Recently, we posted an article about how director Ridley Scott wanted to make a sequel to Gladiator. Which... okay, fine. But the catch was, he wanted to bring back Maximus... who died at the end of the first movie. That sequel is probably never gonna happen, but Scott recently explained in an interview with Me. Movies how he would have worked out bringing Maximus back, saying:
"I can bring him back. I know how to bring him back. I use the [body] of a dying warrior as a portal that could bring somebody back."
Scott, Nick Cave and Russell Crowe had all talked about it and wrote it up, and they knew just how to do it. Bringing him back through a portal in the body of a dying warrior was the way to go. So it seems like it would have been more of a Gladiator fantasy film.
"Russell, me and Nick Cave,...
"I can bring him back. I know how to bring him back. I use the [body] of a dying warrior as a portal that could bring somebody back."
Scott, Nick Cave and Russell Crowe had all talked about it and wrote it up, and they knew just how to do it. Bringing him back through a portal in the body of a dying warrior was the way to go. So it seems like it would have been more of a Gladiator fantasy film.
"Russell, me and Nick Cave,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
A Hell or High Water reunion may be making its way to Netflix: Deadline reports that the studio’s finalizing a deal for director David Mackenzie to helm the epic period drama Outlaw King, which Chris Pine and Ben Foster would be headlining.
Outlaw King will focus on Robert the Bruce, the king who led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. The historical figure was previously featured in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, as played by Angus Macfadyen. Pine is expected to play the Scottish king, while Foster would play James Douglas, a knight who became the king’s chief adviser.
Braveheart portrayed Robert the Bruce as a bit of a pushover who gets tricked by his leprosy-ridden father into betraying Gibson’s William Wallace. Outlaw King will seek to restore the king to the national hero he’s still regarded as in Scotland today. Per Deadline,...
Outlaw King will focus on Robert the Bruce, the king who led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. The historical figure was previously featured in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, as played by Angus Macfadyen. Pine is expected to play the Scottish king, while Foster would play James Douglas, a knight who became the king’s chief adviser.
Braveheart portrayed Robert the Bruce as a bit of a pushover who gets tricked by his leprosy-ridden father into betraying Gibson’s William Wallace. Outlaw King will seek to restore the king to the national hero he’s still regarded as in Scotland today. Per Deadline,...
- 4/25/2017
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Author: Zehra Phelan
The cast and crew of last year’s fantastic Hell or High Water could be looking all set for a reunion on a new project which couldn’t be any different in Netflix’s Outlaw King with Star Trek’s Chris Pine confirmed to be in talks to join the historical picture.
Related: David Mackenzie interview on Hell or High Water
Chris Pine could very well be teaming up with director David Mackenzie again who is also writing the script and trying to persuade Pine’s on screen Hell or High Water Brother, Ben Foster to jump on board the good ship Outlaw King which looks at the story of former King of the Scots, Robert The Bruce.
If Pine signs up he’ll be down to play the role of Robert the Bruce in the Netflix film which will focus on his life after William Wallace...
The cast and crew of last year’s fantastic Hell or High Water could be looking all set for a reunion on a new project which couldn’t be any different in Netflix’s Outlaw King with Star Trek’s Chris Pine confirmed to be in talks to join the historical picture.
Related: David Mackenzie interview on Hell or High Water
Chris Pine could very well be teaming up with director David Mackenzie again who is also writing the script and trying to persuade Pine’s on screen Hell or High Water Brother, Ben Foster to jump on board the good ship Outlaw King which looks at the story of former King of the Scots, Robert The Bruce.
If Pine signs up he’ll be down to play the role of Robert the Bruce in the Netflix film which will focus on his life after William Wallace...
- 4/25/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chris Pine and Ben Foster are going to team back up with Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie for an awesome sounding new movie called Outlaw King. This is a period epic that will tell the true story of the Scottish king, Robert The Bruce, who led his country to freedom from English rule in the early 14th century.
It sounds to me like the story will pick up where Mel Gibson's Braveheart left off as Robert The Bruce rushes into battle to engage in war with the English. He fought alongside William Wallace in the revolt against Edward I of England. Braveheart is one of my favorite movies of all time and I've always found the history of Scotland interesting so I'm completely sold on this film!
According to THR, Pine would take on the role of the Scottish king while Foster is in talks to play knight James Douglas,...
It sounds to me like the story will pick up where Mel Gibson's Braveheart left off as Robert The Bruce rushes into battle to engage in war with the English. He fought alongside William Wallace in the revolt against Edward I of England. Braveheart is one of my favorite movies of all time and I've always found the history of Scotland interesting so I'm completely sold on this film!
According to THR, Pine would take on the role of the Scottish king while Foster is in talks to play knight James Douglas,...
- 4/25/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
From the sun-kissed wild west to the rolling hills of the Scottish Highlands, Deadline brings word today that writer-director David Mackenzie, Chris Pine and Ben Foster – the three driving forces behind last year’s Oscar-nominated hit Hell or High Water – have entered talks to spearhead Netflix’s sweeping period drama, Outlaw King.
It’s a package bursting with cinematic promise, and word of those negotiations come just as Scott Stuber assumes the role of Netflix’s head of feature films. Rooted in a similar time period as that of Mel Gibson’s seminal Braveheart, Outlaw King presents Robert the Bruce through a slightly different lens, as he leads his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England. Chris Pine is reportedly poised to take up arms as the former Scottish king, with Ben Foster negotiating a deal to play James Douglas, the “Scottish knight who became the king’s chief adviser.
It’s a package bursting with cinematic promise, and word of those negotiations come just as Scott Stuber assumes the role of Netflix’s head of feature films. Rooted in a similar time period as that of Mel Gibson’s seminal Braveheart, Outlaw King presents Robert the Bruce through a slightly different lens, as he leads his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England. Chris Pine is reportedly poised to take up arms as the former Scottish king, with Ben Foster negotiating a deal to play James Douglas, the “Scottish knight who became the king’s chief adviser.
- 4/24/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is soon to close a deal to produce the period drama “Outlaw King,” written and to be directed by “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie, Deadline reports. The film will re-team “Hell or High Water’s” Chris Pine and Ben Foster.
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“Outlaw King” is an epic, period drama that tells a different story of Robert the Bruce than Mel Gibson’s Best Picture winner “Braveheart” did in 1995. Pine will play Robert the Bruce, the king who fought to free Scotland from the oppressive rule of England, while Foster will play the Scottish knight James Douglas.
