Iconic horror writer/director John Carpenter reunited with his Halloween cast at the Weekend of Horrors Convention in Los Angeles, where he announced his next film would be a gothic western.
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To play an emotionally troubled man in THERE BE DRAGONS, actor Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Ghostrider) tapped into his own dark past.
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Disney's PROM may be a romantic look at high school lives in a sanitized version but director Joe Nussbaum defends the PG film against going the SuperBad route.
Don't expect a movie titled PROM to lead to raunchy teen antics. Instead the coming of age story from Walt Disney Pictures is more akin to their successful High School Musical franchise...without the music.
At a press conference with the director and stars of PROM, director Joe Nussbaum, whose best known for his short film George Lucas in Love, gave his reason why PROM is as equally relevant as some of the other high-profiled films that address a racier side of teen life. "There are certain things we didn't touch in this film. But I think there is an overbundancy
of things that we did explore that's truthful about high school that makes it representative of high school experience."
In PROM, several intersecting stories unfold at one high school leading up to prom night. Some plan the perfect night while others must find a date to the most important night in their high school lives.
Joe Nussbaum chose PROM because he was wanting to direct a high school movie. The Sydney White director names American Graffiti as his favorite film about high school. PROM stars Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, Yin Chang and De'Vaughn Nixon count many 80s classic as their favorites such as Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Say Anything. Those films seemed innocent enough for those times but films like Caddy Shack and Fast Times At Ridgemont High certainly changed the course for teen comedies.
In PROM, the high school teens don't spend time texting on cell phones, surfing the net, or speaking in slang. PROM producer Justin Springer made a conscious decision to make this film
"less glossy" than other teen angst film. "This wasn't meant to be slick and super produced," said the producer. The PROM director also added that was also the reason for casting "new faces" in the roles of the teens.
While most critics will say PROM is not an accurate portrayal of modern high school life, Joe Nussbaum says that shouldn't detract from the message of the film. "We didn't pretend that
those things weren't happening. We just didn't show it in the film... obviously because we're making a Disney film but I don't think it makes the film any less truthful."
Producer Justin Springer said the idea for the film wasn't to make it racy but to tell a story about "being truthfull to yourself and not to social norms." Actor Nicholas Braun who plays the lovelorn Lloyd offers up another message audiences can take away from PROM. "It's not the end of the world to get rejected. It's worth taking the leap for."
PROM is in theaters April 29.
Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson aren't the only big stars of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Tai, the 42 year-old elephant, who plays Rosie, the film's circus animal, is by far the bigger of the two stars -- literally.
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In Arthur, Russell Brand suits up in George Clooney's Batman costume and takes a ride in the Batmobile but he was unimpressed with his ride.
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Morgan Freeman is not only a great actor but his voice is one of the most sought after for narration. Morgan picks projects to narrate based on certain criteria and the wild life documentary BORN TO BE WILD 3D was one he deemed necessary and important. In our interview, he cautions humans might be the dinosaurs not the animals left orphaned and homeless because of our needs.
Add a commentEric Bana (Star Trek, Black Hawk Down) and Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, Atonement) go mano-a-mano in the action-packed HANNA but it wasn't Eric holding back during his fight scenes with his sixteen-year-old on screen daughter.
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Luis Guzman is proud of many things but driving the Batmobile in Arthur, his latest film, is certainly a highlight in his thirty-year acting career.
Luis Guzman may not be a household Hollywood name but you know his face from high profile films such as Traffic, Out of Sight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and on HBO's "How To Make It In America".
Robert Pattinson can attract the ladies but who knew his animal magnetism extended to his four-legged co-star in WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Listen to interview below.
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Spanish actress Paz Vega made the transition to Hollywood with her English debut in Spanglish (2004) opposite Adam Sandler. Now the Spanish beauty has another first in Hollywood with her first action thriller CAT RUN and CineMovie sits down with the actress to talk about her most physical role to date and her Hollywood career as an international star.
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Horror master Wes Craven welcomed the new cast of SCRE4M on set with a good old-fashioned scare.
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After SUCKER PUNCH director Zack Snyder put his female stars into a grueling five month physical training program to transform them into action heroes, his cast were ready to take on even the most dangerous stunts with an animalistic hunger, according to the helmer.
