The Gears
of War movie project has emerged from a multi-year hibernation to show signs of life.
Not exact matches
J.J. Abrams, the director
of the new Star
Wars films, has shown from the beginning
of the
project that he himself is a big fan
of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the
movie.
Nyong» o is,
of course, a major star with a whole slew
of projects in development, including the Star
Wars movies and Black Panther.
In 2018, dozens
of superheroes from various
movies over the last nine years will come together for Avengers: Infinity
War, and supposedly connect the plots
of all these
movies together, making the MCU one
of the most ambitious
projects in film history.
Anybody who has ever seen the
movie Star
Wars remembers the scene in which the robot R2 - D2
projects a 3D
movie of Princess Leia imploring Obi - Wan Kenobi for help.
Catch up on the latest news about Star
Wars, a Warcraft
movie, and other upcoming film
projects, and watch all
of this week's new trailers and clips, including new looks at Side Effects and A Good Day to Die Hard as well as The Rock's latest film.
At this distance, the «Star
Wars»
project is harder to judge, particularly in the blizzard
of confusing rumors about which
movie is what — see the Gareth Edwards bit
of this list for more
of that — but as we noted when he was announced, his super-short «Stabbing at Leia «s» shows he loves the source material.
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of Louis XIV (Serra) On Body and Soul (Enyedi) Molly's Game (Sorkin) B - Graduation (Mungiu) The Lego Batman
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of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Rønning and Sandberg) The Lego Ninjago
Movie (Bean, Fisher and Logan) Star
Wars: The Last Jedi (Johnson) C - John Wick: Chapter 2 (Stahelski) Wonder Woman (Jenkins) It (Muschietti) What Happened to Monday (Wirkola) Call Me by Your Name (Guadagnino) Darkest Hour (Wright) The Square (Östlund) Split (Shyamalan) Spider - Man: Homecoming (Watts) Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol.
The as - yet untitled Star
Wars standalone
movie, heavily rumoured to follow a group
of bounty hunters around the galaxy, has been gaining traction
of late; Gary Whitta, the
movie's original writer, left the
project, while Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days
of Future Past, Star
Wars Rebels) has joined The Empire Strikes Back scribe Lawrence Kasdan for the second standalone film, which will be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).
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of War Drugstore Cowboy Eagle Vs Shark Eight Millimeter Eye for an Eye Fathers and Daughters 50/50 52 Pick - Up 5 Days
of War Fixer Upper, Complete Season 4 Flashback Flea Market Flip, Complete Season 4 Flip or Flop, Complete Season 6 The Flowers
of War The Foot Fist Way For A Few Dollars More Fred: The
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Project Nim
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of Time by Morgan Wilcock, Many
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Nochimson's article details the origins
of this «eternal studio in the Eternal City» (it was
movie - mad Mussolini's baby), its brief role as housing for people displaced by World
War II, and its reemergence as a major site
of spectacular
movie projects, not only for Federico Fellini (whose La dolce vita, Amarcord, and And the Ship Sails On are just three
of the many
projects he filmed partly there) but also for Jean Renoir (The Golden Coach) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor).
If one is going to make a
movie that glorifies the aforementioned activities — which
Project X is clearly attempting to do with director Nima Nourizadeh's implementation
of a found - footage conceit to give the
movie a «you are there» feel and screenwriters Matt Drake and Michael Bacall's complete and total whitewashing
of whatever consequences might arise from a party that results in what is essentially a
war zone in a sleepy subdivision
of Pasadena, California — it should at least give a sense that the entire affair is fun.
Since Hepburn and her then - husband, producer Mel Ferrer, who joined her on the
project, were good friends with English director Terence Young (the director
of three
of the first four James Bond
movies), whom Hepburn had allegedly met more than two decades earlier while she treated him as a nurse in the Netherlands during the Second World
War, they lobbied hard for him to get the gig, even though Jack Warner initially wanted Carol Reed in the director's seat.
2 • The Lego Batman
Movie • Logan • Wonder Woman • Spider - Man: Homecoming Now in Theaters: Blade Runner 2049 • The Killing
of a Sacred Deer • The Florida
Project • Wonderstruck Thor • Thor: The Dark World • Avengers: Age
of Ultron Directed by Taika Waititi: Hunt for the Wilderpeople • What We Do in the Shadows • Eagle vs Shark Chris Hemsworth: The Cabin in the Woods • Red Dawn (2012) Tom Hiddleston: High - Rise • Crimson Peak Tessa Thompson: Creed Cate Blanchett: Cinderella • The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button Jeff Goldblum: Independence Day: Resurgence Ant - Man • Doctor Strange • Guardians
of the Galaxy • Captain America: Civil
War • Iron Man 3
We learned the latest on Pixar's upcoming slate, watched footage from upcoming Disney animation
projects, watched teasers for upcoming Disney live - action
movies, went behind the scenes
of Star
Wars: The Last Jedi, watched the first footage from Avengers: Infinity
War, and saw all kinds
of plans for Disney's upcoming theme park expansions.