Anonymous Content’s Richard Brown and Steve Golin will produce alongside Sigma Films’ Gillian Berrie. The movie is set to shoot in Scotland in August.
Mackenzie, Berrie and Brown are all from Scotland, and it’s...
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“Outlaw King” is an epic, period drama that tells a different story of Robert the Bruce than Mel Gibson’s Best Picture winner “Braveheart” did in 1995. Pine will play Robert the Bruce, the king who fought to free Scotland from the oppressive rule of England, while Foster will play the Scottish knight James Douglas.
Anonymous Content’s Richard Brown and Steve Golin will produce alongside Sigma Films’ Gillian Berrie. The movie is set to shoot in Scotland in August.
Mackenzie, Berrie and Brown are all from Scotland, and it’s...
- 4/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Mel Gibson's Braveheart is one of my favorite movies of all time. That movie holds my record of most times I've watched a movie in a theater at a solid eight times! Then I've watched it countless times on VHS and DVD and Blu-ray.
Mel Gibson not only did an incredible job directing the movie, but he also gave an amazing performance as William Wallace. It turns out that he wasn't originally going to take on the role. Gibson and the studio were actually looking at casting Brad Pitt in the role, which would have been so weird!
It's hard to imagine Pitt in the role, but in the beginning, they felt they needed a younger actor to play Wallace. Pitt would have made the film around the same that he made Legends of the Fall. I'm actually curious to know what Braveheart would've been like had Pitt starred in the film,...
Mel Gibson not only did an incredible job directing the movie, but he also gave an amazing performance as William Wallace. It turns out that he wasn't originally going to take on the role. Gibson and the studio were actually looking at casting Brad Pitt in the role, which would have been so weird!
It's hard to imagine Pitt in the role, but in the beginning, they felt they needed a younger actor to play Wallace. Pitt would have made the film around the same that he made Legends of the Fall. I'm actually curious to know what Braveheart would've been like had Pitt starred in the film,...
- 4/19/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mel Gibson momentarily lost his cool during budget talks for his 1995 film Braveheart — and even the famed actor and director admits his actions may have been “a little over the top.”
According to a new excerpt from Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker in The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson hurled a glass ashtray through a wall when money negotiations weren’t going well for the film that went on to win five Oscars.
After securing two-thirds of the film’s $65-$70 million budget from 20th Century Fox, Gibson reportedly met with Paramount Pictures over breakfast.
According to a new excerpt from Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker in The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson hurled a glass ashtray through a wall when money negotiations weren’t going well for the film that went on to win five Oscars.
After securing two-thirds of the film’s $65-$70 million budget from 20th Century Fox, Gibson reportedly met with Paramount Pictures over breakfast.
- 4/18/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Next month, Netflix offers up a giant selection of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners and indie favorites — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch as soon as they’re available on the streaming service, either for the first time or as part of a nostalgic binge. Enjoy.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
- 12/15/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Nate Parker’s heartfelt account of Nat Turner, the slave who led a rebellion in 1830s Virginia, is conventionally paced but achieves a dark and sinuous poetry
Nate Parker’s fervent movie about the slave uprising led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 pointedly gets its title from the silent black-and-white classic by Dw Griffith, who claimed hero status for the Ku Klux Klan, and whose own adored father Jacob “Roaring Jake” Griffith had been a slaveholder in Kentucky and a confederate colonel in the civil war. Parker ultimately finds his own meaning in the title by linking the boys who witnessed Turner’s eventual hanging with the generation who went on to fight for the north.
No feature film has been made before on Nat Turner; the subject is new, the style very much less so. It is pretty conventionally paced, directed and scored, almost cheesy in its emotional effects,...
Nate Parker’s fervent movie about the slave uprising led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 pointedly gets its title from the silent black-and-white classic by Dw Griffith, who claimed hero status for the Ku Klux Klan, and whose own adored father Jacob “Roaring Jake” Griffith had been a slaveholder in Kentucky and a confederate colonel in the civil war. Parker ultimately finds his own meaning in the title by linking the boys who witnessed Turner’s eventual hanging with the generation who went on to fight for the north.
No feature film has been made before on Nat Turner; the subject is new, the style very much less so. It is pretty conventionally paced, directed and scored, almost cheesy in its emotional effects,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Sean Wilson Oct 11, 2016
From Star Trek and Field Of Dreams to The Rocketeer and Krull: we salute the film scores of the late, great James Horner.
When composer James Horner died in a plane crash in June 2015, cinema lost one of its most profoundly emotional voices, and the final chapter on Horner's astonishing career has now closed with his last work: Antoine Fuqua's Western remake The Magnificent Seven. Horner actually wrote the score based on the script before the film even started production, such was his passion for it, and it's been posthumously completed by his longtime collaborator Simon Franglen.
To mark the occasion, here are the 25 most seminal scores from a lamented, legendary figure of film music.
1. Legends Of The Fall (1994)
Despite his reputation as a composer of melodrama, throughout much of the eighties and early nineties Horner had largely been pegged as a bold composer of action,...
From Star Trek and Field Of Dreams to The Rocketeer and Krull: we salute the film scores of the late, great James Horner.
When composer James Horner died in a plane crash in June 2015, cinema lost one of its most profoundly emotional voices, and the final chapter on Horner's astonishing career has now closed with his last work: Antoine Fuqua's Western remake The Magnificent Seven. Horner actually wrote the score based on the script before the film even started production, such was his passion for it, and it's been posthumously completed by his longtime collaborator Simon Franglen.
To mark the occasion, here are the 25 most seminal scores from a lamented, legendary figure of film music.
1. Legends Of The Fall (1994)
Despite his reputation as a composer of melodrama, throughout much of the eighties and early nineties Horner had largely been pegged as a bold composer of action,...
- 10/6/2016
- Den of Geek
“Blood Father” follows John Link (Mel Gibson), an ex-convict and recovering alcoholic who runs a tattoo parlor out of his dusty trailer on the outskirts of Los Angeles. When his estranged daughter (Erin Moriarty) shows up out of the blue on the lam after a drug deal gone bad, Link is forced to protect her when a roving drug cartel comes after her with everything they’ve got. The film also features William H. Macy (“Fargo”), Elisabeth Röhm (“Angel”), Diego Luna (“Y tu mamá también”), Thomas Mann (“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”), Dale Dickey (“Winter;s Bone”), and more. Watch the new trailer for the film below and check out a new poster as well.