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Jack Black and Antonio Banderas previewed their two animated movies for Dreamworks last week and CineMovie was there for the first look at Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots.
Dreamworks Animation hosted a special sneak peek at the Burbank (Los Angeles) studios for the Kung Fu Panda sequel and Shrek spin-off with funnyman Jack Black and the charming Antonio Banderas in attendance.
Director Guillermo del Toro will be tackling his first animated film with the 3D stop motion adaptation of the children’s classic Pinocchio. Before venturing into his first animated project, the Hellboy and Blade II filmmaker sought out the help of animation expert Dreamworks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg.
The Dreamworks honcho more than obliged Guillermo de Toro by offering him a first-hand experience in the computer-generated world of filmmaking. He hired the master of horror for Dreamworks’ upcoming films Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots.
Johnny Depp has been approached to play the legendary Mexican hero Pancho Villa but the RANGO star has second thoughts on playing the famous revolutionary.
Justin Bieber Crashes Johnny Depp Press Conference
Online sites reported that Serbian director Emir Kusturica is helming a movie on the Mexican Robin Hood with Johnny Depp taking on the role and Salma Hayek co-starring. However, during a press conference for his animated film RANGO on Saturday, Johnny Depp revealed the project "is up in the air," for him as he is facing a "dilemma" in playing one of the "great heroes of Mexico". While he admires his friend and filmmaker Kusturica, he feels he is not the right choice to play the leader of the 1910 Mexican revolution. "I feel like it should be played by a Mexican not some mug from Kentucky. I feel very strongly about that."
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SANCTUM director Alister Grierson took the helm of the ambitious 3D action thriller after being recruited by James Cameron and producer Andrew Wight but was having James Cameron as his boss more intimidating than the underwater 3D shoot? Find out in our interview with James Cameron, Alister Grierson and Andrew Wright.
Newcomer Teresa Palmer prepared for her action scenes as a leather-clad alien fighter in I AM NUMBER FOUR by watching Angelina Jolie movies.
Teresa Palmer plays Number 6 in I AM NUMBER FOUR, a mysterious women with powers on the hunt for Number 4, an alien from the planet Lorien (Alex Pettyfer), who is hiding on Earth from the Mogadorians. To play a warrior, the Australian actress who last appeared in The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel), referenced Angelina Jolie for the role. She describes Angelina Jolie as the epitome of the on screen "female warrior." "She really encapsulates what it is to be a female warrior. I used all of that for Number 6." She watched Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Wanted a couple of times to get a feel of a female action hero before her audition.
Joel and Ethan Coen's TRUE GRIT soared past $100 million dollars domestically, a first for a Coen Brothers film. CineMovie breaks down the dynamic duo's 26-year film career by top earners and flops.
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BURLESQUE's Cam Gigandet dishes on why he doesn't mind playing bad guy roles after Twilight, why he's glad he's no longer in the Twilight movies, and whether co-ed roommates can have a platonic relationship.
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Before his break out role as the evil vampire in Twilight, Cam Giganet was no stranger to playing the antagonist on tv (The OC) and film (Never Back Down). Since Twilight, has the actor been offered mostly the resident bad guy parts? Cam has received those scripts but he doesn't mind. "I don't care if I'm stereotyped as long as they're giving me jobs -- I'll be happy," he told CineMovie. " Being a bad guy is something I love to do."
Garrett Hedlund has played opposite Brad Pitt (Troy), Mark Wahlberg (Four Brothers), and Lindsay Lohan (Georgia Rule) in a supporting role but the Minnesota-born actor transitions to leading man status in TRON: LEGACY out December 17.
Speaking to CineMovie from Montreal, Canada where he is currently on location for Walter Salles' On The Road starring Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst, the TRON: LEGACY star says he doesn't feel any pressure as the movie nears its opening weekend. "My mind is on shooting this film (On The Road). That's all I'm focused on right now," said the 28-year-old actor who plays Sam Flynn in the Tron Sequel. He is anxious, however, for audiences to see the effort director Joseph Kosinski and his team at Digital Domain put into the film and hopes they "appreciate" all the hard work that went into making TRON: LEGACY.
