Stephen Dorff Joins Tarsem Singh’s “War of the Gods”
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Stephen Dorff has joined the cast of Tarsem Singh’s (“The Fall”) new Greek mythology epic titled “War of Gods”. The film is will be filmed in the style of “300″. Filming starts in early April in Montreal. Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, Mickey Rourke, and Kellan Lutz also are set to star in the fantasy action [...]
David Fincher Directing “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
David Fincher will direct Sony’s English-language adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. Fincher reportedly is looking for an unknown to play the female lead. The film is based on Stieg Larsson’s best-selling series of novels known as “The Millennium Trilogy.” The first book describes the mystery surrounding the long-unsolved disappearance of an heiress. [...]
“Look Who’s Talking” Next Up for Remake
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The 1989 comedy, “Look Who’s Talking” is in the works to be remade. The site, Pajiba, is reporting that producer Neal H. Moritz is heading the project, which is currently out to writers and a director hasn’t been attached yet either. I have to tell you the idea of talking babies doesn’t really interest me [...]
“Step Up 3D” Trailer Arrives
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
In the third installment, a tight-knit group of street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world’s best breakdancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever. Release Date: August 6th, 2010
Box Office Report – March 26-28, 2010
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“How to Train Your Dragon” opened huge and finally knocked “Alice” from the number 1 spot, grossing $43.7M. The film has been scoring some fantastic reviews and word of mouth has been great. The $165M film will continue to perform well through this week since its Spring Break and all the kids are home. Next [...]
Stallone’s “The Expendables” Official Trailer
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
“The Expendables” is a return to the 80′s action films with an all star cast of Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, and cameos from Bruce Willis & Arnold Schwarzenegger. A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its [...]
Andy Samberg & Zachary Quinto joining comedy, “What Your Number?”
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
New Regency is building quite a cast for the new comedy “What’s Your Number?”, starring Anna Faris. The movie an adaptaton of Karyn Bosnak’s 2008 book “20 Times a Lady”, and will be helmed by Mark Mylod (Entourage). Faris will star as Delilah, a young woman who upon sleeping with her 20th guy realizes that [...]
“Baywatch” Running Slo-Mo into Theaters Summer 2011
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The “Baywatch” film, is finally coming to theaters next summer after being in development hell for years. Jeremy Garelick (“The Break-Up”) set to direct under Paramount. The project will include the original producing team lend a hand, and of course cameos by some of the show’s original stars (my money’s on David Hasselhoff and Pamela [...]
Full Theatrical Trailer “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
Director: Gabriel Bologna Writer: Gabriel Bologna, Sean Clark Starring: Robert Patrick James Duval, Arcadiy Golubovich, Electra Avellan, Elise Avellan, Danielle Harris & Nick Mennell While on holiday, nine close friends discover a long—hidden, archaic board game in a stately Victorian home on a remote island in Maine. By playing the game, they unleash an ancient [...]
Anna Faris starring in “Private Benjamin”
March 31, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
THR reports that New Line plans to remake the Oscar nominated comedy, “Private Bejamin” starring Anna Faris in Goldie Hawn’s role. It seems to be Goldie Hawn remake in Hollywood because not too long ago, “Overboard” remake was anoounced starring Jennifer Lopez. Not sure how Goldie Hawn is feeling about these remakes of some of [...]
Interview with Christa Campbell
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Star of “2001 Maniacs” and “Day of the Dead” remakes
New “Knight and Day” Trailer
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
Milner (Cruise) is a secret agent who goes on a blind date with unlucky-in-love June Havens (Diaz), and ends up pulling her into a serious yet comedic journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source. The release date is set for June 25, 2010.
“The Hangover” Cast Signed Deal for Sequel
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
According to Deadline, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zack Galifianakis, and director Todd Phillips have all locked in some big money deals to reprise their roles in the sequel to the smash hit. Warner Brothers got a real steal for the first film since none of the actors made more than $300,000. “The Hangover” generated over [...]
