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'Avatar' Webcast to Air Live on MTV.com

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 30th 2009 4:30PM
Filed under: Movie News
MTV sets live 'Avatar' webcastGet ready to get your 'Avatar' on with an epic 3-D sci-fi summit on MTV.com.

On Thursday, MTV will air a live 30-minute Webcast with 'Avatar' director James Cameron, stars Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington, and producer Jon Landau, Variety reports. There will be a social networking element to the round table (which is being moderated by MTV News managing editor Josh Horowitz), as questions can also be submitted in advance through Avatar's Facebook page. And, as an added bonus to footage-starved fanboys, the Webcast will feature never-before-seen video from the film. Read
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'Zombieland' Director Dying to Make Sequel

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 24th 2009 1:30PM
Filed under: Movie News
Didn't quite get your fill of the flesh-eating through 'Zombieland's' brisk 88-minute run time? Good news: Director Ruben Fleischer confirms that the folks at Sony, the film's distributor, are interested in a sequel.

The newcomer to feature films told Moviehole that the second iteration of the zom-com would likely be in 3D.

"The genre really lends itself to (3D)", said Fleischer. The principals of the original cast -- Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone -- are reportedly interested in another go around with the undead as well. Read
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'The Howling' Gets a Reboot: Are Werewolves the New Vampires?

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 23rd 2009 2:30PM
Filed under: Movie News, The Twilight Saga
Taylor Lautner in 'New Moon'That significant '80s cultural artifact 'The Howling' is coming back just in time for Halloween 2010.

According to Variety, Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh of Moonstone Entertainment are prepping a reboot of the popular franchise aptly titled 'The Howling: Reborn.' Joe Nimziki, who penned the script, will make his directorial debut on the werewolf-themed relaunch. The first iteration of 'The Howling' was a gritty and somewhat tongue-in-cheek 1981 horror film directed by Joe Dante from a script by John Sayles. The franchise ultimately produced six sequels before sputtering out with the regrettable 'Howling VI: The Freaks' in 1991. The plot of 'The Howling: Reborn' is under wraps.

With a spate of werewolf-laden flicks currently in the pipeline, we have to wonder: Are werewolves the new vampires? Read
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McG, Disney Abandon Ship On '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:30PM
Filed under: Movie News
It looks as though Disney's big-budget epic 'Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' has been scuttled before it even set sail. Variety has confirmed that Disney has placed the film on hold indefinitely.

The February production date had been fast tracked by then-Disney studio chief Dick Cook back in January. New Disney chief Rich Ross, however, is in the process of restructuring the movie studio. Instead, the the fourth installment of Disney's tried-and-true hit 'Pirates of the Carribbean' will be the studio's "next big water-based shoot." Read
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Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce Among Six Joining 'The King's Speech'

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 16th 2009 12:15PM
Filed under: Movie News
Who is in the mood for a big, fat British period drama?

A slew of British film royalty are joining the cast of Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech,' according to the UK's The Guardian. The Tom Hooper-directed film chronicles the early life of Queen Elizabeth II's father King George VI, who was afflicted with a stutter.

Helena Bonham Carter, Australian Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall and revered stage performer Michael Gambon will join Colin Firth in the period drama currently in production in the UK. Firth plays the lead, the shy second son of George V, known universally as "Bertie." George V, who was King during the Second World War, was thrust onto the world stage after his brother Edward VIII (who will be played by Pearce) abdicates the throne to marry American divorcee and socialite Wallis Simpson. Read
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'National Treasure''s Jon Turteltaub Goes Greenpeace

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 13th 2009 2:13PM
Filed under: Movie News
Are moviegoers willing to watch Greenpeace the movie?

National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub is on board to produce a film on the origin of the Greenpeace. Aurelius Films is handling the financing. The project will be produced by Jerry and Janet Zucker of Zucker Productions. Janet and Jerry, no slouches to activism themselves, started Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, which passed in 2004. Read
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The Week In Film Industry Tweets

By Ron Mwangaguhunga (Subscribe to Ron Mwangaguhunga's posts), Posted Nov 12th 2009 5:45PM
Filed under: Features, Behind the Scenes

Here are some of the more interesting Tweets by film industry insiders this week.

Otherworldly film director David Lynch -- bless his eccentric soul -- Tweeted on Nov. 6: "Some try to make use of the supernatural power of creation by contacting the spirit world through a medium or invoking spirits." Lynch added: "There may be spirits who are more powerful than man, but invoking them or behaving as a medium for them is not a practice to be encouraged."

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