I’m really curious about this movie and want to read the books. It looks like The Running Man for teenagers.
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Not sure how I feel about this movie but here are two brand new posters. Click the image for a larger version.
Marvel Studios will be sponsoring a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. (PST) with cast members and the director of their highly anticipated action-adventure “Marvel’s The Avengers,” opening in theaters on May 4, 2012. The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon and cast members Tom Hiddleston and Clark Gregg. Fans around the world will be able to participate in the Q&A on Twitter by using the @Avengers handle and the #Avengers hashtag. Participating fans will have the opportunity to see a 10-second tease of the 30-second Super Bowl spot that will air during Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 on NBC. They will also have a chance to answer “Avengers” trivia for a chance to win “Avengers” prize packs. International fans will be able to submit questions for the talent in their native language through a global translation tool provided by Ortsbo.com. The chat will be moderated by Marvel’s @Agent_M.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards this morning and the big surprise was that Martin Scorsese’s Hugo lead the pack with eleven, while Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist received ten.
Under the Academy’s new rules – and sliding scale for Best Picture nominations – Hugo and The Artist were joined by seven other films, one less than the maximum allowable.
The complete list of nominations – and a few words of commentary – follow the jump.
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2012 mark Universal Pictures 100th anniversary and the company has a wealth of plans to celebrate the landmark, including: a new logo, restoration of thirteen of its signature films, home entertainment offerings, theme park celebrations, signature events and a sweeping social media campaign.
Details [the full press release] follow the jump.
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With all the differing selections in most of the main categories, the various critics groups have definitely made any speculation on the Oscars® a crap shoot.
The last major critics group, The National Society of Film Critics, has checked in with its choices for the best in film for 2011 and, surprise, they’ve chosen the deeply odd and beautiful end-of-the-world/study of clinical depression film, Melancholia – directed by Lars Von Trier – as best film of 2011.
Melancholia lead Kirsten Dunst was named Best Actress and Brad Pitt nabbed Best Actor for his work in Moneyball and The Tree of Life. The Tree of Life’s Terrence Malik was named Best Director.
The complete list of winners follows the jump.
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I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the 3D release of Beauty and the Beast this morning, not the least because the brilliant Disney classic is well served by its 3D conversion, but also because the wedding that was promised in Disney’s Tangled is the setting for the fabulously frantic farce of Tangled Ever After.
Despite the wedding of Rapunzel [Mandy Moore] and Flynn Rider [Zachary Levi], Tangled Ever After the short is actually a showcase for the smartest characters in the original movie – that would be Pascal the horse and Maximus the chameleon…
Check out a clip following the jump.
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