Monday, January 31, 2011
Henry Cavill as the New Superman!
"The Tudors" actor Henry Cavill takes over as new Superman."
Actor Henry Cavill, 27, has been cast as the new Superman, CBS News reports.
Henry Cavill who? Actually, some of you might recognize the actor from his role as Charles Brandon in Showtime’s “The Tudors.” Warner Bros. announced Sunday that the British actor will take over as the new Superman in the latest film adaptation of the franchise.
Previously Superman has been played by George Reeves in the classic TV series that ran from 1952 to 1958, by Dean Cain on the 90’s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” by Brandon Routh in the 2006 film “Superman Returns,” by Tom Welling on the TV Series “Smallville” and by Christopher Reeve in a 1978 film version, as well as several sequels. Reeve famously suffered a horse-riding accident which paralyzed him. He died in 2004.
Henry Cavill previously appeared in films such as “Hellraiser: Hellworld” and “Tristan & Isolde,”. Before he steps into Superman’s shoes, Cavill will also appear as the Greek warrior Theseus, in The Immortals, an epic directed by Tarsem Singh.
Friday, January 28, 2011
A Look into Bane
Nolan released last week that Tom Hardy (Inception) and Anne Hathaway will take on the roles of villains Bane and Catwoman. Hardy was great in an inception, so it is no surprise that Nolan would want him in one of his Batman movies. Anne Hathaway however, is an interesting choice and not someone one would expect to be cast as one of Nolan's villains, with movies like the Princess Diaries and Get Smart on her resume.
The role of Catwoman comes is no surprise but Bane is a character known mainly to comic book fans and not the vast majority of Batman viewers. Bane is a steroid enhanced beast who grew up in prison, and when he broke out moved to Gotham to defeat Batman. The choice of Bane is also a shock to many because for those who read the comics know he discovered Batman's true identity and literally is "the Man who broke the Bat."
It will be interesting to see how the portrayal of Bane will turn out in Nolan's Gotham City, because it seems unrealistic to have a juggernaut sized character running around Gotham. I also can not wait to see Nolan put his spin on Catwoman, a character terribly displayed by Halle Berry.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
9 Best Porn Parodies
Here is a list of the best porn parodies.. Included are movies, TV shows, and people lol. These movies and TV shows can be dead ringers for the originals, only the action has been replaced with…a different kind of action, and the acting has been replaced with…truly awful acting. We must admit: The trailers for these instant classics are fascinating, not for the sex (which is absent in the trailers) but for the way they earnestly strive for respectability.
Now, we know all of you can behave and approach this serious subject matter with the maturity it deserves. But if we hear any snickering, we’re stopping this article and going home. Got it? lol
9. ‘The Breakfast Club’
By the looks of it, some of the “actors” in this Brat Pack remake were actual teens themselves when the original “Breakfast Club” hit the theaters (circa 1985). But not to worry; redonkulous wigs are enough to magically transform these used-up sex stars into the likes of, say, a young Anthony Michael Hall or Molly Ringwald.
8. ‘This ISN’T Twilight’
Stephenie Meyer may have tried her darnedest to sanitize vamps, but this XXX-rated romp with the can’t-fool-you title “This ISN’t Twilight” celebrates their natural instincts as raging sex machines. To speak in cliché, it’s a “Twilight” movie for people who wouldn’t be caught dead watching “Twilight.”
7. Who's Nailin' Paylin
This is So funny in so many ways! very accurate depiction of Sarah Palin
6. ‘BatFxxx: Dark Night’
The first thing — nay, the only thing — you’ll notice about this trailer for a porno parody of “The Dark Night” is its utter lack of sex! From what we can tell, it just looks like an excuse for Paul Chaplin (owner of Bluebird Films) to play The Joker, badly; 95 percent of the footage is him, doing his worst Heath Ledger imitation amidst a noticeably high-budget recreation of Gotham. Although thoroughly devoid of sex appeal, it’s tough to look away from this costumed train wreck.
5. ‘The Big Lebowski’
Besides not having to comically alter the original film’s title for this remake, “The Big Lebowski” is also a no-brainer to turn into a porno — the real one’s subplot mocked the porn industry. Although, one wonders if the makers of this parody understand that… This Lebowski tribute trailer looks amazingly accurate, right down to the bowling alley hallucinations. Good job, perverts!
