December 2, 2010
Johnny Depp Talks The Lone Ranger
Johnny Depp has some ideas about how "The Lone Ranger" should work -- and his list of potential stars for the title role includes George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
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September 1, 2010
George Clooney Heads Farragut North
Three years after he announced his intentions to do so, George Clooney seems ready to film an adaptation of the play "Farragut North," with Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chris Pine said to be starring.
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November 3, 2009
Clooney Eager to Meet Payne's Descendants
George Clooney is in talks for the lead role in Alexander Payne's next movie, "The Descendants," about "a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together."
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October 21, 2009
Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
Wes Anderson, arguably the godfather of the quirky American indie thanks to the likes of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, takes his first steps into the world of stop-motion animation this week with the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Based on Roald Dahl's classic children's book, it's the tale of a wily fox and his adventures thieving food from three of the meanest farmers around; Boggis, Bunce and Bean. With a stellar voice cast including George Clooney, Bill Murray and Meryl Streep, the film received its world premiere last week at the London Film Festival. On the eve of its global rollout, RT sat down with Anderson to learn more about his passion for Dahl and making the switch to stop-motion.
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July 1, 2009
Clooney Takes Smokehouse to Sony
George Clooney has taken his production company from Warner Bros. to Sony, sealing a two-year deal between the actor's Smokehouse Pictures and its new studio home.
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May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: George Clooney to Play Assassin
There's a double dose of George Clooney news that's emerged at Cannes yesterday. Firstly, Variety reports that the greying star has signed on to topline A Very Private Gentleman -- an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel -- which will be directed by Control helmer Anton Corbijn. The Cloon will play an assassin who hides out in a rustic Italian town before carrying out a final, murderous assignment. Against his better judgement, the cold-hearted killer starts to make friends and becomes entangled in a romantic relationship.
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September 26, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Johnny Depp to play Tonto in The Lone Ranger
The villain in this summer's The Incredible Hulk was the Abomination, and that sums up a lot of what is going on in this week's Ketchup. There's one great bit of casting news to start us off, but from there, and a couple of possibly interesting projects, but for the most part, get ready for lots of sequels and remakes.
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September 26, 2008
Clooney in Talks for Lone Ranger?
So now we know Johnny Depp is playing Tonto in Disney's new "Lone Ranger" movie, and it's time to start speculating as to who's going to saddle up as the titular hero himself. First crack comes from AICN's sources, who say George Clooney's just dying to put on the mask and ride Silver.
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September 12, 2008
Clooney, McGregor, Spacey, and Bridges Stare at Goats
George Clooney is putting together an A-list cast for his next feature: Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star with him in "The Men Who Stare at Goats," an Iraq-themed project about a "supposedly real secret Army unit tasked with creating soldiers with paranormal powers."
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September 11, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Pacino and De Niro Team Up For Action
Screen legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunite almost 13 years after Heat and share significant screen time together this time around in Righteous Kill which leads a pack of four new releases on Friday that hope to revive a box office currently on life support.
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August 28, 2008
Clooney, Reitman Looking Up in the Air
George Clooney is negotiating to star in Jason Reitman's DreamWorks-backed adaptation of Walter Kim's novel "Up in the Air," about "an unapologetic corporate downsizer whose untethered life is consumed by collecting air miles."
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August 27, 2008
Certified Fresh Picks from the WB Vault
It's the third-oldest American movie studio: the company that brought us Rin Tin Tin, convinced the world that the talkies were here to stay, and eventually grew into one of the largest conglomerates in the world. Yes, we're talking about Warner Bros. -- and for good reason: the WB is turning 85 this year, and they've decided to celebrate their birthday by giving away some gifts. Eighty-five gifts, to be precise -- they're opening their vaults and making a great big stack of their finest films available via iTunes.
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August 12, 2008
Clooney Prepping Hamdan Biopic
George Clooney's production company has purchased the film rights to Jonathan Mahler's book about Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan.
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July 18, 2008
West, Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney Look Back at Batman
This weekend, Christian Bale's Batman will make a triumphant return at the box office -- but the character has been given theatrical wings by a number of actors, all of whom reminisced with MTV about their time under the cowl.
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June 12, 2008
Clooney Eyes The Tourist for Warners
Warner Bros. has hired Anthony Peckham to pen an adaptation of Olen Steinhauer's spy thriller novel The Tourist, with George Clooney potentially set to star.
