'Men In Black III' Gets Two New Posters

The marketing has begun for Men in Black III.  Behold two new teaser posters for the film below...

Christian Bale Talks 'Dark Knight Rises'

Christian Bale spared some time to talk a little about this co-stars in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises.  Bale also confirmed that this is the last time he will play the caped crusader.

LOS ANGELES – Christian Bale was in a good mood in our recent interview with him. The actor, who can be terse and very serious, was all smiles throughout our talk.
Christian refused to answer some questions in previous interviews, but in this chat at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, no such moment came. He revealed new details about “The Dark Knight Rises” and shared his thoughts about director Chris Nolan and some of his costars, including Anne Hathaway (Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (John Blake).
The 2011 Oscar and Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor winner for his terrific work in “The Fighter” dished about his upcoming two films that reunite him with his “The New World” director, Terrence Malick (whom he calls Terry). He also shared his personal insights about working with Zhang Yimou in China in “The Flowers of War,” a Best Foreign Film contender in this awards season.
Long list
First on our topic list was his new “Dark Knight” castmates. Since it’s quite a long list of accomplished actors, we asked him to zero in on Anne, Tom and Joseph.
“I had plenty of scenes with Anne,” Christian began. “And I was there when we did the screen test for her. The thing that I said to Chris [Nolan] that day was that there were many very accomplished actresses who had read for the role. I’m terrible at auditions, so I’m very impressed when somebody really seems to acquire an ownership of a character without having worked on it or prepared for some amount of time.”
Hardest job

“I saw that in Anne,” he added. “When Chris watched the screen test, he agreed that Anne did a wonderful job. In many ways, she has the hardest job. There are a number of people who feel that the Catwoman role has been defined previously. So, I always saw Anne’s role as being the toughest job of any of us. In my case, I’ve stopped referencing outside sources. I now reference Chris’ own world of Batman as a guide to what I will continue doing.”
He raved about Tom Hardy as “a phenomenal actor. I like working with him a great deal. He goes the whole hog. I know that Bane has been seen in movies before. But, in my eyes, Tom is essentially creating Bane for the first time so there’s great freedom for him to be able to do so.”
“Joseph is a very intriguing guy,” Christian said of the actor who last worked with Chris in “Inception.” Coincidentally, so did Tom. “I would see Joseph’s performances in other films while we were filming. He’s somebody who truly seems to love acting. He’s a good, smart guy. He did a very good job in the movie.”
Secret identity

Christian announced that this could be his last time as the masked vigilante whose secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American billionaire who as a child witnessed his parents’ murder, leading him to a life of revenge on crime. “I wrapped a few days ago so that will be the last time I’m taking that cowl [Batman hood] off,” he said. “I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it’s all done. Everything’s finished. It’s me and Chris – that will be the end of that Batman era.”
Christian admitted that playing Bruce Wayne “was enjoyable.” He explained, “We always maintained from the beginning that if you wanted to break it down, there are three personas – Batman is sincere, the private Bruce Wayne is sincere. The public version of Bruce Wayne, the playboy, is a completely fabricated performance.”
On other news about him, Christian confirmed that he will be making two movies with Terrence Malick, “Lawless” and “Knight of Cups” [Cate Blanchett is in both, too]. Smiling, with a hint of irony about Terrence’s reputation for taking extended periods of time to finish his films, the actor said, “Terry is going to defy all expectations, and we’re going to fly through those movies.”
In Yimou’s 1937-set “The Flowers of War,” Christian plays an American, John Miller, trapped in the besieged city of Nanking when it is invaded by the Japanese army. He is forced to pretend to be a priest as desperate civilians – schoolgirls and courtesans – seek refuge in a cathedral. An act of heroism inspires the disparate group to fight back.
On the difference he noted in filming away from Hollywood or London, Christian said, “Maybe it’s just the set-up that they have in China. Or, maybe, it’s because Yimou is the preeminent director there. So, there’s this autocracy. He will decide what is going to be shot at any given time. No need to explain it to anybody else. No producers get to differ with him. It could be a dictatorship, but Yimou is a very warm-hearted guy, so it never became that.”
“There are no unions for the film workers, so it’s seven-day work weeks,” he added.
“The speed with which everything got done was phenomenal, especially in terms of the set construction – the size, the grandeur of it.
“I arrived on the set and there were two sound stages which I assumed had been there for years – but no, they were built just for this movie.
“They built enormous acres of streets to replicate Nanking. They built a cathedral that wasn’t just a façade – it was made of concrete. This thing’s going to be around for 100 years. I found that phenomenal – the ability to get all of that done.”
He offered personal insights into the renowned Asian filmmaker, with whom he communicated via translators: “Yimou is one of the calmest directors I’ve ever come across. He never panics. You never see him worry. It doesn’t matter what problems are presented to him. He’s got a great sense of humor.
“We make each other cry with laughter and, half the time, we didn’t even know exactly what it was we were laughing about. You just get a feeling of kinship with him. He’s a master at what he does. He’s been doing it for so long.”

