It’s been 23 years since Smallville first hit TV screens, introducing audiences to a new take on Superman’s origin story. Premiering in 2001, the show followed a young Clark Kent as he navigated the challenges of growing up in the small town of Smallville while slowly uncovering his destiny as one of the most iconic superheroes in the DC Universe. With its mix of teen drama and superhero elements, Smallville quickly became a fan favorite, running for an impressive ten seasons.
Tom Welling as Clark Kent in the series Smallville | Credit: Warner Bros.
The series was more than just another superhero show, it was a coming-of-age story. It focused on Clark’s struggles with adolescence, relationships, and learning to control his emerging powers. This was all done while encountering classic characters from the Superman lore. Though it wasn’t part of the official Dceu timeline, the show left a lasting legacy.
Tom Welling as Clark Kent in the series Smallville | Credit: Warner Bros.
The series was more than just another superhero show, it was a coming-of-age story. It focused on Clark’s struggles with adolescence, relationships, and learning to control his emerging powers. This was all done while encountering classic characters from the Superman lore. Though it wasn’t part of the official Dceu timeline, the show left a lasting legacy.
- 11/22/2024
- by Sohini Mukherjee
- FandomWire
While Kristin Kreuk is most well-known for portraying Lana Lang on Smallville, she’s had quite a varied career since starting acting in 2000.
Kreuk began with teen dramas and classic fairytale films, then moved to sci-fi films and procedural dramas.
No matter the role, she’s a force to be reckoned with and lights up the screen.
(James Dimmock/ Fox)
Since she began acting nearly 25 years ago, Kreuk has gone from acting project to project with little break. She’s become one of Canada’s leading leading ladies and has earned that right in the United States, too.
Kreuk will be starring in Murder in a Small Town beginning Tuesday, September 24.
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Kreuk began with teen dramas and classic fairytale films, then moved to sci-fi films and procedural dramas.
No matter the role, she’s a force to be reckoned with and lights up the screen.
(James Dimmock/ Fox)
Since she began acting nearly 25 years ago, Kreuk has gone from acting project to project with little break. She’s become one of Canada’s leading leading ladies and has earned that right in the United States, too.
Kreuk will be starring in Murder in a Small Town beginning Tuesday, September 24.
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- 9/24/2024
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
We all love a good superhero origin story. Sure, it’s great to see Spider-Man swing from buildings, but it’s what Uncle Ben tells a young Peter Parker that touches us all. We all love seeing Batman kick the Joker’s teeth in, but we are all fascinated by that tragic night in Crime Alley. So it’s no surprise that the first and greatest superhero of all time should have a TV show about what defines him. There is a reason why Clark Kent is the best of us. While Batman may be the ultimate example of physical perfection, Superman is the pinnacle of the goodness of humanity. But fans have always debated: is Superman Clark Kent, or is Clark Kent just a disguise? I have always argued Superman is just a cape. Clark is the hero who wears it. Smallville is the case for my belief in...
- 1/22/2024
- by David Arroyo
- JoBlo.com
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Rachel Zegler is addressing the scrutiny she’s faced doing press for two high-profile movies, Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White and last year’s West Side Story.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the actress opened up about the pressures around two of her earliest and biggest big-screen credits. That includes her role in Snow White, with the actress responding to what she describes as “jokes” about the modern update, which features her — a Latina — in the titular role and consultants who have been brought in to address the representation of the film’s dwarfism community.
“People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is — because it needed that,” the actress said. “It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing story about a young woman who has a...
Rachel Zegler is addressing the scrutiny she’s faced doing press for two high-profile movies, Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White and last year’s West Side Story.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the actress opened up about the pressures around two of her earliest and biggest big-screen credits. That includes her role in Snow White, with the actress responding to what she describes as “jokes” about the modern update, which features her — a Latina — in the titular role and consultants who have been brought in to address the representation of the film’s dwarfism community.
“People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is — because it needed that,” the actress said. “It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing story about a young woman who has a...
- 10/16/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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As Disney Animation moves toward its 100th anniversary, the studio is collaborating with the producers of Immersive Van Gogh to create Disney Animation Immersive Experience, set to open this December in Toronto.
“A combination of an art exhibit and movie theater” is how Oscar-winning producer J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water), who is leading the creative team, describes the walk-thru experience. He says it will incorporate “three-quarters” of the century of Disney titles from early work like Snow White to The Little Mermaid, Frozen and Encanto — along with their classic music — while taking advantage of projection mapping to create a 360-degree experience.
Working with Toronto-based Lighthouse Immersive, Disney Animation plans to open the experience at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto and then visit additional cities including Cleveland, Nashville, Detroit, Denver, Boston, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Minneapolis and Columbus in early 2023. Anaheim’s Disneyland is in the plans.
As Disney Animation moves toward its 100th anniversary, the studio is collaborating with the producers of Immersive Van Gogh to create Disney Animation Immersive Experience, set to open this December in Toronto.
“A combination of an art exhibit and movie theater” is how Oscar-winning producer J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water), who is leading the creative team, describes the walk-thru experience. He says it will incorporate “three-quarters” of the century of Disney titles from early work like Snow White to The Little Mermaid, Frozen and Encanto — along with their classic music — while taking advantage of projection mapping to create a 360-degree experience.
Working with Toronto-based Lighthouse Immersive, Disney Animation plans to open the experience at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto and then visit additional cities including Cleveland, Nashville, Detroit, Denver, Boston, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Minneapolis and Columbus in early 2023. Anaheim’s Disneyland is in the plans.
- 10/6/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Beyond the Summit” (“La Cima”), the latest film from director Ibón Cormenzana, producer of Goya-winning “Blancanieves,” has world premiered at Spain’s Malaga Film Festival, where it must rate as one of the event’s most singular and striking films.
It was also one of four new Spanish films to feature in a Market Premiere showcase on Monday, the first day of the Spanish Screenings.
The French-Spanish co-production, starring Javier Rey (“Sin fin”) and Patricia López Arnaiz (“The Plague”), tells the story of Mateo (Rey), an amateur mountaineer determined to scale Annapurna, a Nepalese peak rated as one of the world’s deadliest.
On his first day, Mateo takes a fall, ending up in the care of revered Spanish mountaineer Ione (Arnaiz), who cares for him despite his recklessness.
The story follows a tug-of-war relationship between the two of them, as Mateo seeks to summit despite ghastly conditions, and Ione...
It was also one of four new Spanish films to feature in a Market Premiere showcase on Monday, the first day of the Spanish Screenings.
The French-Spanish co-production, starring Javier Rey (“Sin fin”) and Patricia López Arnaiz (“The Plague”), tells the story of Mateo (Rey), an amateur mountaineer determined to scale Annapurna, a Nepalese peak rated as one of the world’s deadliest.
