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Fringe: Why I Hate Faux-Livia

2010-10-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

Last week, Tim posed a big question—Which universe do you prefer?—and I finally decided on my answer after watching last night’s episode, “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” I am on Team Blue Universe for one simple reason: Faux-livia (Anna Torv) is a jerk.

She has her reasons, of course. I’d probably be a jerk too if I were stuck in an alternate universe with such a complicated mission weighing on my psyche. But my main problem with Faux-livia is that she’s consciously taking advantage of the Blue Fringe Division. Our Olivia is not completely responsible for infiltrating the Red Fringe Division because she’s not fully aware of what she’s doing (care of Walternate, (John Noble) who's experimented on her and thus gained partial control of her actions).

To be fair, the Red Universe has a lot going for it; I’d love to live in a world filled with mega-advanced technology, Agent Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo), Colonel Broyles (Lance Reddick) in tight shirts, and The West Wing. But this is also the world from which Faux-livia and Walternate originated, and I just can’t get behind a team with such destructive intentions.

Last night, we saw Faux-livia get into some real trouble, which was actually really comforting because it means that the fake blonde is not going to be in our world forever. Sure, she may have seduced Peter (Joshua Jackson) and strengthened their emotional bond, but Peter isn’t stupid, either. He was honest with Faux-livia about how different she’s seemed since “returning” from the Red Universe, and his curiosity isn’t going to cease just because they did the nasty.

Plus, Shapeshifter Overlord Thomas Newton (Gordon Ramsay Sebastian Roche) is out of the picture now, so her already-tenuous grasp on the Blue Universe just got a little weaker. It’s only a matter of time before her cover is blown!

I’ll leave you to ponder these questions for the next three weeks; new episodes of Fringe return on November 4, which is fine by me because the Giants are in the playoffs! Go orange!

1. What did you think of “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Elextric Sheep?”

2. How far will Walternate get with his experiments on Olivia?

3. Will Peter be able to solve the puzzle of the Doomsday Box?

Glee: Double the Fun

2010-10-16T11:29:00.000-07:00

Glee: Double the Fun

Something was missing from last night’s episode of Glee, “Duets.” I don't mean Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch); while her one-liners are always welcome, she wouldn’t have added anything to the plot. I don't mean Puck (Mark Salling), either; as much as I love his voice, sending him off to juvie (presumably) gave Salling some time to promote his new solo album. So what was it?

In a word, everything. The episode lacked the flashy guest-stars, forced themes, and crazy costumes of the previous three. It focused on character development, it gave (almost) everyone a chance to sing, and it was a true pleasure to watch. It was about the glee club, through and through. Imagine that!

What’s sad is that, because this episode was stripped of the show’s typical bells and whistles, I basically saw it as a filler until I realized how much had actually happened. Glee is at its best (or “most believable”) when its stars are actually the stars, and in the span of last night’s 44-ish minutes, we gained a ton of insight into the psyches of several characters. Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) is frustrated by her chaperoned relationship with Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), Brittany (Heather Morris) is sexually free but emotionally attached to Santana (Naya Rivera), Artie (Kevin McHale) is still harboring feelings for Tina even though he lost his virginity to Brittany, Kurt (Chris Colfer) doesn’t know how to take “no” for an answer, and Quinn (Dianna Agron) doesn’t know how to say “yes” for herself. I’d rather watch a show that tackes those issues over a Britney-fest any day.

Finally, how awesome were those duets? Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Santana stole a piece of my Tina Turner-loving heart when they sang “River Deep, Mountain High,” and theirs wasn’t even the best performance of the night. Quinn and Sam’s (Chord Overstreet) chemistry-filled “Lucky” and Kurt’s fabulous “Le Jazz Hot” were spectacular, but nothing beats the choreography and comedy of Tina and Mike’s “Sing!”

2009-10-22T12:50:00.006-07:00

New Poster for The Road

Source:The Weinstein Company

October 21, 2009

The Weinstein Company has provided ComingSoon.net with a first look at the new poster for direct John Hillcoat's The Road, opening in theaters on November 25th.

Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and Kodi Smit McPhee star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel – the story of a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world.

Click the poster for a bigger version!

2009-10-22T12:50:00.005-07:00

Rob Hardy to Helm Stomp the Yard 2

Source:The Hollywood Reporter

October 22, 2009

It's interesting that just yesterday we posted our coverage of the set visit for Armored which took place February 26 of 2008. While we were on-set, Columbus Short was asked specifically about a sequel to Stomp the Yard. We quote...