4. ‘Superman XXX’
Wow. This is impressive. Taking its cues from the original Richard Donner “Superman,” this trailer looks very…not like a porn. Except for all the porn actors in it. Check out the opening scene on Krypton in which Lord Zod and his minions are trapped in those rotating tires — pretty awesome. True, Lord Zod looks less like Terrance Stamp than Ringo Starr with a beard glued on, and Lois Lane’s lips have about five times more collagen in them than, well, anyone. But besides that, we think these pornographers should be proud to show their whole families this fine work.
3. ‘The Sex Files’
Mulder and Scully spent a long, long time pondering their will-they-won’t-they relationship (complete with abductions and miraculous pregnancies). In the surprisingly straight faced Sex Files they definitely, definitely will. Oddly enough, The Sex Files almost looks more like The X Files than the two horrible movies that the franchise has managed to cough out so far.
2. ‘This Ain’t Avatar’
You didn’t really think one of the highest-grossing films of all time wouldn’t get made into a porno just because it’s characters were blue, CGI aliens with tails, did you? If so, then you clearly don’t know just how perverted we humans are. Fact: Humans are responsible for over 100 percent of the porn made in this solar system alone. Oh, and by the way, this remake’s in 3-D. Deal with that.
1. ‘Tron Jeremy’
Oh, Ron Jeremy. When are you going to open up a deli somewhere and stop this madness? We have to admit though, that this aging, iconic porn star is hard to hate when he’s so good at spoofing himself. Out of all the parody porn trailers out there, this one’s the most inspired (ya know, for a porn). And when this hedgehog of a man meets a younger version of himself at the climax, a la Jeff Bridges, it’s pretty damn funny (ya know… for a porn).
Now, we know all of you can behave and approach this serious subject matter with the maturity it deserves. But if we hear any snickering, we’re stopping this article and going home. Got it? lol
9. ‘The Breakfast Club’
By the looks of it, some of the “actors” in this Brat Pack remake were actual teens themselves when the original “Breakfast Club” hit the theaters (circa 1985). But not to worry; redonkulous wigs are enough to magically transform these used-up sex stars into the likes of, say, a young Anthony Michael Hall or Molly Ringwald.
8. ‘This ISN’T Twilight’
Stephenie Meyer may have tried her darnedest to sanitize vamps, but this XXX-rated romp with the can’t-fool-you title “This ISN’t Twilight” celebrates their natural instincts as raging sex machines. To speak in cliché, it’s a “Twilight” movie for people who wouldn’t be caught dead watching “Twilight.”
7. Who's Nailin' Paylin
This is So funny in so many ways! very accurate depiction of Sarah Palin
6. ‘BatFxxx: Dark Night’
The first thing — nay, the only thing — you’ll notice about this trailer for a porno parody of “The Dark Night” is its utter lack of sex! From what we can tell, it just looks like an excuse for Paul Chaplin (owner of Bluebird Films) to play The Joker, badly; 95 percent of the footage is him, doing his worst Heath Ledger imitation amidst a noticeably high-budget recreation of Gotham. Although thoroughly devoid of sex appeal, it’s tough to look away from this costumed train wreck.
5. ‘The Big Lebowski’
Besides not having to comically alter the original film’s title for this remake, “The Big Lebowski” is also a no-brainer to turn into a porno — the real one’s subplot mocked the porn industry. Although, one wonders if the makers of this parody understand that… This Lebowski tribute trailer looks amazingly accurate, right down to the bowling alley hallucinations. Good job, perverts!
4. ‘Superman XXX’
Wow. This is impressive. Taking its cues from the original Richard Donner “Superman,” this trailer looks very…not like a porn. Except for all the porn actors in it. Check out the opening scene on Krypton in which Lord Zod and his minions are trapped in those rotating tires — pretty awesome. True, Lord Zod looks less like Terrance Stamp than Ringo Starr with a beard glued on, and Lois Lane’s lips have about five times more collagen in them than, well, anyone. But besides that, we think these pornographers should be proud to show their whole families this fine work.
3. ‘The Sex Files’
Mulder and Scully spent a long, long time pondering their will-they-won’t-they relationship (complete with abductions and miraculous pregnancies). In the surprisingly straight faced Sex Files they definitely, definitely will. Oddly enough, The Sex Files almost looks more like The X Files than the two horrible movies that the franchise has managed to cough out so far.
