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Casting Call: Val Kilmer and Radha Mitchell Join D.J. Caruso’s THE GOATS; Toby Kebbell Heads to THE EAST

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: October 3rd, 2011 at 3:57 pm

We’ve got a couple of casting stories for you this afternoon. First up, Val Kilmer, Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) and Kate Maberly (Finding Neverland) have joined the cast of D.J. Caruso’s indie The Goats. Based on the young adult novel by Brock Cole, the story centers on two kids who are stranded on Goat Island following a summer camp prank. Rather than return to camp, the duo set out on their own adventure and run away. Chandler Canterbury (Knowing) and Annalise Basso (Bedtime Stories) are set as the two young leads. Variety reports that Kilmer and Mitchell will play parents, with Maberly taking on the role of a camp counselor. Production on Caruso’s passion project began today in Georgia. Hit the jump for the casting news of Toby Kebbel in Zal Batmanglij’s The East, and a synopsis of The Goats.

TIFF 2011: TWIXT Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 15th, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt wants to take pot shots at every kind of horror story by working under the guise of being a bad horror movie.  Coppola mocks Edgar Allan Poe, Steven King, vampire stories, and 3D but his criticism is rarely playful.  Twixt wants to keep things silly and fun in the “real” half of the story but then wants act superior when it comes to the ethereal aspects of its tale.  The result is a film that’s always campy, somewhat lazy, and more than a little tiresome.

Promo Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 2nd, 2011 at 11:29 am

We’ve raved about the Twixt presentation we saw at Comic-Con and a similar version of the promo trailer we saw has gone online.  During the presentation, the promo trailer was reedited multiple times with different music, and this is yet a new cut, but it still conveys the gist of what we saw.  You can see that the movie looks all over the place but all those places look interesting and it’s one of the many reasons why Twixt has me intrigued.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The film stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, and Ben Chaplin.  Twixt will play at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

New Images and Set Photos from Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 1st, 2011 at 9:23 am

Every time I write about Twixt, I’m probably going to rave about the film’s presentation at Comic-Con.  I would sit through five Total Recall presentations just to get something as interesting and as fun as Twixt.  I have no idea if the movie will be any good or not or even what the movie will be.  Due to the way it will be “performed”, the version you see of Twixt (which will be partially in 3D) may be different than the version someone else sees.  It’s a fascinating experiment but it also looks like it could be damn entertaining.  If I make it up to Toronto for this year’s film festival, there are plenty of films I want to see and Twixt is near the top of the list.

New images from the film have gone online along with a few new set photos.  Hit the jump to check them out.  Twixt stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin, and Elle Fanning.

Four Bloody Promo Posters for Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT

by Jason Barr    Posted: July 27th, 2011 at 6:47 pm

If you were around these parts during Comic-Con, you may have already read about writer/director Francis Ford Coppola’s highly engaging Hall H panel for his new film Twixt. While I was off doing interviews somewhere with someone, the five-time Oscar winner was entertaining audience members with a live-cut of the film with the help of his iPad and musician Dan Deacon. It was also then that he revealed his plan to tour with the pic and essentially DJ the film via on-the-spot editing to be determined by audience reaction. Take that, 3D…

With all of this experimentation in mind, four promotional posters for Twixt have now landed online and can be viewed in all of their bloody glory after the jump. Starring Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Bruce Dern, and Ben Chaplin, the film will tell the story (in one way or another) of a declining writer (Kilmer) who becomes caught up in a small town murder mystery while on his book tour. The film will premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival which runs from September 8th – 18th.

First Images From Derick Martini HICK, the Duplass Brothers JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME, Coppola’s TWIXT and First Clip/Images From Friedkin’s KILLER JOE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 26th, 2011 at 11:48 am

If you’re a movie fan, today is a great day.  That’s because thanks to the Toronto International Film festival announcing some of their 2011 schedule, we’ve been inundated with a tremendous amount of new movie images for some of the biggest films arriving later this year.  And continuing our coverage, after the jump you can check out the first images from Derick Martini’s Hick (which stars Blake Lively, Chloe Moretz, Alec Baldwin, Juliette Lewis, Eddie Redmayne and Rory Culkin), Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass Jeff, Who Lives at Home (which stars Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon) Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt (starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning and Ben Chaplin) and the first clip and images from Killer Joe (which stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon).

