All Articles by Jeffrey Van Camp

Star Trek Beams Back Into IMAX

Posted: September 1st, 2009 at 10:25 pm

Someone at Paramount must like me. I didn’t have time to see “Star Trek” on IMAX, when it came out May 8, but now I just might. The franchise reboot is getting another run on around 100 IMAX locations this Friday. The reason for the title coming back to the big big screen is pretty simple: it broke IMAX records in May, opening with $8.5 million domestically in its first weekend and continued strong. Unfortunately, it was shelved after only two weeks due to previous commitments with Fox to release “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” Most films get a four week theatrical run, and now that the summer season has cooled, “Star Trek” will pick up its remaining weeks. More excitement after the jump.

New Poster for THE INVENTION OF LYING Starring Ricky Gervais

Posted: August 31st, 2009 at 3:27 pm

The first time I saw Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office (BBC), I thought he was a jackass. When I found out he also co-wrote and directed the series, I knew he was a genius (no lie). Lately, he’s been exploring the big screen. “The Invention of Lying” is his latest leading role, and he’s back to writing and directing as well. Gervais plays Mark, who lives in a world where there is no such thing as a lie…until he invents it and uses it to his advantage. A new poster and the theatrical trailer after the jump.

Steven Spielberg to Possibly Direct Michael Crichton’s PIRATES LATITUDE

Posted: August 26th, 2009 at 11:32 pm

Steven Spielberg has always wanted to make a pirate movie, and he’s looking to Michael Crichton, now deceased, to help him. The film is based on Crichton’s upcoming novel, “Pirate Latitudes”, which will be posthumously released Nov. 24^th, is more grounded in reality than Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” series. Best of all, David Koepp, the writer who adapted Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World” for the big screen, is back to pen the new film. More about the movie after the jump:

28 Weeks Later Director to enter Rapture in BIOSHOCK

Posted: August 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 pm

Unlike “Halo”, it seems “Bioshock” may get its movie before the actual rapture. Universal is in talks with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct the big screen adaptation of the videogame franchise. With two sequels in development, “Bioshock” was hailed by many publications as 2007s Game of the Year with sales approaching 4 million units (a kingly sum in the game world) one of the biggest emerging videogame franchises of the last five years. Fresnadillo, a Spanish director best known for “28 Weeks Later” here in the states, will take over for Gore Verbinski, who is still a producer on the project. More about the troubled production after the jump.

Zach Galifianakis to Attend DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

Posted: August 21st, 2009 at 11:36 pm

My favorite bearded comedian, Zach Galifianakis, has joined Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and Lucy Punch in “Dinner for Schmucks.” According to Variety, he will play the assistant manager of a mattress store who is dating Carell’s ex-wife. Galifianakis’ starpower seems to rise by the day, as do his roles. More after the jump.

Go a Little Crazy for Love with the Trailer for YOUTH IN REVOLT Starring Michael Cera

Posted: August 21st, 2009 at 4:30 pm

I’m not sure what to make of this one. It’s obvious that Michael Cera needs to branch out if he’s going to keep a steady career going, and he’s certainly doing that with “Youth in Revolt.” Cera plays a 16-year-old who desperately wants his “dream girl,” Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), to notice him. As any sane person would do, he creates a bad-ass alter-ego for himself who can get the job done and secure the girl. Check out the trailer after the jump.

Six New AVATAR Photos Before Today’s Trailer Premiere

Posted: August 20th, 2009 at 1:15 am

And you thought you’d have to wait till 7am PST to see “Avatar.” Nope. 20th Century Fox has pre-empted their own “Avatar Day” super mega event to show us a few screens of the new movie. We’ve got six new screens with the likes of Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, and that mean chick from “Lost.” You should check them out after the jump. I’m serious.

Patton Oswalt and James Marsters Join BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Spin-Off, CAPRICA

Posted: August 19th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

Ronald Moore and Joss Whedon seem to be trading actors lately. First Tahmoh Penikett, who played Helo on “Battlestar Galactica,” joined the cast of “Dollhouse” last year. Now James Marsters, best known as Spike on Whedon’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” is joining Moore’s BSG prequel series, “Caprica.” That’s not all though. Patton Oswalt is joining the cast as well. Fun, right? More after the jump.

New SURROGATES Featurette

Posted: August 19th, 2009 at 12:32 am

IGN posted a short, but interesting, video feature on “Surrogates”, the upcoming sci-fi thriller where everyone sits at home and control robots who live their lives for them. Series creator Robert Venditti, director Jonathan Mostow, and the Die Hard man himself, Bruce Willis, all discuss the concept behind the film. For those who still have no idea what “Surrogates” is, check out the trailer here. The rest of you, check out the featurette after the jump.

First Photos of Ryan Reynolds in BURIED Unearthed

Posted: August 18th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

Ryan Reynolds isn’t content sticking to a genre these days. So far in 2009, we’ve seen him play a romantic comedy lead in “The Proposal,” a comic book villain in “Wolverine: Origins,” a 30-year-old maintenance man who hits on high schoolers in “Adventureland,” and Captain Excellent in “Paper Man.” Soon, we’ll see him as superhero Green Lantern. Now, in “Buried,” he’s playing a U.S. contractor who is knocked out by a group of Iraqis and wakes up to find himself buried alive in a coffin. With only a cell phone and a lighter, he fights to escape from the grave.

Check out the first image after the jump.

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