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Mel Gibson is best known for his roles as renegade cop Martin Riggs in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise and...
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Mel Gibson is best known for his roles as renegade cop Martin Riggs in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise and...
- 7/7/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
[Warning: this story contains spoilers for episode six, season six of HBO's Game of Thrones.] As an old warrior once said: "Freedom!" Daenerys Stormborn (Emilia Clarke) of House Targaryen — The Unburnt Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and of the First Men; Queen of Meereen; Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea; Breaker of Chains; and Mother of Dragons — channeled her inner William Wallace and delivered the rousing battle cry the show has been promising for years and years. Although she still has a way to go before reaching Westeros, Dany's current mission statement has been announced loud and
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- 5/30/2016
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation by Cecil Beaton
This week marks the 90th birthday of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in 1926. The Queen celebrates two birthdays each year: her actual birthday on the 21st of April and her official birthday on the second Saturday in June. (Trooping of the Colours)
She is the world’s oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain’s longest-lived. In 2015, she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-reigning queen regent in world history.
Looking to celebrate her Majesty’s birthday? First, everyone rise for the national anthem of the United Kingdom.
God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen!
For more on the Queen’s schedule, visit the official site: www.
This week marks the 90th birthday of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in 1926. The Queen celebrates two birthdays each year: her actual birthday on the 21st of April and her official birthday on the second Saturday in June. (Trooping of the Colours)
She is the world’s oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain’s longest-lived. In 2015, she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-reigning queen regent in world history.
Looking to celebrate her Majesty’s birthday? First, everyone rise for the national anthem of the United Kingdom.
God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen!
For more on the Queen’s schedule, visit the official site: www.
- 4/18/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Uncanny X-Men #600
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils by Sara Pichelli, Mahmud Asrar, Stuart Immonen, Kris Anka, Chris Bachalo, David Marquez, Frazer Irving
Inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, Tim Townsend, Mark Irwin
Colors by Marte Garcia, Jason Keith, Chris Bachalo, Frazer Irving
Letters by Vc’s Joe Caramagna
Published by Marvel Comics
Here it is, after a needless and mysterious six month delay, Uncanny X-Men #600 has finally been released. There are two prevailing theories as to why Marvel chose to push back the release date from May, the time that all their series were wrapping up, to November, when Marvel was in the midst of creating their new status quo. Marvel either wanted to use this anniversary issue as a springboard to their new status quo but feared that the six month gap between the original release date and the debut of their all-new #1’s may cause readers to lose interest.
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils by Sara Pichelli, Mahmud Asrar, Stuart Immonen, Kris Anka, Chris Bachalo, David Marquez, Frazer Irving
Inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, Tim Townsend, Mark Irwin
Colors by Marte Garcia, Jason Keith, Chris Bachalo, Frazer Irving
Letters by Vc’s Joe Caramagna
Published by Marvel Comics
Here it is, after a needless and mysterious six month delay, Uncanny X-Men #600 has finally been released. There are two prevailing theories as to why Marvel chose to push back the release date from May, the time that all their series were wrapping up, to November, when Marvel was in the midst of creating their new status quo. Marvel either wanted to use this anniversary issue as a springboard to their new status quo but feared that the six month gap between the original release date and the debut of their all-new #1’s may cause readers to lose interest.
- 11/9/2015
- by Andrew Doscas
- SoundOnSight
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Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh, Teresa Palmer and Ben O.Toole are among a large contingent of Aussies who are appearing in Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson.s WW2 drama now shooting in New South Wales.
The screenplay by Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan and Randall Wallace chronicles the true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield).
In the battle of Okinawa Doss, an Army medic who believed the war was just but that killing was wrong, saved 75 soldiers without firing a gun.
As previously announced Sam Worthington is playing Captain Glover, who led the 77th Sustainment Brigade, with Vince Vaughn as Sergeant Howell, whose job was to get the new recruits ready for battle. Luke Bracey is Smitty Ryker, the alpha dog of the Doss. platoon.
Palmer plays Doss.s sweetheart Dorothy Shutte and Griffiths is his mother Bertha Doss. Roxburgh is Colonel Stelzer and O.Toole is Corporal Jessop.
The...
Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh, Teresa Palmer and Ben O.Toole are among a large contingent of Aussies who are appearing in Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson.s WW2 drama now shooting in New South Wales.
The screenplay by Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan and Randall Wallace chronicles the true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield).
In the battle of Okinawa Doss, an Army medic who believed the war was just but that killing was wrong, saved 75 soldiers without firing a gun.
As previously announced Sam Worthington is playing Captain Glover, who led the 77th Sustainment Brigade, with Vince Vaughn as Sergeant Howell, whose job was to get the new recruits ready for battle. Luke Bracey is Smitty Ryker, the alpha dog of the Doss. platoon.
Palmer plays Doss.s sweetheart Dorothy Shutte and Griffiths is his mother Bertha Doss. Roxburgh is Colonel Stelzer and O.Toole is Corporal Jessop.
The...
- 9/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Chicago – Horror films have many players, but few contenders. Writer/directors Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff debut with “The Gallows,” a “found footage” movie about a force that haunts a typical American high school, complete with familiar student types, and touches on the mysteries of unresolved events and their backlash.
In 1993, a student named Charlie Grimmille is killed performing a hangman’s act in the school play called “The Gallows.” Twenty years after this event, the school resurrects the failed production in an attempt to honor the memory of Charlie. When a group of four students break into the school and onto the play’s set after hours, a series of unexpected situations start to occur, for which there is no escape. Lofing and Cluff go “old school” in this overt and psychological horror movie, and the result is a chilling fright fest, containing the “presence” of unseen forces.
Chris...
In 1993, a student named Charlie Grimmille is killed performing a hangman’s act in the school play called “The Gallows.” Twenty years after this event, the school resurrects the failed production in an attempt to honor the memory of Charlie. When a group of four students break into the school and onto the play’s set after hours, a series of unexpected situations start to occur, for which there is no escape. Lofing and Cluff go “old school” in this overt and psychological horror movie, and the result is a chilling fright fest, containing the “presence” of unseen forces.
Chris...
