December 22, 2011
Total Recall: Scarlett Johansson's Best Movies
After six years, Cameron Crowe has finally delivered his (non-doc, non-music video) follow-up to Elizabethtown -- and he's brought with him an impeccable cast that includes Matt Damon, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning, and... drum roll please... the subject of this week's feature, Scarlett Johansson! A multiple Golden Globe nominee, tabloid fixture, and object of desire for a sizable segment of the population, Johansson stars opposite Damon in We Bought a Zoo as a character who may nor may not be a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. We aren't sure yet -- but we do know we like Scarlett, and it's about time we paid tribute to some of her finer film moments. Let's go Total Recall!
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November 3, 2010
Scarlett Johansson Gets Under the Skin
Scarlett Johansson will play the lead in "Under the Skin," a sci-fi thriller from Jonathan Glazer ("Sexy Beast") about a "ruthless alien seductress" who uses "her voracious sexuality" to conquer humanity.
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April 28, 2010
Tomatometer Watch: Will Iron Man 2 Blast Off With Critics?
After smashing the 2008 box office with a performance only topped by fellow superhero "The Dark Knight" that year, "Iron Man" might have surprised many moviegoers (and critics!) with its critical success, achieving a Certified Fresh stamp and 93% Tomatometer. In a sequel filled Summer, there is no doubt that "Iron Man 2" is one of the season's and the year's most anticipated movies. Suiting up Don Cheadle, a scarlet-haired Scarlett Johansson, and a whiplashing Mickey Rourke this time around, the sequel's star power has certainly done its part to give the film all the hype you'd expect and more.
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October 1, 2009
Hillcoat's Wettest County Attracts Famous Names
Columbia abandoned plans to produce it, but that hasn't stopped "The Wettest County in the World" -- a tale of Depression-era bootleggers to be directed by John Hillcoat -- from attracting an impressive list of young talent that includes Shia LaBeouf, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling.
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September 7, 2009
Five Favourite Films with Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis has a plan. "What I've decided is to choose recent films," he explains to RT. "I do think that often people get stuck in always saying the five greatest films of all time, films they saw between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two, because that's when you're forming your opinions. I think I'll talk about modern films, which aren't necessarily the greatest films ever made, but are five great films." The Boat that Rocked is out on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK this week and is soon to hit US cinemas retitled Pirate Radio. Read on to learn about the five films he can't do without.
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March 12, 2009
Rourke, Johansson Board Iron Man 2
The negotiations are over, and Robert Downey, Jr. has some new company on the "Iron Man 2" set: Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson have agreed to terms to star as an unspecified villain and the Black Widow, respectively.
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December 1, 2008
Two New Spirit Stills Published
One will most certainly fly off the newsstands faster than the other, but SET Magazine is debuting a pair of "Spirit"-related covers this month, one featuring Gabriel Macht and the other featuring Scarlett Johansson.
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April 7, 2008
Scarlett Johansson's Album Cover Art Revealed
She's calling her debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head -- and it looks like Scarlett Johansson is taking a literal approach to her album art. Due May 20, the album features covers of alternative troubadour Tom Waits's music, plus one original composition.
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August 29, 2007
Is Ben Affleck Not That Into You?
Just when you think it can't possibly have room for another star, the rapidly expanding Borg collective that is the cast of He's Just Not That Into You adds a high-profile name to its list. Two weeks ago, we learned that Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Aniston had signed on for the project; now, Variety is reporting that Ben Affleck is in talks to do the same.
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August 27, 2007
New Release Dates for Hitman, The Spirit
If you're an action fan, chances are you've got your eye on Timothy Olyphant's Hitman and Frank Miller's The Spirit -- and Slashfilm is here to help you pencil in the appropriate dates on your filmgoing calendar.
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August 22, 2007
Eva Mendes Has The Spirit
After playing it close to the vest for months, Frank Miller's camp has lately unleashed a flood of casting news about the director's adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit. First came word that Gabriel Macht would play the title role, and face off against Samuel L. Jackson, then we learned that Scarlett Johansson would play the femme fatale Silk N. Floss, and now Variety is reporting another addition to the talent pool.
