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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>Cinematical</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com</link><description>Cinematical</description><image><url>http://www.cinematical.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url><title>Cinematical</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com</link></image><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/Animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Comedy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/theatrical-reviews/" rel="tag">Theatrical Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/family-films/" rel="tag">Family Films</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/fox4.jpg" /></div>
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<em>By Todd Gilchrist (reprint from 11/3/09 -- AFI Film Festival)</em><br />
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It's not hard to like any movie that uses the Beach Boys' music, but <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/wes-anderson/1037869/main">Wes Anderson</a> makes it especially easy. As Hollywood's foremost purveyor of hipster drama, his pedigree as a reliable selector of appropriately wistful, poignant and all-around unforgettable songs is virtually unrivaled, but<em> <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/fantastic-mr-fox/28110/main">Fantastic Mr. Fox</a></em> exceeds even the work of his earlier films, using "Heroes and Villains," and later, "I Get Around" as populist punctuation that manages to be both specifically relevant and substantively rousing. <br />
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As an animated opus, the film is by necessity his most controlled to date, a painstakingly-designed dollhouse where he no longer controls just the music, sets, and costumes, but the performers themselves. Ironically, however, it feels like his loosest as well - a gloriously unwieldy comedy of manners submerged in the minutiae of Anderson's madcap creativity. All of which makes <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox</em> a celebration both of its stop-motion medium and Anderson's aesthetic, while still managing to fully document the spectacular fun in original author Roald Dahl's daffy, distinctive imagination.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19236479/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/13/fantastic-mr-fox-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>fantastic mr fox</category><category>FantasticMrFox</category><category>george clooney</category><category>GeorgeClooney</category><category>review</category><category>wes anderson</category><category>WesAnderson</category><dc:creator>Cinematical staff</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cinematical Seven: Silliest Disaster Scenarios</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/new-line/" rel="tag">New Line</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/paramount/" rel="tag">Paramount</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/cinematical-seven/" rel="tag">Cinematical Seven</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/cine-7-core-coliseum.jpg" /><br />
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We both know that I could probably fill all seven slots of this list with just scenes from Roland Emmerich's disaster-tastic <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/2012/30165/main"><em><strong>2012</strong></em></a>, but in the interests of letting everyone else get a chance to see it, let's stick with films that have already come and gone. Some of these titles qualify because of the uniquely ridiculous nature of their disasters, while others count for what ridiculous plots unfold amidst otherwise ordinarily perilous acts of nature.<br />
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There will be a couple of spoilers to go along with our picks, but since most of these have been out for a couple of years, it's not like it's the end of the world...<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cinematical Seven: Silliest Disaster Scenarios</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19235539/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/12/silliest-disaster-scenarios/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>2012</category><category>christian slater</category><category>ChristianSlater</category><category>cinematical seven</category><category>CinematicalSeven</category><category>disaster movie</category><category>disaster movies</category><category>DisasterMovie</category><category>DisasterMovies</category><category>firestorm</category><category>hard rain</category><category>HardRain</category><category>hilary swank</category><category>HilarySwank</category><category>howie long</category><category>HowieLong</category><category>jake gyllenhaal</category><category>JakeGyllenhaal</category><category>knowing</category><category>m night shyamalan</category><category>mark wahlberg</category><category>MarkWahlberg</category><category>MNightShyamalan</category><category>morgan freeman</category><category>MorganFreeman</category><category>nicolas cage</category><category>NicolasCage</category><category>roland emmerich</category><category>RolandEmmerich</category><category>snakes on a plane</category><category>SnakesOnAPlane</category><category>the core</category><category>the day after tomorrow</category><category>the happening</category><category>TheCore</category><category>TheDayAfterTomorrow</category><category>TheHappening</category><category>william forsythe</category><category>WilliamForsythe</category><dc:creator>William Goss</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Original A-Team Making Cameos in New Movie?</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/original-a-team-making-cameos-in-new-movie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/original-a-team-making-cameos-in-new-movie/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/original-a-team-making-cameos-in-new-movie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/a-team.jpg" alt="" /></div>
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I'm not going to pretend like I had any kind of a reaction to the initial news that <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/joe-carnahan/1973661/main">Joe Carnahan</a> was remaking <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429493/"><strong><em>The A-Team</em></strong></a>. I have no sentimental attachment to the original show from the '80s, nor do I have much affection for Carnahan's filmography. That said, once the film cast <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/liam-neeson/1818293/main">Liam Neeson</a>, <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/quinton-rampage-jackson/449707/main">'Rampage' Jackson</a>, <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper/2029479/main">Bradley Cooper</a> and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/sharlto-copley/473777/main">Sharlto Copley</a> as its crew of wrong war vets doing good while on the run, I was in. However, those who weren't too fond of the news of yet another pop culture staple getting re-manufactured by Hollywood might like to know that the original "A-Team" will be popping up in the reboot.<br />
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Well, at least one of them will. <a href="http://www.dwightschultzfansite.nl/">The Official Dwight Schultz Fansite</a> is reporting the actor, who played the original 'Howling Mad' Murdock, has been on location in Vancouver filming his undisclosed role in the picture, which will be out in June of 2010. They're giving no hints as to who Schultz is playing this time around, but they have relayed his take on the <em>District 9</em> star filling the same shoes he once did, "Sharlto Copely, the South African actor who plays Murdock, is according to Dwight: 'brilliant beyond words'. Dwight has seen his screen test and he stated: that honestly, if Sharlto is given an opportunity to do what I saw in that test, "Murdock" will be better than ever!"<br />
