We’re about halfway through the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, and the only thing drearier than the weather is this year’s crop of Competition titles, but two European auteurs—Michael Haneke and Leos Carax—have wowed critics with their latest films.
Not enough Batman on your desktop? Warner Bros. wants to fix that, as they’ve just released a slew of new character posters for The Dark Knight Rises, and they prove definitively that there truly is a Batman for all seasons.
It is a wide ranging week of DVD and Blu-ray with the releases of This Means War, The Woman in Black, The Secret World of Arrietty and the Lethal Weapon Collection ready to delight you.
The first teaser for 007’s 23rd adventure, Skyfall, has just been released. The teaser is a moody one, setting the tone for another introspective take on Ian Fleming’s enigmatic secret agent, though a closing action montage backed by some pulsing electronica is sure to help get the blood pumping.The downbeat game of psychiatric word-tennis he plays while being monitored by M (Judi Dench) and newcomer Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) takes a turn once the titular Skyfall is mentioned, and its enough to put the spark back in returning star Daniel Craig’s baby blues. And while there’s no clear sign of Javier Bardem as the villain Silva, it’s almost impossible not to peg him as the shadowy figure lumbering away menacingly from a countryside mansion.
Despite only making two movies Duncan Jones has proven himself as one of most interesting and talented sci-fi filmmakers around. At the Cannes Film Festival Jones has taken different direction and has signed up to direct a biopic about James Bond creator Ian Fleming.
If there can only be one, then Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate want Ryan Reynolds. The Green Lantern and Safe House star is the studios’ first choice to lead its reboot of Highlander
After announcing last year that Blade Runner would be turned into a continuing series, Alcon Entertainment has let loose that the next installment would be a direct sequel to the events of the first film—and that original “Runner” scribe Hampton Fancher is onboard to pen the script.
The stars are out in the South of France for the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday. The festival invites only the best, most innovative filmmakers from all over the world, and this year’s lineup is one of the most promising in quite some time.
Aaron Sorkin will be adapting the screenplay for Steve Jobs, based on the biography of the same name by Walter Isaacson.
On the heels of The Avengers, the Marvel universe continues to expand in other films, as James Badge Dale has been added to Iron Man 3. Dale is fresh off of shooting his part in The Lone Ranger, and will be ready to join writer-director Shane Black’s take on the Robert Downey Jr. led superhero franchise when it begins filming later this month.Coldblood was never part of the Iron Man lore, so it’s clear that Marvel is OK with tweaking their movie canon a fair bit if it leads to more box office dominance.