Romero’s “Survival of the Dead” Red Band Trailer
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
“Survival of the Dead” takes place in a desperate, nightmarish world where the dead walk the earth, relentlessly attacking the living. It is the story of Plum Island – a beautiful refuge whose isolation allows two powerful families to maintain a semblance of order in the wake of the zombie holocaust. But as the inhabitants [...]
Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman Talks Remakes
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Darren Bousman’s remake of Mother’s Day is already on its way, Kaufman revealed to Arrow in the Head that he’s in negotiations to have a few more of Troma’s big films remade. “Right now there’s some people who want to remake Poultrygeist, so I’m sort of negotiating with them right now,” he explains to the [...]
Filming Updates on “Star Trek 2″ and “The Avengers”
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Today we have info about when filming will gets underway for two big 2012 films: Star Trek 2 and The Avengers. TrekMovie contacted their sources to see if this was true and they said that while pre-production will begin this year the “sequel is not expected to start shooting until next year, probably in early [...]
*Update* Will Smith Involved With “Independence Day” Sequels?
March 30, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Due to the enormous success of “Avatar”, Fox is considering making two “Independence Day sequels” starring Will Smith. According to IESB, Fox plans to shoot the films back to back, though it’s unclear how far apart they’ll be released. Still just a rumor, since Will Smith has his choice of movies to choose from for [...]
“[REC] 2″ Being Released Theatrically & Red Band Trailer
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired US rights to “[REC] 2″, the anticipated sequel to the terrifying cult favorite, [REC]. Directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza return for “[REC] 2″, maintaining the same claustrophobic concept or the original while finding new means of delivering scares to the audience. Magnet plans an early July [...]
Rachel Weisz is the Villian in “Bond 23″
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
CinemaBlend is reporting that Rachel Weisz could be starring as the villain in James Bond 23. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s article. “In fact, they’re considering Weisz to play the head of Quantum, the secret organization responsible for all the bad guy activity in the last two films. More than just another Bond babe, [...]
Godzilla Returns to Big Screen
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Today it was announced that legendary officially obtained rights to the iconic monster character from Japan’s Toho Company. Warner Bros. is aiming at a 2012 release (hopefully 3-D). The Godzilla phenomon has latest of 55 years with 28 movies. In the original 1954 movie, Gojira, American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a [...]
Mark Millar Turned Down “X-Men 4″
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Writer Mark Millar says Fox just offered him “X-Men 4″ and he turned them down. Presumably he’s referring to the prequel “First Class”. We know Fox is looking for a new director since J.J. Abrams left. Millar has only worked as a screenwriter so far, in the past he’s shown an interest in eventually directing. [...]
Sofia Vergara lands “The Smurfs” & “Happy Feet 2″
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Sofia Vergara has joined the cast of “The Smurfs”. The “Modern Family” star will portray Odile, who is married to the live-action character played by Neil Patrick Harris and is a powerful executive at a high-end French cosmetics company. Directed by Raja Gosnell, the big screen adaptation is scheduled for an August 3, 2011 release. [...]
Tom Hanks Reveals “Larry Crowne” Cast
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
As Tom Hanks gets ready to start directing/starring in the comedy “Larry Crowne” for Universal, he revealed most of his main cast via Twitter post. Hanks has announced the following will be cast in his new movie but taking a picture of the casting board in the film’s production office, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Cedric the Entertainer, [...]
Interview with Bill Moseley
March 29, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Starred in “House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects
Interview with Charles Band
March 28, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Created Full Moon Pictures, Director of “Puppet Master”
Interview with H.G. Lewis
March 28, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
The Undisputed Godfather of Gore
30 Years Later – Boba Fett fulfills his promise!
March 28, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Breaking News
FINALLY! “Star Wars” fans like myself were overjoyed 30 years ago when given the chance to send in proof of purchase seals from the toys we bought to receive a special figure of the bounty hunter Boba Fett, who had made an appearance on the “Holiday Special” and was set to appear in “The Empire [...]