Q: Have you talked at all about another "Stomp the Yard"?
Short: Oh, no. I wouldn't be in it.

Q: You wouldn't?
Short: No. Come on! Some things are better left alone. I've learned that. I had my share of a sequel. I was in the "Save the Last Dance" sequel. That was cool. You've got to work your way up. (Laughs)

Fast forward to today and The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that writer/director Rob Hardy will helm the sequel, to be titled Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming.

The trade says that Short is now in negotiations to reprise his role as DJ, a master street dancer.

The sequel is set to shoot early next month in Atlanta.

2009-10-22T12:50:00.003-07:00

Exclusive Interview: Saw VI Director Kevin Greutert

Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com

October 22, 2009

ShockTillYouDrop.com has posted a new interview with Saw VI director Kevin Greutert which you can read here. Greutert was the editor of the first five "Saw" films.

Hitting theaters on Friday, October 23, the sixth film stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, Shawnee Smith, Samantha Lemole, Caroline Cave, George Newbern, Darius McCrary, Shauna MacDonald, Devon Bostick and Tanedra Howard.

In the film, Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

2009-10-22T12:50:00.001-07:00

Theron and Hardy Eyed for Mad Max 4?

Source:E! Online

October 22, 2009

E! Online's sources are saying that George Miller is eying Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy (Black Hawk Down, "Band of Brothers") to star in Mad Max 4. Mel Gibson is not expected to return.

The Mad Max revamp is a long way from fruition, and Miller is being very secretive about the roles and plot. Actors auditioning for the film have only been given a letter for their character's name. The studio has yet to sign off on Miller's choices, and no formal offers have been made.

So in other words, consider this as just a rumor for now.

2009-10-22T12:49:00.003-07:00

Dylan Baker Returning for Spider-Man 4

Source:UGO

October 22, 2009

UGO reports that Dylan Baker confirmed last night at a Trick 'r Treat screening in New York that he'll be back as Dr. Curt Connors in director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4.

There's been a lot of speculation that Connors will finally become The Lizard in the fourth installment, but Baker said that he had just gotten his first call about the film that very day.

The site says that Trick 'r Treat director Michael Dougherty ribbed him about "just appearing in the background," and Baker said that's what he'd be doing. It is, of course, unknown if Baker can say anything at this point, so it might be too early to take that as a fact.

Columbia Pictures is planning a May 5, 2011 release in conventional and IMAX theaters.

2009-10-22T12:49:00.001-07:00

Exclusive Clip From Disney's A Christmas Carol

Source:Walt Disney Pictures

October 22, 2009

ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Disney's A Christmas Carol, coming to theaters and IMAX in two weeks, on November 6th. You can watch the clip using the player below!

Disney's A Christmas Carol, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event. The film features the performances of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn and Cary Elwes.

2009-10-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

UPDATE #2: Twilight: New Moon TV Spot & Full Second Clip

Source:Fandango, Yahoo! Movies UK & Ireland

October 22, 2009

Fandango has premiered the first TV spot for The Twilight Saga: New Moon which you can watch here!

Yahoo! Movies UK & Ireland has posted the second clip from the sequel in full online here. The clip features Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) fighting to save Bella (Kristen Stewart) from the Volturi vampires.

The Chris Weitz-directed sequel opens in theaters on November 20th.

2009-10-16T23:26:00.000-07:00

New Paranormal Activity Trailer Hits

Source:Paramount Pictures

October 16, 2009

Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Paranormal Activity which you can watch using the player below. The supernatural thriller carried a budget of just $11,000 and has already earned $12.5 million as it is being released wide into 800 theaters its fourth weekend.

Written and directed by Oren Peli, the film stars Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Friedrichs, Amber Armstrong and Ashley Palmer. The movie is about a a young, middle class couple that moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house. They become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

2009-10-15T07:35:00.001-07:00

Exclusive: The Cast of The Stepfather

Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com

October 15, 2009

ShockTillYouDrop.com talked exclusively to Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley and Amber Heard about the thriller The Stepfather, hitting screens on Friday, October 16th.

In director Nelson McCormick's remake of the 1987 movie starring Terry O'Quinn, Michael Harding (Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

You can watch the interviews here!

2009-10-15T07:34:00.001-07:00

The Trailer for Martin Campbell's Edge of Darkness!

Source:Yahoo! Movies

October 15, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed the trailer and poster for director Martin Campbell's Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo and Gbenga Akinnagbe.

