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After a casting process that took around nine months, director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) finally started shooting his upcoming sci-fi movie Gravity at the end of May with actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in tow. A plot synopsis released this week showed why Gravity is reportedly 60% CGI, revealing that the movie follows Bullock and Clooney as two astronauts stranded in space after their shuttle is destroyed.
With the movie wrapped and awaiting release next year, Bullock discussed with MTV what it was like to work on the movie, which was shot almost entirely on a sound-stage. Bullock admitted that "the technology on this movie was so isolating," and hinted at the exhausting conditions she endured during the shoot, Bullock added, "And I have the messed-up back to prove it."
bullock hangs from wires, alone >> Posted 12.21.11 by Ryan -
It's not much of an exaggeration to say that Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) had just about as difficult of a time getting his upcoming sci-fi movie, Gravity, off the ground as the protagonists in the movie will apparently have trying to get back down to the ground — especially when you consider the veritable revolving door of A-list actors who came close to playing the two leading roles in the movie, but eventually dropped out or took a pass.
Cuarón finally began shooting Gravity at the end of May with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney headlining, but we've heard virtually nothing about the movie or its plot since that time, save for a comment made by friend and fellow filmmaker Guillermo del Toro back in August describing Gravity as "incredibly human, but Kubrick-ian in [its] precision." Now, a plot synopsis for the movie has finally been released that not only defines Bullock's and Clooney's roles, but also paints Gravity as a psychological thriller along the lines of Cast Away-meets-Apollo 13 (minus Tom Hanks).
read the synopsis of Gravity >> Posted 12.20.11 by BrentJS -
In case you haven't checked your calendar lately, 2011 is soooo last year (almost). With the year winding down, it's time to look forward to all the awesome movies coming out in 2012.
Fandango released its 2012 Hot List poll, showing what movies and stars moviegoers are most looking forward to seeing next year. Interestingly, the poll divvies up votes by gender. While The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the most anticipated 2012 blockbuster for men, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is women's No. 1 pick. Guess women are from Venus and men are from Middle-Earth. Here is the results of Fandango's (unscientific) poll:
2012's MOST ANTICIPATED BLOCKBUSTER:
According to Women
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
The Hunger Games
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dark Shadows
The Avengers
According to Men:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Bourne Legacy
Men in Black III
check out the rest of the results >> Posted 12.11.11 by Chris -
To celebrate the great cinematic performers of 2011, The New York Times has put together a spectacular video gallery called "Touch of Evil" that features thirteen of this year's hottest actors and actresses portraying thirteen iconic "Vamps, Crooks and Killers" from throughout cinema history.
see the images and watch the videos >> Posted 12.08.11 by BrentJS -
The Descendants, which originally opened in only five theaters in New York and L.A., expanded into a wider release just this week. It is currently in over 425 theaters nationwide and a new international trailer has recently been released.
Because the movie doesn't arrive in international markets until January, this new trailer is probably intended to serve double duty. It will get the attention of an international audience, but also will be a nice reminder to American moviegoers who read rave reviews for the flick weeks ago, but have only recently have had the opportunity to actually go see it. The new trailer features a lot of voice over by George Clooney and a focus on the family drama at the center of the flick.
watch the trailer >> Posted 11.25.11 by Mandy -
Actor Matthew Lillard first sprang to national attention with his performance in the 1996 horror movie Scream, but is now more well-known as Shaggy to children who seen him play the character in the 2002 live-action adaptation Scooby-Doo and its 2004 sequel or heard him provide the voice of Shaggy in several direct-to-DVD cartoon movies.
Lillard's latest role is in the upcoming comedy-drama The Descendants, which stars George Clooney as a father of two girls living in Hawaii who has to re-examine his life after he discovers his comatose wife has been having an affair with a local real estate agent (Lillard). In an interview with Black Book, Lillard revealed that the part did not come by easily. "It was an audition," Lillard admitted. "Nobody ever comes to me. Nobody in the history of filmmaking has ever gone, ‘You know who we need for this? Matt Lillard.'"
Lillard compares Clooney to Lebron James >> Posted 11.18.11 by Ryan -
George Clooney may be one of the biggest names in Hollywood, but after a spinal injury back in 2005, while filming Syriana, this actor was not as invincible as we thought. Clooney recently told Rolling Stone Magazine that he had contemplated suicide after a stunt left him hospitalized and in pain.
I was at a point where I thought, 'I can't exist like this. I can't actually live.' I was lying in a hospital bed with an IV in my arm, unable to move, having these headaches where it feels like you're having a stroke, and for a short three-week period, I started to think, 'I may have to do something drastic about this.'
What role did Clooney have to turn down? >> Posted 11.14.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Lindsay Lohan's cupcake and burger bribe was turned down by bosses at the LA county morgue, but LiLo was let in and washed soiled linens, cleaned toilets, and scrubbed floors in her effort to avoid jail.
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Justin Bieber followed up his private September Staples Center screening of Titanic with a private Canadian screening of Real Steel for GF Selena Gomez, then the couple again went overboard with the PDA at a Winnipeg Jets game on Saturday night.
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The Village Voice reports that South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were targeted for investigation by the Church of Scientology after a 2005 episode "Trapped in the Closet" ridiculed the religion. Church operatives allegedly dug through the two's trash looking for phone and bank records, prescriptions, and the kind of alcohol they drink and how much.
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Ryan Reynolds is clearly OK with Leonardo DiCaprio's seconds as Blake Lively spent her third straight weekend in Boston with the actor where he's shooting the action pic R.I.P.D.
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Last week Journey guitarist Neal Schon spent $10K on lingerie for "groupie slut" Michaele Salahi, but that was nothing compared to the $350,000 he dropped on a Bentley convertible for her.
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Last month Charlie Sheen reached a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement with Warner Brothers that included an agreement that Sheen not disparage former boss Chuck Lorre in the media, but the deal apparently did not cover Sheen disparaging Two and a Half Men as the actor said, "I’m extremely disappointed with how they’re handling what I left behind."
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George Clooney's latest gal pal Stacy Keibler is cashing in on her romance with the A-list actor, raising her price of personal appearances at events and parties from $10,000 to $25,000.
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A new theatrical poster and trailer have been released online for one of the best-reviewed movies to debut at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, director Alexander Payne's long-awaited follow-up to Sideways, The Descendants. Based on the book of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants stars George Clooney as Matt King, a wealthy Hawaiian land baron who is forced to re-examine his life and his relationship with his daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) after his wife (Patricia Hastie) slips into a coma following a tragic boating accident off of Waikiki and he learns that she had been having an affair with a young real estate broker (Matthew Lillard).
watch the quirky new trailer >> Posted 10.19.11 by BrentJS -
The Ides of March, about a new presidential candidate getting a crash course in dirty politics, stars George Clooney and Ryan Gosling. Ides is the latest in a long line of political-themed movies, and we’re counting down your favorites. Whether political thriller, drama, or comedy, cast your vote for Hollywood's Top Ten, the show where movie fans control the countdowns.
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Posted 09.14.11 by reelz