EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis ‘Buzzing’ About Second ‘Roger Rabbit’ Movie
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” came out 20 years ago and grossed $330 million worldwide, and for all the talk about another big screen venture for the animated bunny and his voluptuous sweetheart Jessica, nothing over the last two decades moved into production. And it was starting to seem like nothing ever would.
But when MTV News [...]
Jessica Biel’s ‘Easy Virtue’: A Tribeca Film Festival Review
On the Line: I attended an industry screening, but even the press were buzzing about the film. People seemed to be looking forward to “Easy Virtue,” but with a cast that includes Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas, how could you not?
In the Theater: Because it was a press screening and [...]
New Space Superstar Zoe Saldana Compares The Visions Of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Avatar’
Zoe Saldana is sci-fi’s newest leading lady, having scored herself the lead role in two of the most highly-anticipated, big-budget sci-fi flicks of 2009. After taking on the space frontier as Uhura in J.J. Abrams’s remake of “Star Trek,” and playing Neytiri in James Cameron’s ten-years-in-development vision “Avatar,” Saldana recently dished about what is was [...]
Eli Roth Dishes on His ‘Basterds’ Nazi Mini-Movie: ‘What Have I Done?’
Forget about real-life movies. Sometimes, the best flicks are the mini movies-within-movies that audiences only get a tantalizingly short peek at. From the Bruce Willis/Julia Roberts thriller “Habeus Corpus” glimpsed in Robert Altman’s “The Player” to the serious-minded dramatization at the end of “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” to the “Bowfinger” blockbuster “Chubby Rain,” I know I’d [...]
We Swing By The ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Auditions
A fourth “Spider-Man” film isn’t the only upcoming project for our webbed hero — come February 2010, the story of Peter Parker will hit Broadway courtesy of “Across the Universe” director Julie Taymor and U2’s Bono and The Edge.
While Evan Rachel Wood has been rumored for the role of Mary-Jane Watson, nothing is certain and [...]
Josh Peck Heads Out Of This World For Ashley Tisdale’s Sci-Fi Flick ‘Upstairs’
You might know him best from “Drake & Josh,” but 22-year-old Josh Peck has just as many fans from his family-friendly work in “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” These days, he’s stepping back into the voiceover booth once again, working on July’s Ashley Tisdale action comedy, “They Came from Upstairs.”
“I’m doing the voice of one of [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Take A Jog With Kate Hudson In This ‘Bride Wars’ DVD Clip
When two best friends plan their weddings on the same day, all hell breaks loose (apparently that’s a major faux pas in girl world). That’s the story behind “Bride Wars,” the comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.
The film is now hitting store shelves and to celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive deleted scene from the [...]
Oliver Stone To Direct ‘Wall Street’ Sequel, Shia LaBeouf In Talks
Back in February, Oliver Stone told MTV News that he would not be coming to save “Wall Street 2,” the sequel to his Zeitgeist-defining drama about corporate greed in the 1980s. Fox had fast-tracked the movie late last year as the economic downturn became severe.
“I dropped out,” he said. “I didn’t want to do another [...]
‘Hotel For Dogs’ Special Effects Wiz On Building Rube Goldberg-esque Contraptions
A time-traveling Delorean. Dinosaurs. Crazy steam-powered tanks. Over nearly 30 years as a special effects dynamo on films like “Back to the Future II,” “Jurassic Park” and “Wild Wild West,” there’s not much Michael Lantieri hasn’t been asked to do.
That is, until he joined the production of “Hotel for Dogs” and had to create a [...]
A Different Edward Cullen? The ‘Twilight’ Scenario That Never Came to Pass
There was no chance that the actor who landed the lucky, life-changing role of Edward Cullen would not become an instant heartthrob. But could he have been someone entirely different, and still found a way into the hearts of Twilighters all over the world?
That’s the question that presents itself when one ponders the curious case [...]
