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'The Social Network' Premiere Pictures
Premiere of 'The Social Network' during the 48th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 24, 2010 in New York City.
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THE INCEPTION CASTS WEIRDEST DREAMS
Leonardo DiCaprio
“I’m in this 8-by-8-foot cell, and the walls are painted off-white, and there’s a cot in one corner. There’s a steel door on one wall, and on the opposite wall there’s one tiny window, way up high. If I jump up, I can see that it looks out over the water, with no land in sight. I’m there for what feels like hours, and suddenly I hear someone approaching. The footsteps get closer and closer, until they stop right outside the door. A food slot in the bottom of the door opens up, and a tray slides in, but instead of food, it’s got a suit on it, and a fake mustache. A window in the door slides open, and there’s Marty Scorsese, with this crazy grin on his face. ‘Time to make another movie, Leo,’ he says. ‘This time you’re a claims adjuster who gets mixed up with the Chinese Triads.’ Then he closes the window and I hear him walking away. I try to put on the suit, but all the pant legs and shirt cuffs have been sewn shut. Then I wake up.”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I’m on the set of 3rd Rock from the Sun, and everyone is there, French Stewart and Kristen Johnston and John Lithgow and Jane Curtin, and we’re laughing about something when one of the producers comes in and tells us that the show’s been cancelled. We’re all sad, of course, and John says, ‘Well, we had a good run. Fifteen years is nothing to sneeze at.’ I do a double take and ask him to say that again. Then I realize — I’m the same age I am now. I’m not a kid. It’s 2010, and I’ve been doing the show since 1996. I go to a computer and I look up my IMDb page, and I never did Brick, or The Lookout or Stop-Loss or (500) Days of Summer — just 3rd Rock. In fact, the only movie I’ve done is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The room starts spinning, and I start breathing heavy and that’s when I wake up screaming.”
Ken Watanabe
“There’s a grassy field, and it’s littered with the bodies of dead samurai. I, too, am dressed like a samurai, and I am the only one left alive, so I draw the only logical conclusion and say, aloud, ‘I am the last samurai.’ But then behind me I hear a voice say, ‘Ah-ah-ah!’ I turn, and there is Tom Cruise, in full samurai armor. ‘I am the last samurai,’ he says. I try to correct him, but he walks over to a couch — I don’t know where it came from, but it is in the field now — and starts jumping up and down on it, saying ‘I AM THE LAST SAMURAI! I AM THE LAST SAMURAI!’ Then I look down and see an arrow sticking out of my chest, and that’s when I wake up.”
Ellen Page
“I’m in the delivery room, and I’m in labor. It’s not painful, but I feel — off. There’s something wrong. Also, I notice that I’m wearing roller skates. The doctor, who’s Drew Barrymore for some reason, tells me to push, and I do, and I hear the nurses kind of gasp. I ask what’s wrong, but no one will tell me, not Nurse Eve or Nurse Juliette Lewis or anybody. I push one more time, just so I can see what’s wrong with the baby, and suddenly Michael Cera comes out, fully grown and covered with afterbirth. ‘Ellen, what’s up?’ he says. ‘Wanna get a burrito after this?’ I scream, and that’s when I wake up.”
Cillian Murphy
“I’m on a film set with Michael Caine, and we’re both wearing suits and talking about the weather or something, and suddenly Chris Nolan is there, and he steps out from behind the camera and says ‘Action!’ I immediately launch into dialogue for my Inception character, Robert, but when it’s Michael’s turn, he just looks at me blankly. I turn to Chris, and he says, ‘Uh, Cillian?’ I realize what I’ve done and slap my hand to my forehead. I apologize to everyone, and have them call ‘Action’ again. This time I launch into my Scarecrow dialogue from Batman Begins, but once again, everyone looks confused. Chris walks up to me: ‘Cillian, what are you doing?’ I ask, ‘Isn’t this Batman?’ He says, ‘No, this is 28 Days Later.’ And I turn back to Michael and see that he’s turned into a zombie, and he lunges for me, and that’s when I wake up.”
