family and friends for a holiday feast. But, for Hollywood, it means the time of the year to release a handful of fine movies has arrived. Wide variety of feature films whether they are family materials or bloody actions and wide or limited releases are offered during the week leading to and of the festivity.
This year, the Tinseltown brings forth a collection of movies from vampire romance "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" to action-packed "Ninja Assassin" to animation "Planet 51". With a lot to choose from, AceShowbiz has compiled together a Thanksgiving movie guide that takes a look at the feature films released from November 20 until the end of the month.
Wide Releases
"The Twilight Saga's New Moon"
Release Date: November 20
Either you're on team Jacob or on team Edward or none of those, "The Twilight Saga's
»
- AceShowbiz.com
Permalink | Report a problem
Trailer - Sandler and Company in 'Grown Ups'
13 November 2009 6:12 AM, PST
| GetTheBigPicture.net
| See recent Get The Big Picture news
»
Grown Ups is the movie that Adam Sandler made so that all his good friends can buy an extra house. I guess Chris Rock and Kevin James probably don't need the help, but Rob Schneider has gone nowhere fast (or maybe not so fast), and David Spade's one trick seems to have run its course, too, unless you're a really big fan of tacky DirecTV commercials.
About a year ago, you'd think this would be a can't-miss prospect, just because of Sandler's track record and the small interest generated by re-teaming all these Saturday Night Live alumni, but he's returning about $50 million less per movie than he did with The Longest Yard back in 2005. And that's just the "Sandler movies," for which this one clearly qualifies.
So can he turn it around and score a massive hit, or are the slowly eroding returns a sign of something? We'll find out next summer,
»
- Colin Boyd
Permalink | Report a problem
Live-Action ‘Jetsons’ Movie Gets ‘Smart’ New Director
2 November 2009 11:32 AM, PST
| ScreenRant.com
| See recent Screen Rant news
»
How did this news slip past us all? According to a source that the guys over at Pajiba have, Robert Rodriguez won’t be directing the long in-development live-action Jetsons movie. It was only this summer that we got word that The Jetsons was firmly on its way, with an early draft of the script having been written, and Rodriguez himself sounding enthusiastic after he said he’s been working on ideas for the adaptation for a long time.
However, Rodriguez has his fingers in a lot of pies right about now: He has his full-length Machete movie (currently in the editing stages); he’s heavily involved in the Predators reboot; apparently he has Spy Kids 4 in the works (it was only a matter of time…); and, of course, there’s the much-anticipated, long gestating Sin City 2 (which could be filming next year, last we heard). So it’s kind of understandable,
»
- Ross Miller
Permalink | Report a problem
Bella Swan's Truck And Tracy Morgan's Services In Today's Twitter-Wood
21 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
| MTV Movies Blog
| See recent MTV Movies Blog news
»
Tracy Morgan may have had the most re-tweeted post of the day in my personal Twitter follow feed. I've re-tweeted it myself so that you can find out what he'll do for $15.
In other Twitter news, David Slade elaborated on a photo he posted yesterday, clarifying that the headlight shown does belong to Bella Swan's truck in "Eclipse." And speaking of "Twilight" movies, Jamie Campbell Bower took top honors for Twitter Pic of the Day today. I'm not entirely sure what his sign means or what promises he's fulfilling for his fans, but you can check it out and make that judgment for yourselves. Check all of those quotes and pics out below, along with Lindsay Lohan's paparazzi triumph, the puppet that hit on Ice-t's wife and much more. It's all after the jump in the Twitter-Wood report for October 21, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Jamiebower Promsied the
»
- Brian Warmoth
Permalink | Report a problem
Twitter Giveaway: Blockbuster’s ‘Top 10 Football Movies’ Prize Pack
1 October 2009 8:15 AM, PDT
| The Flickcast
| See recent The Flickcast news
»
With football season currently underway, what better way to celebrate one of the Us’s favorite pastimes than with a collection of some of the greatest football movies ever made? Well, later today, you’ll get the chance to win them all, for free!
Thanks to Blockbuster’s online rental service, we’re going to be giving away a prize pack of their Top 10 Football Movies along with a free 30-day subscription to the service. The list, which is pretty impressive, includes Brian’s Song, Friday Night Lights, We Are Marshall, North Dallas Forty, The Longest Yard (1974), Remember the Titans, Everybody’s All-American, Invincible, Any Given Sunday, and The Program.
Later today, we will be tweeting a trivia question that has to do with one of these films. Retweet and respond with an answer the fastest, and you could win this prize pack! We won’t tell you which of
»
- Matt Raub
Permalink | Report a problem
Preview Clip: 'Scare Tactics' Premiere
29 September 2009 9:34 AM, PDT
| CinemaSpy
| See recent CinemaSpy news
»
If you wake up tomorrow and see a zombie reaching for you, you would have every right to freak out: it's too early for Halloween and you're not on the set of George Romero's new film. Take a deep breath, though. You might have been set up for the new season of Scare Tactics. Syfy's Candid Camera-style show with a scary twist returns Tuesday, October 6th at 9/8c and we have a preview clip for you. To watch it, click the Video tab above. Be warned, though: it might make you scream and it contains strong language.
