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Is Warren Beatty Working on a 'Dick Tracy' Documentary?
3 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Actor/director Warren Beatty's long legal battle with Tribune Company over the rights to the character Dick Tracy revealed an interesting kernel of information on what might be Beatty's next film project -- a documentary on the comic strip detective. Tribune Co. tried to claim the Dick Tracy rights as an asset in a recent bankruptcy hearing, but Beatty holds the rights to the character as long as he makes "productive use" of the property. It's a sweet deal for Beatty and an absolute nightmare for Tribune Co., as the wording of the agreement doesn't seem to put any time table on when the agreement expires.
This isn't the first time Tribune has tried to wrest control of their character from Beatty. in 2005, Beatty announced that he was interested in pursuing a Dick Tracy sequel/reboot/remake/cash grab with the apparent intention of getting Tribune off his back over the rights. »
- John Gholson
Birthday Suits, Well Directed
30 November 2009 6:05 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Lights. Cameras. Birthday Action (for this, the 30th of November). Only one month left to go and it's 2010. How crazy is that?
Ridley, Terrence (in the 70s) and Marc
1835 Mark Twain's books have been adapted into movies ever since the movies began. Most notably The Prince and the Pauper and any tale of Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer
1920 Virginia Mayo 40s and 50s star, frequent Danny Kaye foil
1926 Richard Crenna, character actor
1927 Robert Guillaume, "Benson"
1929 Dick Clark, seemingly immortal creature who may finally be destroyed by the rise of his spiritual offspring Ryan Seacrest. It's all very Cronos vs. Zeus, only without the thunderbolts
1937 Ridley Scott, manly director whose movies are usually way better when they're shot through with a strong female presence. Consider the three classics: Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Alien. The rest of the filmography surely has its moments but that's the trinity right there.
1943 Terence Malick, »
- NATHANIEL R
Top 10 flops of the 00's
30 November 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
With the decade coming to a close at the end of the year, it's time to take stock. Here is a list of the biggest financial flops of 2000's first decade. #10: 2008's "The Spirit". With a price tag of $60 million, graphic novelist Frank Miller's movie took in barely a third of that, despite a fabulous cast that included Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson and Spain's Paz Vega. #9: The ambitious but too-pointed 1970¹s B-movie homage "Grindhouse". The movie made only $25 million but cost $67 million, which tainted maker Quentin Tarantino a loser in 2007. Meanwhile, America's enfant terrible has redeemed himself with "Inglourious Basterds". #9: The remake of the 1970's classic, "Rollerball", released in 2002. $70 million price tag, $19 million in sales. The failure seems to have tanked the career of formerly success director John McTiernan, who later got 4 months for lying to the FBI in the Anthony Pellicano affair. #7: "The Invasion »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
Eddie Murphy's "Pluto Nash" Tops the List of Movie Flops of the Decade! See Complete Top 10 and Weep!
28 November 2009 8:27 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Eddie Murphy's "The Adventure of Pluto Nash" is the No. 1 flop of the decade according to The Hollywood Reporter. Big budgets, big stars with big egos, all clash to give us the biggest flops of the past ten years.
"Pluto Nash" was made for $100 million and only grossed $4.4 million, even out-flopping John Travolta's Scientology-homage "Battlefield Earth."
But Murphy and Travolta are not the only ones on the list. Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, and Halle Berry also made the cut. Even Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were not safe!
What other films made it to the Top 10? Here's the complete list of the Top 10 Flops of the Decade, The Biggest Turkeys:
1. The Adventures Of Pluto Nash
* Release date: August 6, 2002
* Estimated cost: $100 million
* Domestic gross: $4.4 million
* Release date: May 12, 2000
* Estimated cost: $75 million
* Domestic gross: $21 million
* Release »
- Manny
Spread - Blu-ray Review
23 November 2009 7:59 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
One of the most obnoxious films I.ve seen in a while, .Spread. can.t be seen as anything more than a vanity project for Ashton Kutcher - who is clearly trying for Richard Gere in .American Gigolo. but ends up more Rob Schneider in .Deuce Bigalow.. I can understand the possible intentions of trying to modernize something like .American Gigolo. or Warren Beatty.s .Shampoo. but the no-frills script by Jason Dean Hall, Kutcher.s lifeless performance and the slick but perfunctory direction from David Mackenzie make the film as vacuous as its protagonist. Kutcher stars as Nikki, a hustling La playboy who preys for wealthy middle-aged women at various clubs who he can sexually pleasure while being provided a »
- Frankie Dees
Birthday Suit (With Bright Yellow Trench)
20 November 2009 7:08 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Today is the 109th anniversary of one Chester Gould the creator of Dick Tracy. Every time Dick Tracy (1990) comes up, I think "you should watch that movie again!" but I never do. I think I'm still mad that Warren Beatty kept cutting away from Madonna's "More" performance... which should've easily been one of the best movie musical numbers of the 90s (sigh). Otherwise I quite like the movie
Trivia Alert! Dick Tracy is one of Oscar's two favorite comic book movies along with The Dark Knight (2008). Their Oscar track was very similar. Dick Tracy had 7 nominations and 3 wins. The Dark Knight had 8 nominations and 2 wins and in mostly the same categories, too.
