I’m embarrassed to admit that I still haven’t seen the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove despite all the huge acclaim and buzz (I hope to finally see it later this week). Louie Psihoyos‘ film follows a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, who use state-of-the-art equipment to infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan “to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.”
Apparently during the film, the crew get the idea to have a friend at ILM to build them spy cameras to capture the act of the crime. But it is during that segment where we get a small cameo from another big screen villain: Prince Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters 2. Full photo of the Vigo the Carpathian painting after the jump. It haunts my dreams!
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Sony Computer Entertainment is proudly shouting “FIRST” (YouTube commenter-style) with an announcement that claims the PlayStation Network is the first online service to sell high-definition movies from all the major movie studios: Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and, of course, Sony Pictures.
Some of the content has been around for a while — for example, NBC Universal videos debuted on the PlayStation Network one year ago tomorrow — but PlayStation owners have access to a few new movies today.
They include Up, G-Force, Earth, Star Trek, Paranormal Activity, Zoolander, This Is It, 2012, District 9, Zombieland, Inglourious Basterds, Couples Retreat, Public Enemies, The Hangover, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Wizard of Oz.
All the studios but Fox are represented there; Fox’s new contributions (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Jennifer’s Body and Fantastic Mr. Fox) will debut on the PSN this Saturday, March 13.
PSN competitors like Apple’s iTunes Store and Apple TV set-top box and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace and Xbox 360 console offer formidable libraries of on-demand video from the major movie studios, but Sony is boasting that it’s the only one to offer HD content from all of them.
In a time when the market is terribly fragmented between so many different formats and services, posting HD content from every major studio is actually a notable feat. Sony will have more firsts on the horizon, too; the PlayStation 3 is going 3D soon.
Apple and Microsoft have had their own opportunities to say “first,” though. The Xbox 360 streamed Netflix movies first, and both Apple’s iTunes Store and the Xbox 360 offered movie downloads and rentals before the PlayStation Network did.
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In the ongoing battle for content, Sony said Tuesday that it had locked in the five top studios to supply HD content to the PlayStation Network. Sony claimed that "all" of the top studios now offer HD content via the PSN. The five studios announced Tuesday are: 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.
"Securing high definition content from these studios is another significant milestone further validating PlayStation Network as a complete entertainment network in the home. PlayStation Network is the first and only service to deliver high definition home entertainment from all six major studios, directly to consumers for download," said Peter Dille, senior vice president, marketing and PlayStation Network of Sony Computer Entertainment, in a statement.
Is HBO back? The answer seems to be “oh, my, yes!” In the past few months the once-dominant dramatic voice of cable has put new shows in development with the likes of Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, Jonathan Demme, David Fincher and more. (Like that Spielberg guy, whose Band of Brothers follow-up The Pacific looks insane.) If there was ever going to be a second coming for HBO, this looks like it.
And now Michael Mann and David Milch are moving forward with Luck, a show about the world of horse racing. Dustin Hoffman is now toplining the cast. Can you imagine what Mann and Milch might coax (or bully, more like) out of Hoffman? I can, and I can’t wait to see it.
Variety announces Hoffman’s casting, saying he will play “a man in his late 60s just released from four years in prison who’s autodidactic, intelligent, and deeply involved in gambling.”
Dennis Farina was already in the cast, as the “driver and companion” to Hoffman’s character, and John Ortiz has been added as “a middle-aged Peruvian trainer.” He’s based on Julio Canani, a real trainer who has been a fixture on California’s racing scene for decades.
As a subject, horse racing doesn’t do much for me, but I expect to see a lot more than just racing intrigue. And this is Mann and Milch. Both may have a whiff in their recent past (Public Enemies and John From Cincinnati) but when you’re talking about the guys behind The Insider and Deadwood, how can you not get interested and be willing to play along with whatever world they’re playing in?
Incidentally, if you haven’t tuned into many episodes of The Tobolowsky Files, the podcast our own David Chen produces with Stephen Tobolowsky, check out the episode that discusses working for David Milch on the set of Deadwood. Seems like a production that has no comparison.
Composer John Debney will be composing an original score for the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed sequel/reboot Predators. Not a hugely surprising choice as Debney has worked with Rodriguez many times in the past, including Sin City, The Adventures of Shark-Boy and Lava-Girl, and the Spy Kids films. Debney got his big break with the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, and has worked mostly on comedies and family films. He composed additional music for the Spider-Man sequels, and is currently working on Iron Man 2.
source: filmmusicreporter
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The Fine Brothers love to spoil everything, In past years, we’ve featured their popular videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes and Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History. After seeing all of the big movies of 2009, the brothers are back once again. Their latest video spoils 50 movies released last year (including all ten best picture nominees) in one take, in under 4 minutes. Watch the video now, after the jump.
And if it isn’t completely obvious already, please be warned that the following video contains spoilers.
Movies spoiled: District 9, Up, Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, An Education, The Blind Side, Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Hannah Montana The Movie, New Moon, The Hangover, Star Trek, A Perfect Getaway, Sorority Row, Whiteout, My Bloody Valentine, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Sherlock Holmes, The Princess and the Frog, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, 9, Nine, Public Enemies, Invictus, Amelia, Julie and Julia, This Is It, Watchmen, Paranormal Activity, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Adventureland, Crazyheart, Whatever Works. He’s Just Not That Into You, (500) Days of Summer, Orphan, The Messenger, Brothers, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, The Lovely Bones, Thirst, Moon, Zombieland, Jennifer’s Body, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
