On the Studio Ghibli blog, there is some information about Miyazaki’s next film:
At Monday’s press conference for Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, Hayao Miyazaki discussed the movie’s theme song, Sayonara no Natsu, and reveals details into the pre-production of his next feature film. If Ghibli is still following their “Five-Year Plan,” then Miyazaki-san’s following movie will be in production for two years, and be released in 2013.
Continuing on with Miyazaki Week, we next come to my daughter’s favorite Miyazaki movie, Kiki’s Delivery Service
Over at IO9, there is a short preview of the new superhero show on Syfy, Alphas:
Last night Syfy premiered their brand new TV line up, including a first look at their new superhero drama Alphas. We’ve got an exclusive interview with two of the cast members, and the first ever teaser trailer!
IO9 also has a short scene of Ellen Page in Rainn Wilson’s Super:
The incredible wrongness in James Gunn’s superhero comedy Super doesn’t just come from Rainn Wilson or Nathan Fillion — Wilson’s sidekick, Ellen Page, gets seriously sick as well. Just check out our exclusive clip featuring Page trying on her costume.
According to Deadline, the Dune movie is dead for now:
Paramount has turned loose the giant worm, and everything else that was part of the seminal Frank Herbert science fiction novel series Dune. The studio’s four-year attempt to make a movie out of the franchise has fallen by the wayside. Paramount and the rights holders came to a parting of the ways as the rights lapsed. “Paramount’s option has expired and we couldn’t reach an agreement,” said Richard P. Rubinstein, who controls the rights to what is considered the biggest-selling science fiction book ever. “I’m going to look at my options, and whether I wind up taking the script we developed in turnaround, or start over, I’m not sure yet.”
I didn’t realize that the new movie (Limitless) was based off a book I had already read and reviewed, The Dark Fields
I was always a Star Wars
The Kickstarter project to get a RoboCop
The new Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movie Paul comes out in theaters today. Who’s going to see it this weekend?
Timur Bekmambetov is probably the most well known Russian director working today. He’s made several successful Russian movies and even a big budget Hollywood movie (Wanted
One of the interesting things to watch with actors is the desire for comedic actors to be taken seriously and for serious actors to be seen as comedic. On one hand, I applaud their desire to stretch out their talents to new realms, but on the other hand it does cause some bad movies. Will Ferrell took his turn with a dramatic role with Stranger Than Fiction