2. ‘This Ain’t Avatar’
You didn’t really think one of the highest-grossing films of all time wouldn’t get made into a porno just because it’s characters were blue, CGI aliens with tails, did you? If so, then you clearly don’t know just how perverted we humans are. Fact: Humans are responsible for over 100 percent of the porn made in this solar system alone. Oh, and by the way, this remake’s in 3-D. Deal with that.
1. ‘Tron Jeremy’
Oh, Ron Jeremy. When are you going to open up a deli somewhere and stop this madness? We have to admit though, that this aging, iconic porn star is hard to hate when he’s so good at spoofing himself. Out of all the parody porn trailers out there, this one’s the most inspired (ya know, for a porn). And when this hedgehog of a man meets a younger version of himself at the climax, a la Jeff Bridges, it’s pretty damn funny (ya know… for a porn).
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
FX 'Damages' Saved By New DirecTV Deal
DirecTV has become the patron saint of lost TV causes, saving yet another high-quality series from untimely death. Following its deal with NBC Universal for Friday Night Lights, DirecTV has inked a pact with Sony Pictures TV for the Emmy nominated Damages taking over the ratings-challenged legal drama with an order for 20 new episodes to run over two consecutive seasons, the show's fourth and fifth, in 2011 and 2012. But unlike the deal for FNL, in which the original network, NBC, got a second window on the series, Damages' new episodes will only air on DirecTV. DirecTV has also acquired the rights to Damages' first 3 seasons, which ran on FX. Here is the official release on the deal, which had been in the works for the past several months with Sony as the driving force:
CULVER CITY AND EL SEGUNDO, CALIF., July 19, 2010 – DIRECTV and Sony Pictures Television will team up to bring the award-winning DAMAGES, starring Glenn Close and Rose Byrne, back with brand new episodes to be produced early next year and debuting exclusively on DIRECTV. Emmy winner Glenn Close, Emmy nominee Rose Byrne and other principal cast members will return for the new episodes.
Unlike DIRECTV’s current deal for Friday Night Lights, whereby the show airs first on DIRECTV and then on NBC, the new episodes of DAMAGES will air only on DIRECTV. Additionally, DIRECTV will have the rights to air previously produced seasons 1through 3.
“We’re excited to partner with Sony Pictures Television as we breathe new life into this outstanding drama,” said Patty Ishimoto, general manager of The 101 Network and vice president of entertainment for DIRECTV. “It’s a win for our customers because only they will be able to see these new episodes and another great step forward for DIRECTV as we continue to build our growing portfolio of exclusive, award winning programming.”
“DAMAGES is simply one of the best shows on television, and we’re grateful to DIRECTV for the opportunity to produce more episodes of this groundbreaking show," said Jamie Erlicht, president, programming and production, Sony Pictures Television. Added Zack Van Amburg, president, programming and production, Sony Pictures Television, "We're thrilled to have a new home for the show and our team of award-winning writers, producers and actors will not only maintain that standard of excellence, but deliver our best seasons yet,"
“FX was very proud to have developed one of the best scripted series on television, but, in order to have a future, the show needed DIRECTV and we are thrilled they stepped in,” said John Landgraf, President & General Manager, FX Networks, who also heads FX Productions. "Sony Pictures Television is a great production partner and we at FX Productions are excited for these next two seasons.”
Over its first three seasons on television, DAMAGES has featured what is arguably the most impressive cast and guest stars of any series on television – Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson, Željko Ivanek, Anastasia Griffith, Noah Bean, Tom Aldrege, Philip Bosco, Nichael Nouri, Peter Facinelli, Peter Reigert, Mario Van Peebles, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Timothy Olyphant, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Kevin Corrigan, Paige Turco, Tom Noonan, Garret Dillahunt, Campbell Scott, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael Gaston, Darren Goldstein, Sarah Wynter and Reiko Aylesworth.
DAMAGES recently received five Emmy Award nominations for its critically acclaimed third season, Glenn Close for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Rose Byrne for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Željko Ivanek for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Ted Danson for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Lily Tomlin for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
The series earned seven Emmy Award nominations in each of its first two seasons and Close became the first actress from a basic cable series to win the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama; Željko Ivanek became the first actor from a basic cable series to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Drama Series, and DAMAGES was the first basic cable series to take home the Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. DAMAGES and AMC’s Mad Men were the first basic cable series to be nominated in for Outstanding Drama Series. In its first season, DAMAGES earned the most Golden Globes nominations of any series in television with Glenn Close winning for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama.
The show was created and is executive produced by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. DAMAGES is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with FX Productions.
