Source: /Film It appears that Universal is in talk with Marc Webb, director of (500) Days of Summer, to direct a new modern adaptation of Andew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice’s 1972 Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The film had a previous 1973 film adaptation directed by Norman Jewison.
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Source: FirstShowing This is really interesting news. Thirty odd years after the release of Alien, Ridley Scott has officially signed on to return to the helm in a new prequel that is currently being written. After Scott’s original, ever film in the Alien series had a new director, which resulted in a different style of
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Source: /Film Earlier today, I talked about the reports that Steven Spielberg was going to be directing a film based on the Matt Helm novels. Now the official decision is that Spielberg is only going to be producing the film, with Paramount looking for another director. So, that leaves it unknown what Spielberg’s next project
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Here is the trailer for the new stop motion film by Wes Anderson, based on the book by Roald Dahl. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but this film really reminds me of The Wind and the Willows. Either way, this looks to be an entertaining film that looks to have the
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Source: /Film I could probably care less about the Twilight series, however I do have to agree that this is an interesting little story that’s developing. The second film New Moon isn’t even out yet and there is currently a minor issue over casting for the third film Eclipse. Apparently due to a scheduling conflict,
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Today, I will take a look at the first trailer for the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi film. I never saw the original Tron, however based on a trailer I looked up, it looks like it featured one of the earliest uses of CGI graphics (and blocky ones at that). Now, a sequel is poised
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Source: FirstShowing It is being reported the Steven Spielberg is interested in directing a film based on the Matt Helm spy novels written by Donald Hamilton. He is not 100% confirmed to direct, since the film is one of the projects left behind at Paramount when Dreamworks split and many issues would have to be
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The big new this week is not so much that the family film G-Force topped the Box Office, it’s the fact that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dropped by over 60% in it’s second weekend. However, an interesting point to make is that Harry Potter’s IMAX run begins on Wednesday. As such, it will
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The box office estimates were not the photo finish they were last week, so it can be safe to assume that Brüno will remain at the top when the final figures are announced. However, reports are saying that the box office receipts will probably be less than what Borat made (in fewer theatres). Transformers: Revenge
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This week, we look at the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan‘s new film based on the anime-inspired Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Last Airbender I would say that taking a break from thrillers and making of film based on Avatar: The Last Airbender (the “Avatar” name couldn’t be used thanks to James
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