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September 02, 2008
RT's Summer in Review: The Best, The Worst, and Our Favorite Films!
The summer movie season of 2008 ended last weekend, and boy, was it a good one. Led by box office smashes like Iron Man, Wall-E, and The Dark Knight, Hollywood raked in the dough week after week -- and, surprisingly, scored major Freshness on the... More...
September 02, 2008
Mark Millar Maps Out Wanted Sequels ![]()
The film version of "Wanted" may have departed considerably from Mark Millar's graphic novels, but he doesn't mind -- in fact, he's giving producers storyline ideas for a potential pair of sequels. More...
July 20, 2008
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Kapow! The Bat Slams The Box Office
We have a new opening weekend box office high as The Dark Knight enters the record books. More...
July 18, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Wanted, Monster Squad, and the New Watchmen Trailer
Welcome back to the Weekly Ketchup... wonder what's been going on during the last three weeks? We've got news on Watchmen, Terminator 4, remakes of Monster Squad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and much more after the jump. More...
July 15, 2008
Wanted 2 Already in the Works ![]()
Universal has extended Wanted producer Marc Platt's contract for another five years -- a good thing, considering he's already working on Wanted 2 with director Timur Bekmambatov and writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. More...
July 10, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview
For the first time in eleven weeks, Hollywood releases more than two wide openers on the same weekend as a trio of male-driven pictures will invade multiplexes across North America on Friday. Leading the way is the comic book sequel Hellboy II:... More...
July 06, 2008
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Hancock shows some attitude at the box office
Despite a critical panning, Hancock scores at the Box Office. More...
July 03, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Smith to Rule Again With Hancock
Movie fans will get jiggy with their favorite Fourth of July superstar this weekend as Will Smith flies into multiplexes across the globe with his newest effects-filled action film Hancock from Sony. Meanwhile, Picturehouse expands its Abigail... More...
July 02, 2008
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July 01, 2008
Wanted Writers Discuss A-Team, Wanted 2 ![]()
In a new interview, the writers of the Wanted screenplay talk about their experiences adapting Mark Millar's series -- and their work on the script for the upcoming A-Team movie. More...
June 30, 2008
Critics Consensus: WALL-E Is the Best-Reviewed Film of 2008
This week at the movies, we've got lonely robots (Pixar's WALL-E, directed by Andrew Stanton) and kinetic killers (Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman). What do the critics have to say? More...
June 29, 2008
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June 27, 2008
Review Revue: Can WALL-E Eclipse Iron Man AND Take On Angelina Jolie?
Two Fresh picks await you this weekend: Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy's bullet-bending assassin thriller Wanted, and Pixar's latest classic-in-the-making, WALL-E, which may eclipse Iron Man as the best-reviewed movie of the year so far. But what... More...
June 27, 2008
Wanted Scribes Enjoying Creatures Comfort ![]()
Wanted writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are working on the script for a "big, fun, fantastic 'Jurassic Park'-type movie" called All Creatures Great and Small. More...
June 26, 2008
From Comic to Film: Mark Millar on Adapting Wanted ![]()
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June 26, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: WALL·E To Win Hearts and Dollars
For the fifth consecutive weekend, Hollywood offers up only two new wide releases on Friday. Pixar and Disney shoot for the number one spot with the animated sci-fi adventure WALL·E while Universal guns for an adult audience with its stylish... More...
June 25, 2008
Total Recall: The 25 Best Action Heroines of All Time
In this week's Wanted, Angelina Jolie returns to heat-packing form as an assassin named The Fox...but how does she measure up against the likes of fellow fatal femmes like Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Michelle Yeoh... More...
June 25, 2008
Wanted's James McAvoy: His Best-Reviewed Films
The action-thriller Wanted hits theaters this week, and though it's toplined by one of the biggest stars in the world (Angelina Jolie), it also features a young Scotsman who's making a name for himself as well: James McAvoy. More...
June 24, 2008
Wanted shrieks along at such an unrelieved high pitch homicidal pace as the pathological protagonist passively morphs from dork to demon, however righteous, that the audience may soon start craving some of those pills that McAvoy's been popping. ![]()
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June 19, 2008
Wanted to Screen at Los Angeles Film Festival ![]()
"Wanted," an R-rated, blood-spattered tale about a secret society of assassins, starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, has all the hallmarks of a big summer movie -- fast cars, cool gadgets and plenty of action. But it might seem like an... More...
June 19, 2008
Terence Stamp Is Already Excited for Wanted 2 ![]()
According to Terence Stamp, plans are already under way for a Wanted sequel -- one which would presumably depart completely from the comics. More...
