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NEWS UPDATE: MONDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2010
08/02/10
U.S. Box Office February 05-07:
The drama Dear John, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, managed to take over the first spot with $32 million. Avatar fell down to the second spot but still earned $23 million with a total of $630.1 million. Here's the rest of the Top Ten;
1. Dear John - $32,400,000 (new)
2. Avatar - $23,600,000 / $630,093,323
3. From Paris With Love - $8,120,000 (new)
4. Edge of Darkness - $7,005,000 / $29,097,000
5. Tooth Fairy - $6,500,000 / $34,332,973
6. When in Rome - $5,504,000 / $20,899,000
7. The Book of Eli - $4,835,000 / $82,163,000
8. Crazy Heart - $3,650,000 / $11,187,730
9. Legion - $3,400,000 / $34,600,000
10. Sherlock Holmes - $2,630,000 / $201,579,000
06/02/10
Newsflash:
 Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga) will play the title character in the upcoming 3-D superhero flick Stretch Armstrong. The film is based on the Hasbro toy brand.
Check out the Super Bowl TV spot for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood right here! The epic flick stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen and Mark Strong.
Also online, the Super Bowl TV spot for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, which stars Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel and Jessica Jade Andres. Shyamalan's previous flick, The Happening, totally sucked, but I gotta tell ya, The Last Airbender looks very interesting! Click on the pic for the clip!
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04/02/10
Newsflash:
Hi guys, here's the last update of the week, I'll be back with more this weekend!;
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, the third installment of The Da Vinci Code franchise, will be adapted for the big screen. There's no information available if Tom Hanks will return as Robert Langdon. Source: Variety
The fifth Fast and Furious flick is put on a fast track. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are back, Justin Lin will direct the new film, with the working title Fast Five. Source: Variety
James Cameron's Avatar is the biggest domestic film ever, with $601,141,551! Previous winner was Titanic with $600,788,188. The worldwide Avatar gross so far is $2,048,130,844.
02/02/10
2010 Oscar Nominations!:
As expected, Avatar was nominated a lot, including Art direction, Cinematography, Directing, Film editing, Original score, Best picture, Sound editing, Sound mixing and Visual effects! I'm really surprised that District 9 also got nominated for adapted screenplay and best picture! Here's a rundown of the most important categories. Click here for the complete list!
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Penélope - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Best animated feature film of the year
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Achievement in cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon - Christian Berger
Achievement in directing
Avatar - James Cameron
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Lee Daniels
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman
Best documentary feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best foreign language film of the year
Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophète (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Avatar - James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
Up - Michael Giacchino
Adapted screenplay
District 9 - Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education - Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop - Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air - Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Original screenplay
The Hurt Locker - Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds - Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger - Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up - Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Best motion picture of the year
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
02/02/10
Patrick Tatopoulos directs I, Frankenstein!:
Special effects designer Patrick Tatopoulos, who made his directorial debut with Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, will direct I, Frankenstein. The flick is based on the upcoming graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux and centers on the original monster of Victor Frankenstein who stands between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures.
"It is a privilege to be given the chance to direct this highly visual piece," Tatopoulos said, "Kevin Grevioux has created something truly special with 'I, Frankenstein' and I couldn't dream of a better team than my friends at Lakeshore to make this project happen."
01/02/10
Joe Johnston talks Captain America:
Director Joe Johnston (The Wolfman) talked to Film Journal about his upcoming superhero project, The First Avenger: Captain America. The film will be set in 1942, 1943 during World War II, check this out;
"We're in prep. Rick Heinrichs is production-designing and we're set up down in Manhattan Beach California. It's the part of the process that I love the most. We have eight or ten really talented artists, and we all just sit around all day and draw pictures and say, 'Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we could do this?' It's that phase of the production where money doesn't matter: 'Let's put all the greatest stuff up on the wall and then later see what we can afford.'
The stuff in the '60s and '70s comic books we're sort of avoiding. We're going back to the '40s, and then forward to what they're doing with Captain America now."
30/01/10
Trailers:
The trailer for The Losers is online, and it looks pretty cool! The film is based on the DC comic and stars Watchmen's Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric and Peter Macdissi. Great cast, click here for the trailer!
The trailer for Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps also looks fantastic! Michael Douglas is back as Gordon Gekko, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin and Frank Langella also star. Click on the pic for the trailer!
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28/01/10
Newsflash:
Hi guys, here's the last update of the week, I'll be back with more news this weekend!;
Zac Efron will star in the adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis' graphic novel Fire. The story centers on a college student who is recruited by the CIA. Source: Deadline Hollywood
Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) joins Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road. George Miller is back to direct the new flick, which is set right after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Mel Gibson is in talks to star in the spy thriller Cold Warrior. The story revolves around a spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to team with a younger agent. The flick will be directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), who was also the screenwriter of Lethal Weapon! Source: Variety
26/01/10
Last Airbender posters!:
Two new posters for The Last Airbender hit the web! The flick, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is based on the animated Avatar series, the cast includes Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim. I love Shyamalan's films, but The Happening was just awful, hope he will be back with The Last Airbender. Click on the pic for bigger verions.
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29/12/09
Reggy's Film Top Ten 2009!:
It's that time of the year again where film critics need to let the world know what their favorite flick is. Well, once again, I based mine on geek level and awesomeness! Check out Reggy's Film Top Ten 2009 right here!
16/12/09
Reggy's Avatar Review!:
James Cameron, the man who created The Terminator, brought us Aliens, used CG in The Abyss and was on top of the world with Titanic, is back with a new sci-fi flick called Avatar! Need I say more? No! Read my spoiler-free review and check out the flick (or check out the flick first and then read my spoiler-free review)!
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