On his first day, Mateo takes a fall, ending up in the care of revered Spanish mountaineer Ione (Arnaiz), who cares for him despite his recklessness.
The story follows a tug-of-war relationship between the two of them, as Mateo seeks to summit despite ghastly conditions, and Ione...
- 3/21/2022
- by Justin Morgan
- Variety Film + TV
I'm so excited to see Rachel Zegler as Snow White! The 20-year-old actor has already made a big splash in "West Side Story," and now she's the first Latina to play the legendary Disney princess. With the announcement of Zegler cast as the lead, she received backlash for playing the character dubbed "as white as snow." The actor has also gotten broader backlash for the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" plot.
Speaking about the criticism, Zegler shared on the "Actors on Actors" series for "Variety" on Monday, "When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry. . . We need to love them in the right direction."
She continued, "Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me. You don't normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even...
Speaking about the criticism, Zegler shared on the "Actors on Actors" series for "Variety" on Monday, "When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry. . . We need to love them in the right direction."
She continued, "Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me. You don't normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even...
- 2/1/2022
- by Naledi Ushe
- Popsugar.com
“Why don’t you come around for dinner?,” Barcelona lifeguard Gerard Casals (Dani Rovira) asks his boss, Oscar Camps (Eduard Fernández), at the beginning of “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea.”
“I’ve got other plans,” says Camps. Cut to his sitting on his sofa, eating a warmed-up microwave dinner watching TV on his laptop.
Then Camps catches a news report featuring the horrific images of 3-year-old Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, his lifeless body lying on a Turkish beach, washed by waves, after the dingy he was in capsized.
Two days later, Oscar and Gerard are sitting on a beach in Lesbos, Greece, looking across at the hulking headlands of Turkey, just seven miles away across a strait that separates Asia from the European Union. “People are dying in the sea; we’re lifeguards,” he says. So begins Camps and Casals’ life mission, which becomes the now celebrated Ngo Open Arms,...
“I’ve got other plans,” says Camps. Cut to his sitting on his sofa, eating a warmed-up microwave dinner watching TV on his laptop.
Then Camps catches a news report featuring the horrific images of 3-year-old Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, his lifeless body lying on a Turkish beach, washed by waves, after the dingy he was in capsized.
Two days later, Oscar and Gerard are sitting on a beach in Lesbos, Greece, looking across at the hulking headlands of Turkey, just seven miles away across a strait that separates Asia from the European Union. “People are dying in the sea; we’re lifeguards,” he says. So begins Camps and Casals’ life mission, which becomes the now celebrated Ngo Open Arms,...
- 10/20/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Clad in a scarlet suit, Isabelle Huppert approaches a mirror in the opening scene of “White as Snow,” director Anne Fontaine’s modern-day retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s tale “Snow White.” Playing widowed hotel owner Maud, the French star — as ravishing a screen presence as ever — studies her face, searching for the inevitable imperfections of maturity.
That unspoken concern with age is negatively reinforced in the company of her stepdaughter, quiet ingénue Claire. Little is said about the women’s relationship before the passing of Claire’s father, but in the present, the older woman worries that Claire’s amicable temperament and unaffected beauty have bewitched Maud’s current lover. The film’s major downfall resides in the lackluster central conflict, limited to a one-sided fit of jealousy.
Early on, Fontaine deploys an enchanting fairytale score from Bruno Coulais (“Wolfwalkers”) to ease us into the slightly heightened tone of the piece.
That unspoken concern with age is negatively reinforced in the company of her stepdaughter, quiet ingénue Claire. Little is said about the women’s relationship before the passing of Claire’s father, but in the present, the older woman worries that Claire’s amicable temperament and unaffected beauty have bewitched Maud’s current lover. The film’s major downfall resides in the lackluster central conflict, limited to a one-sided fit of jealousy.
Early on, Fontaine deploys an enchanting fairytale score from Bruno Coulais (“Wolfwalkers”) to ease us into the slightly heightened tone of the piece.
- 8/11/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Universal Pictures Int’l Spain has snatched theatrical distribution rights to the Spanish remake of romcom “A Boyfriend for my Wife” (“Un Novio para mi Mujer”), now shooting in Barcelona.
The 2008 Argentine original by Juan Taratuto, starring Adrian Suar, lured up to 1.5 million admissions in Argentina and has been remade in a slew of territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Chile, Vietnam and, most successfully, in South Korea where it sold five million admissions.
Its story revolves around a man who finds a rather unorthodox way of getting rid of his lovely but insufferable wife: Finding her a boyfriend so that she dumps him instead. He picks a well-known Lothario to seduce her but the scheme backfires on him.
Directed by Laura Mañá from a screenplay penned with Pol Cortecans (“Bienvenidos a la familia”), the Spanish remake is produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures and Athos Pictures along with the...
The 2008 Argentine original by Juan Taratuto, starring Adrian Suar, lured up to 1.5 million admissions in Argentina and has been remade in a slew of territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Chile, Vietnam and, most successfully, in South Korea where it sold five million admissions.
Its story revolves around a man who finds a rather unorthodox way of getting rid of his lovely but insufferable wife: Finding her a boyfriend so that she dumps him instead. He picks a well-known Lothario to seduce her but the scheme backfires on him.
Directed by Laura Mañá from a screenplay penned with Pol Cortecans (“Bienvenidos a la familia”), the Spanish remake is produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures and Athos Pictures along with the...
- 7/22/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona production-distribution outfit Filmax has picked up international rights to director-producer Ibon Cormenzana’s “Guilt” ahead of its presentation at the Pre-Cannes Screenings, which run June 21-25.
The Basque helmer directs his long-time partner Manuela Velles who co-developed the topical drama with him and was actually pregnant at the time of the shoot.
Velles plays a woman who hides away in the mountains after being raped by an acquaintance. In an effort to overcome her trauma, she isolates herself in a mountain cabin, leaving behind a boyfriend, family and friends.
Nature plays a key role in her efforts to heal herself as she bears up under the weight of her pain, her guilt and her loneliness.
“‘Guilt’ is one of the most authentic, visceral films that we’ve had in our catalogue in recent years,” said Iván Díaz, head of international at Filmax.
“The extremely special way in which it...
The Basque helmer directs his long-time partner Manuela Velles who co-developed the topical drama with him and was actually pregnant at the time of the shoot.
Velles plays a woman who hides away in the mountains after being raped by an acquaintance. In an effort to overcome her trauma, she isolates herself in a mountain cabin, leaving behind a boyfriend, family and friends.
Nature plays a key role in her efforts to heal herself as she bears up under the weight of her pain, her guilt and her loneliness.