Supporting Actor (both, and the only two comic book performances ever nominated*: Al Pacino and Heath Ledger, winner)
Cinematography (both)
Art Direction (both)
Costume Design (Dick Tracy only)
Sound (both)Sound Editing (The Dark Knight only, »
- NATHANIEL R
People Briefs: Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis get honorary Oscar
16 November 2009 9:45 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
<#> Los Angeles - Screen legend Lauren Bacall has nabbed the elusive Oscar that evaded her throughout her distinguished career. The actress, 85, was presented with a a lifetime achievement Oscar by Angelica Huston at a star-studded ceremony attended by the likes of Jack Nicolson, Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas. 'I can't believe it - a man at last,' Bacall joked at the Saturday night event that marked the first time the Academy has presented an award away from the main ceremony in February. It was not televised. Bacall paid tribute to her husband and fellow actor Humphrey Bogart, who died in 1957. 'He gave me a life and he changed my life,' »
Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, Gordon Willis: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 6:15 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Honorary Award recipients Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, and Gordon Willis at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. “It’s so much better … that nobody’s worrying whether 36.5 million people are watching us or 29.2,” remarked Warren Beatty, a former Irving G. Thalberg Award recipient who paid homage to this year’s Thalberg Award honoree John Calley, who, reportedly suffering from serious health issues, was unable to attend the ceremony. After Kirk Douglas declared he once unsuccessfully tried to seduce her, and Anjelica Huston praised her “steadfastness,” 85-year-old Lauren Bacall waved away an escort trying to help her get to the podium, remembered her “great love” Humphrey Bogart, her myriad leading [...] »
- Joan Lister
The Governors Awards: On the scene at Oscar's special honors
15 November 2009 5:20 PM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
It was the first big experiment of a quite experimental Oscar season, and by all accounts, it was a resounding success. Last night, for the first time in Academy Award history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their honorary awards at a separate event from their annual Academy Award ceremony. At a three-hour gala dinner in the ballroom above the Kodak Theatre, B-movie king Roger Corman (pictured, left), groundbreaking cinematographer Gordon Willis (right), and legendary screen siren Lauren Bacall (center) received honorary Oscars, and producer and studio chief John Calley was recognized with the rarely bestowed Irving G. »
- Adam B. Vary
Tom Hanks, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Dino de Laurentiis, Warren Beatty, Norman Jewison, Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Walter Mirisch and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks present the Thalberg Award to producer John Calley (The Remains of the Day, The Da Vinci Code), who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Norman Jewison, whose socially conscious cop drama In the Heat of the Night won the best picture Oscar in 1968 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Board of Governors posed for a group photo following the 2009 Governors Awards Front Row (left to right): Sid [...] »
- Joan Lister
Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, Dino de Laurentiis: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 4:33 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Warren Beatty, who also won a best director Oscar for Reds in 1982, at the presentation of the Thalberg Award to John Calley, who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Steven Spielberg, who also won two best directors Oscars, for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Dino de Laurentiis, the producer of classics such as La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, The Great War, The Stranger, and Serpico Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. »
- Anna Robinson
Warren Beatty, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 3:59 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Past Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Dino de Laurentiis, Warren Beatty, Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Norman Jewison, Walter Mirisch, Steven Spielberg presenting this year’s Thalberg Award to John Calley, who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman, the producer-director of numerous low-budget films including Attack of the Crab Monsters, Carnival Rock, Bloody Mama, and House of Usher Honorary Award recipient Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as The Godfather, Annie Hall, and Manhattan, with Jeff Bridges, one of the stars of Bad Company, a 1972 Western shot by Willis Richard Harbaugh (Willis/Bridges, group photo), Matt Petit (Corman) / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Calley Too Ill To Receive Honorary Oscar
15 November 2009 3:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Movie mogul John Calley missed out on one of the biggest evenings of his life on Saturday - because he was too ill to attend the Governors Awards gala in Los Angeles.
The 79-year-old producer and former studio head was billed to receive the coveted Irving G. Thalberg Oscar, but was too sick to show up.
Steven Spielberg accepted the award from presenter Tom Hanks on his friend's behalf, while fellow moguls George Lucas, Dino De Laurentiis, Saul Zaentz and Warren Beatty paid tribute to Calley.
Honours also went to movie legend Lauren Bacall, director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
Presenting Bacall with her honour at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, Anjelica Huston stated the movie star "defines what it means to be an actress," adding, "She is a woman of great charisma and beauty but one not to be trifled with."