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That should be a sigh of relief to fans who were worried about the handling of their beloved characters. There's no mention if any of the other originals will pop-up in the new <em>A-Team</em>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000577/">George Peppard</a>, who first played Liam Neeson's Hannibal, passed away in 1994, but <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070767/">Dirk Benedict</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001558/">Mr. T</a> could still join Schultz on screen. What say you fans of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/">"The A-Team"</a>? Would you like to see the remaining crew cameo or are they better left confined to '80s nostalgia?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/original-a-team-making-cameos-in-new-movie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19229710/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/original-a-team-making-cameos-in-new-movie/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>a-team</category><category>a-team movie</category><category>A-teamMovie</category><category>bradley cooper</category><category>BradleyCooper</category><category>dwight schultz</category><category>DwightSchultz</category><category>featured</category><category>liam neeson</category><category>LiamNeeson</category><category>rampage jackson</category><category>RampageJackson</category><category>sharlto copley</category><category>SharltoCopley</category><dc:creator>Peter Hall</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is the 'Avatar' Budget Approaching $500 Million?</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/fandom/" rel="tag">Fandom</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/distribution/" rel="tag">Distribution</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/exhibition/" rel="tag">Exhibition</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/james-cameron-avatar.jpg" /></div>
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Talking about film budgets is a tricky thing. Talking about the budget for <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/avatar/26982/main"><strong><em>Avatar</em></strong></a> is an even trickier thing. I recently mused about how Fox's huge gamble had caused four highly-anticipated films in China to <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/">flee from its shadow</a>, poising the film on the precipice of a perfect storm of box office success in China that no previous film had been privy to. In doing so I invoked the ire of a good number of commenters, all of whom felt my budget-returning extrapolation from the news that <em>Avatar</em> is set to dominate in 80% of China's screens during its biggest blockbuster season wasn't just a wrong hypothetical, but downright ignorant.<br />
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While I still stand by the point of that post - that the hitherto unseen convergence of all the elements behind <em>Avatar's</em> release is going to see unprecedented box office in China - I'll concede that there is no chance that the film makes its budget back from China alone; not with the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09avatar.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=r%20ss">New York Times</a> now claiming that the film's price tag is breaching the half-billion mark. As with all things budget, however, this number isn't as simple as it looks.<br />
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The $500 million is NYT's combination of the estimated $300 million it cost to actually produce the film, the approximately $150 million Fox plans to spend on global marketing alone, with the remaining $50 million being a cushion for the cumulative costs some of the film's partners have already ponied up (such as <em>Avatar</em> Day, whose bill was footed mostly by IMAX). However, even if their newly estimated number is accurate, that doesn't mean that Fox is on the line for the full half-billion.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Is the 'Avatar' Budget Approaching $500 Million?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19229016/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/09/is-the-avatar-budget-approaching-500-million/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Avatar</category><category>box office</category><category>BoxOffice</category><category>budgets</category><category>Dune Entertainment</category><category>DuneEntertainment</category><category>featured</category><category>Fox</category><category>Ingenious Media</category><category>IngeniousMedia</category><category>James Cameron</category><category>JamesCameron</category><dc:creator>Peter Hall</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roland Emmerich May or May Not Blow Up the World Again</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Drama</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/new-releases/" rel="tag">New Releases</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sony/" rel="tag">Sony</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/movie-marketing/" rel="tag">Movie Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/emmerich.jpg" alt="" />At a press junket earlier this summer for <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/2012/30165/main"><em>2012,</em></a> Roland Emmerich told reporters he's not doing any more blow-'em-up flicks. "I would not know how to top this... It's just one of these things, you know. I had a hard time deciding to do another disaster movie, but... you cannot make a disaster movie if there's not something --- an idea in this disaster which elevates it to something more than a disaster. And so it was this idea, you know, that there will be a global flood and it's a retelling of Noah's Arc." <br />
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Later he added, "It's not my <em>last</em> film, it's my last <em>disaster</em> film. And that's because I wouldn't know what else to do. It's just, you know what, I really didn't want to do this movie at first... But when I decided that the idea was too good to not do it for the reason I had done before, I said, okay, if I do it, I will do it in such a spectacular manner that nobody can top it for a long time. I have that pride in my work."<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Roland Emmerich May or May Not Blow Up the World Again</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19226948/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/roland-emmerich-may-or-may-not-blow-up-the-world-again/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>2012</category><category>anonymous</category><category>independence day</category><category>independence day 2</category><category>IndependenceDay</category><category>IndependenceDay2</category><category>Roland Emmerich</category><category>RolandEmmerich</category><category>sequel</category><category>shakespeare</category><dc:creator>Jenni Miller</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Avatar' Could Earn Back Its Budget From China Alone</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/distribution/" rel="tag">Distribution</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/avatar-navi.jpg" /></div>
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I don't know how many moons orbit Cameron's fantasy planet Pandora, but I'm just going to assume they're currently all heading for alignment. <a href="http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/asia-pacific/camerons-avatar-forces-chinese-blockbusters-to-shift-release-dates/5007783.article">Screen Daily</a> tells us that <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/avatar/26982/main"><em>Avatar's</em></a> two-months away release in China has caused no less than four of its own would-be blockbusters to hide from the giant shadow the blue cat-people will inevitably cast when they debut there January 1st. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/">Zhang Yimou's</a> remake of the Coen Brother's 1984 directorial debut <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/"><em>Blood Simple</em></a> has now decided to bow closer towards the beginning of December. Same goes for the road movie <em>Wu Ren Qu</em>, The Pang brother's fantasy/action sequel <em>The Storm Warriors</em>, and the sci-fi western <em>Treasure Hunter </em>(starring Jay Chou, who America will soon know as Kato in <em>The Green Hornet</em>).<br />
