John Boyega gives a tremendous performance in Steve McQueen's most difficult Small Axe film. Read our Red White and Blue review.
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After two big installments on the big screen Lionsgate TV is working on a Red TV series at NBC, bringing the action comedy comic book to the small screen.
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Briefly: When Lionsgate bought Summit, we heard that there could be a continuation or re-do of the Twilight series at some point in the future, and one of the possibilities seemed like it could be based on TV. Now we can add a few more possible film-to-TV developments to Lionsgate's list. In a conference call…
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Red, the 2010 film that starred Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich as aging black-ops agents, seemed like the sort of film that might just fade away. Directed by Robert Schewntke, who went on to direct R.I.P.D., the movie was neither bad nor particularly compelling -- if it lived up to the…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. ENTER THE VOID Enter the Void is unlike anything I have ever seen or experienced. It's a one-of-a-kind work of stunning ambition…
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Collider landed a nice, big exclusive today when they found out Summit Entertainment has brought back Jon and Erich Hoeber to write a sequel to the hit action comedy Red. The Hoebers have been pretty busy as of late, helping penning the Sam Worthington vehicle Man on a Ledge as well as the upcoming human…
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This week, Peter Sciretta, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley praise Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead, discuss the groundbreaking 3D of Jackass 3D, and lambaste the MPAA's ridiculous Blue Valentine NC-17 rating. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us on Sunday (10/24) at 10…
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In the past six months, we've seen several films attempt to successfully execute the person-falls-in-love-with-someone-who-turns-out-to-be-a-spy formula, with mixed results. Robert Schwentke's Red (based on the Warren Ellis graphic novel of the same name) is the latest entry, boasting an all-star cast headed by Bruce Willis. So does Red have anything new to add? Hit the…
Read MoreWildStorm/DC Comics has given us an exclusive look at the cover art to the four prequel comics for the upcoming big screen adaptation of RED. The art for all of the covers is done by RED co-creator Cully Hamner. All four hit comic shops on September 15th. Images and synopses for each one-shot comic can…
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Briefly: Robert Schwentke's movie Red is evidently testing well, and I've heard great things about it from a few people who've seen big chunks of the movie. (And it's doing well enough that Schwentke is now up for gigs like Wolverine 2.) But the film isn't quite done, and the director is down in Louisiana…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley wonder about the other ways that Return of the Jedi might have ended and compare The Expendables unfavorably to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Special guest Jeff Cannata joins us from The Totally Rad Show. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
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I know there's resistance to Red based on the fact that the film looks quite a bit different from the Warren Ellis comics upon which it is based. I haven't read the comic, so can only approach the film based on what I see -- and I really enjoy the stuff we've been shown so…
Read MoreIt's been a while since our last movie poster round-up, so let's get to it! In today's edition we have new theatrical one-sheets for James Franco's Howl, an unrated NSFW poster for I Spit On Your Grave, the final poster for the 3D computer animated film Alpha and Omega, Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut Jack…
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Eventually, AMC will release something for The Walking Dead that I think doesn't look great, but it hasn't happened yet. There's a good piece of art to promote the show's debut at Comic Con, which you can see in part above, from IGN. See the whole image after the break, along with the first character…
Read MoreThe programing schedule for the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con international will begin to be revealed later this week. But for now, we're starting to get a glimpse at some of the panels and programing to expect at this year's con. Universal Pictures, Summit Entertainment and Showtime have announced their panels, which will include a presence…
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I would never have guessed that the director of Flightplan and The Time Traveler's Wife might turn out the most entertaining-looking under the radar comic book adaptation of this summer. But I grinned all the way through the trailer for Robert Schwentke's Red, which adapts Warren Ellis' graphic novel about a group of retired CIA…
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On Easter Sunday, I landed in New Orleans to sweat and drop by the set of RED, yet another comic book adaptation, but one packing the following A-list cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren (as a tea-sipping sniper with a 50-cal machine gun), Mary-Louise Parker, Star Trek's Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard…
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Comic co-creator Cully Hamner has posted the on-set logo for the big screen adaptation of the DC Comics/Warren Ellis graphic novel Red on his blog. Of course, the temp logo, which appears on the chairs on the New Orleans set, looks almost exactly like it does on the comic book covers. Check out a close-up,…
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Principal photography on the big screen adaptation of the DC Comics/Warren Ellis graphic novel Red has begun in Toronto. Summit Entertainment has issued a press release, which includes details on the full cast/crew. You can read the release after the jump. PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY UNDERWAY ON SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT’S “RED” January 12, 2010 --- Toronto, Canada –…
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Spider-Man 4 has been beset by rumor and delay of late, most of which seems to center around the villain for the piece. Director Sam Raimi reportedly hated the last script draft, and wants to hinge the film on classic bad guy the Vulture. Sony has been said to want any other character as the…
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Summit Entertainment has announced a release date for the comic book adaptation Red. The espionage thriller starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren will hit theaters on October 22nd 2010, up against SAW VII and Antoine Fuqua's crime thriller Prisoners. Warren Ellis’ Wildstorm comic book three-issue mini-series told the story of a former black-ops…
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There are a great many comic books being adapted to film these days, and it's easy to get lost as you wade through the sea of adaptations, potential projects and also-ran efforts. But a good cast will get and keep my attention every time, and the lineup for Red, Robert Schwentke's adaptation of the Warren…
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We haven't received much word on the adaptation of the Warren Ellis comic miniseries Red for some time now. Last we heard back in April, Morgan Freeman was joining the project, which already had Bruce Willis attached. Since then, Helen Mirren has signed on, and now we can add two more to the project---John C.…
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It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin's Burlesque, about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC. So this is really a failsafe in case that…
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Morgan Freeman is in talks to star alongside Bruce Willis in a big screen adaptation of Warren Ellis’ Wildstorm comic book Red for Summit Entertainment. The three-issue mini-series is about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The official comic description from…
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Comic Book writer Warren Ellis is finally headed to the big screen. Summit Entertainment (Twilight) announced this morning, a big screen adaptation of Ellis’ Red, about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The comic, first published as a three-issue mini-series by…
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The line-up for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival was announced earlier this week. I just got my hands on a boat load of photos from the films in this year's festival. We actually have too many photos to feature in just one posting, so we have divided this feature into a few parts. Our third…
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