Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: In light of recent “Galaxy Quest” and “Lord of the Rings” news, which movie/movie franchise should be rebooted as a TV series? (question courtesy of Allison Keene)
Pilot Viruet (@pilotbacon), Vice
I have so many ideas for this! During that season we got “Minority Report” and “Limitless,” I got angry about how many of these reboots/remakes/sequels are male-skewering and male-dominated and started making a list of all the movies I’d rather see instead – obviously ones that are more focused on telling stories about women and non-binary folks. “Whip It” could be a fantastic Freeform teen drama series (I’m still angry that...
This week’s question: In light of recent “Galaxy Quest” and “Lord of the Rings” news, which movie/movie franchise should be rebooted as a TV series? (question courtesy of Allison Keene)
Pilot Viruet (@pilotbacon), Vice
I have so many ideas for this! During that season we got “Minority Report” and “Limitless,” I got angry about how many of these reboots/remakes/sequels are male-skewering and male-dominated and started making a list of all the movies I’d rather see instead – obviously ones that are more focused on telling stories about women and non-binary folks. “Whip It” could be a fantastic Freeform teen drama series (I’m still angry that...
- 11/21/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Jeremy Irvine, who appears alongside Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in Toronto premiere The Railway Man, has joined Michael Douglas on The Reach.
Good Universe is handling international sales on the action thriller from Douglas’ Furthur Films based on Robb White’s 73 young adult novel Deathwatch. Irvine also starred in War Horse.
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence and Ronny Cox have also come on board the story about a big game hunter who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti will direct from a screenplay by Stephen Susco. Robert Mitas produces for Furthur Films while Susco and Philip Elway will serve as executive producers.
Good Universe is handling international sales on the action thriller from Douglas’ Furthur Films based on Robb White’s 73 young adult novel Deathwatch. Irvine also starred in War Horse.
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence and Ronny Cox have also come on board the story about a big game hunter who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti will direct from a screenplay by Stephen Susco. Robert Mitas produces for Furthur Films while Susco and Philip Elway will serve as executive producers.
- 9/7/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
What can fans expect from Leverage Season 5, which premieres this Sunday night on TNT? Who better to ask than the brains behind Leverage Inc., Mr. Timothy Hutton?
I sat in last week on a conference call with the star and have posted the following excerpts from the enlightening interview, which touched on upcoming guest stars, themes and the most pressing topic of all: Sophie's real name.
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What can we expect in Season Five?
The Leverage team has officially moved to Portland where we film the show. So they've left Boston, and what it's allowed the writers to do is use all these amazing locations around Portland and just outside the city for storylines.
Another thing about season five is that the team have really come a lot closer together. And for Nate, with the way that his father died the year [in the Leverage Season 4 finale] I think it's kind of made him someone...
I sat in last week on a conference call with the star and have posted the following excerpts from the enlightening interview, which touched on upcoming guest stars, themes and the most pressing topic of all: Sophie's real name.
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What can we expect in Season Five?
The Leverage team has officially moved to Portland where we film the show. So they've left Boston, and what it's allowed the writers to do is use all these amazing locations around Portland and just outside the city for storylines.
Another thing about season five is that the team have really come a lot closer together. And for Nate, with the way that his father died the year [in the Leverage Season 4 finale] I think it's kind of made him someone...
- 7/12/2012
- by jim@tvfanatic.com (Jim Garner)
- TVfanatic
At least they had the class to not call it the .Squeal like a Pig. edition. However, John Boorman.s thriller has taken on a classic status in its forty years and this release only confirms it. It may inspire some male bonding (of all kinds), but it certainly won.t make you want to go on a trip down the river. Cue dueling banjos. The Cahulalawassee River is about to be dammed to provide electricity to power hungry Atlanta. Good for Atlanta, but these developments will destroy the river. The .now or never. situation brings good buddies Drew (Ronny Cox), Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Ed (John Voight), and Bobby (Ned Beatty) to the river for a canoeing trip that will...
- 7/7/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
According to reports, MGM's upcoming "RoboCop" reboot, to be directed by José Padilha, is moving forward with a new screenplay by Nick Schenk ("Gran Torino"), targeting a Summer 2012 start.