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Now I understand that few people who read <em>Cinematical </em>are going to be affected by the release date shift of those four films, but what makes this news worth paying attention to is the fact that these changes slot <em>Avatar</em> into a position in which it could conceivably earn its budget back from Chinese cinemas alone. The biggest time of the year for the Chinese box office is the three month window that covers Christmas, New Year, and the Chinese Lunar New Year and now that these four domestic films have made way for an international usurper, it means <em>Avatar</em> will be taking over a whopping 80% of China's screens during its most crucial box office season.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>'Avatar' Could Earn Back Its Budget From China Alone</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19224884/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/avatar-could-earn-back-its-budget-from-china-alone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Avatar</category><category>China</category><category>Fox</category><category>James Cameron</category><category>JamesCameron</category><dc:creator>Peter Hall</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New 'Avatar' Trailer Washes Away Skepticism</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-washes-away-skepticism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-washes-away-skepticism/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-washes-away-skepticism/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/trailers-and-clips/" rel="tag">Trailers and Clips</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/avatar-navi.jpg" alt="" /></div>
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It's no secret that <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/james-cameron/1494317/main">James Cameron's</a><em> <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/avatar/26982/main">Avatar</a></em> has been fighting an up-hill battle for years. Film geeks, particularly those who spend most of their time online, are a tough crowd to uniformly please, so early buzz on the film was as much an excitement accelerator as it was a dare to dislike. When the <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/20/james-camerons-avatar-trailer-online-now/">first trailer</a> for the film was at long last unveiled back in August, it was met with incredulous, befuddled cries of <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/20/discuss-did-the-avatar-trailer-ruin-the-buzz/">"Is that it?"</a><br />
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If, like myself, you were <a href="http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/08/21/in-defense-of-being-dissapointed-by-the-avatar-trailer/">disappointed</a> with that first teaser, and if, like myself, you avoided Avatar Day and any subsequent new marketing tactics outside of the normal trailer build up, then maybe this new, full trailer for Cameron's return to science fiction will be the first time you set aside your cynicism and think "Alright, I get what all the fuss is about now." This second trailer is nearly identical to the <a href="http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-hits/">international trailer</a> that has been making the online rounds lately, except there's one huge difference: this isn't a blurry hint of things to come. Yahoo has the debut, and we all know that means a crystal-clear, HD if-you-want-it look at the alien world of Pandora.<br />
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Unlike the first trailer, there's no teasing going on here; this is an exposition-heavy tour of the film's plot, characters, and, most importantly, alien Na'vi. Not only do we have more than one line of dialog now, but we're given context-relevant glimpses at what will, I no longer doubt, be the must-see spectacle film of 2009.<br />
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<a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809804784/video/16357477">Click on over to Yahoo</a> and check it out. If this expanded foray into jungle battles doesn't get you pumped for December 18th, I don't think anything will.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-washes-away-skepticism/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19215220/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/29/new-avatar-trailer-washes-away-skepticism/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Avatar</category><category>Avatar Trailer</category><category>AvatarTrailer</category><category>featured</category><category>James Cameron</category><category>JamesCameron</category><dc:creator>Peter Hall</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The First Official Photo From 'The A-Team'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/a-team-movie-photos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/a-team-movie-photos/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/a-team-movie-photos/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/movie-marketing/" rel="tag">Movie Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/images/" rel="tag">Images</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/war/" rel="tag">War</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/a-team_movie_imagesmall.jpg" /></div>
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We've had a lot of unofficial parparazzi shots of<em> <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-a-team/33338/main">The A-Team</a> </em>and their van, but now you can go into your weekend having seen the real deal, courtesy of <a href="http://www.salondelmal.com">Salon Del Mal</a>. Try to contain your excitement, as no one around you is going to understand it. Just keep the joy to yourself, and then when a coworker or friend says "Oh my God, did you see that official photo of <em>The A-Team</em>?", you can talk freely. <br />
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In all seriousness (well, as serious as one can get), this photo is kind of creepy. I have to echo Drew McWeeny of <a href="http://www.hitfix.com">HitFix</a>, who declared that<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/liam-neeson/1818293/main"> Liam Neeson</a> looked like he was wearing a George Peppard Halloween costume. I have to extend that to the entire cast, especially <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/sharlto-copley/473777/main">Sharltro Copley</a> as Howling Mad Murdock. With all their talk of going dark and gritty, I expected the cast and crew of this would make this A-Team their own characters. The names would be the same, there'd be a few nostalgic nods, but they'd go in a unique direction. Instead, they just shrugged and made an exact replica of Mr. T. They really do look like a group of dedicated costumers that youd meet at DragonCon.<br />
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I don't mean to sound disappointed or negative. I'm not invested enough in the original to mind, and I like the cast Joe Carnahan has assembled. I think this could be fun. Even if it's not, at least I can gaze at <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper/2029479/main">Bradley Cooper</a> and his leonine hair which is still very much intact. Never trust those <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/">grainy paparazzi images</a> that say otherwise. <br />
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Sound off what you think of your official look. A bigger photo is included in the gallery. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/">The A-Team</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/2330160/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/hr_the_a-team_1-1254397460_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/2390852/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/full_movieimage_23009_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/a-team-movie-photos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19207901/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/a-team-movie-photos/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th century fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>bradley cooper</category><category>BradleyCooper</category><category>featured</category><category>joe carnahan</category><category>JoeCarnahan</category><category>liam neeson</category><category>LiamNeeson</category><category>Rampage Jackson</category><category>RampageJackson</category><category>Sharlto Copley</category><category>SharltoCopley</category><category>the a-team</category><category>the a-team movie</category><category>the a-team remake</category><category>TheA-team</category><category>TheA-teamMovie</category><category>TheA-teamRemake</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New A-Team Set Footage: 'More Muscle, Less Gold'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/trailers-and-clips/" rel="tag">Trailers and Clips</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2005/12/T.jpg" />Feelings are mixed about <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-a-team/33338/main"><em>The A-Team</em></a> movie, and <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/10/79995/index.html">Entertainment Tonight's</a> on-set visit doesn't shed a whole lot of light on the plot. Naturally, one of the team members (Bradley Cooper as the old Faceman) and the one lady in the movie (Jessica Biel as Amy Allen) used to date, and there's some undercurrent of drama between them. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, who is taking over Mr. T's star-making role as Bosco Baracus, does sport the Mr. T hairdo (I pity the fool who calls it a hairdon't) but claims there will be "more muscle, less gold." And Bradley Cooper gives us some diet tips.<br />