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June 9, 2008
L.A. Times Celebrates Directors' Feuds
The recent feud that culminated with Clint Eastwood telling Spike Lee that he should "shut his face" was just the latest in a long, proud line of directorial dustups -- and the Los Angeles Times has compiled a list of some of the best.
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April 23, 2008
Top Ten Vegas Films
Prepare for the upcoming release of the Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy, What Happens in Vegas, with the RT Top Ten Vegas Films.
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January 24, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Rambo Leads Army of New Films Into Battle
The resurrection of yesterday's movie heroes continues with Sylvester Stallone's new film Rambo which finds the vet in Southeast Asia where he is pulled into another battle with baddies. The R-rated film from Lionsgate follows the actor's Rocky Balboa which defied the odds last winter to become both a critical and commercial success.
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January 18, 2008
Michael Clayton Returning to Theaters January 25
For Michael Clayton, critical praise has been more plentiful than box-office receipts -- but that balance is set to shift, at least a little, when Warner Bros. re-releases the George Clooney film on January 25.
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October 14, 2007
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Tyler Perry, Box Office King
Tyler Perry once again proved he is a forced to be reckoned with as his latest film Why Did I Get Married? easily took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, nearly doubling the nearest competitor. The other debuting films met with so-so results and there's a tight race for the runner-up spot.
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October 12, 2007
Interview: Michael Clayton Director Tony Gilroy
The Certified Fresh Michael Clayton expands to theaters everywhere today. Rotten Tomatoes caught up with Gilroy in San Francisco at the tail end of his promotional tour to discuss final cut, film criticism, and his role on a Michael Bay production.
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October 11, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Wide Open Race For #1 Spot This Weekend
Five new films push their way into nationwide release on Friday hoping to challenge two-time champ The Rock making for what should be a free-for-all at the North American box office with many different studios having a realistic shot at claiming the number one spot.
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October 4, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Heartbreak Kid Hopes to Charm Moviegoers
Following a six-week streak of R-rated films topping the charts, The Rock's family comedy The Game Plan led the box office last weekend. Now, adult fare comes back to claim the crown with the new Ben Stiller comedy The Heartbreak Kid which is aiming for an easy number one debut.
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April 17, 2007
New Images Redux: "Harry Potter," "Ocean's Thirteen," and More!
Warner Bros. just updated their summer 2007 and beyond slate, releasing candid snaps of heistmeisters ("Ocean's Thirteen"), boy wizards ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"), a lonely vampire hunter ("I am Legend"), and cute little kids possibly hellbent on murder and mayhem ("Trick 'r Treat"). Enjoy!
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March 28, 2007
"Transformers" Posters and "Ocean's Thirteen" Pics!
Two new posters for "Transformers" have been making the rounds since Monday evening when they first appeared on Ain't It Cool News, beating USA Today to the punch. One poster, with the word "protect," shows the side profile of Optimus Prime, the leader of the benevolent Autobots, while the other, features the side profile of Megatron, the leader of the menelovent Decepticons, with the word "destroy."
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March 16, 2007
"Ocean's 13" Set to Debut at Cannes
If you wanted to be one of the first to see the year's biggest confluence of star power on a single screen, you'd better start shopping for a ticket to France -- Variety reports that "Ocean's Thirteen" will be making its debut at Cannes.
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March 4, 2007
Mac Says "Ocean's 13" Kicks "12's" Butt"
Of course every actor is going to say his next movie is great before it comes out. Only Brad Pitt had the balls to bash "The Devil's Own." But some are more convincing than others. Bernie Mac put "Ocean's 13" in perspective, explaining how they made it the best film of the trilogy.
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December 12, 2006
Soderbergh Emotional Over "Oceans Thirteen"
George Clooney told us that "Ocean's Thirteen" would be all about revenge, but director Steven Soderbergh revealed a more sentimental side. While finishing principal photography on the third heist caper, Soderbergh began to feel nostalgic.
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December 4, 2006
Clooney Says Revenge Drives "Oceans Thirteen"
"Ocean's Thirteen" promises to return the ensemble crime caper back to the glory of the original "Ocean's Eleven." "Ocean's Twelve" may have changed things up a little too much for some fans, so George Clooney promises a return to form, but still with a new twist.
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August 21, 2006
No More "Oceans" After Lucky 13
To those of you (ok, us) who've been wondering how many "Ocean's" movies Steven Soderbergh has left in him, you now have an answer: The next one, "Ocean's Thirteen" will be the last one.