- 7/9/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Mel Gibson, whom I interviewed for Venice Magazine in late 2000, was my first real childhood hero I sat down with. If you were a Gen-x male, Mel Gibson was the closest thing we had to Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Sean Connery: a guy's guy whom guys wanted to emulate and women wanted to copulate. If you were a guy who liked girls, the math in the previous equation was pretty simple: be like Mel. Sadly, Gibson's life has taken a very public turn for the worse in the last decade, since his personal legal and troubles stemming from a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu were made public, one from which his image has yet to fully recover. It was an unfortunate fall from grace for a guy who literally had Hollywood, and the world, in the palm of his hand after sweeping the 1995 Oscars with his box office smash "Braveheart.
- 6/30/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
His politics and personal life aside, Mel Gibson had a very clear win in the middle of the 1990s with his William Wallace historical epic, Braveheart, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary today.
The Scotland-set film was only his second directorial effort after 1993’s The Man Without a Face, but that didn’t stop Mel from personally taking home two Oscars – Best Director and Best Picture – out of the five his kilt-friendly speech-a-thon won at the 68th Academy Awards.
Mel Gibson isn’t the only actor (or actress) who successfully made the transition from in front of to behind the camera. From the steady hands of Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, to the unlikely directorial success of stars like Ben Affleck, let’s see how well you know these multi-talented filmmakers!
The Scotland-set film was only his second directorial effort after 1993’s The Man Without a Face, but that didn’t stop Mel from personally taking home two Oscars – Best Director and Best Picture – out of the five his kilt-friendly speech-a-thon won at the 68th Academy Awards.
Mel Gibson isn’t the only actor (or actress) who successfully made the transition from in front of to behind the camera. From the steady hands of Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, to the unlikely directorial success of stars like Ben Affleck, let’s see how well you know these multi-talented filmmakers!
- 5/24/2015
- by Cineplex Entertainment
- Cineplex
Can you believe it? Mel Gibson's Braveheart premiered 20 years ago today in the Us, fast becoming a box office hit, a multi-Oscar winner and genuine pop culture phenomenon.
To celebrate the '90s classic's big birthday, we dive into Braveheart trivia to find out who nearly took on the role of William Wallace, the role originally earmarked for Sean Connery and which celebs count the Gibson flick among their all-time favourites.
1. Randall Wallace came up with the idea for the film while on holiday in Scotland in 1983. Visiting Edinburgh Castle, he asked a tour guide to tell him the story behind the statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The guide did just that, and the rest is movie history!
2. Terry Gilliam turned down the chance to direct Braveheart after being offered the role while he was working with Gibson on an abandoned film version of A Tale of Two Cities.
To celebrate the '90s classic's big birthday, we dive into Braveheart trivia to find out who nearly took on the role of William Wallace, the role originally earmarked for Sean Connery and which celebs count the Gibson flick among their all-time favourites.
1. Randall Wallace came up with the idea for the film while on holiday in Scotland in 1983. Visiting Edinburgh Castle, he asked a tour guide to tell him the story behind the statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The guide did just that, and the rest is movie history!
2. Terry Gilliam turned down the chance to direct Braveheart after being offered the role while he was working with Gibson on an abandoned film version of A Tale of Two Cities.
- 5/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Amongst Americans such as myself, there is a certain stereotype about our neighbors to the north. There’s a belief that Canadians are, for lack of a better word, nice. That during a visit to Canada, an American would be more likely to ride a moose around like a horse than hear the F-word. That hockey players are the only remotely dangerous people you could possibly meet in Canada, and even then, that they would only pummel you under the watchful eye of a referee whom they will later respectfully follow to the penalty box. This stereotype is perhaps best summed up by this scene in Michael Moore’s lone fiction film, Canadian Bacon, where Dan Aykroyd politely upbraids an invading group of American revolutionaries for not printing their anti-Canada graffiti in both English and French.
As stereotypes go, it’s a fairly positive one. But making stereotypes, even positive ones,...
As stereotypes go, it’s a fairly positive one. But making stereotypes, even positive ones,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
Over the course of film history, we've seen plenty of long-time actors step behind the camera to take up their directorial ambitions. Clint Eastwood did it. Mel Gibson did it. George Clooney did it. What do these three have in commonc Well, for starters, they are all men, so there's that. Further, they are all white, but more on that later. More to the point of the article, these men all eased into their directorial careers by starring in their respective debuts, using their presence on screen to help market their talents off it. And with his feature directorial effort The Water Diviner, which hits limited theaters this week, Russell Crowe is just the most recent addition to a growing list of actors who have decided to try their hand behind the camera. Like Eastwood, Gibson, and Clooney before him, the Best Actor winner stars in his first feature as director,...
- 4/21/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
(Fear the man who yells louder than William Wallace, and kills more Englishmen than Joan of Arc!) In Dutch cinema, there isn't really a tradition of celebrating our (I'm Dutch) historical heroes. Not so much because we don't have them, but because the most famous ones tended to be of the sea-going variety. Piet Hein, Michiel de Ruyter, and Maarten Tromp were all active during the 17th century, in vast, Vast sea battles across the world, and doing their stories justice on film would cost major moolah. But lo-and-behold: someone rose to the challenge and made Michiel de Ruyter, a film about the brilliant admiral, who was pivotal in securing a future for the Netherlands at a time when it was much beleaguered. The end...
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- 3/5/2015
- Screen Anarchy
[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Movies On Demand. Catch up on this year’s Awards Season contenders and past winners On Demand. Today's list is a selection of the best war movies on Mod.] "The Hurt Locker" (2008)When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, by plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. "The English Patient" (1996)During World War II, when a mysterious stranger is rescued from a fiery plane crash, he is cared for by American allies unaware of the dangerous secrets of his past. "Braveheart" (1995)Mel Gibson is William Wallace, a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation. "Schindler's List" (1993)The indelible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved...
- 2/2/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
10. Waterworld
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
It could be the flop of all flops. At the time, “Waterworld” was the most expensive film ever made. Starring Kevin Costner, “Waterworld” is a science-fiction/fantasy film taking place roughly 500 years after the polar ice caps melted in the beginning of the 21st century, effectively covering the entire world with water. Dirt has become a commodity and an unknown traveler named “the Mariner” (Costner) is trying to find anywhere to trade his stash. The catch: he’s a mutant, with gills, allowing him to breathe underwater. He is joined by a woman named Helen (Jeannie Tripplehorn) and child named Enola (Tina Majorino) with an elaborate map tattooed on her back. They sail the world and encounter various groups of survivors. They are pursued by a group of evil forces, led by an eye-patched man called “the Deacon” (Dennis Hopper). The special effects are actually pretty impressive,...