"I have my take on it," said Padilha. "How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?"
Padilha wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said the new film will be set in Detroit, as in director Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original feature "RoboCop".
The first "RoboCop" feature, budgeted at $13 million, directed by Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct"), was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner.
Set in a crime-ridden Detroit of the future, "RoboCop" followed a straight-shooting police officer who is killed in the line of duty,...
"I have my take on it," said Padilha. "How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?"
Padilha wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said the new film will be set in Detroit, as in director Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original feature "RoboCop".
The first "RoboCop" feature, budgeted at $13 million, directed by Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct"), was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner.
Set in a crime-ridden Detroit of the future, "RoboCop" followed a straight-shooting police officer who is killed in the line of duty,...
- 2/1/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Next year’s full to bursting with exciting movies, so to help out a little, here’s our pick of 25 must-see movies out in 2012…
As 2011 draws to a close, one eye is inevitably on the treats that are lying ahead for 2012. With that in mind, we've got our line-up of, as things stands, the 25 films that are brightest on our radar.
Now, a couple of disclaimers.
There are films that haven't made the cut here simply because we don't know a fat lot about them yet, or at least not enough to get us fired up. Jack The Giant Killer, Rise Of The Guardians, Red Tails, Chronicle and Dark Shadows all fit into that category.
Plus there are the films that we suspect will turn out strongly, but what we've seen of them so far hasn't blown us away (Brave, Skyfall). Then there are the potential hidden gems (ParaNorman) we'll...
As 2011 draws to a close, one eye is inevitably on the treats that are lying ahead for 2012. With that in mind, we've got our line-up of, as things stands, the 25 films that are brightest on our radar.
Now, a couple of disclaimers.
There are films that haven't made the cut here simply because we don't know a fat lot about them yet, or at least not enough to get us fired up. Jack The Giant Killer, Rise Of The Guardians, Red Tails, Chronicle and Dark Shadows all fit into that category.
Plus there are the films that we suspect will turn out strongly, but what we've seen of them so far hasn't blown us away (Brave, Skyfall). Then there are the potential hidden gems (ParaNorman) we'll...
- 12/8/2011
- Den of Geek
Dynamite Entertainment's "RoboCop: Road Trip" #1, available December 2011, is written by Rob Williams, with illustrations by Unai and a cover by Fabiano Neves :
"...America has fallen into a landscape of revolution and chaos and 'Ocp' has taken over 'Old Detroit' from the authorities in a political coup. Now it's up to 'RoboCop' and what's left of the Old Detroit Police Department to try and make it out of the state in order to get help from the Us military. But 'Ed-309' robots patrol the streets and Ocp has a new, deadly prototype to send after 'Murphy', while RoboCop's sanity continues to crumble..."
In other "RoboCop" news, director José Padilha who will take on the next "RoboCop" feature film, said he wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said he is currently polishing the screenplay, targeting either a February or March 2012 start,...
"...America has fallen into a landscape of revolution and chaos and 'Ocp' has taken over 'Old Detroit' from the authorities in a political coup. Now it's up to 'RoboCop' and what's left of the Old Detroit Police Department to try and make it out of the state in order to get help from the Us military. But 'Ed-309' robots patrol the streets and Ocp has a new, deadly prototype to send after 'Murphy', while RoboCop's sanity continues to crumble..."
In other "RoboCop" news, director José Padilha who will take on the next "RoboCop" feature film, said he wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said he is currently polishing the screenplay, targeting either a February or March 2012 start,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It’s the one aspect of humanity that binds the demographics; the one thing that’s on everyone’s mind, young or old. Whether you’ve come to terms with your mortality or not, Hollywood thrives off it and the simple fact that you just can’t look away.
Many films exist and across them countless characters shuffle off the mortal coil; some nobly while others pointlessly, some even to the audiences’ collective groan of derision (two words: Mace Windu). Regardless of their dramatic accomplishment, movie deaths present a director with an opportunity to invoke empathy at the most primal level – sure Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) was an asshole throughout Die Hard but it’s hard not to acknowledge his humanity given his expression of mortal terror as he falls from the Nakatomi Plaza rooftop.
