The characters from the Academy Award winning ChubbChubbs are back in theaters, this summer! The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas makes its debut on August 8, 2007 at selected theaters (check listings), showing before TriStar Pictures’ Daddy Day Camp. Having traveled the galaxy since 2003, when The ChubbChubbs! won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Meeper and his ChubbChubbs visit Earth in the new Sony Pictures Animation short, The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas....
I recently had the chance to speak with playwright and screenwriter Robert Glaudini for the upcoming release Jack Goes Boating, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on January 18. While a majority of that interview centered on that wonderful indie movie, I also asked Glaudini if he has any other projects in the works. The writer revealed that he’s developing a new TV series for HBO, entitled Upstate. He’s collaborating with fellow playwright Brett C....
Fans are stoked to see The Batman finally make its way to theaters in March, but watching the finished cut for the first time was a challenge for Robert Pattinson. In the new film, Pattinson debuts his incarnation of Bruce Wayne, the latest in a series of actors to play a live-action Batman on the big screen. There are tentative plans to develop sequels in addition to separate spinoff shows in development at HBO Max....
After almost ten years, a lost film starring Mark Hamill and produced by Roger Corman is finally set to release. The movie, titled Virtually Heroes, was actually the first by the legendary film producer to ever screen at the Sundance Film Festival — at the ripe age of 86. True to form, Corman’s Sundance debut was a war film made on almost no budget and largely cropped together using old footage he had shot decades earlier....
There are certain characters whose smallest appearance on screen gets them trending on social media, and one such critter is Roger Rabbit, the star of the much-loved, ground-breaking Robert Zemekis movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. When Disney dropped its first trailer for the revival of the Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers franchise, it very quickly became clear that this is not a reboot but a fully meta experience that sees the two chipmunks being rendered in the real world in a self-knowing movie that could well have taken much of its inspiration from Roger Rabbit’s big screen outing....
The Good Overall, a funny film that recalls many of the comedic movies from the 1980s. The Bad Some of Robin Williams humor was pretty bad. I resisted seeing RV in the theater because the movie seemed like something that would make me want to hang myself. Then everyone I knew said how entertaining and funny the film was, so I figured there must be something to it. After that, it started raking in the cash on DVD and when I was asked to review the film, I was excited because I finally was getting a chance to see what all the hoopla was about....
Marvel Studios mega-producer Avi Arad confirmed to MTV that last weekend, two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has filmed some top-secret scenes for Iron Man, the highly-anticipated superhero flick due in theaters next May. Arad admitted: “It’s a cameo.” When asked about the rumor that Samuel L. Jackson will appear in the film, Arad said “I can’t talk about that.” Then after a few moments, the producer added “The Sam thing was supposed to be the biggest secret of them all,” he shrugged....
First there were all those AICN rumors. Then came the fact that Marvel commissioned Sam Jackson’s likeness for their Ultimate Nick Fury illustrations. Now, the producer of Iron Man confirms what we expected all along. This past weekend, while doing the junket rounds for Bratz: The Movie, producer Avi Arad told a number of journalists that Samuel L. Jackson was in fact playing Nick Fury in an Iron Man cameo. And that he was quite upset that the surprise had been ruined....
The uproarious musical parody series Schmigadoon! at the increasingly popular Apple TV Plus has been renewed for a second season and will see an overhaul of source material as well as the addition of a few new faces! The show stars Keegan Michael Key of Key and Peele and Cecily Strong of Saturday Night Live, who play a pair of New York City doctors, Josh and Melissa, on a trip to repair their fracturing marriage....
In 2004 the controversial yet immensely popular film directed, written, and co-produced by actor Mel Gibson titled The Passion of the Christ was released in theaters. It starred Jim Caviezel as Jesus, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, the mother of Jesus, Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene, and Luca Lionello as Judas. The film narrated the last moments of Jesus Christ, from His supplications in the Garden of Gethsemane through His betrayal at the hands of Judas Iscariot....
The series is set in Ocean Beach, a community near San Diego, California and revolves around an ex-cop, Hank Dolworth (Logue), who partners with former-thief Britt Pollack (Raymond-James), to form an unlicensed private investigation company. As the series unfolds, Hank realizes that something is not right in his small beach community and he and Britt dedicate themselves to getting to the bottom of it. But as the bodies start pilling up, the clues lead Hank to believe that there may be connections between these crimes and his own discharge from the police force....
Following in the footsteps of other popular sitcoms such as 30 Rock and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the hospital-based comedy, Scrubs, will be removing several episodes from streaming platforms due to racial insensitivity. The service Hulu has now taken down three episodes that feature characters in blackface. The three episodes in question are the episode titled My Fifteen Seconds from season 3 as well as My Jiggly Ball and My Chopped Liver from season 5....
Shekhar Kapur, the Indian-born helmer of movies such as Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, will direct one of the last pieces of writing from the late Anthony Minghella, a segment of the urban ode New York, I Love You. Minghella had written but not cast or shot his segment of the episodic film, which was to have begun shooting in April in Manhattan. The Hollywood Reporter says, last week producers said they were awaiting word from the family before making a decision....
SHREK, the new Broadway-bound musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, and directed by Jason Moore, is looking for a Shrek and a Donkey to star on Broadway! Produced by DreamWorks Animation and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. (principals Sam Mendes and Caro Newling), the SHREK creative team is planning a two-week reading this summer (July 23- August 3rd) in New York which will be followed by a Broadway opening in 2008!...
The legendary actor Sidney Poitier is no longer with us, but his memory will be honored with a new documentary exploring his body of work. Per Variety, the doc is in the works at Apple with Oprah Winfrey attached to executive produce the Apple Original Films release. The untitled doc, which also included the involvement of Poitier’s family, has reportedly been in the works for more than a year. Harpo Productions and Network Entertainment are collaborating on the documentary....
Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna have teased the future of Tom Hardy’s Venom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The final post-credits scene at the tail end of Spider-Man: No Way Home showed Hardy’s Eddie Brock slowly losing his mind after finding himself transported from the Sony-Verse to the MCU. After suddenly being sent back to his universe, Brock leaves behind a small dollop of the Venom symbiote, which Erik Sommers confirms was intended to tease Venom’s eventual conflict with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man....
A few years ago, Hollywood fell in love with a niche romance genre – the sick-flick. Many films were released to rave reviews, including The Big Sick and The Fault in Our Stars. The sick-flick appealed to a large audience for its oftentimes relatable and cathartic subject matter. Losing a loved one is no laughing matter, but through cinema, topics of love and loss can be explored in a healing manner....
The Star Wars sequel trilogy was among the most-anticipated films in cinematic history. After a long hiatus in live-action film, fans were excited to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens pick up where 1983’s Return of the Jedi let off. Of course, fan expectations were set high, but that was only because Star Wars is something people keep so close to their hearts. The Force Awakens was positively received upon release and became the highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office....
i>KNIGHT AND MUMMY IN TIGHT RACE Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knightremained the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row, taking in an estimated $43.8 million and edging out the debut of Universal’s The Mummy 3: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, which took in $42.4 million. Mummybested Knighton a per-theater basis, however, coming in with an average of $11,303 at 3,760 theaters versus $9,939 for Knightat 4,266 theaters....
FOREIGN BOX OFFICE BOOMING While the summer box office is up just 5 percent domestically over last year – with much of that increase attributable to higher ticket prices at 3D and IMAX screens – the international box office remains on a tear, Daily Varietyindicated today (Thursday). The trade publication noted that Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaursdawned with an opening weekend gross of $151.7 million and is closing in on $200 million in its first week....