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"No salt or sugar. That's been <em>greeaaat.</em> I just eat what they put in front of me, but it's a lot of, like, boiled chicken and brown rice and broccoli." <br />
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I'm going to go eat a hamburger in his honor.<br />
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Two stand-out people they didn't talk to include Liam Neeson and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/district-9/31920/main"><em>District 9</em></a>'s breakout star Sharlto Copley. I'm very curious to see if Copley can parlay his first role in a big-budget US movie into stardom. I hope so, because I thought he rocked in <em>District 9,</em> as anyone who has ever heard me screech "PRAWNS!!!" in a restaurant can attest.<br />
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Did this video make you any more or less excited about the movie? Personally, I'm going with no.<br />
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Watch ET's set visit after the jump along with an inspirational YouTube video of Mr. T's song "Treat Your Mother Right." Just because.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New A-Team Set Footage: 'More Muscle, Less Gold'</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19205618/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/22/new-a-team-set-footage-more-muscle-less-gold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Bradley Cooper</category><category>BradleyCooper</category><category>clips</category><category>District 9</category><category>District9</category><category>Jessica Biel</category><category>JessicaBiel</category><category>Liam Neeson</category><category>LiamNeeson</category><category>Mr. T</category><category>Mr.T</category><category>on-set</category><category>Quinton Rampage Jackson</category><category>QuintonRampageJackson</category><category>Sharlto Copley</category><category>SharltoCopley</category><category>The A-Team</category><category>The A-Team movie</category><category>TheA-team</category><category>TheA-teamMovie</category><dc:creator>Jenni Miller</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lauren Shuler Donner Talks Deadpool &amp; X-Men Prequels</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/rumormonger/" rel="tag">RumorMonger</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/fandom/" rel="tag">Fandom</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/comic-superhero-geek/" rel="tag">Comic/Superhero/Geek</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a></p><img align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/05/deadpool.jpg" alt="" />The wonderful people at <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/features/future-of-x-men-franchise/default.asp"><em>Empire</em></a> have landed a big interview with Lauren Shuler Donner where she foretells the future of all the <em>X-Men</em> spinoffs. Not surprisingly, the majority of their energy is being focused on Wolverine's adventures in Japan, and he'll be seeing production long before <em>Deadpool</em>, <em>X-Men: First Class</em>, and <em>Magneto</em>. While it's heartening to <em>hear </em>they don't plan on straying from the Chris Claremont / Frank Miller story, I'll need an amnesia bullet to forget at all the continuity errors in <em>X-Men Origins: Wolverine, </em>so I'm not going to hold my breath. <br />
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The best news belongs to the <em>Deadpool</em> spinoff. According to Donner, you can forget all about the abomination called Deadpool in <em>Wolverine</em>. "I want to ignore the version of Deadpool that we saw in <em>Wolverine</em> and just start over again. Reboot it. Because this guy talks, obviously, and to muzzle him would be insane." Don't look for Hal Jordan to jeopardize the future of Wade  Wilson, either. "I don't see it as a problem that Ryan [Reynolds] is also playing Green Lantern. I mean, look at Harrison Ford - he was in Stars Wars and Indiana Jones at the same time and everyone was fine with that. Green Lantern could not be more different to Wade Wilson." Donner promises it will be a "dark, snarky, very funny movie," echoes<a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/06/01/ryan-reynolds-makes-deadpool-promises/"> Reynolds' fourth wall promises</a>, and stresses it may be one of the hardest stories Fox has handled thus far.<br />
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Donner also made <em>X-Men: First Class</em> sound a lot more promising<a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/04/15/foxs-plans-for-the-x-men-first-class-franchise/"> than previous stories did,</a> but maybe I'm just softening on the idea. As you may remember, <em>First Class</em> will be loosely based on the comic series and will follow the early adventures and schooling of the X-Men we already know and love. <br />
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Go below the jump for more</em><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Lauren Shuler Donner Talks Deadpool &amp; X-Men Prequels</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19199209/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/16/lauren-shuler-donner-talks-deadpool-and-x-men-prequels/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th Century Fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>Chris Claremont</category><category>ChrisClaremont</category><category>David S. Goyer</category><category>DavidS.Goyer</category><category>Deadpool</category><category>Frank Miller</category><category>FrankMiller</category><category>josh schwartz</category><category>JoshSchwartz</category><category>lauren shuler donner</category><category>LaurenShulerDonner</category><category>Magneto</category><category>Wolverine Japan sequel</category><category>WolverineJapanSequel</category><category>x-men first class</category><category>X-Men Orgins Magneto</category><category>X-menFirstClass</category><category>X-menOrginsMagneto</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This! Is! Moses! 'Exodus' To Get '300' Treatment</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/12/this-is-moses-exodus-to-get-300-treatment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/12/this-is-moses-exodus-to-get-300-treatment/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/12/this-is-moses-exodus-to-get-300-treatment/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/deals/" rel="tag">Deals</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/diy-filmmaking/" rel="tag">DIY/Filmmaking</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/religious/" rel="tag">Religious</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/war/" rel="tag">War</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/37544509.jpg" alt="" />Before our generation comes to a close, all of ancient history and mythology will have been filmed through a Zack Snyder / Frank Miller lens. <a href="http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/10/holy-moses-chernin-makes-first-big-pic-buy.html"><em>Variety </em></a>reports that the next ancient text to get the green-screened sepia treatment is the tale of Moses. Yes, Ten Commandments Moses. <br />