Val Kilmer, Ray Liotta, and Gina Gershon to Star in BREATHLESS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 25th, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Val Kilmer, Ray Liotta, Gina Gershon, and Kelli Giddish (Chase) are set to star in Jesse Baget’s Breathless.  Before you freak out and think that they’re remake Jean-Luc Godard’s classic film, Baget’s movie is a thriller about a woman (Gershon), “who is fed up with her husband’s criminal acts and plans with her best friend to do something about him. Kilmer would play the husband and Liotta would play a local sheriff brought into the mix.”  Variety reports that Baget co-wrote the script with Stefania Moscato.

Kilmer continues to be one of Hollywood’s undervalued actors.  When I was at the amazing Twixt panel at Comic-Con, I could see an entire film of him just riffing out an opening sentence to a wannabe-Stephen King novel.  Liotta’s also great and even though he does direct-to-DVD stuff like Street Kings 2, he can still deliver the goods like he did in the Sundance flick The Details.  Liotta will be seen later this year in the David Wain comedy Wanderlust and next year in the Brad Pitt crime drama Cogan’s Trade.

Comic-Con 2011: TWIXT Panel Recap; Francis Ford Coppola Shows Off 3D Promo Reel and How He’ll Tour With the Film

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 23rd, 2011 at 1:10 pm

When most people think of Comic-Con, big-budget comic-book movies and flashy genre pictures come to mind. However, this year’s Comic-Con has already been host to two Academy Award-winning directors—Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson for The Adventures of Tintin—and today Hall H was host to one more: Francis Ford Coppola. The Godfather director was front and center for his latest film as a writer/director, the Gothic horror film Twixt. The cast includes Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, and Elle Fanning, and centers on a a hack horror novelist who has ghostly visions that lead him to investigate a young girl’s murder.

Coppola presented the film today alongside musician Dan Deacon and star Val Kilmer, and what followed was one of the most bizarre, surreal, and wildly entertaining things I’ve seen. Coppola revealed his plan to tour with the film, literally performing like a conductor by editing and changing the movie based on the audience reaction throughout the duration of the film. We were given a demonstration, and it was a bit insane. Hit the jump for my full recap of the Twixt panel.

Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames, Luke Goss, and Rebecca Da Costa Join Timebending Thriller SEVEN BELOW

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 5th, 2011 at 8:05 pm

EFish Entertainment has contracted Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames, Luke Goss, and Rebecca Da Costa to star in the independent thriller Seven Below.  Speaking as a sucker for any movie that bends time and space, the logline provided by Variety sounds pretty cool:

“Story centers on a group of strangers brought together when a terrible storm leaves them stranded in a house in the woods where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior. The group seems trapped in a ghostly time warp, and history is repeating itself.”

Kevin Carraway will direct from a script he co-wrote with Lawrence Smith; Warren Ostergard, Brianna, Lee Johnson, and Eric Mark Fisher (“EFish” himself) are producing.  Production was initially scheduled earlier this year in New Mexico before a change in the state tax credits lured EFish to Cincinnati.  The new start date is next month.

Francis Ford Coppola Returns to Comic-Con to Promote His New Film TWIXT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 30th, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Francis Ford Coppola hasn’t been to the San Diego Comic-Con since 1991 when he was promoting his adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  However, this year he’ll be making his return to the festival to promote his upcoming film Twixt.  While we can argue over the quality of Coppola’s output over the last couple of decades, the fact of the matter is that a legend of American cinema will be on the stage of Hall H and I find that prospect as exciting as Amazing Spider-Man footage if not moreso.

Coppola describes Twixt as “one part Gothic romance, one part personal film, and one part the kind of horror film that began my career.”  The film stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, and Ben Chaplin.  Hit the jump for the full press release.  The Twixt panel will be on Saturday, July 23rd.

KILL THE IRISHMAN Blu-ray Review

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: June 27th, 2011 at 1:43 pm

In the 1970s, the city of Cleveland played host to a turf war between the Italian mafia and an Irish crime syndicate headed by Danny Greene. In Kill the Irishman, Ray Stevenson (Punisher: War Zone) plays the titular Celtic warrior in a biopic based on true events. Writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh (The Punisher) allows Stevenson to tread ambiguous moral ground in his portrayal of Greene, but the movie tends to lean towards establishing Greene as a folk hero instead of a murderous criminal. Hit the jump for my review.

