Thursday, December 3, 2009 7:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Master story teller Jim Sheridan has brought us an English language adaptation of the 2004 Danish film Brødre. In Brothers, the director who’s known for his work on My Left Foot and In America, decides to tackle the effects of war on the relationships of a tight knit family. Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal lead the cast in this eye opening tale about death, love, and betrayal.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 5:45PM - By Krystal Clark
Last week we posted the first trailer to the Jim Sheridan drama Brothers. The film is a remake of the 2004 film by Susanne Bier entitled, Brodre. In this English language version, Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal find themselves in an unexpected love triangle. The film centers on a young wife and mother (Portman) trying to put her life back together after her husband (Maguire) goes missing in Afghanistan. With the help of his younger brother (Gyllenhaal) things begin to fall back in place, that is until her husband makes a surprise return from the presumed dead.
View the full poster after the jump.
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Friday, July 3, 2009 4:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Honestly, how many of us all felt that Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal needed to play brothers in a movie? The team up was bound to happen and it did at the hands of director Jim Sheridan. Brothers is the aptly titled film about a young wife and mother (Natalie Portman), who tries to put her life back together after her husband (Maguire) goes missing in Afghanistan. With the help of his younger brother (Gyllenhaal) things begin to fall back in place, that is until her husband makes a surprise return from the presumed dead!
Check out the trailer for Brothers after the jump.
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Friday, January 16, 2009 10:11AM - By Krystal Clark
It’s official, the wait is over! Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox have managed to reach a settlement over the live action adaptation of the DC graphic novel, Watchmen. If you’ve been following the drama that’s been surrounding these two, you know what’s been on the line in terms of the success and future of the film. Warner Brothers has been in a legal battle with Fox since early last year, over the Watchmen’s distribution rights. Fox had obtained the rights to the film in the mid-eighties, but signed a turnaround deal with producer Larry Gordon that gave him partial rights to the property, and the freedom to shop the film around to other studios. Enter Warner Brothers, Zack Snyder, and a whole lot of drama.
Check out the specifics of the settlement after the jump.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:30AM - By Krystal Clark
As you already know, 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers have been duking it out behind closed doors over the distribution rights of the upcoming film, Watchmen. According to THR, Fox and Warner Brothers may be nearing a settlement that would eventually allow Fox to have a stake in the DC comic adaptation. The two sides met this past weekend with U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess, and insiders say that the power struggle over the Watchmen is “close” to being over.
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Friday, January 2, 2009 8:00AM - By Krystal Clark
Emma Watson, aka Hermione from the Harry Potter films, recently spoke with MTV about the next Harry Potter installment. No, I’m not referring to the Half-Blood Prince, I’m talking about the final piece of this legacy, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watson gave her reaction to the surprise decision to split Hallows into two separate films! That’s right, their milking this cash cow for as long as they can. Read Watson’s reaction after the jump.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:30PM - By Krystal Clark
It looks like it’s going to be one hell of a dog fight between 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers, regarding the DC comic adaptation Watchmen. As we reported last week, Fox was granted interest in the Watchmen film by a U.S. District Court judge. The studio originally owned the film rights to the graphic novel, but when they sidelined the project its producer decided to shop it around….enter Warner Brothers.
According to LatinoReview, Fox is already starting to flex their copyright muscle.
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Friday, December 26, 2008 4:25PM - By Krystal Clark
It’s official! On Wednesday Warner Brothers studio got an un-welcomed Christmas gift. It came in the form of a judges ruling, regarding their highly anticipated Watchmen adaptation. For the past year, Warner Brothers and 20 Century Fox have been duking it out over the theatrical rights of the DC graphic novel. According to MTV, Judge Gary Alan Feess ruled in favor of Fox stating that the studio does have a valid interest in the Watchmen film.
More on the ruling after the jump.
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Friday, December 12, 2008 10:15AM - By Krystal Clark
It looks as if we”ll have to wait a little while longer to see Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo don their bowler hats in the dramatic comedy, The Brothers Bloom . According to FirstShowing, the film about two con artists and their last big job, is getting the shuffle treatment. The release date of the film has been pushed back from its original spot of January 16, to May 15, 2009.
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