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Exclusive: Quentin Tarantino Was Offered 'Green Lantern'
1 hour ago | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Quentin Tarantino recently revealed to MTV News that in creating his band of scalp-collecting Jewish-American soldiers in "Inglourious Basterds," the writer/director relied heavily on Marvel Comics' World War II-focused series, "Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos."
But Tarantino's presence at the intersection of comics and movies extends beyond his latest epic. During our interview, the filmmaker also divulged that he was once offered the chance to direct a big screen adaptation of an iconic DC Comics superhero.
"I was offered the 'Green Lantern,' " Tarantino told MTV News. "Not since it's been a script, but just like, 'Hey we own the 'Green Lantern.' Would you like it?'"
Tarantino declined the opportunity and "Lantern" joined the list of other franchises, like "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," that he was offered but never ended up taking on. "Green Lantern," of course, is now being helmed by Martin Campbell »
- Eric Ditzian
Quentin Tarantino: Video Inspiration For Beyoncé, Missy Elliott
30 November 2009 12:52 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
Even though the clip for "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" features two of the most recognizable women in pop music in Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, perhaps the most notable and striking image in the video has little to do with either of those stars. The opening scene of the clip perfectly apes the credit sequence of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," which, like "Video Phone," features a line of people in black suits walking in slow motion.
Tarantino is a popular character in the hip-hop world (he has most notably worked with Wu-Tang Clan mastermind the RZA) and has been given nods in music videos since he first became a major player in the film world in the early '90s. Though he was not aware of the latest homage when MTV News' Eric Ditzian caught up with him last week, he was still flattered. "There's been a lot of videos »
- Kyle Anderson
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Granik, Mahoney, Casey Phoenix
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
I think there are only three film festivals on the circuit where filmmakers and producers are really conscious on how a production start date my ultimately affect their film festival status. There are the heavyweights of Cannes and Venice, and then there is Sundance. For the better part of the last 15 years, we are talking about the Reservoir Dogs era, the festival has jumped started thousands of careers and perhaps the best sign of adulation is the creation of competing festivals in SXSW and Tribeca. Here are five more prediction picks, you can find the complete list of predictions by clicking here. - I think there are only three film festivals on the circuit where filmmakers and producers are really conscious on how a production start date my ultimately affect their film festival status. There are the heavyweights of Cannes and Venice, and then there is Sundance. For the better part of the last 15 years, »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Holiday Movie Guide: The December Movies to Check Out (Part 1/2)
26 November 2009 5:15 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
When holiday season comes around, Hollywood offers a lot of
great movies to be enjoyed. With so many to watch this December, it is
easy to be distracted when choosing the ones that fit you best. But,
confuse no more as AceShowbiz has compiled this two-part holiday movie
guide to aid you in selecting which movies are worth your while in the
month of festivity.
Part I highlights on some of the much awaited movies of the year, whereas
Part II includes
heart-warming films and those designed for fun. In this part, AceShowbiz
presents two categories of movies, "A Definite Must-See" and "Watch Only
to Kill Time". Fascinating movies with various genres from the
action-packed "Sherlock Holmes" to the inspiring drama "Invictus"
can all be found here.
A Definite Must-see
"Avatar"
Release Date: December 18
Avatar" is no typical sci-fi film. First conceived by Academy
Award-winning director James Cameron 14 years ago, »
- AceShowbiz.com
The Decade: Film's 10 Best Music Moments In The Aughts
24 November 2009 5:43 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The Doors and Apocalypse Now. Simon and Garfunkel and The Graduate. Richard Strauss and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some of the greatest scenes in cinema history would be nothing without their added soundtracks. What if Tarantino had used "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath instead of "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel for Reservoir Dogs? What about "You Light Up My Life" instead of "Fight The Power" in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing? There were more than a couple mistakes of this nature in the past decade - the entire Watchmen soundtrack comes to mind - but with the aughts coming to a close let's celebrate the ones that got it right 10. Superbad - 2007 Song: "Panama" by Van Halen Few songs can pump someone up more than 80's hair metal (basically the reason it was invented), and no band did it better than Van Halen. So when »
Set Visit: Matt Dillon and Columbus Short Are Heavily Armored!
