Month: January 2009 | FilmBuffOnline

Gilliam Back To Work On DON QUIXOTE

January 18, 2009 Rich Drees

Terry Gilliam is back to work on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. If you don’t know how monumental that simple statement is, go watch the documentary Lost In La Mancha, which chronicles the first [click for more]

A New Peek At Disney’s THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

January 18, 2009 Rich Drees

A few years back, when it looked as if they were not going to be able to renew their distribution deal with PIXAR, Walt Disney Studios launched an initiative to produce computer animated films on [click for more]

Can Reshoots Save WOLVERINE?

January 17, 2009 Rich Drees

So the word got out at the end of this week that director Gavin Hood is Vancouver working on re-shoots for his upcoming superhero film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The report, from Collider, stated that reshoots [click for more]

Trailer: PLANET 51

January 17, 2009 Rich Drees

I haven’t heard much about the upcoming CGI animated film Planet 51 except that its premise sounds like a fun, comedic flip of the standard alien invasion story. However, the trailer only half sells me [click for more]

Fox And Warner Brothers Have Reached A Settlement Over WATCHMEN!!

January 15, 2009 Rich Drees

It looks as if our long national (geek) nightmare is over! According to the Hollywood Reporter, talks between Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Brothers Studios have proven fruitful and they have reached an agreement over [click for more]

Is Emily Blunt About To Join Rourke, Rockwell In IRON MAN 2 Cast?

January 15, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Iron Man 2 is shaping up to be a Marvel Comics fan’s dream. First, they get to see a live action War Machine. Then Crimson Dynamo. Then possibly Whiplash. Now, the sexy secret agent known [click for more]

Weekend Releases: January 16

January 15, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Defiance (Paramount Vantage, 1,789 theaters, 137 minutes, Rated R): Expanding from its NY, LA new year’s eve opening, this film gets a wider release this week. And thank goodness for it, because it adds a [click for more]

Could We Finally Be Able To Watch The WATCHMEN?

January 15, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Word out of Hollywood is that Fox and Warner Brothers might be close to a settlement in their rights dispute over the Watchmen movie. Per Film Esq., both studios filed a Notice of Settlement Status [click for more]

Is PUSHING DAISIES The Next Cancelled TV Series TO Get Big Screen Treatment?

January 15, 2009 Rich Drees

The facts are these- In much the same way that its lead character can temporarily restore the dead back to life, it looks like the recently cancelled ABC television series Pushing Daisies may get a [click for more]

Ricardo Montalban Has Died

January 15, 2009 John Gibbon

Ricardo Montalban, the dashing, suave actor, perhaps best known for his role as Khan in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan and as Mr. Roarke on television’s Fantasy Island, passed away January 14th in Los Angeles [click for more]