Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sneak Peek "Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall"

Sneak Peek the cover to Marvel Comics' "Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall", the 32-page comic book sequel to the Toronto-lensed feature "Kick-Ass", from writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr., available October 6, 2010.

"...As everybody's favorite psychotic 11-year-old, 'Hit Girl', trains 'Kick-Ass' to be...well, a bad-ass, 'Red Mist' gathers a team of super-villains to take them down..."

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"The King's Speech" Rules @ TIFF

Director Tom Hooper's British/Australian feature "The King's Speech" won the 'fan fave' award @ TIFF 2010 September 19, starring actors Colin Firth as a stammering 'King George VI', Geoffrey Rush as his Australian speech therapist and Helena Bonham Carter as the 'Queen Mother'.

Quebec director Denis Villeneuve's French-language family drama, "Incendies," was named best Canadian film, winning a $30,000 prize, as well as a US pickup with Sony Pictures. "Incedies" is based on the 2003 play by Montreal playwright Wajdi Mouawad.

Canadian director Deborah Chow won $15,000 for 'the best first feature' with her bilingual drama "The High Cost of Living," starring Zach Braff as a drug dealer and Isabelle Blais as a pregnant Montrealer.

Other TIFF winners included Sturla Gunnarsson's "Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie", Vincent Biron's "Les Fleurs de l'age" and Jim Mickle's "Stake Land" (USA).

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Willis and Mirren Are Very Well "Red"

Sneak Peek DC comics newest Wildstorm issues, picturing actors Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren, supporting Summit Entertainment's upcoming release of the Toronto-lensed, comic book adaptation "Red".

The cast of the "Red"movie, also includes Mary-Louise Parker ("Weeds") , Morgan Freeman ("Unforgiven")", Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss ("The Goodbye Girl"), Ernest Borgnine ("The Wild Bunch"), Julian McMahon, James Remar ("The Warriors") and Rebecca Pidgeon.

"...Red is the story of 'Frank Moses' (Willis), a former black-ops CIA agent, who is now living a quiet life. That is, until the day a hi-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his identity compromised and the life of the woman he cares for, Sarah (Parker), endangered, Frank reassembles his old team (Freeman, Malkovich and Mirren) in a last ditch effort to survive..."

Directed by Robert Schwentke ("The Time Traveler's Wife") from a screenplay by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber ("Whiteout"), "Red" is produced by di Bonaventura Pictures' Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen").

Executive producers are Jake Myers ("Hollywoodland"") and Gregory Noveck ("Jonah Hex"). Di Bonaventura Pictures' production exec David Ready is co-producer.

"Red" reunites Schwentke with DP Florian Ballhaus ("Marley & Me") and Oscar-winning editor Thom Noble ("Thelma & Louise") .

"Red" is scheduled for release, October 15, 2010.

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“The Umbrella Academy” - The Final Season

Live-action TV series "The Umbrella Academy", based on the Dark Horse Comics title, streams final Season 4 August 8, 2024 on Netfl...