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August 7, 2007
An Early Look at Boleyn's Girls
Movies about 16th-century royal intrigue are normally anathema to non-female American audiences, so when casting its adaptation of Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl, Columbia smartly signed Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson in the movie's lead roles. The gambit seems to have worked, because JoBlo is reporting on its first look at the film's poster.
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November 8, 2006
The People's Choices Have Been Made
Everyone always says The Oscars would be better if "normal people" were allowed to vote on them. And yet every year, The People's Choice Awards Nominations are embarrassingly silly.
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October 19, 2006
Critical Consensus: "Flags" Flies High; "The Prestige" Is Magic; "Flicka" Is A Pretty Good Ride; "Marie Antoinette" Spared Critical Guillotine
This week at the movies, we've got a complex tale of heroism (Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," starring Ryan Phillippe), a story of dueling magicians (Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige," starring Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, and Hugh Jackman), a yarn about a girl and her horse ("Flicka," starring Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw), and a post-punk-scored period piece about the least punk human being ever (Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette," starring Kirsten Dunst). What do the critics have to say?
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July 28, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Hartnett, Scarlett & Swank in De Palma's "Black Dahlia"
Master of suspense / veteran storyteller / admirer of Hitchcock / Brian De Palma has a new film on the horizon, his first since 2002's "Femme Fatale," and it looks to be a pretty good one. Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, and Hilary Swank, "The Black Dahlia" is an old-school Hollywood murder-mystery based on the novel by James Ellroy. And there's a trailer.
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July 27, 2006
Box Office Preview: Miami Vice Turns Up B.O. Heat
With cops, drug dealers, and lots of bullets flying, the action film Miami Vice hits theaters across North America this weekend with its aim squarely on the number one spot. Young kids, meanwhile, will be offered another animated film in the form of The Ant Bully while teens get a new high school comedy in John Tucker Must Die. The overall box office should continue to be much healthier than last year as the Jack Sparrow-dominated month of July comes to a close.
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July 17, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Bale, Jackman & Scarlett in "The Prestige"
Last time Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale got together, they made one heck of a fine comic book movie. They're collaborating again, and this time they've enlisted Hugh Jackman to tell the story of two turn-of-the-century magicians who dabble in some pretty dangerous competitions. Check out the trailer right here.
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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 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 9, 2005
Scarlett Signs On for a "Prestige" Pic
Variety reports that the currently (and perpetually) hot Scarlett Johansson will climb aboard Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige," and she'll be joining a cast that already includes gentlmen named Bale, Bowie, Jackman, and Caine.
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December 7, 2005
Scarlett to Be Napoleon's "Betsy"
Variety reports that the ever-busy Scarlett Johansson will star in the indie period-piece drama "Napoleon and Betsy," written and directed by Benjamin Ross.
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November 8, 2005
Scarlett the Amazing Amazon!
Vairety reports on a project that'll certainly sound appealing to the menfolk out there: Curvaceous cutie Scarlett Johansson has signed on to play a butt-kicking and revenge-minded lady gladiator in "Amazon."
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November 7, 2005
Farrell, Johansson & Jordan Team Up on "Borgia"
Neil Jordan will direct Colin Farrell and Scarlett Johansson in a project the director's been trying to get off the ground for several years: A historical drama called "Borgia," which will focus on the infamous 15th century Roman clan.
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October 31, 2005
Paramount's "Walter Mitty" Redo Hits Turnaround
The long-discussed remake of 1947's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" looked to be moving forward with Owen Wilson in the title role ... but a variety of pre-production issues have arisen, which means that Paramount has placed the project on a "turnaround" back-burner, where it might just percolate for a while.
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October 3, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Match Point
From veteran filmmaker Woody Allen comes a change of pace; "Match Point" is a romantic thriller starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, and Emily Mortimer, and if curiosity is already piqued, then you'll certainly want to check out the theatrical trailer over at the Apple Quicktime site.
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September 7, 2005
In Other News...Sharon Stone, Reese Witherspoon, and Jose Canseco
Firebrand actress Sharon Stone is lashing out over a lost role in an upcoming Lana Turner biopic -- a role reportedly handed to the much-younger Catherine Zeta-Jones. At 35, Zeta-Jones is more than a decade younger than the 47 year-old Stone; she'll be playing a 37 year-old Turner in the upcoming Stompanato, which recounts the 1958 murder of the blonde actress' boyfriend Johnny Stompanato by Turner's own daughter.