24 November 2009 4:27 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Matt Dillon and Columbus Short Are Heavily Armored
Director Nimrod Antal, who rose to prominence with his 2003 subway mystery Kontroll and his 2007 snuff thriller Vacancy, returns to theater screens on December 4th with the star-studded crime drama Armored. This enthralling new adventure pits desperate men against desperate times in their no-holds-barred attempt to pull off the perfect crime. Starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich and Columbus Short, the film follows a crew of armored truck guards as they meticulously plan to rob their own security firm. When their seemingly fool proof plan begins to unravel in front of them, the men must turn against each other to save themselves.
Earlier this year, we arrived on the Sony Studio lot to chat with some of the key players behind this hyper-charged heist. Greeting us on our visit were actors Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, »
Set Visit: Nimrod Antal Takes Us Behind-the-Scenes of Armored!
23 November 2009 12:47 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The acclaimed director discusses his upcoming heist thriller and its exciting ensemble cast
Best known for his 2003 directorial debut Kontroll, director Nimrod Antal returns to theater screens just in time for the holidays this year with his star-studded heist thriller Armored. The film, which stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward, and Columbus Short, revolves around a crew of armored transport security officers that risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly foolproof plan, the men hope to make off with a fortune. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all hell breaks loose. All bets are off and each man must fight to survive on a dog-eat-dog battleground made of steel. We met up with Antal on the set of his film, and here »
Nicolas Cage Got Into The Spirit For 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans'
20 November 2009 2:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From MTV.Com: Seventeen years ago, the legendary Harvey Keitel launched the second act of his movie career with a pair of tough-guy instant classics: Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant." A crack-pipe-smoking breath of fresh air, "Lieutenant" predated "The Shield" by a decade in telling the Nc-17 story of a junkie, gambler, killer cop on a downward spiral.
During the past year, film buffs have been up in arms over director Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Starring Nicolas Cage as the type of at-wit's-end madman who puts a gun to an old lady's temple to get information, the flick co-stars Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer and packs one potent surprise: Although it has little to do with Keitel's movie, it is a deranged, worthy successor.
Recently, we caught up with Cage to discuss a return to his over-the-top roots »
- Larry Carroll
Nicolas Cage Takes On 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans' Haters
19 November 2009 2:30 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'Outside of the fact that the cop does drugs, it's quite different,' actor says to fans of the original.
Nicolas Cage in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"
Photo: Millennium Films
Los Angeles — Seventeen years ago, the legendary Harvey Keitel launched the second act of his movie career with a pair of tough-guy instant classics: Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant." A crack-pipe-smoking breath of fresh air, "Lieutenant" predated "The Shield" by a decade in telling the Nc-17 story of a junkie, gambler, killer cop on a downward spiral.
During the past year, film buffs have been up in arms over director Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Starring Nicolas Cage as the type of at-wit's-end madman who puts a gun to an old lady's temple to get information, the flick co-stars Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer »
Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) – Blu-ray
18 November 2009 11:54 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Blu-ray Review
Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Rating: R
Due Out: November 17, 2009
Who’S It For? With the fan-based nature of his movies, if you like these titles from writer/director Kevin Smith, then you probably own them already. It’s really up to you if you want to shell out ninety dollars to have their latest incarnation, though none of them really demand a high definition presentation except for maybe the more Hollywood Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The documentaries about each movie are fun watches, but perhaps you should put this on your wish list before your immediate shopping list.
Movies:
Kevin Smith embraces the suckage of work by finding the amusing nature of the weird sh*t that can go on during one shift. Slaving away at a beat down convenience store on »
- Nick Allen
Outrage: An Interview with Director Ace Cruz
18 November 2009 11:22 AM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »
Outrage is a film that was shot in Rabun County, which is the same location that Deliverance was shot in, and the film really has a positive message about dealing with the past and pain. The main theme of the film is that people must let go of there own fear and anger in order to bring passion in to their lifes. Outrage not only has an interesting theme and premise, the film has several stars in the film including Micheal Madsen (Reservoir Dogs), Natasha Lyonne (Blade: Trinity), and Michael Berryman (The Devil's Rejects). Even director Ace Cruz has a part in Outrage as Trey and here director Ace Cruz talks a little bit more about this film and how the law of attraction can create positivity in anyones' life.