Tom Hardy
“I’m on stage at a Star Trek convention, and I’m wearing my Shinzon makeup and costume from Star Trek: Nemesis. Sitting next to me are Leo DiCaprio dressed as Captain Kirk, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Mr. Spock, Cillian Murphy as McCoy and Ellen Page as Uhura, and we’re all answering audience member questions about Inception. Suddenly, a Klingon in the audience stands up and shoots Leo in the chest, and the whole room erupts into chaos. Ellen shouts for Cillian to do something, but he tells her that he’s an actor, not a doctor, so she looks at me and begs me to help, and I look at Leo and he’s clearly dying, so I say I’ll do what I can. I grab a ball-point pen and a microphone cord and I’m about to perform surgery when I realize I have no idea what I’m doing. Luckily, that’s when I wake up.”
Marion Cotillard
“Je suis dans une chambre grande, et il y a une table dans le centre. Sur le table il y a beaucoup de Egg McMuffins. J’adore les Egg McMuffins, et j’ai faim, ainsi je mange Egg McMuffin apres Egg McMuffin, jusqu’à j’ai mal d’estomac. Ensuite, Ronald McDonald entre la chambre, et il dit, ‘Pourquoi mangez-vous mes Egg McMuffins?! Je vous tuerai!’ Il m’approche rapidement, et je note que c’est Johnny Depp, et il a un pistolet. A cet moment, je reveille.”
Michael Caine
“So I’m at this big premiere, right? I’m walking the red carpet, and a reporter stops me, and he asks what it was like making the film, and I realize that I have no idea what movie I’m at. I didn’t even realize I was in it. I improvise an answer, saying how much I like the director and all that, and I go inside to find my seat, and I see that Sean Connery is there, and Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman and everyone I’ve ever done a movie with. I sit down in the balcony, and the theater is full of everybody I’ve ever known in my life. The lights go down, and this movie starts, this fantastic movie about my life, in which I play all of the parts. I don’t remember a thing about making it, so I decide to sit back and enjoy it, and it turns out to be really well-done indeed. It’s a little long, though, and of course I know how it ends, so eventually I nod off and have a dream where I’m a pirate. Weirdest thing.”
Christopher Nolan “I’m on the set of Batman 3, I don’t know what it’s actually called, and I’m approving Christian Bale’s new bat-suit. It’s got some added details, but I’m not paying too much attention. Then I see the suit for Robin, and he’s played by Zac Efron. Then I approve Christina Hendricks’ Poison Ivy costume, and Michael Chiklis’ Mr. Freeze costume. Then I look out over this massive set we’ve constructed, and it’s a giant ice rink populated by these armored hockey players. And I realize: I’m not me, I’m Joel Schumacher, and I’m making Batman & Robin. That’s when I woke up, called Warner Bros. and quit the franchise.” Read More!
Henry Cavill got a new gig
Henry Cavill, one of the stars of "The Tudors," will topline "The Cold Light of Day," a kidnapping thriller from Intrepid Pictures and Summit.
Mabrouk El Mechri, who directed the faux Jean-Claude Van Damme documentary "JCVD," is behind the camera, with Intrepid principals Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans producing.
The story centers on a cocky young Wall Street trader who reluctantly vacations with his family in Spain. When his family is kidnapped, he is thrust into a government conspiracy and must unravel his father's darkest secret in order to save his loved ones.
Richard Price is writing a production pass on the original script written by Scott Wiper and John Petro.
The movie is set for a Sept. 6 start in Spain.
Steven Zaillian, Kevin Mann, Matthew Perniciaro and Wiper are executive producing. Spanish producer Galavis Film will co-produce, with Galavis' Jesus Martinez also executive producing.
Summit is distributing domestically and selling international rights.
Cavill, repped by CAA and United Agents, has been gaining stature on the strength of his performance as Charles Brandon on Showtime's "Tudors." He has been near the top of several casting lists and scored the role of Theseus in "Immortals," Tarsem Singh's big-budget Greek god fantasy. "Cold Light" is Cavill's first major starring vehicle. Read More!
'Clash Of The Titans' Star Gemma Arterton Will Return For Sequel
'Clash Of The Titans' Star Gemma Arterton Will Return For Sequel
'I think she needs to be less mythical and more real and go for the fighting,' actress says about her character Io's role in next installment.