Done well, movie deaths make dramatic statements. They’ll kick-start a narrative or punctuate it with tragedy.
Many films exist and across them countless characters shuffle off the mortal coil; some nobly while others pointlessly, some even to the audiences’ collective groan of derision (two words: Mace Windu). Regardless of their dramatic accomplishment, movie deaths present a director with an opportunity to invoke empathy at the most primal level – sure Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) was an asshole throughout Die Hard but it’s hard not to acknowledge his humanity given his expression of mortal terror as he falls from the Nakatomi Plaza rooftop.
Done well, movie deaths make dramatic statements. They’ll kick-start a narrative or punctuate it with tragedy.
- 9/25/2011
- by Stuart Bedford
- Obsessed with Film
Action cinema appears to have lost its way a bit. Here are our suggestions for setting it back on the right course...
Heading into UK cinemas right now are a pair of action films that have managed to misfire in very different ways. Killer Elite (review here) should have been a shoo-in, but it relegates the action to the sidelines for long periods, replacing explosive spectacle with ponderous, dull conversations.
Abduction, meanwhile (review here), seems to believe that Taylor Lautner is the future of action cinema, when he very clearly isn’t. Both films, though, are the tip of a proverbial iceberg. Because action cinema has a bit of an identity crisis. What trend should it follow? What kind of action movies should be made? What kind of action do people want to see?
Here are some of our answers to those questions...
The Editing
A massive, massive bugbear, although hopefully,...
Heading into UK cinemas right now are a pair of action films that have managed to misfire in very different ways. Killer Elite (review here) should have been a shoo-in, but it relegates the action to the sidelines for long periods, replacing explosive spectacle with ponderous, dull conversations.
Abduction, meanwhile (review here), seems to believe that Taylor Lautner is the future of action cinema, when he very clearly isn’t. Both films, though, are the tip of a proverbial iceberg. Because action cinema has a bit of an identity crisis. What trend should it follow? What kind of action movies should be made? What kind of action do people want to see?
Here are some of our answers to those questions...
The Editing
A massive, massive bugbear, although hopefully,...
- 9/22/2011
- Den of Geek
DVD Playhouse—September 2011
By Allen Gardner
In A Better World (Sony) Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, this Danish export looks at two fractured families and the effect that the adult world dysfunction has on their two sons, who form an immediate and potentially deadly bond. Director Susanne Bier delivers another powerful work that maintains its drive during the films’ first 2/3, then falters somewhat during the last act. Still, well-worth seeing, and beautifully made. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Deleted scenes; Commentary by Bier and editor Pernille Bech Christensen; Interview with Bier. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
X-men First Class (20th Century Fox) “Origins” film set in the early 1960s, traces the beginnings of Magento and Professor X (played ably here by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy), and how the once-close friends and colleagues became bitter enemies. First half is slam-bang entertainment at its stylish best,...
By Allen Gardner
In A Better World (Sony) Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, this Danish export looks at two fractured families and the effect that the adult world dysfunction has on their two sons, who form an immediate and potentially deadly bond. Director Susanne Bier delivers another powerful work that maintains its drive during the films’ first 2/3, then falters somewhat during the last act. Still, well-worth seeing, and beautifully made. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Deleted scenes; Commentary by Bier and editor Pernille Bech Christensen; Interview with Bier. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
X-men First Class (20th Century Fox) “Origins” film set in the early 1960s, traces the beginnings of Magento and Professor X (played ably here by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy), and how the once-close friends and colleagues became bitter enemies. First half is slam-bang entertainment at its stylish best,...
- 9/11/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The very first appearance of the sentinel of liberty.
Okay fellow movie geeks! Ready for a bit of pop culture history? Before you head out to the multiplex this weekend to see Paramount’s Captain America: The First Avenger, let’s get better acquainted with the story of this star-spangled superhero. Pencils ready! This may be on the finals!
Let.s go back a few years to Cap.s original glory days. He literally exploded on the comic scene in 1941 with Captain America Comics #1 from Timely Comics. That company had been trying to carve out a slice of the big super hero comics market pie since National Periodicals had caused a sensation with Superman in 1938 and Batman the following year. In 1939 they had a big seller with Marvel Mystery Comics #1 and introduced their two breakaway stars: The Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner. Who would come up with the next great super hero?...