June 17, 2008
Exclusive Interview: Angelina Jolie Talks Wanted
Though Angelina Jolie is soon expecting twins, we snagged a coveted exclusive video interview with the star on the eve of her turn as a sexy assassin in Timur Bekmambetov's high-octane action flick, Wanted. What are you waiting for?? Watch it now. More...
June 10, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Wanted
Are you looking forward to seeing Timur Bekmambetov's Wanted when it hits screens on June 27th? Universal must not think you're excited enough, 'cause they've just released a new red band trailer! More...
May 06, 2008
Wanted Screenwriters Already Hired for Sequel ![]()
2 Fast 2 Furious scribes Derek Haas and Michael Brandt tell Pajiba that they're working on a sequel to Wanted for Universal. More...
May 06, 2008
Wanted, Hellboy II to Open LA Film Festival ![]()
Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will open with Timur Bekmambetov's actioner "Wanted" starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie. The fest will close with Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy II, The Golden Army." More...
May 05, 2008
Have We Entered a "Post-Female" American Cinema? ![]()
Summer is Hollywood's blockbuster season -- but does it also highlight how irrelevant women have become in American film? More...
May 01, 2008
Is Summer Bad for Movies? ![]()
Summer blockbuster season always brings many of the year's highest-grossing films -- but is it killing American movie culture? More...
April 24, 2008
Bekmambetov Says Dusk Watch Is On Hold ![]()
Holding your breath waiting for Dusk Watch, the planned sequel to Timur Bekmambetov's Night Watch and Day Watch? Well, don't. More...
April 01, 2008
Fandango Users List Their Most Anticipated Summer Movies
Fandango's users have spoken, and the verdict is in: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is summer 2008's most anticipated film. More...
March 05, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Bending Bullets And More Angelina Jolie In The Second Wanted Trailer
RT's nabbed the exclusive new trailer for Wanted, Universal's high-octane assassin thriller starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. And if you're a fan of the Russian fantasy-horror Night Watch trilogy, you have even more reason to get excited. More...
February 27, 2008
Common Playing G.I. Joe's Road Block?
He may still be waiting for his chance to protect the galaxy from evil as Green Lantern, but even if Justice League of America languishes in development hell indefinitely, Common has other super comics-related options on the table. More...
February 06, 2008
Angelina Shows Off Her New (Temporary) Tattoos for Wanted
In a year heavy on comic book adaptations, Timur Bekmambetov's take on Mark Millar's Wanted has been sort of lost in the shuffle -- but nothing grabs people's attention like a little flash of skin from Angelina Jolie. More...
January 26, 2008
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December 28, 2007
Wanted's Director, Release Date Leave James McAvoy Pleasantly Befuddled
The early trailers for Wanted present James McAvoy as a budding action hero under the guidance of Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman -- and although jumping through the air with guns blazing may look like John Woo-style action, McAvoy actually... More...
December 06, 2007
James McAvoy on Atonement: The RT Interview
Scottish actor James McAvoy has shot several films in the last few years (Becoming Jane, The Last King of Scotland, and the eagerly anticipated Wanted) but so far remains most associated with. Mr. Tumnus, his hairy role as the faun in The Lion,... More...
November 14, 2007
Angelina Jolie in new flick by Night Watch director. ![]()
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November 02, 2007
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October 30, 2007
More Shots of Angelina Jolie in Wanted Action!
It may not be the faithful adaptation that fans of the comics were hoping for, but Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Mark Millar and J.G. Jones' Wanted is still hitting theaters March 28 -- and IGN Movies has more shots of the cast in action! More...
September 14, 2007
Angelina Jolie's Wanted Leaps from Comic Books with a Hard R
Writer/directors Michael Brandt and Derek Haas had to go into production on Wanted before the comic book had even picked up steam. With only two issues published, the writers came up with their own story based on the set up. More...
August 17, 2007
Set Pics of Angelina Jolie in Wanted Action
It's been somewhat lost among 2008's bumper crop of high-profile comic-book adaptations, but filming of Universal's Wanted is going full-speed in Chicago this week, and Just Jared has pictures -- twelve, to be exact -- of star Angelina Jolie in... More...
June 22, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: "Starship Troopers 3," "Spider-Man 4" Update, "Hulk 2" Changes, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, "Starship Troopers 3" is coming ... straight to video, "Spider-Man 4" is pretty much a given, but won't be rushed, and the "Hulk" gets a makeover for the second installment. More...
