Producer Says Silent Hill 2 Might Still Be a Long Ways Out

If there's one thing that will stop a movie dead in its tracks, it's one of the filmmakers being sent to prison. Such is the case with the developing horror sequel Silent Hill 2. While a sequel might not seem necessary or even desired, certain fans and, of course, the producers feel otherwise. Despite the delay caused by writer Roger Avary's imprisonment, make-up effects designer Paul Jones was still pumped for Silent Hill 2 just last week and it sounded like Avary was still on board. Now producer Don Carmody has shared some new info about the pending sequel with ShockTillYouDrop, and it's quite interesting to hear what he has to say. Right from the get-go, Carmody says, "Well, we have had a bit of a hiccup with Roger. We're just debating whether we can wait for him. He's writing the script for sure." But while we're waiting to hear if Avary ...

Nicolas Cage to star in "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps"

Nicolas Cage has boarded "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps," a thriller penned by Robert Tannen which Roger Donaldson is helming. Tobey Maguire will produce alongside his Maguire Entertainment partner Jenno Topping as well Endgame's Jim Stern. Ram Bergman is also producing.

The story tells of a man whose wife is the victim of a brutal crime leading him to being entwined in an underground vigilante organization.

Endgame picked this one up last year.

Nicolas Cage recently boarded Patrick Lussier's "Drive Angry" for Millenium Films.

Cage seems to be liking Louisiana - both of the abovementioned films will be filming there after filming "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" was also shot in Louisiana.

January Jones joins Nicolas Cage in The Hungry Rabbit Jumps

January Jones ("Mad Men") has joined Nicolas Cage in "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps." The thriller directed by Robert Donaldson ("The Bank Job") tells of a man whose wife (Jones) is the victim of a brutal crime leading him to being entwined in an underground vigilante organization.

Shooting is slated to start in January in New Orleans. Jones recently joined Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Dark Castle's "Unknown White Male." Tobey Maguire is producing the $30 million-budgeted film with Endgame's James Stern, Maguire Entertainment's Jenno Topping and Ram Bergman.

Academy Awards to honour Roger Corman

B-movie producer Roger Corman will receive an honorary Oscar at the 2010 Academy Awards.

Robert Zemeckis Eyeing The Nutcracker 3-D?

Robert Zemeckis is a director who was once mentioned alongside visionaries like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, having directed such blockbusters as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump and the Back To The Future trilogy. He certainly earned that reputation, but lately his career has taken a strange detour into the realm of motion capture technology, where his focus seems to be exclusively on taking existing stories and putting them on the big screen in a new way. Certainly Spielberg and Lucas have been big on pushing technology forward as well, but is Zemeckis letting his desire to pioneer get in the way of making good movies? His latest film A Christmas Carol hit theatres just last weekend and the reviews haven't been so hot, but that hasn't stopped him from lining up another Christmas movie to immediately follow it. According to Pajiba [1], Zemeckis wants to use motion capture to retell the Christmas classic The Nutcracker. The movie would be based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann novel, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, and set in 19th century Russia. And yes, of course it will use his patented performance capture technology, and will likely be released in 3-D. Zemeckis is also developing a 3-D remake of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine [2], and is producing a motion capture fantasy adventure called Airman [3], so apparently he won't be giving up this new format anytime soon. What do you think, is it a good thing that he is using these projects to perfect this new technology? Or is Zemeckis wasting his talent by choosing to direct uninteresting films? [1] http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/robert-zemeckis-to-direct-the-nutcracker.php [2] http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/20/robert-zemeckis-tapped-for-3-d-yellow-submarine-remake/ [3] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010150.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

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Make That a Second New Poster for Alice in Wonderland

I'm going to assume that tomorrow will bring yet another new poster for Alice in Wonderland, as yesterday brought the first and today comes the second. Instead of the title characters of Wonderland, the second poster gives us Alice and the White Rabbit.

Alice in Wonderland Poster
It actually did not occur to me that Alice did not make an appearance in yesterday's poster, due to its focus on some of the other fantastical characters. Alice isn't alone, however, as she does find company from the White Rabbit and a distant Mad Hatter.

Zemeckis To Take On The Nutcracker

I miss the old Robert Zemeckis. You know, the one that directed Back to the Future, Forrest Gump and Castaway; those broad, fantastic stories with actual people. That is not to say that Beowulf and A Christmas Carol don't have their merits and place, but the whole "dead behind the eyes" thing is still rather unnerving. The director recently said that he will use motion capture for for the Roger Rabbit sequel, which, in a way, makes it seem that ...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Review

When it was announced that Robert Zemeckis was directing an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” starring Jim Carrey and made with 3D motion-capture, my response was viciously negative.  Zemeckis had left behind movies like “Back to the Future” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, movies with characters and charming stories, in favor of 3D [...]

Gentlemen Broncos National Release Back On?

Just yesterday we were reporting, with perhaps a little too much relish, that Fox Searchlight had called off a national release of Gentlemen Broncos after a medicore opening weekend. I mean, this wasn't spurious rumor-- critics in cities all over the country, including Roger Ebert, were getting e-mails saying that the release had been cancelled in their areas and there wouldn't even be critic's screenings. But apparently we all spoke too soon. Fox Searchlight's official Twitter account is re-tweeting Roger ...

Roger Rabbit 2: Two-Dimensional Toons & CGI Humans?

Dont act like you’re surprised. You knew this announcement was coming from the moment we first heard that director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) was making a sequel to his 1988 smash hit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It was just a matter of time, really. With three Mocap (that’s the new slang for “motion-capture”, [...]