Don't get a Lockwood angry. You won't like them when they're angry. In The Vampire Dairies' September 9 premiere, Tyler Lockwood (Michael Trevino) is surprised to see his long-absent, black sheep of the family Uncle Mason (Taylor Kinney) turn up for the funeral of his dad, the mayor. But a bigger surprise comes when Mason drops the bomb that werewolfism runs in the Lockwood bloodline!
"Mason has learned to harness his rage and is going to serve as a mentor to Tyler," says Taylor. "I've come to teach Tyler that there are choices he can make to control his destiny as a human...or otherwi...
I was scoping out paperdolls for inspiration today (upcoming project, info coming soon!) and stumbled across a designer (CANADIAN!) who just blew my breath away! Her name is Danielle Meder and she has a blog called FINAL FASHION.
As a huge comic book nerd her sketches just screamed high end X-men. lol. I could just imagine how she'd draw Kitty Pryde!
Anyways below are a few of her paper dolls but definitely click on the link above and give her site full look over
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If you haven’t had your fill of vampires between Eclipse and True Blood, then the international trailer for Let Me In provides even more bloodsucking action – albeit, in pint-sized form.
Based on the critically acclaimed Swedish film Let the Right One In, the movie centers on a bullied social outcast (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who becomes curious when young Abby (Chloe Moretz) moves into his building with her guardian (Richard Jenkins). The two form a complicated friendship – complicated in that she’s a vampire. I’m sure devotees of the original may have beef with a remake, but this preview looks promising (and, of course,Moretz is utterly creepy)
From the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, here is your first look at Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern! Here’s a clip from EW‘s article:
Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan, a cocky test pilot who becomes a ring-wearing intergalactic superhero in this massive sci-fi epic from director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale). Though Reynolds has prior experience in the superhero realm from his role as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, playing Green Lantern involved some major challenges, like getting hurled through the air on a wire at up to 60 feet per second to create the illusion of flight. “The first time you do it, you’re seriously considering an adult diaper,” Reynolds says. Still, he couldn’t resist the chance to play the beloved DC Comics hero, whose power ring can conjure virtually anything he can dream up. “Will and imagination are his superpowers,” Reynolds says. “We need a circus of Timothy Learys to think of things Hal would invent with his ring.”
Green Lantern is scheduled to hit theaters on June 17, 2011 and also stars Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins, Mark Strong, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, Angela Bassett, Jay O. Sanders and Jon Tenney.
Unknown actor Andrew Garfield will swing into the role of Spider-Man in the reboot of the successful comic book franchise, Sony Pictures announced Thursday.
Garfield will bring Peter Parker, and his crime-fighting alter ego Spider-Man, back to high school in a new 3-D film set to hit theaters on July 3, 2012. Sony Pictures decided to return to Parker’s teenage years after the studio passed on a fourth Spider-Man starring Tobey Maguire and directed by Sam Raimi.
“Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor’s work understand his extraordinary talents,” director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) said. “He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.”
Garfield, 26, most recently appeared in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and will next star in Never Let Me Go, co-starring Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan, and The Social Network, the Facebook movie directed by David Fincher.
“The role demands an extraordinary actor. … An actor who will depict the vulnerability of youth and the strength and confidence of a legendary figure at the same moment,” Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairwoman Amy Pascal and Columbia Pictures President Matt Tolmach said in a joint statement. “We have found that actor in Andrew Garfield. From the first time we saw him in the upcoming film The Social Network, to his glorious screen test, which floored all of us, we knew that we had found our new Peter Parker.”
It’s been touch and go for the last week, but Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has been confirmed to helm X-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox’s prequel to the lucrative franchise based on the Marvel Comics super-team. Not only have they signed Vaughn, directing his third movie in a row based on comic material, but Fox is confident enough in his abilities to set a release date for June 3, 2011, a little less than 13 months from today.
Basing the movie around a concept by Bryan Singer, director of the first two movies who had already committed to direct Jack the Giant Killer, Fox hired the writing team behind Marvel Studios’ Thor, Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, to do a few rewrites on the script with plans to start making the movie this summer. Singer will co-produce along with Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg. So far, no cast has been announced including whether Patrick Stewart will return as Professor Charles Xavier or whether Hugh Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine.
The new release date puts the movie in competition against DreamWorks Animation’s sequel Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom and opening two weeks before Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern.
20th Century Fox has provided ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype with this description of the movie:
“X-Men: First Class, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.”
