As the year end approaches, movies with award aspirations are beginning to jockey for positions with different strategies to launch a successful award campaign. No sooner then The Weinstein Co. delayed The Road [TROAD] from October to Thanksgiving,did Paramount slotted Up in the Air [UPAIR] to expand over the same weekend. Weinstein already has another award hopeful Nine [NINE] opening on the same date. While The Road has garnered mixed reviews out of The Venice Film Festival, Up in...
MSN has unveiled a new trailer for the sports drama The Blind Side [BLDSD]. Evidently, Warner Bros. felt the first trailer dripped with too much sacchrine since the new cut has toned down the "feel good" nature with its sappy music and sassed up Sandra Bullock [SBULL] with more attitude and conflict.
/Film has posted the first trailer for Paramount's Up in the Air [UPAIR]. Directed by Jason Reitman [JREIT], the drama stars George Clooney [GCLOO] as a frequent flyer whose motivational philosophy for a successful career is to live a transient life free of commitments to material possessions and personal relationships. Right, something tells me, his character will meet a woman and receive an epiphany that completely alters his outlook on life.
Yahoo has posted the full trailer for Disney's animated The Princess and the Frog [FROGP]. The story twists the classic fairy tale "The Frog Prince" by having the kiss turn the princess into a frog rather than the frog into her prince. Disney's return to 2D hand-drawn animation features the first Black heroine in Disney Consumer Products' "Princess" line-up.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson has been cast as B.A. Baracus in the feature adaptation of The A-Team [ATEAM]. When the rumor first surfaced last month, Jackson's publicist denied the casting to MTV. However, the Vancouver Sun reported the news over the weekend that Jackson had postponed his upcoming fight against Rashad Evans and arrived in town for the start of filming.
Mr. T originated the iconic role of the soldier of fortune with a "Bad Attitude...
The summer went out with a whimper as the three new wide releases failed to beat out The Final Destination [FDES4] for first place. The horror sequel admitted $15.4 million in its second session over the 4-day holiday weekend to narrowly held off Inglourious Basterds [BSTRD], which earned $15 million in its third weekend of release.
All About Steve [ABSTV] fared best amongst the weekend’s new arrivals. Despite some of the worst reviews of the year, the anti-romantic comedy staked $14...
After pleasing the ladies in The Ugly Truth, Gerard Butler [GBUTL] returns the favor for guys with Gamer [CGAME]. The R-rated action film is set in a future where game players control real people in a multi-player first person shooter tournament. Lionsgate has had success this weekend appealing to male moviegoers, usually with films starring Jason Statham [JSTAT]. In his first pure action film since 300, Butler should be able to command $19 million from 2502 venues over the long holiday...
Walt Disney has announced release dates in 2010 for You Again [UAGAN], Secretariat [SCTRT] and Tron: legacy [TRON2]. The sci-fi sequel will go up against Sony's The Green Hornet [GHRNT], which also landed on the December 17 date this week. Also schedule for that weekend are Warner Bros.' Yogi Bear 3D [YOGIB] andThe Smurfs [SMURF], but the latter is likely to move out by Sony.
Lionsgate has pushed back The Expendables [XPNDB] to the same August weekend as this year's Inglourious...
Labor Day Weekend 2009 is upon us marking a glorious end to summer. The theaters will be stocked with action in the form of Gamer [CGAME] and love with Sandra Bullock [SBULL] stalking Bradley Cooper [BCOOP] in All About Steve [ABSTV]. Labor Day is usually the last chance for people to enjoy their summer outdoors. If you miss work terribly this weekend, you can head to theaters to enjoy Extract [EXTRC], a workplace comedy from none other than Mike Judge [MJUDG].
Warner Bros. must have liked what Guy Ritchie [GRITC] did with Sherlock Holmes [SHOLM] as the studio has snatched him to direct Lobo [LOBO], the feature adaptation of the DC Comic character. The alien bounty hunter Lobo is "a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenaged girl to stop the creatures." Seven-foot...
