You’ve heard Oscar experts like EW’s Dave Karger rave about Halle Berry’s performance in Frankie & Alice. Now you can see it for yourself in the trailer below. She stars as a stripper with multiple-personality disorder. “Her other two personas are a racist white woman and, most arrestingly, a small child,” Karger says. The child is more interesting than the racist? That’s saying something. Check it out: READ FULL STORY »
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Nov 30
2010
07:44 PM ET
'Frankie & Alice' trailer: The return of Halle Berry, Oscar winner
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Nov 30
2010
05:39 PM ET
Leslie Nielsen's final film, 'The Waterman Movie,' remains in limbo, says the director
When Leslie Nielsen died on Sunday, he left behind a legacy of work that entertained and amused generations of fans who knew his work from television dramas and hilarious movie spoofs. Nielsen, who was 84, had even more work waiting in the can, but one of those projects, an animated film titled The Waterman Movie, might never see the light of day. Creator Bryan Waterman tells EW he was a huge fan of Nielsen and he spent two years trying to recruit him for a feature-length film based on his online series of cartoons, The Waterman. After three years of work, the film remains incomplete, but Nielsen recorded all of his character’s lines, giving Waterman hope that he can still deliver one last dose of Nielsen’s famous deadpan.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you initially get in touch with Leslie for The Waterman Movie?
BRYAN WATERMAN: The movie is based on an animated series I did back in college called Waterman. I had created a new character that I modeled after Leslie Nielsen and the characters he had played throughout the years. Leslie was my childhood hero.
Surely, you can’t be serious.
[Laughs] So I thought about how amazing it would be to have him actually provide the voice for the character that I had based on him in the first place. READ FULL STORY »
Nov 30
2010
04:10 PM ET
'Jackass 3.5' to gross out audiences digitally
Image Credit: Sean CliverThose of you hoping for a Jackass 3.5 on the big screen might have to settle: Never-before-seen footage of Johnny Knoxville & Co.’s antics will be released digitally, Paramount Digital Entertainment and MTV announced today via press release. (A paramount rep told EW that instead of in theaters, the film is being released online, “where [Jackass] fans are.”) According to the release, the film will premiere in March 2011, four years after Paramount Digital released the sequel-and-a-half Jackass 2.5 digitally. And, if Knoxville’s comments are any indication, viewers are in for even more squeamish hilarity when it comes to the follow-up to Jackass 3D, which grossed over $155 million at the box-office. “For Jackass 3D, we shot enough footage for two movies, so a lot of great stuff didn’t make it into the film,” Knoxville says in the release. “Luckily, you will get to see those bits in 3.5. We also shot some additional footage in Europe specifically for 3.5. I have staples in my head right now to prove it. Woo hoo.”
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Nov 30
2010
04:01 PM ET
Christopher Nolan on his 'last' Batman movie, an 'Inception' videogame, and that spinning top
Image Credit: Melissa MoseleyChristian Bale recently disclosed that he’s approaching his third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, as if it will be his last time playing the caped crusader on the big screen — and the film’s director, Christopher Nolan, is taking the same view. In an interview with EW, Nolan called The Dark Knight Rises “the last chapter of our Batman saga.” When the helmer was asked if any part of him wished he was tackling another original script instead of another Batman sequel in the wake of Inception’s blockbuster grosses (over $820 million worldwide) and Oscar buzz, Nolan replied: “No, it’s exactly the opposite. I feel very glad that I’m doing another Batman film. I think it would have been daunting to sit down and write an original script after Inception. I love working within the realm and rules of our Batman world. It’s kind of nice to have someplace to go that I’m super-excited about.” He added that Inception’s success allows him to tackle another Batman without any sense of needing to prove himself: “I must say that I’m glad — I’m very, very glad — to be embarking on the last chapter of our Batman saga without any sense of obligation or duty to the studio. They did very well with Inception. So I’m able to go into finishing our story in a very enthusiastic way.”
For anyone hoping that Nolan might plunge deeper into the world he created with Inception in the form of a sequel, the filmmaker says… READ FULL STORY »
Nov 30
2010
01:05 PM ET
Mary J. Blige wanted for 'Rock of Ages'
Image Credit: Charles Norfleet/PR PhotosIt’s too early to know if schedules will coincide, but producers of the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages are hoping Mary J. Blige will join the cast. As Variety reports, Blige is on director Adam Shankman’s wish list and conversations are taking place. The musical, with its ’80s soundtrack, earned five 2009 Tony nominations, including a nod for Constantine Maroulis, who’s now headlining the U.S. touring company.
