The coconut water drink company is among more than a dozen brands that have “Rio 2” promotion deals with 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios.
The Expendables film series, helmed by Sylvester Stallone and cast to the verge of exploding with his fellow action stars, has never been all that approachable to casual fans who don't feel "in on the joke."
But this new poster series teasing the summer sequel, third in the franchise, is surprisingly charming and does a good job highlighting a roster of stars so bizarrely diverse, you almost feel compelled to see what they're doing in the same movie.
Kelsey Grammer? Mel Gibson? Harrison Ford? It's like if Robert Altman had decided to make a movie about biceps, shotguns and motorcycles. I might just have to see this one … or at least wait five minutes after it leaves theaters for it to show up on Netflix.
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From the folks who brought you "Mandible," perhaps the most twisted film-festival promo in history, comes a sequel that's also messed up—if less visually gruesome.
RPA and Tool's new spot for the 15th anniversary of the Newport Beach Film Festival (taking place April 24 to May 1) tells the memorably off-kilter tale of a father who tells his daughter an extremely disturbing betime story.
The two-minute-plus clip takes place entirely in her bedroom, and David Theune excels in his role—with his animated, increasingly intense storytelling, rather than movie clips, carrying the day.
He begins predictably enough—"One upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived in a magical castle far far away"—but quickly changes gears. Weaving together plot points from indie classics Her, Memento and Pulp Fiction—and they mesh pretty seamlessly—his narrative peaks with an enthusiastic riff on the wood-chipper scene from Fargo. (The reason for his obsession is revealed in the final frames.)
The girl's out like a light. Probably fainted. Sweet dreams!
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In Hollywood’s sea of bravado, Kevin Tsujihara, the quiet new chief executive of Warner Bros., may seem miscast. But he is already making bold bets to keep the studio on top.
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The biblical epic directed by Darren Aronofsky raked in an estimated $44 million in domestic ticket sales over the weekend, including $6.2 million from giant Imax screens.
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Ruth Vitale, an independent film executive, was recently named executive director of CreativeFuture, a new force in the copyright wars.
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The domestic box office for 2013 was up a barely perceptible 1 percent, to $10.9 billion from $10.8 billion, while the worldwide take rose 4 percent, to $35.9 billion from $34.7 billion.
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A worker-friendly premiere for “Cesar Chavez,” the movie about the longtime agricultural labor leader, is set for Tuesday in California’s farm country.
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An accident involving a camera assistant who was killed by a train has spurred inquiries about safety on the set, particularly on independent films.
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Summit Entertainment’s film “Divergent” arrived to solid if not spectacular ticket sales at North American theaters, but it generated enough interest to introduce a major new series.
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Some whose day job is putting up buildings have also found their way into show business. And it’s a labor of love.
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A group is looking to make $40 million movies with big stars, as an alternative to the blockbusters now favored by Hollywood.
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The Los Angeles Film Festival plans to celebrate the city’s moviemaking culture, which has receded as studios increasingly make movies elsewhere.
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Writers based in the United States will team up with Chinese writers and filmmakers to develop stories and scripts that incorporate Chinese themes in Disney movies, the studio said.
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Kristen Bell stars in “Veronica Mars,” a film partly paid for with funds raised on the website Kickstarter.
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Focus sur cette vidéo de Jonathan Keogh intitulée « 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die » qui rend hommage au livre de Steven Jay Schneider. Un montage impressionnant, nécessitant une année de travail pour arriver à rassembler des filmes de tous les pays, de toutes les décennies et de tous les styles.
The Academy Awards finally handed cinema’s most prestigious prize to a movie by a black filmmaker, the British-born Steve McQueen, but the win had all the earmarks of a true squeaker.
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Check out this promo for Kevin Costner’s new movie, 3 Days to Kill, reimagined in a dream sequence to star Pro Bowl NFL wide receivers Dez Bryant, Michael Crabtree and Alshon Jeffery.
The somewhat silly setup has them imagining themselves as action stars in the movie, but the surprise is that they actually might have been amazing in it. I would watch a movie staring these dudes over 3 Days to Kill anyday.
The stunts were choreographed by Action Factory and led by Eric Linden to mimic actual football plays. In order to capture it all, agency Portal A mounted a Steadicam on a Segway, but even at full speed they couldn't keep up with the athletes, so they had to force them to slow down.
At the end of the spot, you can also glimpse SportsCenter's Stan Verrett, who interrupts their dream with a fatty, fatty pizza and sack of takeout that these guys probably never would allow themselves to eat.
In a charming aside, director Kai Hasson tells us that between takes the players amused themselves by playing Madden 2014 … as themselves.
CREDITS
Client: Relativity Sports
Agency: Portal A
Director: Kai Hasson
Executive Producers: Adam Alcabes, Nate Houghteling, Zach Blume
Director of Photography: Alex Jacobs
Senior Producer: Finley Wise
Producer: David Johnson
Stunt Coordinator: Eric Linden
First Assistant Director: Jeff Sabin-Matsumoto
Second Unit Director: Jonny Zeller
Editor: Sari Tracht
Assistant Editor: Jake Keller
Production Designer: Mike Mestes
Visual Effects: Cinesaurus
Photographer: Greg Balkin
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The Disney Movies Anywhere online service will link to consumers’ iTunes accounts and is intended to encourage digital movie sales, rather than rentals.
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Overtaken by new technology and shifting consumer habits, the telephone movie listing and ticket service will be disconnected, and a free Moviefone app will be revised.
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