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
It could be the flop of all flops. At the time, “Waterworld” was the most expensive film ever made. Starring Kevin Costner, “Waterworld” is a science-fiction/fantasy film taking place roughly 500 years after the polar ice caps melted in the beginning of the 21st century, effectively covering the entire world with water. Dirt has become a commodity and an unknown traveler named “the Mariner” (Costner) is trying to find anywhere to trade his stash. The catch: he’s a mutant, with gills, allowing him to breathe underwater. He is joined by a woman named Helen (Jeannie Tripplehorn) and child named Enola (Tina Majorino) with an elaborate map tattooed on her back. They sail the world and encounter various groups of survivors. They are pursued by a group of evil forces, led by an eye-patched man called “the Deacon” (Dennis Hopper). The special effects are actually pretty impressive,...
- 1/31/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
In the cinematic world there is nothing more satisfying than a great revenge film. With John Wick preparing to premiere and the new T3ken trailer looking surprisingly awesome we decided there was no better time than now to unveil the definitive Cof Top 10 Revenge Films. Below we will count down the movies that satisfied our need for vengeance. Did we miss anything? Leave us a comment and let us know!
#10 Death Sentence
Ryan – While I find Death Sentence to be fairly underrated critically speaking, I vaguely recall Graham and I heading to our local cinema to check it out and feeling fairly excited. The drama escalates with each minute as Kevin Bacon transforms from mild mannered father to bad ass renegade seeking the degenerates that took out his family.
Graham – One of the great things about a revenge flick like Death Sentence is easily putting yourself in the shoes of our victim.
#10 Death Sentence
Ryan – While I find Death Sentence to be fairly underrated critically speaking, I vaguely recall Graham and I heading to our local cinema to check it out and feeling fairly excited. The drama escalates with each minute as Kevin Bacon transforms from mild mannered father to bad ass renegade seeking the degenerates that took out his family.
Graham – One of the great things about a revenge flick like Death Sentence is easily putting yourself in the shoes of our victim.
- 10/23/2014
- by CoF Staff
- City of Films
The long and illustrious line of films about war extends this week with the release of Brad Pitt's Fury, a drama about the crew of a WWII Sherman tank fighting for their lives behind enemy lines.
David Ayer's film is brutal and bloody, highlighting the sheer trauma of warfare. In time for Fury's release, Digital Spy takes a look at 9 different war films that will leave you shaken.
1. Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick famously moved between directing in different genres, but war was something he returned to on multiple occasions. His 1957 offering heads to the trenches of Wwi as mutiny takes hold. The futility of war is clear for all to see here, and the film ends with a moving rendition of German folk song 'The Faithful Hussar' by Kubrick's future wife Christiane.
2. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Few movies get under the skin of men at war quite...
David Ayer's film is brutal and bloody, highlighting the sheer trauma of warfare. In time for Fury's release, Digital Spy takes a look at 9 different war films that will leave you shaken.
1. Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick famously moved between directing in different genres, but war was something he returned to on multiple occasions. His 1957 offering heads to the trenches of Wwi as mutiny takes hold. The futility of war is clear for all to see here, and the film ends with a moving rendition of German folk song 'The Faithful Hussar' by Kubrick's future wife Christiane.
2. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Few movies get under the skin of men at war quite...
- 10/23/2014
- Digital Spy
When The Exorcist was first released in 1974, viewers were frightened out of their wits – and literally out of their seats. Now Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Wbhe) will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Academy Award® winning director William Friedkin’s suspense masterpiece that haunted and intrigued the world, with a new Blu-ray release featuring the Extended Director’s Cut and Theatrical Version with new special features and premiums.
Out now on Blu-ray, just ahead of Halloween, this 40th Anniversary Edition will include two new featurettes: “Beyond Comprehension: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist” and “Talk of the Devil,” as well as an excerpt from Friedkin’s book The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir.
Order on Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1wMy01f
The Exorcist © 1973 Renewed © 2001, The Exorcist Extended Director’s Cut © 2000 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and William Peter Blatty . The Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist © 1998 BBC. Package Design...
Out now on Blu-ray, just ahead of Halloween, this 40th Anniversary Edition will include two new featurettes: “Beyond Comprehension: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist” and “Talk of the Devil,” as well as an excerpt from Friedkin’s book The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir.
Order on Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1wMy01f
The Exorcist © 1973 Renewed © 2001, The Exorcist Extended Director’s Cut © 2000 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and William Peter Blatty . The Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist © 1998 BBC. Package Design...
- 10/20/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
This article is based on a true story.
In a rather perfect example of the Coen Brothers’ irreverent mischievousness, their 1996 masterpiece Fargo opens with the text ‘This is a true story‘. Mainly employed to set the tone for their story, which is at its heart a deeply cynical look at human greed and folly, it was a knowingly bogus claim that virtually everyone was aware of from the get-go. A blatant lie rather than a half true, it escapes genuine criticism mostly due to its audacity. Even so, it sparked an infamous urban legend that a woman went in hunt of the loot and froze to death, having seen the movie and the truthfulness claim and taking it that real money was buried somewhere in the snowfields of Minnesota. While it has since proven to be a false story, either fabricated or mis-attributing a real death to a fictional premise,...
In a rather perfect example of the Coen Brothers’ irreverent mischievousness, their 1996 masterpiece Fargo opens with the text ‘This is a true story‘. Mainly employed to set the tone for their story, which is at its heart a deeply cynical look at human greed and folly, it was a knowingly bogus claim that virtually everyone was aware of from the get-go. A blatant lie rather than a half true, it escapes genuine criticism mostly due to its audacity. Even so, it sparked an infamous urban legend that a woman went in hunt of the loot and froze to death, having seen the movie and the truthfulness claim and taking it that real money was buried somewhere in the snowfields of Minnesota. While it has since proven to be a false story, either fabricated or mis-attributing a real death to a fictional premise,...