"Clash of the Titans" fought its way through withering critical reviews and a ho-hum domestic box office this spring to become a worldwide hit with almost $500 million in ticket sales. For the upcoming sequel, Warner Bros. is changing up key pieces of the franchise — from bringing in a new director to shooting the movie in 3-D rather than converting it in post-production — in a quest to make the next "Clash" even more successful.
Other aspects of the swords-and-sandals epic will remain the same, including the return of Sam Worthington and, as MTV News has now learned, Gemma Arterton.
"I think I am doing the second 'Clash,' " the 24-year-old actress told us while promoting "The Disappearance of Alice Creed." "I don't know anything about it yet though. It's one of those things."
Arterton went on to give the standard line about how actors that sign on to franchises are optioned for further installments, but in previous interviews, she has indicated that no such deal was in place. In any case, now we know: Arterton will return as Worthington's love interest Io. What's more, she's hoping her character gets to kick a little more ass in the sequel.
"I think she needs to be less mythical and more real and go for the fighting," she said. "It's fun, as well, doing all that stuff."
Dan Mazeau ("The Flash") and David Leslie Johnson ("Orphan") are developing the story with Greg Berlanti ("Green Lantern"), and then Mazeau and Johnson will pen the script. Louis Leterrier is out as director, and the top name mentioned to take over helming duties is Jonathan Liebesman ("Battle: Los Angeles"). The film will be shot with 3-D cameras and is being developed for a release as early as spring 2012. Read More!
How 'Inception' Beat 'Salt' At The Box Office
Angelina Jolie spy flick can't overcome the dream thriller's buzz.
Christopher Nolan can't quit winning. His 2005 "Batman Begins" held the top box-office spot for two straight weeks, followed by "The Prestige," which nabbed that slot in 2006. Then along came 2008's "The Dark Knight" with four straight weekend wins.
Was there ever any doubt that "Inception," his new thriller about the world of shared dreams, would tear up the multiplex for a long time?
Actually, there was. After opening to $62.8 million, "Inception" was expected to finish second at this past weekend's box office, giving way to Angelina Jolie's spy flick "Salt." But by the time the weekend was over, the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring "Inception" was once again the top ticket-seller.
Was this a case of Angie faltering or Leo soaring? What exactly went down at the box office?
"Sensational word-of-mouth," said Jeff Bock, box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations.
No matter how bankable Jolie remains as an action star, "Inception" was riding a wave of critical and audience buzz that could not be defeated.
While most blockbusters fall more than 50 percent in their second weekend, Nolan's flick dropped just 31 percent. As Box Office Mojo points out, a movie in that genre hasn't experienced such a small drop since "The Matrix" in 1999.
Jolie's movie, then, never really had a chance.
" 'Salt' had a solid opening and did exactly what I was expecting of it," said Gitesh Pandya of Box Office Guru.
For a film not based on an existing entertainment property — like "Inception," a real rarity in Hollywood these days — the $36.5 million bow was a very respectable one. We might question the wisdom of scheduling the movie's release so close to that of "Inception," because of the films' potentially similar demographic, but Sony is likely pleased with how "Salt" performed.
"Credit Angelina Jolie and her big guns," Bock said. "She is the only woman in Hollywood right now that can open an action film with such boffo box office."
In the end, though, not even Jolie's guns could subdue all of the positive water-cooler chatter about "Inception."
"The buzz has been incredible, and it has quickly become the must-see event movie of the summer," Pandya said. "I see it eventually outgrossing the latest 'Twilight' film and breaking the $300 million mark in North America alone. This is an old-fashioned case of a good movie selling itself." Read More!
Christopher Nolan can't quit winning. His 2005 "Batman Begins" held the top box-office spot for two straight weeks, followed by "The Prestige," which nabbed that slot in 2006. Then along came 2008's "The Dark Knight" with four straight weekend wins.
Was there ever any doubt that "Inception," his new thriller about the world of shared dreams, would tear up the multiplex for a long time?
Actually, there was. After opening to $62.8 million, "Inception" was expected to finish second at this past weekend's box office, giving way to Angelina Jolie's spy flick "Salt." But by the time the weekend was over, the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring "Inception" was once again the top ticket-seller.
