After sitting on the studio shelf thanks to Disney’s sale of Miramax, the haunted house spook-fest Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is finally heading to theaters this August, and the new full trailer gives us our first real idea of what the horror film has in store. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, it looks like a young married couple (Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce) move into a spooky-looking old mansion with a very spooky-looking old furnace, with some really spooky-sounding voices taking an unhealthy interest in the couple’s young daughter (Bailee Madison, Bridge to Terabithia). It reinforces the age-old rule behind the entire haunted house genre: Do not move into giant, cob-webby Victorian mansions. Just don’t. It will not end well. Get a nice mid-century modern instead, and then check out the trailer below: READ FULL STORY »
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'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' trailer: Also, don't be moving into spooky mansions
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New 'Fright Night' clip is 'ripe' with tension
In the remake of Fright Night, Colin Farrell plays a mysterious new neighbor who high-schooler Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) worries might be an actual vampire. The suave night-owl next door speaks man-to-man with the suspicious Charlie in this new clip (exclusive to MTV) with a chilling warning meant to terrify the meddling kid. It’s a one-way conversation, for sure, but that’s no reason to bring Brewster’s mom into the conversation — even if Farrell’s vampire thinks she’s a MILB (Mother I‘d Like to Bite). Watch below. READ FULL STORY »
'The Hunger Games': Donald Sutherland cast as President Snow
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Donald Sutherland has officially been cast in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games as President Snow, the ruler of Panem. Lionsgate announced Sutherland’s casting in a press release this morning. Although Snow mostly lurks around the outskirts of the first volume of Games, he is unquestionably the series’ main puppet master (and hey, Sutherland starred in a film called The Puppet Masters!) A quietly malevolent figure who is shrouded in secrecy, Snow was described in the books as a thin and unassumingly small man — which aren’t quite the words that come to mind when you consider the 6’4” Sutherland. Still, the actor has certainly earned his epic-enigmatic bona fides — remember his Mister X in JFK? — and it should be interesting to see him play off Jennifer Lawrence’s spunk Katniss Everdeen. The Hunger Games is currently in production, and is currently slated for a March 23, 2012 release in theaters.
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Box office report: 'The Hangover Part II' rules record Memorial Day weekend with $105.8 mil
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The box office cooked up a feast with an overall four-day gross of nearly $280 million — the largest Memorial Day weekend on record. Furthermore, the box office’s Friday-to-Sunday tally of $221 million was the strongest three-day weekend result since Christmas Weekend in 2009.
Commanding the grill was The Hangover Part II, which collected an estimated $105.8 million over the four-day frame. That’s the fourth-best Memorial Day weekend debut, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and X-Men: The Last Stand. The R-rated comedy sequel, which opened on Thursday, earned $137.4 million its first five days — the second-biggest start for an R-rated movie (falling just short of The Matrix Reloaded) and the best start ever for a live-action comedy. The $80 million movie, produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, attracted an audience that was 54 percent under the age of 25. That’s a relief to Hollywood, which has so far struggled this year with younger moviegoers. And those who saw The Hangover Part II liked it, as the film received an “A-” rating from CinemaScore graders. READ FULL STORY »
Yes, haters, I stand by liking 'The Hangover Part II.' But is this really the best that director Todd Phillips can do?
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The Hangover Part II may have had the biggest opening five-day haul of any comedy in history, but the collective Internet/media/ spectator-snark voice has spoken, and the verdict is not pretty. The Hangover Part II, it is said, reduces the first Hangover to a transparently contrived formula; it’s a cookie-cutter comedy, way too safe and pat; it doesn’t do anything that’s really unpredictable; it’s more of the same; and beyond that (did I mention this point yet?), it’s more of the same. To which I can only react by asking: And you were expecting the movie to be what, exactly…? READ FULL STORY »
Box office update: 'The Hangover Part II' parties on with $86.5 mil three-day weekend
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UPDATE: The Hangover Part II earns $105.8M on record-setting four-day Memorial Day weekend at the box office
ORIGINAL POST: The Wolf Pack is a force to be reckoned with, as The Hangover Part II consumed $86.5 million over the three-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), according to studio estimates. That’s the best three-day weekend ever for a live-action comedy, beating Austin Powers in Goldmember‘s $73.1 million debut. It’s also the second-best opening for an R-rated film, topping The Passion of the Christ but falling short of The Matrix Reloaded. The $80 million sequel, produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, is now on pace to finish the four-day holiday weekend with about $106 million. Throw in its massive $31.6 million opening on Thursday, and The Hangover Part II is looking at an estimated five-day total of $137.6 million. By comparison, the original Hangover made less than half that amount, grabbing $59.2 million its first five days. READ FULL STORY »
RED BAND TRAILER: 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' teaser -- nudity, bloodshed, and self-mockery
Lisbeth Salander, the anti-heroine of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling books, is nobody’s idea of a sweetheart, but the new David Fincher-directed adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo clearly has a sense of humor about that.