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20th Century Fox and its new big dog, Peter Chernin, have snapped up a pitch to retell "Let my people go!" in <em>300</em> fashion, and put <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/adam-cooper/2093737/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Adam Cooper</a> and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/bill-collage/2093738/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Bill Collage</a> to work penning a script. You might not remember their names now, but they're also pairing up with Timur Bekmambetov to remake the story of Moby Dick in a <em>300</em> "graphic novel style." <em>Variety</em> notes that all the elements you know and love from the story of Moses will be there (the Red Sea, the plague of locusts, the golden calf) but they will also incorporate "brand new elements" drawn from Midrashic sources. I wonder if they'll also find a way to include the scene with Zipporah rescues their son from the Lord by circumcising him? Because they could do some slow motion blood splatter with that.<br />
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Being an irreligious sort, I find the idea silly instead of offensive but it's possible that a lot of moviegoers could find this very disrespectful to their faith. Will it spur on copycat projects? Will other studios go "Why didn't we think of the Bible?", abandon Greek texts, and start producing <em>300</em> versions of Maccabees? Judges? 1 and 2 Kings? There's a lot of gory tales just waiting to be revamped with green screen.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/12/this-is-moses-exodus-to-get-300-treatment/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19192331/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/12/this-is-moses-exodus-to-get-300-treatment/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th century fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>300 style</category><category>300Style</category><category>Adam Cooper</category><category>AdamCooper</category><category>Bill Collage</category><category>BillCollage</category><category>exodus</category><category>featured</category><category>Moses</category><category>peter chernin</category><category>PeterChernin</category><category>the ten commandments</category><category>TheTenCommandments</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Adrien Brody and Topher Grace Will Hunt 'Predators'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/07/adrien-brody-and-topher-grace-will-hunt-predators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/07/adrien-brody-and-topher-grace-will-hunt-predators/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/07/adrien-brody-and-topher-grace-will-hunt-predators/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/classics/" rel="tag">Classics</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/horror/" rel="tag">Horror</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a></p><img align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/06/brody061909.jpg" alt="" />When you think of a man of brawn who can outwit the ruthless Predator, you think of two men: Arnold Schwarzenegger and<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/adrien-brody/1780066/main"> Adrien Brody</a>. What, you <em>didn't</em> picture that last one? Well, <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/robert-rodriguez/1163483/main">Robert Rodriguez </a>and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/nimrod-antal/2005590/main">Nimrod Antal</a> did. According to<a href="http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/predators-stars-adrien-brody.html"> <em>The Hollywood Reporter,</em> </a>Brody and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/topher-grace/1980648/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Topher Grace</a> are both set to join Alice Braga, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Walt Goggins, Danny Trejo and Oleg Taktarov in <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/robert-rodriguezs-predators/37811/main"><em>Predators</em></a>, a franchise reboot of sorts that will follow several of earth's "killers" who are kidnapped and dropped on the Predator's home planet for a game of hide, seek and be brutally murdered.<br />
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All joking aside, Brody and Grace's unassuming demeanors will be a big part of their characters. Brody will play a soldier forced to become a leader (presumably because the Predator killed the old one), but is fit for the job because he's "a hunter of men." Grace will play a nerdy, accountant type whose very ordinariness hides the fact that he's a serial killer. <br />
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The rest of the cast is a little better suited for the lethal jungle. Braga will play a tough female killer, while Ali is a man who is unafraid to die. Goggins is a loose cannon (there's always one!) and Takatarov will be a former Russian operative. But baddest of them all is Trejo's Cuchillo, "a hardened warrior with two uzis strapped to his back." I don't know about you, but my leader would be the one with the twin uzis. That's just me though. <br />
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Shooting begins next month in Hawaii, and then moves to Austin. <a href="http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/10/brody-leads-predators-team-for-fox.html"><em> Variety </em></a>notes that Brody lobbied very hard for the role, and has already signed on for future installments. So, I guess we know which operative makes it out of the jungle ... <br />
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<br /><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/07/adrien-brody-and-topher-grace-will-hunt-predators/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19187091/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/07/adrien-brody-and-topher-grace-will-hunt-predators/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th centruy fox</category><category>20thCentruyFox</category><category>adrien brody</category><category>AdrienBrody</category><category>Alice Braga</category><category>AliceBraga</category><category>danny trejo</category><category>DannyTrejo</category><category>featured</category><category>Mahershalalhashbaz Ali</category><category>MahershalalhashbazAli</category><category>nimrod antal</category><category>NimrodAntal</category><category>Oleg Taktarov</category><category>OlegTaktarov</category><category>robert rodriguez</category><category>RobertRodriguez</category><category>topher grace</category><category>TopherGrace</category><category>Walt Groggins</category><category>WaltGroggins</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>EA Games and Fox Are Growing A 'Spore'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/02/ea-games-and-fox-are-growing-a-spore/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/02/ea-games-and-fox-are-growing-a-spore/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/02/ea-games-and-fox-are-growing-a-spore/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/Animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Comedy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/deals/" rel="tag">Deals</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/family-films/" rel="tag">Family Films</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/diy-filmmaking/" rel="tag">DIY/Filmmaking</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/games-and-game-movies/" rel="tag">Games and Game Movies</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/sporecreatures.jpg" /> Will a video game movie based on a game with no characters or storyline whatsoever be more successful than a <em>Max Payne</em> or <em>Tomb Raider</em>? Fox and EA are going to give it a shot and find out, as <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009454.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1"><em>Variety </em></a>reports that they are setting up <em>Spore</em> as a feature film. <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/chris-wedge/1954254/main">Chris Wedge</a> is attached to direct, with <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/greg-erb/1971899/main">Greg Erb</a> and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jason-oremland/793626/main">Jason Oremland </a>writing the screenplay.<br />
