Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Roger Ebert’s wonderful newsletter is a steal at $10 a year. This week only, it’s even more of a steal with a FREE issue that includes a glimpse of his upcoming autobiography and trailers for some of the coolest upcoming films.
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Posted on August 20, 2011 at 6:51 pm
A panel at Disney’s D23 Expo 2011 has revealed some tantalizing details on two upcoming Pixar projects. My friend Brendan Connelly at Cinema Blend reports that
The first announced feature, currently operating under the tongue-in-cheek title ofThe Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs, will be directed by Bob Peterson, an animator, screenwriter and director at the studio who’s probably best known for voicing the dog Doug in Pixar’s Up!.
Due in theaters during the 2013 holiday season, the film will exist in an alternate version of our world where the asteroid that hit the planet, wiping out the dinosaur population, missed.
People and dinos co-exist, just like the Flintstones! We’ll have to be patient — it is currently scheduled for the holiday season of 2013.
And the summer of 2014, Pete Docter of “Up” and “Monsters Inc.” will bring us a Pixar movie that is about the brain, where ideas come from. It makes me think of Epcot’s delightful “Cranium Command.”
Before that, we can look forward to next summer’s “Brave,” Pixar’s first movie with a female lead, and the prequel, “Monster University,” with more from Mike and Sully.
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:00 am
From the people who made “Fireproof,” a story of men who serve and protect as police officers but find the bigger challenge in serving as fathers.
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 3:59 pm
MSNBC has come up with a handy comparison chart showing the differences between the 1982 version of Conan the Barbarian (the character) and the updated version with “Game of Thrones'” Jason Momoa. One big difference — Momoa does not say this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm
2011 has more sequels and remakes than any year in movie history but it looks like the record will be broken soon. This year’s Smurf and Pirates of the Caribbean movies already have sequels underway. Mike Meyers has announced that he will make a fourth Austin Powers film, ten years after “Goldmember.” And now Ridley Scott has agreed to make a sequel (or possibly a prequel) to his own masterwork, “Blade Runner.” There’s a remake of “Wargames” in the works, too. On the other hand, tentative plans for sequels to “Sex and the City,” “I am Number Four,” and “Anchorman” are shelved. For now.