- 7/20/2014
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
Expert Hollywood blacksmith, Tony Swatton, recreated William Wallace’s Claymore from ‘Braveheart’ in a new clip for Defy Media’s hit viral series, ‘Man at Arms.’ The video is the latest from the master swordsmith, who every other Monday creates audiences’ favorite weapons from video games, movies and television. The series follows Swatton, who’s known for being the prop master behind such hit films as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ ‘X-Men,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘The Matrix,’as he builds real-life versions of iconic pop-culture weapons in his Los Angeles specialty shop, Sword & Stone. Since its inception, ‘Man at Arms’ has helped the AWEme channel reach over 1.9 million subscribers and over [ Read More ]
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- 6/7/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
America's late-night comedy hosts are now, it seems, our country's staunch defenders against corporate overreach. Earlier this week, we brought you the story of John Oliver's recent William Wallace moment which buried the FCC in a deluge of pro-net neutrality comments. Now it looks like he inspired Stephen Colbert to make a stand of his own. Colbert invited Sherman Alexie, author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," to his show to explain why the clash of the corporate titans between Amazon and publisher Hachette should matter to all of us. (In case you're coming to this story fresh, the La Times has a good overview of the dispute.) Hachette is a huge publishing conglomerate, so it's not like there's a little guy to root for here, but essentially, Amazon has been artificially delaying shipping times for Hachette books due to an ongoing dispute with the publisher over e-book pricing.
- 6/6/2014
- by Jacob Combs
- Thompson on Hollywood
“They may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom!”
Hard to believe it’s been nearly 20 years, but it’s about time!
Released in 1995, the epic blockbuster Braveheart is getting the royal treatment in the form of an all-new Limited Edition Blu-ray Gift Set on Monday, June 23, 2014 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. And really, other than in a theater, this is the way this film should be seen.
Nominated for 10 Oscars, it won 5 – including Best Picture, Best Director (Mel Gibson) and Best Cinematography (John Toll). Braveheart is a stunning, sweeping masterpiece that deftly combines history, heart-stopping battles, and a heart-wrenching love story. There are lots of extra goodies in this box set as well!
Offered with this release is a new, exclusive 30-minute documentary “The Journey Home” that pays tribute to the epic and historical nature of Braveheart and its relevance today. Mel Gibson, along with...
Hard to believe it’s been nearly 20 years, but it’s about time!
Released in 1995, the epic blockbuster Braveheart is getting the royal treatment in the form of an all-new Limited Edition Blu-ray Gift Set on Monday, June 23, 2014 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. And really, other than in a theater, this is the way this film should be seen.
Nominated for 10 Oscars, it won 5 – including Best Picture, Best Director (Mel Gibson) and Best Cinematography (John Toll). Braveheart is a stunning, sweeping masterpiece that deftly combines history, heart-stopping battles, and a heart-wrenching love story. There are lots of extra goodies in this box set as well!
Offered with this release is a new, exclusive 30-minute documentary “The Journey Home” that pays tribute to the epic and historical nature of Braveheart and its relevance today. Mel Gibson, along with...
- 4/28/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stage and screen actor who excelled in playing authority figures and appeared in TV shows such as Brookside and Lovejoy
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
- 2/22/2014
- by Michael Coveney, Vanessa Redgrave
- The Guardian - Film News
A Marco Polo series originally developed at Starz is making its way to Netflix, according to THR. The nine-episode drama, created by John Fusco (Hidalgo, Young Guns), will start filming soon in Malaysia, and should debut late this year. (Alas, no word yet on who will star.) Man, historical dramas are everywhere right now: There are series or mini-series in the works about Cleopatra, Hannibal, Jesus, William Wallace, Napoleon, Rasputin, and the American Revolution and American Civil War. History! It's all around us.
- 1/14/2014
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Every man lives, but not every man tries to hire a hitman to knock off his ex-wife ... but according to cops, some dumbass named William Wallace did exactly that. The Orange County District Attorney says the 33-year-old was more upset with his ex-wife over a child support battle than Braveheart was with Longshanks after that whole taking over Scotland thing. Officials say Wallace tried to a hire a hitman to off his ex for $30k...
- 12/23/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Next in line to inherit the throne of Royal films is Diana. The film takes audiences into the private realm of one of the world’s most iconic and inescapably public women – the Princess of Wales, Diana (two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) — in the last two years of her meteoric life.
On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of her sudden death, acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the Oscar-nominated Downfall) explores Diana’s final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews, “Lost,” The English Patient), the human complications of which reveal the Princess’s climactic days in a compelling new light. Diana is in select theaters now.
As long as filmmakers have been bringing the lives of England’s Kings and Queens to the silver screen have moviegoers been going to the cinemas to be schooled in British Monarchy.
So Arise, Sirs and Ladies,...
On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of her sudden death, acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the Oscar-nominated Downfall) explores Diana’s final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews, “Lost,” The English Patient), the human complications of which reveal the Princess’s climactic days in a compelling new light. Diana is in select theaters now.
As long as filmmakers have been bringing the lives of England’s Kings and Queens to the silver screen have moviegoers been going to the cinemas to be schooled in British Monarchy.
So Arise, Sirs and Ladies,...
- 11/12/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Danny Trejo returns to the world of Machete Cortez in Robert Rodriguez.s new sequel, .Machete Kills.. Jessica Alba (Santana Rivera) and Michelle Rodriguez (Luz) also return for the second time. Joining them are Mel Gibson (Luther Voz), Demian Bichir (Mendez), Amber Heard (Miss San Antonio), Sofia Vergara (Madame Desdemona), Charlie Sheen or Carlos Estevez (President Rathcock), Vanessa Hudgens (Cereza), and Alexa Vega (Killjoy). Playing El Camaleon are Walton Goggins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lady Gaga, and Antonio Banderas.
Simply put, .Machete Kills. is violently funny and cartoonishly provocative! Much like the first one! This time, our favorite vigilante must work with the U.S. government to take down an intriguing nemesis.
I sat down with Trejo and Vega (yes, the .Spy Kids. girl is all grown-up now!) to talk about the movie (see interview below). Here are some of our highlights:
*** Why return to the world of Machete Cortez?
*** What...
Simply put, .Machete Kills. is violently funny and cartoonishly provocative! Much like the first one! This time, our favorite vigilante must work with the U.S. government to take down an intriguing nemesis.
