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Funnyman Tim Allen-- besk known for his work in wide-scope TV shows like Home Improvement and blockbuster movies like Wild Hogs, has decided to go a little smaller with his next role.
Allen will be joining Elisha Cuthbert and Andie MacDowell in the indie comedy, The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, about a man whose five ex-wives and current wife fight over his estate after he goes missing from a skydiving trip. It will be the directorial debut of writer Howard Gould (Shrek the Third).
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.06.07 by reelz -
British bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys, by Conn and Hal Iggulden, has been bought by Disney and uber-producer Scott Rudin to make into a movie.
Although the book reads like a how-to manual, with chapters on subjects such as knot-tying and rabbit-cooking, the film will probably be a father-son tale, which seeks to balance the conflicting needs to protect your kids from harm with their yen for adventure.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.06.07 by reelz -
The third installment of the Bourne series, The Bourne Ultimatum, unseated The Simpsons Movie at the box office this weekend to take first place with $70.2 million in receipts. The Simpsons Movie, which came in second, only took in $25.6 million--down 65% from last weekend's opening.
Underdog, which also opened this weekend, came in third with $12 million. But this weekend's other new movies didn't fare as well: Hot Rod and Bratz only earned $5 and $4.3 million, respectively.
Worse still, the J-Lo and Marc Anthony salsa biopic El Cantante didn't even break the top ten, opening to poor reviews and earning only $3.3 million.
Source: Box Office Mojo
Posted 08.05.07 by reelz -
It's all about choice at movie theaters this weekend, with something new for fans of virtually every type at the box office: BRATZ and Underdog for kids, Andy Samberg making the leap from SNL to big screen with Hot Rod, J-Lo and Marc Anthony in the musical biopic of salsa legend Hector Lavoe, El Cantante, Anne Hathaway in the literary romance Becoming Jane, and the indie comedy The Ten.
But the big news is Matt Damon going for the hat trick with The Bourne Ultimatum. Does it have the stuff to dethrone The Simpsons Movie? We're not sure, but it's a strong contender.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
The Bourne Ultimatum 
"The action is again excellent, possibly even topping the other two films in some respects." [Full Review]
Becoming Jane 
"Shakespeare in Love it is not. But it is sweet and well-meaning, and that was enough for me." [Full Review]
El Cantante 
"El Cantante is simply so much less compelling than predecessors like Walk the Line and Ray that it can hardly be put in the same category as them." [Full Review]
Hot Rod 
"In many ways, Hot Rod feels like a script that Sandler or Will Ferrell passed on, or perhaps a Napoleon Dynamite sequel that never made it out of the development stage." [Full Review]
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Gabriel Macht, the shining light from last winter's Because I Said So, will be making his foray into the fanboy genre with Will Eisner's the Spirit. Macht will star as The Spirit, a man who fakes his own death to help battle crime, most notably crime committed by a villain named The Octopus--a part that IMDB shows Samuel L. Jackson in talks for. The script was adapted from Eisner's comic and will be directed by Frank Miller, the comic god behind Sin City, The Dark Knight, Daredevil, etc.
And the videogame Return to Castle Wolfenstein, about a WWII army ranger who has to strom the castle to investigate the Nazi's SS Paranormal Division may be making its way to the silver screen. Producer Samuel Hadida (Resident Evil, True Romance) has bought the rights to it. Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, The Rules of Attraction) is attached to write and direct.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.03.07 by reelz -
Jennifer Aniston has signed to star in a new romantic comedy opposite one of our favorites, Steve Zahn (Reality Bites, Rescue Dawn).
Management, written and directed by Stephen Belber (The Laramie Project), is about a traveling saleswoman (Aniston) who has a fling with a hotel manager (Zahn) who then decides to follow her around the country trying to win her love. Sounds like a pretty high-profile gig. We hope this means Zahn's star is rising!
More news on James Cameron's long-awaited follow-up to Titanic. The live-action digital 3-D Avatar has added two new cast members: Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight, Lost) and Stephen Lang (Gods and Generals, Niagara Niagara).
Rodriguez will play an ex-Marine pilot and Lang a Marine colonel who must oversee the troops on planet Pandora.
Finally, Sarah Jessica Parker has an indie flick coming out in advance of the Sex and the City movie we are all so eagerly anticipating. SJP stars as a dean at a New England college at the center of a racial hate crime investigation in Spinning Into Butter, adapted from Rebecca Gilman's play of the same name. It will premiere at next month's National Conference on Race, Reparation and Reconciliation in Atlanta.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.03.07 by reelz -
Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...The A-Team.
So began each and every episode of the finest television series ever to come out of the 1980s: The A-Team. With inferior shows like The Dukes of Hazzard, Charlie's Angels and Starsky & Hutch having already made the leap to the big screen, isn't it time that Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. got their shot? In an exclusive interview with Reelz.com at Comic-Con, producer Marc Silvestri gave us an update on the status of the long-awaited A-Team movie. Click here to check it out.
Posted 08.02.07 by reelz -
Shrek is coming back, and he is even ready to tell us when. DreamWorks has slated the release date for Shrek 4-D as May 10, 2010.
So far, there are no other movies slated to open that weekend. And considering the green one's box office power, good luck to any ones that try to.
Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy are all on board to reprise their roles.
Posted 08.02.07 by reelz