(Michael Allen) Hello Ace, how are you doing? Are you talking to me from California?
(Ace Cruz) Yes, I am »
- Michael Ross Allen
Scorsese Scores Mol For Boardwalk Empire
18 November 2009 6:05 AM, PST | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »
Actress Gretchen "The Notorious Bettie Page" Mol, has joined the cast of HBO's period underworld TV series Boardwalk Empire, produced by Martin "Mean Streets" Scorsese. Mol will have a recurring role in the series as a 'showgirl' alongside gangster Steve "Reservoir Dogs" Buscemi. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era, Boardwalk Empire was adapted by Emmy-winning writer/producer Terence "The Sopranos" Winter from author Nelson Johnson's book, "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City." The pilot episode was directed by Scorsese, with HBO picking up the series for an additional 11 episodes, making the first season 12 episodes long. "...From its inception, Atlantic City has been a town dedicated to the fast buck and this history offers a riveting account of its past, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness. A cast of characters, led by Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, populates »
Beyonce, Gaga Role Reverse for 'Video Phone'
17 November 2009 1:38 PM, PST | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
Lady Gaga makes a cameo in Beyonce’s new “Video Phone,” video and in an unusual twist, GaGa tones down her act, while Beyonce ramps up hers. Gaga makes her cameo midway through the vid, and she and Beyonce wear matching white bustiers. The duo does an impressive chair dance together as well. Beyonce pays tribute to ‘50s sex siren Bettie Page, and the opening sequence is a play on Quentin Tarentino’s classic film, “Reservoir Dogs.” Watch it here. »
- kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
Beyonce And Lady Gaga's 'Video Phone' Clip: A Brightly Colored Fantasy Set To Life
17 November 2009 9:02 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
Hype Williams-helmed clip premiered on MTV.com at midnight.
Beyoncé in the "Video Phone" video
Photo: Columbia/Music World
When one imagines a collaboration between Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Hype Williams, the mind reels with visions of outlandish costumes, hip-displacing dance moves, DayGlo flames, fish-eye lenses ... the list goes on and on.
Thus, it's a little surprising that the just-released clip for Beyoncé's "Video Phone" has nary a flame or fish-eye shot (there are, of course, plenty of outlandish costumes). However, don't make the mistake of thinking this video is by any means straightforward — it's plenty Wtf!
Opening with a tracking shot that pays homage to Quentin Tarantino's 1992 flick "Reservoir Dogs" (and features Beyoncé wearing a Zorro mask) and closing with her firing an assault rifle while seated atop a motorcycle, it's a decidedly weird trip, a cartoonish fantasy brought to life. There's an extended »
Beyoncé And Lady Gaga's 'Video Phone': The Key Scene
17 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
In the wee hours of the morning, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga pulled back the curtain on the video for "Video Phone (Extended Remix)," their first collaborative effort. The result is an eye-catching, colorful, fashion-forward clip that may be considered a tad anti-climatic, if only because Gaga seems a bit dialed back. The clip opens with Beyoncé re-enacting the beginning of "Reservoir Dogs" (is she Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde or Nice Guy Eddie?), followed by a flashy barrage of a number of crazy costumes. In the most otherworldly moment of the video, Beyoncé is flanked by two men who have video cameras for heads.