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<em>Spore</em> is a colorful, family friendly game that allows you to build a variety of fanciful creatures. But perhaps most notably, it allows you to <em>evolve</em> them. Your creatures start out as microscopic organisms, develops into a complex animal, and becomes a social and intelligent creature. You help guide its society from a primitive stage all the way to space travel. It's a very organic game not only in its single-player conception, but because it allows you to share your creatures and your worlds with other gamers, and create a comprehensive universe at the Sporepedia. Fittingly, the Sporepedia acted as kind of historical documented, and recorded everything glorious and dubious about the player created worlds.<br />
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So, when a game is all about playing Supreme Being, how do you make a movie out of it? Wedge isn't sure yet, but he feels the property is rich in possibility. "I'm always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation. From every perspective -- visually, thematically and comedically -- the world of <em>Spore</em> provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen." It might just create something quite original off, if they kept a bit of evolution in its storyline. Haven't you always wanted to see a cartoon picketed by Kirk Cameron?<br />
<br /><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/02/ea-games-and-fox-are-growing-a-spore/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19181908/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/02/ea-games-and-fox-are-growing-a-spore/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th Century Fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>Chris Wedge</category><category>ChrisWedge</category><category>EA Games</category><category>EaGames</category><category>Greg Erb</category><category>GregErb</category><category>Jason Oremland</category><category>JasonOremland</category><category>Spore</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fantastic Fest: 'Avatar' - A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Drama</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/rumormonger/" rel="tag">RumorMonger</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/fandom/" rel="tag">Fandom</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/movie-marketing/" rel="tag">Movie Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/fantastic-fest/" rel="tag">Fantastic Fest</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/cine-avatar-ff.jpg" /><br /> <br /> Last night saw attendees of the Real D-sponsored Fantastic Fest greeted with an extended look at footage from James Cameron's forthcoming <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/avatar/26982/main"><span style="font-style: italic;">Avatar</span></a>, and with it (for me at least) a more defined shift in expectations for the long-awaited film. The footage -- more often than not composed of extended scenes from <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/22/my-date-with-avatar/">Avatar Day</a> -- still looks terrifically realized in 3-D, but the bits and pieces of story filled in by producer Jon Landau between scenes and the voice-over of Sam Worthington's character during them suggest something a little less... rapturous.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fantastic Fest: 'Avatar' - A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19180897/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/fantastic-fest-avatar-a-little-less-conversation-a-little/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>avatar</category><category>fantastic fest</category><category>fantastic fest 2009</category><category>FantasticFest</category><category>FantasticFest2009</category><category>ff09</category><category>james cameron</category><category>JamesCameron</category><category>jon landau</category><category>JonLandau</category><category>sam worthington</category><category>SamWorthington</category><category>sigourney weaver</category><category>SigourneyWeaver</category><category>zoe saldana</category><category>ZoeSaldana</category><dc:creator>William Goss</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'The A-Team' Is Up and Running!</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/diy-filmmaking/" rel="tag">DIY/Filmmaking</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/remakes-and-sequels/" rel="tag">Remakes and Sequels</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/images/" rel="tag">Images</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/hr_the_a-team_1cropped.jpg" /></div>
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Whenever these first images leak, I can't decide whether to say "Awesome, I love the Internet!" or feel sorry that the process of movie making is laid bare in the first weeks of shooting. While you ponder that, you can also gaze at the second unofficial photo from <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-a-team/33338/main"><em>The A-Team</em></a>, courtesy of <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net">Coming Soon</a>. (The first was <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/19/the-a-team-van-karate-kid-remake-images/">the van</a>, remember?) Take your time, the first glimpse of the reassembled team comes only once. You probably thought it would contain blazing guns, or grim determination, but our unknown photographer caught the team looking rather sad. Did B.A. Baracus ever take a moment during the show to just sit down and have a good cry? He should have. They were accused of a crime they didn't commit! They were ostracized from their military comrades. If that's not worth a good, manly breakdown, I don't know what is. <br />
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Nevertheless, they look pretty good, don't they? I'm strangely transfixed by their hair. <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/liam-neeson/1818293/main">Liam Neeson's</a> is an incredible, glowing shade of silver. <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper/2029479/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Bradley Cooper</a> has sacrificed his leonine mane to the service of Faceman, whereas <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/sharlto-copley/473777/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Sharlto Copley</a> was allowed to keep his. It's just now occurred to me that average moviegoers are probably not going to recognize either one of them, and that <em>The A-Team</em> will lead to them being called overnight sensations for the second summer in a row.<br />
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A bigger version of the photos is below. I imagine it won't be too long before paparazzi photos capture a leering look at a uniformed <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jessica-biel/1961500/main">Jessica Biel.</a> <em>The A-Team </em>is scheduled to hit theaters June 11, 2010. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/">The A-Team</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/2330160/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/hr_the_a-team_1-1254397460_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/the-a-team/2390852/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/10/full_movieimage_23009_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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</div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19180556/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/10/01/the-a-team-is-up-and-running/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th Century Fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>bradley cooper</category><category>BradleyCooper</category><category>featured</category><category>fox</category><category>Jessica Biel</category><category>JessicaBiel</category><category>Joe Carnahan</category><category>JoeCarnahan</category><category>Liam Neeson</category><category>LiamNeeson</category><category>Patrick Wilson</category><category>PatrickWilson</category><category>quentin rampage jackson</category><category>QuentinRampageJackson</category><category>Ridley Scott</category><category>RidleyScott</category><category>sharlto copley</category><category>SharltoCopley</category><category>the a-team</category><category>TheA-team</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Leonardo DiCaprio Waves 'The Deep