It was only a few weeks ago that I was reviewing the 1970’s collection of Peanuts TV Specials when the first thing pop up on the screen was an advertisement for this ‘Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol. 2 ‘DVD collection. I felt a twinge of pity (and some schaedenfreud) for the poor bastard who’d have to sit through f… Continue
Added by Leon on November 10, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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This has been on mind for quite a while. I always wondered what would certain Disney Animated classics would look if big named and important directors got a hold of them, for good or ill. The following is would be taglines for their posters. Most of these taglines are borrowed from each of the director's own film posters. There are some that I tweaked a bit to fit with the film, others I left alone because it fit the film.
If The Coen Brothers directed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?… Continue
Dark Knight Director's Brother Arrested for Murder
Source - E! Online
Los Angeles (E! Online) – Holy headline-making, Batbro!
Matthew Francis Nolan, the older brother of Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, has been arrested by the FBI in his hometown of Chicago and is now awaiting extradition to Costa Rica to face murder and kidnapping charges.
According to the the bureau's Windy City office, the Violent Crimes Task Force apprehended the 40-year-old Nolan without incident as he was leavi… Continue
Source: Variety
Warner Bros. has acquired "Samson," a pitch for a futuristic retelling of the Samson and Delilah story in a seven-figure upfront deal.
Scott Silver (8 Mile) will write the script, and Francis Lawrence(I am Legend) will direct.
"Samson" gives a futuristic twist to the story of the biblical strongman who was invincible until he was betrayed by Delilah, to whom he entrusted the secret that hi… Continue
Source: IESB
According to IESB, Fox and Warner Bros. have reached a settlement in the Watchmen hearing.
A "NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT STATUS AND REQUEST FOR FURTHER HEARING" form has been filed January 14 in the WATCHMEN case.
The filing states the following --
* They've been in settlement talks since the status conference with the Court on December 29, 2008.
* There are still a few remaining settlement issues.
* Both parties, Fox and WB, are requesting a hearing on January 15 (today) at 3:30pm… Continue
Source: The Hollywood ReporterWe reported earlier that 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. were in settlement talks over Watchmen. News today suggests that the two sides may be close to settling.
The Hollywood Reporter says that settlement talks waged all weekend and continued Monday behind closed doors in Los An… Continue
Hello, my name is Shockwave. I am a loyal servant to the mighty Megatron. Though I live alone on this planet known as Cybertron, I still watch movies that you fleshlings each year. One of these movies I am most interested in seeing in this mega-cycle you call "2009" is Watchmen, based on the most logical graphic novel of all time. I can safely say that Alan Moore (Writer of Watchmen, the novel) is one of the few fleshlings that even I would consider a genius. However, I am here to talk about som… Continue
Added by Shockwave on January 10, 2009 at 12:03pm —
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Source: Reuters
According to Reuters wire services, attorneys for Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox studios told judge Gary Feess today that they were in settlement talks in the Watchmen lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Gary Feess, presiding over the copyright dispute between the two studios, was expected on Friday to rule on whether to move up a Jan. 20 hearing on the movie's planned March 6 release.
But with the… Continue
Source: LA Times
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that that lawyers for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. have agreed to let a federal judge decide whether Warner Bros. will be allowed to release Watchmen on March 6th, forgoing a jury trial that could have put the high-profile film's future into even longer limbo.
In court papers filed Monday with U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess, attorneys for Fox an… Continue
Fox is aiming to delay the release of Watchmen, according to yahoo news.
LOS ANGELES – An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of 'Watchmen.'
U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess last week agreed with Fox that Warner Bros. had infringed its copyright by developing and shooting the superhero flick, scheduled for release March 6.
Feess said Monday he plans to hold a trial Jan. 20 to decide remaining issues.
Fox claims it never ful… Continue
Well this is me getting my anger out about Fox getting the right to the "Watchmen" film. Enjoy!
Well 20th Century Fox got the right to the “Watchmen” movie from Warner Bros.
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Fox is once again fucking up something else I LOVE! Fox kills good things in any way they can find. Whoever is running things at Fox is a dumbass. 20th Century Fox just got the rights from Warner Bros. to get the “Watchmen” movie. I am a comic book geek. I love reading comics, knowin… Continue
Source: Collider
With so many rumors circling about a Dark Knight sequel, and we can't imagine any of them are actually true, Warner Bros. President, Alan Horn, addressed the growing speculation with the folks at Collider.
"We've been talking to Chris Nolan and what we have to do is get him in the right place and have him tell us what he thinks the notion might be for a great story, but Chris did a g… Continue
Source: Superhero Hype!UPDATE! Superhero Hype is now reporting that Warner Bros. WILL be re-releasing The Dark Knight in IMAX theaters!
Earlier Today:
Superhero Hype! is reporting that Warner Bros. no longer has plans to re-release The Dark Knight in theaters in January.
The studio was in talks with… Continue
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol 6., features 60 classic, fully re-mastered and restored cartoons, presented in their original un-edited format. Most of the shorts in the collection have never been available on DVD before. With Volume 6 we come to the end of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection and even though the box art denotes that… Continue
Roger Joseph Ebert is the Pulitzer prize-winning film critic and television personality we all know from his shows "Sneak Previews" (staring in 1975), "At the Movies" later, "Siskel & Ebert at The Movies", later "Roger Ebert at the Movies" and finally "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper." Not to mention his collaborations with Russ Meyers as the writer of… Continue
Source: Variety
The title reads "A judge has denied a Warner Bros. motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox’s lawsuit over Warners’ right to make a film based on the graphic novel "Watchmen" but the news is far more interesting than just that.
Fox doesn't want to share in Warner Bros. profits for Watchmen, they want to prevent the film from ever getting released.
According to Variety, Ruling… Continue
From what I've heard, its the one of the best horror films I'll never get to experience.
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For those of your unfamiliar with the comic book character Plastic Man, he's basically Jim Carrey with Mr. Fantastic's powers. He's a living cartoon character who'll turn into a toilet and literally flush the bad guys, or smack them as a huge flyswat… Continue
Many of the more than 600 New Line Cinema employees are expecting to get fired after totally bungling the premiere of "Sex and the City" so badly that about 2,000 people were turned away from the door.
Actually, news of the layoffs came first as… Continue