When it comes to apocalyptic fare, for every 50 films like Armageddon and Resident Evil we get something unique – something you might not even initially associate with the popular (usually FX-heavy) Hollywood offerings.
With an all-star cast and source material that’s captured the hearts of millions, Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful might be 2013’s first big hit. The film finished shooting some time ago, and we’ve finally got an official look at James Franco as the titular wizard.
With the help of director/producer Luc Besson, Liam Neeson reinvented himself as a gritty action hero in the 2008 film Taken, which grossed $226.8 million worldwide off a budget of $25 million. A sequel quickly became a foregone conclusion for 20th Century Fox, and we finally have a trailer to showcase its inevitable badassery.
While a classified ad might seem like an unlikely source for a film, Safety Not Guaranteed embraces its premise and runs with it in surprising directions. Yes, this is a film about a goofy guy who’s looking for a partner to time travel with, but there’s a lot more going on.
Universal Pictures has been very quietly trying to reboot the “Jurassic Park” franchise for the last year in hopes of having more bankable properties in its arsenal than the “Fast and Furious” franchise. Now, the studio has finally taken a big step by hiring Rise of the Planet of the Apes scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to write a new treatment for the dangerous dinosaurs.
History and cinema have paired up to give us unquestionable classics, but on some occasions they make strange bedfellows and one butchers the other. The upcoming release of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is taking “butchering history” to a new extreme by showing the 16th President of the United States fighting creatures of the night with an axe. With that in mind, we take a look at some movies that used fictionalized versions of historical events or alternative timelines.
After this weekend proved that some funny men clearly aren’t too discerning in their project choices, it’s nice to know that some still have standards, as Jim Carrey has backed out of the recently announced sequel to Dumb and Dumber.