Do you think Tim Burton ever imagined his adaptation of Alice in Wonderland would have become such a behemoth? Well, it’s certainly become one: The director’s seventh collaboration with Johnny Depp is officially the most successful film of Burton’s career — and the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. As of this morning, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland reached $928.9 million worldwide, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which, back in 2002, topped out at $925.3 million. Of course, that was a whole eight years ago and the second film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy didn’t have the benefit of 3-D to give it that extra jolt at the box office. Still, it’s quite a feat for Burton and Alice. One that Burton will have a hard time topping, no doubt.
It was originally reported that KICK A$$ director Matthew Vaughn had been in talks with 20th Century Fox to direct X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. Heat Vision later confirmed that Vaughn had passed on the project, but now the site is taking that back, and saying Vaughn is still interested:
During Fox’s initial courting process, producer (and original “X-Men” director) Bryan Singer sat down with Vaughn and established some common creative ground. Even though the dealmaking between Fox and Vaughn’s team from WME and Brillstein ran into trouble (which caused him to officially pass), and Fox was meeting with other directors, Singer and Vaughn kept talking, with Singer becoming even more supportive of what Vaughn wanted to bring to the “X-Men” universe. Vaughn, in turn, was convinced that “First Class” could be a great opportunity for the director, and Singer’s encouragement got the two sides talking again.
Fox is on the rush to find a director for this project, as they would like to see First Class hit theaters by next Summer. Whether they make that goal remains to be seen, but an announcement from the studio could happen at any moment.
X-Knowledge: Vaughn originally signed on to direct 2006’s X-MEN 3, but dropped out a couple months before filming was to begin.
Entertainment Weekly sat down with director Wes Craven about the project, and he gives some pretty interesting deets on the story:
So how did Scream 4 come together?
Bob Weinstein [the head of Dimension Films] felt that 10 years was enough of a wait. He felt it was time to give the original three films their due, so he called Kevin Williamson, who started coming up with ideas. For some years, Kevin had the notion of the general course of the next three movies. There was a point where Bob came to me and said, “We want to start showing you pages — do you want to do it?” And off we went.
Did you have any trepidation about revisiting the series so many years down the road?
No, I’m fascinated by what this movie is. I can’t think of another film that has not only a true trilogy, where you’re following a single central character over three pictures, but has the complexity to the story and other characters that also have continued along. And then 10 years later, to come back to those same characters and same actors, and continue that story in a way that’s totally organic. It’s kind of unprecedented.
Are Sidney, Gale, and Dewey still going to be the central characters, or are they on the periphery this time?
It’s a total integration of those three and new kids. The story of Sid, Gale, and Dewey is very much a part of the movie.
And Sid’s still having problems with Ghostface?
There have been 10 years of no Ghostface, but there has been the movie-within-a-movie Stab. We have fun with the idea of endless sequels, or “sequelitis” as Kevin calls it in the script. Sid goes through these three horrendous things, and Stab was based on those horrible things. And then they’ve been taken by a studio and run into the ground in a series of sequels. She has been off by herself and living her own life, and she’s even written a book that has gotten a lot of critical acclaim. She’s kind of put her life back together in the course of these 10 years. But, certainly, there would be no Scream without Ghostface, so she has to confront him again, but now as a woman who has really come out the darkness of her past.
Can you tease what’s happening with Dewey and Gale by this point?
I don’t think Bob Weinstein would be very happy if I disclosed anything. We have been playing CIA with trying to keep everything secret, and we haven’t put any pages out from the current version of the script, except for things we’ve already discarded. Our first experience with casting this time around, the sides [portions of the script used for auditions] that we used were put on the Internet the same afternoon. It was bad back when we made the other movies, too. On Scream 2, we had the first 40 pages of the script show up on the Internet the night they arrived from Kevin, and we had to do backflips to rewrite the opening.
Speaking of openings, are you at least going to continue with having a couple killed at the beginning of the film?
That’s a strong possibility. [Laughs] Certainly, you will recognize what Bob calls the DNA of the film: a very complex murder mystery, a shocking action picture, wonderful humor based on character, and lots of surprises, as well as a movie that kind of copies itself. It’s a pretty amazing script.
What is your opinion of where the horror genre has gone these past 10 years?
It feels like the end of an era of a certain type of film. There are series of films, a lot of sequels, and a lot of remakes, and part of the humor of Scream 4 is when characters comment on that. “Enough of Saw 25 and all!” [Laughs] A lot of films, directors, and studios are the butts of some of the jokes. In order to figure out what’s happening around them, the characters have to figure out where the genre of horror is. So this is a look at horror after 10 years of a lot of sequels rather than original films coming up year after year. One film is successful, and then they make 25 of them. I think it’s time for something new. I’ve done remakes of my own films, too, with The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes, but we feel it’s time for something new and different, and that’s what this film is going to be.