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August 24, 2005
In Other News...Scarlett Johansson and Michael Vartan
They've been fairly quiet for a few months now, but it appears that Hollywood's most loathed and feared denizens - the paparazzi - have struck again. Last Friday, Lost in Translation darling Scarlett Johansson got into a car accident in the happiest place on earth after four aggressive photogs reportedly chased her through the Disneyland parking lot.
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August 18, 2005
Johansson Hits Back at 'Island' Producers
Scarlett Johansson is furious that producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have blamed her and Ewan McGregor for the box-office failure of their big-budget film "The Island."
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July 23, 2005
Box Office: Michael Bay Haters Rejoice - The Island Sinks
Michael Bay haters (I'm not one of them) can cherish this weekend. His newest explosion-fest, The Island, bombed at the box office with an estimated $4.4M on Friday, according to Showbizdata. It took the third spot behind last Friday's chart toppers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wedding Crashers. For the weekend, The Island will likely gross $12-14M, making it the worst debut for a Michael Bay film. His average opening for his last five films is an explosive $36M. His last five films also have a spectacular average gross of $147M; The Island, which has a production budget of $120M, will be lucky to make a third of that.
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July 8, 2005
See a Sneak Preview of The Island -- This Saturday Only
Want to see "The Island" before its national rollout on July 22? Well, good news. There will be a nation-wide public sneak preview of "The Island" this Saturday, July 9. A cautionary tale about the dark side of cloning, "The Island" stars Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson and is directed by Michael Bay. Click here to see if your local theaters are participating in this event.
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June 3, 2005
Woody Allen Makes a "Match" With DreamWorks
Woody Allen's well-received entry into the Cannes Film Festival, "Match Point," has been snatched up by DreamWorks Pictures for a cool $4 million. Described as much darker in tone than many of Mr. Allen's recent comedies, "Match Point" is a dramatic thriller that stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers ("Bend It Like Beckham"), Scarlett Johansson ("The Island"), Emily Mortimer ("Dear Frankie"), Matthew Goode ("Chasing Liberty"), and Brian Cox ("X-Men 2").
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May 20, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: The Island
Yahoo! Movies brings us an all-new trailer for Michael Bay's sci-fi thriller "The Island." A tale of utopian societies, rampant cloning, and desperate escapes, "The Island" hopes to be one of the "out of left field" hits this summer. Ewan McGregor ("Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith") stars alongside Scarlett Johansson ("Lost in Translation'), and they're supported by folks like Sean Bean ("National Treasure"), Michael Clarke Duncan ("Daredevil"), Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad"), and Steve Buscemi ("Reservoir Dogs").
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May 18, 2005
Lindsay Lohan to Show Up in "Mission Impossible 3"?
It's a juicy piece of gossip that's been floating around the net for the past few days, but ComingSoon.net gets the citation because I just dig the site. Seems that controversial heartthrob Lindsay Lohan ("Mean Girls") let something slip while she was being interviewed on an L.A. radio station: she'd recently met with "Mission Impossible 3" director J.J. Abrams, for undisclosed reasons.
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January 18, 2005
Coach Carter Victorious over MLK Weekend
Audiences celebrated this Martin Luther King weekend by watching the sports drama Coach Carter starring Samuel L. Jackson. Coach Carter marks the movie debut of popular R&B singer Ashanti. The film grossed an uplifting $29.2M for the four day holiday weekend, putting an end to Meet the Fockers three week reign. This is a personal best for the versatile Jackson in movies where he receives top billing. His previous best was 2000's Shaft, which opened with $21M. Coach Carter is the second best MLK weekend opener ever behind Along Came Polly?s $32.5M and ahead of Save the Last Dance?s $27.5M.
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January 15, 2005
Friday Estimates: Coach Carter $8.3M, Company $4.5M, Elektra $4.5M, Stripes $3.3M
According to Showbizdata, Coach Carter starring Samuel L. Jackson won the top spot at the box office on Friday, January 15th, finally unseating Meet the Fockers three week reign. With $8.3M on Friday, Coach Carter will gross between $33-35M for Friday-Monday MLK weekend. This is his best opening for movies in which he has top billing. His previous best was Shaft's $21.7M debut. Get Carter has a Fresh 64% on the Tomatometer.
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