Opening January 29th, Edge of Darkness centers on a veteran cop (Gibson) whose only grown-up child (Novakovic) is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop unearths his daughter's secret life and discovers a world of corporate cover-ups and government collusion.

2009-10-10T12:02:00.001-07:00

Exclusive Toy Story 3 Poster!

Source:Disney•Pixar

October 9, 2009

ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new teaser poster for Disney•Pixar's Toy Story 3 featuring Jessie! You can check it out bigger by clicking on the poster below, and be sure to stay tuned on Monday morning for the new trailer.

Opening June 18, 2010, the highly-anticipated sequel features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Jodi Benson, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Timothy Dalton, Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt and Whoopi Goldberg. Lee Unkrich is directing from a script by Michael Arndt.

2009-10-10T12:00:00.000-07:00

Kurtzman and Orci on Star Trek 2

Source:Scott Huver

October 9, 2009

Finally, a couple of Hollywood screenwriters that are treated like rock stars – or at least gurus of geek chic. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are easily the hottest name-brand writing team in Tinseltown after a year of major hits including Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and their producing efforts "Fringe" and The Proposal.

ComingSoon.net played the third wheel as the duo weighed in on what's about to come forth from their dual computers.

On building a brand new adventure or borrowing and tweaking more "Star Trek" canon for the highly anticipated "Star Trek" sequel:
Alex Kurtzman: Every franchise has a different need. So you have to look at them differently based on whatever kind of a mandate is there. But in the case of "Transformers" it was very important to us to have a sequel idea that stood on it's own. You need to have been able to not have seen the first movie to appreciate the second one. I think that for us it's always about going back to the sequels that we loved as kids and asking ourselves why we loved them. "Empire Strikes Back," "Superman 2," "Aliens," "Terminator 2," "Star Trek 2," what do all of those movies have in common? Well, they are amazing stories all on their own. You didn't have to see the first movie. There was some incredibly emotional test of character in all of those movies. Superman has to give up his powers for love. The Spock and Kirk relationship is being tested by Kahn. Ripley finding a daughter, essentially. All of those things are such big ideas in and of themselves. And you really can't tell those kinds of stories in movie #1, because movie #1 is very much about establishing a world.

On the things on their "Star Trek" wish list that didn't make it into the first film that might be revisited in the second:
Roberto Orci: You know, we had a few characters in early drafts. [Christine] Chapel – maybe some of the friends in the Academy. But in terms of big concepts? No, nothing that was like "Oh, not going to be able to fit that in."
Kurtzman: Right. We kind of threw it all in the first one!

On the possibility of introducing concepts from the various "Star Trek" sequel series - like The Borg, for example - into the relaunched franchise:
Orci: I think we would think about it, because we do love "The Next Generation."

Do they have a priority or any particular element of those sequel series that they most would like to put into the movie?
Kurtzman: I think our instinct would be to first look at the original series before we would consider that, but all of that would be on the table for us, it is on the table.

On the possibility of doing "Star Trek 2" and "3" back-to-back:
Kurtzman: I think we tend to look at this as it's very, very important to us to make sure that each movie is good. It's not "Hey, let's do as many as possible." But rather "Let's make sure that they are good." I think that we feel like we've inherited this incredible honor, in this mantle of "Star Trek" and the most important thing is to make sure that we are protecting that first. So, if the studio wants more than one, then great, but our thinking is going to be very much about the story.
Orci: The story.
Kurtzman: Whether the story prescribes there will be more than one. Part of what is great about '"Star Trek"' is that it's a continuing adventure so you naturally think that there will be many, hopefully. But we only focus on what comes next and then build off of that. So, right now we are not thinking specifically about making two and three. It may come up but it's not where our heads are right now.

On adding an allegorical element to the plot of the second film – including an Internet-rumored Guantanamo Bay metaphor:
Orci: The Gitmo thing was just a for instance. We're not doing a story that is going to be about Guantanamo Bay. Now that we've established the characters we can have a more philosophical allegory where what is happening in the future represents, like the best versions in the '60s did it – represented women's rights, racial equality, and progressive issues. We're still just brainstorming internally and going to get together soon and bust our riffs out, see what happens, and start putting it together.

On whether the success of the first film will influence their storytelling decisions on the sequel:
Orci: I think it's the exact same pressure as the first one. Great, I'm glad we had a nice victory but now we have to do it again. Same amount of trepidation and reverence for "Trek."
Kurtzman: But the excitement of knowing that we have everything in place. Going into the first movie we had no idea of what the actors were even going to look like, so now knowing what the feeling was, and who is playing the parts, will definitely be helpful.