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August 9, 2006
Three of the "Ocean's Thirteen" Show Up
This one's mainly for the ladies: A bunch of new photos from the "Ocean's 13" shoot have been posted online, but who wants to see a bunch of snapshots of Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and George Clooney horsing around? Oh yeah, the ladies. Enjoy!
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August 2, 2006
George Clooney Digs "Pet Sematary"?
Now here's a piece of news that's pretty cool, if only because I love horror movies and I've always dug George Clooney. Seems the movie star has been tagged to star in Paramount's remake of "Pet Sematary," which (of course) is based on the Stephen King novel of the same (misspelled) name.
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June 14, 2006
Magnum P.I. Still Taking His Time Getting to the Big Screen
Still dying to hear about some progress on the "Magnum P.I." movie? OK, so far all nine of you, we have a report from IGN FilmForce and UGO.com that basically says the following: It's gonna happen, we don't really know when, and the guy who did "Dodgeball" is currently at work on the screenplay.
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June 2, 2006
"Samurai" Scores Another Remake ... with Ziyi and Clooney?
From the "interesting but strange" department comes news that Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" is being remade (yet again), only this time the adaptation will star the lovely Zhang Ziyi, the slick George Clooney, and the high-flying Donnie Yen.
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May 11, 2006
Brad Pitt A No-Show for "Ocean's Thirteen?"
With production slated to begin in two months, "Ocean's Thirteen" filmmakers are worried that the third installment of the uber-cool heist franchise will be sorely missing key player Brad Pitt.
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April 25, 2006
Pacino Dives into Ocean's Gang
Legendary actor Al Pacino will join the (obviously massive) cast of Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Thirteen," says Variety. Odds are he'll be playing a villain, but plot details are being kept quiet. Pacino joins newcomer Ellen Barkin and series regulars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, etc.
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April 11, 2006
Jolie to Join the "Ocean's" Gang?
Dark Horizons and Ananova report that a certain mega-wattage superstar hottie might be joining the inevitably massive cast of Ocean's 13. Here's a hint. Last time she co-starred with Brad Pitt, the tabloids made a trillion dollars.
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January 31, 2006
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted that "Walk the Line" would get nominated over "Capote" for Best Picture, and I picked Croneberg for director over Benett Miller.) Anyhow, here are the nominations for us to rant and rave about for the next five weeks...
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January 16, 2006
Golden Globes Results - It Rhymes with "Chick Flick"
If you didn?t watch tonight?s Golden Globes Awards, you missed out on two big winners, a few personal triumphs, and (surprisingly) few fire-your-stylist fashion faux pas. Read on for the entire list of winners from the television and film honorees (here?s a hint: the Hollywood Foreign Press sure like those cowboys)!
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January 16, 2006
OFCS Announces Its '05 Winners
The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) cast their ballots over the holiday weekend in an effort to pick the group's favorite flicks from 2005, and I think we did a pretty solid job, all things considered.
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January 13, 2006
Ohio Film Critics Offer Up Their Year-End Picks
The film critics of Central Ohio have chimed in with their own year-end picks, and they came up with quite a few solid surprises, actually. How about "A History of Violence" as best film of the year?
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January 10, 2006
Broadcast Film Critics Dole Out Their Awards on National TV
The Broadcast Film Critics Association held their annual awards presentation live on The WB network, with plenty of mildly corny jokes, appreciative acceptance speeches, accolades galore, and even a few cool surprises. (Oh, and their favorite film overall was "Brokeback Mountain.")
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January 10, 2006
Online Film Critics Offer Their Annual Nominations
The OFCS, which is hosted right here at Rotten Tomatoes and (full disclosure) includes yours truly as a member, announced their year-end nominations yesterday ... and we hope you'll find a few solid surprises among the more familiar (yet obviously deserving) nominees. The winners will be announced on Monday the 16th.
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January 9, 2006
The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Tonight
Rotten Tomatoes is proud to be a sponsor of the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards, where the Broadcast Film Critics Association will award the best in cinematic achievement for 2005 tonight at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The event will be broadcast live on The WB, so check your local listings.
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January 6, 2006
DGA & SAG Chime in with Their Nominations
Yesterday we got the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild, so simple logic dictates that today should bring news from the directors (DGA) and the actors (SAG). As always we thank Movie City News for divulging every single nomination on the planet.
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January 4, 2006
Get Ready for Lucky "Thirteen"
You can't say you'd be shocked if I said "Hey, they're making another one. Yep, it's called "Ocean's Thirteen." So here's me (and Variety) telling you: They're making an "Ocean's Thirteen."