While the followup
movie doesn't have the same luxury
of time with regard to promotional activities compared to its predecessor — given that it's sandwiched by two other tentpole films: Marvel Studios» Avengers: Infinity
War and Lucasfilm's Solo: A Star
Wars Story — Reynolds, and his team are doing a great job making sure that their latest
project generates buzz that would entice people to see it opening weekend.
Keynote speakers include Baobab Studios executive and «Madagascar»
movies Eric Darnell, who will discuss immersive storytelling in virtual reality; Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor and four - time Oscar winner Joe Letteri, who will discuss the evolution
of visual effects technology and one
of his latest
projects, «
War for the Planet
of the Apes»; and «World
of Warcraft» game designer Rob Pardo, the CEO
of Bonfire Studios.
A 2017 trend that stands out to me only now, as we usher in a new season — a new generation —
of movies, is the passing
of the baton from one Hollywood generation to the next: from the allegedly retiring Daniel Day - Lewis to Vicky Krieps, a relative unknown for American audiences, in Phantom Thread; from the indispensably familiar Willem Dafoe to the fast - rising and tenacious Caleb Landry Jones and Brooklynn Prince in The Florida
Project; from the late Carrie Fisher, America's one true franchise queen, to a bustling new generation
of Star
Wars stars — and fans.
[5 stars] Get Out (03.07 / 02.24 / 03.17) Downsizing (10.13 / 12.22 / 01.19.18) The Florida
Project (10.12 / 10.06 / 11.10) Colossal (04.18 / 04.07 / 05.19) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (10.15 / 11.10 / 01.12.18) The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26.16 / 02.24 / 09.23.16) A Ghost Story (08.08 / 07.07 / 08.11) Brigsby Bear (09.22 / 07.28 / 12.08) It Comes at Night (07.07 / 06.09 / 07.07) City
of Ghosts (07.17 / 07.07 / 07.21) Paddington 2 (10.29 / 01.12.18 / 11.10) Human Flow (11.27 / 10.13 / 12.08) Kedi (01.03.18 / 02.10 / 06.30) The Shape
of Water (10.10 / 12.08 / 02.16.18) First They Killed My Father (09.23 / 09.15 / 09.15) The Lego Batman
Movie (02.04 / 02.10 / 02.10) Logan (02.17 / 03.03 / 03.01)
War for the Planet
of the Apes (06.21 / 07.14 / 07.11) Their Finest (10.13.16 / 04.07 / 04.21) Lady Macbeth (10.13.16 / 07.14 / 04.28) Dunkirk (07.17 / 07.21 / 07.21) Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)(06.16 / 06.16 / 11.24) Ingrid Goes West (08.28 / 08.11 / 11.17) The Death
of Stalin (10.02 / 03.09.18 / 10.20) Call Me by Your Name (10.09 / 11.24 / 10.27) A United Kingdom (10.05.16 / 02.10 / 11.25.16) The Red Turtle (09.22.16 / 01.20 / TBA) Prevenge (10.12.16 / 03.24 / 02.10) La Soledad (08.16 / direct to VOD / 08.18) Last Flag Flying (10.07 / 11.03 / TBA) All This Panic (09.28.16 / 03.31 / 03.24) Letters from Baghdad (04.20 / 06.02 / 04.21) Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (89th Academy Awards)(02.06 / 02.08 / direct to VOD)
Ridley remains almost preternatural in her
movie star poise, with the sort
of face made to be
projected on a giant screen and a spirit to her character and delivery that has inspired a new generation
of Star
Wars fans.
«FANBOYS,» a lame comic tribute to the dwindling band
of «Star
Wars» aficionados, is one
of those be nighted
projects whose back story turns out to be significantly more compelling than the
movie itself.
Freeman's next
movie project will be BBC Two
war drama «The Eichmann Show», which focuses on the trial
of holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann.
