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"black swan"
I aint watching that~

Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
January 5, 2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
TRON: Legacy

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 20. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

Source: Silas Lesnick
January 5, 2011

Today saw the launch of the Sanctum 3D Mobile Experience, a traveling theater that will showcase scenes from the upcoming film for free across a dozen US cities over the next four weeks. To launch the event, director Alister Grierson joined executive producer James Cameron and writer/producer Andrew Wright for a discussion about the film, the true story behind it and how, in a way, the 3D element plays a larger role in Sanctum than it did in Avatar.

Inspired by the real-life experiences of Wright, the thriller came after a near-fatal storm that hit when the explorer was cave-diving in Western Australia's Nullabor Plain.

"We were exploring an underwater cave system similar to what we've got in 'Sanctum,'" Wright recalls, "On the last day of the expedition, we were hauling all of our equipment out and most of the people in the cave were engaged in that activity. I was on quite a small ledge hauling tanks up and a freak storm hit the area. What started as a trickle of water from the cave, turned into a torrent which then started to collapse the entrance to the cave. Literally, boulders the size of an SUV were rolling down in the cave. You could hear the clatter of scuba tanks banging off the walls. It trapped about fifteen of us below ground."

Luckily for Wright, he survived the incident and, after working with Cameron on his 3D documentaries, decided to script a thriller based on the same scenario. Produced in Australia for a modest budget, Sanctum aims to apply the same cameras used in Avatar to different effect. By telling a story of incredibly close-quarters, the upcoming film is able to make more distinctive use of the technology.

"'Avatar' had so many wide vistas," explains Cameron, "that the difference between watching the movie in 2D and 3D is not that great. The more expansive the image, the less you feel in close contact with the characters or objects. It's the intimate scenes in 'Avatar', that were really the most effective."

For Sanctum, intimacy is driven to a terrifying level as the characters squeeze through dark, flooded caves in search of some kind of an exit. To achieve the cramped, underwater shooting, the cast was required to undergo extensive training with Grierson joking that they waited for the most dangerous stuff until the last day of shooting.

Source: EON Productions
January 11, 2011

Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, together with Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., today announced that the 23rd James Bond film will commence production in late 2011 for a worldwide release on November 9, 2012.

Daniel Craig will be returning as the legendary British secret agent, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan.

Trailer looks like something i'd watch. . .but we know trailers can be deceiving.  It had better be more interesting than Legion.  For some reason, my pc doesn't let me encode vids properly.  Too lazy to work out the details

Someone's comment cracked me up

It does look like Blade and Legion had a baby, and then that baby got together with Constantine, and had Priest.  Rofl.

Source: Heat Vision
January 11, 2011

Heat Vision is reporting the trade has learned who Christopher Nolan is looking at for the female role in The Dark Knight Rises:

Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Biel are due to test for roles in the Warner Bros. superhero tentpole in the next two weeks. Also testing are relative newcomers Kate Mara and Charlotte Riley. Hot British actress Gemma Arterton has also scheduled to test but, as Heat Vision first reported last week, Arterton just landed the female lead in Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and might now have scheduling issues.

The site adds that Nolan is filling two female roles for his third Batman movie - a villain and a love interest. According to them, one character is Talia, the daughter of Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson in the first film).

Interestingly, Riley is engaged to Tom Hardy, who is playing a role in the movie.

Heat Vision says shooting is expected to start in May and will film in London and Los Angeles. The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters on July 20, 2012.

Hmmm I don't even know who to pick Though i haven't seen The Fighter and King's Speech but going by John Adams (Hello HBO ) I have a pretty good idea of Hooper's capabilities.

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010.

“2011 marks the 75th anniversary of the DGA, making the celebration of this year’s five nominees especially meaningful,” said Hackford. “Their inspired films radiate the passion and unique vision of each of these filmmakers, who are about to become part of our Guild's rich history. My sincerest congratulations to all five nominees.”

The winner will be named at the 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

DARREN ARONOFSKY
Black Swan
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

This is Mr. Aronofsky’s first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination.


DAVID FINCHER
The Social Network
(Columbia Pictures)

This is Mr. Fincher’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008. He previously won the DGA Commercial Award for Speed Chain (Nike), Gamebreakers (Nikegridiron.com), and Beauty for Sale (Xelibri Phones) in 2003 and was nominated in that category again in 2008.


TOM HOOPER
The King’s Speech
(The Weinstein Co.)

This is Mr. Hooper’s first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. He was previously nominated for the DGA Award for Movies for Television/Miniseries for John Adams in 2008.


CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Inception
(Warner Bros. Pictures)

This is Mr. Nolan’s third DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for The Dark Knight in 2008 and for Memento in 2001.


DAVID O. RUSSELL
The Fighter
(Paramount Pictures and The Weinstein Co.)

This is Mr. Russell’s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

Source: AMPAS
January 11, 2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films in competition for nominations in the Makeup category for the 83rd Academy Awards. The list includes:

Alice in Wonderland
Barney's Version
The Fighter
Jonah Hex
True Grit
The Way Back
The Wolfman

The final three nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 25th at 5:30 a.m. PST. Following that, the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27th.