May 2009

‘Up’ Rises Above the Box Office Competition

Published on: 31st May, 2009

Pixar’s latest animated adventure, Up, rose above the box office competition this weekend, soaring to an estimated $68.2 million.  The number one debut is business as usual for the Disney-owned animation studio, scoring their 10th straight first place finish out of 10 theatrical releases.
The weekend estimate is just shy of Pixar’s best starts (Finding Nemo [...]

Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets Summer Movies

Published on: 31st May, 2009

An “Anti-Smoking In Movies” campaign started making the rounds last Wednesday with a moving billboard that reads, “Which movie studios will cause me to smoke this summer?”  It also drives traffic to their Facebook page, which includes statistics and video clips that support their efforts.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the California Youth [...]

Official Look at The Fallen from ‘Transformers 2′

Published on: 30th May, 2009

Shia LaBeouf just revealed to MTV the first official look at The Fallen from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  The title character is described by the young actor as “the king bee, the patriarchal figure, the main dude” and where “all this stuff came from.”  You can try to watch the video of the introduction [...]

‘Toy Story 3′ Teaser Trailer

Published on: 29th May, 2009

Disney premiered footage of Toy Story 3 last night on Entertainment Tonight.  The bad news is there was a snarky voice over guy ruining their exclusive.  The good news is a high-quality full version has arrived online today, just in time for another Pixar release in theaters, Up.
The video is pretty basic stuff, just reminding [...]

DreamWorks Animation’s Schedule Through 2012

Published on: 28th May, 2009

Updated with official synopsis and details directly from the good people at DWA.

CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg addressed investors today in Gotham where DreamWorks Animation unveiled their 2009-2012 lineup and announced plans for five features every two years. The toon studio has been averaging two movies a year since it spun off from DreamWorks in 2004.  It’s [...]

Blockbuster Going Under, Trying Anything

Published on: 28th May, 2009

Blockbuster Inc. is branching out to try to save their business from bankruptcy.  The 24-year-old movie rental company was listed as one of the “15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009″ in US News in February.  In April, the company warned it may not have sufficient funds to finance the “ongoing obligations” of its business.  [...]

Concept Art for James Cameron’s Avatar

Published on: 28th May, 2009

The dedicated 3-D website MarketSaw received two very awesome concept art images for James Cameron’s next movie, Avatar.  With Fox’s permission they debuted a full look at the power suit used to navigate the world of Pandora, the film’s vibrant setting.  This is similar to the partial view that was leaked a few days ago [...]

Prequel to ‘Alien’ Growing in FOX’s Stomach

Published on: 28th May, 2009

In an April interview with IESB, Fox executive Tom Rothman revealed plans to revisit the Alien series.  Rothman told the site there was “some talk” of a prequel and the original’s director, Ridley Scott, was said to be “toying around with the idea” of returning to the franchise.  Four films were made in the Alien [...]

International Poster for ‘G.I. Joe’

Published on: 28th May, 2009

Empire has the international poster for this August’s G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.  The name certainly suggests a series of Joe films, but early reactions have been pretty lukewarm.  It will be interesting to see if this catches people’s attention late in the summer.  Click on either of the images below to see the characters [...]

Shirtless Robert Pattinson in ‘New Moon’ Set Pictures

Published on: 28th May, 2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is currently filming in Italy and gave the paparazzi a field day with set pictures.  The scene is near the end of the movie when Bella (Kristen Stewart) reunites with her vampire lover Edward (Robert Pattinson).  Believing she’s dead, Edward walks into the sunlight to reveal he’s a vampire and [...]

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