Anyone who's really eager to see the Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's Cloud Atlas has likely already pored over that six-minute trailer released over the summer, but for the rest of the moviegoing public there's now a more traditional two-minute theatrical version. Whichever camp you fall into, the new cut is worth checking…
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One of my all-time favorite Comic-Con memories was walking the floor, glimpsing over to a small booth in the 4000s and seeing Larry and Andy Wachowski. The writers and directors of Bound and The Matrix were just sitting there. No line, no nothing. That's what happens when you make one of the most influential and revered…
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The same breathtaking ambition that makes Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's David Mitchell adaptation Cloud Atlas so intriguing also gives it the potential to flop, hard. Weaving together six interlocking stories that cut across time, space, and genre is difficult enough to do within the confines of a novel, to say nothing of…
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Black Swan star Natalie Portman was hotter than hot coming out of last year's Oscar season, a freshly minted Best Actress winner with one just-released film (No Strings Attached) and two more (Your Highness and Thor) lined up for the next few months. Since then, however, she's been laying low, with no new projects on…
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Matrix directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are currently busy shooting the David Mitchell adaptation Cloud Atlas (with co-director and co-writer Tom Twyker), but for their next project they'll be returning to the kind of tentpole sci-fi that brought them so much success a few years ago. The siblings are set up to direct a mysterious…
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Are the Wachowski Brothers shooting a top secret movie right now? This is the question I received in my email from /Film reader Seann A, who included a link to Arianna Huffington's twitter account. Many of you will recognize Huffington as a syndicated columnist and co-founder of the liberal news website The Huffington Post. Arianna…
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Later this week we'll be publishing our full interview with director James McTeigue (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), but until then I've been posting some of the more newsworthy bits to come out of our discussion. Yesterday, McTeigue revealed his next project, a Se7en-stlye thriller titled The Raven, and he gave us an update on…
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Walt Disney Pictures has announced a July 16th 2010 release for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Jon Turteltaub-directed family adventure film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Marvel recently moved Thor out of the weekend, but now the Mouse House production will go head to head with Christopher Nolan's sci-fi action film Inception. Disney has two other event films scheduled…
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Remember that report that showed up on AICN last week claiming that The Wachowski Brothers had been offered a reboot of Superman? Sorry to get you guys all excited but I have just gotten confirmation from two independent sources that the report was completely false. I don't know if an interview with James McTeigue actually…
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Could The Wachowski Brothers be in line to direct a reboot of Superman for Warner Bros? A scooper over at AICN caught an interview with V For Vendetta director James McTeigue on Berlin television where the filmmaker admitted that Plastic Man was originally scheduled to be the brothers' next project, but the film has been…
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FirstShowing has word that The International director Tom Tykwer is adapting the David Mitchell novel titled Cloud Atlas for The Wachowski Brothers. Written in 2004, the novel went on to win the British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award and the Richard & Judy Book of the Year award. The book is comprised of six seperate…
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/Film reader Christopher M scored this bad ass fight choreography/stunt training video showing some of the work of 87 Eleven (the stunt team that worked on 300, Watchmen, Matrix and Bourne films) on The Wachowski Brothers-produced, James McTeigue-directed Ninja Assassin. Check it out after the jump. The film stars stars Korean pop star Rain (Speed…
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/Film reader Jacob sent over this footage from The Wachowski Brothers' Ninja Assassin.
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German newspaper BILD has run a set photo from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which shows the front end of a car with who knows how many Ninja stars sticking through the hood. One can only imagine what kind of sequence The Wachowski Brothers have come up with that has resulted in this kind of car…
Read MoreImages Removed at Warner Bros Request /Film reader Christopher M sent over four photos from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which is being produced by The Wachowski Brothers. You might also want to head over to IESB, because they have some details about the opening sequence of the film. The film stars stars Korean pop star…
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Warner Bros has released new details on The Wachowski Brothers-produced Ninja Assassin. As you probably already know, Ninja Assassin is directed by James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) from a screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski. The film stars stars Korean pop star Rain (Speed Racer) as Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in…
Read MoreCollider is reporting that Collin Chou, one of the two reported leads of The Wachowski Brothers-produced, James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) directed Ninja Assassin, has dropped out of the project for unknown reasons. The film was scheduled to start production in just a few weeks in Berlin. I wonder if that time table might have…
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When The Wachowski Brothers announced they would be making a live action cartoon-looking adaptation of the classic anime series Speed Racer, I was all for it. When it was revealed that the film would be Rated G, because the brothers wanted to make a family film, I was still on board. But when the first…
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The movie trailer for Speed Racer is now online. When I posted the first set of production photos this morning, I asked for your opinions. I was unable to make a judgement just looking at the still photos, but now that there is full motion video, here are my first thoughts: The Wachowski Brother's wanted…
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USA Today has released eight new photos from The Wachowski's Speed Racer. When I heard the cast and crew describe how the film looked like "a live action cartoon", the picture that entered my head looked something like Sin City. But the actual result, seen above, is indescribable. "The effects are beyond belief. We called…
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At the Toronto Film Festival, we had the opportunity to interview Emile Hirsch about his new film Into The Wild.
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We seem to be the only people excited for The upcoming remake of The Invasion of the Bodysnatches. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (and possibly The Wachowski Brothers, depending on what rumors you read) The Invasion stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Warner has released the official teaser poster, shown right, which features a handwritten note…
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Lost star Matthew Fox is in final negotiations to play Racer X in the Wachowski Brothers' upcoming live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. Emile Hirsch is Speed Racer, an eighteen-year-old who aspires to become a race car driver, but his father, automotive engineer "Pops" (John Goodman) disapproves. Speed with the help of the amazing Mach 5…
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We previously reported that The Wachowski Brothers were brought in to work on some reshoot material for the upcoming BodysnatchesThe Invasion remake . Well apparently there is MUCH much more to this story. Our friends over at Collider claim that the Brothers were brought in to rewrite over 70% of the movie. Here is what…
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Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking) and John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, The Flintstones) are in negotiations to co-star in The Wachowski Brothers' big screen adaptation of Speed Racer. They would play the parents of Emile Hirsch, an eighteen-year-old who aspires to become a race car driver, but his father, automotive engineer "Pops"…
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Okay, we knew when The Wachowski Brothers were interested in make a family film, but we didn't expect this. According to producer Joel Silver, the big screen adaptation of Speed Racer is being targeted for a G-Rating! How can they have any exciting car sequences at that level? Doesn't intense action fall under PG? How…
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Lords of Dogtown star Emile Hirsch is in final stalks to star in the Wachowski brothers' big screen live action adaptation of Speed Racer. Hirsch would play Speed Racer, an eighteen-year-old who aspires to become a race car driver, but his father, automotive engineer "Pops" disapproves. Speed with the help of the amazing Mach 5…
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