But then is it ironic that this is the fourth film in a series?
Yeah, but I’ve never felt like these are sequels. This is a film about the progress of, at this point, three core characters, and how all of these events have changed their lives, and how the events in their lives have been reflected in the movies around them, which they might like or might really not like at all. I think that makes it really different.
As for the poster’s tagline, “New decade, new rules,” are the new rules going to specifically comment on what’s happened these last 10 years with horror movies?
It’s very much about the last 10 years, and where we are right now. “New decade, new rules” is very much the keynote of the film, that is, trying to figure out what sort of rules (the new Ghostface) is following. How do we fight this killer without a road map? We have to figure out where we are.
Are you returning to Santa Rosa, Calif., to shoot?
We’re actually going to Michigan. We found a wonderful small town that looks very much like the town we had in Northern California. Frankly, the tax breaks in Michigan are enormous, so we’ll be able to put a lot more movie on the screen.
But this Michigan town is still supposed to represent (the series’ fictional town of) Woodsboro?
Yeah. I guess I just gave something away. [Laughs]
Can we count on Scream 4 remaining an R-rated movie with blood and guts and all that fun stuff?
I think that’s safe to say. I’ve very excited about it. At this point in my career, Scream is one of the longest running stories I’ve told. It’s fascinating to still have actors who are very much into continuing their roles and have great chemistry. Part of the reason these three characters are still alive is because they’re so great. We haven’t wanted to kill them.
And, should Scream 4 become a hit, you are signed on for Scream 5 and 6, right?
Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Dollhouse, will direct and rewrite the script for the upcoming Avengers movie, Variety reports.
The Marvel Studios superhero team-up movie, which is scheduled for a May 4, 2012, release, brings together several comic book characters featured in Marvel film adaptations, including Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
No word yet if Edward Norton will join the party and reprise his role as the Hulk.
The original Avengers comic featured Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man and The Hulk. Captain America joined the lineup later.
John Corbett, who played Aidan on Sex and the City for two seasons, told Ellen DeGeneres he will be appearing in the series’ upcoming film sequel.
“These rumors started about seven months ago because somebody took a picture of me in Morocco and I felt really bad because for the last six months every time somebody said: Are you in this movie? I had to lie about it,” the United States of Tara star said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday. “I just found out I’m going to be in the trailer so I get to break the news on your show that Aidan gets to come back to Sex and the City.”
Maybe Sigourney Weaver has just grown bored with humans.
Combine her film history with aliens, blue people and apparitions with the fact that she just signed on to play a vampire queen in Amy Heckerling’s horror-comedy ‘Vamps,’ and it appears Weaver might prefer the company of the otherworldly instead.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, ‘Vamps’ will star Alicia Silverstone (‘Clueless’) and Krysten Ritter (‘She’s Out of My League’) as two young, club-hopping vampires whose romantic lives threaten to impinge on their immortality.
Weaver will play Ciccerus, a bloodthirsty vampire who made the young ladies creatures of the night.
Coming off the unequaled success of ‘Avatar’ and the recent ‘Ghostbusters 3′ rumors, this news tops off a banner couple of months for Weaver, particularly among sci-fi-types already loyal to her for her seminal turns as kick-ass Ellen Ripley in the ‘Alien’ movies. She even took time in December to poke fun at the character, starring in a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit in which Ripley (and James Cameron) take on the ‘Laser Cats.’
In an interview with Bryan Singer and producer Lauren Shuler Donner at the Los Angeles Times about the first two X-Men movies, the discussion veered to Singer directing X-Men: First Class and possibly even X-Men 4.
Talking about why he thinks the “X-Men” movies are suited for him, Singer said:
“I genuinely like the people, and my personality meshes more with this universe than it does with other universes, I think; I see that now at this point… I feel a connection to the X-Men characters and also the ensemble nature of the films. If you look at ‘Usual Suspects” or my last film, ‘Valkyrie,’ I feel especially comfortable with ensemble juggling. In the space between all the characters you can disguise a central thought that’s hidden in all the discourse. I missed that with the singular relationship story of Superman. And, well, it always gives you something to cut to…”
According to the article, Singer says X-Men: First Class will find its axis in the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the point where their friendship soured. It will also detail the beginning of the school for mutants and have younger incarnations of some characters with new actors (He shrugged when asked if Hugh Jackman might appear as Wolverine).