Was this a case of Angie faltering or Leo soaring? What exactly went down at the box office?
"Sensational word-of-mouth," said Jeff Bock, box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations.
No matter how bankable Jolie remains as an action star, "Inception" was riding a wave of critical and audience buzz that could not be defeated.
While most blockbusters fall more than 50 percent in their second weekend, Nolan's flick dropped just 31 percent. As Box Office Mojo points out, a movie in that genre hasn't experienced such a small drop since "The Matrix" in 1999.
Jolie's movie, then, never really had a chance.
" 'Salt' had a solid opening and did exactly what I was expecting of it," said Gitesh Pandya of Box Office Guru.
For a film not based on an existing entertainment property — like "Inception," a real rarity in Hollywood these days — the $36.5 million bow was a very respectable one. We might question the wisdom of scheduling the movie's release so close to that of "Inception," because of the films' potentially similar demographic, but Sony is likely pleased with how "Salt" performed.
"Credit Angelina Jolie and her big guns," Bock said. "She is the only woman in Hollywood right now that can open an action film with such boffo box office."
In the end, though, not even Jolie's guns could subdue all of the positive water-cooler chatter about "Inception."
"The buzz has been incredible, and it has quickly become the must-see event movie of the summer," Pandya said. "I see it eventually outgrossing the latest 'Twilight' film and breaking the $300 million mark in North America alone. This is an old-fashioned case of a good movie selling itself." Read More!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sets record on Amazon!
Stieg Larsson becomes first author to sell 1m ebooks on Amazon
The late Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson has beaten Stephenie Meyer and James Patterson to become the first author to sell more than one million ebooks on Amazon.
The online retailer said yesterday that Larsson, author of the Millennium trilogy, had become the first member of its new "Kindle Million Club", for authors whose work has sold over a million copies in Amazon's Kindle store in the US. The crime novelist is likely to be joined by thriller writer Patterson – Amazon said last week that it had sold over 860,000 of his ebooks – while Twilight scribe Meyer, Sookie Stackhouse creator Charlaine Harris and queen of romantic suspense Nora Roberts have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books in the US.
The novelist's three books – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest – currently top Amazon's Kindle bestseller list, and are also in the top 10 bestselling Kindle books of all time, according to the retailer.
Quercus has sold 3.3m copies of Larsson's books in the UK, and estimates that worldwide sales of the three novels are somewhere between 35-40m copies, "but they are literally selling too fast to count", said Millar. Read More!
The late Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson has beaten Stephenie Meyer and James Patterson to become the first author to sell more than one million ebooks on Amazon.
The online retailer said yesterday that Larsson, author of the Millennium trilogy, had become the first member of its new "Kindle Million Club", for authors whose work has sold over a million copies in Amazon's Kindle store in the US. The crime novelist is likely to be joined by thriller writer Patterson – Amazon said last week that it had sold over 860,000 of his ebooks – while Twilight scribe Meyer, Sookie Stackhouse creator Charlaine Harris and queen of romantic suspense Nora Roberts have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books in the US.
The novelist's three books – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest – currently top Amazon's Kindle bestseller list, and are also in the top 10 bestselling Kindle books of all time, according to the retailer.
Quercus has sold 3.3m copies of Larsson's books in the UK, and estimates that worldwide sales of the three novels are somewhere between 35-40m copies, "but they are literally selling too fast to count", said Millar. Read More!
'Inception' Gets Mashed-Up With 'Toy Story 3'
'Inception' and 'Toy Story 3' don't have much in common (beyond being the summer's two best blockbusters), but that didn't stop some Internet geniuses from finding the common thread and spinning it into YouTube gold.
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Sam Worthington Enjoys A PDA With GF Natalie In Italy
Sam Worthington is spending some free time in Italy at the moment with friends. He got shirtless for a dip in the ocean with a pal yesterday, and once he'd dried off he went to find his girlfriend Natalie Mark who looked gorgeous in her bikini as she soaked up some rays and enjoyed a PDA with her man. Sam has a handful of projects in the pipeline, and looks set to be busy with promoting shortly. He'll get a little more time with Natalie, however, as Inception's Tom Hardy has taken over Sam's role in This Means War.
