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TIFF ‘09: Opening Night

Creation. d:Jon Amiel
s:Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam and Toby Jones.
I can’t say my hopes were high for this one. In fact, it’s exactly the kind of movie I was planning on skipping coverage of. It seemed to sort of appear out of nowhere smelling vaguely of Oscar bait only lacking a US distributor (it [...]

Clip: 9 – Winged Beast

An official version of an extended clip from Shane Acker’s 9 featuring the Stitchpunk Beings being attacked by The Winged Beast

Character Posters: 9

Character posters for Shane Acker’s animated film 9 coming 9/9/09

Poster: 9

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We’re always on the lookout for good sci-fi and for interesting animation that doesn’t come from Disney or DreamWorks, so we were intrigued by the trailer for Shane Acker’s 9 that played before Coraline last February…that is until that irritating Coheed and Cambria song kicked in. We’re hoping the [...]

Neeson and Connelly tell Lance Black ‘What’s Wrong’

Just in case you forgot what they looked like
Remember when the first Milk trailer came out and everyone was asking “Dustin who?” Well now, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is set to make his directorial debut with his screenplay What’s Wrong with Virginia. What’s more, Variety’s Michael Fleming reports the film will star Oscar nominee [...]

‘The Earth Stood Still’ for 5 Minutes

Here’s a 5-minute peek at the upcoming sci-fi remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. I’m not feeling it. How about you?

Loose Ends: 9/17/08

Here are a few more odds and ends that didn’t quite warrant their own story. As always, they’re 100% Varietese free…
Ben Affleck is in talks to rewrite, direct and star in The Town described as a “dark heist-romance hybrid” revolving around a love triangle between a thief, a bank manager and an FBI agent. Adrian [...]