Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:00AM - By Damon Houx
When a book becomes a phenomenon, its film adaptation is all but assured. And though The Hunger Games didn’t hit the ground running as a phenomenon, we’re now at a point where the books are everywhere, and the film is looking at opening to over a hundred million. Thank goodness then that Gary Ross‘s adaptation for the big screen is good – it’s one of the best blockbusters we’ve seen in quite some time. And it’s going to make Jennifer Lawrence into a movie star.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:00AM - By Damon Houx
Donald Sutherland has been making movies for nearly fifty years, and in that time he’s had a number of roles that could be considered all-timers: M*A*S*H, Klute, Don’t Look Back, National Lampoon’s Animal House, and 1978’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers are a lot of great movies for one career, and now he’s added another signature role to his body of work–President Snow in The Hunger Games. Sutherland recently spoke to ScreenCrave about this role, and how he approached playing someone whose politics are the opposite of his own. Check out our interview below.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Kevin Macdonald steps into Old World Britain for his latest film The Eagle, which stars Channing Tatum in his first real period piece. Tatum with an accent is a big deal. The actor plays a young Roman general who’s on a quest to restore honor to his family’s name after a horrific event that occurred decades earlier under his father’s leadership.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:20AM - By Krystal Clark
Do you remember that old Charles Bronson assassin flick, The Mechanic? The film was released in 1972 and is one of the many films that the actor was known for over the course of his long career. But like everything else these days, the movie had to be remade and they’re switching out Bronson for Jason Statham. CBS Films has just released a poster for the flick as well as a new trailer. Check it out and see if it measures up to the original…
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:33PM - By Krystal Clark
Among all the crazy new info that’s popped up online during ShoWest and SXSW, somehow a trailer for Jason Statham and Ben Foster’s new film slipped through the cracks. Don’t get me wrong, I heard about The Mechanic months ago but there was no countdown for the trailer which apparently was released today. What’s up with that?
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:00AM - By Krystal Clark
It’s been a while since we’ve seen or heard anything from the upcoming epic film, The Eagle of the Ninth. Perhaps it has something to do with Channing Tatum starring as the lead, but we can’t know for sure. The film also features a mature Jamie Bell and acting vet Donald Sutherland in a supporting role. Over at Yahoo, they’ve release six new photos from the film so lets take a look…
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:56AM - By Krystal Clark
I love Donald Sutherland, but sometimes I question the projects he involves himself with. According to Variety, Sutherland along with Ben Foster have signed on to co-star in the Jason Statham film, The Mechanic. As you can imagine it’s an action oriented feature, and it’s a remake.
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Monday, August 24, 2009 10:15AM - By Mali Elfman
How did this little film starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, and Mark Strong, written by BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland) and directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald slip by us for so long? We didn’t even hear about them casting Eagle of the Ninth, but everything is set and the crew is currently on location in Hungary and Scotland, and they have begun filming!
The film was adapted for the screen by Brock, off of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic novel of the same name. For more on the story keep reading…
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:00PM - By Krystal Clark
A new trailer has been released for the upcoming CGI animated film, Astro Boy. It’s the same video that premiered at this year’s Comic-Con, and I can tell you from that experience it’s pretty awesome. The film stars Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, and oddly enough Nicolas Cage. Why is he in everything lately? They’ve already released a couple of teasers for Astro Boy but this one is the real deal.
Check out the full theatrical trailer after the jump…
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