Friday, July 31, 2009
Danny Elfman takes Woodstock
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Monday, June 30, 2008
Harry Potter and the halfblood prince release dates
November 19, 2008
- Belgium
- Egypt
November 20, 2008
- Argentina
- Chile
- Germany
- Greece
- Holland / the Netherlands
- Israel
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Russia
- Singapore
- Switzerland (German)
- Thailand
- Ukraine
November 21, 2008
- Austria
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Norway
- Panama
- Poland
- Sweden
- Turkey
- UK
- USA
November 26, 2008
- France
- Switzerland (French)
November 27, 2008
- Bolivia
- Croatia,
- zech Republic
- Lebanon
- Middle East-other,
- Serbia,
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
November 28, 2008
- Bulgaria,
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Romania
- Spain
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
December 5, 2008
- South Africa
December 11, 2008
- Australia
- New Zealand
December 18, 2008
- Hong Kong
- Korea
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Johnny to do The Ginger Man?
Johnny has Depp feeling for Donleavy classic tale
Sunday May 11 2008
IN at the Depp end? I should hope so -- for JP Donleavy's sake at any rate.
American movie star, Johnny Depp is due in Ireland in mid-June to meet writer JP Donleavy, about finally adapting his book The Ginger Man for the big screen.
Depp, who has long been mooted to play the lead of drunk, no-good rake, Sebastian Dangerfield, in JP's depraved literary classic, is believed to be flying over from his home in France with his wife, Vanessa Paradis, for an informal meeting with JP at his farm in Westmeath.
There is also talk of a party -- possibly an all-night one attended by Ginger Man devotee Shane MacGowan, and his lovely muse cum angel-heart, Victoria Mary Clarke -- which, given the sensuous subject matter of the book, doesn't sound beyond the realms of possibility.
JP and Johnny might even get round to signing a deal.
Being a ginger man myself, I'll drink to that.
- Barry Egan
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Lohan wants to do Alice?
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Johnny In Wisconsin?
From http://wkbt.com
Johnny Depp to Film Movie in Wisconsin?
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A big budget film starring Johnny Depp is looking at filming in Wisconsin.
Lietenant Governor Barbara Lawton says the makers of "Public Enemies" are looking at Wisconsin because of the new tax breaks for filmmakers that start Tuesday. Her office and Film Wisconsin had previously said a film with a budget between $100 million and $300 million was looking at Wisconsin, but refused to give details until a deal was done.
But the Baraboo News Republic in southern Wisconsin broke the news in Thursday's editions, saying the makers are looking at filming at a local bank. "Public Enemies" is about notorious gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.
From http://www.dane101.
Johnny Depp to hide out in Wisconsin?
Submitted by Jesse Russell on Thu, 2007-12-27 15:00. Arts | Film
Word is that director and University of Wisconsin alum Michael Mann is preparing to bring a film crew to Wisconsin next year. The Baraboo New Republic broke the story yesterday and it has since been picked up by the Associated Press. According to the story Mann is scouting nearly 20 locations in Wisconsin as potential backdrops for his American gangsters flick about the 1933-34 crime wave of John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, and "Pretty Boy" Floyd. That crime wave has been accredited with forcing the FBI to essentially reboot and move in a new direction. Early reports have Johnny Depp cast as Dillinger for the film which will start production in Chicago on March 10 (hmmm...right around the time of the 2008 Wisconsin Film Festival. Could we possibly see a surprise appearance from the actors or director?)
It should be noted that any deals are not yet final, but from what we hear a pen is hovering very close to a dotted line.
The screenplay is based on a book by Bryan Burroughs titled, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. Burroughs also wrote the critically acclaimed Barbarians at the Gate.
Wisconsin can thank the new tax breaks for filmmakers that will go into effect in Wisconsin starting with the new year for helping coax Hollywood to use the state. Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton heavily lobbied for the tax breaks earlier this year as she saw it as an opportunity "to inject new, substantial revenue into our state's economy." To find out what else is coming to Wisconsin check out the "Film Wisconsin" website.
Another reason Wisconsin is appropriate is that Dillinger has a history with our state. You can visit one of his hideouts, the Little Bohemia Lodge, up in Manitowish Waters. According to Wikipedia:
From http://www.620wtmj.com
Hollywood in Wisconsin?
By Tim Lethlean
A big time movie being made right here in Wisconsin, or even Milwaukee? That's what state lawmakers are hoping will happen when tax breaks go into effect next Tuesday.
Wisconsin's lieutenant governor Barbara Lawton is optimistic the plan will bring cash to the state, saying "What is exciting about this industry is that when they do a film, about half of the production costs stay right in that regional economy."