Blue Goodbye'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/29/leonardo-dicaprio-waves-the-deep-blue-goodbye/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/29/leonardo-dicaprio-waves-the-deep-blue-goodbye/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/29/leonardo-dicaprio-waves-the-deep-blue-goodbye/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/action-and-adventure/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/thrillers/" rel="tag">Thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/deals/" rel="tag">Deals</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/executive-shifts/" rel="tag">Executive shifts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/mystery-and-suspense/" rel="tag">Mystery &amp; Suspense</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/diy-filmmaking/" rel="tag">DIY/Filmmaking</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a></p><img align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/06/leo061509.jpg" alt="" />It's been nearly two months since <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/leonardo-dicaprio/1290208/main">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> optioned a new project, and he must have thought we would start calling him lazy. In August, Monika reported that he had <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/06/does-leonardo-dicaprios-reach-know-any-bounds/#comments">25 projects in various stages</a> of pre-production, and now you can add a 26th, as <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009283.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1"><em>Variety</em></a> says he's attached to star in <em>The Deep Blue Goodbye</em>, an adaptation of John D. MacDonald's 1964 thriller.<br />
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<em>Goodbye</em> is the first of MacDonald's Travis McGee series, which spanned the course of 21 novels. McGee is like a beach bum version of James Bond, a bachelor who happily resides on a houseboat named the <em>Busted Flush</em>. (To add to his cool, he won it in a poker game.) He works as a freelance "salvage consultant," which means he tries to retrieve money or property that a client has been wrongfully deprived of. His life is one of money, adventure, dames, and weird villains all set against sunny Florida, some of whom he'll "bend way, way, over, but not break." Sexy stuff!<br />
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To be fair, DiCaprio has reportedly been attached to produce and play McGee for some time, but the movie reporting world learned about it thanks to Fox's new executive Peter Chernin, who is coming aboard <em>Goodbye </em>as producer alongside DiCaprio and his Appian Way partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran. <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/dana-stevens/1832412/main?icid=movsmartsearch"> Dana Stevens </a>is penning the script, and the film does not yet have a start date. With DiCaprio's ever growing slate, this post could be long forgotten by the time <em>Goodbye </em>sails in front of the camera. <br />
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You learn something new about your movie tastes when you're writing about them every single day. I'm realizing that most of my favorite montages don't come from the 1980s, but are historical recreations of one kind or another. (Even now, there's one hovering in my bookmarks because I can't decide whether it's a montage or a credits report. You'll see it eventually, I'm sure.) Today's montage is from <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid/4974/main?icid=movsmartsearch"><em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid </em></a>and has to be one of the most unusual because it's done entirely through still sepia photographs. It's a wonderful sequence, and the photos of <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/paul-newman/1162265/main">Paul Newman</a>, <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/robert-redford/1152388/main">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/katharine-ross/1826752/main">Katharine Ross</a> would look at home in your western history museum. For a bunch of photos, it feels incredibly animated by the endless fun Butch and Sundance are having, clearly enjoying the fact that they're wanted men who can go unnoticed in a crowd as they party their way to Bolivia. Try looking at it through the lens of our celebrity drenched culture, because it really seems to hint at a future when Butch and Sundance would have been as obsessively photographed as Brangelina. The clothes might be outdated and the color might be sepia, but any one of these shots would look at home on Just Jared or Perez Hilton.<br />
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The best thing about this sequence is that it was created out of accident and necessity. Director <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/george-roy-hill/1143686/main">George Roy Hill</a> assumed that when it came time to film the New York sequences, he'd be able to use the sets from <em>Hello, Dolly!</em> as it was filming right next door. But 20th Century Fox denied them permission as they wanted to keep the sets a secret. So Hill just photographed the actors posing on set, and spliced them together with hundreds of historical photos. The result was much more interesting than just having them wander around a sound stage, don't you think?</div><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/28/our-favorite-montages-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Our Favorite Montages: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/28/our-favorite-montages-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19175916/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/28/our-favorite-montages-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>20th Century Fox</category><category>20thCenturyFox</category><category>butch cassidy and the sundance kid</category><category>ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid</category><category>George Roy Hill</category><category>GeorgeRoyHill</category><category>Katherine Ross</category><category>KatherineRoss</category><category>our favorite montages</category><category>OurFavoriteMontages</category><category>Paul Newman</category><category>PaulNewman</category><category>Robert Redford</category><category>RobertRedford</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fox Beats Pixar to William Joyce's 'Leaf Men'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/24/fox-beats-pixar-to-william-joyces-leaf-men/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/24/fox-beats-pixar-to-william-joyces-leaf-men/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/24/fox-beats-pixar-to-william-joyces-leaf-men/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/Animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Comedy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/deals/" rel="tag">Deals</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/disney/" rel="tag">Disney</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/celebrities-and-controversy/" rel="tag">Celebrities and Controversy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/family-films/" rel="tag">Family Films</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/diy-filmmaking/" rel="tag">DIY/Filmmaking</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/newsstand/" rel="tag">Newsstand</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/09/theleafmen.jpg" alt="" />If you have ever wandered into the children's section of a bookstore, you've undoubtedly seen the work of <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/william-joyce/383533/main?icid=movsmartsearch">William Joyce</a>. If you have small ones, you may have even read them. Joyce is a wonderful author, one of the rare picture book authors who write as well as they draw. Few of Joyce's books have made it to the big screen (a truly curious thing), but one of his more recent efforts <em>will </em>be coming to theaters near you, as <a href="http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/09/fox-bags-wedges-leaf-man-over-pixar.html"><em>Variety</em></a> reports that <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-leaf-men-and-the-brave-good-bugs/27342/main"><em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs</em></a> has been re-optioned by Fox. <br />
