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Stadermann to Direct ‘Maya the Bee’ Movie
Flying Bark Productions’ managing director Jim Ballantine has announced the director, producer and line producer for the CG-animated feature, Maya the Bee. Alexs Stadermann has been confirmed as director, Barbara Stephen will be the movie’s producer and Alexia Gates-Foale will be the line producer of the stereoscopic project. The trio [...]
Zack Snyder Dev’ing Non-Trilogy ‘Star Wars’ Film
Oh those sneaky directors… Despite telling the LA Times last fall that he had no interest in directing the just-then announced Star Wars Episode VII (revealed concurrently with Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm), Zack Snyder—director of comic-book adaptations Man of Steel and 300—has apparently let it leak to the entertainment watchdogs [...]
Animated ‘Dark Knight’ Movie Gets Voice Cast
Warner Bros. Animation has announced the voice cast for its upcoming animated DVD movie based on the 1986 Frank Miller comicbook adventure The Dark Knight Returns. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Weller (Robocop) has nabbed the plum part of Batman/Bruce Wayne and Ariel Winter (Modern Family) will voice Robin. [...]
Warner Bros. Reveals New Superman Photo
Another day, another new picture from a comic-book movie! Today, Warner Bros. released the first photo of Henry Cavill as Superman in the studio’s upcoming Man of Steel feature In the photo, Cavill (Showtimes’s The Tudors) is donning the famous Superman cape and seems to be fighting sparking flames. Director [...]
‘Hop’ Leaps to $38 Million Domestic Opening
Hop put some bounce in the box office, handily winning an otherwise weak weekend for movies. The second film from the Universal-affliliated Illumination Entertainment grossed an estimated $38 million, easily exceeding expectations for an opening in the mid-20s. Hop — a hybrid film featuring both live-action and CG-animated characters — [...]
‘Wimpy Kid’ Handily Outscores ‘Sucker Punch’ at B.O.
The Wimpy Kid sequel is tougher than it looks. The tough chicks of director Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch came in second place in the weekend box office race, earning $19 million in ticket sales. Leading the pack was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, a sequel based on a [...]
‘Sucker Punch’ Takes On ‘Wimpy Kid’ in B.O. Battle
Zack Snyder is back and he’s hoping his new visual-effects action pic Sucker Punch can knock out a new installment in the popular kid franchise Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Warner Bros.’ Sucker Punch debuts at about 3,000 cinemas and features visual effects from Quantum Creation FX, The Moving Picture Company, Prime Focus [...]
Brit Henry Cavill Set as Snyder’s Superman
Zack Snyder has found his Superman, casting English actor Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel for a new feature film due out by the end of 2012. The 27-year-old actor is best known for his role on the Showtime historical drama The Tudors, though he also has appeared in [...]
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