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Zoe Saldana's CK Envy Lingerie Ads
Rising to stardom via "Avatar," Zoe Saldana is branching out as a model and couldn't look any better in her first campaign for Calvin Klein.
Promoting the brand's fall women’s Envy line, the multi-million dollar ad blitz will first be seen in circulation in mid-September upon the release of October magazines.
Executive vice president of global communications at Calvin Klein Inc., Malcolm Carfrae, tells WWD that Zoe's Envy campaign will be "one of the biggest launches in the brand’s history."
As for her take on ladies' undergarments, Saldana said, "I like when you are able to assist your body to look amazing as opposed to replacing anything. That’s exactly what Calvin Klein Underwear Envy does. It helps you, it assists you, but it will not overshadow what you can bring naturally."
Shipping to stores as we speak, the Envy line is comprised of five bras including a lace demi bra, a tailored demi bra, a natural lift plunge bra, an air push up bra and Miss Saldana’s favorite, a triangle bra.
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DiCaprio thriller 'Inception' blends science into its fiction
In the new sci-fi thriller "Inception," Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is a dream snatcher. He's an industrial spy who steals secrets by means of "extraction" when his victims are at their most defenseless: when they are asleep and dreaming. But he has an even rarer ability, that of "inception": He can plant an idea in someone's sleeping mind, and watch the dreamer act on it when he awakens. "The most resilient parasite is an idea," he says.
"Inception" lies somewhere between a James Bond film and "The Matrix." But it does contain some science. Here's a spoiler-free guide to the movie's take on dreams and the unconscious mind.
Is it possible to directly access someone's dreaming mind?
In the movie, the dream snatchers use a drug called somnacin and a dream machine to upload a scenario into someone's sleeping mind. One or more of the dream snatchers hook themselves up to the machine, go to sleep themselves and enter the target's dream. This fictional dream machine is called a Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous (PASIV) Device.
A device already exists that can effectively read someone's mind. A functional MRI scanner takes snapshots of brain activity, and then software re-creates images of what the subject was looking at. Researchers say it has the potential one day to record someone's dream -- without the mess and danger (or the fun) of actually sharing that dream.
Using a drug like somnacin to access a sleeping mind is not possible, but there are drugs that can drastically modulate our sleep. These include modafinil, which can promote continuous wakefulness, and new classes of sleeping pills that can deliver "super sleep," in which, for instance, four hours of sleep can equate to six.
How can I control my dreams?
The easiest way to experience a lucid dream -- in which the sleeper is aware he or she is dreaming and can actively participate in the dream -- is to train yourself to ask, "Am I dreaming?" while you are asleep. Keen video gamers, probably because they focus on a single task for hours per day, are particularly good at lucid dreaming.
The dream team of "Inception" is highly trained at this, which may be why they are able to perform complex tasks while asleep, such as reading, which most normal lucid dreamers find difficult. Some of the characters in the movie have also militarized their dreamscapes, adding protectors, to guard themselves against invasive dream snatchers.
Do dreams have to obey the laws of physics?
This is a fondly debated topic, and "Inception" has it both ways. Sometimes impossible things happen -- in one dream Paris gets folded like a huge sheet of paper -- and optical illusions become "real." The endless staircases created by M.C. Escher, for example, exist in "Inception" dreams thanks to a manipulation something like those that occur in 3-D virtual environments.
However, the "Inception" dreams follow some real-life rules. As writer and producer Jeff Warren wrote about his own dream investigations: "Without sensory input, consciousness appears to behave in predictable ways. Informal laws can be deduced, for example, the 'law of self-fulfilling expectations' (what you expect to happen will happen), the 'law of narrative momentum' (linger too long in one place and the dream world begins to fray)."
In "Inception," the dream world "frays" when external influences from the real world intrude.
What is the function of dreams?
Freud thought that dreams expressed our repressed desires. And so they do, sometimes, but much modern research suggests that dreams help in information processing and memory storage.
Dreams occur in both rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep. REM dreams are more storylike, with emotion and aggression; non-REM dreams often involve friendly social interactions. People with depression often experience more REM sleep than non-depressed people.