“Just doing younger mutants is not enough. The story needs to be more than that. I love the relationship between Magneto and Xavier, these two men who have diametrically opposite points of view but still manage to be friends — to a point. They are the ultimate frenemies.”
Shuler Donner also has pitched Singer on doing a fourth installment of the previously established “X-Men” franchise and Jackman had lunch with Singer to coax him into a project as well, which may or may not be Wolverine 2. Jackman has said the sequel will be set in Japan and released in 2011.
In the interview, Singer turned to Shuler Donner and said of X-Men 4: “Hold that one off for just a little, I’m fixated on the other one right now.” She nodded and answered, “I will, I will … I’m holding it open with high hopes. It’s totally different [from 'First Class'] and it will be so interesting for you.”
If you missed it in 3-D, you might get another chance to see James Cameron‘s epic Avatar this summer and with added scenes!
Cameron and Fox are in talks to re-release the highest-grossing film in late summer with added scenes as the recently released Alice in Wonderland has overtaken the Imax cinemas.
The director has said he could add up to 10-12 minutes of added footage and he’d be a fool not to! The demand to see the film in Imax is still there since nearby 3-D digital screens that are still playing Avatar have seen an increase in sales since Alice went up on Imax.
Just when we thought no other records would be broken following the culmination of Avatar’s lengthy reign, we face another round of box office firsts. And this time the records belong to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The 3-D spectacle starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter earned an estimated $116.3 million, the highest grossing weekend ever for a spring release. Not only that, but IMAX– which pulled Avatar from all its screens in exchange for Alice–was rewarded handsomely with its highest weekend gross ever, $11.9 million in only 188 theaters. (IMAX’s 9 additional theaters plus Alice’s shorter run time gave the company the added boost over its Avatar numbers.) If there was even a question as to whether or not 3-D was here to stay, it’s now officially been answered. Avatar was not an anomaly. In fact, what it did was expand the marketplace to all those moviegoers that were nonbelievers in the 3-D technology. They tested it out with Avatar, were convinced of the stunning visuals, and they are now back for more. In fact, IMAX alone sold out every seat they had for the entire weekend. And Disney counts 65% of its weekend gross on Alice from 3-D screenings. Kinda amazing, really.
Towards the opening of Alice in Wonderland, a young Alice lays in bed as her father leans in to tell her a secret. She’s been having odd dreams about a rabbit in a waistcoat, and questions if she’s losing her mind. He responds by telling her that crazy people are the most fun. I’d venture even further: in this film, crazy is king.
Alice in Wonderland feels like a story that’s tailor-made for Tim Burton’s directorial touch. Where else can you shrink ten sizes smaller with just a sip of a drink? In this new re-telling, a now 19-year old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is about to be engaged against her wishes. That is, until she spies her old furry friend the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen).
Chasing after him, she once again ventures into the world known as Underland (which she once fondly referred to as “Wonderland” in childhood). Seeing the new landscape, we immediately empathize with Alice’s mix-up. This land is not the Disney-riffic place that many of us think of, but a bleaker setting where the Mad Hatter’s tea party is in the middle of a wasteland and lopped-off heads float in a moat around the Red Queen’s castle.
It should go without saying then, that this film is not for tiny tykes. Older children and adults, however, may find stuff to like – particularly the performances.
Helena Bonham Carter nearly steals the show here as the Red Queen; her huge, heart-shaped head sits atop a tiny body as she shouts “off with her head” like a bad tick. Alice infiltrates her castle in order to retrieve a sword that controls the kingdom, and put it into the benevolent hands of Red’s sister the White Queen (Anne Hathaway). Thus, Alice becomes a Joan of Arc heroine, and this story is ultimately about her finding her own gumption, aka her “muchness” - with some help from the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), naturally. Depp delivers his usual silly shtick, breaking into a jig or a brogue at the drop of a, er, hat; but he also has tender scenes with Alice that depict the Mad Hatter as Alice’s alternative father figure. It’s these interactions that give the film heart in the midst of the chaos. It’s also something I would have liked to see more of.
Where the film misses its own “muchness,” however, is perhaps in the collaboration of Burton and Disney. The film is a little too dark for Disney, but a little too slicked out in CGI and 3D for Burton. I’d be curious to see where Burton would have taken the story if left to his own devices. Instead, the film we get builds up to a battle climax that takes a page from Lord of the Rings. It’s still entertaining, but to me, the treasure to be found in Wonderland is its characters - and for a story that lends itself to such an array of delightful possibilities, we don’t get to play with them nearly enough.
