Last week, it was announced that "Warm Bodies" director Jonathan Levine's feature film debut, "All The Boys Love Mandy Lane," is finally getting U.S. distribution, seven years after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. "Mandy Lane" was purchased by The Weinstein Company and sched...
Read More »Let's say you're a first time director, and you go to the Toronto International Film Festival hoping that maybe your film will get noticed and perhaps land a modest distribution deal. Now imagine that it's a hit, and none other than The Weinstein Company come calling with plans to release your movie...
Read More »The shorthand description of this movie doesn't do it justice. Saying that it’s about a young woman who falls in love with a zombie makes it sound like a heavy-breathing variation on "Twilight." It’s better than that.
Read More »Credit where credit is due, “Warm Bodies” does at the very least bring a zombie to the big screen that we’ve never seen before: one seemingly caught in the grip of an existential crisis. When we first meet the undead R (Nicholas Hoult) he’s literally and figuratively shuffling through life. His deca...
Read More »Summit Entertainment has released the trailer for Jonathan Levine's ("50/50", "The Wackness") zombie romantic comedy "Warm Bodies." Taking an interesting spin on the tried and true zombie formula, the film revolves around zombie R (Nicholas Hoult) saving and subsequ...
Read More »Initially slated to come at the tail end of this summer, "Warm Bodies" was moved to a release date closer to Valentine's Day presumably to play off its zombie romance center. But judging by this trailer, there might be other reasons it was shifted to an early winter bow.
Read More »Since the first “Twilight” movie ruled the box office four years ago, studios have been trying to hit that sweet spot of female-friendly genre-fare. Summit is hoping they can catch lightning in bottle again with the upcoming Jonathan Levine-helmed adaptation of the zombie-romance novel &...
Read More »Given that the Bourne, Bond and 'Mission: Impossible' franchises are about as reliable a way of landing a hit as you could ask for, finding a new spy series to turn into a blockbuster is sort of the Holy Grail these days. But clearly, it's trickier to make it work than studio executives ...
Read More »Every few years, Hollywood annoints a new star. Sometimes it's a Tom Hardy, other times it's a Taylor Kitsch and it can also be a Jeremy Renner. What these actors all share in common is that they're considered leading men long before they're actually stars: meaning, they're...
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