Bacall confessed she was "very emotional and grateful" to be honoured at the 2009 Governors Awards.
Honouring B-movie mastermind Roger Corman, Quentin Tarantino called the director "the original maverick," while Ron Howard revealed, "He changed my life."
A thrilled Corman told the audience, "I’m delighted to accept this Oscar," adding that those in Hollywood work in “the only true modern art form.”
Saturday night’s gala and awards ceremony marked the first time the academy has presented its honorary awards anywhere other than during the annual Oscar telecast. »
Lauren Bacall receives honorary Oscar
15 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The actress Lauren Bacall has been awarded an honorary Oscar. Other winners included B-movie director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis. This year's Hollywood event was not broadcast live, with the guests apparently happy with the situation, The AP reports. Producer Norman Jewison said: "We're gathered here together, all artists, celebrating excellence without any television cameras - isn't it great?" Warren Beatty stated: "It's (more) »
- By Rebecca Routledge
Robert Pattinson's Dream? To Make His Own Movies
13 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'I'd like to make it a lot easier for the creative people to get their thoughts heard,' the 'New Moon' star says of possibly starting his own production company.
Photo: MTV News
Beverly Hills, California — When Edward Cullen was 18 years old in 1919, Hollywood superstars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford came up with the idea for United Artists — a studio that would give actors greater control over which films they got to make and take the creative decisions away from commercial-minded studio execs. When Edward was 68 years old, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier and Barbra Streisand made waves with their First Artists Production Company, pledging the same actors-first mentality.
Now, Robert Pattinson is determined to mark Edward's upcoming second-century teenage period with a similar endeavor, using his newfound star power to make the kind of movies he wants to see.
"I definitely »
Scorsese To Receive Another Award
13 November 2009 12:20 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Martin Scorsese may have taken a while to start winning awards - he didn't actually land an Oscar till 2007 or a Golden Globe for Directing until 2003 - but he's making up for it now. At next year's Globes ceremony, he'll receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field".We're guessing that the delayed release of Scorsese's next film, Shutter Island, allowed this award to take place; that DiCaprio starring thriller was moved back out of awards season and meant that Scorsese won't be up for a competitive award this year.He joins previous winners that include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007 - they skipped 2008 because of the Writers' Strike), Anthony Hopkins (2006) and Robin Williams (2005). While most winners have been actors, previous directors to win include Alfred Hitchcock (1972) and Walt Disney (1953). The Award will be handed out at the Globes on January 17, hosted this year by Ricky Gervais. »
Martin Scorsese To Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award At The Golden Globes
12 November 2009 9:55 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is set to receive an honor at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field."
The lifetime achievement award, named after the legendary film producer and director, was voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Recent recipients include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Sir Anthony Hopkins (2006), and Robin Williams (2005).
Scorsese is a two-time Golden Globe Award recipient for directing "The Departed" and "Gangs of New York." He received five more nominations, four as Best Director for "Casino," "Age of Innocence," "Goodfellas," and "Raging Bull," and one for Best Screenplay for "Goodfellas" along with Nicolas Pileggi.
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Martin Scorsese to be Honored at Golden Globes
12 November 2009 6:36 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Martin Scorsese is set to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards! The honor is for his .outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.. I totally agree!
Scorsese received two Golden Globes before for Best Director for his films "The Departed" and "Gangs of New York."
Recent Cecil B. DeMille Award recipients include Steven Spielberg, Warren Beatty, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Douglas. Wait, they're all men, where are the women?
The Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live on NBC on Jan. 17th. »
- Manny
Scorsese To Be Honoured With Top Golden Globe
12 November 2009 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Movie mogul Martin Scorsese will receive the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January.
The director will be feted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the prizegiving, to be hosted by Ricky Gervais.
Scorsese has previously won two Golden Globe Awards for Best Director of a Motion Picture; for The Departed and Gangs of New York. He received five additional Golden Globe nominations.
Past recipients of the accolade this century include Warren Beatty, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Williams, Michael Douglas and Steven Spielberg, who claimed a DeMille earlier this year. »
Martin Scorsese To Be Honored at 2010 Golden Globes with Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
In January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will bestow the Honorary Cecile B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for “his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” to which we say “Congratulations, Mr. Scorsese.” Of course, any award honoring Scorsese’s career is well-earned by the prolific and influential director. His lengthy and diverse filmography naturally contains movies which flopped and received no support from film critics, but when you look at his hits, he has left an unforgettable stamp on not only American cinema, but on audiences the world over. That his work continues to improve and defy simple definition is an inspiration to aspiring filmmakers and a challenge to his peers. There’s only one complaint people have about the awards Scorsese receives: they’re overdue.
Hit the jump to read the full press release. The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air on January 17, 2010. Martin Scorsese’s next film, »
- Matt Goldberg
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