Val Kilmer to Star in THE FIRST RIDE OF WYATT EARP

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 17th, 2011 at 7:19 am

Almost twenty years ago, Val Kilmer played one of the most famous gunfighters of all time by saddling up as Doc Holliday in 1993′s Tombstone.  Now Variety reports that he’s returning to the Western genre to play another legendary lawman in The First Ride of Wyatt Earp. The film is based on a true story and centers on “an elderly Earp sitting down with a reporter to reflect on the ride that made him a legend, when the young marshal rounded up a posse to track down the outlaw who mistakenly murdered the woman he loved.”

While Kilmer is the goods, the same can’t be said of his young and unknown supporting cast, which includes Daniel Booko (Glory Daze), American Idol contestant Diana DeGarmo, Matt Dallas (Kyle XY), and Wilson Bethel.  Producers Barry Barnholtz and Jeffrey Schenck reportedly see the project as a “Young Guns for the next generation.”   You know, because Young Guns is such a classic.  Hit the jump for my thoughts on Kilmer’s recent movie choices.

REAL GENIUS Co-Stars Val Kilmer and Jon Gries Re-Team for DEEP IN THE HEART

by Jason Barr    Posted: January 31st, 2011 at 6:18 pm

More than twenty-five years after their comedy Real Genius hit theaters, co-stars Val Kilmer and Jon Gries are once again pairing in the independent redemption-story Deep in the Heart.  Directed by Christopher Cain (Young Guns), Deep in the Heart tells the true story of Richard Wallrath (Gries), an alcoholic who bounces back from rock bottom to build a multi-million dollar business and become engaged in numerous philanthropic efforts.  Per THR, Kilmer’s turn in the film is as “The Bearded Man” (see beard above), a “Christ-like figure” who “resides in Wallrath’s mind to help him on his path to recovery.”

Deep in the Heart is being co-produced by Scott Duthie who has now paired with Cain on three consecutive projects.  Though it currently lacks a distributor, the project is currently filming in Texas.  As for Kilmer and Gries, the former can be seen on March 11 in the mob film Kill the Irishman.  The latter is no stranger to independent film having made a memorable turn as “Uncle Rico” in 2004′s cult-hit Napoleon Dynamite.

Trailer and Poster for KILL THE IRISHMAN Starring Ray Stevenson

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 9th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Anchor Bay has released a trailer and poster for their new crime thriller Kill the Irishman.  The film centers on real-life Irish mobster Danny Greene (played by Ray Stevenson) who decided to stop being a loan shark for the Italian mob and go into business for himself.  Not surprisingly, the mafia didn’t take too kindly to that career change and they tried to blow him up.  A lot.  There are about 14 explosions over the course of this two-and-a-half minute trailer.  However, the film does look like a nice showcase for Stevenson and Stevenson’s mustache.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and poster.  Kill the Irishman also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken.  It opens March 11, 2011.

Francis Ford Coppola Is Filming TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE with Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, and Bruce Dern

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: October 25th, 2010 at 6:57 pm

This pairing may have excited the masses more in, say, 1986.  But present day me is hooked.  Francis Ford Coppola has quietly started shooting his next film, Twixt Now and Sunrise, with Val Kilmer at the lead.  Elle Fanning (Somewhere) and Bruce Dern (Big Love) co-star.  According to Deadline, Sunrise is “a thriller with horror overtones” based on a short story by Coppoola.  Kilmer plays a horror novelist in the Napa-based production.

As the news of a Top Gun sequel permeates the internet, the focus has been on a possible Tom Cruise return.  But surely once that’s settled, Kilmer is next in line for rumorous scrutiny.  Glad to see him shoring up his resume with a director as fine as Coppola.  Whether or not his best days are behind him, Coppola seems rejuvenated by his decade away from the director’s chair following 1997′s The Rainmaker.  I’m sure we can expect Twixt sometime in 2011, which makes an indie film every two years after Coppola’s Youth Without Youth (2007) and Tetro (2009).  I’m excited to hear more details on this one, and I hope by the time we report on it again there is a less atrocious title attached.

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