Although it’s difficult to work out from this whether Upside Down will be good or not, it’s certainly an intriguin idea and from this evidence it’s going to be visually arresting. The film is a conceptual romance/sci-fi from director Juan Solanas. Here’s the synopsis: ‘Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach (each universe is in the sky of the other, able to see once another but not interact)… a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grown-up Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back…’ No UK release date is currently set.
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World War Z Set To Become A Trilogy
Next Christmas it’s going to be all about the zombies, with Brad Pitt taking on a big budget brood of the undead in World War Z. The film is currently in post-production, but it seems Paramount and director Marc Foster are already keen to turn the adaptation of Max Brooks’ novel into a trilogy.
The LA Times says, ‘For Pitt, the big sci-fi thriller also represents his strongest bid to have a big film franchise of his own, which might be viewed as the missing piece of his career jigsaw puzzle. Forster and Paramount Pictures each view World War Z as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun-metal realism of, say, Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end-times vibe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.’
This is the first we’ve heard about World War Z being expanded into a franchise, and it isn’t known how far ahead plans are for parts two and three, or if it’s just something loosely planned that they’ll look properly at if the first film becomes a hit. In the film, Brad Pitt stars as a United Nations employee who travels the world, interviewing survivors of a worldwide zombie infestation. It’ll be in cinemas in December 21st.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Sandra Bullock Ditches The Makeup For Gravity
Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity is definitely one of the more intriguing movies of 2012, with rumours the movie largely just has Sandra Bullock on screen for most of the running time and features single takes lasting up to 20 minutes.
The film is currently in post-production and working towards a November release date, but Sandra Bullock, has been talking about the movie with USA Today, and now director Alfonso Cuarón wouldn’t allow his stars to wear any make-up in the space-set thriller.
She says, “God help us all when my face comes rushing at you with no makeup on. I’m going to apologise now, but Alfonso, in a brilliant move, said, ‘No makeup.’ Our vain little heads are going to be some massive 17-foot image [in IMAX]. You are going to see details because it’s shot on this digital film that shows everything. It’s so scary. There are scenes where you say, ‘This is where you have to let go and let God.’ And, thank God, there are no nude scenes.”
It’ll be interesting to see in the first trailer, whether the no makeup rule really affects the look of the movie. Here’s the synopsis: ‘[Sandra] Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky [George Clooney] in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone–tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.
‘The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.’
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Can You Help Fund A New Gay Short Film? – ‘Out’ Needs You
The internet is a wonderful thing, and one of its more recent innovations is crowd-sourcing funding for movies. One such film that’s look for a bit of cash to get it made is a short called Out, which is trying to get its $15,000 budget through the website KickStarter. So far it has $4,300 but needs all the money pledged by January 14th if it’s going to get made.
Out is a short film collaboration that’ll be directed by young helmer Michael Willer, and is set to be filmed in the Hollywood, Los Angeles area. The goal is to submit it to Outfest 2012, LA’s main LGBT film festival.
The short, which is due to star Tyler Langdon and Brett Maier, is a drama about a man’s journey as he is forced to face his sexuality and reconcile years of social conditioning against being gay. That man, Chance, is forced to confront his gay roommate, Eric, and discover what it means to truly accept himself for who he is.
KickStarter is a great idea, which allows you to give money to individual projects that cover all sorts of creative endeavours, not just film. Many of these projects are definitely worthwhile but might have difficulty getting funding through normal sources. In the case of Out, in return for a bit of money, you could get anything from a mention in the credits to a date with the director, depending on how much you give!
So if you reckon Out should be given a chance, head over to Out’s KickStarter page and give it some cash! Check out a vid for the project below.
Elton John Wants Justin Timberlake To Play Him In Biopic
Several months ago it was revealed that Elton John was working on a film biopic of his life and had hired Billy Elliot screenwriter Lee Hall to come up with the script. Not much has been heard about it since then, but now the 64-year-old singer has been talking to the LA Times and confirmed the project is still very much in the works.
Elton has confirmed that he’ll co-produce the film with his civil partner, David Furnish, and that it’ll be a, “surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge”. The singer, who’s never been averse to a bit of flamboyance, added that a “normal biopic” would be innappropriate “because my life hasn’t been like that”.
It’ll be interesting to see how the film handles his getting married, divorced and then coming out – espeically if it’ll all going to be done in a surreal, ott fashion.
Elton’s also talke about who he’d like to play him in the movie, saying, “I’ve got a wish list of people. Number one on my wishlist is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and he was superb.” Whether Timberlake would have any interest in the role isn’t known, but Elton is good at getting what he wants, so don’t be surprised if it turns out Justin will play him.