How does subjective time pass in a dream?
In "Inception," dream time runs much more slowly than real time, and there is a scaling effect, such that if you dream within a dream, time passes even more slowly. So five minutes of real time equals one hour of dream time, a five-minute dream inside a dream equals one week of real time, and so on.
This is perhaps the cleverest part of the movie, but though intuitively pleasing, there is little evidence for it. In fact, there is some evidence that in lucid dreams, at least, the perception of time is similar to what it is when the dreamer is awake.
A more pressing question for researchers is what happens when our brain's time perception goes faulty. In fact, the illusion of time passing may be created by the brain itself, which is at least as much of a head-scratcher as the plot of "Inception." Read More!
"Paranormal Activity 2" Scares off "Saw 3D"
At first, both "Paranormal Activity 2" and "Saw 3D" had the same release dates (October 22, 2010). In order to "play it safe" Lionsgate pushed pushed back the release date of "Saw 3D" from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29.
Last October, "Saw VI" opened on the same weekend that "Paranormal Activity" played in a nationwide release for the first time and grossed a disappointing $14.1 million, compared to $21.1 million for "Paranormal." Executives at Lionsgate apparently decided they would rather concede the Oct. 22 date than repeat the same experience.
The date added insult to injury after Paramount attempted to recruit Keven Greutert, the director of "Saw VI," to helm "Paranormal Activity 2." However, production company Twisted Pictures ended up exercising its contractual option to have Greutert work on "Saw 3D" instead and Paramount ended up hiring indie director Tod Williams.
In an interview Thursday with USA Today, "Saw" producer Oren Koules said "Saw 3D" be the last entry in the series, which has grossed more than $370 million since 2004. The first five entries were all successes, but last year's "Saw VI" was a surprise disappointment."
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Oliver Stone joins Mel Gibson
According to Philly, in the interview, Stone said that U.S. foreign policy is wrong about Iran, and that the U.S.'s focus on the Holocaust was due to "Jewish domination of the media."
"By invoking this grotesque, toxic stereotype, Oliver Stone has outed himself as an anti-Semite," said AJC Executive Director David Harris.
"For all of Stone's progressive pretensions, his remark is no different from one of the drunken, Jew-hating rants of his fellow Hollywood celebrity, Mel Gibson."
In the article, Stone charged that "Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people," claiming that 25 million to 30 million Russians were killed by the Germans. Read More!
Leonardo DiCaprio talks about the best and worst part of his role!
Though Leonardo DiCaprio tends to be the more action-oriented tough guy in movies as opposed to emotionally intense thesp Joseph Gordon-Levitt, they seemed to be switching sides during this meet for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. And while JGL related the thrill of getting banged up doing his own stunts, Leo kept it in the clouds, discussing Freudian analysis of fantasy worlds and flight-of-fancy scenarios penetrating subconscious celeb minds, that at times made it hard to distinguish between the script and a therapy session. Though the biggest challenge of all for Leo, may have been a momentary imaginary incarceration inside a Moroccan vending machine.
Q: Leo, what was the best and worst part of this strange role?
Leonardo DiCaprio: Well look, this was an extremely ambitious concept that Chris was trying to pull off, and he accomplished it with flying colors. There’s not too many directors who would pitch to Hollywood, you know, an existential high-action surreal film that’s locked in somebody’s mind and get the opportunity to do that. So for me, it was a matter of sitting down with Chris and being really able to form the backbone of a character having a real cathartic journey, and to create a scenario that seemed like a giant therapy session! And at the end of the day, these different layers of the dream, like psychoanalysis, and having him getting deeper and closer to the truth about himself. So that in its own right is immediately intriguing, and some of the sequences at the end, [they] start to get very disturbing at times. So as we would talk about my character, it all became more and more exciting. And the toughest sequences…I think that when I had to run through that crowd in Morocco I felt like a pinball, because I was bouncing from Moroccan to Moroccan. And falling into various vending machines! So that was a little bit tough. Read More!
Will Adrien Brody be Ant-Man?