Breaking: 'Jersey Shore' To Shoot Its Fourth Season In Italy!
"Yep! The Jersey Shore is moving to Italy!!! The rumors on TMZ are true. "Jersey Shore" will be shooting its fourth season in ITALY! According to an official hot-off-the-press release from and MTV employer, the entire cast and crew of MTV's wildly popular hit show will be trading in their shot-filled road trips to Seaside Heights for a sure-to-be mini-bottle laden plane ride to their homeland.
"While the stateside "Jersey Shore" locales have become iconic for our audience it’s really the constantly evolving dynamic amongst the cast that keeps them coming back each season, and Europe is a fresh spin on a show that continues to reach new heights for us," said Chris Linn, Executive Vice President of Programming and Head of Production for MTV. "The cast is headed to the birthplace of the culture they love and live by. We can’t wait to see what erupts as a result." (www.mtv.com)
Are you guys excited? Or are you guys done with "The Jersey Shore?" It should be interesting to see the NY/NJ self-proclaimed Guidos/Guidettes interact and mix with REAL Italian's. According to TMZ.com and MTV.com, Vinny has first-generation family out in Italy. Maybe being in their "homeland," they will know what it is to be a REAL Italian and take it down a few notches. But would it be the same Jersey Shore cast if they did? I have to admit, I'm excited to see them bring the Seaside debauchery to Italy, especially with the old school values of Italy. Hopefully it be a learning and growing experience while they party it up.
The show is set to start filming in Spring 2011 and air later on this year.
By the way, if you wanted to know, Grenade in Italian is "granata." Lol.
Thoughts?
Here is what Pauly D and Vinny said about going to Italy for Season 4 via twitter.
2011 Academy Award Nominations 83rd Annual
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences President Tom Sherak, and 2010 Academy Award winner Mo'nique announce the nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards.
This year's awards will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and this years Best Actor nominee James Franco. Be sure to watch if your favorite actor/actress/movie/director wins on February 27th broadcasted by ABC.
The full list of nominees are below...
And the Nominees Are...
Here are the nominees from the previous YouTube video, and the additional Oscar nominees for 2011.
Oscar Nominations List 2011
Best Picture
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The Kids Are All Right'
'The King’s Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
'Toy Story 3'
'True Grit'
'Winter’s Bone'
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, 'Black Swan'
David O. Russell, 'The Fighter'
Tom Hooper, 'The King's Speech'
David Fincher, 'The Social Network'
Joel and Ethan Coen, 'True Grit'
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, 'Biutiful'
Jeff Bridges, 'True Grit'
Jesse Eisenberg, 'The Social Network'
Colin Firth, 'The King's Speech'
James Franco, '127 Hours'
Best Actress
Annette Bening, 'The Kids Are All Right'
Nicole Kidman, 'Rabbit Hole'
Jennifer Lawrence, 'Winter's Bone'
Natalie Portman, 'Black Swan'
Michelle Williams, 'Blue Valentine'
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, 'The Fighter'
John Hawkes, 'Winter's Bone'
Jeremy Renner, 'The Town'
Mark Ruffalo, 'The Kids Are All Right'
Geoffrey Rush, 'The King's Speech'
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, 'The Fighter'
Helena Bonham Carter, 'The King's Speech'
Melissa Leo, 'The Fighter'
Hailee Steinfeld, 'True Grit'
Jacki Weaver, 'Animal Kingdom'
Best Animated Feature Film
'How to Train Your Dragon'
'Illusionist'
'Toy Story 3'
Best Foreign Film
Mexico - 'Biutiful'
Greece - 'Dogtooth'
Denmark - 'In a Better World'
Canada - 'Incendies'
Algeria - 'Outside the law'
Best Original Screenplay
'Another Year'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The Kids Are All Right'
'The King's Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
'Toy Story 3'
'True Grit'
'Winter's Bone'
Best Art Direction
'Alice in Wonderland'
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I'
'Inception'
'The King's Speech'
'True Grit'
Best Costume Design
'Alice in Wonderland'
'I Am Love'
'The King's Speech'
'The Tempest'
'True Grit'
Best Original Song
'Coming Home' - 'Country Strong'
'I See the Light' - 'Tangled'
'If I Rise' - '127 Hours'
'We Belong Together' - 'Toy Story 3'
Best Original Score
'How to Train Your Dragon' John Powell
'Inception' Hans Zimmer
'The King's Speech' Alexandre Desplat
'127 Hours' A.R. Rahman