And already, the town of Baraboo is being looked at as a site for a new Johnny Depp movie set to be filmed in 2008. The flick has an estimated production budget of 100 to 300 million dollars.
State officials believe bringing some Hollywood to the state isn't just good financially, it's also great publicity for Wisconsin too.
Also, a Sweeney article:
From http://www.iht.comJohnny Depp says 'Sweeney Todd' flashback was 'weirdest thing I ever had to shoot'
In a career that has included drunk pirates and a scissor-handed recluse, Johnny Depp says the strangest scene he has ever filmed is a simple flashback in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."The movie is the sixth collaboration for Depp and director Tim Burton — and one of their riskiest. It is based on Stephen Sondheim's bloody Broadway musical about a murderous barber, and Depp had scant singing experience.
But it was not the singing that scared Depp — or any of his character's numerous gory murders. It was a flashback to young Sweeney's happy life before he was sent to prison by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman).
It is arguably the most normal scene in the movie, and both Depp and Burton could hardly stomach it.
"I think that was the weirdest thing I ever had to shoot," Depp told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "(Burton) literally was sobbing. He left the set of his own movie."
Burton said the extreme melodrama of the scene was difficult to watch.
"That's when I knew (Depp) was a great actor, because that was terrible," the 49-year-old director said. "That was so bad."
Depp, star of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films and "Edward Scissorhands," has received rave reviews for his performance, and Burton wonders if the 44-year-old actor will look back in later years and cringe at the young Sweeney flashback.
"That and having to soap up Alan Rickman's face were two of the scariest moments, maybe of my life," joked Depp.
For some reason, Burton explained, preparing Rickman's character for a shave was "quite a traumatic experience" for Depp.
"Sweeney Todd," a DreamWorks/Paramount release, has received four Golden Globe nominations, including best musical or comedy, best director for Burton, best actor for Depp and best actress for Helena Bonham Carter.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
I know this has nothing to do with the site but I'm very dissapointed with the Heroes season finale...
Helena Says... (all from http://www.contactmusic.com)
"I haven't watched the film. I wish I wasn't in it because I know I'd love it." HELENA BONHAM CARTER refuses to watch herself in boyfriend TIM BURTON's new movie musical SWEENEY TODD.
and HELENA BONHAM CARTER struggled through dancing scenes in new movie musical SWEENEY TODD because she was three months pregnant with director TIM BURTON's child. To make matters worse, her dancing partner, Johnny Depp, didn't know how to waltz. But the brave Brit battled through headaches and morning sickness to shoot the scenes because she promised Burton she could take on the challenging role of Mrs. Lovett. She tells WENN, "It was kind of unfortunate because I was really pregnant by then and we had to get on the spinning machine because that was the only way to work it out was to spin. I had morning sickness and motion sickness because I was in my first trimester. It was hellish. "Coming off caffeine, for the baby, was a big blow to me, so I had a headache and that's probably why I felt so spaced out. It's hard to concentrate because the first few months of pregnancy your hormones are worse than anything else." And Bonham Carter admits her life away from the set was a struggle too - because her partner insists on taking his work home with him. He adds, "Seeing those (fake) fingers, knees and legs hanging around in the house, where they'd store body parts, was awful."Poor Helena....
And Johnny Says.... JOHNNY DEPP credits punk icon IGGY POP and horror movie stars LON CHANEY and BORIS KARLOFF with helping him create the character of SWEENEY TODD for pal TIM BURTON's new movie musical. The actor, who famously found inspiration for his Pirates Of The Caribbean character Jack Sparrow in Keith Richards, turned to another rocker for his spark as he prepared to play the musical demon barber of Fleet Street. He says, "Iggy has a beautiful deep quality about him and he's a real crooner, so that's where the musical element of Todd came from, I guess. "And early on, Tim and I spoke about silent film and the king of silent cinema, especially the horror genre, was Lon Chaney Sr. So using him was an inspiration, as was Boris Karloff. We liked the classic, iconic image of movie monsters."
Don't Forget to go out and buy your copy of Pirates of The Carribean 3 (at Worlds End) today!
Johnny is Bloody Good In Sweeney!
From http://www.celebrity-gossip.net
Johnny Depp Sings in Sweeney Todd (yes, but we already know that!)
New York City was the place to be for “Pirates of the Caribbean” alumni last night! While Keira Knightley was across town for the premiere of “Atonement,” Johnny Depp was over at the Zeigfeld Theatre hamming it up for his new flick “Sweeney Todd.”
Depp was looking dapper for the cameras, which begs the question, “Do the clothes make the man, or is it the man that makes the clothes?”
