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- Here's Your First Look at 'Gone Girl' (VIDEO)
- Peter Dinklage's Reddit AMA: The 7 Best Questions & Answers
- '24: Live Another Day' Trailer: No One Gets in Jack Bauer's Way (VIDEO)
- How Is 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Connected to 'Avengers 3'?
- 'Draft Day' Review: 10 Things to Know About the New Kevin Costner Sports Movie
- 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Will 'Explore the '80s,' Says Bryan Singer
- The 'Sinister Six' and 'Venom' Movies Will Appear Before 'Amazing Spider-Man 4'
- The Final 'Divergent' Movie, 'Allegiant,' Will Be Split Into Two Parts
- This Jackie Chan Chopsticks Portrait Is Insane (VIDEO)
- Anton Yelchin on 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and 'Geeking Out' Over Jim Jarmusch
- 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Adds Abu Dhabi as a Shooting Location
- The Mad Hatter's Father Plays a Big Part in 'Alice in Wonderland 2'
- Listen to Four Exclusive Tracks From the 'Transcendence' Soundtrack
- Nicolas Cage Facts: 55 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Oscar Winner
- Sunday's MTV Movie Awards Will Honor Paul Walker
- Chadwick Boseman on 'Draft Day,' Sports Legends, and Becoming James Brown
| Here's Your First Look at 'Gone Girl' (VIDEO) Posted:  The wait to see footage from David Fincher's upcoming adaptation of "Gone Girl" is finally over. The clip below teases a first look Gillian Flynn's book on the big screen, with flashes of Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike popping in to entice and intrigue. Until now, there's only been speculation about whether or not Affleck and Pike are up to the task of portraying the best-selling book's main characters, but now it looks like fans of the book will finally something to sink their teeth into. For better or for worse. So far, we like what we see. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Peter Dinklage's Reddit AMA: The 7 Best Questions & Answers Posted:  Peter Dinklage may be short in stature, but he's a giant hero to legions of "Game of Thrones" viewers. Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister has become a fan favorite with his sarcastic quips and cutting one-liners. The actor himself is no slouch in the wit department, as he demonstrated in a Reddit AMA. Here are seven of his best answers. On joining the "Game of Thrones" cast: On the beautiful locations where "Game of Thrones" is shot: On the funniest person on set: On wacky, behind-the-scenes hijinks: On how he got involved with "X-Men: Days of Future Past": On how he maintains his fabulous mane of hair: On the possibility of being known forever and only as Tyrion Lannister:
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| '24: Live Another Day' Trailer: No One Gets in Jack Bauer's Way (VIDEO) Posted:  Time is running out: There are just three weeks left until Jack Bauer returns in "24: Live Another Day." A new "red band" trailer for the 12-episode limited series debuted today, with the warning "restricted to real-time audience members only." In the first minute, Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) doesn't even speak -- but others are doing plenty of talking about him. A CIA boss (Benjamin Bratt) warns his team, "You all know what this man is capable of," while the White House Chief of Staff (Tate Donovan) calls him "a terrorist and psychopath." Finally, when Jack's ready to open his mouth, he's not playing games. As he muscles a CIA agent (Yvonne Strahovski), he growls, "I'm trying to prevent an attack, and you're getting in my way!" And nobody -- repeat, nobody -- gets in Jack Bauer's way! "24: Live Another Day" premieres May 5 on Fox. Photo courtesy Fox This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How Is 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Connected to 'Avengers 3'? Posted:  As the Marvel Universe gets bigger and bigger, more and more links are appearing between the comic book properties. In the new issue of Entertainment Weeky, "Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn reveals that his movie is tied to a well-known hit franchise. "We're definitely connected to 'Avengers 3,'" he says. That link is probably Thanos, the main villain in "Guardians" and a character who appeared at the end of "The Avengers." So, it's not a huge leap to speculate that Thanos could be the big bad in "Avengers 3." (Of course, we still have "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" to get through, first, next year!) Gunn also dishes out some plot info on "Guardians," like the fact that Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) was abducted from Earth at age 8 and raised by a group of thieves called the Ravagers. And Thanos plays a big part in the back stories of Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan), as he killed both their families, then raised them together as siblings. From what Gunn and Saldana have to say, it seems "Guardians of the Galaxy" won't be your typical Marvel movie. "We're the Sex Pistols. We're the renegades," the actress says. "We'll come in drunk, we'll save the day, but check your wallet -- we might have taken it." Heroes come in many forms. "Guardians of the Galaxy" crashes into theaters August 1. Photo courtesy Marvel This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Draft Day' Review: 10 Things to Know About the New Kevin Costner Sports Movie Posted:  There have been plenty of movies made about football but none made about draft day -- a seemingly mythical occurrence when the major football franchises make bids for the hottest college players. Well, thankfully "Ghostbusters" director Ivan Reitman and former Robin Hood Kevin Costner are about to right that wrong with "Draft Day," a drama set in the high stakes world of the NFL draft. "Draft Day" takes place over a single 24-hour period, where a frazzled general manager (played by Costner) is running around, trying to restore glory to his team (the Cleveland Browns) and sort out his personal life (his girlfriend has just told him that she's pregnant and his dad recently died). If anyone was wondering about the analytical nitty gritty that went into the behind-the-scenes lead-up to the NFL draft, then this is the movie for you. But what about those (like myself) who only have a passing understanding of the game (and know virtually nothing about draft day)? Is there still enough entertainment value for the movie to score a touchdown? Or does it fumble? 