“Butch Cassidy” Returns to the Big Screen
March 28, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Breaking News
Last time anyone saw Butch Cassidy (the late, great Paul Newman) he and his partner were heading into a hail of bullets courtesy of the Bolivian Army. Apparently they were all aiming at Robert Redford’s Sundance Kid. According to “The Independent” the upcoming film, “Blackthorn” will follow a much older Cassidy, this time played by [...]
“Eastern Promises 2″ in works with Cronenberg And Mortensen
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The dream team of Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg have made “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises” together. They are planning their third collaboration, with Mortensen starring as Sigmund Freud in Cronenberg’s “The Talking Cure”, but a fourth might not be far behind either. According to the Producer Paul Webster, Cronenberg and Mortensen will [...]
Jolie to Play “Maleficent” in Tim Burton Film?
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Disney is moving forward with developing the upcoming Tim Burton film called “Maleficent”. The story tells the story of Sleeping Beauty through the eyes of the evil villain Maleficent. Now the LA Times is saying that Disney may have their Maleficent, and it is actually not Helena Bonham Carter. There are rumors arising that, Angelina Jolie could [...]
Six New “Shrek Forever After” Character Banners
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Here are six new character banners from “Shrek Forever After”
Film Review: “Hot Tub Time Machine”
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Film Reviews
The title of the movie gets right to the point
First Trailer For Sundance Film “Animal Kingdom”
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
“Animal Kingdom” debuted at this year’s Sundance, it is a crime drama out of Australia about a family of armed robbers who take in a young cousin (James Frecheville) when his mother dies of a heroin overdose. According to CinemaBlend, “It’s classic, tense crime stories with an added layer of family loyalty and some truly [...]
Kip Williams Will Direct Paranormal Activity 2
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The process of finding a director for the sequel “Paranormal Activity 2″ is finally complete. After directors ranging from the great (Brian DePalma) to the schlocky (“Saw VI” helmer Kevin Greutert) to the untried (“A Beautiful Mind” screenwriter Akiva Goldsman), little known Kip Williams has been chosen to direct “Paranormal 2.” Williams has only two [...]
Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” New Trailer
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Dave (JAY BARUCHEL) is just an average college student, or so it appears, until the sorcerer Balthazar Blake (NICOLAS CAGE) recruits him as his reluctant protégé and gives him a crash course in the art and science of magic. Thanks for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Facebook page for posting this video.
Farrell & Wahlberg’s “The Other Guys” Motion Poster
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“The Other Guys” is directed by Adam McKay (“Anchorman”, “Step Brothers). It has an incredible cast of: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan. The film is set for an August 6th, 2010 release date! Cant Wait!!
Emma Thompson returns as “Nanny McPhee”
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang” is the sequel to the 2005 film “Nanny McPhee”. Emma Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith. The film is about Nanny McPhee (Thompson) arrives to help a harried young mother (Gyllenhaal) who is trying to [...]
Paramount Eyes “WondLa” Book Franchise
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“The Spiderwick Chronicles” author Tony DiTerlizzi has a new book “The Search for WondLa” that will hit stores in September. Paramount Pictures has already optioned the film rights to the book. The book’s premise is: When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-year-old girl [...]
Orson Welles’ Spirit Will Narrate New Christmas Movie
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Even though Orson Welles died more than twenty-years ago, that doesn’t stop him from making new movies. According to THR, they say you can expect to hear him narrating the upcoming children’s movie “Christmas Tails”. If you are wondering how Mr. Welles is able to do this? There was new uncovered recordings found in which [...]