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At the moment, though, the story <em>behind</em> the option is causing more of a stir than Joyce's work. Pixar and Fox were both fighting over <em>The Leaf Men</em>, which was originally set up at Fox with <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/chris-wedge/1954254/main">Chris Wedge</a> directing, and a script by Joyce and James V. Hart. Allegedly, Wedge was then given permission to shop the project to other studios, and Pixar immediately said "Bring it here! We'll make it!" (Wedge and Joyce both have good history with Pixar. Wedge is friends with John Lasseter, and Joyce helped design characters for <em>Toy Story</em> and<em> A Bug's Life</em>.) But when all involved moved to close the deal, Fox said "No way. We're keeping it." Now it's all back at Fox, but at least there's no hard feelings towards Wedge. <br />
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Now we just have to hope that Fox Animation makes a good movie, because <em>The Leaf Men</em> is a lush and enchanting book starring a group of doodle bugs who reside in an elderly woman's garden. She falls ill, and the garden falls into disrepair fermented by an evil spider queen. The doodle bugs call on the legendary Leaf Men (characters who Joyce's daughter <a href="http://www.bookpage.com/9610bp/childrens/theleafmen.html">described as "so handsome!"</a>) to help save them. A bit like <em>A Bug's Life</em>, but more along the lines of <em>Robin Hood</em> than <em>The Seven Samurai. </em>It'll be beautiful if handled right. Now, if Pixar would just make <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0060210745/$%7B0%7D"><em>Dinosaur Bob</em></a> ....<br />
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I've only been following <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/gentlemen-broncos/33271/main"><em>Gentlemen Broncos</em></a> from afar, and by that I mean it was on my "<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/sam-rockwell/1826139/main">Sam Rockwell</a> is in that so I'll see it sometime" list. Until today, I'm ashamed to say I didn't even know what it was about, or that it also features the sexy Kiwi known as <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jemaine-clement/451800/main?icid=movsmartsearch">Jemaine Clement</a>. But <a href="http://www.gordonandthewhale.com">Gordon and the Whale</a> landed an exclusive behind-the-scenes video from <em>Broncos</em>, and it's so random and funny that I'm now going to obsess about this film for the rest of October. Especially because of Clement. I'm not over the loss of <em>Flight of the Conchords</em> just yet. <br />
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If you're as behind as I am, here's the official synopsis: "Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a lovable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story gets ripped off by the legendary novelist Ronald Chevalier and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town's most prolific homespun filmmaker." Sounds good, doesn't it?<br />
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This is video #7, and videos 1 through 6 are available on <a href="http://www.foxsearchlight.com/gentlemenbroncos/">the film's official site</a>. I don't know if they're all this funny, but I do know that you will find no better way to spend five minutes today. Watching Rockwell do anything is a blast, but toss in a ridiculous wig and a dubious activity known as "ray gun practice," and you can thank your lucky stars that the Internet was invented so we could while away our time with such footage. <em>Gentlemen Broncos </em>hits theaters on October 30. Those lucky punks going to Fantastic Fest this year will see it sooner. The video is below the jump. Be sure to visit <a href="http://www.gordonandthewhale.com">Gordon and the Whale</a> and say something nice, because they're good people. </div><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/23/get-gun-practice-with-gentlemen-broncos/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Get Gun Practice With 'Gentlemen Broncos'</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/23/get-gun-practice-with-gentlemen-broncos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19170492/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/23/get-gun-practice-with-gentlemen-broncos/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>fantastic fest</category><category>Fantastic Fest 2009</category><category>FantasticFest</category><category>FantasticFest2009</category><category>fox searchlight</category><category>FoxSearchlight</category><category>Gentlemen Broncos</category><category>GentlemenBroncos</category><category>Jared Hess</category><category>JaredHess</category><category>Jemaine Clement</category><category>JemaineClement</category><category>Mike White</category><category>MikeWhite</category><category>Sam Rockwell</category><category>SamRockwell</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Rappe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fox Pits 'Gladiator' Writer Against Their Vampiric 'Passage'</title><link>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/</guid><comments>http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/horror/" rel="tag">Horror</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/sci-fi-and-fantasy/" rel="tag">Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/deals/" rel="tag">Deals</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/scripts-and-screenwriting/" rel="tag">Scripts</a>, <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/category/20th-century-fox/" rel="tag">20th Century Fox</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/09/logan-gladiator.jpg" alt="" />I wish vampires were real. Not because I have any interest in seeing the world devolve into "True Blood" coming-out-of-the-coffin antics, but because I'm curious if their still blood boils at the thought of how Hollywood has been capitalizing on their image of late. Just when you thought the newly rekindled global studio lust for all things fanged could not possibly become any more saturated, along comes Fox to drop another title in the seemingly bottomless bucket of bloodsuckers: <em>The Passage</em>, an unpublished novel written by Justin Cronin under the pseudonym Jordan Ainsley.<br /><br />Considering the seven-figures <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008676.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1&amp;nid=2562">Variety reports</a> Fox 2000 has already poured into the rights to turn the work into a film (news you should recall from Weinberg's <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/20/fox-and-ridley-scott-warm-up-to-vampire-trilogy/">article here</a>), it's no surprise they're now breaking out an Oscar nominated screenwriting gun to help differentiate their vampire world from the rising cacophony of films it will be joining in the next year or two. In a secondary seven-figure deal, Fox 2000 has entrusted scripting duties to <em>The Aviator</em>, <em>The Last Samurai</em>, <em>Sweeney Todd</em>, and <em>Gladiator</em> screenwriter <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517589/">John Logan</a>, with the ultimate intention of handing directorial duties to <em>Gladiator</em> helmer <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/ridley-scott/1134845/main">Ridley Scott</a>. Though considering the log-jam of films Scott has in his '<a href="http://www.cinematical.com/tag/RidleyScott/">maybe pile</a>' at this point, I wouldn't hold your breath for that last part to see fruition.<p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fox Pits 'Gladiator' Writer Against Their Vampiric 'Passage'</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/forward/19162997/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/16/fox-pits-gladiator-writer-against-their-vampiric-passage/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>John Logan</category><category>JohnLogan</category><category>Jordan Ainsley</category><category>JordanAinsley</category><category>Justin Cronin</category><category>JustinCronin</category><category>Ridley Scott</category><category>RidleyScott</category><category>The Passage</category><category>ThePassage</category><category>vampires</category><dc:creator>Peter Hall</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:02:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>