Recommendation of the Week: Boyz in the Hood. Among the new releases are the surprise hit Limitless starring Bradley Cooper, the ’80s tribute comedy Take Me Home Tonight and the straight-to-DVD adaptation of the hit fighter game Tekken. Notable re-releases include a trio of films from or focused on France, including the widely popular Ameilie and Jean Cocteau’s 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast.
Quentin Tarantino’s next flick, the Deep South-set Western Django Unchained, has aligned an ensemble including Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz. Another A-list actor has signed on to star, and it’s definitely not someone you’d expect for this particular role, let alone any Tarantino film.
Many were skeptical when news arrived of Pete Travis’ Dredd, the upcoming adaptation of the famous Judge Dredd comic. After a botched, Razzie Award-winning adaptation in the 1990s starring Sylvester Stallone, the property has become the subject of much ridicule.
Peter Jackson promised a look at all 13 dwarves in the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first film of a two-part saga, and after five previous promotional stills revealing 12 dwarves, he’s added the last and most exciting dwarf of the tally: TheOneRing.net has the exclusive first image of Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, and he comes equipped with Orcrist, his badass orc-slaying sword.
The culmination of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, crushed multiple box office records in its worldwide debut, including the opening weekend record greedily held by The Dark Knight since July 2008. “Deathly Hallows Part 2” opened at $168.5 million, more than $10 million more than The Dark Knight earned three years ago with $158.4 million. “Harry Potter” also broke the opening day record with $92.1 million. Its
midnight grosses alone accounted for $43.5 million. This final
installment also topped itself, becoming the highest opener of the
series and likely finishing with the same fervor. Although attendance
was down, 3D and IMAX prices bolstered profits.
Ifans most recently appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 as Xenophilius Lovegood and he has had a long career in movies such as Notting Hill and Mr. Nice. He is set to really make a name for himself in The Amazing Spider-Man as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard.
Millions of people have already seen it as it played before Harry Potter this weekend, but now you can watch the teaser for The Dark Knight Rises over and over again and pause at those quick flashes of Tom Hardy as Bane.
Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. have been revealing the many dwarves of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in a rather unexpected way. Promotional images of the various pairings and trios that comprise the 13 dwarves in the company of Thorin Oakenshield have been sent to various publications exclusively in the last couple weeks.
To say that the live-action adaptation of the anime Akira has travelled a rough pre-production road might just be the understatement of the century. After failing to land its casting wish list, the film recently lost director Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli, From Hell). However, Warner Bros. is still intent to get the project off the ground and has already found Hughes’ replacement.
When the prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing moved from a release date this past April to October, the project seemed to fall off the map (perhaps to Antarctica?). Fortunately, Universal has melted the ice and given us a trailer in what’s been a trailer-crazy week so far.