Full-Length “Marmaduke” Trailer
March 26, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
The trailer for Twentieth Century Fox’s live-action, CG-animated Marmaduke, which opens in theaters June 4th, and stars Owen Wilson, Amanda Seyfried, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ron Perlman, Judy Greer, Anjelah Johnson, Lee Pace, Steve Coogan, William H. Macy, George Lopez, Kiefer Sutherland, Damon Wayans Jr. and David Walliams. Marmaduke is based on the Brad Anderson-created [...]
Giveaway #4 – “How to Train Your Dragon” Weekend [ENDED]
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Giveaways
This week, the Mikes want to know who your favorite movie dragon is? Is it the friendly luck dragon Falkor from “The Neverending Story?” Or do you prefer your dragons big and bold, like the ones featured in “Reign of Fire?” Maybe you have a thing for Donkey’s gal pal in the “Shrek” films. Whichever [...]
Interview with Bruce Campbell
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Bruce Campbell is know for his role of Ash from the Evil Dead films. He is currently starring in USA Network’s Burn Notice and directing his latest film “Bruce vs. Frankenstein”, a follow-up to “My Name is Bruce”. Movie Mikes recently had the opportunity to catch up with Bruce Campbell briefly for some quick questions: [...]
R.I.P “At the Movies” 1982-2010
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
This is the last season of “At the Movies,” the long-running syndicated film-review show made into a hit in the 1980s by dueling Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Distributor Disney-ABC Domestic TV said in a statement: “After 24 seasons with us in national syndication, the highly regarded movie review show “At the Movies” [...]
Taylor Lautner to Star in Singleton’s “Abduction”
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Director John Singleton is directing the new thriller “Abduction”, it will star “Twilight’s Taylor Lautner”. Lautner will play a teenager who feels disconnected from his parents and whose discovery of his own baby picture on a missing persons website unleashes a violent chain of events. Production is slated to begin July in Pittsburgh.
“The Last Airbender” Second Trailer
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
A second full trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new film “The Last Airbender” has been released, and it’s almost exactly like the first trailer that was released, but there are a few new scenes and we also hear the main character Aang speak for the first time. The film comes out on July 2nd 2010. [...]
“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Teaser Trailer
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is an upcoming 2010 film based on the comic book series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley. The film is directed by Edgar Wright and stars Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Video: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Trailer (HD)
Angela Bassett playing a villain in “Green Lantern”
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Look like The Green Lantern will have another bad guy to battle. Angela Bassett has signed on to play villainess Dr. Amanda Waller, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Bassett joins Peter Sarsgaard who is playing Dr. Hector Hammond, who gets exposed to a meteorite that increases his brain capacity and gives him [...]
“True Blood” Season 3 Promo & Poster
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The hit HBO series “True Blood”, returns to June 13 with Season 3, Check out the promo and poster below: Sookie Stackhouse
“Piranha 3D” Release Date/Trailer/Website
March 25, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Dimension Films has launched the official site for Piranha 3D. Alex Aja’s bloody remake of the Joe Dante killer fish movie opens in theaters on August 27 and stars Elisabeth Shue, Steven McQueen, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames and Richard Dreyfuss has a cameo. Aja is currently in the process of converting his film into 3-D.
Interview with Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
March 25, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Interviews
The directors of “How To Train Your Dragon” come from very different backgrounds. Chris Sanders hails from Colorado while Dean DeBlois hails from Canada. Though a decade older, they both began their professional careers around the same time, working for two of Hollywood’s legends: Jim Henson and Don Bluth. Sanders began working for the Walt [...]
Film Reviews “How to Train Your Dragon”
March 25, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Film Reviews
Starring the voices of: Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel and Craig Ferguson Directed by: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Rated: PG Running time: 1 hour 38 mins Dreamworks Our score: 3 1/2 out of 4 stars You may have heard about this new fangled invention that’s taking over movie theatres all over the world. Say it [...]
Interview with John Wilson
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Since Movie Mikes are a member on the voting committee for the Golden Raspberry Awards, we recently has the opportunity to talk with the founder John Wilson. John started the Razzies 30 years ago which are an annual ceremony dedicated to “honoring” the worst in film, set the day before the Oscars. Mike Gencarelli: How [...]
