Tag: Hugh Jackman
REVIEW: Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Based on William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series and a short film called The Man in the Moon, DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians follows the mythical character Jack Frost on a journey of self-discovery. I’ve seen this movie once before and thought it was pretty good, although I n...
Read MoreUniversal Developing a Van Helsing Movie
Fiction’s premier vampire hunter (not counting Buffy) is making a comeback. Deadline reports that Universal is preparing an Abraham Van Helsing movie as part of their new Universal Monsters franchise. Well, not exactly; Deadline’s sources specifically say that the film will be “set in the worl...
Read MoreCelebrating X-Men 20 Years Later
X-Men was a landmark movie that showed Hollywood that superhero films could be far more than leather costumes. Thanks in part to producer Avi Arad – who, at the time, was well-known for producing the X-Men and Spider-Man animated series for Fox Kids – 20th Century Fox picked up the movie rights ...
Read MoreMichael Mann Closes Deal for Ferrari Biopic with Hugh Jackman
Michael Mann is finally putting his foot on the gas. Deadline reports that the international rights to the Heat director’s long-gestating Enzo Ferrari biopic has been picked up by Amazon and STX Entertainment at the virtual Cannes Market. Titled Ferrari, the film – which is eying a spring 2021 p...
Read MoreAwesome Cheese: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
As I wrote in last month’s Awesome Cheese, comic book films expanded in major ways in the last decade. However, it wasn’t just The Losers that missed a step sometimes; even established franchises go down the wrong path. Such is the case for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Initially envisioned as t...
Read MoreREVIEW: Missing Link (2019)
I love animation. Some people prefer hand-drawn animation, some studios believe the general audience prefers CG animation, and to others still, it’s all just “cartoons.” Regardless, animation is a passion of mine and has produced some of my favorite films. Stop-motion animation is under-utiliz...
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