RMR: Tarantino Reviews Movies, 'Iron Man 2' in 3D, Un-Wired 'Oz' and More
The Bens are gone and Worthington claims dump truck-sized scorpions
If you weren't a fan of the Bens on "At the Movies" get ready for a 180 as the new team made up of Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips and the New York Times' A.O. Scott as the video to the right gives you your first look at the new movie reviewing duo. The video blatantly says to me, "Sorry about the joke we played on you with Lyons and Mankiewicz, here are two guys who know what they're talking about."
Lionsgate let everyone know via Twitter that Kick-Ass will arrive on April 16, 2010 and Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables will hit theaters on August 20, 2010. Then we learn Star Trek will be heading back to IMAX this Friday for a two week run. And we also learn Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs a tire-larigot has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.
Just like Avatar, tickets for The Twilight Saga: New Moon are now on sale more than two months in advance.
Just to the right is the first look at the set of the unnecessary MacGruber adaptation from the annoying "Saturday Night Live" skit. You can get the full-sized image and four others, including a look at Ryan Phillippe, at Just Jared.
Word from Ain't It Cool News is there is a one-minute test reel of Iron Man 2 converted into high quality digital 3D. This has AICN's Harry Knowles wondering if Iron Man 2 will be entirely converted to 3D and whether or not the rest of Marvel's upcoming slate will go to the geek gimmick. Gawd… I hope not. [AICN]
Sam Worthington was recently talking to MTV about his upcoming feature Clash of the Titans and was quoted saying, "What these guys and Louis [Leterrier] have set out to do is raise the richter [scale] to 11, in the sense of, the scorpions are the size of dump trucks, Medusa is a lot quicker and a lot more scarier, and the whole world itself is… big and epic in scope." [MTV]
I'm not sure how many of you know this already, but on top of the September 29 release of The Wizard of Oz on Blu-ray (details here), the film will also head into theaters for special promotional screenings across the country in all its fully restored glory.
That said, Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere was wondering if this restoration would also involve digitally erasing the visible-wires from the film. Wells was able to confirm with WHV senior vp George Feltenstein that the wires have indeed been digitally erased. There is more to the story and it's a pretty good read, head here for the complete write-up.
Bloody Disgusting is reporting a rumor saying Steve Miner (Halloween:H20) may be the one to direct Halloween 3D, although the consider the rumor "highly unlikely." [Bloody Disgusting]
Photo: Celador Films
If you like pictures, I have 12 images from the upcoming sequel The Descent: Part 2 in a brand new gallery right here and some images from a few other films. Here are the details:
- The Invention of Lying (a look at the brand new poster)
- Astro Boy (the final poster is unveiled)
- Everybody's Fine (first three images from the potential Oscar contender)
- The Boys are Back (four pics and the poster for the Clive Owen starrer)
Anxious to pick up this summer's blockbuster Star Trek on Blu-ray? Well that's the Amazon exclusive Limited Edition Replica Gift Set you see directly above. Head over to Amazon for even more images and pre-ordering information. [Amazon]
TwitchFilm.net offers up the above image, which is the first look at The Host 2. No word on whether or not this is an actual image from the movie or just early test effects, but according to ScreenDaily the Korea Creative Contents Agency (KOCCA) has announced that The Host 2 is the winner of its Global Projects Technology Development Support Program. The programme grants government funds of $1.51m to production company Chungeorahm and its CGI partner Macrograph to research and develop CGI for The Host 2 by May 2011. Not a bad deal eh?
Quentin Tarantino did a little programming at Sky Movies and here are three reviews that came as a result. Thanks to Anne Thompson for the heads up.
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