Pixar’s Brad Bird Could Direct Mission: Impossible 4?
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Last week we heard that “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer being considered to direct “Mission: Impossible 4″, and now he’s already got competition. “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouille” director Brad Bird is also in the running. He’s never directed a live-action feature before though. If Brad Bird signs on with Tom Cruise starring and J.J. Abrams already [...]
International “Iron Man 2″ Poster
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The May 7 theatrical release for “Iron Man” is about a month away and the marketing is in full swing. Not that the movie most likely needs much help, it is one of the most anticipated. Today, the international poster was release, it is what you expect from a poster some Iron Man, explosions and [...]
New “Despicable Me” Trailer #4 Release
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
The plot revolves around the world’s #2 supervillain, Gru (Steve Carell), the former #1, whose evil attempts are always thwarted by Vector (Jason Segel), a super smart teenage nerd, who is the #1 supervillain. In an attempt to outdo Vector, he starts plotting to steal the moon while he hides underground in a suburban neighborhood [...]
Tom Hanks to Direct Green Day’s “American Idiot” Movie
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Deadline.com is reporting that Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will transform Green Day’s 2004 album American Idiot from a broadway musical to a movie. The album tells the story of three friends who grow up in the same town. One moves to the city, the other joins the army and the third stays in the [...]
Paul W.S. Anderson to bring “Buck Rogers” back in 3-D
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Paul W.S. Anderson directing a reboot of “Buck Rogers” from a script by “Iron Man” co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Paradox Entertainment, the company who is bringing up the upcoming of “Conan,” with Marcus Nispel helming, will produce the new “Buck Rogers” adventure. Plot for the pic is being kept under wraps, but will [...]
Eli Roth talks about RZA Kung Fu Movie
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Wu Tang’s RZA’s has an upcoming Kung Fu film “The Man with the Iron Fist”. Eli Roth helped RZA with the film, which also has Quentin Tarantino and Eric Newman (Children of Men) attached as producers. RZA both penned the script and will direct. According to AceShowBiz, Here’s what Roth had to say about the [...]
“The Hangover 2″ in 3-D…Gone too Far?
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Hold on to your 3-D glasses everyone, this news is a real shocker. During ShoWest, Warner Brothers said it they are planning every single one of their major blockbusters to be released in 3-D from here on in, due to the massive success of James Cameron “Avatar” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”. That is [...]
“Wonderland” Screenwriter to Pen “Maleficent”
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Amongst the bunch of new projects that Tim Burton is recently attached to, one of them is making a live-action feature based on Maleficent from Disney’s 1959 fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”. The movie would tell the classic fairy tale from the point of view of the self-proclaimed “Mistress of All Evil.” “Alice in Wonderland” screenwriter [...]
“Transformers 3″ possibly not in 3D, after all?
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Michael Bay mentioned that he is quite skeptical of up-converted 3D films. Paramount Pictures wants the director to transfer Transformers 3 into to 3D, after the enormous success of Avatar. “I shoot complicated stuff, I put real elements into action scenes and honestly, I am not sold right now on the conversion process,” said Michael [...]
“Laverne and Shirley” Written by…Jamie Foxx?!
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Garry Marshall is trying to get a big screen update of his TV show and is in talks with Jamie Fox to write the script for “Laverne and Shirley”. Gary Marshall told TV Guide this week, “He’s writing it”. “It’s a whole different modern day take on how they came up on the streets during [...]
Will Smith has to choose between “Men in Black 3″ and “The City That Sailed”
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Variety says Will Smith is looking at two options for his next project: Sony’s “Men in Black 3″ and Fox’s “The City That Sailed”. The first film in the “Men in Black” franchise earned $587.8 million worldwide in 1997, and the second took in $441.8 million in 2002. Smith’s production company Overbrook Films developed “The [...]
