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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Six
27 December 2009 10:09 AM, PST
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The Last Airbender
Opens: July 2nd 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Summary: A live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series. In a fantastic world where civilisation exists as four great empires, a reluctant young child sets out on a perilous journey to restore balance to a world torn apart by war.
Analysis: Its been quite the decade for M. Night Shyamalan who started it as a household name with labels of a moodern-day Hitchcock thanks to the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". Today he's considered more of a one-trick pony and in some cases a punchline due to rampant stories of egomania run wild and a series of much derided onscreen flops like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening".
Thus 'Airbender' marks a potential return to form for the helmer. An adaptation of the hit cartoon series
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- Garth Franklin
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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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Screen Gems 2010 Preview: Synopses and Images from Dear John, Death At A Funeral, Takers, Priest, The Roomate and More
22 December 2009 12:07 PM, PST
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Screen Gems has released synopses and some first look images from their 2010 films and it’s all after the jump. Some of the new/first look images are from The Roomate (starring Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly), Death at a Funeral (starring Peter Dinklage, Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Zoë Saldaña), and Takers (starring Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, and Hayden Christensen).
Also, while they didn’t release any images, they did provide the first synopsis for Burlesque which stars Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher, Alan Cumming, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci.
Check out everything after the jump. It’s posted by release date.
Dear John
February 5, 2010
Drama
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Screenplay by Jamie Linden
Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks
Produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Ryan Kavanaugh
Executive Producers Jeremiah Samuels, Toby Emmerich,
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Three
17 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST
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Dinner for Schmucks
Opens: July 23rd 2010
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams
Director: Jay Roach
Summary: A renowned publisher encourages his friends to invite the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. Just as they find the most pathetic man yet, the host is injured and ends up trapped with the man all night long.
Analysis: A remake of director Francis Veber's 1998 César award-winning "Le Diner des cons", 'Schmucks' is one of the highest profile comedies of next year with one of the strongest casts for the genre in recent memory. It also marks the return of "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" helmer Jay Roach who has produced several films in recent years but hasn't directed since 2004's "Meet the Fockers".
The question now lies not in the performers or director but the material itself and whether a Gallic comedy can
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- Garth Franklin
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trailer break: ‘Death at a Funeral’
17 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST
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Oh. My. God. Why would anyone take Frank Oz’s hilarious 2007 flick of the same name, and turn it into this?
Why would Neil Labute do that?
Is this all Chris Rock is capable of: taking someone else script and adding some minstrelry to it?
I was all like, Damn! by the time I was halfway through this trailer, and then I saw Peter Dinklage, playing the same role he played in the original film. Are there really so few jobs for this awesomely talented actor that he has to stoop to this?
That’s a bigger crime than the remake itself.
Death at a Funeral opens in the U.S. on April 16, 2010, and the U.K. on June 4, 2010.
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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Vincent D’Onofrio to Play Harvey Weinstein in Down And Dirty Pictures
16 December 2009 7:32 AM, PST
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Screen Daily reports that Vincent D’Onofrio has been perfectly cast to play Harvey Weinstein in the upcoming adaptation of Peter Biskind’s Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film. As you can guess by the title, Biskind’s book chronicles the rise in popularity of independent films in the 90’s and how Miramax (which Harvey and his brother Bob Weinstein ran) played a huge role in everything. Kenneth Bowser, who previously directed the documentary adaptation of Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood,will be directing the film based off of a script by Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral) and Joshua James (Alien Uprising). The always “trusty” IMDb also lists some interesting names like Matthew Perry, Andy Serkis, and Sally Hawkins as part of the cast.
I’ve read Down and Dirty Pictures
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Two
16 December 2009 3:18 AM, PST
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Case 39
Opens: January 1st 2010
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Kerry O'Malley
Director: Christian Alvart
Summary: A family services social worker thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case - a troubled 10-year old girl whose parents try to kill her. The social worker decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.