'The Social Network' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Documentary
'Exit Through the Gift Shop'
'Gasland'
'Inside Job'
'Restrepo'
'Waste Land'
Best Film Editing
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'The Kings Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
Best Makeup
'Barney's Version'
'The Way Back'
'The Wolfman'
Best Sound Editing
'Inception'
'Toy Story 3'
'TRON: Legacy'
'True Grit'
'Unstoppable'
Best Sound Mixing
'Inception'
'The King's Speech'
'Salt'
'The Social Network'
'True Grit'
Best Visual Effects
'Alice in Wonderland'
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'
'Hereafter'
'Inception'
'Iron Man 2'
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
'Killing in the Name'
'Poster Girl'
'Strangers No More'
'Sun Comes Up'
'The Warriors of Qiugang'
Best Visual Short Film (Animated)
'Day & Night'
'The Gruffalo'
'Let's Pollute'
'The Lost Thing'
'Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)'
Best Short Film (Live Action)
'The Confession'
'The Crush'
'God of Love'
'Na Wewe'
'Wish 143'
(www.moviefone.com)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Beyonce To Star In Clint Eastwood's 'A Star Is Born' Remake
Razzies Awards 2011 Nominations: Worst Movies, Actors And Actresses Announced
The 31st Annual RAZZIE Awards
One day before the Oscar nominations, it’s tradition that The Golden Raspberry Awards put forward their selection for the very worst movies that 2010 had to offer.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse leads the awards with 9 nominations including Worst Film, 2 in the worst actor category for Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner as well as Worst Actress for Kristen Stewart. Avatar: Last Airbenders is tied with 9 nomination as well.
Worst Picture
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
'The Last Airbender'
'The Bounty Hunter'
'Sex & The City 2'
'Vampires Suck'
Worst Actor
Ashton Kutcher: 'Killers' and 'Valentine's Day'
Gerard Butler: 'The Bounty Hunter'
Jack Black: 'Gulliver's Travels'
Robert Pattinson: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' and 'Remember Me'
Taylor Lautner: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
Worst Actress
Jennifer Aniston: 'The Bounty Hunter'
Miley Cyrus: 'The Last Song'
The Four "Gal Pals": 'Sex & The City 2'
Megan Fox: 'Jonah Hex'
Kristen Stewart 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
Worst Supporting Actor
George Lopez: 'Marmaduke,' 'The Spy Next Door,' and 'Valentine's Day'
Billy Ray Cyrus: 'The Spy Next Door'
Dev Patel: 'The Last Airbender'
Jackson Rathbone: 'The Last Airbender,' and 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider: 'Grown Ups'
Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Alba: 'The Killer Inside Me,' 'Little Fockers,' 'Machete,' and 'Valentine's Day'
Cher: 'Burlesque'
Liza Minnelli: 'Sex & The City 2'
Nicola Peltz: 'The Last Airbender'
Barbra Streisand: 'Little Fockers'
Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble
The Entire Cast of 'Sex & The City 2'
The Entire Cast of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
The Entire Cast of 'The Last Airbender'
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler: 'The Bounty Hunter'
Josh Brolin's Face & Megan Fox's Voice: 'Jonah Hex'
Worst Prequel, Sequel, Remake Or Rip-Off
'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
'Clash of the Titans'
'The Last Airbender'
'Sex & The City 2'
'Vampires Suck!'
Worst Eye-Gouging Use of 3D
'Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge Of Kitty Galore'
'Clash of the Titans'
'The Last Airbender'
'Nutcracker 3D'
'Saw 3D'
Worst Director
Sylvester Stallone: 'The Expendables'
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer: 'Vampires Suck'
Michael Patrick King: 'Sex & The City 2'
M. Night Shymalan: 'The Last Airbender'
David Slade: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
Worst Screenplay
'Last Airbender'
'Little Fockers'
'Sex & The City 2'
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
'Vampires Suck'
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Director Matthew Vaughn Compares ‘X-Men: First Class’ To ‘Twilight’ & James Bond Films
Director Reveals Plot Details: CIA Join Forces With X-Men, Magneto Like Sean Connery Bond, Professor X A Womanizer
If you’re anything like us you generally only like (and sometimes can only tolerate) realistic super-hero film. Granted, men (and sometimes) women running around in tights battling crime or fighting super villains is never “realistic,” but the films that can manage to suspend our disbelief the most—“The Dark Knight,” “X2”—tend to be our favorites.
