Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:00AM - By Damon Houx
It’s March, so that means it’s the season for all the big Winter films to hit home video. This week brings us some pictures that were hoped to be a bit bigger than they were – like The Adventures of Tintin and Young Adult - and some of the big prestige pictures of the year – like The Descendants and My Week with Marilyn. As for reissues, the American Pie films are hitting Blu-ray in anticipation of the fourth film in that series, and Martin Scorsese‘s most controversial film is getting the 1080p treatment. Check it out…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:18PM - By Damon Houx
Steven Spielberg‘s The Adventures of Tintin has made $76 Million in America, which – for a production that cost at least a hundred million – would not seem to be enough to generate a sequel. But that’s not the whole story, as globally the film has made nearly $400 Million. And so it appears that a sequel will move forward with Peter Jackson taking over the directorial reigns, according to Spielberg himself (via Total Film).
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Monday, January 23, 2012 12:24PM - By Damon Houx
Having been building award steam since November, it looks like Michel Hazanavicius‘s The Artist is an unstoppable juggernaut of Oscar-sized proportions. Its latest victory is winning the Producer’s Guild Award for best picture, and it should get more than a handful of nominations when the Oscar nominees are announced tomorrow. Check out the list winners at the PGA awards…
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:06PM - By Damon Houx
Though the holiday season tends to bring out some blockbusters, Christmas itself is a terrible day for movies. And this year, with Christmas Eve on a Saturday and Christmas on a Sunday, we’re not going to see strong weekend numbers from anyone. Something that’s going to repeat next weekend with New Year’s. Then again, it’s been a weak year, and last weekend proved it. This weekend we get The Adventures of Tintin, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in it’s non-Imax run, We Bought a Zoo, The Darkest Hour and War Horse going wide. Busy busy.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 1:47PM - By Damon Houx
This Fall has been modest in comparison to many other recent years, in terms of major film releases. On paper there were a number of films that could have been $100 Million plus titles, but only Breaking Dawn has done blockbuster business, and has remained on top of the box office for three weeks. That’s going to change with the release of New Year’s Eve. Still, it’s been a slow, slow Fall.
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Friday, November 11, 2011 12:09PM - By Damon Houx
Last night the AFI festival hosted the first public screening of director Steven Spielberg‘s The Adventures of Tintin. Or, that is to say, the first public screening in America – the film has been open outside of the U.S. for more than a month, and has already made over $100 Million internationally. Spielberg’s first animated/motion-captured film, it stars Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in an adventure story where Tintin comes across clues to pirate treasure. We’ll have a longer review when the film is released, but check out our quick thoughts…
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Friday, July 22, 2011 12:04PM - By Mali Elfman
Here we are at the press conference for The Adventures of Tintin with the big man himself Steven Spielberg and his surprise guest Peter Jackson out at Comic-Con. The duo just finished premiering their new footage for the film at their panel in Hall H which seemed to be very well received. Now we’re here, front and center getting video of the magical duo talking about their latest film. Check out our quick update directly after the press conference with highlights followed by our videos of the press conference (coming soon!) below. And until then, you can check out a newly released photo from Paramount of Tintin below… Continue Reading
Monday, July 11, 2011 12:28PM - By Damon Houx
It’s still a bit shocking that there isn’t a steady drumbeat of geek excitement for a project that unites Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Edgar Wright together, but such is the case with The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Perhaps it’s a general disappointment with non-James Cameron motion capture. Regardless, there’s a new trailer for Tintin, which stars Jamie Bell as the titular Tintin, and Daniel Craig as Red Haddock. Take a look…
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Friday, April 8, 2011 1:05PM - By Damon Houx
As the world awaits the first footage from the Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson-produced, Spielberg-directed, and Edgar Wright, Steven Moffat and Joe Cornish-written The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, news has broken what the sequel’s basis and writer will be. The writer is Anthony Horowitz, and the book he’s adapting is “Prisoners of the Sun” according to Bleeding Cool.
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