“‘Guilt’ is one of the most authentic, visceral films that we’ve had in our catalogue in recent years,” said Iván Díaz, head of international at Filmax.
“The extremely special way in which it...
- 6/16/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Milcho Manchevski, Pablo Berger.
Co-productions from French director Michel Hazanavicius and Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among 24 selected for funding in the latest Eurimages round.
Hazanavicius, whose 2011 title The Artist which won five Oscars including best picture and director, receives €470,000 towards Franco-Belgian animation The Most Precious Of Cargoes.
Adapted from a 2019 novel by French writer Jean-Claude Grumberg, the animated film is set during the Second World War, when a Jewish father throws one of his twins from the train to Auschwitz in a desperate attempt to save him. The boy is then discovered by a childless Polish couple.
Co-productions from French director Michel Hazanavicius and Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among 24 selected for funding in the latest Eurimages round.
Hazanavicius, whose 2011 title The Artist which won five Oscars including best picture and director, receives €470,000 towards Franco-Belgian animation The Most Precious Of Cargoes.
Adapted from a 2019 novel by French writer Jean-Claude Grumberg, the animated film is set during the Second World War, when a Jewish father throws one of his twins from the train to Auschwitz in a desperate attempt to save him. The boy is then discovered by a childless Polish couple.
- 3/22/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Spanish-French co-production involves Barcelona-based Arcadia and France’s Noodles Production and Les Films du Worso.
Elle Driver will introduce sales on Spanish director Pablo Berger’s feature-length animation Robot Dreams at the upcoming European Film Market.
It is Berger’s fourth feature, after multi-award-winning silent melodrama Blancanieves and 2017 fantasy comedy-drama Abracadabra.
The director’s first foray into animation, it is adapted from the popular 2007 graphic novel of the same name by US artist Sara Varon, set in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals with no definable age or gender.
The storyline revolves around the friendship between Dog and...
Elle Driver will introduce sales on Spanish director Pablo Berger’s feature-length animation Robot Dreams at the upcoming European Film Market.
It is Berger’s fourth feature, after multi-award-winning silent melodrama Blancanieves and 2017 fantasy comedy-drama Abracadabra.
The director’s first foray into animation, it is adapted from the popular 2007 graphic novel of the same name by US artist Sara Varon, set in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals with no definable age or gender.
The storyline revolves around the friendship between Dog and...
- 2/22/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Lending some bigger movie heft to the Malaga market, Latido Films is bringing onto the international sales scene two thrillers – though very different propositions – from Academy Award winning producer Tornasol Media (“The Secret in Their Eyes”).
“Thrillers have high export potential, but they’re a highly competitive market and since Spanish movies can’t compete with U.S. films’ star power, they have to offer something else,” said Latido Films head Antonio Saura.
Both in production, what Imanol Uribe’s “La Mirada de Lucía” and Oscar Aibar’s “El sustituto” offer is high quality entertainment grounded in different but powerful social realities.
The directors go about addressing that reality in highly different ways, however.
Winner of San Sebastian’s Golden Shell with “Running Out of Time” and “Bwana,” a feat only achieved by five other directors, the first Francis Ford Coppola, Imanol Uribe’s “La mirada de Lucía,” written by...
“Thrillers have high export potential, but they’re a highly competitive market and since Spanish movies can’t compete with U.S. films’ star power, they have to offer something else,” said Latido Films head Antonio Saura.
Both in production, what Imanol Uribe’s “La Mirada de Lucía” and Oscar Aibar’s “El sustituto” offer is high quality entertainment grounded in different but powerful social realities.
The directors go about addressing that reality in highly different ways, however.
Winner of San Sebastian’s Golden Shell with “Running Out of Time” and “Bwana,” a feat only achieved by five other directors, the first Francis Ford Coppola, Imanol Uribe’s “La mirada de Lucía,” written by...
- 11/19/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international sales rights to “Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea,” inspired by the stirring true-life origins story of the Mediterranean-based Ngo Open Arms, an open sea migrant search and rescue mission which has saved thousands of lives.
Now just initiating post-production, having shot for over eight weeks around Greece and Barcelona, “Mediterraneo” weighs in as a new banner title for Filmax at this week’s American Film Market, where it will present a first promo.
Directed by Marcel Barrena (“100 Meters”), “Mediterraneo” turns on the life-changing journey in 2015 of two Spanish lifeguards, Oscar Camps and Gerard Canals, who travel to the Greek island of Lesbos after having seen a heart-wrenching photograph in the international press of three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi, washed up dead on the shores of the Mediterranean. There, they discover a shocking reality: thousands of people risking their lives every day to get from...
Now just initiating post-production, having shot for over eight weeks around Greece and Barcelona, “Mediterraneo” weighs in as a new banner title for Filmax at this week’s American Film Market, where it will present a first promo.
Directed by Marcel Barrena (“100 Meters”), “Mediterraneo” turns on the life-changing journey in 2015 of two Spanish lifeguards, Oscar Camps and Gerard Canals, who travel to the Greek island of Lesbos after having seen a heart-wrenching photograph in the international press of three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi, washed up dead on the shores of the Mediterranean. There, they discover a shocking reality: thousands of people risking their lives every day to get from...
- 11/9/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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Jokers, circus masters and demonic dolls. Which TV characters terrify you? Den Of Geek asked its writers that very question…
The subconscious is a terrible place; dark, mysterious and peopled by spectres from the past. As a bit of a laugh then, we sent our writers journeying into theirs and asked them to drag out any TV terrors they found lurking in the shadows.
Some television fears had been ensconced there since childhood, others were more recent tenants. Some were morally terrifying; human beings with icy hearts capable of atrocities, others were simply… atrocities.
Join us as we count down in order of terror from the sort-of-creepy to the downright terrifying, the 50 TV characters that, for whatever reason, give our writers chills. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, so feel free to fill in gaps by adding your own peculiar television nightmares below…
50. Charn -...
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Jokers, circus masters and demonic dolls. Which TV characters terrify you? Den Of Geek asked its writers that very question…
The subconscious is a terrible place; dark, mysterious and peopled by spectres from the past. As a bit of a laugh then, we sent our writers journeying into theirs and asked them to drag out any TV terrors they found lurking in the shadows.
Some television fears had been ensconced there since childhood, others were more recent tenants. Some were morally terrifying; human beings with icy hearts capable of atrocities, others were simply… atrocities.
Join us as we count down in order of terror from the sort-of-creepy to the downright terrifying, the 50 TV characters that, for whatever reason, give our writers chills. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, so feel free to fill in gaps by adding your own peculiar television nightmares below…
50. Charn -...
- 10/29/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
After coming aboard Universal and Working Title’s live-action retelling of classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid a year ago, Sofia Coppola has jumped ship on the project, Deadline reports.
