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Weekend Box Office Wrap Up: April 29, 2012

Niall Browne — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:32:15 +0000

Last weekend’s champion Think Like A Man retained its grip at the top of the box office, grossing $18 million. The comedy raised it’s cume to an impressive $60.6 million, after it fought off competition from four new wide releases.

Pirates! Band of Misfits made off with $11.4 million worth of loot from audiences. The Hugh Grant voiced animation has already scored over $55 million from the high seas abroad. The launch is a bit below Arthur Christmas’ $12 million debut. That film went on to gross $46 million, although Pirates! should do a little less.

Zac Efron’s romance The Lucky One upped its total gross to a solid $39.9 million, after banking an additional $11.3 million. It’s a good number, but it won’t hit the heights of fellow ...

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‘The Raven’ Review

Ben Kendrick — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:27 +0000

Screen Rant’s Ben Kendrick reviews The Raven

The titling of director James McTeigue’s Edgar Allan Poe thriller, The Raven, has no doubt confused plenty of would-be moviegoers ever since the film was first announced back in 2009. Instead of a retelling of Poe’s most famous poem, The Raven is actually a fictionalized narrative centered around the final days of the writer’s life – recasting Poe as a reluctant but brave hero that, along with a determined Baltimore detective, attempts to solve a string of grisly murders.

The re-imagined historical figures genre has become a new testing ground for Hollywood, most notably with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on the horizon (FYI: Edgar Allan Poe makes a guest appearance in the novel), where writers can take household names – and put a ...

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9 Movies We’re Looking Forward To: April 2012

John Hanlon — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:44:51 +0000

It’s hard to argue that March 2012 belonged to any movie other than The Hunger Games. March had its share of disappointments and successes but The Hunger Games really won the month, both critically and commercially. Breaking box office records, it could be one of the biggest movies of the year. April 2012 looks a little different: There are fewer blockbusters coming out – unless you count a 3D version of Titanic – but more smaller films that could surprise audiences and critics alike.

As we did in March, we’ve compiled a list of the biggest movies we’re looking forward to this month. There weren’t 10 movies that really stood out to us so we cut it down to “9 Movies We’re Looking Forward ...

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‘Project X’ Red Band TV Trailer & ‘The Raven’ TV Spot

Sandy Schaefer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:15:12 +0000

Moviegoers in the mood for some strikingly different yet undeniably “adults only” pieces of entertainment might want to keep two upcoming titles on their radar: Project X, a faux documentary flick produced by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and The Raven, a Gothic period thriller directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin).

Today we have a new red band TV trailer for Project X which teases the film’s no-holds-barred mix of teen sex jokes and drug-fueled debauchery, along with an all-audiences-approved TV spot for The Raven which only hints at the gory violence and disturbingly gruesome acts committed by the movie’s mysterious villain.

Project X revolves around Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown), a trio of high school seniors who throw a birthday party as an excuse ...

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‘The Raven’ International Trailer Is Shorter, Still Grisly & Gothic

Sandy Schaefer — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:52:42 +0000

James McTeigue spent over a decade working as an assistant director on Hollywood productions, including stylized sci-fi works such as Dark City and the Matrix trilogy. The latter proved to be all the more a blessing for McTeigue, seeing how his working relationship with the Wachowski siblings helped him land the job of directing the popular V for Vendetta comic book adaptation.

McTeigue has not fared so well since there, having served (uncredited) as a co-director of the little-seen The Invasion and helmed the underwhelming Ninja Assassin. Hopefully, things will work out better with his new project: the historical (fiction) murder-mystery, The Raven.

John Cusack headlines The Raven as famed author Edgar Allan Poe, who is often credited as the inventor of the detective fiction genre. In McTeigue’s film, the man gets caught up ...

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Video Interviews: John Cusack and Alice Eve Talk ‘The Raven’

Roth Cornet — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:30:38 +0000

This past Friday marked the 162nd anniversary of the cryptic death of the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. It also marked the release of the latest trailer for The Raven, the thriller that imagines a world in which a brutal serial killer draws from a series of Poe’s stories to create a template for murder. (Be sure to have a look at The Raven trailer before continuing).