First Photo from Landis’ “Burke and Hare”
March 24, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Courtesy of Empire Magazine, we have the first photo from John Landis’ star studded period horror remake “Burke and Hare”. The film stars Simon Pegg, Tim Curry, John Cleese, Andy Serkis, and Tom Wilkinson. Written by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft, “Burke and Hare” is based on the true story about the famous murderers, who [...]
“Holmes” hits $500 million worldwide…a sequel is just elementary!
March 24, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Breaking News, Commentary
When I started out as a theater manager one of my first jobs was to receive a nightly phone call from each theater in the chain and write down the night’s grosses. Then, when I had gotten all of the pertinent information I would call a place called Entertainment Data, a business that talked to [...]
Kevin Smith filming “Red State” this Summer
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
I guess that doing “Cop Out” after all paid off for director Kevin Smith. He is currently preparing to start filming his horror film “Red State” this summer. Kevin Smith revealed on his Twitter account: “I talk about lots of stuff I wanna do that either happens years later or never happens at all. Happy [...]
“Spy Kids 4″ going 3D…again, August 2011
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Dimension Films has scheduled an August 19, 2011 release for “Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World”. Rodriguez mentioned that the “Spy Kids” movie would be a reboot. “It’s different kids, not the old kids,” he said, adding, “That one’s really cool. I’ll probably do that in the early part of [...]
“Tyler Perry’s Colored Girls” Cast Revealed
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Tyler Perry revealed last night at the premiere for “Why Did I Get Married Too?” that Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Jurnee Smollett, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray will star in his next dramedy, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf”. Say that title 10 [...]
“Popeye” sailing CGI & 3D back to the Big Screen
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Sony Pictures is bringing spinach loving sailor “Popeye” to the big screen with CGI animation and 3D and hopes to turn into into a successful franchise. The last time “Popeye” was brought to the big screen was with the 1980′s Robert Altman directed live action film starring Robin Williams. Wasn’t a beloved adaption of the [...]
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” Poster
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Summit Entertainment recently released a plot summary of The “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”: As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for [...]
“Narnia 3″ & “Gulliver’s Travels” going 3D this Fall
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
According to the rumors around the internet: 20th Century Fox will release both “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” and “Gulliver’s Travels” in 3D this December. ComingSoon.net has confirmed, the studio will be adding a third dimension to those two holiday films. The third installment of the “The Chronicles of Narnia” [...]
“Scream 4″, Shooting & Release Date Set
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Dimension officially announced that they have officially green lit “Scream 4″ to shoot this spring with an intended release date of April 15th, 2011. The best news of all is that Wes Craven is confirmed to direct. Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette are going to be reprising their roles with a new [...]
“Spy Hunter” Movie still full steam ahead
March 23, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The video game adaptation of “Spy Hunter” has been in development it seems forever. The film based on Midway’s video game franchise, started in 1983 classic which last saw a release in 2006 with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for the Playstation 2. Before and after the release of the video game the purposed movie has [...]
“Clash of the Titans” set to be a Trilogy
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Director Louis Leterrier revealed tonight to FirstShowing telling them that he already has the scripts and a green light from Warner Brothers for the next two “Clash of the Titans” in 3-D installments, which will introduce Greek mythology characters not seen in the upcoming film. “I wrote two other (Clash of the Titans) movies,” he [...]
Butler, Farrell and Fox up for Role in “Consent to Kill”
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Director Antoine Fuqua (Shooter, Training Day, Brooklyn’s Finest) is set to helm the studio’s adaptation of “Consent To Kill”, one of the 11 bestselling Vince Flynn novels that feature the CIA assassin/counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp. CBS Films it choices down to three actors, with Gerard Butler, Colin Farrell and Matthew Fox to play the role [...]
