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| Stone part of film roll IN HISTORY books, 2009 should be remembered as the year that indigenous filmmakers broke into the mainstream. news.com.au |
Movie Review | 'Labor Day': The Union at the Polls More than anything else, “Labor Day” is a slickly produced 76-minute commercial for the Service Employees International Union. feeds.nytimes.com |
Zombieland and Jackass both set for 3D sequels Fresh film-makers are leaping on the 3D bandwagon as undead comedy Zombieland and stunt show Jackass both have stereoscopic spin-offs greenlitThe 3D revolution continues apace. Hollywood has greenlit new sequels to this year's well-received comedy horror Zombieland and former MTV show Jackass, both of which will be filmed in the stereoscopic format, Variety reports.The move is part of a continuing upsurge in 3D film-making. Studios like it because they can charge more for tickets to films screened in the format, while audiences are also more likely to see a movie if it has been shot in 3D. Recent box office successes include Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf and this year's animated tale Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, while James Cameron's first feature film in 12 years, Avatar, which arrives in cinemas in December, has been shot mainly in 3D using a new type of motion capture technique."Everyone had fun watching (the first) Zombieland; making it a more visceral experience can only make it better," said the film's producer Gavin Polone. "I don't think you want to see Ordinary People in 3-D. But Zombieland is clearly one movie that will benefit from (the technique)." Director Ruben Fleischer has already signed on to return for a sequel, while stars Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg are in talks to reprise their roles as odd couple post-apocalyptic survivors Columbus and Tallahassee. Original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working on the sequel's screenplay.The film is the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time, having earned $85.2m worldwide to date, with a number of major territories still waiting to see it, on a budget of just $24m. It was also a considerable critical hit, and most importantly the sequel appears to have the backing of its major star."Woody Harrelson came up to us after the final cut of the last scene and gave us a hug and said, 'I've never wanted to do a sequel in the previous movies I've done until this one,'" Wernick told Fangoria earlier this year.Filming on Jackass 3 is scheduled to begin on January 25, with star Johnny Knoxville returning for more self-injuring stunts and other high risk tomfoolery. The two previous instalments have taken a combined $164.1 million worldwide from a total budget of $16.5m. The new film will shoot in Knob Lick, Kentucky, Mianus, Connecticut, Fukang, China, Buttzville, New Jersey and Gayville, South Dakota.3DJames CameronBen Childguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Movie Review | 'The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond': Gasping for Breath in a Prison of Gentility “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,” starring Bryce Dallas Howard as an emotionally unstable heiress in 1920s Memphis, exhumes an obscure Tennessee Williams screenplay. feeds.nytimes.com |
Ford blasts Hollywood's lack of quality THE veteran actor says he makes fewer films because Hollywood isn't producing any quality material. news.com.au |