So when relatively more realistic images—characters in street clothes—of Matthew Vaughn‘s “X-Men: First Class” surfaced recently, we were a a bit relieved considering the early images that had leaked, which Vaughn hated, looked like something out of the cornball “Fantastic Four” films. “Those costumes are hardly in the movie,” Vaughn said. “The main costumes are like these cool ‘60s James Bond [costumes].”
While we love the idea of an early ‘60s set prequel in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis—which is the backdrop of “X-Men: First Class”; the first comics hit in 1963—we never really got the Bond thing exactly. Bond=‘60s? What does Bond have to do with the “X-Men” series? None of the comics have ever had much of a correlation to that spy franchise, right? Well, in a recent interview with EW, Vaughn detailed a plot point that made much of the Bond-comparison make complete sense (mild spoilers ahead, though the basic synopsis say as much).
“Erik [Magneto] and Charles [Xavier] then meet each other and hook up with the CIA to try and prevent World War III,” Vaughn told the magazine about the film’s basic story. “You find out everything about what went on between Erik and Charles.”
Ahh, the CIA. So presumably this is where the “X-Men” first get their technology, their outfits, their Blackbird jet and gadgets. Alright, this we can hang with and though that element of the story is not in the comics (or at least not the early comics we’re familiar with), it seems like a very fitting story arc. Though the “X-Men” and the government are on the same side during “First Class,” presumably somewhere later down the road (by the end of the film? the next one if there is one?), there’s some kind of fissure and this allegiance breaks.
“In the beginning of the film, no one knows that mutants exist, and all the mutants don’t know that each other exist. They’re all in hiding,” Vaughn told EW. “Kevin Bacon plays a very megalomaniac mutant [Sebastian Shaw] who decides that he can take over the world and that mutants are the future.” Well, that pretty much rules out—as we assumed—any appearance of the villain Apocalypse (the potential of WWIII is the apocalypse, obviously).
So the Bond stuff makes sense. To hear it from Vaughn, it’s Micheal Fassbender as Magneto who is really the star of the film—or at least the leader of the group—and less so James McAvoy as Professor X. “I basically molded a young Magneto on a young Sean Connery. He’s the ultimate spy — imagine Bond, but with superpowers,” he said. “For me, Magneto is the good guy in the film, but he’s a sort of a good bad guy. He literally kicks off the movie, and Xavier goes along on the ride trying to figure out what the hell is going on, and trying to persuade Erik that you don’t have to kill everyone.”
As for Professor Xavier, he’s nowhere nears as saintly early on as he is in the series led by director Bryan Singer (now an exec-producer on this new prequel). And Vaughn and the actors really wanted to distance themselves from the films that arrived in the aughts—or at least provide their own stamp—so characters begin in unfamiliar places.. “We have to show a journey – so he clearly has to start in a different place,” McAvoy told Screenrant recently. “So the main things that we looked into are the fact that he is ego-less, selfless, a very good person, he’s sexless – he’s sort of like a monk [in the comics and the first “X-Men” films]. We thought of what the opposite of all of those things would be – so now he drinks a lot, chases women quite a lot, and doesn’t mind sort of abusing his power to get ahead. He’s definitely got an ego, and he’s definitely a little bit selfish. So that’s where we start with him, and so he’s now got to grow towards [the character played by] Patrick Stewart.”
Finally someone addresses the fact that Vaughn was supposed to direct “X-Men: The Last Stand,” but bailed two months before cameras were supposed to roll, essentially because he thought at the time he wasn’t going to have enough time to see his vision through—that and the fact that he still felt a little green.
“That’s true. It was as simple as that. In retrospect, I probably would have had more time then than I do now, which is highly ironic. But I also have more experience now than I did then. And I had no idea how big-budget filmmaking worked, so I was just applying small-budget independent-style logic to the wrong equation. And when I saw the film, I realized that Fox would have given me all the tools I needed. I was just stupid enough not to take them. But we both decided to cross the bridge together again. I definitely had burned a bridge. But they asked, so we met and we both kissed and made up and went off to make the film.”
Oh yeah, and Vaughn says tweens will cotton to the picture too. “It’s got a lot of teenage angst. The ‘Twilight’ girls will like it.”