Analysis: Despite the presence of promising German director Christian Alvart ("Pandorum"), 'Case' has sat on a shelf since late 2006 and is finally being quietly shuffled out this year for one very good reason - it stinks. Having opened in Australia a few months back, reviewers utterly savaged the film as both incredibly dumb and utterly ludicrous. Lead star Renee Zellweger also scored personal criticism to a level rarely seen in film reviews outside of comments about Nicole Kidman's 'more alien than the
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- Garth Franklin
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Trailer Park: The Case of the Sorcerer's Funeral
12 December 2009 4:02 PM, PST
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Nicolas Cage plays a wizard who sets out to train a young man in the mystical arts. Looks to be quite the special effects extravaganza and I have to say the score is really sticking with me. The magic begins July 16.
Death at a Funeral
Chris Rock leads a mostly African-American cast in this remake of the 2007 British comedy. The original had some good ideas but the humor was too dry for my taste, and this trailer has me wondering if they may have surpassed the original. Also of note is that Peter Dinklage reprises his role from the 2007 version as the man who has a dirty little secret involving the deceased. The mourning starts on April 16.
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- Matt Bradshaw
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Poster Friday: Clash of the Titans, Iron Man 2 & More!
11 December 2009 10:48 PM, PST
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Happy Friday everyone!
Last week we had our biggest Poster Friday collection ever (separated into two parts), but this week we’re back to our standard format and have again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.
Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes new one-sheets for Season of the Witch, The Wolfman, Avatar, The Lovely Bones, The Book of Eli, Sex and the City 2, Clash of the Titans, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Sherlock Holmes, Tron Legacy, Death at a Funeral, Edge of Darkness and Iron Man 2.
We also have a little bonus for fans of Star Wars and/or Zombies…
Let’s get to it.
To start, here’s a Season of the Witch starring the very busy Nicolas Cage:
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Funeral remake trailer
9 December 2009 6:26 AM, PST
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Whoa. What the hell? I just had to hit the delete key and rewrite this entire article after I realized that this movie, Death At A Funeral, is an African-American-ized remake of a 2007 film by Frank Oz, one that even shares a primary cast member in the form of Peter Dinklage, playing the same role in both films. The original movie was a black comedy, in terms of humor, but now literally, it’s been turned into a black comedy in terms of cast as well.
What the...? Why
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'Death at a Funeral' remake trailer is kinda funny
8 December 2009 9:01 PM, PST
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I still have not seen Frank Oz's 2007 hit comedy "Death at a Funeral," but the remake is already heading towards a release. It will open April 16, 2010, and first trailer has now shown up online!
Much like the original, this new version follows a family stumbling across all sorts of weird secrets during a funeral ceremony that quickly turns into a disaster. Neil Labute directed a script by Dean Craig.
The cast includes some big names: Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Columbus Short, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Luke Wilson, James Marsden, Peter Dinklage and Loretta Devine.
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- Franck Tabouring
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New trailer for Chris Rock's 'Death at a Funeral'
7 December 2009 8:18 PM, PST
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We have added the new trailer for Screen Gems upcoming 2010 comedy, 'Death at a Funeral. The film stars Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence, Loretta Devine, Ron Glass, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, James Marsden, and Zoe Saldana.Watch the trailer below;A re-imagining of "Death at a Funeral," the 2007 MGM comedy directed by Frank Oz. The plan is to make an ensemble comedy about a funeral ceremony that leads to the digging up of shocking family secrets, as well as misplaced cadavers and indecent exposure. While the original was set in Britain, the new film will take place in an urban American setting.
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Chris Rock Has His Own Death at a Funeral
7 December 2009 11:25 AM, PST
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The U.K. dark comedy Death at a Funeral is just two years old but already it has a remake -- actually two, if you want to count the Bollywood version Daddy Cool.
The new Death at a Funeral, starring Chris Rock, keeps the title and general gist of the film -- a patriarch dies prompting secrets and shenanigans to break out during his funeral -- but trades the wry, and sometimes absurdist, British humor for more slapstick and broad comedy. That's not to say that the new version is bad, just that it's different.
Also different? The all-white cast has been switched out for a mostly-black cast composed of notable names like Tracy Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Martin Lawrence, Columbus Short, and Danny Glover. Luke Wilson and James Marsden also make appearances with Marsden notably taking over the part played by Joss-Whedon-favorite Alan Tudyk in the original film.
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News Shorts: December 7th 2009
7 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST
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Posters for Buried, Iron Man 2, Kick Ass, Chloe, Solomon Kane, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Death at a Funeral, Rec 2.
