The first Disney hand-drawn animated film in five years, The Princess and the Frog [FROGP] leaped to the top of the box office with an estimated $25.0 million. The G-rated fairy tale musical looks to have strong legs over the holidays.
The Blind Side [BLDSD] gained another $15.5 million to finish second. The inspirational drama about pro football player Michael Oher has muscled its way to $150.2 million.
Another real-life based sports drama Invictus [INVIC] debuted in third place at...
Overture Films has cut another trailer for the remake The Crazies [CRAZI], now with more scares and kills befitting of a horror film, and less pretentious "Mad World" trailer music.
After a lull at the box office last weekend for leftover turkeys (both celluloid and avian), business looks to pick up again as movies with award aspirations position themselves for the big end of the year bonanza. Disney returns to traditional 2D cell animation with The Princess and the Frog [FROGP]. The G-rated musical is also noted for being the first Disney film to have an African-American heroine. The fairy tale story should bring out young women and families with young children. The...
Warner Bros. has unleashed the first trailer for the sequel film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore [CTND2] on MSN. I don't remember a Kitty Galore from the first Cats & Dogs, but apparently, she is Mr. Bigglesworth of Austin Powers fame. Hairless cats are plainly evil, mm'kay.
Sharpen your swords, The Clash Begins 3.26.2010. And if you didn't know, Titans will Clash in Clash of the Titans [CLASH].
Disney has released the first trailer to the live-action fantasy The Sorcerer's Apprentice [SORAP] on Apple. Loosely based on the same source material as the Fantasia segment featuring Mickey Mouse, Nicolas Cage [NCAGE] plays a modern-day wizard who recruits and trains a young protege, played by Jay Baruchel [JBARU], to battle dark forces. Producer John Bruckhiemer and director Jon Turtletaub look to have made another crowd-pleasing action adventure in the spirit of their National Treasure...
After two weeks of being number two at the weekend box office, The Blind Side [BLDSD] is the new number one film in the country. The football drama scored an estimated $20.4 million to bring its cumulative total to $129.3 million.
Former champion The Twilight Saga: New Moon [TWLI2] slipped down to the second spot with $15.7 million. The fantasy romance has sucked in $255.6 million.
Of the weekend's new wide releases, Brothers [BRTHS] fared best with a debut of $9.7 million in third...
Sony Screen Gems has release the trailer to the comedy Death at a Funeral [DEFUN] and, surprisingly, it's actually quite funny. Chris Rock [CROCK] and Martin Lawrence [MLAWR] lead an all-star cast in a remake of a 2007 British comedy.
Earlier this week, Universal announced director Paul Greengrass [PGREE] will not return for the fourth Bourne film [BORN4] and went the extraordinary step of including an amicable statement from the director. However, there is no doubt friction developed behind the scenes as the cost of the long delayed, Iraq-set thriller Green Zone [GREZN] spiraled over $100 million. Universal commissioned two scripts for Bourne 4, one by George Nolfi, and another by Joshua Zetumer, but neither proved...
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival has announced the lineup of films screening in non-competitive categories. The films that are on the Exchange include:
The Company Men [COMPM] / USA (Director and screenwriter: John Wells)–Three company men attempt to survive a round of corporate downsizing while trying to fend off its effects on their families and their identities. Cast: Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt. World Premiere
The Extra Man...