If you’re anything like us you generally only like (and sometimes can only tolerate) realistic super-hero film. Granted, men (and sometimes) women running around in tights battling crime or fighting super villains is never “realistic,” but the films that can manage to suspend our disbelief the most—“The Dark Knight,” “X2”—tend to be our favorites.
So when relatively more realistic images—characters in street clothes—of Matthew Vaughn‘s “X-Men: First Class” surfaced recently, we were a a bit relieved considering the early images that had leaked, which Vaughn hated, looked like something out of the cornball “Fantastic Four” films. “Those costumes are hardly in the movie,” Vaughn said. “The main costumes are like these cool ‘60s James Bond [costumes].”
While we love the idea of an early ‘60s set prequel in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis—which is the backdrop of “X-Men: First Class”; the first comics hit in 1963—we never really got the Bond thing exactly. Bond=‘60s? What does Bond have to do with the “X-Men” series? None of the comics have ever had much of a correlation to that spy franchise, right? Well, in a recent interview with EW, Vaughn detailed a plot point that made much of the Bond-comparison make complete sense (mild spoilers ahead, though the basic synopsis say as much).
“Erik [Magneto] and Charles [Xavier] then meet each other and hook up with the CIA to try and prevent World War III,” Vaughn told the magazine about the film’s basic story. “You find out everything about what went on between Erik and Charles.”
Ahh, the CIA. So presumably this is where the “X-Men” first get their technology, their outfits, their Blackbird jet and gadgets. Alright, this we can hang with and though that element of the story is not in the comics (or at least not the early comics we’re familiar with), it seems like a very fitting story arc. Though the “X-Men” and the government are on the same side during “First Class,” presumably somewhere later down the road (by the end of the film? the next one if there is one?), there’s some kind of fissure and this allegiance breaks.
“In the beginning of the film, no one knows that mutants exist, and all the mutants don’t know that each other exist. They’re all in hiding,” Vaughn told EW. “Kevin Bacon plays a very megalomaniac mutant [Sebastian Shaw] who decides that he can take over the world and that mutants are the future.” Well, that pretty much rules out—as we assumed—any appearance of the villain Apocalypse (the potential of WWIII is the apocalypse, obviously).
So the Bond stuff makes sense. To hear it from Vaughn, it’s Micheal Fassbender as Magneto who is really the star of the film—or at least the leader of the group—and less so James McAvoy as Professor X. “I basically molded a young Magneto on a young Sean Connery. He’s the ultimate spy — imagine Bond, but with superpowers,” he said. “For me, Magneto is the good guy in the film, but he’s a sort of a good bad guy. He literally kicks off the movie, and Xavier goes along on the ride trying to figure out what the hell is going on, and trying to persuade Erik that you don’t have to kill everyone.”
As for Professor Xavier, he’s nowhere nears as saintly early on as he is in the series led by director Bryan Singer (now an exec-producer on this new prequel). And Vaughn and the actors really wanted to distance themselves from the films that arrived in the aughts—or at least provide their own stamp—so characters begin in unfamiliar places.. “We have to show a journey – so he clearly has to start in a different place,” McAvoy told Screenrant recently. “So the main things that we looked into are the fact that he is ego-less, selfless, a very good person, he’s sexless – he’s sort of like a monk [in the comics and the first “X-Men” films]. We thought of what the opposite of all of those things would be – so now he drinks a lot, chases women quite a lot, and doesn’t mind sort of abusing his power to get ahead. He’s definitely got an ego, and he’s definitely a little bit selfish. So that’s where we start with him, and so he’s now got to grow towards [the character played by] Patrick Stewart.”
Finally someone addresses the fact that Vaughn was supposed to direct “X-Men: The Last Stand,” but bailed two months before cameras were supposed to roll, essentially because he thought at the time he wasn’t going to have enough time to see his vision through—that and the fact that he still felt a little green.
“That’s true. It was as simple as that. In retrospect, I probably would have had more time then than I do now, which is highly ironic. But I also have more experience now than I did then. And I had no idea how big-budget filmmaking worked, so I was just applying small-budget independent-style logic to the wrong equation. And when I saw the film, I realized that Fox would have given me all the tools I needed. I was just stupid enough not to take them. But we both decided to cross the bridge together again. I definitely had burned a bridge. But they asked, so we met and we both kissed and made up and went off to make the film.”
Oh yeah, and Vaughn says tweens will cotton to the picture too. “It’s got a lot of teenage angst. The ‘Twilight’ girls will like it.”
