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Leonardo DiCaprio as Fleming,.. Ian Fleming

post from Rama's SCREEN on 14 May 2008 11:56:00 PM. © Rama's SCREEN

LA TIMES reported that Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way recently came on as producer of FLEMING an original screenplay written by Damian Stevenson about the life of the British author and journalist who created James Bond.Producer Andrew Lazar who also produced the upcoming comedy movie GET SMART had this to say…“It’s going to be [...]

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Trailer: TRAITOR

post from Rama's SCREEN on 14 May 2008 11:15:25 PM. © Rama's SCREEN

Guy Pearce has a weird interesting habit. Once in a while he’ll make wise choices by starring in great films like L.A. Confidential and Memento, but other times he would do flops, movies that are just plain awful (The Time Machine) or movies that have very limited release, not many have watched them (The Proposition)I [...]

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BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD Live Action Movie

post from Rama's SCREEN on 14 May 2008 10:58:37 PM. © Rama's SCREEN

Butt-head: “huh, huh… check it out Beavis, that dude..Mike Judge.. he’s like talked to MTV Beavis: “yeah, yeah, really cool, he’s like I wanna make a live action movie of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD or something like that yeah, yeah.” Butt-head: “huh, huh,.. that’s cool”This is what Mike Judge said about all this…?The Three Stooges survived [...]

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Letters from Cannes - May 16/17

post from european-films.net syndication on 14 May 2008 10:44:00 PM. © european-films.net syndication

German films are not the first thing that come to mind when thinking about the films that are presented at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, the German-Austrian film Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (The Edukators) was part of the Competition after a long absence of German produce, and Fatih Akin’s Turkish-German co-production Auf der andere Seite (The Edge of Heaven) won the Best Screenplay award last year. But there was no German film in Competition in 2006 and neither is there one this year. There are some new titles from the country on the other side of the Rhine on the Croisette presented in the various sidebars, however. The Critics’ Week selected the postpartum drama Das Fremde in Mir (The Stranger in Me), while the Un certain regard section has the geriatric love story Wolke 9 (Cloud 9) as part of this year’s offerings. Both are dramas that, at first sight, seem content to simply show aspects of everyday life rarely seen on cinema screens (baby blues, post-retirement sex) and find their raison d’être in the void they fill in the cinematic storytelling landscape. But both films are also much more subtle works about facing life head-on and the decisions that can lead to either happiness or disaster.

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WALL-E Spotted in LA

post from Rama's SCREEN on 14 May 2008 09:42:36 PM. © Rama's SCREEN

While I’m here way in Tennessee, slashfilm got a scoop from someone who spotted WALL-E Animatronic running around doing his usual adorable robotic stuff and all his expression.It doesn’t act as flexible as the animated version but it’d be really cool to own the toy and showcase this superstar in your living room. Press play [...]

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On Film

post from Hell On Frisco Bay on 14 May 2008 09:16:00 PM. © Hell On Frisco Bay

After my last post on the Another Hole In the Head film festival raised the perennial issue of film vs. video projection at film festivals, I got a comment from Indiefest director Jeff Ross. He informed me that there are indeed five films in this year's HoleHead that will be screened in 35mm. In addition to the previously-mentioned Barbarella and Yaji & Kita, the screenings of Alone, Tunnel Rats and Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer will be shown on film.

As I've mentioned before, I tend to find horror films scarier when shown on 35mm prints in theatres. So this is welcome news for me, especially in regard to Alone, which I've decided I don't want to know anything more about until I get to see it for myself once the festival starts. Admittedly, it made me a tad less intrigued by Exte: Hair Extensions to learn that it would definitely be a video projection, at least until I read the last paragraph of this piece, which unearths the social critique in the film. I remind myself that perhaps my favorite Indiefest experience ever was seeing a well-attended digital screening of Takashi Miike's Visitor Q, which is packed with as much disturbing social critique as a blistering Pasolini film. Sometimes the immediacy of digital can indeed be scarier than the terrible beauty of the most pristine horror film print.

This seems as good a time as any to put another plug in for the Film On Film calendar, put together by the same team that presents screenings such as this double feature of Dennis Hopper's the Last Movie on 35mm and Anthony Newley's Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? on 16mm at the Roxie on June 4th, the evening before HoleHead settles in there. It's the best place I know to get the latest information on the upcoming Frisco screenings put together by exhibitors and programmers that almost certainly spent more on their print shipping costs than on publicity. Look at it right now; there's some interesting things happening this week in particular that I haven't mentioned here yet.

