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Mark Wahlberg is Max Payne. Mila Kunis is Mona Sax. In theaters October 17.
Posted 09.25.08 by reelz -
Hollywood studio execs are legendary copycats, so it's a bit surprising that the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy's massive profits didn't immediately spawn a slew of buccaneer-themed projects. One notable exception is Dreamworks' upcoming biopic of the notorious English privateer who terrorized travelers of the high seas in the early 18th century.
In contrast to the family-friendly romp that was Pirates of the Caribbean, Blackbeardwill present a "serious" take on its subject "based on historical fact," producer Barry Josephson promised MTV News in a recent interview. That means lots of violence, debauchery, and (hopefully) no poncy Orlando Bloom types. Cool.
In other Blackbeard news, IGNreported earlier this week that acclaimed Bourne helmer Paul "cinema verite" Greengrass is apparently at the top of the list to direct the film -- a dicey proposition, indeed, for moviegoers with weak stomachs. The prospect of placing Greengrass and his army of hand-held cameras atop an 18th-century frigate is enough to send even the hardiest souls reaching for a bottle of Dramamine.
Posted 09.24.08 by reelz -
Thanks to the folks at Gawker Media's io9, we've got some early details on what to expect when The Dark Knight DVD hits shelves in December, including a clip.
Posted 09.24.08 by reelz -
In Eagle Eye, Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan play strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call and soon enmeshed in a terror cell's assassination plot. The action-packed thriller had the pair constantly on the run in an attempt to break free from a mysterious woman tracking their every move with popular technology. Find out how the action sequences took their toll in our interview with Monaghan. And in our interview with LaBeouf learn what his film reunion was like with director D.J. Caruso.
Posted 09.24.08 by reelz -
Star Wars fans (and prettymuch everyone else) may have roundly rejected the recent animated flick StarWars: The Clone Wars, but they've shown plenty of love for thevideogame Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, snapping up overa million copies in its first five days of release. While TFU'sgameplay has received mixed reviews, its storyline, revolving around DarthVader's secret apprentice and the hunt for the last of the Jedi, has beenlauded as the saga's best in over a decade (which, given its recent track record, isn't the toughestaccomplishment).
The L.A. Times' "HeroComplex" blog today posted an interesting article discussing thepossibility of The Force Unleashed being made into a majormotion picture. Given Lucasfilm's penchant for exploiting anything andeverything Star Wars-related to its fullest profit-makingpotential, don't be surprised to see some iteration of the story make the leapto the big screen in the near future. Let's just hope that this time GeorgeLucas resists the urge to add any flamboyantly effeminate Hutts or relentlesslyannoying Padawans to its cast of characters.
Posted 09.23.08 by reelz -
A sex-addicted con artist who spends his days working in a Colonial Williamsburg theme park isn't the type of role too many actors would want -- let alone be able to carry off. Yet Sam Rockwell does with perfect aplomb in Choke, the movie version of Chuck Palahniuk's cult novel of the same name. Find out how he prepared for his seedy role in our exclusive interview with Sam Rockwell.
Posted 09.23.08 by reelz -
Fix yourself a cosmo and slip into a pair of ManoloBlahniks, because the Sex and the City movie leads offthis week's crop of new DVD releases. Also arriving on DVD today: Leatherheads,George Clooney's comic look at the early days of professional football; Deception,the blink-and-you-missed-it thriller starring Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, andMichelle Williams; Friends alum David Schwimmer's directorial debut Run,Fat Boy, Run, starring Simon Pegg; and the horror flick Pathology,featuring the lovely Alyssa Milano.
Our DVD pick of the week is a no-brainer: FrancisFord Coppola's newly-restored Godfather trilogy, available for the first time on sparklingBlu-ray. Buy it today and remember fondly the days when Pacino and De Niro were more thanjust tired self-caricatures.
Posted 09.23.08 by reelz -
Spike Lee's latest -- the 2-hour-and-40-minute war epic Miracle at St. Anna -- is getting a lot of buzz for its graphic portrayal of the horrors of war. It's also being mentioned as an early Oscar contender. We recently chatted with the prolific director about the movie and a potential Inside Man sequel in our interview with Spike Lee.
Posted 09.22.08 by reelz