Studios
-
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike1tweet0
IN THE WORKS: Kidman's Family Fang; Murray Joins Coppola, Sheen; Arndt Writing Phineas and Ferb
Nicole Kidman and her Blossom Films banner partner Per Saari are teaming up again with Rabbit Hole co-producers Olympus Films. They are optioning screen rights to The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson's bestselling first novel about a group of performance artists whose children (who as children were ...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood1 commentlike2tweet6
Brad Bird Talks Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol: IMAX vs. 3-D, Animation vs. Live Action, Trailer
Several animation directors are trying their hand at live action of late, most notably Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille), who talks to Bill Desowitz about Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which boasts a new trailer and featurettes starring daredevil Tom Cruise (below).
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood1 commentlike0tweet0
IN THE WORKS: Independence Day Sequels Want To Take Your Money, Even if They Don't Pay for Smith
Fox will make not one but two Independence Day sequels, fifteen years (and counting) after the original Will Smith pic raked in $800 million across the globe. It's not a new idea -- the studio had wanted to green light a sequel for some time, but both Smith and director Roland Emmerich demanded huge...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike0tweet0
John Orloff Talks Anonymous, Shakespeare, Emmerich, Ifans, Redgrave, Stratford vs. Oxford
One of the surprises of the season is Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, which opens Friday amid ongoing controversy over its premise: that William Shakespeare did not write his plays and poems, and the Earl of Oxford did. Screenwriter John Orloff has been obsessed with this mystery since his college day...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike0tweet1
Peter Bart on Clint Eastwood and J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood, the wily old coot, has long been adept at winning friends in influential places, and knows how to work the press better than anyone. His usual early-screening suspects include such critics as Scott Foundas and Todd McCarthy. Perhaps betraying his lack of awareness of how behind-the-p...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike0tweet0
Media Watch: Isaacson's Steve Jobs Biography, Reviews, 60 Minutes Profile
Clearly, we can't learn enough about the late Steve Jobs, so his official biographer Walter Isaacson's new book Steve Jobs--over 600 pages--which is published today, two and half weeks after his death, should help to feed our hunger for more details about the fascinating co-founder of Apple. Here's ...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood3 commentslike1tweet0
Weekend Box Office: Paranormal Activity 3 Scares Off Three Musketeers, Breaks Horror Record
Horror prequel Paranormal Activity 3 easily frightened off all comers on this World Series weekend with a mighty $54 million take. Charles Lyons reports.Paramount spooked the box-office for an estimated $54 million, with its micro-budget-turned-macro-franchise, Paranormal Activity 3 (72% Tomatometer...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike0tweet0
Weekly Wrap: Gothams & Awards, Upcoming A-List Projects, Festivals, Reviews, Media Watch & More
INTERVIEWS: Zachary Quinto Talks Wall Street Drama Margin Call, Star Trek, Comes Out; And Alexander Payne Talks The Descendants, Clooney, Next Black and White Film
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood1 commentlike2tweet0
Fall/Holiday Preview: Four Films to Get Animated About, Especially Tintin
Bill Desowitz considers the Fall/Holiday seasons animated features, The Adventures of Tintin, Puss in Boots, Arthur Christmas and Happy Feet Two. Which have the right stuff to join Rango as an Oscar contender?It's obviously been a terrific week for Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, given ...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood1 commentlike0tweet0
Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody's Young Adult Reviewed from Minnesota: Juno's Wicked Step Sister
Slowly, Jason Reitman is emerging from his cocoon after his bout with extreme overexposure on Up in the Air, which ultimately did not yield an Oscar win. He's staging table reads at LACMA with pal Elvis Mitchell; he's back on Twitter, and now Young Adult (trailer here and below), his latest collabor...
Read More »
fresh from the blogs
-
From the Wire: Biskind's Welles at Lunch Book Sounds ...Criticwire
-
'Prometheus 2' Will Use 'Transcendence' Writer Jack ...The Playlist
-
Who Will Play Thurgood Marshall In 'Devil In The Grove' ...Shadow and Act
-
LAFF Review: Lake Bell's 'In a World' a Hilarious Feminist ...Thompson on Hollywood
-
Melissa McCarthy and the Definition of SuccessWomen and Hollywood
-
Not As “Himself”: Three Early Alan Arkin Screen Pe ...Press Play
-
Good Night, Lost Boy(s)The Lost Boys
-
The Real Lone Ranger—At AuctionLeonard Maltin
on facebook
Newsletters
In Theaters
- Between Us
- In the Fog
- Twenty Feet From Stardom
- Fukrey
- Berberian Sound Studio
- The Stroller Strategy
- The Guillotines
