July 15, 2009
RT Interview: Daniel Radcliffe on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
19 year-old Daniel Radcliffe wants the world to know he's a grown-up now. It's tough to walk past a magazine stand on the eve of the release of the sixth Harry Potter film without seeing him trying to look as different as possible from the wide-eyed boy wizard who brought him fame. It's no surprise, as with only two of the blockbusting fantasy films left to release, he's more determined than ever to keep on acting when they finally call "cut" at Leavesden Studios. His turns on stage with Equus and TV with My Boy Jack send the message that he wants to be taken seriously beyond Potter, but most feature pieces seem to miss just how seriously he takes the franchise itself.
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December 19, 2008
Burton's Alice to Blend Live Action, Animation, Stop-Motion
It looks like we can add stop-motion to the list of technologies being utilized to create Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" -- and according to recent comments made by Alan Rickman, Burton's "Alice" will be just as visually interesting as you've been hoping.
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October 28, 2008
Burton's Alice Adds More Names
The cast of Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" keeps growing: According to new reports, Michael Sheen has signed on as the Cheshire Cat, Alan Rickman will play the Caterpillar, and Christopher Lee will play an unspecified role.
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December 20, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Five New Films Fight For Holiday Cheer
Moviegoers are in for a feast as studios will unleash a wide menu of new options on Friday trying to reach holiday patrons on the weekend before Santa comes to town. With so many choices, there should be something for everyone allowing the overall box office to remain healthy.
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December 7, 2007
Tomatometer Watch: Sweeney Todd Snips a 100 Percent
When it was originally announced that Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter were starring in a bloody movie musical, many people were skeptical about how it would work out. But have no fear, The Tomatometer here, and Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street is currently at 100 percent on the Tomatometer.
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August 21, 2007
See Sweeney Todd Photos!
Half the fun in any Tim Burton production is seeing pictures of the director's visions come to life, especially when Johnny Depp is involved -- and that's why you're excited that we've got pictures from December's Burton/Depp reunion, Sweeney Todd!
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March 29, 2007
First Look: Depp as "Sweeney Todd"
No sooner has filming resumed on director Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" than the first photos of Johnny Depp dressed up as the musically gifted barber/murderer have surfaced, courtesy of renowned blogger and photo doodler Perez Hilton.
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January 15, 2007
Olyphant Measures Up to "Die Hard" Villains
As the villain in "Live Free or Die Hard," Timothy Olyphant has some big shoes to fill. Alan Rickman began a whole career as villains based on the original, and Jeremy Irons did pretty well in "With a Vengeance." Thinking about Rickman, Olyphant feels self-conscious.
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January 9, 2007
The Wicked Alan Rickman Joins Tim Burton & "Sweeney Todd"
...and the cast for Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" adaptation just keeps getting cooler and cooler. The always-cool character actor known as Alan Rickman has just signed on to play opposite Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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December 20, 2006
RT's Top Holiday Thrillers -- Christmas Countdown, Day Three
Welcome to Day Three of RT's Five Days of Christmas Countdown, in which we serve up a different list each day of the best holiday flicks around. Today, we've got the best-reviewed holiday thrillers -- a list that includes a proto-slasher, a cop/buddy flick, and a wrestling match between love and hate.
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October 4, 2006
Jeffrey Wright to Be Next "Die Hard" Villain?
The "Die Hard" series is well-known for giving Bruce Willis nasty villains played by good actors: Alan Rickman, Bill Sadler, Jeremy Irons... And now comes word that Jeffrey Wright might be pulling villain duty for John McClane's fourth manic misadventure.
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September 5, 2006
More Pics from the Set of "Harry Potter 5"
I know how much you guys love that Harry Potter kid, which is why we keep sharing all these on-set photos with you ... even when the snapshots aren't all that fascinating! Click on through for the next batch of pictures from the production of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
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February 16, 2005
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer Online
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trailer is online over at Amazon.com. The movie is the big screen adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel about a man who wakes up one day to find that his house is about to be bulldozed and his best friend is from another planet. To top it all off, Earth is going to be destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
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January 31, 2005
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Early Review
Ain't It Cool News' Moriarty has seen an early cut of the big screen adaptation of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and has written a lengthy review. In short, he likes what he saw thus far. The casting is perfect, especially Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman. The "cinematography is impressive, rich and colorful in all the right places."
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