1. There Are A Lot Of Graphics There should be no question as to whether or not "Draft Day" has been officially sponsored (or at the least endorsed by) the NFL. Almost immediately we're inundated with graphics for the official teams. Seattle isn't just identified by its name. It's actually "Seattle... Home of the Seahawks," with the official Seahawks logo blazing across the screen. Additionally, tons of NFL personalities appear... I think... I probably know less about the NFL than I do about nuclear physics. But there was something authentic about those guys. 2. Costner Rules This is the third major movie Kevin Costner has starred in this year (after "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" and "3 Days to Kill") and his return is still quite enjoyable. This might be his best performance of the year, too, a role that requires Costner to do the things Costner does well (scowl, yell occasionally, look handsome as hell) and avoid the things that he doesn't do so well (emote, adorn complicated accents). It's one of his most purely enjoyable performances in some time and continues the welcome return of all things Cost. Let the good times roll! 3. There Are More Split Screens Than 10 De Palma Movies "Draft Day" is composed mostly of people walking around offices and talking on the phone. But director Ivan Reitman has found an ingenious work-around: a series of elaborate, technically adventurous split screens that allow Kevin Costner to walk through the split screen to a third screen on the opposite side of the frame. It's kind of hard to explain but is a really wonderful, unique experience that totally enlivens the film -- it's like if "Moneyball" was edited like Ang Lee's "Hulk." 4. The Supporting Cast Is Ridiculous Another thing that makes "Draft Day" more than a dusty sports movie is its supporting cast. Frank Langella plays the owner of the team, who I have written down in my notes is a "theme park baron" (for an entire scene he speaks in elaborate water slide metaphors), Denis Leary is the Browns' coach, Rosanna Arquette is Costner's ex-wife, Jennifer Garner is his current girlfriend (she's tough as nails and smart as hell!), Sam Elliot is a college football coach, Ellen Burstyn is Costner's mom, Chi McBride is a rival manager, and Sean Combs plays a sports agent. Everyone is really, really good, and every time a new actor pops up the movie jolts back to life. It's lovely. 5. Ellen Burstyn's Hair Is Distracting Ellen Burstyn's hair is odd -- it's a kind of a whipped-up soufflé of a hair style, with her natural white in the front and a very unnatural shade of red in the back. Honestly, I've never seen anything like it before. But then again I've never been to Baltimore. 6. There's a 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Joke Frank Langella makes a "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" joke, and it's glorious. Too bad the play closed before the movie came out. Who'd have thought? 7. You Don't Have to Be a Fan of the Game to Enjoy One of the more important aspects of "Draft Day" is how it manages to be entertaining even if you have very little investment in the NFL, football, or whatever draft day is (everyone talks about it like it has this kind of mythic importance). Reitman directs the movie with a kind of zippy energy, and the script makes very clear who the various characters are and what relationship they have to the game. It's pretty uncanny, actually, and one of the movie's chief strengths. This really could have been about anything that involves number crunching and high pressure, but the fact that it is about the NFL and football certainly makes things more fun, whether you're a fan or not. 8. It's Pretty Tense There's a countdown clock that occasionally appears in the frame, marking the time until the draft and adding a kind of "24"-like sense of tension to the movie. And the fact that a set piece can be made out of a bunch of white guys watching old football footage on a computer screen is a testament to how white-knuckle things can get. And this is without any football being in the game. 9. At Two Hours, It's Probably 15 Minutes Too Long Why are sports movies always so long? Well, whatever the reason, "Draft Day" follows suit. It's a solid two hours long. Which is way, way too long. Then again, who would have wanted to miss a single instance where Costner hurriedly brings Garner into a room to tell her something secret and emotional? There are only six in the movie! 10. How This Was Going to Be R-Rated Is Beyond Me At one point "Draft Day" was rated "R." How or why this was the case is beyond me. Although, at one point, Costner calls another character a "pancake-eating motherf---er." "Draft Day" is in theaters now. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Will 'Explore the '80s,' Says Bryan Singer Posted:  Even though "X-Men: Days of Future Past" has yet to open, work is full steam ahead on the movie's follow-up, "X-Men: Apocalypse." A summer 2016 release date has already been carved out, with a script being worked on by "Days of Future Past" writer Simon Kinberg and original "X-Men" scribes Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris as we speak. Entertainment Weekly spoke to Singer and Kinberg about the next X-adventure, and what mutants we can expect to pop up along the way. First off, the pair suggest that the movie will be "somewhat" based on the comic arc "Age of Apocalypse" (Entertainment Weekly misidentifies the release of the book as 1990, it was actually published between 1995 and 1996 and served as a Marvel-wide "event"). Since the original comic books largely concerned the alternate universe of Earth-616, the filmmakers say that it won't exactly be duplicated in the movie. "[The movie] won't necessarily create an alternate universe, but there may be some swapping things that I'm playing with," Singer told the magazine. Kinberg added, "From a visual standpoint it actually may be a bigger movie than 'Days of Future Past' because there'll be disaster movie imagery, like the title would imply." Yeah, because "X-Men: Days of Future Past" looks so tiny. The connection between the two movies, though, seems somewhat tenuous, at least according to Singer, who told the magazine that: "You won't feel at the end of the movie that it set up 'Apocalypse.' What it does is it sets up possibilities. But what we'll discover in 'Apocalypse' is that events in this movie made that happen." Then Singer said some stuff about ancient mutants, which is what he's always talking about. Everyone from "X-Men: First Class" and "Days of Future Past" will return (Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and James McAvoy), thanks to contracts that are made of adamantium. As for new characters, Singer says that he's interested in bringing in characters like Gambit and Nightcrawler (who appeared in Singer's wonderful "X2"). "I'm excited because I want to start introducing familiar characters at different ages and also explore the '80s." Prepare to watch Colossus struggle with his Rubik's Cube skills, y'all. Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 'Sinister Six' and 'Venom' Movies Will Appear Before 'Amazing Spider-Man 4' Posted:  We hope you can forgive us for getting slightly confused about the slate of upcoming "Spider-Man"-derived movies Sony is planning to trotting out in the next few years. In addition to next month's "Amazing Spider-Man 2," they have already scheduled "Amazing Spider-Man 3" for May 27, 2016, and tentatively penciled in three more movies: "Amazing Spider-Man 4," and the villain-centered spin-off movies "Sinister Six" and "Venom." Well at least we know when those movies will be coming. According to Den of Geek, producer Matt Tolmach has stated that the two spin-off movies will come before "Amazing Spider-Man 4" (which would retain star Andrew Garfield but lose director Marc Webb, who is stepping down after the third movie). "Before we know what we do with 'Spider-Man 4,' we're going to do 'Sinister Six,' 'Venom' and 'Spider-Man 3.' There is going to be a lot of crossover in those movies," Tolmach explained. "So we're just not at 'Spider-Man 4,' because we still have a whole other Spider-Man movie and two other movies. So we don't know yet what [Spider-Man 4] is going to be." Tolmach said that there WILL be a Spider-movie in 2018 but not necessarily an amazing one (if you catch our drift)... Drew Goddard, who previously helmed "Cabin in the Woods," recently signed on to direct "Sinister Six" (he had been attached as a writer), while "Venom" will be directed by Alex Kurtzman from a script Kurtzman has been working on with frequent partners Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner, as well as Ed Solomon. So, at least there's some creative talent is behind these projects, even if they ultimately end up feeling repetitious and cynical. Let's hope not. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Final 'Divergent' Movie, 'Allegiant,' Will Be Split Into Two Parts Posted:  Apparently "Divergent" was enough of a hit to not only warrant sequels (the Veronica Roth book the movie was based on have two sequels) -- but the third film in the trilogy will actually be broken up, like "Harry Potter," "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" before it, into two separately released movies. Shailene Woodley is going to be very, very tired. The third movie, entitled "Allegiant," will now be split in half and released on March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017. The second film in the franchise, "Insurgent," begins production next month and is slated for release on March 20, 2015. Please update your calendars accordingly. "Divergent" takes place in a dystopian society where young people are quarantined based on their emotional sensibilities. The movie has made more than $140 million worldwide so far and is the latest Lionsgate/Summit-originated young adult franchise to make a splash. Personally, I'm just waiting to begin my Kickstarter campaign to re-launch the "Beautiful Creatures" franchise. Let me know if you want to throw in a couple million up front. Photo courtesy Summit This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This Jackie Chan Chopsticks Portrait Is Insane (VIDEO) Posted:  What if Jackie Chan was made entirely of chopsticks? Renowned Chinese artist Red Hong Yi answered this (age old?) question recently when she constructed a portrait of the legendary martial artist and movie star out of 64,000 chopsticks. In the two-minute video, the young artist briefly meets with Chan over lunch -- complete with a chopstick fight -- and then a montage captures the process of her jaw-dropping creation. The unique tribute was in honor of Jackie Chan turning 60 years old this week. [h/t HuffPo] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Anton Yelchin on 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and 'Geeking Out' Over Jim Jarmusch Posted: So in Jarmusch's latest, "Only Lovers Left Alive," Tom Hiddleston stars as a world-weary vampire named Adam, hiding out in Detroit as a reclusive rock star, while his undead other half (Eve, naturally), played by Tilda Swinton, lives halfway across