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy are cast as 'Catwoman' and 'Bane' in the third Batman
Director Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. announced via press release Wednesday (Jan. 19) that Anne Hathaway will play the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman, in the next Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." "Inception" star Tom Hardy has been cast as the villain Bane. The movie is scheduled for release in July 2012.
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
This is the first image, released by Daily Mail, on Glenn Close in Dublin on the set of Albert Nobbs. Close plays an plays an English women who has lived and lonliness and poverty and disguises herself as an man in order to survive and get a job as butler in 19th century Ireland. She is also a producer and co-writer. It movie is based on the short story, Albert Nobbs by George Moore.
The cast also includes Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Showtime’s The Tudors), Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), and Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland). The director Rodrigo García also directs (HBO’s In Treatment).
Albert Nobbs is currently looking at a 2011 release.
Robert De Niro Honored with Cecil B. Demille Award
Robert De Niro makes an odd and somewhat offensive acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.
Chris Colfer wins Golden Globe Award
Chris Colfer wins his very first Golden Globe and dedicates it to all the kids "that just don't fit in" and promotes Anti-Bullying.
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The 68th Annual Globe Awards took place Sunday night January 16th in Beverly Hills, CA at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was broadcasted live on NBC. Despite the offensive jokes by host Ricky Gervais, and a strange acceptance speech by Robert De Niro, the Golden Globes was full of surprise winners and not-so-surprising winners. Here are the winners and losers courtesy of www.moviefone.com
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network (winner)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jesse Eisenberg
The Social Network
Colin Firth (winner)
The King's Speech
James Franco
127 Hours
Ryan Gosling
Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg
The Fighter
Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right (winner)
Red
The Tourist
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Halle Berry
Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman
Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence
Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman (winner)
Black Swan
Michelle Williams
Blue Valentine
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Johnny Depp
Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp
The Tourist
Paul Giamatti (winner)
Barney's Version
Jake Gyllenhaal
Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey
Casino Jack
Best Televison Series, Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee (winner)
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
Best Director - Motion Picture
Darren Aronofsky
Black Swan
David Fincher (winner)
The Social Network
Tom Hooper
The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan
Inception
David O. Russell
The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams
The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter
The King's Speech
Mila Kunis
Black Swan
Melissa Leo (winner)
The Fighter
Jacki Weaver
Animal Kingdom
Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin
30 Rock
Steve Carell
The Office
Thomas Jane
Hung
Matthew Morrison
Glee
Jim Parsons (winner)
Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette
United States of Tara
Edie Falco
Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey
30 Rock
Laura Linney (winner)
The Big C
Lea Michelle
Glee
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I Am Love
In a Better World (winner)
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hope Davis
Special Relationship
Jane Lynch (winner)
Glee
Kelly McDonald
Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles
Dexter
Sofia Vergara
Modern Family
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network (winner)
Inception
Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes (winner)
Temple Grandin
Hayley Atwell
The Pillars of the Earth
Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Client List
Judi Dench
Return to Cranford
Romola Gara
Emma
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Dennis Quaid
The Special Relationship
Ian McShane
The Pillars of the Earth
Édgar Ramírez
Carlos
Al Pacino (winner)
You Don't Know Jack
Idris Elba
Luther
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Anne Hathaway
Love and Other Drugs
Julianne Moore
The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening (winner)
The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone
Easy A
Angelina Jolie
The Tourist
Best Animated Feature Film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 (winner)
Tangled
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplot
The King's Speech
Danny Elfman
Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahmin
127 Hours
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (winner)
The Social Network
Hans Zimmer
Inception
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Bound to You
Burlesque
Coming Home
Country Strong
I See the Light
Tangled
There's a Place for Us
Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me (winner)
Burlesque
Best Television Series, Drama
Boardwalk Empire (winner)
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Steve Buscemi (winner)
Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston
Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall
Dexter
Jon Hamm
Mad Men
Hugh Laurie
House
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scott Caan
Hawaii Five-0
Chris Noth
The Good Wife
David Straithairn
Temple Grandin
Eric Stonestreet
Modern Family
Chris Colfer (winner)
Glee
Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Pacific
Carlos (winner)
Temple Grandin
You Don't Know Jack
The Pillars of the Earth
Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Julianna Margulies
The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss
Mad Men
Piper Perabo
Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal (winner)
Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick
The Closer
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale (winner)
The Fighter
Michael Douglas
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield
The Social Network
Jeremy Renner
The Town
Geoffrey Rush
The King's Speech
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