As expected, “creative differences” are being cited as the reason for the departure, but it’s not hard to fill in the blanks there. Coppola, whose past films have included The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Somewhere and The Bling Ring, is known for directing somber, decidedly adult dramas, and she likely had a very distinctive vision for what she wanted her take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale to look like.
Universal and Working Title likely couldn’t completely get behind Coppola’s ideas for the movie, which led to the rift between the director and the studios. That being said, The Little Mermaid is still very much a go, with Caroline Thompson (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands...
As expected, “creative differences” are being cited as the reason for the departure, but it’s not hard to fill in the blanks there. Coppola, whose past films have included The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Somewhere and The Bling Ring, is known for directing somber, decidedly adult dramas, and she likely had a very distinctive vision for what she wanted her take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale to look like.
Universal and Working Title likely couldn’t completely get behind Coppola’s ideas for the movie, which led to the rift between the director and the studios. That being said, The Little Mermaid is still very much a go, with Caroline Thompson (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands...
- 6/1/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The May 1 release of Avengers: Age of Ultron marks the "official" start of the 2015 Summer Movie Season and with that in mind, it's only appropriate to offer up a look forward at what's ahead over the next four months. What is ahead over the next four monthsc Well, a lot of movies that cost a lot of money with a few smaller features mixed in for good measure, and as much as some of us may lament the fact studios have become so franchise focused, it's hard not to admit a desire to see some of these bigger features. As a means of whittling down the flock of films arriving over the next several months I've chosen to take a look at my 20 most anticipated, which does mean there are bound to be some titles I probably ought to mention, but didn't make the list for a variety of reasons.
- 4/29/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Reboots, videogame adaptations, and a few long awaited sequels are all due for release next year
Now that Fast & Furious 7 has formally opened summer blockbuster season 2015 up, it's time for us to take our traditional look at the big movies gracing multiplexes this time next year.
2016 is set to be a pivotal summer, too. There are big movies in both the DC and Marvel cinematic universes. Warner Bros is looking to launch the first of six King Arthur movies, whilst Universal may get cracking with its classic monster cinematic universe. And - yep - we may even get the world's first great film based on a videogame.
Summer blockbuster season 2016 stretches from March through to August, and here's what treats are lined up. Please note, we've gone with Us release dates, for the purposes of this feature, as that's where most of the films will debut first.
Warcraft -...
Now that Fast & Furious 7 has formally opened summer blockbuster season 2015 up, it's time for us to take our traditional look at the big movies gracing multiplexes this time next year.
2016 is set to be a pivotal summer, too. There are big movies in both the DC and Marvel cinematic universes. Warner Bros is looking to launch the first of six King Arthur movies, whilst Universal may get cracking with its classic monster cinematic universe. And - yep - we may even get the world's first great film based on a videogame.
Summer blockbuster season 2016 stretches from March through to August, and here's what treats are lined up. Please note, we've gone with Us release dates, for the purposes of this feature, as that's where most of the films will debut first.
Warcraft -...
- 4/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Female villains in the movies can usually be placed into two categories; the mentally deranged psychopath and the provocative seductress. This isn’t always the case of course, but it’s a fairly accurate basis to draw on. In honour of the nasty and glamorous sorceress Mizuki in 47 Ronin – the samurai epic out this December starring Keanu Reeves – we’ve reminisced on our favourite on-screen feminine scoundrels in cinema history. Mizuki has a tendency to turn into a dragon and go on rants about corpses and rivers of blood. In this list she joins the conniving, the insane, the alluring and the devilishly sexy. They’re all here, and we just love to hate them.
Mizuki – 47 Ronin (2013 Dir. Carl Rinsch)
Best Line: “Mountains of corpses will not stand in our way”
Morally dubious on the largest possible scale, this shape-shifting witch in upcoming action-fantasy epic 47 Ronin has the ability to...
Mizuki – 47 Ronin (2013 Dir. Carl Rinsch)
Best Line: “Mountains of corpses will not stand in our way”
Morally dubious on the largest possible scale, this shape-shifting witch in upcoming action-fantasy epic 47 Ronin has the ability to...
- 12/2/2013
- by Ginger_Phoenix
- Nerdly
Sometimes you are born for a life of adventure and sometimes adventure recruits you into its cause. For George Lucas, the latter approach is preferable as witnessed in Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and Willow Ufgood in Willow. While Skywalker unknowingly had it in his blood, Willow was far more the ordinary person thrust into an extraordinary cause.
Lucas conceived of Willow’s tale back in 1972 and kept it rattling around his mind until technology was sophisticated enough to tackle it on film. Casting Warwick Davis as Wicket in Return of the Jedi probably began the move from backburner to the front of the production slate even though it was another five years before the film began production. By then, Lucas was no longer interested in directing, instead choosing Ron Howard to mount his first major fantasy. By then, Howard, who was a directing contemporary of Lucas although they traveled in different circles,...
Lucas conceived of Willow’s tale back in 1972 and kept it rattling around his mind until technology was sophisticated enough to tackle it on film. Casting Warwick Davis as Wicket in Return of the Jedi probably began the move from backburner to the front of the production slate even though it was another five years before the film began production. By then, Lucas was no longer interested in directing, instead choosing Ron Howard to mount his first major fantasy. By then, Howard, who was a directing contemporary of Lucas although they traveled in different circles,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Review Ryan Lambie 22 Mar 2013 - 06:20
Director Bryan Singer turns from X-Men to fairytales with Jack The Giant Slayer. Here's our review...
We're now well into Hollywood's fairytale revival period, which has already seen the likes of Snow White And The Huntsman and Mirror Mirror twinkle onto our screens, while adaptations of Beauty And The Beast and Disney's Maleficent wait in the wings.
As they're passed through the moviemaking filter, these age-old tales generally altered in the process. Snow White And The Huntsman gave the age-old story an epic spin, and imagined the normally genteel heroine as an armour clad warrior. Hansel & Grettel: Witch Hunters used its fairytale inspiration as a basis for a gory action yarn. Meanwhile, the Wachowskis are working on yet another retelling of the story; called Jupiter, it will reportedly send Snow White into space.
Director Bryan Singer, on the other hand, has resisted the temptation...
Director Bryan Singer turns from X-Men to fairytales with Jack The Giant Slayer. Here's our review...
We're now well into Hollywood's fairytale revival period, which has already seen the likes of Snow White And The Huntsman and Mirror Mirror twinkle onto our screens, while adaptations of Beauty And The Beast and Disney's Maleficent wait in the wings.