A review/break down of the script for the Red Dawn remake.
The final runtime of "Avatar" clocks in at 161 minutes. While a secret Hollywood Foreign Press Association screening took place the other day, the UK premiere and several international press screenings in a few days time mean that critical reviews will hit the Net in force on Friday and over the weekend.
"Peter Jackson says the talk of "The Hobbit" delays are just that - talk. Both scripts are to be delivered just after Christmas, and then "we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can, but you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production". He also expects the December 2011 release plan remains unchanged..." (full details)
"Robert Duvall says that director Terry Gilliam
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News Shorts: December 7th 2009
7 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST
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Posters for Buried, Iron Man 2, Kick Ass, Chloe, Solomon Kane, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Death at a Funeral, Rec 2.
A review/break down of the script for the Red Dawn remake.
The final runtime of "Avatar" clocks in at 161 minutes. While a secret Hollywood Foreign Press Association screening took place the other day, the UK premiere and several international press screenings in a few days time mean that critical reviews will hit the Net in force on Friday and over the weekend.
"Peter Jackson says the talk of "The Hobbit" delays are just that - talk. Both scripts are to be delivered just after Christmas, and then "we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can, but you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production". He also expects the December 2011 release plan remains unchanged..." (full details)
"Robert Duvall says that director Terry Gilliam
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Neil Labute’s Death at a Funeral Remake Trailer
7 December 2009 9:05 AM, PST
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I haven't seen Frank Oz's original Death at a Funeral, but I have been led to believe that it's not quite as goofy and slapsticky as this new version of the film starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan. Or is it? If I didn't know anything about this movie, I would be tempted to think it was a new Farrelly Brothers flick and would probably turn up my nose just based on the trailer alone. Still, I have to admit, there are a few things that intrigue me about this remake.
For one, Tracy Morgan can make me laugh in pretty much any situation. Another potential win is the fact that the movie is directed by Neil Labute (Lakeview Terrace, In The Company of Men), who seems like an edgy choice to direct an otherwise harmless comedy. (On the other hand, he also did Nurse Betty and The Wicker Man,
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Death at a Funeral remake trailer online
7 December 2009 5:25 AM, PST
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The trailer for the Chris Rock-starring Death at a Funeral has hit the web.
The original, directed by Frank Oz, followed a farcical string of problems occuring during a funeral and was a modest success despite so-so reviews.
Although it was only released three years ago, Death is getting the remake treatment, and this new trailer is not without a few laughs - though they appear to be the exact same laughs as in the original, with a few added 'urbanisms', you know, because it's in America now, y'all...
The new version is...
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Trailer For Death At A Funeral
7 December 2009 4:46 AM, PST
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The first trailer for Death At A Funeral, the remake of Frank Oz's 2007 original, has been released on Yahoo. This version delineates from the original in the sense that this funeral "devolves into a debacle of misplaced cadavers, indecent exposure and family secrets."
The film is directed by Neil Labute, was scripted by Dean Craig, and stars Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, James Marsden, Zoe Saldana and Columbus Short.
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“Death at a Funeral” Trailer, Poster and Photos
6 December 2009 8:05 AM, PST
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The first trailer, poster and photos for the remake of “Death at a Funeral” have been released.
The film is a re-imagining of the 2007 Frank Oz-directed British comedy of the same name and centers on a funeral ceremony that leads to the digging up of shocking family secrets, as well as misplaced cadavers and indecent exposure.
“Death at a Funeral” is directed by Neil Labute (The Wicker Man, Lakeview Terrace), starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, James Marsden, Zoe Saldana and Regina Hallafter and is scheduled to hit theaters on April 16th, 2010.
You can find more photos from upcoming film in our “Death at a Funeral” Photo Gallery
Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan in Death at a Funeral
Zoe Saldana and James Marsden in Death at a Funeral
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'Death at a Funeral' Onesheet
6 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST
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Screen Gems has released the poster for Neil Labute's new comedy "Death at a Funeral" starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson, and Zoe Saldana.
Have a look at the poster below.
"Death at a Funeral" hits theatres on April 16, 2010.
The film is a re-imagining of the 2007 Frank Oz-directed comedy of the same name, in which a funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.
Source and photo: Screen Gems
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