Scare Tactics gives people the opportunity to set up their friends and loved ones in elaborately staged scary situations involving movie-style special effects and makeup. The horror hoaxes are intentionally designed to tap into the victim's deepest fears of paranormal and supernatural phenomena. The series is hosted by comedian and actor Tracy Morgan (Saturday Night Live,
»
Permalink | Report a problem
Five Projects for Dce to Jump On, Day 3: ‘Shazam’
16 September 2009 5:03 AM, PDT
| WeAreMovieGeeks.com
| See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news
»
It didn’t matter that DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics in 1953 for copyright infringement due to Fawcett’s Captain Marvel looking too similar to Superman. DC would end up owning everything Captain Marvel in the early ’90s, implanting the character firmly into the DC Universe, and making various attempts over the year at reviving the character in their own series. Of course, in the interim, Marvel Comics trademarked their own Captain Marvel, and the title of DC’s character was changed to Shazam!. Regardless of what you call the character, he’s a square-jawed throwback to the old-school superhero look that, with all the nostalgic love for the ’50s going around, would be a perfect character to supplant in to the world of film.
New Line agrees with this assessment. As early as 2002, New Line was in negotiations with DC to bring the Captain Marvel/Shazam! storyline to the big screen.
»
- Kirk
Permalink | Report a problem
Dancing with the Stars: Spotlight on Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova
9 September 2009 5:37 PM, PDT
| buddytv.com
| See recent BuddyTV news
»
In this series, we will study the 16 couples on Dancing with the Stars season 9 and predict who has the best chances for success, and who is doomed to humiliation.
Who is Michael Irvin?
If you're a football fan, you know who Michael Irvin is. He's only one of the most successful wide receivers in NFL history. The three-time Super Bowl champion and Dallas Cowboy was known as The Playmaker and one of The Triplets, alongside Troy Aikman and former Dwts champion Emmitt Smith. In 2007, he was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame. He also co-starred in the Adam Sandler comedy The Longest Yard and produced and hosted the realtiy series 4th and Long for Spike TV.
»
- editor@buddytv.com
Permalink | Report a problem
First Clip from Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air
8 September 2009 11:46 AM, PDT
| TheMovingPicture.net
| See recent TheMovingPicture news
»
Apple has debuted the first clip from Jason Reitman’s directorial follow-up to Juno, Up in the Air. The film opens December 4 and stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Tamala Jones and Chris Lowell. Reitman and Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard) adapted the screenplay from the Walter Kirn novel of the same name. Check out the clip below or over here in high definition.
Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
»
- James Cook
Permalink | Report a problem
What's On Tonight: Jonas, Masterpiece Mystery, Robot Chicken
6 September 2009 2:07 PM, PDT
| AOL - TVSquad
| See recent AOL - TVSquad news
»
At 5, TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon.
At 7, NBC has a new Dateline.
At 7:30, Espn has the Sprint Cup: Labor Day Classic 500 race.
At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother, followed by a new There Goes The Neighborhood.
CNBC has the NBC Prime Time Preview Show at 8.
Nickelodeon has a new Nick News at 8.
Cmtv has the original The Longest Yard at 8.
Also at 8: Style Network has a new Ruby.
At 8:30, Disney has a new Jonas.
At 9, various stations have The Jerry Lewis Mda Telethon (check local listings).
PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery! at 9.
We has a new Bridezillas at 9.
At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
There's a new Design Star on Hgtv at 10.
History Channel has a new Pawn Stars at 10.
At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight,
»
- Bob Sassone
Permalink | Report a problem
"He Doesn't Have My Permission to Die Yet!": Twelve Evil Movie Wardens
3 September 2009 7:43 AM, PDT
| ifc.com
| See recent IFC news
»
Nobody wants to go to jail. But if you've got to go to jail, just hope you don't do it in the movies. Odds are if you're going to movie jail, you're going to wind up at the mercy of some jerk warden (or captain or superintendent or game show host of a dystopian future) who wants to torture you for kicks.
It happens time and again, most recently in this week's "Gamer" where poor Gerard Butler plays an inmate who finds himself as a running man in a death race against the southern-accented treachery of Michael C. Hall. In honor of "Gamer," here are 12 more corrupt and sadistic movie wardens who could scare anyone straight.
Strother Martin as The Captain
"Cool Hand Luke" (1967)
"What we've got here is... failure to communicate." It's not just the most famous line ever spoken by a movie warden; it's one of the most famous lines in movie history.