Thanks to Inquirer Entertainment for the story.

Joseph Mazzello Wants In On 'Jurassic Park 4'

 Joseph Mazzello, known for his role in 1993's Jurassic Park, wants in on the fourth film.

A couple of weeks ago we had Ariana Richards, Lexi from “Jurassic Park”, on the Hole Cast for the release of the dino-hit’s Blu-ray premiere. Though she hadn’t heard anything beyond the internet rumours, Richards naturally expressed interest in reprising her role as the computer-savvy youngster – the role that made her acting career – in the long-rumoured “Jurassic Park 4″.
Today, in an interview with HeyUGuys, Richards’ “Jurassic Park” co-star Joseph Mazzello said he too wants in on the inevitable sequel. Mazello, who has been shooting “G.I Joe 2: Retaliation”, even went one step further – he’s told Steven Spielberg to put him in the film.

I know they are writing it and it’s been developed right now. The last time I saw Steven was at the Emmys and I put the bug in his ear, I have no shame in that! I said, ‘Hey, let me know when you’re doing Jurassic Park 4, ok?’ If it came around and I was a part of it that would be an absolute thrill. I think it would be a great idea to have Tim grown up and see how that would affect things. We’ll see, you never know. If it happens it’ll be the greatest thrill of my life.

Mark Protosevich (“I Am Legend,” “Thor”) is currently writing the screenplay for the fourth film, with “Jurassic Park 3″ helmer Joe Johnston strongly rumoured to be retaining the directing reigns on the new film.
“It’s nothing like the first three,” Johnston told The New Zealand Herald. “It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely different direction, which is the only way I would want to get involved.”
Scientist Jack Horner, whose research is funded by such parties as Universal and George Lucas, is already hard at work on the sciency side of the film.
The dino-man tells The Herald-Sun what palaeontologists know about dinosaurs has dramatically changed since he first teamed up with Spielberg in 1993.
“We’ve learned that dinosaurs were colourful, we’ve learned that dinosaurs were feathered. We’ve learned a lot about dinosaur behaviours, we’ve learned there’s a difference in how juveniles look and adults look… Jurassic Park 4 will look very different than Jurassic Park 3.
“We find a dinosaur, a new species of dinosaur, on average every seven weeks. I think recently it’s been probably like every five weeks. I found one last week.”
Steven Spielberg, meanwhile, tells Empire magazine that he hopes “Jurassic Park 4″ will be ”out in the next couple of years”:.

Thanks to Moviehole for the story.

Fanfilm 'Horror Movie' Delivers The Goods

Amateur filmmaker Effrem Adams does all the right things right in his YouTube film Horror Movie, a mash-up of all of the great slashers of the '80s and '90s. With a bigger budget, this thing would be sick...

So I decided to change things up a bit and post his movie in full, in five parts, below...enjoy...

TV: 'The Munsters' Are Returning

Now this is interesting.  NBC plans to bring back The Munsters.  No word on cast or premiere date, but this definitely something that SB will follow as it progresses.  Speaking of The Munsters, whatever happened to the proposed movie adaptation the Wayans were rumored to do?

Less than 2 weeks after receiving Bryan Fuller’s script for The Munsters, NBC has given a pilot order to the Pushing Daisies creator’s reboot of the 1960s comedy. Universal Television is producing the project, described as an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama. Fuller originally developed The Munsters last season and his was one of very few scripts new NBC chief Bob Greenblatt kept in play when he took over the network in January. Greenblatt rolled the project to get it redeveloped by his team. Fuller’s new outline submitted in September was received well, and his new script was delivered to NBC early this month. Word is that the network envisions the new Munsters as a potential summer or event series. Like Fuller’s previous series, Pushing Daisies, the  project features striking visuals mixed with all the classic Munsters archetypes. Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily’s niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and  Lily and Herman’s only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address. In addition to The Munsters, Fuller also has Hannibal, based on the Hannibal Lecter character, in contention at NBC for a straight-to-series order via Gaumont International TV.

Thanks to Deadline for the scoop.

'The Simpsons' Sequel Status Update

Al Jean, executive producer of The Simpsons, recently spoke to Moviehole about the status of the inevitable sequel to The Simpsons Movie...

I had always felt it would be best to wait after the series concluded to do the Simpsons Movie, but when it became clear the show might never end, we decided we had to get cracking on the film. If there is a sequel, there would have to be a script we believed in as much as the first one. At the moment we are concentrating solely on the show.

Thanks to Moviehole for the scoop.