Gaga doesn't actually show up until the halfway point of the clip. She wears a white leotard and dances along with Beyoncé while the two of them hold plastic guns. Gaga isn't given the opportunity to wear any crazy costumes or don masks or make-up — it's probably »
- Kyle Anderson
Bad Boys Grow Up
17 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Let's start with a few images: A psycho jive artist dancing around as he cuts a man's ear off. A retired bullfighter slumped in front of a television set, masturbating furiously to slasher movies. Scenes like those, from Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Pedro Almodóvar's "Matador," pretty much secured the bad-boy reputations of their creators. Tarantino came to be regarded as a hyped-up pop culture junkie spritzing bloodshed and movie references in equal measure. And Almodóvar was thought of as something like the post-Franco John Waters, mixing '50s Hollywood-style melodrama with cheerful hedonism awash in sex and drugs.
But at this year's New York Film Festival, it was Almodóvar's latest, "Broken Embraces," that was chosen for the stately closing night slot. And about a month or so before the festival, Tarantino's latest film, the epic World War II adventure "Inglourious Basterds," became the unlikeliest hit of the year. »
- Charles Taylor
Beyonce And Lady Gaga's 'Video Phone': Check Out A Preview!
15 November 2009 11:38 PM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
We give you a peek at 30 seconds of the video before it premieres tonight on MTV.com.
Beyoncé in the "Video Phone" video
It's been a great season for high-profile video premieres. Last week saw the unveiling of Lady Gaga's hyper-kinetic clip for her new single "Bad Romance," the new video for the Chris Brown ballad "Crawl" and the unleashing of Rihanna's cinematic tour-de-force for "Russian Roulette." This week sees another new video, a much-talked-about collaboration between arguably the two biggest divas in all of pop music right now. Lady Gaga and Beyoncé will pull the curtain back on their new Hype Williams-directed tag-team clip "Video Phone" at midnight tonight, but there is already a 30-second teaser worming its way around the Internet.
In the short clip first posted on our Buzzworthy blog, Beyoncé is seen walking down some sort of alley flanked by four men in black suits. »
Michael Madsen is our nominee for Hardest-Working Man in Show Business
11 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Michael Madsen calls movies "pictures" and makes a new one every couple weeks. I happened to check his IMDb page recently, and I noticed something incredible: the man acted in 25 movies released this year. 25*! Sure, they all have dubious titles like You Might As Well Live, Lost in the Woods, and Road of No Return. Sure, Madsen mostly plays characters with names like "The Reverend," "The Associate," and "Clinton Manitoba." But the sheer quantity of Madsen-imprinted cinema in 2009 deserves a special kind of acclaim. Madsen is philosophical about his workaholic output. "I'm only good when I'm busy. When I've got nothing to do, »
- Darren Franich
Looking for Inspiration for Hotel Design? Try Violent, Profane Movies
9 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Quentin Tarantino's cult classic, Reservoir Dogs, with its cast of violent, sociopathic killers with names straight out of a Crayola box--Mr. Orange, Mr. Blue, Mr. Pink--was the inspiration for a 10-pack of rooms at the recently-opened Paradise Tower at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Like skulls stenciled on your bedroom wall? Got that. A bed illuminated by blue neon? Check. Wall-sized images of topless women enjoying a post-coital smoke above the headboard? No problem.
"Everyone was so afraid we'd look like another Morgans Hotel property," says Hard Rock Cmo Phil Shalala. "But we kept our brand." Indeed.
The ten pool suites in "The Dime" were designed by South African designer Mark Zeff of ZeffDesign and Las Vegas-based designer Mark Tracy of Chemical Spaces to be decadent, party-like-a-rock-star spaces. Each one is outfitted with the accoutrements critical to the life of a hard-partying young music or entertainment industry »
- Linda Tischler
Inglourious Basterds Editor Sally Menke Talks Tarantino, Cannes Cuts, and Kill Bill 3
6 November 2009 11:45 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
There's one woman in the world who understands Quentin Tarantino better than anybody, and that's Sally Menke. Since her work on Reservoir Dogs, Menke has cut every single one of Tarantino's films, and for the last decade, she's eschewed almost all other jobs to devote herself solely to the genre-blending auteur. This Sunday, Menke will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement honor at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, and as Inglourious Basterds begins its transformation from unexpected summer blockbuster to even-more-unexpected Oscar player, we thought there'd be no better time to talk to Menke about how she does what she does. »
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