On the potential for adding pre-established "Star Trek" elements, such as Khan Noonian Singh – into the sequel storyline:
Kurtzman: Where we are starting is "Okay, where are our characters now and what are interesting complications that we can put in their lives? What feels like an organic emotional place for them to get to? How do we want to test them?" Then you look at everything. You look everything and start asking "Who would be the best foe."
Orci: There are mental exercises we play with them – in fact ,we even at one point had one conversation I think was all about the first movie. It could have ended on "…and then the Botany Bay floats by." You can't be fans of this and not sit around one night and go "What if we…?" So we've gone through probably whatever you've gone through in your minds.
Kurtzman: The short answer is that we haven't landed on anybody yet.

On collaborating on their next film, "Cowboys & Aliens," with director Jon Favreau:
Kurtzman: It's the greatest.
Orci: We just started and we're getting along really well. We actually sent ourselves back to school and we're watching Westerns together, analyzing them, and just kind of getting into it.
Kurtzman: Yeah, we had a lot of these Westerns in our heads but Jon is an incredible fountain of Western knowledge.
Orci: "Star Trek" was pitched originally as a space Western anyway. So "Star Trek" was a nice lead up to this project.
Kurtzman: I think also that Jon comes from a very similar emotional place. Because he's an actor and he knows what plays and what doesn't play very quickly. We're having an unbelievably good time working with him on that.

On the status of "The Defenders," the gaming-themed movie they're developing with "Heroes" star Masi Oka:
Orci: We're still working out the story.
Kurtzman: We actually can't say too much about it, but Masi is amazing. He's wonderful to work with.
Orci: Gary Whitta is writing it.
Kurtzman: Gary Whitta is writing it and he wrote "Book of Eli" which is coming out this year.
Orci: He's developed a great story and we have to go pitch it to the heads of the studio. We'll find out what happens.

On their latest toy-themed project, "View-Master," which they'll be producing:
Kurtzman: Here's what is really interesting about that, because we've read a lot of the response – and a lot of the wildly cynical response – to it. Here's what I'll say. Some toys should be movies and some toys should not be movies. I like to believe that we know the difference between those toys. The movies that work, work when there is a story there that you can take the toy out of, but then when you put the toy in it because an even more amazing experience for whatever reason. Brad Kane, who is a writer for us on "Fringe" came to us with an amazing idea that had absolutely nothing to do with "View-Master," we loved it, thought it was fantastic, and then along comes...
Orci: We said "It's missing one thing, I don't' know what that thing is…"
Kurtzman: Then along comes "View-Master," right? It felt like a perfect marriage of ideas. It's because we started with a story that felt like it could be told all on it's own before that came along. So in some ways its like "Bring it on, if you want to be cynical about 'View Master' then great." We're so confident in where it's going to end up going that we feel like in some ways there is nowhere to go but up. Brad is finishing a script and then he's going to start writing.
Orci: Actually, Spielberg told us once that his first draft story of "E.T." didn't have an alien in it, but it was a family drama about a kid missing his father. So that's always stuck in our mind as "Wow, you have to be able to take out the thing."
Kurtzman: Take out the giant robots and what's the story you have left over?

On how they won't likely be returning to pen a third "Transformers" film:
Orci: We've been working on "Transformers" longer than I was in college. I think we have our degree in "Transformers" now.
Kurtzman: I think it's just a question for us of, the franchise is so wonderful and it deserves to be fresh all the time. I think we just felt like we had given it a lot and didn't have an instinct for where to go with it next. We said "You guys should do it right."
Orci: The studio said "Oh yeah, if you guys want to come back, come back." But we never want to do that unless we have an idea. We always think that the best idea should win. That means opening it up to everybody.

2009-10-10T11:59:00.002-07:00

Spider-Man 4 to Start Filming March 2010

Source:MTV

October 9, 2009

MTV talked to director Sam Raimi, who says he's hoping to start shooting Spider-Man 4 the first week of March 2010 for a May 5, 2011 release.

Raimi added that Gary Ross is doing a rewrite of the script using notes Raimi gave him, a production designer has started designing the sets and environments, and Scott Stokdyk is back on board on his fourth Spidey film as visual effects supervisor.

Raimi said that no casting has taken place--other than Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst--but that they are starting to think about that now.

You can check out the article here.