Box Office Report – March 19-21, 2010
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“Alice in Wonderland” ruled the box office for the third week in the row. The Tim Burton film grossed $34.2M and brought its total to an outstanding $265.4M, a final gross of $350M is in the cards. The number one spot represents for Disney their first three week run on the top since “Pirates of [...]
Chris Evans is “Captain America”
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Finally, Marvel has announced the casting of Chris Evans to star in “The First Avenger: Captain America.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Evans has accepted an offer from Marvel Studios to star as Steve Rogers in “Captain America” and nine other Marvel features, including potential sequels, “The Avengers” and other unannounced projects. Evans has made [...]
Pixar’s “The Bear And The Bow” Retitled As “Brave”
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
The upcoming Pixar film “The Bear and the Bow,” the first film from the studio to feature a female heroine, has apparently undergone a title change. According to Stitch Kingdom, the Walt Disney Company has fired several patent applications for the title, “Disney/Pixar’s ‘Brave.’” This is the second re-title of an upcoming Disney film this [...]
Warner Bros to make Movie Adaption of “Bleach” Anime
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Now that the forgettable “Dragonball” has come and gone, the eyes of manga fans have turned to the “Akira” live action remake. Though the film is suffering some production problems that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. Pictures from pursuing other manga properties, with Tite Kubo’s “Bleach” being next in line. The studio is reportedly in negotiations [...]
Red Band Trailer released for “Get Him to the Greek”
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
MySpace has just released a brand new age-restricted red band trailer for “Get Him to The Greek”, which will be released in theaters nationwide on June 4. The film stars Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, and Aziz Ansari. “Get Him to the Greek” reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with [...]
“Transformers 3″ Casts A-List Actors
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
News today from “Transformers 3.” It’s being rumored that the Ferrari will be the latest addition to the Autobots. Also, the cast just went “A” list with the additions of Oscar winner Frances McDormand (“Fargo”), Oscar nominee John Malkovich (“Places in the Heart”) and “Hangover” scene-stealer Ken Jeong. McDormand will play the key role of [...]
Brand New “The Losers” Poster Revealed
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Warner Bros. has just released a brand new poster for the upcoming comic book adaptation “The Losers”, which will be released in theaters nationwide on April 23. “The Losers” stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, Peter Macdissi and is directed by Sylvain White. [...]
Interview with Director, Uwe Boll
March 22, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Interviews
Uwe Boll is best-known for adapting video games into movies, having directed and produced a number of such adaptations, including “House of the Dead”, “Alone in the Dark”, “BloodRayne”, “In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale”, “Postal” and most recently “Far Cry”. Although he also has a few non-video game themed films, [...]
Terry Gilliam shooting ‘Don Quixote’…Again
March 21, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
After a plagued attempt to bring “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” to life. Terry Gilliam might be gearing up for another go. Tony Grisoni, who had been co-writing the screenplay with Gilliam, told Dread Central about a recent encounter the director. “I ran into him the other day in London’s Oxford Street,” Grisoni said. [...]
Bond Girls found for Next 007 Film
March 21, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
MGM is prepping the next film in the James Bond franchise, “Bond 23″, which is being directed by Sam Mendes. Daniel Craig is returning as James Bond, it seems MGM may have found their new Bond girls, Oliva Wilde and Freida Pinto. According to Mendes, This is going to be the most ambitious 007 yet, [...]
“Frankenweenie” next for Tim Burton after all
March 21, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Earlier this week, we announced that Tim Burton’s next film was going to bestop-motion 3D remake of “The Addams Family”. It seems it is not going to be his next film after all, it will a project of his down the line. His next stop-motion 3D film will be a full length feature film of [...]
Three Decade Later, “Grease” is still the word!
March 21, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Breaking News
Oh those summer nights. If you plan to be anywhere near the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, June 25, break out your leather jacket or your best poodle skirt and join with fans from all over the world in an exclusive presentation of the movie musical “GREASE” – The Sing Along. Following in the footsteps of [...]
