Source: Heat Vision
November 12, 2010

Swedish directors Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein are set to direct Underworld 4 for Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment.

Kate Beckinsale will return as Selene in the January 20, 2012 release that is expected to start filming in March 2011 in Vancouver. The script was written by John Hlavin and revised by J. Michael Straczynski.

Lakeshore Entertainment's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi and Len Wiseman are producing.

Marlind and Stein made their English-language debut with the thriller Shelter, which the Weinstein Company has scheduled for a February 25 release.

Opening in theaters on January 7, the supernatural action adventure is about a heroic Crusader (Nicolas Cage) and his closest friend (Ron Perlman) who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world.

Source: Deadline
November 15, 2010

The recently announced "Incredible Hulk" television series has found potential showrunners in the form of Guillermo del Toro and David Eick, reports Deadline.

Del Toro and Eick are said to be in negotiations for the series, to be produced between ABC Studios and Marvel TV. According to the article, it will feature a Dr. Bruce Banner in his 20's and will mix CGI with practical effects to depict the Hulk on-screen.

Del Toro and Eick are expected to work together on the story with Eick drafting the script and del Toro potentially attached to direct the pilot as well as develop the look of the Hulk himself.

Though no specific timeline has been confirmed, Deadline suspects a fall 2012 premiere.

Del Toro is best known for his career as directing with projects like Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth while Eick has acted as Executive Producer on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica and its subsequent spinoffs.

kaii i'm ashamed to say i haven't watched a quarter of these movies

15 Animated Features Line Up for 2010 Oscar Race

Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
November 15, 2010

Fifteen features have been accepted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.

The 15 features are:

- Alpha and Omega
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
- Despicable Me
- The Dreams of Jinsha
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Idiots and Angels
- The Illusionist
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
- Megamind
- My Dog Tulip
- Shrek Forever After
- Summer Wars
- Tangled
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
- Toy Story 3

The Dreams of Jinsha, The Illusionist, Summer Wars and Tangled have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet the category's other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process.

Under the rules for this category, in any year in which 8 to 15 animated features are released in Los Angeles County, a maximum of 3 motion pictures may be nominated. If 16 or more animated features are submitted and accepted in the category, a maximum of 5 motion pictures may be nominated.

Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.

The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

This is not my genre.  I have a hard time staying tuned to documentaries

15 Documentary Features Advance in 2010 Oscar Race
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
November 18, 2010

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards. One hundred-one pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney, director (ES Productions LLC)
- Enemies of the People Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films)
- Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures)
- Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC)
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors (White Pine Pictures)
- Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures)
- The Lottery Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films)
- Precious Life Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions)
- Quest for Honor Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions)
- Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films)
- This Way of Life Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films)
- The Tillman Story Amir Bar-Lev, director (Passion Pictures/Axis Films)
- Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim, director (Electric Kinney Films)
- Waste Land Lucy Walker, director (Almega Projects)
- William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, directors (Disturbing the Universe LLC)

The Documentary Branch Screening Committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.

Source: DreamWorks Studios
November 19, 2010

Two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will star as the 16th President of the United States in DreamWorks Studios' Lincoln to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today by Spielberg and Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios.

"Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema's distant future. I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with 'Lincoln,'" said Steven Spielberg. "Throughout his career, he has been exceptionally selective in his choice of material," added Stacey Snider, "which makes us feel even more fortunate that he has chosen to join with us for 'Lincoln.'"

Based on the best-selling book, "Team of Rivals," by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the screenplay has been written by the Pulitzer Prize winner, Tony Award winner, and Academy Award nominated writer Tony Kushner. It will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg.

It is anticipated that the film will focus on the political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War.

Doris Kearns Goodwin won her Pulitzer Prize for "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II." Kushner's prize was for his play "Angels in America," which later became an Emmy Award-winning television special. He had previously worked with Spielberg on Munich for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the Adapted Screenplay category.

iice:

RIP Leslie Nielsen. Dracula's love never dies still remains a favorite

obinna5000:

R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen (1926 - 2010)  He starred in The unclothed Gun series, Airplane!, Forbidden Planet, Wrongfully Accused, etc.