2... * Opening the door for a package, Molly's Game... * Blood streaks on Giles's (Richard Jenkins's) sketch pad, The Shape
of Water... * Star
Wars: The Last Jedi's bleeding plain... * Bobby's traffic advisory to the flamingos, The Florida
Project... * Good fathers: Rob Morgan, Mudbound; Tracy Letts, Lady Bird; Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name; Mark Rylance, Dunkirk; Kenneth Cranham, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri... *
Movies that keep things in perfect scale: Mudbound, Lady Bird, Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, The Post... * Bridges, rivers, streets, fields, woods around Kingston, NY — Super Dark Times... * «Are we still going to prom together?»
W hen «Avengers: Infinity
War» opens on Thursday night, it will be the culmination
of a 10 - year, 18 -
movie project that has reshaped the face
of Hollywood.
The 45 - year - old actor - who reprised the role
of Mark Renton in the «Trainspotting» sequel earlier this year - is wanted for the
project by director Marc Forster, whose previous work includes «World
War Z» and James Bond
movie «Quantum
of Solace».
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of the Living Fred Fred: The
Movie Friday the 13th Funny About Love Gamer Hangman Hellbenders 3D Hitler's Bodyguard Internal Affairs Kickboxer Ladybugs Life Stinks Marathon Man Married to the Mob Meatballs Merlin: Season 1 — 5 Miami Blues Mystery Team Mystic River Paranormal Activity Philadelphia Prancer
Project Nim Quigley Down Under Red State Salsa Shanghai Surprise She's Having a Baby Sleepers Small Soldiers Snake Eyes Spaceballs Stand Up Guys Standing in the Shadows
of Motown Steel Magnolias Storage
Wars Northern Treasures: Season 1 Superstar Tenderness Texas Chainsaw Massacre II The Big Wedding The Conspirator The Dogs
of War The Foot Fist Way The Karate Kid The King
of Comedy The Man in the Moon The Marc Pease Experience The Phantom The Rage: Carrie 2 The Replacements The Thomas Crown Affair The Winning Season Throw Momma from the Train Trading Mom Troy Up in Smoke Uptown Girls Warpath Wayne's World 2 Wishmaster Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates
of Hell Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled World's Craziest Foods: Season 1
After The Lego
Movie team
of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were replaced with director Ron Howard, rumors spread that the latest standalone Star
Wars project was in trouble.
60 Days In: Complete Season 3 (A&E) American Pickers: Complete Seasons 15 & 16 (History) Ancient Aliens: Complete Season 12 (History) Counting Cars: Complete Season 6B (History) Fixer Upper: Complete Season 4 (HGTV) Flea Market Flip: Complete Season 4 (HGTV) Flip or Flop: Complete Season 6 (HGTV) Gangland Undercover: Complete Season 1 (History) House Hunters: Complete Season 108 (HGTV) House Hunter's Renovation: Complete Season 8 (HGTV) Intervention: Complete Seasons 15 & 16 (A&E) Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Complete Season 2 (A&E)
Project Runway: Complete Season 15 (Lifetime) Property Brothers: Complete Season 9 (HGTV) Property Brothers: Buying & Selling: Complete Seasons 1 & 4 (HGTV) Worst Cooks in America: Complete Season 8 (Food Network) 30 Beats (2012) 5 Days
of War (2010) 50/50 (2011) 52 Pick - Up (1986) A Simple Plan (1998) Accepted (2006) Barbie A Fashion Fairytale (2010) Barbie and the Diamond Castle (2008) Basic Instinct (1992) The Beaver (2011) The Big Wedding (2013) Carrie (1976) Red State (2012) Con Air (1997) The Conspirator (2011) Cool Runnings (1993) Danny Roane: First Time Director (2007) Death Becomes Her (1992) Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) The Dogs
of War (1981) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Eagle Vs Shark (2007) Eight Millimeter (1999) Eye for an Eye (1996) Fathers and Daughters (2015) Flashback (1990) The Flowers
of War (2011) The Foot Fist Way (2008) For A Few Dollars More (1967) Fred: The
Movie (2010) Fred: Night
of the Living Fred (2011) Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012) Friday The 13th (1980) Funny About Love (1990) Gamer (2009) The Giant King (2015) Hellbenders 3D (2012) Honey (2003) Honey 2 (2011) I Am a Teacher (2016) The Inbetweeners (2011) Internal Affairs (1990) The Jackal (1997) Jane Eyre (2011) K2 (1991) Ladybugs (1992) Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996) Land Before Time Sing Along (1997) Land Before Time Sing Along 2 (1999) Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) Land Before Time VI: The Secret
of Saurus Rock (1998) Land Before Time VII: The Stone
of Cold Fire (2000) Lawrence
of Arabia (1962) Leftovers (2017) Life Stinks (1991) Man in the Moon (1991) Map
of the Human Heart (1992) Marathon Man (1976) The Marc Pease Experience (2009) Married to the Mob (1988) The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Miami Blues (1990) Mystery Team (2009) Paranormal Activity (2007) The Phantom (1996) Prancer (1989)
Project Nim (2011) Quigley Down Under (1990) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Roxanne (1987) Salsa (1988) Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (2010) Shanghai Surprise (1986) She's Having A Baby (1988) Small Soldiers (1998) Snake Eyes (1998) Spaceballs (1987) Stand Up Guys (2012) Standing in the Shadows
of Motown (2002) Stories We Tell (2012) Superstar (1999) The Switch (2010) Taxi Driver (1976) Tenderness (2009) Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986) Texas Killing Fields (2011) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Throw Momma from the Train (1987) Thunder Soul (2010) Trading Mom (1994) Tumbledown (2015) Up In Smoke (1978) Uptown Girls (2003) U-571 (2000) Warpath (1951) Wayne's World 2 (1993) The Winning Season (2010) Wishmaster (1997) Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates
of Hell (2001) Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002) You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
As for the red coloring to the Star
Wars: The Last Jedi
movie title, it is striking compared to the usual yelow coloration, but not the first; both Star
Wars: Revenge
of the Sith and Star
Wars: Return
of the Jedi used red text, as did several other
projects over the years.