the world in Tangier, Morocco. Anton Yelchin, Adam's unwitting familiar/gofer Ian, and Mia Wasikowska as Eve's uncontrollable younger sister round out the small cast, and the result is a gorgeously shot and wickedly funny love story, packed with the same oddball charm and quirky characters on which Jarmusch has made his name. Following the movie's premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, Moviefone Canada sat down with Yelchin to talk about geeking out over working with Jarmusch, making the most out of a limited amount of screentime, and why he doesn't consider "Only Lovers Left Alive" to be a true vampire movie. Moviefone Canada: The sets in this film, especially in Adam's house, are just so incredibly detailed. As an actor, does that help you fall into a scene even more? Anton Yelchin: Everything does. I mean, everything. I couldn't really walk and talk like Ian until I had the wig on and I had the clothes on and the ring and the jacket, and it was just Ian. It became Ian. And I also couldn't play Ian until I went to Detroit and met people in Detroit. I met this guy Scott Dunkerley, I'm really indebted to him, and I'm grateful to him for teaching me so many things about Ian that I wouldn't have known, being from the San Fernando Valley. Like what kind of things? Just what it means to be a young guy, in your 20s who wants to be in the music industry, who loves Detroit, acknowledges that Detroit is in a very complicated, kind of dangerous place, and doesn't want people to think that it's just f--king dead, you know? Scott said to me, "People go around saying Detroit is dead, it's done, but what the f--k? Get out of here then. F--k you if that's how you feel about this city. This is our city." And Scott ended up putting out a record when he was in high school, gathering all the bands that he knew that were playing around Detroit, just really interesting music. Because he wanted to say, "Look, it wasn't just The White Stripes and The Go and The Von Bondies and The Detroit Cobras, and now we're done. We still have a vibrant music scene." And I just thought that was so impressive, and I wanted Ian to have some of that. There was a scene where Ian actually says some of what Scott said to me. It's not in the film now, but that informed my understanding of Ian and why he's so affectionate towards Adam. Ian loves Adam, because Adam is that hope. Adam is this reclusive genius, living in Detroit! And that makes Ian proud and it makes him excited about the possibility for the future. At the premiere, Jim Jarmusch mentioned how he leaned on you guys to help develop the characters. Do you appreciate working with a director who's so open to collaborating in that way? Yeah, it's pretty incredible. It's a lot of responsibility, but the thing is, it makes you confident that Jim trusts you. When someone like that trusts you, you think, "OK, well now I have to really live up to that trust." You become very excited and you seek out even the minutiae of this human being, in a way that maybe if the filmmaker isn't so interested in that, you do on your own, but you don't share it as much. But it's very exciting when you're really building these things, and it's kind of a magical process. Sometimes something just clicks and these things come together, like this story. It was just a fluke that I met Scott, because I kept going to shows, I ended up at a barbecue, I ended up at all these places, and adventuring around, I learned what I needed to learn. What'd you think when you first heard that Jim Jarmusch was making a vampire movie? Because at first it seems a little weird, but then when you think about it, it's a perfect fit for his sensibilities. Yeah, because I feel like Jim is always concerned with the eternal and the ephemeral. I don't want to speak for him, but as a fan, I find those themes in his films. I don't know, I thought, "It's a Jim Jarmusch film. If Jim wants to work with me, I'll do anything." Literally, anything. He's always been one of my favorite filmmakers. I mean, truly truly one of my favorite filmmakers. I can't remember the first time I saw one of his films, but I was probably like 15 or 16 or something and I watched all of them. They're just magical to me. So to think that I'm in one, I feel just so much pride and so much gratitude. You'd already done another vampire movie before this in "Fright Night." Obviously this is a different take on the creature, but what do you think he brings to the genre that sets this movie apart? See, I don't think of this film as a vampire film. I think of it as a love story and a love story concerned with the workings of the human soul. And the vampire element is just the use of a generic myth to discuss the eternal and the ephemeral. It's like saying, "Oh, Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr' is a vampire film." Not really. It's Carl Theodor Dreyer's use of the vampire myth to make a film about the soul. And that's how I feel about this film. You know, "Fright Night" was a "vampire movie." It was a very obvious vampire film, it had a monster, and so that I felt very comfortable describing as a vampire film. I don't really think of this one as a vampire film. You've worked on some huge blockbusters, but on a smaller indie film like this, where you have a really important part in the story but only a limited amount of screentime and limited shooting schedule to make that impact, does that affect your approach at all? Is there pressure to just jump right in and hit the ground running? When I approach a character, I just try to get the human being down. And once I understand the human being, hopefully I am able to convey this human being in however much time I have. So the nerve-wracking part is being able to make it a distinct person and understand that person. And whether you have five scenes or whether you have an hour-and-a-half of scenes, you're trying to convey all these things. So yeah, you worry, oh s--t, if you f--k up, you only have so much time [to fix it]. But that's a superficial thing. Ultimately, what I'm really concerned about is being able to make it a character so that when you watch you go, "OK, that's Ian." And I hope that's what the case is with this film. He's a good guy. He loves Adam, and he's kind of a hustler. He does what he has to do. "Only Lovers Left Alive" is now in theatres. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Adds Abu Dhabi as a Shooting Location Posted:  While much of "Star Wars: Episode VII" remains a mystery (like the title, who's in it, and how far along they are), one thing has become clear (sort of): the earthly location that will double for the desert moon of Tattooine. According to the Hollywood Reporter the United Arab Emirates city-state of Abu Dhabi is going to be standing in for Tattooine in mid-May for what is presumed to be a four-week shoot. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, this was the planet that was once home to both Anakin Skywalker (in the dreadful prequels) and Luke Skywalker in the proper movies. In fact, as the Hollywood Reporter points out, it has featured, in one way or another, into every "Star Wars" movie except "The Empire Strikes Back." Other notable characters to inhabit the sandy land include Jabba the Hutt, Tusken raiders and, of course, Jawas (love those little guys!), with memorable locations including Mos Eisley Cantina and wherever the hell the pod races too place. In the original movies, the North African country of Tunisian served as Tattooine, although political unrest has caused the production to look elsewhere (earlier reports indicated that Morocco was a possibility). I recently visited the neighboring EA city-state of Dubai and can attest to its otherworldliness. This is the perfect place for team "Star Wars" to set up camp. Hopefully Disney and director J.J. Abrams will actually make some announcements sometime soon... Photo via Shutterstock This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Mad Hatter's Father Plays a Big Part in 'Alice in Wonderland 2' Posted:  Though there's not much in the way of plot details, we now know of at least one new character that's set to feature prominently in "Alice in Wonderland 2": The Mad Hatter's father. TheWrap reports that Mark Rylance, an acclaimed British theater actor, is in talks to take the part. The character's name is Zanik Hightopp, the father of Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter, and like his zany son, Hightopp "cannot hide his bright-colored hair beneath a top hat," according to TheWrap. Rylance joins the returning Depp, as well as Helena Bonham Carter (the Red Queen) and Mia Wasikowska (Alice). Sacha Baron Cohen is set to play a villain named Time in the film. In addition to a host of appearances in Shakespeare stage productions, Rylance is known for his selective film work, including parts in "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "Anonymous" and a role in the upcoming Sean Penn-starring "The Gunman." "Alice in Wonderland 2" -- currently working with the title "Through the Looking Glass" -- is directed by James Bobin ("The Muppets"). It's set for release on May 27, 2016. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Listen to Four Exclusive Tracks From the 'Transcendence' Soundtrack Posted:  Next week's "Transcendence," a trippy thriller starring Johnny Depp as a scientist who, after a catastrophic attack, uploads his consciousness into a supercomputer, certainly creates an atmosphere -- one in which technology has made anything possible, where dread and paranoia creep into the edges of human advancement, and where all of our pointless dragging and clicking could also be our undoing. All of these heavy themes and visual flourishes (including tiny robots glinting in the sun like pocketfuls of glitter) require the appropriate musical backdrop, one that is found in the ominous score by Mychael Danna. And now we have four exclusive tracks to share with you! We're going to be tiptoeing around their placement in the film both because we don't want to ruin anything and because we're under strict orders from Warner Bros. not to talk about the movie just yet (and, as we all know, snitches get stitches). Still, these four tracks will give you a better understanding of the mood of the film and how they are established through Danna's thoughtful orchestrations (Danna is a frequent collaborator of Ang Lee's and was nominated for the Oscar for his score to "Life of Pi"). The first track, "Transcend," is probably the closest the movie has to a theme -- a piece of music that is occasionally soaring but also uneasy, one that feels jittery and electrically alive. The second track, "Building Will," is utilized in a montage where Depp's Beautiful Scientist Wife With Fabulous Hair (Rebecca Hall) and his Handsome But Trustworthy Best Friend (Paul Bettany) are constructing the apparatus that will allow his consciousness to go into the machine (it involves so many wires you wouldn't believe). Again, this is moodier than usual montage music; it's amazing how the electronics of the piece are delicately woven into the more percussive backbone of the track. The next track, "Get Off the Grid," takes place when the movie makes a sharp left turn and so there's not a lot we can divulge. This is one of the more purely electronic moments in the score, which is fitting given its placement in the film... And the last track, "The Only One He Trusts," swells with an unexpected emotionality fitting for (again) where it takes place in the movie, and perfectly dramatizes the struggle between the artificial and the natural -- a tug-of-war that is presented in the score just as eloquently as it is in the movie. You can preorder Danna's score on iTunes by clicking here, and watch the movie in theaters, everywhere, next Friday, April 16. Transcend y'all. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nicolas Cage Facts: 55 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Oscar Winner Posted:  Nicolas Cage... Undoubtedly one of the biggest -- and unique -- actors of his generation, Nicolas Cage got his start in 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in a part so small if you blink you'd miss it. Then, after changing his name from Coppola to Cage, the actor's career took off and he's been a leading man ever since. This week, Cage stars in David Gordon Green's "Joe," as a hot-tempered, but protective ex-con in a role that has critics raving about the actor's restrained performance. Whether or not you're a fan of the intense star, there's no denying he's a cinematic force to be reckoned with. From his unexpected connection to J.D. Salinger to his questionable dinosaur skull purchase, here are 55 things you probably don't know about Nicolas Cage. 1. Born Nicolas Coppola, the actor chose Cage as his stage name to honor comic book superhero Luke Cage. 2. Inspired by Superman's birth name, he christened his (now 8-year-old) son Kal-El. 3. Cage's father, the late August Coppola, worked as a comparative literature professor at Cal State Long Beach and served as a trustee of the California state university system. 4. In 2001, Cage received an honorary doctorate from Cal State Fullerton. He had previously dropped out of UCLA. 5. Cage has two older brothers, Marc and Christopher Coppola, both of whom have worked in the film biz. 6. Through his father, Cage is also related to director Francis Ford Coppola (uncle), actress Talia Shire (aunt), director Sofia Coppola (cousin), actor Jason Schwartzman (cousin), and actor/musician Robert Schwartzman (cousin). 7. Cage's first movie role was as a cook in 1982's 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' (as seen in the background behind Judge Reinhold in the clip below). {C} 8. His job after that was selling popcorn at a movie theater. 9. In 1983, he made a name for himself with the cult comedy "Valley Girl" and uncle Francis Ford Coppola's "Rumble Fish" and never looked back. 10. A proponent of Method acting, Cage had two of his teeth surgically removed for his role in 1984's "Birdy." 11. Cage filed suit against Kathleen Turner, his co-star in the 1986 film "Peggy Sue Got Married," after she wrote in her 2008 tell-all that he'd once stolen a Chihuahua. 12. Jim Carrey, who had a small role in "Peggy Sue Got Married" as one of Cage's high-school pals, has been quoted as saying that Cage has "elephant balls." 13. Cage ate a live cockroach for his role in 1989's "Vampire's Kiss" -- although, allegedly, the film's director only wanted him to down a raw egg. 14. When Cage met first wife Patricia Arquette in 1987, he declared, "I love you and I'm going to marry you." 15. Arquette decided to test his dedication by giving him a list of seemingly impossible tasks that he'd need to perform before she'd say yes. One of them included procuring the autograph of notoriously reclusive author J.D. Salinger -- which Cage improbably managed to do. 16. It still took eight years for Cage to convince Arquette to marry him, which they finally did in 1995. The couple separated after just nine months -- although they did not file for divorce until 2000. 17. Cage was 32 years old when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Leaving Las Vegas," which currently ranks him as the fifth-youngest performer to ever win in that category. (Sixth-youngest? Jimmy Stewart, who had 205 days on Cage when he won for "The Philadelphia Story" in 1940.) 18. The second time Cage earned an Oscar nomination in the Best Actor category -- for his dual role as twins Charlie and Donald Kaufman in 2002's "Adaptation" -- he lost to "The Pianist" star Adrien Brody, who became the youngest-ever Best Actor Oscar winner, at 29. 19. The sixth chapter of the 1998 biography "Nicolas Cage: Hollywood's Wild Talent" is entitled "Jimmy Stewart From Mars." 20. Nicolas Cage has owned a pet octopus. 21. He has also admitted to taking hallucinogenic mushrooms with his cat on at least one occasion. Seeing that the cat, Lewis, had snuck into the refrigerator and eaten the 'shrooms "voraciously," Cage reasoned, "What the heck, I better do it with him." 22. Cage was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime in 2009. 23. He once donated $2 million to Amnesty International to aid former child soldiers. 24. Cage has earned soundtrack credits in five of his films in which his characters either sang and/or played the mandolin: "Peggy Sue Got Married," "Wild at Heart," "Leaving Las Vegas," "The Family Man" and "Captain Correlli's Mandolin." 25. On his back, Cage has a tattoo of a lizard wearing a top hat. 26. He's apparently fascinated by ley lines, defined by The Skeptic's Dictionary as "alignments of ancient sites or holy places, such as stone circles, standing stones, cairns and churches." 27. Purportedly, Cage, who married Lisa Marie Presley in 2002 (they divorced in 2004), is the only person outside the immediate Presley family to have ever been inside Elvis Presley's Graceland bedroom. 28. Cage's middle name, Kim, is also third wife Alice's surname. 29. Nicolas Kim Coppola met Alice Kim in 2004 when she was his waitress at Le Privé, a Korean nightclub in Los Angeles (which has since closed). The club was known for "booking," a "K-club" practice in which young women are brought over to men's tables for on-the-spot dates. 30. He bought a Bahamanian island in 2006, near the one owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. 31. He also bought a German castle that year. 32. He was forced to sell both in 2009, when his wild spending sprees caught up to him. 33. According to records, Cage had purchased 22 cars in the year 2007; nine of those were Rolls Royces. 34. In 2007, Cage and his first son, Weston, now 20, co-authored a limited-edition comic book series entitled "Voodoo Child." 35. Weston's mother is Christina Fulton, a sometime-actress who had a part in Cage's 1998 flick "Snake Eyes." 36. When filming "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" in the Big Easy, he bought a two-headed snake for protection. Later, he donated it to a zoo. 37. Cage is still fond of reptiles and even asked to hold a venomous snake on the set of the movie "Joe" (2013) to "relax" him. 38. When a six-bedroom Las Vegas mansion that Cage owned went into foreclosure in late 2009 and was later sold at auction, numerous news outlets covered the events with the headline "Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas," or something very similar. 39. In addition to his well-documented predilection for house- and castle-buying, Cage bought a nine-foot-tall, pyramid-shaped tomb in a New Orleans cemetery last year. It is assumed this will be his final resting place. 40. In 2009, film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Cage has two speeds: intense and intenser." 41. This was said of the man who has starred in "The Wicker Man," "The Weather Man," "The Family Man" and "Matchstick Men." 42. You might say that Cage is a "carnalvore," basing his meat-consuming choices on an animal's mating habits. 43. In fact, he told a London newspaper in 2010: "I actually choose the way I eat according to the way animals have sex. I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds. But pigs, not so much. So I don't eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl." 44. Cage has done ads for Montblanc watches and Sankyo pachinko machines (which are like a cross between pinball machines and slot machines, and popular in Japan). 45. He paid $276,000 at auction for a dinosaur skull of a Tarbosaurus; one of the people he outbid was Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2013, it was reported that the fossil was stolen and smuggled to the U.S. prior to the auction. 46. The blog Nic Cage as Everyone was "founded on the belief that everything in life would be better with a little more Nic Cage." 47. It includes doctored photos of Cage as Santa Claus, Princess Leia, Justin Bieber, Sarah Palin, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, and even Cage's wife, Alice. 48. Just in case you're still not convinced of Cage's unique brand of craziness, amateur video of Cage somewhere in Bucharest (where he's filmed "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance") surfaced in 2010. In it, he yells such inanities as "I'll die in the name of honor!" 49. His intensity and uniqueness has garnered a legion of loyal fans, some of whom made this amazing Nic Cage compilation. 50. In 2012, a young woman accidentally attached a wacky photo of Cage to an email instead of her resume. As a result, she received two job offers. Of course. 51. Cage also told fans he would love to do a third "National Treasure" movie set in South America. 52. Cage is such an avid comic-book fan that his collection of 400 vintage comics fetched over $1.6 million in a 2002 auction. 53. In his Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), fellow actor Ethan Hawke rained praise on Cage, writing that "he's the only actor since Marlon Brando that's actually done anything new with the art of acting." He went on to add that if you only kept the best 50% of Cage's films, "he would blow everyone else out of the water." I guess you could call him a fan. 54. He's recently said that he's developed his own style and school of acting called "Nouveau Shamanic." He didn't elaborate on the style, but he did add that he'll have to write a book about it some day. 55. Cage has been credited as helping Johnny Depp get his first acting job after hooking the A-list actor up with his agent. Editor's Note: This article is an update to "47 Facts About Nicolas Cage," first posted January 3rd, 2011. Article photo courtesy of Getty This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sunday's MTV Movie Awards Will Honor Paul Walker Posted:  MTV will take a break from handing out golden buckets of popcorn this Sunday to honor the life of late actor Paul Walker during the channel's annual Movie Awards. Walker, who died in a single-car crash last November at the age of 40, was a fixture at the ceremony over the past decade thanks to this starring role in the "Fast and Furious" franchise, and his contributions to that series and other films will be remembered by the network, MTV said in a statement. "Paul Walker was a role model for the MTV audience since the very beginning of his too-short career," said MTV president Stephen Friedman. "Our audience grew up with him, from 'Varsity Blues' to the 'Furious' franchise. He was a movie star but one that they could relate to. ... Paul's humanity and kindness clearly showed through every role. We're honored to be able to spend a moment in this year's Movie Awards to celebrate him." The tribute will be presented by Walker's "Fast and Furious" co-star Jordanna Brewster. Walker is also up for the Best On-Screen Duo award for his role in "Fast 6" alongside Vin Diesel, a trophy the two shared in 2002; regardless of whether he wins Sunday, his memorial tribute will be separate from that award. The MTV Movie Awards air Sunday night at 9 p.m. [via Los Angeles Times, h/t HitFix] Photo by AP Photo/Andre Penner This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chadwick Boseman on 'Draft Day,' Sports Legends, and Becoming James Brown Posted:  Just four movies into his career, Chadwick Boseman has already played a football legend (Floyd "The Franchise" Little in "The Express") and a baseball icon (Jackie Robinson in "42"). Now, he's back in the game playing a fictional outside linebacker named Vontae Mack who hopes to be the Cleveland Browns' first draft pick in Ivan Reitman's "Draft Day." That puts him on the receiving end of some highly charged conversations with Kevin Costner as Browns general manager Sonny Weaver -- although all their scenes but one are over the phone.So Boseman's played two sports greats while acting opposite the likes of Costner and, in "42," Harrison Ford -- where do you go from there? How about playing James Brown in the upcoming "Get on Up" or the Egyptian god of wisdom, Thoth, in 2016's "Gods of Egypt"? If you need a legend -- a real one or otherwise -- it looks like Boseman is the guy to call. The man himself -- born in South Carolina, educated at Oxford -- couldn't be more laid back, humble, and easygoing when Moviefone caught up with him in Los Angeles. Moviefone: You portrayed a football player three films ago, in "The Express." Chadwick Boseman: Yeah, yeah. I played Floyd Little. Another real person. So you played a real football player, then a real baseball figure, then back to football as a fictional character. Coincidence? That's just coincidence, yeah. This one ["Draft Day"], I initially was like, No, I don't want to do it because it was a sports movie, and I hadn't even read the whole film yet. I think they sent me a description of it and it was like an immediate "no." And then I had a conversation with Ivan Reitman -- I think we had two conversations. And on the second one he changed my mind. Because it's not really about [sports]. It's not like we're watching some big game occur, or it's in the locker room. You do see some of that but it's not what the movie's about. It's about behind-the-scenes and dreams and hopes. And that to me was a total departure from the other two movies. Did you talk to any real NFL players for this? Well, the Browns were involved so we had the players around us all the time. It wasn't research as much as it was just hanging out with them, playing Xbox or just chilling with them or going out with them. Just hanging out with them seeing what they're like. That's all you really have to do, I think. I didn't talk to anybody about what their draft experience was. That wasn't part of the research. And, for me, it was better to do it that way because my character's not at Radio City Music Hall, you know, he's at home. I've always thought about that guy that's at home. That's the guy that interests me like when you watch the draft. So you were a football fan before doing this? Oh yeah, yeah. What's harder to train for, baseball or football? In this case, I trained to gain the weight. I did do some of the football plays, but I trained to gain the weight and just happened to end up doing these football scenes. The baseball was much more intense and extensive. You know, I'm sure that if I was training to do the football scenes it would be just as difficult, if not even more so than baseball. I spent months, literally, taking grounders, all sorts of fielding, the difference between second and first base, which was weird because you rarely even saw Robinson at second base. A lot of that stuff was cut out of the movie because the baseball sequences made the movie so much longer. But we did all that. It was like real practice and all the actors that were in the movie had practice at some point. It was like we were players, you know... you can't compare that to this. You went from working with one legendary actor, Harrison Ford, to working with another one, Kevin Costner -- except almost all your scenes with Costner are on the phone. It's all on the phone except for the party at the end... it's funny because I was doing press for "42" -- I think I was at "Access Hollywood" -- and I was backstage and I was talking to a friend of [Costner's] while they had just offered me "Draft Day" and I had been saying no. And I was like, the only way I would do it was if I was actually on the phone with Kevin -- I'm not gonna do it if I'm not actually on the phone with him. And then his response got back to me that of course he would do the scenes on the phone with me. So, you guys were really talking? We were really talking to each other. Yeah, even though my side of those scenes was shot on different days than his, I came in for his footage and he came in for mine. He came in really early actually. He came in at like 5 to 6 a.m. in the morning, which shows you what kind of guy he is. Because a lot of people would be like, "No, I'm not getting up that early. He can read it with the script supervisor or somebody." No, he came in and lived up to his end of the bargain. Your next two roles are the Godfather of Soul, then a god of ancient Egypt. Good Lord. The Godfather of Soul, I mean that's... I can't even put it into words. We had a lot of fun doing it. It was just a huge challenge. I didn't even want to talk to people a lot of times while I was doing it, like my family members and friends and stuff, because you had to be so into it during the course of the day. I didn't want to handle business because I would be handling it like James Brown as opposed to what I really thought. So it was a very intense and rewarding process, unlike anything I've ever done. The God of Wisdom, you know, the jury's still out. I haven't really even started it. But the character is again a total departure from anything else that I've been doing or have done recently and that's what's appealing about it, is that it's a whole different type of world. It's gonna be epic. It's gonna be like a lot of action -- although, you know, my character doesn't have to do as much because he can kill you with his mind. I guess it would be hard to train for that. Yeah, I don't have to have the swing a sword or a staff or anything like that. But there's still some physicality to it. It's just totally different than anything else you've seen me do. "Draft Day" hits theaters April 11. Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for CinemaCon. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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