Now that the last gap of more than a week between episodes of How I Met Your Mother has passed, the show is finally into its homestretch. There's six episodes to go. Six more episodes for all the loose ends from over the years to be wrapped up, including the most important one: Ted finally meeting the Mother. But before any of that can happen, Barney had rally from the worst hangover of all time, and that's where this week's episode "Rally" picks up.
Almost every actor or filmmaker has that one passion project that they've tried for years and years to make. That one story that they keep coming back to, no matter what else they do first. For Edward Norton, that project has been his adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's Midnight Brooklyn, which he's been trying to get made since he optioned the novel in 1999. Now, 15 years later, things are finally moving forward for the actor, as we have word that RatPac Entertainment has signed on to produce the film which Norton will direct and star in.
Liv Ullmann's last directorial credit was 2000's Faithless, but the legendary actress recently stepped back behind the camera to direct Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell in the stage-to-screen adaptation of Miss Julie. Shooting on the film recently wrapped in Northern Ireland and now we have the first official look at the two leads.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov are two of Hollywood's most interesting producers. Under their Smokehouse Pictures banner they have given us great films such as The Ides Of March and last year's best picture winner, Argo. Their latest, The Monuments Men, may not have been as well received as some of their other titles, but it looks like the duo is moving right onto their next project as there's now word that Sony is negotiating the remake rights to the Norwegian thriller Pioneer for Smokehouse to produce.
With only a few months until Wally Pfister's Transcendence hits theaters, it's about time that the marketing campaign really started up. Yesterday, we saw the first official poster and today, we have a brand new trailer, providing a much more exciting look than the one that released in December.
With a mere 675 days to go until Star Wars: Episode VII hits theaters, the time to be focused on casting rumors is growing shorter as production inches ever closer. Today, we've got a better idea of just how far, far away that date is, as there's now word that in about three months shooting will begin for J.J. Abrams' take on George Lucas' space universe.
While Hollywood remakes and reboots have become more prevalent in recent years, the concept is far from a new one. A great example of this is all the various adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Since 1910 when Edison Studios made the first film about the infamous doctor and his monster, we've seen just about every spin on the story possible. In 2015, we'll get to see yet another, as Paul McGuigan is directing a version of Frankenstein as scripted by Max Landis.
In this age of remakes, reboots and franchises, there are constantly movies coming to the big screen that polarize audiences. There seems to be two schools of thought on the matter. One group is almost always excited about these projects, purely for the fact they're going to get to see more of a franchise they love. The other group is almost always opposed, thinking that all a remake or another sequel can do is tarnish the legacy of the existing films they love.
After having his breakout role 13 years ago on Undeclared, Jay Baruchel is heading back to the small screen for a new FX comedy titled Man Seeking Woman. The How To Train Your Dragon star has signed on to play the lead role in the pilot for Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.
I once had a writing professor tell me that no successful pieces of fiction are more than 50% original - there has to be some level of familiarity for a story to resonate with anyone. So naturally, by that logic, something that is 100% recycled and generic should be twice as good as something that's only 50% familiar right? Well, as ludicrous as that line of thinking may be, I can't help but think that was what crossed the mind of everyone wearing a producer's hat for Wings.
