The source code writer employs writes Columbia Pictures Flatliners to rebuild

2011-08-26 14:31:31 Author: Sean O’Connell In a strange twist of irony, Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners is being brought back to life. Columbia Pictures has ordered a screenplay for the 1990 medical thriller, which featured “up-and-comers” Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon as med school students experimenting with death to see if an afterlife exists. Before you go dismissing this as another cheap studio bid to harness audience nostalgia, know that Columbia reportedly has handed the writing assignment to Ben Ripley, scripter of Duncan Jones’s sci-fi mystery Source Code , according to The Hollywood Reporter . Given how that film [ SPOILER ALERT…

Exclusive interview: Winnie bah Director Stephen J. Anderson and Tang Hall

comments published: 2011-07-16 14:18:37 Author: Eric Eisenberg If there’s a person on this planet who doesn’t like Winnie The Pooh, I have no interest in ever meeting them. Whether you’re just a kid who sees the silly old bear and his friends running around the Hundred Acre Wood or an adult who sees each character as a physical psychological representation, the stories by A.A. Milne are classic in every sense of the word. But every time you try and bring classic characters to a new audience there is a risk of alienating those that loved them previously. Fortunately, directors Stephen J…

Interview: Winnie bah Tom Kenny

comments published: 2011-07-12 22:50:49 Author: Eric Eisenberg As I mentioned in the feature about my trip to Sony Pictures Animation , I am a voice-actor geek. As a result of watching far too many animated movies and television shows when I was younger, names like Mel Blanc, Paul Winchell, Tress MacNeille, John Kassir, Frank Welker, Hank Azaria, Billy West and Peter Cullen have always stuck with me. Certainly deserving of being included on that list is Tom Kenny, who many might know for voicing Spongebob Squarepants and Wheelie and Skids from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , but has other amazing credits including…

Video recording interview: Smurfs Director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner

2011-07-06 23:54:33 Author: Eric Eisenberg A few weeks back I had the chance to visit Sony Pictures animation, and when I wasn’t deforming Smurfs using an animation program or making Clumsy Smurf curse up a storm as he ran away from a dog, I was talking to the people responsible for bringing the long-beloved characters to the silver screen. Last night I posted my interview with Hank Azaria and Jayma Mays, two of the live-action actors from the feature film, but now it’s time to go behind the scenes with director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner. Based on the…

Wristwatch James Cameron and the Michael bay discusses the 3D abuse and the moral excellence

2011-05-20 18:12:17 Author: Eric Eisenberg As mentioned earlier this week when recapping the opening scenes from Transformers: Dark of the Moon , this past Wednesday I was invited to attend an event at Paramount Pictures where blockbuster directors Michael Bay and James Cameron sat down to have a moderated discussion about one of the most controversial subjects in movies today: 3D. In that same article I mentioned that video of the conversation would be available on Friday, and if you check you calendars, you’ll notice that that’s today. While the conversation – minus the footage shown – was about 30 minutes long, Paramount has released a…

Star is the track: Following shooting in September?

2011-05-02 17:04:12 Author: Josh Tyler Paramount Pictures has had a good run over the past few years, with Transformers , Star Trek and all the Marvel films. But after Thor all the upcoming Marvel superhero movies are going to Disney, and that’s going to leave a big hole in their slate of summer blockbusters. Hey, maybe someone should get moving and actually work on getting around to that second Star Trek ? The Trek team has been pretty slow to get going on this thing but now, maybe in part because of a little urgency for Paramount, we’re starting to see movement on…

Meet the leaders of the actor’s division of studio on the rocks of reality this weekend into Los Angeles

  This weekend, the Reality Rocks expo will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where fans can get up close and personal with stars from American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, Top Chef, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and more! Fans can also attend a variety of workshops, two of which are being hosted by RealityWanted!   Get up close and personal with the people who could make your reality dreams come true. “Meet The Casting Director I” will take place Saturday, April 9th at 12pm. The panel…