Check Out The 'Hostel: Part III' Trailer

I know this has been out for awhile now, but better late than never, right? So here it is on SB at last: the Hostel: Part III trailer. Takes place in Vegas...could be interesting...

Another Writer To Pen 'Godzilla' Remake

This is getting a little repetitive now.  Yet again, another writer has been tapped to pen a Godzilla remake/reboot.

Max Borenstein has been tapped to write the planned remake of Godzilla.

Gareth Edwards, the director of the indie sci-fi movie Monsters, is attached to direct the creature feature centered on the giant city-destroying and monster-fighting lizard, which is in development at Legendary Pictures.

Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing along with Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers. Warner Bros. will distribute per its deal with Legendary.
David Goyer (The Dark Knight) previously worked on the script.

Borenstein, who just turned in his script for Art of the Steal for Warner Bros and producers Kevin McCormick and Zac Efron, is well acquainted with Legendary. He worked on the company’s in-development Jimi Hendrix biopic, Jimi, and rewrote the outfit’s supernatural fantasy The Seventh Son. The latter, based on the Joseph Delaney YA book, is due to go into production with Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore and Ben Barnes attached to star.

Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter for the scoop.

TV: Did 'American Horror Story' Go Too Far?

Thought I'd stray away from the usual sequel-talk for a moment to share a few thoughts I have on a subject that has been the subject of debate all week (and, no, this is not a post about Penn State).  Here we go...

Did you catch last week's episode of American Horror Story?  Episode seven of the first season, titled "Piggy Piggy" started off with a bang.  The cold opening depicted a disturbingly real take on a school shooting.  And while many critics, writers, reviewers, and hell, fans blasted the show for "going too far", or "crossing the line", I commend the show for its boldness.

One may argue that showing a graphic school shooting is unnecessary, and there's no point in reminding the world of tragedy, but again, I disagree.  I don't think the show went too far at all, in fact, I urge American Horror Story to keep pushing the boundaries.  If a TV show can show us happy things like child birth to remind us of the joy, then why can't it show us horrible things to remind us of the horror?  In order to have good in the world you have to have the bad too.

Here's an article that ran on Yahoo! explaining why the show did go too far.  But again, I urge you to draw your conclusions and whether you agree or disagree, all opinions are respected.

Every morning we address the important topic of something big, significant, funny, weird, etc. that happened while we were lying on the couch in front of the TV last night. Today we're looking at an unpleasantly unsettling scene on FX's American Horror Story. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution.

American Horror Story is, despite all of its silliness and overly manufactured mood, an undeniably entertaining show. It's campy and creepy and doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, as it shouldn't. It's not the kind of horror thing that demands we imagine ourselves in the situation in order to be scared, which would require the show to exist at least somewhat within the bounds of the real. No, this show eschews all attempts at relatability and just throws the grimy, gore-ridden kitchen sink into the middle of the room and we yelp and laugh in equal measure. It's fun! Sure it's dark and gross and everything, but all the depravity is such an operatic brand of grand guignolia that all the demon babies and bloody shows come across as nothing more than elaborate stage effects, akin to rattling a sheet of metal to make thunder. It's all so silly it's consequence free.

But then last night they go and open with an all-too-realistic high school shooting, in which young students are picked off one by one with a shotgun as they cower in the school library, and the whole thing just deflated into a gigantic bummer. The episode was still engaging, but in a different way. In a more stark and sinister way that doesn't fit at all with the campier aspects of the show -- Jessica Lange's loopy-kooky character, Denis O'Hare's grotesque vaudevillian, looming specters in vinyl gimp suits. The game of the show, at least for us and it seems many others, is to watch in delight, with hand-covered eyes, as the writers one-up each other in the nuttiness department. But a school shooting? Man is there nothing fun about a school shooting.

Was last night's opening scary? Of course. It was tense and awful. But it wasn't the right kind of scary for this dopey show. The chief (if perhaps initially unintentional on the creators' part) product of this show should be laughter. Maybe not during the immediate viewing, but certainly in the relieved, adrenalin-filled moments following. Like, look at these ridiculous folks getting scared at a haunted house. No doubt they were scared when those photos snapped, but more than likely most of them were laughing only a few minutes, or seconds, later. That's the kind of silly, ultimately empty scare that American Horror Story is best at. A school shooting is not that. That's far too real, far too much of a downer for a dumb Wednesday night.

And, y'know, it's more than a little tasteless in a "Hey, this, y'know, actually happened" kind of way. Obviously everything on the show, if done in real life, is insanely terrible -- maybe a viewer somewhere knew a man who had his neck snapped while drowning in a apple-bobbing tub and was gravely offended when the show did that -- but this particular set piece seemed so deliberately exact. There was a particular event, or events, that they were trying to directly evoke and that's just cruel.