I sat down with Trejo and Vega (yes, the .Spy Kids. girl is all grown-up now!) to talk about the movie (see interview below). Here are some of our highlights:
*** Why return to the world of Machete Cortez?
*** What...
- 10/9/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Danny Trejo is back as the Mexican one-man killing machine in "Machete Kills," which opens Friday. The sequel ramps up the action with several James Bond-style stunts and two formidable foes: a crazed former cartel leader (Demian Bichir), who's got a mountain-top lair, and a power-mad supervillain scientist (Mel Gibson), who'd be at home in any 007 film.
If all goes well, Trejo and director Robert Rodriguez will be back with "Machete Kills Again... In Space," the third film that's teased at the beginning of "Machete Kills." We sat down with the film's star to discuss why Machete don't text, his love of "The Road Warrior," and why a Rodriguez set isn't like any other in Hollywood.
Moviefone: You're the Mexican James Bond!
Trejo: [Laughs] The film, if you look at it, has a lot of James Bond references. It's got "Star Wars "references and Mel's character in "Road Warrior." I love it.
If all goes well, Trejo and director Robert Rodriguez will be back with "Machete Kills Again... In Space," the third film that's teased at the beginning of "Machete Kills." We sat down with the film's star to discuss why Machete don't text, his love of "The Road Warrior," and why a Rodriguez set isn't like any other in Hollywood.
Moviefone: You're the Mexican James Bond!
Trejo: [Laughs] The film, if you look at it, has a lot of James Bond references. It's got "Star Wars "references and Mel's character in "Road Warrior." I love it.
- 10/7/2013
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
The timing couldn't have worked out better for directors Larry Weinstein and Drew Taylor. A year after "Argo" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on its way to Best Picture honours at the Oscars, their documentary "Our Man in Tehran" similarly premiered at Tiff, providing a fitting bookend with the previously under-told story of Canada's involvement in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
- 9/20/2013
- by Rick Mele
- Moviefone
We don't tend to go in for much sports-based editorial here on Digital Spy, but with the Premier League about to kick off today (August 17), we're willing to make an exception.
Managers across the country will be prepping their pre-match pep talks right about now, and with that in mind, we've collated ten of the big screen's most motivational speeches - some sporty, some political, all inspirational.
Al Pacino - Any Given Sunday
In Oliver Stone's epic football drama, Pacino plays the veteran coach of a once-great football team who are now struggling to make the Affa playoffs. Tasked with picking his players out of a despondent slump just before a big game, Pacino's D'Amato makes a heartfelt speech instructing them to climb out of hell "inch by inch" by working as a team rather than individuals.
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Honestly, we're tempted to just paste the entire...
Managers across the country will be prepping their pre-match pep talks right about now, and with that in mind, we've collated ten of the big screen's most motivational speeches - some sporty, some political, all inspirational.
Al Pacino - Any Given Sunday
In Oliver Stone's epic football drama, Pacino plays the veteran coach of a once-great football team who are now struggling to make the Affa playoffs. Tasked with picking his players out of a despondent slump just before a big game, Pacino's D'Amato makes a heartfelt speech instructing them to climb out of hell "inch by inch" by working as a team rather than individuals.
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Honestly, we're tempted to just paste the entire...
- 8/17/2013
- Digital Spy
Discovery Channel has ordered an original scripted mini-series from Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.
The currently untitled project will deal with William Wallace and Robert the Bruce’s bloody campaign for Scotland’s independence in the 13th century against King Edward I of England.
The project is based on Nigel Tranter's historical books including The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy. It's also expected to be much more true to the facts than Mel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic "Braveheart".
Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker will serve as executive producers.
The project marks Discovery’s second original scripted mini. The first is "Klondike" which Scott Free is also producing.
Source: Real Screen...
The currently untitled project will deal with William Wallace and Robert the Bruce’s bloody campaign for Scotland’s independence in the 13th century against King Edward I of England.
The project is based on Nigel Tranter's historical books including The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy. It's also expected to be much more true to the facts than Mel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic "Braveheart".
Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker will serve as executive producers.
The project marks Discovery’s second original scripted mini. The first is "Klondike" which Scott Free is also producing.
Source: Real Screen...
- 7/10/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Behold the poster for the new season of "Project Runway," in which the empress -- host Heidi Klum -- has clothes but her subjects do not.
It's odd, in that we're used to seeing Klum as the one wearing next to nothing. Right-hand man Tim Gunn, at least, is nattily attired as usual. (The city of Los Angeles banned the promo image from billboards, but Lifetime is running with it nonetheless.)
Presumably all the poor naked models will have clothes to wear once the competing designers start sewing them. "Project Runway" returns July 18 on Lifetime.
More TV news and notes:
- Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele" will be the hosts of the Television Critics Association Awards on Aug. 3. You can see this year's nominees here.
- Ryan Seacrest is talking with NBC about serving as host of "The Million Second Quiz" this fall.
It's odd, in that we're used to seeing Klum as the one wearing next to nothing. Right-hand man Tim Gunn, at least, is nattily attired as usual. (The city of Los Angeles banned the promo image from billboards, but Lifetime is running with it nonetheless.)
Presumably all the poor naked models will have clothes to wear once the competing designers start sewing them. "Project Runway" returns July 18 on Lifetime.
More TV news and notes:
- Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele" will be the hosts of the Television Critics Association Awards on Aug. 3. You can see this year's nominees here.
- Ryan Seacrest is talking with NBC about serving as host of "The Million Second Quiz" this fall.
- 7/9/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
As Discovery is in production prepping its first original scripted miniseries, the cable network already is eyeing a second. The cable network is reteaming with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions banner for a second original mini based on the historical books by Nigel Tranter, Discovery announced Tuesday. The untitled William Wallace and Robert the Bruce project will be based on Tranter's The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy and explore Scottish patriots William Wallace and Robert Bruce as well as the Scottish unrest and turbulence in 1296 after King Edward I of England invaded Scotland and imposed English rule. Edward I’s
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- 7/9/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Discovery Channel has ordered its second original scripted miniseries, about Scotland’s fight for independence from English rule in the 13th century. Scott Free Productions — the production house behind Discovery’s first original scripted mini, Klondike — is developing the new series chronicling William Wallace and Robert the Bruce’s bloody campaign for Scotland’s independence. The untitled project will be based on historical books by Nigel Tranter, including The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy. Wallace, you’ll recall, was the title character played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 flick Braveheart. History wonks who did not look so favorably on some of the liberties taken with that Oscar-winning film, will like Discovery Channel’s rendition better, as it’s expected to stick more to the facts. In round numbers: King Edward I of England invaded Scotland and imposed English rule. Edward I’s reign over Scotland was never peaceable and Scottish discontent was widespread.
