Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Briefly: The countdown to one of our most highly anticipated films of the year can now begin. Spike Jonze‘s latest film, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara, will be released on a limited basis November 20. The film follows a lonely writer (Phoenix) who falls in love with his computer’s latest operating system. Jonze also wrote the screenplay. [ERC]
Colin Trevorrow‘s Jurassic Park 4, originally scheduled for release Summer 2014, is currently locked in a holding pattern. The studio and director agreed taking more time to craft the film was the best way to ensure it will be the sequel we all want. But what does that mean exactly? Quality is obviously the number one priority, but how will a film almost fifteen years in the making take up the mantle left by directors Steven Spielberg and Joe Johnston?
One of the franchise’s stars, Sam Neill, might have a clue. The actor who portrayed Alan Grant in both the first and third installments said in a new interview he doesn’t think he’ll be asked to return because he hears the new film is a “reboot.” Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Peter Sciretta
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
Header Photo: “TRon Swanson” from Hanksy.
‘Star Trek Into Darkness:’ 8 Things You May Have Missed the First Time Around
If The Internet Had Existed When ‘Wrath of Khan’ Hit Theaters
Dalek Pizza
Why ‘Star Trek Into Darkness‘ Suggests J.J. Abrams Needs To Leave His Mystery Box Alone For A While
25 Spoileriffic Reasons Why I Loved Star Trek Into Darkness
Cantina Jazz t-shirt
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
Why Are There No Black People On The Jetsons?
Not long ago, an announcement hit that Ang Lee, this years Best Director Oscar winner, would make his television debut as the director of the pilot for Tyrant. The show, housed at FX, is about “an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.”
The show is likely still going forward, but Lee has announced that he won’t be part of it after all. He has pulled out of directing the pilot, citing a need to take some time off. Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Peter Sciretta
Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day today is ER: The Complete Seasons 1-15 on DVD for only $149.11, 78% off the $679 msrp. The price is only good until the end of the day, so act fast!
Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Microsoft is announcing the new Xbox, called Xbox One, right now, and is promoting the box as an all-in-one home entertainment solution. As part of the hardware announcement, the company has been touting new ways to interact with television, gaming, and other content. We’ve known that Xbox Live has been planning to move into some of the original TV space that Netflix has been doing, and now we know what the vehicle will be: a live-action Halo TV series, with involvement from Steven Spielberg. Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Angie Han
Both J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón are using the big screen this year to explore the expansive blackness of outer space — Abrams with last week’s Star Trek Into Darkness, Cuarón with this fall’s Gravity. For their first collaboration with each other, though, they’ll be keeping things a bit more grounded.
The pair have teamed up for NBC’s Believe, a hourlong sci-fi drama about a young superpowered girl (Johnny Sequoyah) and the death row inmate (Jake McLaughlin) broken out of jail to protect her. See the first trailer after the jump.
Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 by Germain Lussier
The second trailer for Edgar Wright‘s The World’s End will hit the Web on Wednesday. In anticipation of that event, two new posters have been released. One is another UK banner and the second is our first US one-sheet. Each are similar in that they show Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan mugging for the camera, but now Rosamund Pike‘s character has joined the group. And Pegg is raising a pint, tying in the drinking element, leading to the new tag line ”Barmageddon Begins.”
There’s even a tease of the film’s villains: human citizens with lit-up eyes suggesting they’ve been taken over by some kind of alien force. We’ll likely know more about them on Wednesday. For now, check out the two new posters and read a Q&A Wright did where he reveals a bunch of tidbits about the film. Read More »