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New Jay Mohr Sitcom Funnier Than Tourette's Humor
[Short Ends]

post from Defamer on 14 May 2008 09:14:58 PM. © Defamer

· Here's your first glimpse at Jay Mohr's new CBS sitcom, Project Gary. Did that kid just say, "Tap it?" OMG! He did! LOL! [TV Week]
· People, for crying out loud, it's a picture of Curious George! It's not like he put "OBAMA in '08" underneath a picture of Chim-Chim from Speed Racer. Now that would have been racist. (And just plain mean.) [Boston Herald]
· It's the America's Next Top Model finale liveblog with the Jezebelers! But don't peek yet, 'cause they are three hours ahead. [Jezebel]
· Woody Allen: "Can I ask you what your favorite commandment is?"
Billy Graham: "Right now, it's Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother."
Woody: "Really? That's my least favorite commandment." [BoingBoing]
· Anne Heche is worth $34,840.93, says Anne Heche. [TMZ]

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Behind the Scenes Footage from Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

post from /Film on 14 May 2008 09:00:38 PM. © /Film

Earlier today we posted a featurette which showed a couple clips of Steven Spielberg directing on the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (...)

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Tags: George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Steven Spielberg

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Dolly Parton Threatening To Sue Howard Stern For
Tossing Her Lovely Audio Book Into A Filth Salad (NSFW) [Feuds]

We really take no pleasure in informing you that two of our idols—early tickle-machine adopter Howard Stern and top-heavy country legend Dolly Parton—are currently at war, but such is the case. To get you up to date, last week, Stern broadcast edited portions of her self-narrated audio book to form several beyond-filthy phrases. (Like, seriously: NSFW. This is the kind of stuff you imagine hearing at a 4 a.m. "Aristocrats" session around Bob Saget's jacuzzi after a night of Tuaca shots and blow. As such, it's hilarious.) Parton has had a listen, and released this statement in response:

"I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life,"

"I cannot believe what Howard Stern has done to me. In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth. They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing. Please accept my apology for them and certainly know I had nothing to do with this."
"If there was ever going to be a lawsuit, it's going to be over this. Just wanted you to know that I am completely devastated by this."

We think there's another way: A brokered Stern/Parton peace accord, negotiated by us, an utterly unbiased third party, who just happens to possess a stack of vinyl, DVDs, 8x10 glossies, saved ticket stubs to Dollywood, and menus from the tragically short-lived Planet Fartman restaurant chain in dire need of autographing. We beg of you—let the healing commence, before the proprietor of Kenny Rogers Roasters has his reputation sullied any further by intimations that he's the World's Greatest Chickenhawk.

Parton "shocked" at Howard Stern radio segment [Reuters]

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One Bad Joke Made By Jack Black Forces Angelina
Jolie To Confirm Presence Of The Chosen Twins [The Chosen Two]

Despite the fact that just about everyone and their favorite blog have known that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting two Chosen Ones this time around, heroin dabbler-turned-UN Ambassador Jolie had yet to officially confirm the news. And until a Today Show interview taped today in Cannes, featuring Jolie and co-star Jack Black promoting their upcoming animated flick Kung Fu Panda, we?re pretty sure the very pregnant actress would have kept her lips sealed until the day those magical spawns open their cherubic eyes for the first time. But thanks to an impromptu joke made by Black, Jolie was put on the spot, and clever Today host Natalie Morales took full advantage of it...

During the interview, scheduled to air tomorrow morning, the scruffy Black proved that "funny" actors will do and say just about anything to get a laugh. Unfortunately for Jolie, her co-star felt the need to crack this joke for no apparent reason: "You're gonna have as many as [the] Brady Bunch when you have these." As we all know, the feisty Brangelina tribe currently adds up to four. Being the masterful mathematician that she is, Morales struck while the iron was hot and asked Jolie if she was expecting twins. Jolie's response? "Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already. Well, Jack's just confirmed it actually." Despite the awkward moment, we have to give kudos to Jolie for handling the tense situation with apparent grace, and cleaning up Black's mess.

[Photo credit: NBC via People]