More Screen Caps from Helena-World
Depp plays "punk rock Sweeney Todd" in new film
From http://www.cinematical.com/
Several people who have attended the first critic's screenings of Sweeney Todd -- a.k.a., not me -- are declaring themselves totally wowed, although they're all bending over backwards to respect an embargo. Jeff Wells at Hollywood-Elsewhere was so impressed by the film that he declared Tim Burton's decade-long decline to be now officially reversed. He also speculated that Sweeney Todd may be Burton's best film since 1988's Beetlejuice -- high praise, indeed. Wells even goes a little overboard, stating that "at times it melted me like a candle. I was lifted, moved. I was never not aroused." Okay, we get it Jeff -- the movie better live up to that embarrassing hyperbole.
Tom O'Neil at The Envelope starts his review thusly -- "'Sweeney Todd' is the best pic of 2007" -- pretty straightforward, no? "Everybody whose opinion I pooled after the screening tonight said they thought the movie and Johnny Depp were brilliant," he goes on to say. But like Wells, he thinks the film may see its Best Picture hopes held up by a childishly heavy focus on gore. There are apparently rivers of blood in this film, to the point that even some who enjoyed the film tremendously claimed to be turned off by that aspect.
David Poland joins the chorus of cheers, predicting that Depp will win the Best Actor award for his performance as the demon barber and saying that the film demands multiple viewings just to take it all in. Okay, you've twisted my arm -- I'll go see it.
Friday, October 26, 2007
News Of Johnny's Next Movie, Shantaram
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says that film success is very much about the story not the actors.
Mr. Bachchan joined BBC for a live interview of the London Film Festival speaking about forthcoming films The Last Lear and ‘Shantaram’ whilst listeners called in with their questions.
Mr. Bachchan, when asked why films flop or not, said, "Actors just fulfill a duty I don't think that they have the power to alter the fate of the film purely because of who they are and their presence in the film".
‘Shantaram’ features Johnny Depp and is due out in 2008. When asked why he had never accepted offers for Hollywood before Mr. Bachchan replied, "Because it never came! We don't plan things like this - these things just happen! Mira Nair came across to me and said I want you do this role... I liked the role and thought its Mira Nair, its Johnny Depp, its Hollywood, and its Warner Brothers so I thought ok - we'll go ahead - I don't think it's a deliberate plan".
Mr. Bachchan spoke freely about Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag too, the recent Sholay remake that flopped.
"It's true it hasn't gone down very well. I had a good time playing the villain, I was very keen to do Gabbar's role when it was first narrated to me. I wasn't allowed to do that then and now I was and it wasn't accepted by the people you just go along with what the people want. It was interesting to play the villain and try and do all kinds of nasty things on the screen - having played and being a goodie for my entire career.”
Mr. Bachchan also said that maybe a remake of ‘Sholay’ should never have been considered.
"Now that you look back at it the answer would be no, but when we were working at it we said why not? We got our response from the audience and that's where the chapter ends.''
About his controversial role in Nishabd where he plays a man in his 60s romancing who is attracted to 18 year old girl Mr. Bachchan said, "All criticism is always fair, because they come from an audience that has paid some money, gone and seen a film and not liked what they've seen, so yes, it's their right to tell us what they didn't like and what they liked. It's for us to take up what we want to do from there.”
“I think what went wrong with ‘Nishabd’ was that people looked at it as a social and moral issue rather than a challenge for an actor or challenge for a director to make a film on a subject which could be as sensitive as ‘Nishabd’ and that's what went wrong with the film. They seem to idolize their leading men and heroes and they want them doing all the right things in life. But you know we are also actors and want to be challenged with different situations. I took ‘Nishabd’ on as a challenge. I do believe Ram Gopal Varma made an excellent film.”
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tim Burton's Next Movie?
learn more about the original here.
I'll keep you posted!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Burton To Remake Frankenweenie?
Rumor has it that our favorite director, Tim Burton will remake his 1984, black and white short frankenweenie into a yet another of his wonderful stop-motion creations. Www.slashfilm.com sums it all up well in their article here.
I think that, even though his stop-motion films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride are amazing and I love them dearly (enough to memorize them!), I enjoyed Frankenweenie in it's original wonderfull-ness. Remaking it would be just another opertunity for Disney to make more money (atleast in my opinion). As said in the article, Frankenweenie was one Burton's first films along with Vincent (another grand stop-motion, dedicated to his, and all of ours, hero the late Vincent Price) and was shunned (might not be the best word but oh well) by Disney, and it was only until they saw how successful his other films were that they hired him back to do Nightmare. Well anyways, I'd love for everyone to read the article and to hear your opinions, do you think he will (or should) remake Frankenweenie???
Love to all, HBCfan