“Dr. Horrible” Sequel Will Be A Feature Film
March 20, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” has been on of the most successful online web series.
“Troll 2″ doc “Best Worst Movie” Theater & Dates Announced
March 20, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
If you are a fan of the 1989 flick “Troll 2″, you either know about the documentary “Best Worst Movie” or need to. The film has been touring film festivals very successfully and just scored a distribution deal that is going to finally bring it to theaters nationwide. “Best Worst Movie” will open in the [...]
Christoph Waltz set to direct “Auf Und Davon”
March 19, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
What is the recent Oscar winner, Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”) plans post winning Best Supporting Actor…directing a German romantic comedy. “Auf Und Davon” (Up and Away) follows the ruthless female host of a dating show who must confront her cynical and callous feelings about romance when the show’s story line conflicts with her attraction to [...]
Jennifer Lopez to go “Overboard”
March 19, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Jennifer Lopez is set to star in the remake of 1987 comedy “Overboard” for Sony Pictures. The original starred Goldie Hawn as Joanna, the pampered wife of a socialite, who falls off her yacht and develops amnesia. Kurt Russell played Dean Proffitt, a carpenter and single father of four whom Joanna stiffed on a job. [...]
Giveaway #3 – “The Bounty Hunter” Prize Package [ENDED]
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Giveaways
This week the Mikes want to know: What is your favorite romantic comedy…and why? Three random entrants will receive a “The Bounty Hunter” prize package including a T-shirt and a pair of “The Bounty Hunter” approved handcuffs! A very big thank you to Columbia Pictures for providing this week’s prizes.
New “The Expendables” Poster Surfaces
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Check out the new poster for “The Expendables”, the film has an unbelievable cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke and cameos by Bruce Willis & Arnold Schwarzenegger Although the official trailer hasn’t been released, found this clip trailer on YouTube and its [...]
Teaser Trailer for “Megamind”
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
DreamWorks Animation has released the teaser trailer for “Megamind”, the film is set for a November 5 release. The film is about a super villain Megamind (Will Ferrell) defeats his arch-rival Metro Man (Brad Pitt) and the world should be his oyster. But instead, Megamind falls into total despair. It turns out that life without [...]
Azaria will play the evil Gargamel in “The Smurfs”
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Hank Azaria is best known for his voice acting work on “The Simpsons”, voicing characters like Apu and Moe. He will play the evil Gargamel, villain to The Smurfs This week so far we have had announcement that Katy Perry and Jayma Mays and now Hank Azaria, have joined The Smurfs cast, we even had [...]
Rodriguez talks about halted “Red Sonja”
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
Rose McGowan joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s new film “Conan” this week and now filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has given an update on the status of his delayed McGowan film. “If I kept the project myself, we would’ve just made it, but it belonged to another company that had financing problems,” said Rodriguez of what’s [...]
“The Monster Squad” remake lands a home
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“The Monster Squad” remake, which kind of disappear for a while just found a home at Platinum Dunes. Producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing the remake alongside Rob Cohen, who produced the original “The Monster Squad” film. The story revolved around a group of die-hard horror fans who discover that the classic monsters [...]
Yet another “Final Destination” in the works
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News
“THE Final Destination” wasn’t really the final sequel after all. The flick although a piece of garbage made a lot of money. Money = Sequel. Warner Bros. head Alan Horn revealed at the ShoWest event that they will be making a fifth Final Destination, citing the reason why as “we can’t resist.” (AKA we want [...]
*UPDATED* “Predators” Trailer & Poster
March 18, 2010 by Mike Gencarelli
Filed under Breaking News, Movie Trailers
Plot Synopsis: “Predators”, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, directed by Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all [...]
Film Review “The Bounty Hunter”
March 18, 2010 by Mike Smith
Filed under Film Reviews
“The Bounty Hunter” succeeds solely on the chemistry between its two stars.