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Nov 30
2010
11:44 AM ET
'Winter's Bone,' 'Kids Are All Right' top Spirit Award nominees
Image credit: Sebastian Miynarski
Indie hits Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right dominated the Film Independent Spirit Award nominees this morning, as Winter’s Bone earned a phenomenal seven nominations and Kids scored five. Both films were named in the Best Feature category, which also includes 127 Hours, Black Swan, and Greenberg. The upcoming drama Rabbit Hole also did very well, earning four nods, including acting citations for Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.
Particularly because these nominees were chosen by a small group of industry professionals, there were a few surprising omissions. Though Kids stars Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo received nods, their castmate Julianne Moore did not. Likewise, Get Low scored two nominations (Best First Feature and Best Supporting Male for Bill Murray), but leading man Robert Duvall was overlooked. It also would have been nice to see Halle Berry in there for Frankie & Alice. And of course I’m steamed over the exclusion of Blue Valentine from the Best Actor (Ryan Gosling) and Best Feature races. Here are the nominees:
Best Feature
127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole
Best Male Lead
Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
James Franco, 127 Hours
John C. Reilly, Cyrus
Ben Stiller, Greenberg
Best Female Lead
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Greta Gerwig, Greenberg
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Male
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Samuel L. Jackson, Mother and Child
Bill Murray, Get Low
Jon Ortiz, Jack Goes Boating
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Best Supporting Female
Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism
Dale Dickey, Winter’s Bone
Allison Janney, Life During Wartime
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jack Goes Boating
Naomi Watts, Mother and Child
Read the rest of the nominees after the jump. READ FULL STORY »
Nov 30
2010
10:34 AM ET
Mark Wahlberg has fix for 'Broken City'
Mark Wahlberg spent years invested in the story of underdog boxer Micky Ward, and he was rewarded with next month’s The Fighter, which is already generating Oscar buzz for its actors. Now Wahlberg has his sights set on another project close to his heart. The actor told MTV News that he’s hoping to make Broken City soon with director Allen Hughes (The Book of Eli). Wahlberg compared the film-noir to Chinatown and L.A. Confidential, and hopes to film it in the next year, though no deal is yet in place. “It’s one of the best unproduced screenplays,” says Wahlberg. “[It's] an amazing piece of material that should attract amazing talents.”
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Nov 29
2010
10:18 PM ET
'Winter's Bone' wins big at Gotham Awards
Image Credit: Sebastian MlynarskiThe acclaimed indie drama Winter’s Bone was the big winner at the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards tonight, taking home the Best Film and Best Ensemble prizes. Director Debra Granik’s Sundance prize-winner was the front-runner going into the ceremony, having been nominated for four awards in total, and has an outside chance of snagging of one next year’s 10 Best Picture Oscar nomination slots. Winter’s Bone wasn’t able to sweep the awards, however. In somewhat of a surprise, Daddy Longlegs leading man Ronald Bronstein (a past Gothams winner for his directorial debut, Frownland) beat Winter’s Bone star Jennifer Lawrence for Best Breakthrough Performance, while Waiting for “Superman” topped it for the Festival Genius Audience prize, which was voted on by filmgoers. The night’s biggest shut-outs, meanwhile, were The Kids Are All Right and Tiny Furniture, both of which went 0-for-2. The entire list of winners is below.
Best Film: Winter’s Bone
Best Documentary: The Oath
Best Ensemble: Winter’s Bone
Best Breakthrough Performance: Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
Best Breakthrough Director: Kevin Asch, Holy Rollers
Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You: Littlerock
Festival Genius Audience Award: Waiting for “Superman”
Nov 29
2010
09:03 PM ET
'The Hobbit': Casting agent dismissed after seeking extras with 'light skin tones'
Image Credit: Everett CollectionA casting agent working on director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was fired from the production after placing ads in a regional New Zealand newspaper seeking extras with “light skin tones,” according to Agence France-Presse. The casting agent was also reported to have told a prospective background extra, a woman of Pakistani heritage named Naz Humphreys, that she wasn’t suitable to play a Hobbit because of her skin color. According to The Waikato Times, video footage shows the casting agent telling people at an audition, “We are looking for light-skinned people. I’m not trying to be … whatever. It’s just the brief. You’ve got to look like a Hobbit.” A spokesman for Jackson’s production company told Agence France-Presse that the casting director, who was contracted by the film, was never directed to make any restrictions based on skin color. “No such instructions were given,” the spokesman said. “The crew member in question took it upon themselves to do that and it’s not something we instructed or condoned,” adding, “It’s something we take very seriously.”
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