- 7/9/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
Whatever you do, don't think of Sienna Miller as the Factory Girl anymore. The actress steps out this weekend in "Just Like a Woman," Rachid Bouchareb's cross-cultural ode to female friendship. Miller plays Marilyn, a woman who's had enough of her no-good husband and teams up with Golshifteh Farahani's Mona, a North African immigrant running from her own dark secret. The two embark on a "Thelma and Louise"-style roadtrip to escape the law and their troubles, with a pivotal audition for a belly dancing troupe at the end of the journey.
Ahead of the film's July 5 release, Miller spoke with NextMovie on the phone to talk about belly dancing, her (somewhat) revised opinions on the city of Pittsburgh and her sordid (fake) affair with actor Sean Bean.
I saw the movie the other day and thought it was really different. What first drew you to it?
I got approached by Rachid Bouchareb,...
Ahead of the film's July 5 release, Miller spoke with NextMovie on the phone to talk about belly dancing, her (somewhat) revised opinions on the city of Pittsburgh and her sordid (fake) affair with actor Sean Bean.
I saw the movie the other day and thought it was really different. What first drew you to it?
I got approached by Rachid Bouchareb,...
- 7/3/2013
- by Kase Wickman
- NextMovie
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock since the Oscars, you’ve heard about the controversies surround Argo’s (lack of) historical accuracy. Whether it’s Iran threatening to sue Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Canada feeling relegated to postscript of history, or most recently the parliament in New Zealand motioning that Affleck “saw fit to mislead the world about what actually happened;” people seem to be having a hissy fit about the way in which Argo represented their countries. Even my own university newspaper saw fit to call on Canadians to not spend money on films from Hollywood that, “both demote and falsely epitomize Canada.”
Anger about historical accuracy in film is not limited to Argo. We can all recall Spike Lee’s criticism of Django Unchained for making a Spaghetti Western out of slavery. Prior to that we can go to Mel Gibson and The Patriot where...
Anger about historical accuracy in film is not limited to Argo. We can all recall Spike Lee’s criticism of Django Unchained for making a Spaghetti Western out of slavery. Prior to that we can go to Mel Gibson and The Patriot where...
- 3/22/2013
- by Jonathan Marsellus
- SoundOnSight
From The Evil Dead to the Spider–Man trilogy, Sam Raimi is the self–taught film nerd who followed the Yellow Brick Road all the way to Disney
Sam Raimi, who's spent the last three years on Oz The Great And Powerful, looks like a man emerging into bright light, blinking and slightly dazed, from a very long tunnel. Today, he's in the last hours of a gruelling four-day international press junket at which you can bet he's been asked stupid questions in two dozen languages. There's a haunted look in his eyes.
We meet in a huge, empty ballroom containing one table and two chairs. It feels like the Versailles courtroom sequences in Paths Of Glory, too much headroom weighing down on us, possibly exacerbating the weight of expectation that's bearing down on Raimi. Oz The Great And Powerful is not merely a gargantuan, complex, mega-budget Disney production in 3D,...
Sam Raimi, who's spent the last three years on Oz The Great And Powerful, looks like a man emerging into bright light, blinking and slightly dazed, from a very long tunnel. Today, he's in the last hours of a gruelling four-day international press junket at which you can bet he's been asked stupid questions in two dozen languages. There's a haunted look in his eyes.
We meet in a huge, empty ballroom containing one table and two chairs. It feels like the Versailles courtroom sequences in Paths Of Glory, too much headroom weighing down on us, possibly exacerbating the weight of expectation that's bearing down on Raimi. Oz The Great And Powerful is not merely a gargantuan, complex, mega-budget Disney production in 3D,...
- 3/11/2013
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Things are about to get really intense on "Supernatural." Now that Sam and Dean have put Amelia and Benny, respectively, behind them, the show is gaining momentum and hurtling toward yet another epic battle between good and evil.
But when we visited Jensen Ackles on set last week, before we got to talking about the drama to come... we had to revisit the closing scene in "Larp and the Real Girl." We just had to.
In real life, Ackles is a little more reserved than his character -- so parading around as William Wallace in lace-up boots in front of a field full of extras wasn't exactly his favorite day on set. "There may have been a flask hidden in my costume somewhere," he jokes.
The best part? The long wig was his idea -- sort of. "Not really my idea -- it was more of a joke. It was...
But when we visited Jensen Ackles on set last week, before we got to talking about the drama to come... we had to revisit the closing scene in "Larp and the Real Girl." We just had to.
In real life, Ackles is a little more reserved than his character -- so parading around as William Wallace in lace-up boots in front of a field full of extras wasn't exactly his favorite day on set. "There may have been a flask hidden in my costume somewhere," he jokes.
The best part? The long wig was his idea -- sort of. "Not really my idea -- it was more of a joke. It was...
- 2/13/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It is once again time to react to the events of Impact Wrestling, and contemplate what they are doing right and wrong. However, this edition is special for two reasons. It is Open Fight Night, and the show is emanating from Manchester, England, and so you can be pretty sure to expect some old stereotypes being brought up by heels in order to draw some cheap heat. The English crowds are usually fired up as they often don’t get to feature as the background to a weekly wrestling recording, so they should provide suitably raucous responses to the drama that takes place in the ring.
But where are we in Tna after last week? The show ended with an Aces & Eights attack on the World Champion Jeff Hardy after he had successfully defended his title against Christopher Daniels. Now that the group has begun to target the World Champion,...
But where are we in Tna after last week? The show ended with an Aces & Eights attack on the World Champion Jeff Hardy after he had successfully defended his title against Christopher Daniels. Now that the group has begun to target the World Champion,...
- 2/2/2013
- by Callum Wiggins
- Obsessed with Film
Danny Trejo has opened up about working with Mel Gibson on Machete Kills. The actor sang the praises of the Lethal Weapon star, describing him as an "unbelievable professional" who "brings everything to the table". He told Total Film: "I have a sword fight with him in Machete Kills, and when they called 'action' I threw my sword down and said, 'Are you kidding? I'm not fighting William Wallace, that's crazy!'" Trejo also praised the movie's supporting cast, which includes Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba, (more)...
- 11/1/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
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