Okay fellow movie geeks! Ready for a bit of pop culture history? Before you head out to the multiplex this weekend to see Paramount’s Captain America: The First Avenger, let’s get better acquainted with the story of this star-spangled superhero. Pencils ready! This may be on the finals!
Let.s go back a few years to Cap.s original glory days. He literally exploded on the comic scene in 1941 with Captain America Comics #1 from Timely Comics. That company had been trying to carve out a slice of the big super hero comics market pie since National Periodicals had caused a sensation with Superman in 1938 and Batman the following year. In 1939 they had a big seller with Marvel Mystery Comics #1 and introduced their two breakaway stars: The Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner. Who would come up with the next great super hero?...
- 7/20/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Many science-fiction fans will remember the 1990 movie .Total Recall. starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone and Ronny Cox. If you enjoyed that movie, you can now return to Mars and see what happened next in the new .Total Recall. comic book series from Dynamite. The story picks up right where the movie ends. Both Administrator Cohaagen and rebel leader Kuato are dead, and now forces on both sides of the fight have to determine what happens next on Mars. Quaid and Melina have a brief moment of passion and bliss before reality interrupts, and Quaid starts to question if everything is still a dream. The fighting resumes as soldiers start shooting at Quaid and Melina, but they manage to escape back to Venusville. Quaid has to convince both the government ...
- 5/20/2011
- GeekNation.com
He may be better known as new-Jew dentist Dr. Tim Whatley in 'Seinfeld', or hen-pecked Hal in 'Malcolm in the Middle', or even teacher turns drug pusher Walter White in AMC's 'Breaking Bad'. But actor Brian Cranston has just scored a real out of this world role. The Emmy award winner will play the part of Cohaagen in the upcoming 'Total Recall' redo. Originally played by actor Ronny Cox in the Paul Verhoeven helmed sci-fi thriller back in the 90's the remake will be focusing more on the Philip K. Dick story that Recall was actually based on. Cranston, whom I think I would have preferred to take on the Richter role portrayed by Michael Ironside, will be joining Colin Farrell who takes on the lead role, Quaid. 'Underworld' director Len Wiseman will take this bad boy by the reigns....
- 3/31/2011
- Horror Asylum
By Christopher Stipp
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Monsters - Review
First, the raw numbers: this is director and writer Gareth Edwards’ first feature, the movie cost a purported $15,000, internationally speaking the film has grossed over 1.5 million dollars, this is the one film you need to see this fall.
One of the spectacular aspects of a movie that is labeled sci-fi even though we only really glimpse the science of the fiction at the very beginning and then near the end which, really, is the crowning achievement of this little film that could, is that this movie exists at all. Actor Scoot McNairy, last seen in the very sweet and gentile film In Search of a Midnight Kiss, and his co-star Whitney Able are essentially starring in a film where...
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Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Monsters - Review
First, the raw numbers: this is director and writer Gareth Edwards’ first feature, the movie cost a purported $15,000, internationally speaking the film has grossed over 1.5 million dollars, this is the one film you need to see this fall.
One of the spectacular aspects of a movie that is labeled sci-fi even though we only really glimpse the science of the fiction at the very beginning and then near the end which, really, is the crowning achievement of this little film that could, is that this movie exists at all. Actor Scoot McNairy, last seen in the very sweet and gentile film In Search of a Midnight Kiss, and his co-star Whitney Able are essentially starring in a film where...
- 10/29/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
For me, there.s a short list of actors who can do no wrong, I am there watching whatever they put out. Actor Miguel Ferrer is on that short list. No one does authoritative, villainous smart-asses like Ferrer, who snapped heads with his unrepentant, vile character Robert .Bob. Morton in 1987 film, .RoboCop., a rare cult classic And monster box office hit that showed what chops he possessed. Ferrer appeared along with co-stars Ronny Cox and Kurtwood Smith. This trio of whip smart ass-kickers stole the film. The DNA that Ferrer is infused with is potent stuff: His late father was Ivy League educated (Princeton), fiercely talented Tony Award and Oscar-winning actor/director José Ferrer, and his mother was...