It seems as two our community’s most prolific and credible writers John Campea and El Mayimbe, one of the guys over at Latino Review, have both heard that Adrien Brody is being sought after for the role of Hank Pym in Marvel Studio’s Ant-Man movie to be directed by Edgar Wright, after he makes his first appearance in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers.
Here is what Campea and LR had to say.
Campea said;
Take this for what its worth, but I was just told Adrien Brody is most likely going to be Ant Man for Edgar Wright.
El Mayimbe followed up;
I personally checked w/my pals at Paradigm (Adrien Brody’s agency) & at press time, YES they were pursing Ant Man but got nothing yet.
Well this is a rumor that we believe may hold true more than the previous ones that have hit such as Nathan Fillion’s attachment to the role. I really like Brody in the role more so than Fillion and think he has the look and ability to play someone like Pym, a scientific genius. I actually had Dave Tennant as my original choice thinking that his role as Doctor Who was very similar to Pym but Brody is a little more suited for sure. Read More!
'Inception' ending solved by 'Lost' creator
The man behind one the most confusing series on television has attempted to solve one of the most confounding films ever made.
Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer of the late epic series "Lost," took to Twitter Monday to try and explain the open-ended conclusion to "Inception."
The producer had previously commented that he wished Christopher Nolan's psychological dreamscape had been his own brain child.
"I wish that someone would break into my dreams and give me an idea HALF as good as INCEPTION," he tweeted on Saturday.
The film, which premiered last week, has divided critics over its refusal to clearly divide dreams and reality, down to the last moment.
"Inception" stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, a man who steals dreams for corporate espionage and is given the job of implanting an idea for the first time ever.
At the end of his travels through various dream/real states, Dom has chosen a spinning top - a "totem" - to represent his connection to reality.
The character has been told that if the top keeps spinning, the dream world is still in effect. But if it stops, he's living in reality.
Nolan stops short of telling the audience what exactly happens to that top, but Lindelof has an idea.
"There is a THIRD possibility -- It neither stopped...nor kept spinning," he tweeted. "The story ended before either could happen." Read More!
Ellen Page talks public urination
Ellen Page was on 'The Tonight Show' Thursday night to promote 'Inception,' but she spent part of her first segment talking about the trip she took to an eco village in Oregon.
While there, she peed in a bucket. The urine was then added to a compost as it's 'quite a prized commodity' and 'an incredible nitrogen source.'
Oregon talk starts 2 minutes in, urine talk starts 3:10 in.
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While there, she peed in a bucket. The urine was then added to a compost as it's 'quite a prized commodity' and 'an incredible nitrogen source.'
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Tom fought for Toy Story 2 release
Tom Hanks has revealed that Toy Story 2 nearly didn't make it into cinemas.
The Oscar-winning actor told the Daily Mirror that Disney had originally planned to send the sequel to 1995 hit Toy Story straight to DVD, and that it only reached the big screen after pressure from himself and Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear.
Tom, who voices cowboy Woody again in the upcoming third movie, said: "Tim and I and everybody else connected with it wanted to know why. We said it should be released as a film because it was magnificent and as good as the first one. Usually sequels are pale imitations and are slapped on video but this was really great.
"Eventually they bowed to some brand of common sense, so now we have Toy Story 3 and will there be a fourth Toy Story? Why not?"
Tom said the success of the films is due to the fact that the characters haven't been tampered with.
The star said: "They're still exactly who they are. Every movie begins with them waiting for Andy their owner to come into the room to play with them." Read More!
'Despicable Me' one of the best in its genre
The estimated $60 million Steve Carell’s “Despicable Me” pulled in at the box office is one indication that Universal's animated tale of the evil yet loveable villain Gru is a winner, but the “four out of three stars” from one iReporter’s five-year-old bodes even better for the word-of-mouth this movie will have.
But it's not just for kids or fans of animation; if you're a fan of well-told films, said iReporter Al Mealey, you'll be a fan of this movie.
“To put it simply friends, this film from Universal Pictures is not only one of the best films of the year, but it's also one of the best pictures of the CGI Era,” Mealey explained. “I predict this fine movie will get incredible word of mouth, and it would not surprise me if the second release week brings in even more dough then the first.”
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