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The King’s Speech makes over $20 Million at Australian Box Office
The King’s Speech has surpassed the $20 million dollar mark at the Australian Box Office. As of last weekend, the $15 million dollar period movie, about a King with a stuttering problem, made back it’s entire production costs in Australia alone. The film has racked up $159 million at the box office and is nominated for 12 Academy Awards. While the film looks 20 times it’s budget,...
Bond 23 – 007 to drink Coca-Cola instead of Martini’s? Possible Casting News
Now that the recently saved MGM Studios are getting back on their feet financially. the company is looking to partner with a distributor for the next James Bond film. With their current deal with Fox Home Entertainment to distribute the MGM library on DVD & BluRay finishing at the end of this year, FOX has pulled out of contention. Paramount, has also pulled out of negotiations due to the fact...
Odd Thomas Update – First Casting News
Things are moving fast on the adaptation of Dean Koontz’ Odd Thomas. Bringing this film to the big screen is Stephen Sommers. Sommers, who recently turned down the GI Joe sequel in favour of Odd Thomas, is due to start principal photography sometime this year for a mid-2012 release. Having seen the adaptations of Koontz’s novels being made with varying success, it seems that, this time...
Access Reel Reviews: Hereafter
A drama centered on three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — who are touched by death in different ways. Staring Matt Damon and Cecile De France Hereafter, being the 34th film directed by Clint Eastwood, Has already received high expectations. Clint Eastwood’s moving portrayals of human emotion have excelled him into fame as a 5 s...
X Men First Class Logo
Those eagerly following development on the next X Men film being directed by Matthew Vaughn will be interested to see the release of the official logo for the film. Released via the films facebook page the logo was shown along with the news that the first trailer for the film will be coming very soon. First Class is based on a story by Bryan Singer with a screenplay written by Jane Goldman, Ashley...
The Hobbit Start Date
There has been a formal update as to the start date of principal photography for the first of the two Hobbit films from production company 3Foot7.Ltd. The start date is now Monday 21 March, and will see the beginning of a new two-part tale in the world of Middle Earth. The Hobbit films will see the return of several Lord of the Rings veterans including Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, ...
The Stand Hollywood remake
There has been recent talk that a remake to The Stand has been giving the go ahead to become a major motion picture. Those of us, who remember the epic television miniseries, brought to life by Mick Garris; Stephen King’s go to man for his novel adaptations, do so with fondness and admiration. They are considerably worried that a Hollywood treatment of this quintessential story of the strugg...
SCRE4M – Not Reshoots, says Wes Craven
According to Director Wes Craven, the recent additional shooting for the upcoming SCRE4M is for ‘juicing’ up scene and adding footage – not reshooting as was previously announced. Speaking from on the set Craven adds, “They’re not reshoots, We had a couple test screenings and we saw two scenes where they had moments you could add to and we just saw a spectacular oppor...
AccessReel Reviews – 127 Hours
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s remarkable battle for survival after a falling boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated slot canyon in Utah. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Over the next five days Ralston battles the elements and his own demons before discoverin...
Accessreel Reviews – Faster
An ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. During his campaign, however, he’s tracked by a veteran cop and an egocentric hit man. At first, FASTER looks to be a standard revenge movie. For the first fifteen minutes, I was annoyed at its “stylieness” – a condition afflicting films that aspire to styli...
AccessReel Reviews – The Next Three Days
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son Luke and teaching at community college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides ther...
AccessReel Reviews: Sanctum
While trying to explore a cave system never before seen by humans, a group of scientists and adventurers become trapped and entwined in a life threatening attempt to escape. Starring Richard Roxburgh and Ioan Gruffudd, Sanctum is a claustrophobic underwater adventure into human sacrifice and ambition. The first few scenes of Sanctum ran by pretty quickly, being that the entire movie is in 3D when ...