As they're passed through the moviemaking filter, these age-old tales generally altered in the process. Snow White And The Huntsman gave the age-old story an epic spin, and imagined the normally genteel heroine as an armour clad warrior. Hansel & Grettel: Witch Hunters used its fairytale inspiration as a basis for a gory action yarn. Meanwhile, the Wachowskis are working on yet another retelling of the story; called Jupiter, it will reportedly send Snow White into space.
Director Bryan Singer, on the other hand, has resisted the temptation...
- 3/22/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Bryan Singer thought he was going to be the first to revive fairy tales with his take on Jack on the Beanstalk, "Jack the Giant Slayer," but the film, which hits theaters this Friday, was beaten to the big screen by new spins on "Alice in Wonderland," "Snow White and the Huntsman," and "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters." Singer (who previously talked to Moviefone about the eagerly anticipated "X-Men; Days of Future Past" sequel), is proud of his update on the “Jack and the Beanstalk” legend. "I took a look at those other ones and made sure I did my own thing," he says. He talked to Moviefone about making sure he had the right Jack in Nicholas Hoult, his love of classic adventure films from the '50s and '60s, and creating a race of fearsome giants. Moviefone: This is a bit of a departure for you. Why make a fairy-tale movie?...
- 2/26/2013
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
The Oscar for Best Costumes is normally pretty easy to predict, just focus on the costume drama and don't look back. This year that film is Anna Karenina with costumes by Jacqueline Durran, and, as expected, she took home the Period Film award at tonight's 2013 Costume Designers Guild Awards. Then Jany Temime's work on Skyfall won the Contemporary category, but her work wasn't nominated for an Oscar so as far as predictions go we can move along. Then we come to the Fantasy category where the two Snow White films do battle and both were nominated for an Oscar. The winner? The late Eiko Ishioka's work on Mirror Mirror. Ishioka passed away at the beginning of last year and Mirror Mirror serves as her second Oscar nomination. She won previously for her work on Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. As for Durran, this is the third time she's been nominated for an Oscar,...
- 2/20/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for their annual awards and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" led with 10 nominations including Best Picture. "Les Miserables" and "Life of Pi" followed with nine nominations each. We'll find out the winner on Sunday, February 10th.
Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander
Short Film
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
"Swimmer"
"Tumult"
"The Voorman Project"
Short Animation
"Here To Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
"The Making Of Longbird"
Outstanding British Debut
Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis - "The Imposter"
David Morris, Jacqui Morris - "McCullin"
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - "Wild Bill"
James Bobin - "The Muppets"
Tina Gharavi - "I Am Nasrine"
Film Not In The English Language
"Amour"
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"Rust & Bone"
"The Intouchables"
Original Music
Dario Marianelli...
Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander
Short Film
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
"Swimmer"
"Tumult"
"The Voorman Project"
Short Animation
"Here To Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
"The Making Of Longbird"
Outstanding British Debut
Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis - "The Imposter"
David Morris, Jacqui Morris - "McCullin"
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - "Wild Bill"
James Bobin - "The Muppets"
Tina Gharavi - "I Am Nasrine"
Film Not In The English Language
"Amour"
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"Rust & Bone"
"The Intouchables"
Original Music
Dario Marianelli...
- 1/9/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jolie's daughter Vivienne will be sharing limelight in Disney film with siblings Pax and Zahara – and their mother as the evil fairy
In August it emerged that Angelina Jolie's four-year-old daughter Vivienne is set to appear with her mother in Disney's Maleficent; now it seems two more Jolie-Pitt siblings will also be starring in the upcoming live-action take on Sleeping Beauty, according to gossip site Us Weekly.
Pax Jolie-Pitt, eight, and Zahara Jolie-Pitt, seven, will join their little sister in Maleficent, which sees their mother take on the role of Disney's most famous villain in a version that tells the story from the point of view of the titular wicked fairy. Vivienne won't be throwing her toys out of the proverbial pram, however, as her siblings are only taking smaller roles. Apparently, six-year-old Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was also supposed to be in the film but "she was bored and not...
In August it emerged that Angelina Jolie's four-year-old daughter Vivienne is set to appear with her mother in Disney's Maleficent; now it seems two more Jolie-Pitt siblings will also be starring in the upcoming live-action take on Sleeping Beauty, according to gossip site Us Weekly.
Pax Jolie-Pitt, eight, and Zahara Jolie-Pitt, seven, will join their little sister in Maleficent, which sees their mother take on the role of Disney's most famous villain in a version that tells the story from the point of view of the titular wicked fairy. Vivienne won't be throwing her toys out of the proverbial pram, however, as her siblings are only taking smaller roles. Apparently, six-year-old Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was also supposed to be in the film but "she was bored and not...
- 10/24/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Priscilla Presley is set to make her pantomime debut alongside Warwick Davis and Jarred Christmas in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the New Wimbledon Theatre this Christmas. The 67-year-old actress and former wife to the late Elvis Presley will star as the Wicked Queen in the theatre production and is said to be "delighted" at the prospect. Speaking about her upcoming role, the '80s Dallas star said: "I have heard such wonderful things about British pantomime. The script is hilarious, my costume is sensational and I can't wait to get started and give the people of London my Wicked Queen. What a wonderful (more)...
- 9/26/2012
- by By Naomi Gordon
- Digital Spy
Chicago – To say that Rupert Sanders’s “Snow White and the Huntsman” is one of the year’s best-looking films would be entirely accurate, but it’s also one of the least involving. The more sumptuous the visuals became, the more infuriating I found the tedious script, which plods along from A to B to C without any real sense of urgency, before making a tired plea for a franchise. How depressing.
And yet, there’s enough technique here worth admiring that it deserves not to drown in the swarm of media-fueled hysteria surrounding the widely publicized fling between director Rupert Sanders and star Kristen Stewart. On a purely technical level, the picture marks a fine feature debut for Sanders, who brings a medieval grit and mystical texture to his darkly entrancing visuals. This is the sort of film that Blu-ray players were made for, and some viewers may feel...
And yet, there’s enough technique here worth admiring that it deserves not to drown in the swarm of media-fueled hysteria surrounding the widely publicized fling between director Rupert Sanders and star Kristen Stewart. On a purely technical level, the picture marks a fine feature debut for Sanders, who brings a medieval grit and mystical texture to his darkly entrancing visuals. This is the sort of film that Blu-ray players were made for, and some viewers may feel...
