Would-be heir to the Bruce Lee throne, Tony Jaa is returning to the big screen with Ong Bak 3, sequel to Ong Bak 2: The Beginning and prequel to Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. The trailer is featured on the just-releasedOng Bak 2 DVD and Blu-ray. Like the lackluster follow-up to the ass-kicking original, Tony Jaa will have his hand in directing, producing and writing Ong Bak 3. Let's hope it's more like the original and less like the confusing sequel/prequel. Knees and elbows will crack skulls when Ong Bak 3 hits Thai theaters in April. No word yet on a stateside release. --Eric Pulsifer Add Comment Gervais to cross "Cemetary Junction" 02/02/2010
Cemetery Junction tells the universal story of being trapped in a small town. In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls and dreaming of escape. The April 2010 release was written by The Office and Extras creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and will be directed by Gervais. What do you guys think of the trailer? --Greg MacLennan 82nd Academy Award Nominations 02/02/2010
 Avatar and The Hurt Locker appear to be heirs to the eventual best picture crown as the film with the most nominations typically takes home the prize and each scored with this mornings nominations by picking up nine a piece. Quentin Tarantino didn't fare so poorly either with eight nominations for his Inglourious Basterds, while Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up in the Air each snatched up six. Meryl Streep also extended her record for nominations by picking one up for Julie & Julia, making it her 16th nomination. Check out the full list of nominations after the jump and see who surprised you the most. --Greg MacLennan Kathryn Bigelow first woman to win DGA 02/01/2010
 Kathryn Bigelow had a big win for The Hurt Locker as the first woman director to win a Directors Guild of America award. Which leads us to ask: Is James Cameron's Avatar slipping in its Oscar chances? Perhaps--especially if this weekend's awards mean anything. And they usually do. Why? Because, according to Roger Ebert, only six times in 60 years has the DGA winner NOT won the Academy Award for Best Picture. And an overwhelming 58 out of the last 60 DGA winners also won the golden statue for Best Director. Lest we forget how the fickle the Academy is though--remember Crash''s unfortunate win at the 2006 Oscars over Brokeback Mountain? Ang Lee won the DGA that year, so it's still anyone's game--but possibly less Cameron's, who only has the Golden Globes under his belt. Drop by tomorrow for the Oscar noms! --Darcie Duttweiler It's business time 01/29/2010
 Every once in a while information coming out of Hollywood about certain projects can erase the memories of bad remake attempts! First, news came that Disney would be materializing a new Muppet film, entitled The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made with a script co-written by Jason Segel (Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Then, as if Disney execs had a sudden urge to produce films that have the potential to be...oh I don't know...great, it was revealed yesterday that co-creator of the hit HBO show Flight of the Conchords and director/co-writer of Ali G in da USA James Bobin could possibly be signed on to direct the film. I, for one, hope old Bobin refuses whatever other offers he may have on the table and mans up about the Muppets. You take your beloved classic characters like Kermit and Fozzie Bear, filter them through the mind of Jason Segel--him being a member of the Golden House of Apatow ensures at least SOMEONE will see the movie--and put them under the knife of Bobin, whose past work guarantees Henson's creations won't be completely without an edge in his hands and you've got a movie that'll have just the right amount of witty, bizarre adventures and weird whimsy that audiences of all ages can enjoy. --Jessica Hixson Mel Gibson is not to old for this sh... 01/28/2010
 Lethal Weapon scribe Shane Black and Mel Gibson are teaming back up for a thriller about a Cold War-era spy who helps a young up and comer track a terrorist. The film is titled Cold Warrior and would mark Black's second directorial effort after Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The two were in discussions to team back up for quite some time, but nothing ever came from it, no Lethal Weapon 5...;( However this seems to be putting Gibson back in his place, and I look forward to anything these two can do. What do you guys think? --Greg MacLennan  As if Sam Worthington didn't try his hand at enough genre flicks--machines! sci-fi! Gods vs. humans!--he is now allegedly gearing up to take on the most famous vampire of them all: Dracula. Word is that Worthington is in talks to star in Dracula Year Zero, a period vampire epic Alex Proyas, director of I, Robot. The flickexplores the origin of Dracula, weaving vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler. It seeks to depict Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war. In not so many words--it wants to be the new Batman Begins. You know what? Before Twilight and before True Blood, I always loved the Dracula movies--well, minus the one with Vitamin C in it. It is a good ol', classic story from hundreds of years ago that stems from a real person, and I think it's intriguing and all the scarier. So I can totally get on board with an origin story about the infamous Dracula, especially with newest IT boy, Worthington, taking a stab at it. What do you guys think? --Darcie Duttweiler Gremlins in 3-D to Get Audience Wet? 01/26/2010
 Eighties kitsch aficionados rejoice! America’s favorite psychotic little beasties could be coming back in a very big way. MarketSaw is reporting that Gizmo, Stripe and their many furry friends are (once again) rumored to be returning to the big screen in a 3-D addition to the successful franchise. It has yet to be determined if this potential extension of the Gremlins saga will be a remake of the original, or a sequel to Joe Dante’s first two films starring the hilarious yet terrifying mogwai. Personally, I’m apprehensive about this news. Whether it be a continuation or reboot, the ongoing appeal of Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch relies heavily on the films’ camp factor—and the abilities of college students everywhere to score decent bud. So I will proudly join the purist masses in hoping that whomever signs onto the project refuses an only CGI approach to its critter cast, instead utilizing puppetry and maybe even theme park ride techniques from 3-D film days of yore (Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, anyone?).I’d love to see a movie theater tie-in where the audience gets sprayed with water every time some dumb kid in the movie—and you know there’s going to be a dumb kid—doesn’t follow the very simple tenets of mogwai care and gets one wet! Nothing will snap this “wired” generation out of their technological bubble like a dousing of good old-fashioned water in the face when they least expect it! Dear potential producers of a film we’re not sure will even be made, I implore you to avoid the glossed-over-full-throttle-CGI-3-D-turbo-extreme experience with our beloved Gremlins and take a nobler, more nostalgic approach that advocates of low production value films will surely appreciate. There are some films out there that don’t need a complete upgrade to appeal to a new generation of moviegoers. The lure of Gremlins is in the quirk—not some slick, computer editing. Please don’t worry about not appealing to kids these days—they’ll always have G-Force. --Jessica Hixson SAGs mimic Golden Globes...for the most part 01/25/2010
 How boring is this awards season stacking up to be now? I would say now that really the only tight race is for Best Picture, with Avatar taking the Globe last week, and Inglourious Basterds snagging the SAG this past weekend. Even the Hurt Locker got in on the action at the Producers Guild Awards. But almost every other award seems to be a total lock for the rest of the season. Don't believe me? Check out the full list of winners from the Screen Actors Guild Awards below. --Darcie Duttweiler Ensemble Cast: Inglourious Basterds Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Female Actor in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique, Precious Stunt Ensemble: Star Trek Who else is sooo unexcited that Sandra Bullock will probably be walking away with an Oscar for a sappy football flick? Barf. Trailer Park 01/22/2010
We have a couple new trailers up for you guys that have been catching our eye. First up we got a red band trailer for the upcoming comedy Hot Tub Time Machine (warning it's got some bad language and some boo-bees in the trailer). The movie stars Craig Robinson, John Cusack, Clark Duke, and Rob Corddry as four friends who get loaded and travel back in time with a chance to relive their pasts. Next up we got a new comedy, Cyrus, from mumblecore maestros The Duplass Brothers. The film stars Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly and Marissa Tomei int he story of a guy with a too good looking girlfriends who has a teenage son that hates him. Let us know what you guys think. --Greg MacLennan |
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