Anyone worried that the sequel to Piranha 3-D might mix things up a little too much can rest easy. According to the plot synopsis, the mutant fish of the sequel get loose in swimming pools, pipes and other assorted plumbing at a newly opened waterpark named "Wilderness Waters." So yes, it's exactly the same as the first one, except in a new location. Judging from the title, I think it's safe to assume that this is a special type of waterpark where only scantily clad women and horny teenagers are allowed. [Bloody Disgusting]
The last trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides teased some important, socially conscious questions about killing mermaids in order to access the Fountain of Youth (or something), and now the finned ladies have gotten their own character poster. They're as pretty as Photoshopped, half-fish women probably get, but they also look furious. And they won't stop staring at me. I feel guilty right now, and I've never even killed a mermaid.
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In a presentation Tuesday at CinemaCon, Disney/Pixar announced that their forthcoming 2012 sequel to the Oscar-winning Monsters, Inc. will be called Monsters University, and is actually a prequel to the original exploring the origins of the friendship between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman). Stars Crystal and Goodman are expected to return along with Steve Buscemi as rival scream-collector Randall Boggs, while a writer and director have yet to be named. Cue the college movie cliché conjecture! What familiar campus experiences might our heroes face -- and what do monsters hang on doorknobs if they don't wear socks? [THR, First Showing]
The beloved muppet characters of Jim Henson's 1980s series Fraggle Rock entertained a generation of kids with their emphasis on friendship, their penchant for cooperation, and the subtle socialist messaging that made being part of the Fraggle Rock fandom so darn infectious... and strangely compulsive. And if those blue Commie Smurfs are getting their own big screen update, why not Red, Gobo, Boober and the gang?
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Just last Friday, Movieline's casting department notified you that Notting Hill director Roger Michell was on the lookout for an actor to play Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his romantic drama Hyde Park On Hudson. Our casting execs were thinking of someone along the lines of James Cromwell or Jon Voight again, but apparently Michell and UK's Film4 had a completely different actor in mind for the movie. Ladies and gentleman, meet the up-and-comer who will be playing the next Franklin D. Roosevelt: Bill Murray! Join as after the jump to share your thoughts on this surprise casting choice.
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Yes, yes. TNT's Falling Skies is some kind of film event even though it's a television show, thanks to the involvement of co-creator/big time movie producer Steven Spielberg. But that's not the only semi-related pop cultural reference that comes to mind during the frenetic two and a half minute trailer for the "powerful new original series," a trailer that dares your mind not to wander to just about a dozen other sci-fi properties that are not Falling Skies. Focus, class!
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George Clooney is an Oscar winner, two-time malaria survivor, humanitarian and as of today, a witness in the high profile prostitution trial of the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, who is being accused of paying to have sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl. The star was allegedly subpoenaed because the girl claims she saw Clooney at one of Berlusconi's parties. Clooney has issued this official response, "It seems odd since I've only met Berlusconi once and that was in an attempt to get aid into Darfur." Developing... [TMZ]
While promoting Your Highness this week, Danny McBride mentioned that he is anxious to direct his first feature film. "There's a few things I'm developing at [my production company] Rough House right now and I'm zeroing in on which one I want to make a reality," the film school graduate told The Playlist. So, dear readers: help a movie star out by taking a look at the projects McBride is considering and contribute your own recommendation.
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If you ever read Sleeping Beauty and thought, "Needs to be more like Sucker Punch," then this is your moment. Deadline reports that a "revisionist" take on the classic fairy tale is being shopped around Hollywood with blingatude-y star Hailee Steinfeld attached. In the update -- from screenwriter Linsday Devlin -- Sleeping Beauty will tumble into a "dream world" and try to "find her way out." Right. [Deadline]
Your mileage may have varied on the first trailer for the Ryan Reynolds-led Green Lantern -- not to be confused with The Green Hornet or the never-happening Deadpool movie -- but one thing is inarguable: The thing looked weird. That suit! The sorta bad special effects! Peter Sarsgaard's giant deformed head! As it turns out, Warner Bros. totally feels your perplexed pain.
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Fans of Dario Argento's cult 1977 thriller Suspiria who are a bit wary of the upcoming Natalie Portman-starring remake, take note: Writer-director David Gordon Green would like to put your minds at ease. Catching up with Movieline while discussing his new stoner comedy Your Highness, the versatile filmmaker emphasized a commitment to faithfulness and shared plans to recreate specific scenes and dialogue from the original. Most exciting of all? He's got the rights to the original Suspiria score by prog-rock band Goblin -- and he intends to use it.
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Last week, it was reported that Paramount would consider re-killing the zombie apocalypse film World War Z because of its $125 million budget if the studio couldn't find a co-financier. Well, it looks like they may have found one. Deadline reports that David Ellison's Skydance and possibly two other money people are in negotiations with Paramount to keep the Brad Pitt film afloat. Those Movieline-approved 15-to-1 odds of Z happening look a whole lot better at the moment. [Deadline]
James Cameron's recent trip to Brazil wasn't just about attending sustainability forums with Bill Clinton and posing for tribal photos with Arnold Schwarzenegger -- it was about getting in the mindset for the Avatar sequel. For Cameron, this meant enjoying a restaurant dinner with the Caipo tribe (they like to get out), vowing to name a character in Avatar 2 after himself, and threatening to submerge the cast of his sequel into the indigenous lifestyle.
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· You never know what you might stumble upon on the Internet. Case in point: The Surfer's Journal has unearthed a 2009 video purported to be the handiwork of JT, a chimpanzee from Modesto, CA. Because, where else would an Avid-proficient chimp live besides California? The video plays like a caffeinated Terrence Malick directed Endless Summer, so if the Tree of Life poster didn't get you excited for Malick's next film, perhaps this will. (In a very round-about way.) Click ahead to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Artist Tim Doyle has created comic renderings of famous scenes from Quentin Tarantino's movies. This first image from Reservoir Dogs is titled "Mr. Orange dying in a 1972 Pontiac Lemans Coupe Convertible," which should tell you all you need to know. The strange thing about auteurs like Tarantino is you never get tired of seeing other people re-imagine their work. Someone please re-render Vernita Green's Kill Bill scene out of Cheerios from an actual cereal gun, please! Click ahead for the image.
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