John Cusack stars as Poe against Luke Evans as a Baltimore detective who enlists the notorious author’s help on the hunt for the ruthless killer. Alice Eve plays the author’s beloved and beautiful damsel in distress; a woman caught in the clutches of a cat and mouse game between Poe and the man who would use the darkness of the author’s imagination to ...

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‘The Raven’ Trailer: John Cusack Stars In ‘Gothic Sherlock Holmes’

Sandy Schaefer — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:07:48 +0000

Today (October 7th) marks the “death day” of famed 19th century author Edgar Allan Poe. So what better way to celebrate the life of the man often credited for inventing the detective fiction genre – and penning famous (creepy) short stories like “The Pit and the Pendulum” – than by watching the trailer for the Poe-based thriller, The Raven?

An official trailer has been released for The Raven, a film which is not based on Poe’s iconic poem of the same name. Instead, it’s a Gothic mystery-thriller that sees the American author join forces with the police (Castle-style), in order to track down and stop a serial killer who’s clearly read one too many Poe stories.

The Raven was directed by James McTeigue, the helmer of action-packed titles like the V for Vendetta movie ...

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Comic-Con 2011: Relativity Media ‘Raven’ & ‘Haywire’ Panel

Ben Kendrick — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:31 +0000

Relativity Media, the distributor that brought moviegoers a slew of titles including Battle: Los Angeles and The Immortals is set to unveil two high-profile properties at Comic Con 2011: The Raven, starring John Cusask, and Haywire, featuring mixed martial artist, Gina Carano.

While not traditional Comic Con geek-bait, Relativity’s panel should offer-up some interesting details – not to mention footage from two of this year’s more intriguing premises.

In case you’re unfamiliar, The Raven follows Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack) as he teams-up with a Boston detective to help solve a string of murders that appear to draw inspiration from the writer’s body of work. The film was directed by James McTeigue (Ninja Assassin).

In addition, Relativity will also be featuring Haywire, directed by Stephen Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven) - a thriller chocked ...

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Movie Image Roundup: ‘Green Lantern’, ‘Three Musketeers’, ‘Cars 2′ and More [Updated]

Paul Young — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:51:47 +0000

[UPDATE: Check out some new hi-res Pirates of the Caribbean 4 images!]

There are over 150 movies releasing in theaters this year and you can get a detailed look at each month’s releases in our Massive 2011 Movie Preview. As the year progresses, we can expect PR departments from various studios to begin ramping up the marketing pushes on all of these films.

One way they build excitement for a film is by releasing still images, which usually consist of behind-the-scenes material, freeze frames from the movie (out of context of course) or occasionally a “cell phone reporter” will snap a picture or two while a film is shooting. Sometimes a studio will just take a Hi-Res still from the latest trailer and call it “new.”

Today we have 26 different images from 11 different films ...

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First Photos of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in ‘The Raven’

Rob Frappier — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:24:52 +0000

In August, we reported that John Cusack had been cast as famed poet and author Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue’s upcoming film The Raven. According to McTeigue, the movie will be a cross between the suspense movie Se7en and Poe’s famous poem “The Raven” and will be a fictionalized account of Poe’s dying days.

The psychological thriller will follow Poe and a detective (played by Luke Evans) as they track down a serial killer inspired by the author’s work. The movie also stars Alice Eve as Poe’s kidnapped fiancee.

This week, Huffington Post snagged a first look photo of John Cusack in costume as Edgar Allan Poe. The black and white image shows Cusack holding a raven on his right arm and looking stern. He doesn’t ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 17, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:17:47 +0000

This week:

Jackass 3D hits the top spot at the box office while Bruce Willis sees Red; J.J. Abrams is Infinitely Polar Bear; Samuel L. Jackson heads Holmes with Hawkshaw; Joe Carnahan tackles Umbra; Catherine Hardwicke moves from Edward & Bella to Romeo & Juliet; Noomi Rapace sets sail on The Last Voyage of The Demeter; Luke Evans and Alice Eve join John Cusack in The Raven and there’s lots more.

After several weeks of serious adult-skewed films holding the top spot at the box office, it looked like audiences wanted to let loose and relax by watching grown men getting hit in the crotch with the full 3D experience. This thirst for pain is the reason that the number one position was filled by Jackass 3D (read our review here). The $20 million budgeted comedy brought in a stellar $49.5 million, easily capturing the number one spot.

