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Top Story: The release for Oscar frontrunner Up in the Air is moving back to Dec. 4. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy moved to Nov. 13 for an earlier release after a very positive reception at Toronto and Telluride. However, that date put it within a week of another George Clooney film, The Men Who Stare [...]
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Up in the Air moves back to December – TFC Morning Report
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on October 1st, 2009
Universal jolts life into Bride of Frankenstein – TFC Morning Report
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on June 17th, 2009
Top Story: Looks like the Wolf Man isn’t the only Universal monster getting a remake. Universal and Imagine Entertainment are in talks with director Neil Burger to write and direct a new take on the 1935 horror classic Bride of Frankenstein. (THR’s Risky Biz) In Other News: Sean Penn is taking a little break from [...]
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No Comments »Angels & Demons edges out Star Trek – TFC Morning Report
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on May 18th, 2009
Top Story: The Ron Howard-directed thriller Angels & Demons beat Star Trek (barely) for No. 1 at the domestic box office. The Tom Hanks-starrer took $48 million, a far cry from the $77 million its predecessor The Da Vinci Code made on opening weekend. Star Trek stayed strong with a $43 million second weekend, dropping [...]
TFC Morning Report – Thursday, March 26, 2009 – Penn, Del Toro, Carrey are Three Stooges
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on March 26th, 2009
Top Story: The Farrelly Brothers’ long-gestating The Three Stooges film is finally moving forward with Sean Penn is set to play Larry, Jim Carrey in negotiations for Curly, and Benicio Del Toro rumored to be up for the role of Moe. Is anyone else excited to see Spicoli’s return to comedy? (THR) In Other News: [...]
Posted in Random Tags: 20th century fox, american jesus, anthony hopkins, antonio banderas, benicio del toro, fox international productions, freida pinto, jim carrey, josh brolin, mark millar, matthew vaughn, naomi watts, nicole kidman, sean penn, the farrelly brothers, the three stooges, woody allen No Comments »TFC Morning Report – Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – Alec Baldwin. Essential.
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on March 10th, 2009
Top Story: After watching Jack Donaghy so elequently describe Harry and the Hendersons on last week’s 30 Rock, I can’t think of a better co-host for TCM’s The Essentials than Alec Baldwin. Baldwin joins Robert Osbourne to discuss the classics Saturdays at 8 p.m. on TCM. (Variety) In Other News: Sean Penn will star in [...]
TFC Morning Report – Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 – Diablo Cody to produce Breathers
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 24th, 2009
Top Story: Oscar winner Diablo Cody will produce the zombie rom-com (yes, you read that correctly) Breathers for Fox Searchlight. This will be her third project with the Fox specialty division following Juno and the upcoming Jennifer’s Body. (Variety) In Other News: Naomi Watts and Slumdog Millionaire‘s Freida Pinto will join Josh Brolin and Anthony [...]
Posted in Random Tags: angelina j, chiwetel ejiofor, diablo cody, doug liman, fair game, freida pinto, naomi watts, new yorker films, phillip noyce, salt, sean penn No Comments »UPDATE: How do you kiss an Oscar goodbye?
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 28th, 2009
Mickey Rourke, what were you thinking? Appearing on Larry King Live and exchanging barbs with Chris Jericho? Nothing says Oscar like challenging a professional wrestler to a bare-knuckle fight. It looks like Sean Penn and Frank Langella’s chances at winning the Oscar just got a whole lot better. Update: The Defamer says Mickey Rourke is [...]
Final Oscar 2008-2009 Nomination Predictions
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 21st, 2009
Will The Dark Knight get its Best Picture nod? Will Slumdog nab the most nominations? Will Woody Allen spoil the day for another director? Will Kate Winslet get the two nods she deserves? What’s going to happen?! Tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST the Academy will announce the Oscar nominees. Anyone who has watched [...]
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Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 8th, 2009
No real surprise as Slumdog Millionaire takes top prize (and 4 others) at the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. (Sorry, The Dark Knight fans.) All signs continue to point to Slumdog as the Best Picture favorite. Damn me for not having cable television. I’d would have liked to seen some of these acceptance speeches, especially Kate [...]
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Year in Review – Top Ten Films of 2008
One of the problems with living in a place like Cleveland (or Erie, Pa. before this) and not in NYC or LA is that you don’t get to see all the movies of 2008 until it’s 2009. I’ve always given myself an extra month to catch up. Considering the lackluster year it’s been for movies, [...]