2009-10-10T11:59:00.001-07:00

Full Synopsis and Cast for Resident Evil: Afterlife

Source:Screen Gems

October 8, 2009

Screen Gems has provided us with the plot for Resident Evil: Afterlife, scheduled for a release on August 27, 2010. It goes as follows:

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead leads them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

The full cast includes: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Spencer Locke, Wentworth Miller, Shawn Roberts, Boris Kodjoe, Kim Coates, Norman Yeung and Kasey Barnfield.

Paul W.S. Anderson returns to the director's chair with a script he penned.

2009-10-10T11:58:00.000-07:00

The Trailer for The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Source:First Look Studios

October 8, 2009

First Look Studios has provided us with the new trailer and photos for director Werner Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker, Xzibit, Shea Wigham, Katie Chonacas and Brad Dourif.

In the film, hitting theaters November 20, Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute (Mendes) he loves. Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience.

You can watch the trailer using the player below, while the 2-page photo gallery can be viewed here.

2009-10-09T13:38:00.003-07:00

Spider-Man 4 to Start Filming March 2010

Source:MTV

October 9, 2009

2009-10-09T13:38:00.001-07:00

Spierig Brothers Talk Daybreakers

Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com

October 9, 2009

Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig talked about writing and directing the horror film Daybreakers in a new Q&A posted at ShockTillYouDrop.com. Opening in theaters on January 8th, the film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas and Sam Neill.

Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.

You can read the Q&A here.

2009-10-08T12:23:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-07T12:28:00.002-07:00

Douglas and LaBeouf on the Wall Street 2 Set

Source:Splash News

October 7, 2009

Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf and director Oliver Stone were spotted filming Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps today in Central Park Zoo, Manhattan, New York City. You can check out more photos from the set at Splash News by clicking the pic below!

Scheduled for an April 23, 2010 release, the 20th Century Fox film also stars Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Ferlito and Charlie Sheen.

In the follow-up, LaBeouf plays Jake Moore, a young Wall Street broker who is the fiancé of Gordon Gekko's (Douglas) daughter, played by Carey Mulligan.

2009-10-07T12:28:00.001-07:00

Powers and Rossio on Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Source:Los Angeles Times, Empire Online

October 7, 2009

The day that the title of the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film was announced to be Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, we posted an article in which we talked about the speculation that the movie would be based on author Tim Powers' 1987 novel with the same name about pirates and the Fountain of Youth.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Powers confirms that Disney optioned the book almost three years ago. But what will they use from the book? Here's a clip:

"I've watched all the movies several times, of course, and I think the clear thing they would use is the trip to the Fountain of Youth," Powers said. "My main character doesn't overlap with Jack Sparrow at all [in personality or circumstance]; they're totally different characters. I suppose they might overlap the Geoffrey Rush character Barbossa and Blackbeard. The only thing I feel certain they will hold on to is the Fountain of Youth since they telegraphed that at the end of the last movie."

You can read more of his comments here. Empire magazine also has more quotes from co-writer Terry Rossio who says the script isn't necessarily based on the book but that they do use elements of the novel:

"We wanted to do a story about Blackbeard and the Fountain of Youth, and Tim Powers wrote a book about Blackbeard and the Fountain of Youth... it just turns out that to do that story you would need that book. It's a brilliant and Tim Powers is an amazing writer - and it's a great title. It allows us to draw material from that universe and his expertise."

The studio is targeting a Summer 2011 release for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

2009-10-07T12:27:00.002-07:00

New Trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus!

Source:Yahoo! Movies

October 7, 2009

Yahoo! Movies has debuted the new trailer for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, opening in theaters on Christmas Day. The film stars Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick.

Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all.

2009-10-07T12:27:00.001-07:00

Hugh Jackman Talks Wolverine

Source:CBS News

October 7, 2009

CBS News' Katie Couric talked to Hugh Jackman about playing Wolverine and Jackman again mentioned the Japan storyline for Wolverine 2. You can watch the brief interview clip using the player below:

2009-10-07T07:20:00.001-07:00

No Simpsons Movie Sequel Planned

Source:Variety

October 7, 2009

The creators of "The Simpsons" have ruled out making a sequel to The Simpsons Movie, at least not until the TV series finally wraps.

According to Variety, Matt Groening and showrunner Al Jean said that making the series and producing the movie was so exhausting that a sequel remains a distant prospect.

"It took 18 years to get around to doing the movie," Groening said. "We got very frustrated. We thought it would take two years but it ended up taking four. Some day maybe we'll do another one -- but don't hold your breath."

Both Groening and Jean have no idea when the series may end.