As of this writing, there’s fewer than two weeks remaining before Suzann Collins’ YA bestseller hits the big screen.
To whet your appetite, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the film. It opens March 23 in the U.S., overseas, and, for all I know, Alpha Centauri.
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(h/t HeyUGuys, via Collider)
The Sundance fave talks about her new horror movie in this clip.
For those not in the know, here’s a synopsis of the film:
“SILENT HOUSE is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, SILENT HOUSE uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey, experienced in a single uninterrupted shot.”
John Carter surveys the box office wasteland.
The lure of adventures on Mars wasn’t quite enough to get filmgoers to plunk down their hard-earned for Disney’s sci-fi western John Carter.
In a battle of average films, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp hero lost out to the animated adventures of “The Lorax” this weekend. The result was that receipts were down by 19.1 percent from the weekend before. Courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo, here’s a quick rundown of the numbers:
| TW | LW | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Theater Count /Change | Average | Total Gross | Budget* | Week # | |
| 1 | 1 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Uni. | $39,100,000 | -44.3% | 3,746 | +17 | $10,438 | $121,950,000 | $70 | 2 |
| 2 | N | John Carter | BV | $30,603,000 | – | 3,749 | – | $8,163 | $30,603,000 | $250 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Project X | WB | $11,550,000 | -45.1% | 3,055 | – | $3,781 | $40,125,000 | – | 2 |
| 4 | N | Silent House | ORF | $7,010,000 | – | 2,124 | – | $3,300 | $7,010,000 | – | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | Act of Valor | Rela. | $7,000,000 | -48.4% | 2,951 | -102 | $2,372 | $56,100,597 | $12 | 3 |
| 6 | N | A Thousand Words | P/DW | $6,350,000 | – | 1,890 | – | $3,360 | $6,350,000 | $40 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Safe House | Uni. | $5,000,000 | -32.3% | 2,144 | -409 | $2,332 | $115,800,000 | $85 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | The Vow | SGem | $4,000,000 | -33.5% | 2,478 | -348 | $1,614 | $117,614,000 | $30 | 5 |
| 9 | 8 | This Means War | Fox | $3,750,000 | -32.6% | 1,949 | -393 | $1,924 | $46,889,000 | $65 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | WB | $3,685,000 | -43.7% | 2,525 | -535 | $1,459 | $90,716,000 | $79 | 5 |
The New York Times profiles “21 Jump Street” star Channing Tatum calling him a star-in-the-making.
Here’s the nut graf:
“A former Chippendales-style stripper, Mr. Tatum, 31, will next appear in the comedy “21 Jump Street” — a calculated move by this actor and his advisers, including two senior agents at United Talent (home to Mr. Depp), to broaden his fan base beyond the young women who have flocked to see him in romances like “The Vow.”
But leading-man manufacturing has changed in one very important way: The success rate has plummeted. For over a decade now Hollywood has failed to mint a new heavyweight, the kind of actor who can anchor a blockbuster and repeat that feat over a prolonged period. Today’s A list includes Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Sandler, all of whom climbed into the cultural firmament 15 or more years ago.
Daniel Craig may come the closest. James Bond made Mr. Craig a star six years ago, but his movies outside of that franchise (“Cowboys & Aliens,” “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) have been box office disappointments. In the last decade or so a cavalcade of men reached for the stratosphere and stalled: Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Edward Norton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Hartnett, Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Dorff, Garrett Hedlund, Tobey Maguire.”
Read the full story here.
Here’s a little something for your Sunday morning: the Resident Evil director runs down his favorite scary movies of all time for the folks at TotalFilm.
Topping the list? Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie, which is now more than 30 years old.
“I saw Alien when I was at school, though I probably shouldn’t have done.
It left an indelible impression on me. I’m not sure which had a bigger impact; the monster or Sigourney Weaver’s underwear in that closet.
Obviously I went on to make Alien Vs Predator, which was a real treat to work on two of the greatest extra terrestrials.”
From his upcoming “Casa di Mi Padre,” here’s the comedian doing his very best troubadour.
The movie opens March 16.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Chris Butler (“Coraline,” “Corpse Bride”) writes and directs. Voice talent includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
The film opens Aug. 17.
(via HeyUGuys)
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s legendary road novel “On the Road.”
Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley star. Walter Salles directs.
A great new discovery here, Knitted Notes, courtesy of my wife, who’s also a pretty darn cool blogger herself:
Regardez:
“My Man Godfrey (L’impareggiabile Godfrey) – USA 1936
Directed by: Gregory La Cava
Starring: Carole Lombard; William Powell; Gail Patrick; Alice Brady; Eugene Pallette; Jean Dixon; Mischa Auer.
Once Godfrey trouble was that nobody wanted him, now his trouble is that Irene Bullock wants him.
The Great Depression, a wealthy and crazy Park Avenue’s family and a “forgotten man”: the ingredient to make one of the funniest comedies ever, where La Cava, as he did in many of his films, looks with a critical eye to the “High Society”.
Read the full post.
The Guardian reports that an English archivist has found a one-minute-long film, dating to 1901, that portrays a character from Charles Dickens’ novel “Bleak House.”
Here’s what you need to know:
“Bryony Dixon was researching early films of China when she noticed an entry in a catalogue referring to The Death of Poor Joe, which she realised could refer to a character in Dickens’ Bleak House.
Not expecting to find a film to match the catalogue entry – most movies this old have not survived – Dixon says she was astonished to discover the film was actually in the BFI’s collection, albeit under a different title.
The discovery was announced on Friday, just over a month after the bicentenary of Dickens’ birth was celebrated around the world.
“It’s wonderful to have discovered such a rare and unique film so close to Dickens’ bicentennial,” Dixon said. “Not only does it survive but it is the world’s earliest Dickensian film! It looks beautiful and is in excellent condition.”
Read the full story here.
Here’s the first official pic of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in the upcoming “Lone Ranger” reboot. For reasons entirely unclear, Depp, who plays Tonto, has a bird on his head.
Has anyone asked children’s book writer Mo Willems about this?
I’m just sayin’ ….
(via ComicBookMovie)
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