»
- Matt Singer
Permalink | Report a problem
Weekly Poll Results: Best Football Movie
2 September 2009 9:15 AM, PDT
| FilmJunk
| See recent FilmJunk news
»
Last week's poll was a battle of pigskin pics, and Film Junk readers decided that the #1 football movie is the inspirational Rudy starring Sean Astin, followed very closely by Remember The Titans starring Denzel Washington. Peter Berg's Friday Night Lights placed third, which isn't bad, but I kind of expected it to get a few more votes, especially because of the popularity of the TV show. Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday and the original The Longest Yard rounded out the top 5. Brian's Song was way down at the bottom, although I'm guessing a lot of people simply haven't seen it? I hear it's a classic. Do you concur with these results?
1. Rudy -- 23.5%
2. Remember The Titans -- 21.2%
3. Friday Night Lights -- 14.2%
4. Any Given Sunday -- 13.3%
5. The Longest Yard (1974) -- 7.5%
6. Jerry Maguire -- 6.6%
7. The Program -- 5.8%
8. The Replacements -- 3.1%
9. We Are Marshall -- 2.7%
10. Brian's Song (1971) -- 2.2%
For More Daily Movie Goodness,
»
- Sean
Permalink | Report a problem
FX Set for March to Madness
24 August 2009 6:28 PM, PDT
| MovieWeb
| See recent MovieWeb news
»
FX has picked up March to Madness, a drama project from exec producer Don Cheadle that chronicles the glory and the seedy side of college basketball, according to Variety.
Joel Silverman is writing the script, while Pete Segal (The Longest Yard) is set to direct. Also attached to the project alongside Silverman, Segal and Cheadle are former college basketball coach Dave Miller and Segal's producing partner, Michael Ewing.
March to Madness will revolve around a corrupt college basketball program that cheats its way to the "March Madness" Ncaa basketball tournament. The project will be told through the eyes of the college coach, whose idealistic approach to the job has slowly been eroded by the compromises he's forced to make.
The creatives behind the hourlong drama are intimately familiar with the subject. Silverman spent several years as a sports journalist, covering beats including Acc basketball for outlets such as the Washington Post.
»
Permalink | Report a problem
Actor-turned-writer says yes to Shazam!
19 August 2009 5:54 PM, PDT
| Corona's Coming Attractions
| See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news
»
Warner Bros. hasn't had any success so far in developing the DC Comics property Shazam! into a movie. Writer after writer after writer has sat down in front of their computer screens and done draft after draft after draft but still the project has failed to move forward. There was some interest from Dwayne Johnson in playing Black Adam, the main adversary to the Shazam! hero Captain Marvel, but that still wasn't enough to do the deed.
But Warners isn't giving up. A while back a decision was made to enlist the help of a trifecta of superstar DC Comics writers -- Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman -- to serve as a creative think tank. Each of the three comic book writers would become a shepherd for one particular DC Comics property that was in the process of being adapted into a Warner Bros. feature film, acting as
»
- Patrick Sauriol
Permalink | Report a problem
The New "Dancing With The Stars" Cast Announced!
17 August 2009 8:32 AM, PDT
| TVovermind.com
| See recent TVovermind.com news
»
This morning ABC has unveiled the cast of the newest season of Dancing with the Stars which will be going into it's ninth season this fall. The cast will include a politician for the first time, as well as the typical string of actors, athletes, and other random celebrities, and more of them. The cast this season has been boosted to 16, double that of the first season.
Starting things off we have the season 9 men of Dancing with the Stars, which will include:
Tom DeLay – 62, former Politician. DeLay represents the first politician, current or former, that Dwts has managed to land. Delay served as House Majority leader until he was forced to step down following a 2005 Texas grand jury indictment on money laundering charges. He's a hard core Republican whose known as "The hammer" for his dealings with other politicians, and if he can bring that same kind of fire
»
- Bryan Jones
Permalink | Report a problem
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: August 4, 2009
4 August 2009 12:30 AM, PDT
| Rope of Silicon
| See recent Rope Of Silicon news
»
DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed
Unfortunately it's a very bad week for DVD and Blu-ray releases, but let's rundown the list anyway as maybe some of you are looking forward to at least renting one or two of these.
The Soloist
The best new film of the bunch has to be The Soloist, but even it isn't a stand-out masterpiece by any stretch. It does have a couple of good performances and is certainly worth a once over, but as far as being a purchase I would definitely recommend against it.
Mutant Chronicles
This action-sci-fi feature starring Thomas Jane, John Malkovich and Ron Perlman is probably the title I am most interested in renting and a little upset I forgot to request a review copy, but Netflix will take care of that.
Race to Witch Mountain
Ugh, just a bad, bad movie. Kids may
»
- Brad Brevet
Permalink | Report a problem
2009 |
2008 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004
1-20 of 64 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
See all NewsDesk partners
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the
above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our
users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we
guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the
site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may
have.
