Images from Dimension Films’ upcoming apocalyptic-drama The Road are circulating the web. Directed by John Hillcoat, the film is an adaptation of author Cormac McCarthy Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and stars Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, and Robert Duvall. To see a trailer and 5 advanced clips, please click here.
I’m really looking forward to this movie. However, judging by the following stills, I think I could just look out my window for a few hours and save myself a ten spot. I kid!
Paramount Home Entertainment has set a Dec. 29 release date for the standard DVD and Blu-ray disc editions of its runaway supernatural hit Paranormal Activity. Written and directed by newcomer Oren Peli for an estimated budget of $15,000, Paranormal Activity has grossed over a $100 million domestically and is nominated for a People’s Choice award.
The DVD and Blu-ray editions are shockingly low on extras, but do include an unrated version of the film complete with alternate ending. Fans who registered with the film’s website earlier this month will also find their names listed on the movie’s credit reel.
Why is this guy still following us, Katie?
Peli is currently at work on his second film Area 51. Budgeted at $5 million, Area 51 exposes the “found footage” captured by three teens during their break in into the notorious Area 51 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. A copy of the script was accidentally leaked two weeks ago.
Look at this picture. Shake your laptop. You have just seen Peli's new 'Area 51'
If you only make one resolution for 2010, make sure it’s to do all the Van-Damage you can!
On Jan. 5, action heroes Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren will annihilate the straight-to-DVD market with their highly anticipated reunion vehicle Universal Soldier: Regeneration. To read details about the film, click here.
To get a peek at the Muscles from Brussels kicking ass, watch the trailer (that’s an order!).
Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao takes a jab at acting in director Topel Lee’s superhero-actioner Wapakman. The Solar Films release will have its premier this December at the Metro Manila Film Festival.
Wapakman stars Pacquiao as an ordinary citizen turned superhero in the face of extraordinary evil. The dark forces he battles come in many shapes and sizes, including men made of magma, busty babes with supersonic bras, and giant crustaceans (much bigger than what you get at Red Lobster).
Take a look:
Pacquiao also goes toe-to-toe with WWE star Dave Batista in the film. Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was once rumored to be attached to the project, but that role has now gone to sexy Filipino actress Ruffae Mai Quinto.
Wapakman is Filipino for Forbidden Love
Wapakman is Pacquiao’s second go at movie stardom. His debut, Anak ng Kumander, for director Jose Balagtas was a miserable failure … most likely due to its lack of monster crabs.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon took a major bite out of the weekend box office, earning $140.7 million domestically. The opening is the third biggest ever in movie history and places New Moon just behind Spiderman 3 ($151.1 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million). The much anticipated sequel did, however, set a new record for opening-day business.
New Moon also made a killing overseas to the tune of $118.1 million, where it played in 25 territories. Back in the States, repeat business has already been reported and is expected to continue through the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend.
Eclipse, the third installment in the series, is slated for a June 2010 release.
Ever watch Twilight and wonder what happens when Bella reaches that time of the month around her bloodsucking boyfriend Edward? The sick bastards at FunnyOrDie.com have. Check it out:
Warner Bros. supernatural-western Jonah Hex is currently in post production.
Originally introduced in 1977 by DC Comics, Jonah Hex is a former Confederacy officer turned outlaw bounty hunter. The film, directed by Jimmy Hayward, finds Hex hired by the U.S. military to stop a diabolical madman and his army of evil in exchange for his freedom.
Tentatively scheduled for a June 2010 release, Hex stars Josh Brolin (Grindhouse) as the facially disfigured antihero, John Malkovich (Mutant Chronicles, Beowulf) as his nemesis Quenten Tumbull, and Megan Fox (Jennifer’s Body, Transformers) as bordello babe Leila.
Fox described her character during a press conference at this year’s Comic Con as:
The love interest I guess you could call it, but not very conventional. Leila is this prostitute that Jonah Hex has been visiting for years. They have a special relationship. He doesn’t want to allow her to get to close to him because everyone that he loves dies. She doesn’t really understand that concept, so she’s part of this push and pull sort of situation.
I don’t know about you, but I just emptied my six shooter. Enjoy the following gallery:
Showtime has got some killer extras for “Dexter” fans on their website. But, hey, you’re already here so why don’t you check out the following BTS interviews with James Remar, David Zayas, and Lauren Velez. And, don’t forget to catch “Dexter” on Sundays at 9 p.m.
Update: To see an interview about the season finale with Michael C. Hall and John Lithgow, click here.
New Moon, the second chapter in the Twilight Saga, broke opening-day box office records on Friday with a tally of $72.7 million, trumping previous single-day record-holder The Dark Knight’s $67.2 million. The first day cume also includes the record-breaking $26.3 million earned from midnight showings. Pre-release projections had estimated an $85 million weekend take. New Moon is now expected to soar well past that number.
The original Twilight film reaped $36 million on its opening day and $69.6 million over its first weekend. It was released a year ago this weekend.
Warner Bros. The Dark Knight holds the biggest opening weekend record in cinematic history at $158.4 million.
International superstar Jean Claude Van Damme (Time Cop, Cyborg), fresh off his critically acclaimed turn in JCVD, is set to kick the straight-to-DVD market on its ass with the Jan. 5 release of Universal Soldier: Regeneration. The Muscles from Brussels reprises his role of reanimated killing machine Pvt. Luc DeVeraux for director John Hyams’ ambitious $15 million installment to the unstoppable franchise originally launched by disaster-master Roland Emmerich (2012, Independence Day) in 1992.
"Call Rob Schneider. It's time to make Knock Off 2"
The sci-fi, rock’em-sock’em pic also sees the return of action star Dolph Lundgren (The Punisher, Masters of the Universe) as Van Damme’s bio-mechanical nemesis Sgt. Andrew Scott. Lundgren, who rose to fame as Ivan “I will Break You” Drago in 1985’s Rocky IV, is on the comeback fast-track with roles in Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming geriatric shoot’em up The Expendables.
"Always stretch before kicking heads."
Synopsis for Universal Soldier: Regeneration reads as follows:
When a team of former Soviet radicals seizes Chernobyl and threatens to unleash a lethal cloud of radioactive gas one hundred times deadlier than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, the US military brings in a bio-mechanically enhanced super soldier, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), to foil the plot. As Deveraux fights his way into the plant, he faces off with his now revived former nemesis, Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), and a newly ‘updated’ Next Generation Unisol (former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski), in a battle of battles, and must save the day.
But, if you want to hear it from Drago Dolph himself, check out his interview with gordonandthewhale.com:
