Tag: MGM

MGM Has Plans to Release ‘Bond 24’ In the Next Three Years

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 11:07 am   /   Local, Movie News

It wasn’t long ago that Sam Mendes and MGM announced that Mendes wouldn’t be back to direct another installment of the James Bond Series. It came as a surprise to many, as has made over $1.1 billion worldwide, to become the most successful film in the franchise and highest grossing British film of all time. MGM […]

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‘Skyfall’ Director Sam Mendes Will NOT Direct Bond 24

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 3:22 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Skyfall is enjoying some of the best critical praise ever heaped on a Bond film.  Not to mention the fact that the film is getting praise outside of just being a Bond film, as evidenced by Roger Deakins nomination for Best Cinematography for Skyfall.  Most assumed that due to its financial and critical success that […]

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Movie Review: ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Starring Jeremy Renner & Gemma Arrterton

Posted: January 25, 2013 at 12:31 am   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews

“Whatever You Do, Don’t Eat the Fucking Candy” I’m not going to lie, I had zero interest in seeing this movie.  It looked like a cheesy update to the classic fairy tale of Hansel & Gretel.  The trailers made the movie look like it was one bad joke and poorly choreographed action sequence after the next. […]

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Robert Zemeckis Doing “Wizard of Oz” Remake?

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm   /   Local, Movie News

In what may go down as the most boneheaded remake of all time, or the most inspired, Robert Zemeckis is in talks with Warner Bros. to shoot a remake of the legendary Judy Garland film, The Wizard of Oz. This is no ordinary remake either, it is said to use the original script from the […]

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“Hobbit” Production Stays in New Zealand

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 2:17 pm   /   Local, Movie News

People always assumed that Peter Jackson would film The Hobbit in New Zealand. It is, after all, the director’s home, and where he shot The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It made a fantastic place for Middle Earth the first time, why wouldn’t he use it again? Unfortunately, the production encountered some union trouble, and […]

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Martin Freeman Cast as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”

Posted: October 22, 2010 at 12:18 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Now that the film has been officially greenlit, and the unions are retracting their strikes of the production, casting can finally get underway. For the past couple years people have been trying to guess who would fill the role of Bilbo Baggins, and plenty of names came up, but the person who ended up with […]

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Peter Jackson and “The Hobbit” Are Officially Greenlit

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 12:53 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I’m sure a lot of you were sure this day would never come. I wouldn’t blame anyone for believing it wouldn’t happen. This production has been pretty crazy since the beginning. The film has seen Peter Jackson courted originally after the success of Lord of the Rings. It was then put on the shelf after […]

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“James Bond” Franchise May Have New Future With Spyglass?

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 2:12 pm   /   Local, Movie News

There has been a lot of talk over the past few months concerning the demise of MGM, and the properties it holds. The big properties in question are the James Bond series, which earlier this year had Sam Mendes signed on for a twenty-third installment, and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit.  […]

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Daniel Craig Cast in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

Posted: July 27, 2010 at 3:08 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Daniel Craig, the actor who has risen to fame playing the latest incarnation of James Bond, has been cast as Mikael Blomkvist in the Hollywood adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Craig who up until recently has been tired to the Bond series, found a hole in his schedule as MGM canceled the […]

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Peter Jackson Begins Casting “The Hobbit”

Posted: July 15, 2010 at 8:31 pm   /   Local, Movie News

The Hobbit has seen it’s fair share of troubles lately. First was Guillermo Del Toro leaving the production as director, and the other big problem is their studio MGM, which has seen enormous money troubles lately, culminating with their cancellation of Bond 23. Despite all this director Peter Jackson has begun quietly talking to actors […]

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