Among the many interviewees featured in A Night at the
Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington are filmmakers Oliver Stone (JFK, Nixon, W.), Rob Reiner (The American President), Gary Ross (Dave, The Hunger Games); and Rod Lurie (The Contender); actors Illeana Douglas (To Die For) as well as granddaughter
of Melvin Douglas and James Cromwell (The Queen, W.); actor / politician Fred Thompson (The Hunt for Red October, In the Line
of Fire); producer Marc Frydman (The Contender); political consultant and commentator James Carville (The
War Room); screenwriter Bob Gale (Back to the Future); author and film critic Julie Salamon (The Devil's Candy); and
Projecting Hollywood co-author Terry Christensen.
0:00 — Intro / New York Trip Recap 24:40 — Headlines: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, Darren Aronofsky Leaves The Wolverine, David Slade to Direct Daredevil, Natalie Portman's Black Swan Body Double Speaks Out, The King's Speech PG - 13 is Happening, Megan Fox in Knocked Up Spin - Off, First Photo from New Wonder Woman TV Show, Amy Adams is the New Lois Lane 37:10 — Review: Sucker Punch 1:00:35 — Review: Paul 1:18:40 — Review: Hobo with a Shotgun 1:41:45 — Trailer Trash: Captain America: The First Avenger, The Three Musketeers 1:51:10 — Other Stuff We Watched: Celebrity Apprentice, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Prison, Cutthroat Island, A Film Unfinished, Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein
Project, The Times
of Harvey Milk, Client 9: The Rise and Fall
of Eliot Spitzer, The Tillman Story, BMX Bandits, The Goonies, Punisher:
War Zone, Legend
of the Guardians: The Owls
of Ga'Hoole, Due Date, The Chaperone, The Adjustment Bureau, Hereafter, Dear Zachary, The Thin Blue Line, Night Court: Season 3, Limitless, Defendor, Skyline 2:57:20 — Junk Mail: Episode 110 in Under 3 Minutes, Film Junk Tattoos, Superpowers and How We Know Each Other, Film Junk Comments Coming Back to Haunt Jay, Carnivale, Walking Out
of / Turning Off
Movies, Cantankerous and Audio Commentaries 3:23:50 — This Week's DVD Releases 3:26:25 — Outro
In the last room
of Regen
Projects is a sculptural theatre entitled Range Week, where the earlier
movies Center Jenny (filmed at Fitch and Trecartin's Los Angeles - based studio) and Junior
War (a
movie Trecartin pieced together from footage he shot while in high school) are shown.
In multifaceted
projects, The Propeller Group blurs the lines between modes
of cultural production and embraces the formats
of branding campaigns, television commercials, Hollywood
movies, and music videos to explore the complex ideologies that drive global commerce,
war, and cultural and historical memory.
They also squabble over how to photograph the striking scenery and sunsets (
projected into the
movie at odd moments, the photographs seem like old - master Dutch paintings), hone their depression and fear
of illness, discuss the folly
of the
war in Iraq and watch a group
of machos at target practice.
[1] In Rogue One, a Star
Wars movie, it was revealed that the designer
of the Death Star for the Empire intentionally included a design defect that was not located by anyone else involved in the
project (something that was made possible because he was in charge
of the
project, although he did so under duress).