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January 3, 2006
Chicago Critics Announce Their Nominations
Thanks to Movie City News for sharing the scoop on the Windy City critics and their favorite flicks of 2005.The Chicago film journalists will announce their year-end winners on January, 2006.
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December 22, 2005
Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites
It's tough to keep up with all the critics' awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic's groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario.
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December 21, 2005
Southeastern Critics Chime in With Their Picks
The 2005 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards announced their annual awards on Monday, Dec. 19, in Atlanta, Ga. Forty-two members in nine states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia) voted in the 14th annual SEFCA poll.
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December 20, 2005
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics 2005 Awards
December 19, 2005 -- DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS NAME ?BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN? BEST OF 2005. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the frontier romance BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN as the best film of 2005, according to the results of its 12th annual critics? poll.
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December 14, 2005
San Fran Crix Make Their Year-End Picks
SAN FRANCISCO -- The love story "Brokeback Mountain" won three major awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the group announced Monday.
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December 12, 2005
BFCA Nominees Announced; "Brokeback" Leads Pack
The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its Critics Choice Awards, and "Brokeback Mountain," Ang Lee's revisionist western, leads the pack with eight nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams).
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November 21, 2005
"Syriana" Photo Gallery Update
Want a sneak peek at the new George Clooney-Matt Damon blood-for-oil flick? 43 new photos from the political thriller "Syriana" are now available for viewing, here.
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October 24, 2005
"Doom" Goes Boom at the Weekend Box Office
The Rock's trek through a "Doom"-filled space station was enough to bring in an estimated $15.4 million from over 3,000 screens, giving the flick the #1 spot over a handful of other newcomers. Disney's inspirational horse drama "Dreamer," which was "Inspired by a True Story," snagged the #2 spot with $9.3 million from 2,000 theaters.
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October 21, 2005
Clooney Prepares for "Wind Chill"
George Clooney's Section 8 shingle will produce a horror thriller entitled "Wind Chill," says Variety. "Criminal" director Gregory Jacobs will be behind the helm, working from a screenplay by "Shadow of the Vampire" scribe Steven Katz and first-timer Joe Gangemi.
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October 6, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Syriana
Yahoo! Movies has the first look at the rather intense and intriguing trailer for Stephen Gaghan's political thriller "Syriana," which boasts and all-star cast and a rather topical plot.
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September 7, 2005
Clooney & Coens to Reunite for "Hail Caesar"
Apparently the latest issue of Vogue Magazine is being credited with the scoop, but fansite CoenBrothers.net broke the news about two months ago: George Clooney plans to reunite with Joel & Ethan Coen on the period comedy "Hail Caesar," which "will follow a troupe of theater actors in the 1920's putting on a play about ancient Rome."
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September 1, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Good Night, and Good Luck
From director George Clooney comes the black & white historical drama "Good Night, and Good Luck," which tells the tale of newsman Edward R. Murrow and his battle against red scare-monger Senator Joseph McCarthy. You should absolutely check out the intriguing trailer for the film right here.
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August 30, 2005
In Other News...Clooney, Downey Jr., and Eddie Murphy
The man, the myth, the -- casino king? Ocean's Eleven star George Clooney, the one-man Rat Pack Redux of the new millennium, has revealed long-rumored plans to erect a $3 billion Las Vegas resort. Named Las Ramblas, the resort will include a hotel, casino, and high-end condominiums; Clooney, along with partner Rande Gerber (nightclub impresario and husband of Cindy Crawford), plans to purchase a residence for himself on the resort grounds.
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May 11, 2005
George Clooney to Become "Michael Clayton"
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know what's up next on the docket for the ever-cool George Clooney. Screenwriter Tony Gilroy ("The Bourne Identity") will make his directorial debut on "Michael Clayton," and Mr. Clooney will be stepping into the title role.
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January 6, 2005
New Series From Soderbergh and Clooney
We have an exclusive clip for ya today from HBO's forthcoming series "Unscripted," produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section Eight. You can dig on the clip by clicking the links provided below, but first, here's a little background on the series...
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December 13, 2004
Box Office: Ocean's Twelve 4th Highest Dec. Opener
If estimates hold, Ocean's Twelve's $40.9M opening will be fourth highest December opener of all time. Only the three Lord of the Ring films have better debuts. Return of the King holds the record with $72.6M, The Two Towers is second with $62M, and The Fellowship of the Ring is third with $47.2M. Ocean's Twelve's $40.9M opening is also better than its predecessor's $38M debut three years ago.
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