Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens was considered one of the biggest blockbuster bombs of 2011. The film, which was widely panned by critics and moviegoers alike, cost an estimated $170 million, yet earned only $100 million at the domestic box office. Producer Brian Grazer regrets making the movie just as much as you regret watching it. An…
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Honesty isn't always fun, but in environments where it is a rare commodity honesty can provide entertainment like nothing else. Ronald Meyer is the head of Universal Studios. He's a US Marine who co-founded the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and became president of Universal in 1995. He has held that post ever since,…
Read MoreNote: We've republished Germain's earlier Cowboys & Aliens Review below: The best thing to be said about Cowboys & Aliens is that it looks beautiful. For a film that attempts to infuse sci-fi elements in a traditional western, traditional western fans - and sci-fi fans too - will recognize and feel comfortable with the iconic…
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Not only does Friday bring the opening of Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau's latest film, it brings three brand new, limited edition posters based on the film from Mondo. The poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse teamed up with the Iron Man director to curate and art direct a series of posters based on the…
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One of the more interesting movie panels at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con International was the one-hour Visionaries discussion between filmmakers Guillermo Del Toro and Jon Favreau. We have gotten the entire conversation transcribed so you at home can read it for yourself. I highly recommend it. Hit the jump to listen to Favreau…
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In recent years, one of the coolest additions to the Comic-Con schedule have been the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries panels. They pair two amazing, A-list filmmakers together on the stage to just talk about movies. Two years ago it was Peter Jackson and James Cameron. Last year it was Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams. This year…
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By now we've all seen trailers and footage from Jon Favreau's upcoming genre-mixer Cowboys & Aliens in which Daniel Craig's character uses a weapon around his wrist to shoot down a spaceship. It's a scene from early in the movie that gives the audience an idea of what to expect without giving away too much.…
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On his latest film Cowboys and Aliens, director Jon Favreau has decided to take the EPK interviews into his own hands and record conversations with the cast and crew. I love that Favreau is doing this, but I have two complaints: 1. I wish he would release the interview in long form, not broken up…
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Want to see some footage from Captain America with the hero on ice? Want to know who'll release Frank Miller's upcoming graphic novel Holy Terror? How many lists can feature Marvel's MODOK as a beloved character? Learn the answers to these questions and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Topless Robot has a roundup of the…
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I love unconventional interviews, recorded conversations between actors, actresses, directors and screenwriters about the filmmaking process. It might be that the relationships that have already been established on set translate to a more honest interesting and entertaining interview. That is one of the many reasons I LOVED Jon Favreau's old television talk show Dinner For…
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As you know, we're big fans of long form interviews at /Film. In the past, we've posted extended 30-minute and possibly even one-hour interviews found on shows as Charlie Rose and other corners of the interwebs. Its rare that we see a filmmaker or screenwriter interviewed for anything longer than that. Well, this week The…
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What did Total Film rank as the Best Superhero Movie of All Time? When and where will Cowboys & Aliens have its world premiere? Did you ever think you'd be able to create energy out of nowhere like Cyclops? How much did Green Lantern cost and what's it on track to make? And what the…
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I'd answer the headline question with 'no,' but there might be a more measured approach to the Con from various movie studios. The New York Times has an article today that points to the fact that movie studios are reassessing how they'll spend money and time at Comic Con. The paper says that Warner Bros.…
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I have to confess I've been only mildly curious about Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau's adaptation of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's sci-fi Western comic. Though I like the concept in theory, and though I'm a fan of Favreau as well as stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde, something about the earlier trailers haven't quite…
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This past awards season, The Hollywood Reporter posted full hour long roundtable interviews with the directors, screenwriters, animators and actors of the award season contenders. It seems like that was so successful that they have done the same thing for their Summer 2011 movie preview. After the jump you can watch a 58-minute roundtable interview…
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Summer is coming quick, and we're starting to get better looks at quite a few of the big studio films that will compete for your time and money as the temperature rises. Fox has released a tense image from X-Men: First Class, and the new summer preview issue of Entertainment Weekly offers up new images…
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Thursday night during American Idol, Universal Pictures and director Jon Favreau premiered the theatrical trailer for the upcoming Summer blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, the big budget, western sci-fi hybrid is scheduled for release on July 29. Up until now we've seen a teaser trailer, a Super Bowl…
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Cowboys & Aliens co-writer/producer Roberto Orci and director Jon Favreau were in attendance at WonderCon in San Francisco to present footage from the film and answer fan questions. Hit the jump to read my thoughts on the footage and the information revealed during the discussion. This isn't the first or second time I've seen footage…
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There are two kinds of movie fans: people who embrace spoilers and people who avoid them like the plague. This post is for the former. IGN just put up a detailed description of the first act of Cowboys & Aliens, having visited director Jon Favreau and editor Dan Lebental in the editing room last November.…
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Last night we asked /Film readers to tell us which Super Bowl movie commercial was their favorite. Today we bring you the results. Hit the jump to find out who won. It appears /Film readers liked the movies which presented new footage. The top three spots were comprised of almost entirely never-before-seen footage. Films like…
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While the Captain America and Super 8 trailers seemed to be the big winners yesterday at the Superbowl, the new spot for Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens did pretty well. It went further than the first teaser by showing us some more effects and action, including some daylight shots of the alien ships. (Even as…
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A lot of movie commercials premiered during the Super Bowl: JJ Abrams' Super 8, Captain America: The First Avenger, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Thor, Fast Five, Priest, Just Go With It, Limitless, The Eagle, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rio, Battle: Los Angeles, Cowboys & Aliens, Drive Angry 3D, and Rango. If…
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Just a few hours before kickoff, director Jon Favreau has gone ahead and posted the Super Bowl commercial for Cowboys and Aliens which will air at the end of the first quarter. The film, directed by Favreau, stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde and will be released July 29. Check out the commercial,…
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We won’t know until this Sunday which two teams will be playing in Super Bowl XLV on February 6 (Let’s go Jets!) but we do know several of the movies that will be competing during the commercial breaks. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Paramount has five commercial spots for some of its upcoming films:…
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It's that time of year again: The NFL Playoffs. And for movie fans that means one thing: Super Bowl Commercials. We recently speculated that X-Men: First Class could show some footage during the big game, which takes place on February 6, but we now have our first confirmation: Cowboys and Aliens. On Twitter late Tuesday…
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What is Page 2? 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 29 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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The moment where I start to wonder if Cowboys & Aliens might just work isn't when I'm standing just to the edge of set and Harrison Ford strolls by all dirty, bloody and decked out in period garb. The actor cuts an impressive figure as a beat-down cowboy, but anyone could have predicted that. The…
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