A director is attached to the film, although it isn’t known who it is. It’s believed the singer initially wanted Moulin Rouge helmer Baz Luhrmann to direct, but on that occassion he didn’t get his way, as Baz is too busy working on his 3D version of The Great Gatsby. At the moment there’s no info on when the movie might actually shoot.
First Photo Of Amazing Spider-man’s Lizard?
We may have got our first photo of Amazing Spider-man bad guy, Lizard (played by Rhys Ifans), but it’s come from a slightly unusual source. Images have popped up on line of tie-in toys, which include what appears to be the first photo we’ve seen of the Lizard (which you can see above). The other toy, which is below, seems to confirm a rumour that the film would include a SWAT team of half-man/half-lizrd creatures.
The movie’s out July 4th.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Ghost Protocol Top New Year’s US Box Office
If the studios were hoping for some four-day holiday New Year’s cheer at the box office, they didn’t get a huge amount, with Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol the only real bright spot. The overall box office was down over last New Year, but Ghost Protocol added another $38 million to take its total to $14 million in the US and $361 million worldwide. It’s a decent hit but not astounding.
There were no new entries, with just a few films shifting about. Among the Christmas openers, War Horse is doing best, moving up from sixth to fourth place on the chart (and it should be noted its sixth place finish last weekend was after only two days in cinemas). Other films such as Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and We Bought A Zoo continued to do modest but not horrific business.
It’s Tintin though that’s be the biggest failure, only making $50 million so far in the US, despite finding success in other parts of the world.
Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 30th-January 2nd.
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross (millions) | Total Gross to date (millions) |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | $38.3 | $141.2 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | $26.5 | $136.5 |
| 3 | Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $21.0 | $97.3 |
| 4 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | $19.2 | $45.2 |
| 5 | War Horse | $19.0 | $60.0 |
| 6 | We Bought A Zoo | $16.5 | $43.9 |
| 7 | The Adventures Of Tintin | $15.0 | $50.8 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $7.7 | $47.3 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $5.2 | $14.2 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $4.2 | $40.2 |
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Has Ralph Fiennes’ Skyfall Character Been Revealed?
At the Skyfall press conference a couple of months ago, director Sam Mendes refused to say who some of the actors in the movie would be playing, suggesting that to do so would be a bit of a spoiler.
One of those mysterious roles is who Ralph Fiennes is playing, but now Movieweb suggests they’ve got a well placed source at the studio who’s let it slip. So if you don’t want to know, stop reading now.
Fiennes recently said in an interview he’d be playing a government agent, and now Movieweb’s source says, “Ralph Fiennes play’s a government agent, which we never get a name on, because he is set to play the new M. Skyfall centers around M (Judi Dench) where her past forces her to leave as head of MI6, and find a new M. The board of MI6 then turns to a government agent (Ralph Fiennes) to take over. M (Dame Judi) is now forced to train the new head of MI6.”
At the moment this should be treated as rumour, but Movieweb’s stick by its source.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Demi Moore Set For Lovelace Cameo
Lovelace recently started shooting in LA, but it appears it hasn’t quite finished casting, as Variety reports that Adam Brody, Demi Moore and Eric Roberts have joined Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard in the movie.
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl, The Celluloid Closet) will direct, telling the story of porn actress Linda Lovelace, star of the infamous Deep Throat, who later became a noted anti-porn advocate. Amanda Seyfried will play the title role, with Peter Sarsgaard portraying Lovelace’s husband, Chuck Traynor. Adam Brody will be Deep Throat co-star Harry Reems, Demi Moore will play author and activist Gloria Steinem, while Eric Roberts will be lie detector expert Nat Laurendi.
The movie also stars Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick, Wes Bentley, Sharon Stone and Juno Temple.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
New Oscars Poster Is Unveiled
You’d think that as the Oscars is all about celebrating the best movies of the year, the poster for the event would celebrate the modern. However the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is harking back to Oscar winners past on the poster for the 84th ceremony, which takes place on Ferbruary 26th, 2012.
The image includes pics from the last eight decades of cinema, including Gone with the Wind” (1939), Casablanca (1943), Giant (1956), The Sound of Music (1965), The Godfather (1972), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Forrest Gump (1994) and Gladiator (2000). All thsoe films won the Academy Award for Best Picture, except Giant, which won George Stevens the Oscar for Directing.
Apparently ‘the design is meant to evoke the emotional connections we all have with the movies’. Hmm, okay, not sure about that, but it’ll do!
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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