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John Cusack Is Edgar Allan Poe In ‘The Raven’

Niall Browne — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:30:39 +0000

It has taken a while, but director has James McTeigue has finally found a star for his Edgar Allan Poe mystery thriller The Raven. Actor John Cusack announced via his Twitter feed that he would be taking the lead role in the tale which tells a fictional account of the writer’s final five days.

Over the last several months Jeremy Renner and Ewan McGregor were attached to the project, but Cusack wrote a proclamation saying:

“officiali- will play edgar allen poe in fall-a-film called the raven, send any poe- gold – my way as i begin this journey into the abyss” *

*The spelling and punctuation belong solely to Mr Cusack.

The Raven (which is pitched as Poe meets Se7en) will follow Poe and a young detective as they try to track down a killer ...

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‘Dragon Tattoo’ Star Noomi Rapace Circling ‘M:I4′ & ‘Sherlock Holmes 2′

Niall Browne — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:40:42 +0000

Question: What happens when you star in a bankable and critically-lauded foreign film that has spawned two sequels and an English-language remake?

Answer: You answer your phone and discover that Hollywood can’t wait to cast you in some of its biggest upcoming films.

Such is the case for Noomi Rapace, the star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (which is currently being remade by David Fincher). The Swedish actress has been in Hollywood recently, taking meetings on films such as Mission: Impossible 4, Sherlock Holmes 2 and James McTeigue’s The Raven. To cap it all off, it also seems that Music Box Films (the company behind Tattoo and its sequels) is gearing up a campaign to score Rapace an Oscar nomination.

While the roles in M:I4 and Sherlock Holmes 2 remain something of a mystery, ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: July 25, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:35:30 +0000

This week:

Angelina Jolie’s Salt can’t beat Inception; Adam McKay goes from The Other Guys to The Boys; Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in a Rush; a pair of Schmucks take a Cruise of the Gods; Wahlberg has a lot Happening with The Raven, Five Bothers and The Brazilian Job; Steven Seagal delivers some Justice; and we see Brad Pitt play Moneyball.

Box Office

Christopher Nolan’s Inception remained the box office champion over the weekend. The Dark Knight director’s latest film should steal another $44 million worth of moviegoers’ cash by the time Monday morning rolls around.

That would give the Leonardo DiCaprio led film an impressive $144 million by the end of its second weekend. Even more impressive is the fact the film is entirely original – not based on an existing property or showcasing unnecessary 3D. Lets just hope that Warner Bros has already made their ...

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Jeremy Renner in Talks for ‘Battleship’, ‘Raven’ & Mystery Project

Paul Young — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:43:44 +0000

Jeremy Renner is quickly becoming the toast of the Hollywood scene thanks to his latest movie The Hurt Locker. Although he didn’t win the Best Actor Award at last night’s BAFTAs, The Hurt Locker did win quite a few awards, and Renner’s role as SSG William James, the adrenaline junkie that diffuses bombs in Iraq, has propelled him to the top of everyone’s short list.

Last December, Renner’s name was floating the movie news world as a possible candidate to play Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers movie – a rumor that Renner was quick to shoot down. So while he may or may not be in a Marvel film of some sort, one thing is for sure – Renner has his pick of projects. According to a Reuters article over at the New York Times, Renner ...

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James McTeigue Talks ‘The Raven’ & Other Projects

Rob Frappier — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:13:33 +0000

Since 2005′s V for Vendetta, director James McTeigue has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand directors. Besides recently completing filming on his amazing looking martial arts film Ninja Assassin, McTeigue has long been tied to rumors about the upcoming Superman reboot and was even in consideration for the Conan remake (before eventually losing out to Marcus Nispel). Recently, Peter Sciretta from /Film had the chance to sit down with McTeigue to talk about some of his future projects.

According to /Film’s interview, McTeigue’s next project will be The Raven, a suspense tale based partly on Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem of the same name. Described by McTeigue as “The Raven crossed with Se7en,” the film is a fictionalized account of Edgar Allan Poe’s last days alive. Apparently, we’ll get to see ...

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