Month: December 2010 | FilmBuffOnline

Blanchett Returning To Middle Earth For THE HOBBIT

December 7, 2010 Rich Drees

Cate Blanchett has become the first official cast member of Lord The Rings to be announced as reprising their role in Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit. Since Blanchett’s character of Galadriel doesn’t appear in J. [click for more]

Rumor Killer: Lucas Not Planning On Digitally Reanimating Dead Stars

December 7, 2010 Rich Drees

And now is the time that we all collectively breath a sigh of relief. A spokesperson for Lucasfilm has categorically denied this week’s rumor du jour that George Lucas was buying up the likeness rights [click for more]

SPIDER-MAN On Broadway: It’s Own Worst Enemy

December 7, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

There was a certain amount of schadenfreude surrounding Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark way before it ever opened. Be it an active dislike of Julie Taymor, a hatred of Bono and Edge, or just an [click for more]

What TANGLED Could Have Looked Like

December 7, 2010 Rich Drees

Early in its production, the Disney animated film that became known as Tangled was shaping up to be a much different movie than what is currently in theaters. In the early version being developed by [click for more]

Is George Lucas Going To Digitally Reanimate Dead Movie Stars?

December 7, 2010 Rich Drees

In 2004’s Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, director Kerry Conran used digitized footage of Sir Laurence Olivier to get one final performance from the long deceased actor. If British Mel Smith is to [click for more]

KINGS SPEECH Wins Big At British Independent Film Awards

December 6, 2010 Rich Drees

Director Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, the story of King George IV struggle to overcome a speech impediment following his unexpected succession to the throne of England, swept last night’s British Independent Film awards, winning [click for more]

First Trailer For Mel Gibson In THE BEAVER

December 5, 2010 Rich Drees

I’m never that interested in reporting on the lives of celebrities, but sometimes that type of gossip news does impact on the actual films themselves. Case in point being how Mel Gibson’s recent public personal [click for more]

A Reader Reviews SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO

December 4, 2010 Rich Drees

This past week, the live action version of the classic anime franchise Space Battleship Yamato, better known here in the United States by the title it was syndicated to television – Starblazers. Ain’t It Cool [click for more]

New Releases: December 3

December 3, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Warrior’s Way (Relativity, 1,622 Theaters, 100 Minutes, Rated R): I live outside of New York City, and I have heard nothing of this film. No print ads, no TV commercials, nothing. And if [click for more]

Trejo States MACHETE Sequel Already Written

December 3, 2010 Rich Drees

One of the dangers of ending a movie with the promise of a sequel is poor box office performance dictating that the promise will not be fulfilled. While it is a certainty that James Bond [click for more]