- 9/19/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Monday, September 3 Box Office Report: 'The Possession' May Break a Record, Plus 'The Dark Knight Rises' Passes 'The Dark Knight' by Erik Childress Our Top 25 Most Anticipated Fall 2012 Films by Movies.com Tuesday, September 4 Clark Gregg Responds to the Vision Rumors; Doesn't Rule Out Returning to the Marvel Universe (Exclusive) by Erik Davis 'Hyde Park on Hudson' Telluride Review: Come for Bill Murray as Fdr, Stay for Fdr and the King by Eric D. Snider New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Indie Charms of the Vampire Comedy 'My Sucky Teen Romance' by Peter Hall What Movie Reminds You Most of Your School Days? by Christopher Campbell New Video on Demand: See 'Snow White and the...
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- 9/8/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
By Allen Gardner
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
- 9/4/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, the child of Jolie and Brad Pitt, will play young version of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty retelling
Angelina Jolie's four-year-old daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt is to join her mother in the Disney fantasy Maleficent, the studio has officially confirmed.
Vivienne, whose father is Brad Pitt, will take a small role as a young version of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty of many a fairytale. Maleficent is a retelling of the famous story from the point of view of the titular wicked fairy. In the seminal Charles Perrault version (titled The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood), she curses her victim to die after pricking her finger on a spindle, but another fairy uses her power to ensure the princess will merely sleep for a hundred years before being woken by a prince.
Jolie will play Maleficent in a live-action film which will examine the character's backstory. The movie...
Angelina Jolie's four-year-old daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt is to join her mother in the Disney fantasy Maleficent, the studio has officially confirmed.
Vivienne, whose father is Brad Pitt, will take a small role as a young version of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty of many a fairytale. Maleficent is a retelling of the famous story from the point of view of the titular wicked fairy. In the seminal Charles Perrault version (titled The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood), she curses her victim to die after pricking her finger on a spindle, but another fairy uses her power to ensure the princess will merely sleep for a hundred years before being woken by a prince.
Jolie will play Maleficent in a live-action film which will examine the character's backstory. The movie...
- 8/23/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brings you the Oscars (yep, that's why they're called Academy Awards), and on Friday, the organization announced that it was prepared to invite 176 new folks to its fold.
In a list posted on its website, the Academy deemed Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Terrence Malick, Jonah Hill, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer and a host of other film luminaries worthy of inclusion in its nearly 6,000-member army.
The Academy has drawn the ire of critics who bemoan its overwhelmingly male, white population. A Los Angeles Times investigation found that of all Academy members, 94 percent are Caucasian and 77 percent are male. A mere 2 percent are black, with Latinos constituting an even smaller portion. Only 14 percent of members are under the age of 50.
Full members of the Academy select and vote on Oscars nominees. The organization was started in 1927 and is now governed by a 43-person board.
In a list posted on its website, the Academy deemed Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Terrence Malick, Jonah Hill, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer and a host of other film luminaries worthy of inclusion in its nearly 6,000-member army.
The Academy has drawn the ire of critics who bemoan its overwhelmingly male, white population. A Los Angeles Times investigation found that of all Academy members, 94 percent are Caucasian and 77 percent are male. A mere 2 percent are black, with Latinos constituting an even smaller portion. Only 14 percent of members are under the age of 50.
Full members of the Academy select and vote on Oscars nominees. The organization was started in 1927 and is now governed by a 43-person board.
- 6/29/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended their 2012 membership invitations today to 176 lucky actors, directors, cinematographers, and other members of the filmmaking industry.
Terrence Malick, who somehow wasn’t already a member, received an invitation, as did fellow directors Rodrigo Garcia and Asghar Farhadi.
For actors, Melissa McCarthy’s invitation continues her incredible post-Bridesmaids rise. In addition, actors Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer were all invited to be members, among others.
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003, according to the Academy’s website.
Terrence Malick, who somehow wasn’t already a member, received an invitation, as did fellow directors Rodrigo Garcia and Asghar Farhadi.
For actors, Melissa McCarthy’s invitation continues her incredible post-Bridesmaids rise. In addition, actors Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer were all invited to be members, among others.
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003, according to the Academy’s website.
- 6/29/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside Movies
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 176 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2012 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.”
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker – “Margin Call,” “L.A. Confidential”
Sean Bean – “Flightplan,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist,” “Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”
Tom Berenger – “Inception,” “Platoon”
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life,” “Che”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help,” “The Tree of Life”
Clifton Collins,...
“These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.”
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker – “Margin Call,” “L.A. Confidential”
Sean Bean – “Flightplan,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist,” “Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”
Tom Berenger – “Inception,” “Platoon”
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life,” “Che”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help,” “The Tree of Life”
Clifton Collins,...
- 6/29/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Hollywood's new obsession with live action fairy tales continues this week as Disney's Maleficent has officially started production, and based on the success of Snow White and the Huntsman, I'd say that moviegoers are more than ready to embrace it. The movie is essentially a retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of the villain. Visual effects designer Robert Stromberg will be making his directorial debut with Maleficent, working from a script by Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland, The Lion King). Included with the press release from Disney is the very first image of Angelina Jolie in the lead role, and they seem to have captured the iconic look somewhat convincingly. The movie co-stars Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson and Juno Temple, and it hits theatres on March 14th, 2014. Are you looking forward to Maleficent? Check out a larger image after the jump...
- 6/19/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Walt Disney Studios has announced the start of production on Maleficent by giving us a first look at star Angelina Jolie. Jolie stars in the title role as the villain from the Sleeping Beauty story and according to their press release, "the film reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby Aurora." Maleficent isn't due in theaters until March 14, 2014 and co-stars an impressive cast of actors including Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. The film is being directed by Robert Stromberg, who served as production designer on such films as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland. Live-action fairy tales have had a bumpy go at the box office. Outside of Snow White and the...
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- 6/19/2012
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Walt Disney Pictures have announced that production began last Wednesday, June 13th on “Maleficent”, the big blockbuster movie that thrusts Disney’s big nemesis into a place she’s never been before… a Hollywood leading lady. To celebrate the commencement of filming, the studio also dropped the first official image of star Angelina Jolie from the movie.
Once again with these fairytale re-imaginings, it is said we are getting “the untold story” of this saga and the press release I’ve just received calls her “Disney’s most beloved villain” suggesting we will get a much more sympathetic look at the bitch who made Sleeping Beauty’s life hell in the 1959 classic. She is the self proclaimed “Mistress of All Evil” and in the Disney Parks she is the “big bad” wicked sorceress who crosses over into other stories but like villains, she was good once.
Maleficent basically tells the...
Once again with these fairytale re-imaginings, it is said we are getting “the untold story” of this saga and the press release I’ve just received calls her “Disney’s most beloved villain” suggesting we will get a much more sympathetic look at the bitch who made Sleeping Beauty’s life hell in the 1959 classic. She is the self proclaimed “Mistress of All Evil” and in the Disney Parks she is the “big bad” wicked sorceress who crosses over into other stories but like villains, she was good once.