- 11/20/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
If you missed the McM Expo on the 24th and 25th of October, shame on you. The movie, comic and media exposition 5000 rocked the Excel centre in London's Docklands. Again. This year's turnout was, well, normal really and the show itself packed in more movie, media and comic titillation than an entire interweb. Shows like this happen all the time, all over the world and while they're full of memorabilia merchants and obscure comic book artist signing their obscure comic books, there's also interesting things on show like new video games and celebrities from old TV shows like Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Oh, DS9, we miss thou. But are Terry Farrell and Nicole De Boer really all that? Well, no. Not unless you're me and you'd always wanted to meet them. Even though I didn't. I was in the same room as them! Which, really, is very, very rubbish.
- 10/27/2009
- by Richard Preston
- t5m.com
I gotta keep this short because you shouldn't be in front of a computer right now unless you've already voted. And I haven't yet. But since we pride ourselves on being oh-so-timely and up-to-date with what's going on in the world, I offer this obvious discussion topic and then say "Go Truman."
So who are your favorite movie presidents? If you're stuck, here's a little game:
Eddie Albert, Jeff Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Josh Brolin, James Caan, Ronny Cox, James Cromwell, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, James Garner, Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Greenwood, Gene Hackman, Dan Hedaya, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt, Perry King, Kevin Kline, Tiny Lister, Bob Newhart, Jack Nicholson, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, Donald Pleasance, Bill Pullman, Dennis Quaid, David Rasche, John Ritter, Tim Robbins, Cliff Robertson, Martin Sheen, Billy Bob Thornton, Jack Warden, Robin Williams
Name the movie in which those actors played the U.S. President.
So who are your favorite movie presidents? If you're stuck, here's a little game:
Eddie Albert, Jeff Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Josh Brolin, James Caan, Ronny Cox, James Cromwell, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, James Garner, Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Greenwood, Gene Hackman, Dan Hedaya, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt, Perry King, Kevin Kline, Tiny Lister, Bob Newhart, Jack Nicholson, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, Donald Pleasance, Bill Pullman, Dennis Quaid, David Rasche, John Ritter, Tim Robbins, Cliff Robertson, Martin Sheen, Billy Bob Thornton, Jack Warden, Robin Williams
Name the movie in which those actors played the U.S. President.
- 11/5/2008
- by Scott Weinberg
- Cinematical
By Nick Schager
Serial killers are scary. So are mutant monsters. But in the collective American imagination, the terror they elicit is often no greater than that generated by malevolent corporate behemoths. Wielding stealthy political clout, recklessly tampering with genetics and technology, and casting morality aside in favor of profit, they're the avaricious power structures that loom large over our public and private lives, covertly pulling strings from their ivory towers while commissioning dirty deeds to be furtively carried out in the shadows of the night. Fueling our Big Brother fears, corporations are usually portrayed as villainous, and have most vigorously thrived in science fiction, where contemporary anxieties about nefarious boardroom conduct can be largely, fancifully projected. Consequently, it's not surprising that our list of the ten best fictional cinematic businesses turns out to be heavily skewed in that futuristic genre's favor, with the lone truly upstanding company to make...
Serial killers are scary. So are mutant monsters. But in the collective American imagination, the terror they elicit is often no greater than that generated by malevolent corporate behemoths. Wielding stealthy political clout, recklessly tampering with genetics and technology, and casting morality aside in favor of profit, they're the avaricious power structures that loom large over our public and private lives, covertly pulling strings from their ivory towers while commissioning dirty deeds to be furtively carried out in the shadows of the night. Fueling our Big Brother fears, corporations are usually portrayed as villainous, and have most vigorously thrived in science fiction, where contemporary anxieties about nefarious boardroom conduct can be largely, fancifully projected. Consequently, it's not surprising that our list of the ten best fictional cinematic businesses turns out to be heavily skewed in that futuristic genre's favor, with the lone truly upstanding company to make...
- 8/13/2008
- by Nick Schager
- ifc.com
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