That said, the rest of the episode was pretty strong, including a jokey, subtle reference to "famous" celebrity medium Allison DuBois' disastrous appearance on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills last season. (Puffing away on a cig and everything -- only this one was real.) See! This show is funny. It's a lark. And there's no need to drag Columbine into that.

Thanks to Yahoo! News for the story.

'Taken 2' Adds Luke Grimes To The Cast

Luke Grimes

Luke Grimes (TV's Brothers and Sisters) has joined the cast of Taken 2.  

With Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen returning for 20th Century Fox and EuropaCorp's action sequel "Taken 2," director Olivier Megaton has decided to add a fresh face to the franchise, tapping "Brothers and Sisters" star Luke Grimes for a key role.
First film found retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Neeson) heading overseas to save his daughter (Grace) from a gang of ruthless European kidnappers. In the sequel, the tables are turned, as Mills and his ex-wife are held hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Croatian thesp Rade Serbedzija is set to play the vengeful villain, while Grimes has closed a deal to play Grace's love interest, who will likely have to help her rescue her parents from the baddie's clutches.
"Taken" scribes Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen penned the sequel, which Besson will produce through his EuropaCorp banner. Original pic was a surprise hit, grossing $226 million worldwide. "Taken 2" is skedded for release on Oct. 5.
While Grimes made his feature debut in Jonathan Levine's 2006 slasher pic "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane," he hasn't let that film's long-delayed release affect his career, as he recently wrapped the lead role alongside John Hawkes and Mary Steenburgen in FX drama pilot "Outlaw Country." Thesp also starred alongside Ellen Barkin in Cam Archer's Cannes entry "Shit Year."
Grimes is repped by CAA and manager Darren Goldberg.

Thanks to Variety for the scoop.

Hannibal Lecter Hungry For Primetime TV

'The Silence of the Lambs'

It appears that the iconic literary and film monster Dr. Hannibal Lecter will be making his debut on the small screen -- for an NBC produced show.

Fuller is writing Hannibal, a drama series for Gaumont International Television and producer Martha De Laurentiis, which NBC just bought preemptively. Fuller is writing the script about based on the iconic literary and film character Hannibal Lecter against a 13-episode commitment, meaning that the script will trigger a 13-episode series if NBC likes it. (NBC has a short window to decide upon receiving the draft, with a potential release triggering a penalty.) I hear the network first got interested in the project when Fuller mentioned it casually to the network’s new entertainment president Jennifer Salke over drinks. A well-known foodie as evidenced by Pushing Daisies, I hear Fuller was attracted to the dark, sick side of Hannibal, who tends to feast on his victims.

Thanks to Deadline for the scoop.

Ridley Scott Talks 'Blade Runner' Sequel

'Blade Runner'

Ridley Scott, who has been confirmed to direct the Blade Runner sequel, recently spoke about the new film, which is a sequel, yet no returning cast members will appear.  Yep, no Harrison Ford...

Film director Ridley Scott plans to film a follow-up to his groundbreaking 1982 film, “Blade Runner.”
In an interview, Scott said he is on board to direct a “Blade Runner” follow-up and has been interviewing writers who can help him with the screenplay. Scott says the new project is “liable to be a sequel.”
Scott, 74 years old, recently finished shooting the sci-fi movie “Prometheus” and is an executive producer of a new TV series on Discovery Communications Inc.’s Science Channel, “Prophets of Science Fiction.”
Earlier this year, production company Alcon Entertainment said it was planning a new “Blade Runner” project with Scott at the helm, but it didn’t reveal whether it would be a prequel or sequel to the original film.
“Blade Runner” devotees may not have to wait long for the new movie. “I think I’m close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver,” Scott says, “we’re quite a long way in, actually.”
The original film was inspired by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick’s novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and told the grim story of Rick Deckard, a “blade runner” who hunts down “replicants” — androids who long to live free lives. Scott says Dick, who he says was “stressed” when he met him, found a romanticism in his pessimism. And similarly, “Blade Runner” didn’t offer a romantic view of the future.
“That’s why I think I was so unpopular” when the film was released, Scott says, because at the core of the film is a story about mortality. “Even though people think it’s a cool Philip Marlowe film with Deckard played by Harrison Ford,” he says, “the film is very much about humanity.”
Scott says the new “Blade Runner” project is moving ahead “not with the past cast, of course.” No Deckard? “No, not really,” he says.

Thanks to Speak Easy for the scoop.

Second Trailer For 'American Reunion' Is Here

The newest trailer for American Reunion has been released. This is honestly one of my most anticipated films of 2012, so let's hope it doesn't disappoint...


American Reunion - Trailer #1 [VO|HD] by cinemakervideo