Maleficent basically tells the...
- 6/19/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Warwick Davis has criticised the casting of the dwarf characters in Snow White and the Huntsman. The dwarves are played in the film by actors such as Ian McShane, Ray Winstone and Nick Frost, who have been 'shrunk' for the screen using special effects. Following a statement from the organisation Little People of America suggesting that "little people" should have been cast in the roles, Davis has expressed his support for that view. Speaking to E! Online, Davis said: "Considering the vast experience of many short actors working in the film industry today, I think it inexcusable that, in casting for Snow White and the (more)...
- 6/8/2012
- by By Greg Laing
- Digital Spy
We now know who preferred Mirror Mirror to Snow White and the Huntsman. The Little People of America, a nonprofit that provides support to little people and their families, lashed out this week at the makers of Snow White and the Huntsman for casting actors like Ian McShane and Nick Frost to play the fairy-tale's famed dwarfs. And Ricky Gervais' good pal, Life's Too Short star Warwick Davis, completely agrees with his fellow little people. "Considering the vast experience of many short actors working in the film industry today, I think it inexcusable that in casting for Snow White & the Huntsman, producers did not utilize this pool of talent," Davis is in an exclusive statement to E!...
- 6/8/2012
- E! Online
Warwick Davis Wades Into Dispute Over Snow White's Seven Dwarves
Harry Potter star Warwick Davis has criticised movie bosses for failing to cast smaller actors to play the seven dwarves in new movie Snow White And The Huntsman, calling the snub "inexcusable".
Campaigners at The Little People of America organisation have this week (beg04Jun12) voiced their anger after actors including Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and Nick Frost were cast as the famous fairytale characters and digitally altered to appear shorter.
Los Angeles-based dwarf theatre group Beacher's Madhouse threatened to stage a "100-midget march" to the offices of Universal Pictures in protest against "injustice and prejudice".
British actor Davis has now spoken out about the dispute and urged movie bosses not to cut smaller actors out of their castings.
He tells E! Online, "Considering the vast experience of many short actors working in the film industry today, I think it inexcusable that in casting for Snow White & the Huntsman, producers did not utilise this pool of talent. My colleague Peter Dinklage won an Emmy for his performance in Game of Thrones, proving that short actors need roles that will not only challenge them, but allow them to express themselves as actors in their own right.
"It is not acceptable to 'black up' as a white actor, so why should it be acceptable to 'shrink' an actor to play a dwarf?"
A spokesman for the Universal Pictures studio called the move "a casting decision, not a body-type decision," adding, "They (the actors playing the dwarves) came with pedigrees and recognisability."...
Campaigners at The Little People of America organisation have this week (beg04Jun12) voiced their anger after actors including Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and Nick Frost were cast as the famous fairytale characters and digitally altered to appear shorter.
Los Angeles-based dwarf theatre group Beacher's Madhouse threatened to stage a "100-midget march" to the offices of Universal Pictures in protest against "injustice and prejudice".
British actor Davis has now spoken out about the dispute and urged movie bosses not to cut smaller actors out of their castings.
He tells E! Online, "Considering the vast experience of many short actors working in the film industry today, I think it inexcusable that in casting for Snow White & the Huntsman, producers did not utilise this pool of talent. My colleague Peter Dinklage won an Emmy for his performance in Game of Thrones, proving that short actors need roles that will not only challenge them, but allow them to express themselves as actors in their own right.
"It is not acceptable to 'black up' as a white actor, so why should it be acceptable to 'shrink' an actor to play a dwarf?"
A spokesman for the Universal Pictures studio called the move "a casting decision, not a body-type decision," adding, "They (the actors playing the dwarves) came with pedigrees and recognisability."...
- 6/8/2012
- WENN
With a title like that, I'm sure to get a lot of hate for even suggesting such a notion. But here's the thing: I loved Tim Burton. He was my absolute favorite director until around 2001. The worlds he created held my attention in a deeper way than other filmmaker's. The oddball and macabre design, along with the melancholy atmosphere, were unlike anything I had seen in movies. It was as fantastical in imagination as any blockbuster, and it felt more ethereal and personal than the "Hollywood" spectacle of a Spielberg or Zemeckis film. He introduced me to ideas of retro kitsch, spooky fringe and proudly holding onto timeless obsessions of your youth. Burton is one of those early influences in my life that made me become a passionate movie lover. I can catch "Beetlejuice" or "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" at any moment on TV and immediately get sucked back into them.
- 5/14/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
The Twitter account for the upcoming Les Miserables feature from director Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe tweeted out the above behind-the-scenes image from the film noting "London's landmark Old Naval College has become Paris in 1832." [source] Nick Cassavetes (whom I will always remember from his role in Face/Off more than anything else) will direct Cali starring Kristen Stewart. Described as a gritty action feature, the script was written by Michael Diliberti (30:Minutes or Less), and follows a pair of San Fernando Valley lovebirds who sell a fake snuff film and ride off with a bundle of cash. Years later, the girl (Stewart) must "return from the dead" to save the younger sister she left behind. Filming is expected to begin late this summer. [source] The Maleficent film starring Angelina Jolie in the title role has added some impressive names including Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Kenneth Cranham,...
- 5/8/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
While a pair of Snow White re-imaginings have been featured as part of this year's slate of films, Disney's Sleeping Beauty re-imagining Maleficent has slowly been coming together. Angelina Jolie was cast a while back as the wicked queen and Sharlto Copley was added last week as the King with rumors that Elle Fanning would play Princess Aurora. Now, suddenly, there has been a burst of casting activity, with a majority of the cast being filled out. THR reports that Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville will play pixies who take care of Princess Aurora. Miranda Richardson has been added as the fairy Queen Ulla, who is also Maleficent's aunt. Sam Riley will play Maleficent's right-hand man who can transform into a raven and Kenneth Cranham will portray a human king...
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- 5/8/2012
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
The poster for Saoirse Ronan's latest Byzantium has just been released. It's a vampire movie from Neil Jordan who is no stranger to supernatural beasties (see also: The Company of Wolves, Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Games ... what? There's no other explanation for how indelibly creepy Miranda Richardson is in that movie!)
Question: When will Saoirse Ronan ever be cast as a non-lethal girl again? The ridiculously talented young star (who just turned 18... god, time flies) just keeps playing killers whether literally or metaphorically. Let's review:
Atonement (2007) Destroyer Of Lives
The Lovely Bones (2009) Dead Girl
Hanna (2011) Assassin
Violet and Daisy (2011 still awaiting release) Assassin
Byzantium (coming soon) Vampire
Order of the Seven (coming soon... another Snow White movie) Warrior
The Host (coming soon) Dangerous Possessing Alien
How I Live Now (coming soon) Normal Girl Thrust Into Violent Survival Mode
Second generation vampiress Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium"
I realize...