A new teaser trailer (apparently pirated, though the shaky camera adds to the surreptitious vibe) actually teases itself — identifying the Dec. 21 film as the “feel bad movie of Christmas.”
See it after the jump …
Box office update: 'The Hangover Part II' adds another $30 mil on Friday
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Now this is one stubborn Hangover. After scoring the third-best Thursday debut ever with $31.6 million, The Hangover Part II showed no signs of retreating and posted another $30 million on Friday, according to early estimates. That’s the largest Friday figure ever for a live-action comedy, giving the R-rated sequel a massive $61.6 million in just two days. By comparison, the first Hangover movie — the top-grossing R-rated comedy ever — had accumulated $31.8 million its first two days. The Hangover Part II is now on track for all sorts of gargantuan weekend tallies. It’s on pace for a three-day (Friday-to-Sunday) take of about $87 million, which would beat 2002′s Austin Powers in Goldmember for the biggest three-day weekend for a live-action comedy. And for the four-day weekend (including Memorial Day), the Wolf Pack is looking to snatch almost $110 million. CinemaScore audiences handed the film an “A-” grade, so word of mouth is likely positive. READ FULL STORY »
'Kung Fu Panda 2': Best evil peacock ever?
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How do the people at Dreamworks think up this stuff? Kung Fu Panda 2, is many things–an action flick, a hero’s search for his identity, a father and son story, a tear-jerker (What? There was something in my eye!)–but it also is a movie that has changed my feelings about peacocks forever. Or, at the very least, peacocks voiced by Gary Oldman.
When we meet up with Po (Jack Black), things are going pretty nicely for him. He’s made friends with the Furious Five (Angelina Jolie, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu and Jackie Chan as Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey, respectively); he’s working on mastering inner peace with the help of Shifu (Dustin Hoffman); and due to Po’s fame, business has picked up nicely at his father’s noodle shop. But every movie needs a villain, and boy does it find a good one in Shen, a silvery white peacock full of parental issues of his own after getting banished from what he believes is his rightful kingdom. Of course, his banishment was because he tried to exterminate all the pandas, after a soothsaying goat (Michelle Yeoh) predicted his defeat would come at the hands (paws?) of one. This is some seriously dark material for the kiddies (if you were traumatized by the rounding up of the unicorns in The Last Unicorn, this will ring familiar).
Taking the vain attributes always associated with peacocks, and turning Shen into a narcissistic preener of the highest variety is pretty clever to begin with. But the animators have a terrific time turning Shen’s feathers into a sinister fan that seems to have its very own personality — imprinted with colors that bring on some PTSD for Po, reminding him of when he first saw them during his repressed, traumatized childhood. He spreads them, folds them, and generally whips them around like a cape. And then, of course, there’s Gary Oldman who puts his distinctive voice to work, as always committing fully to playing the bad guy. Think Jeremy Irons in The Lion King. Or, Peter Ustinov in Robin Hood. It’s a wonderful pairing, and helps make Kung Fu Panda 2 a compelling watch — and brings a whole new mean to “angry birds”.
Jason Bateman on an 'Arrested Development' movie: 'Of course I would want to jump back in there again'
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Jason Bateman might be a familiar face this summer with his two big comedies — Horrible Bosses and The Change-Up — in theaters, but many of his fans just want to know one thing: what the heck is up with the long-rumored Arrested Development movie? ”I have no update at all,” says Bateman. “As far as I know, [creator] Mitchell Hurwitz is working on the script and he wants to start shooting at some point this year. So while I haven’t heard anything new, I haven’t heard anything that would contradict that.”
The television series, which starred Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter as a dysfunctional family, has had a devoted following amongst critics (landing on Time magazine’s list of 100 best TV shows) and fans since it debuted in 2003. And since its cancellation in 2006 fans have been clamoring for all things Bluth — Bateman among them. “The show was a career saver for me,” he says. “And also happened to be the job I’m most proud of, so of course I would want to jump back in there again.”
For even more with Bateman — as well as a complete guide to the summer’s best movies, TV shows, music, books and more — pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Friday, May 27. Click here to buy the issue now!
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