Question: When will Saoirse Ronan ever be cast as a non-lethal girl again? The ridiculously talented young star (who just turned 18... god, time flies) just keeps playing killers whether literally or metaphorically. Let's review:
Atonement (2007) Destroyer Of Lives
The Lovely Bones (2009) Dead Girl
Hanna (2011) Assassin
Violet and Daisy (2011 still awaiting release) Assassin
Byzantium (coming soon) Vampire
Order of the Seven (coming soon... another Snow White movie) Warrior
The Host (coming soon) Dangerous Possessing Alien
How I Live Now (coming soon) Normal Girl Thrust Into Violent Survival Mode
Second generation vampiress Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium"
I realize...
- 4/18/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
He may be the star of the new Snow White adaptation, but Povinelli's dwarfism means he's fighting for varied roles
In his hotel room in New Orleans, Mark Povinelli is reflecting upon the sort of scripts he receives. "They're usually obnoxious. I flick through to what page I'm going to be on and … 'Oh look! Biting someone on the ankle! Or punching someone in the balls!' … The trick is to be one step ahead of them. You can't just say, 'I don't like this', you have to come up with an idea that is better. And that's the real challenge – an extra added task that a lot of average actors don't have to deal with. Not only do you have to be a good performer, but you have to come up with better material than you're given a lot of times, to allow yourself to sleep at night."
Povinelli...
In his hotel room in New Orleans, Mark Povinelli is reflecting upon the sort of scripts he receives. "They're usually obnoxious. I flick through to what page I'm going to be on and … 'Oh look! Biting someone on the ankle! Or punching someone in the balls!' … The trick is to be one step ahead of them. You can't just say, 'I don't like this', you have to come up with an idea that is better. And that's the real challenge – an extra added task that a lot of average actors don't have to deal with. Not only do you have to be a good performer, but you have to come up with better material than you're given a lot of times, to allow yourself to sleep at night."
Povinelli...
- 4/6/2012
- by Stephen Kelly
- The Guardian - Film News
Mirror Mirror is released in the UK today and I thought therefore it would be nice to put up this this new UK trailer for the movie which Emma reviewed here and (spoiler alert), she absolutely loved it! I’ve been seeing reviews popping up all over the interwebs and they’re pretty much all positive (if you’ve seen it, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below).
Mirror Mirror is one of two Snow White movies coming out this year but if you’re looking for something to go to the cinema and see this week in the Easter holidays, then I highly recommend this. Mirror Mirror is directed by Tarsem Singhand stars Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Martin Klebba and Sean Bean.
Mirror Mirror is a spectacular reimagining of the classic fairy tale starring Oscar® winner Julia Roberts as the Queen, Lily Collins...
Mirror Mirror is one of two Snow White movies coming out this year but if you’re looking for something to go to the cinema and see this week in the Easter holidays, then I highly recommend this. Mirror Mirror is directed by Tarsem Singhand stars Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Martin Klebba and Sean Bean.
Mirror Mirror is a spectacular reimagining of the classic fairy tale starring Oscar® winner Julia Roberts as the Queen, Lily Collins...
- 4/2/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New Mirror Mirror movie delivered kidlike fun,storyline seemed very flat & more. Relativity Media released their half-baked Snow White flick "Mirror Mirror" into theaters this weekend. I just checked it out,and,in my personal opinion,it was very,very flat. However, I think that it is good for the kids. I think that's what they were shooting for. If it wasn't,they really messed up. I can't believed this movie was ever being compared to the upcoming "Snow White and the Huntsman" flick with Kristen Stewart. It won't even compare,plus it's for a more adult audience. Mirror Mirror stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Mark Povinelli, Jordan Prentice, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Ronald Lee Clark, Martin Klebba, Joey Gnoffo,and Sean Bean. In the flick,the evil queen (Julia Roberts) took over the kingdom,once Snow White's (Lily Collins) father went missing,...
- 4/1/2012
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Title: Mirror Mirror Directed By: Tarsem Singh Starring: Julia Robert, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, Ronald Lee Clark In Tarsem Singh I still trust. No, his films may not be the best of the best, but you can always count on Singh to wholly embrace whatever he’s working on, push the limits and, in turn, make it his own. In the vain of the beloved fairytale, Mirror Mirror tells the story of Snow White (Lily Collins). After losing her father, the King, she’s got no choice, but to live with her stepmother, the Queen (Julia Robert), who, [ Read More ]...
- 3/29/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
"Mirror Mirror" is the latest in a long line of Snow White stories -- "Once Upon A Time" on ABC is ongoing, as is the saga of Snow White and her Fabletown cohorts in the graphic novel series "Fables," with the film "Snow White and the Huntsman" not far behind. The Tarsem Singh-directed film, however, is the most kid-friendly of the bunch, with the evil queen character played for laughs by Julia Roberts. Even if this film only has a touch of the dark side, its stars Lily Collins and Armie Hammer insist "Mirror Mirror" is more modern, because Snow White learns to fight for herself, her prince, and her people. "Our Snow White has no huntsman," Hammer noted, "but it's an over-the-top family comedy. We're not trying to make 'Grapes of Wrath' here." And because it's a Singh film, the visuals are everything, as the two leads and...
- 3/26/2012
- by Jen Vineyard
- The Playlist
"Look into my eyes... you will buy the new iPad."
Relativity Media today released a sneak peek of the seven dwarves that appear in its upcoming adaptation of the Snow White story, Mirror Mirror. You can watch it below.
Mirror Mirror is a new family-friendly twist on the classic fairy tale. The featurette includes new footage from the film and the seven actors discussing their roles as the rebel “bandits” training Snow White to face the Evil Queen and reclaim her kingdom.
The diminutive heroes are played by Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, and Ronald Lee Clark. The film also stars Oscar-winner Julia Roberts, Lily Collins (The Blind Side), Armie Hammer (The Social Network), Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King).
Mirror Mirror is released in theaters on March 30th.
Relativity Media today released a sneak peek of the seven dwarves that appear in its upcoming adaptation of the Snow White story, Mirror Mirror. You can watch it below.
Mirror Mirror is a new family-friendly twist on the classic fairy tale. The featurette includes new footage from the film and the seven actors discussing their roles as the rebel “bandits” training Snow White to face the Evil Queen and reclaim her kingdom.
The diminutive heroes are played by Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, and Ronald Lee Clark. The film also stars Oscar-winner Julia Roberts, Lily Collins (The Blind Side), Armie Hammer (The Social Network), Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King).
Mirror Mirror is released in theaters on March 30th.
- 3/23/2012
- by Michael Simpson
- CinemaSpy
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