This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: April 27, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Touchstone, Universal, Biopics, Horror, Period, Romance, Satire, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- Armageddon: Blu-ray
- Cold Turkey: DVD
- The Descent: Part 2: DVD
- Disgrace: DVD, Blu-ray
- Dune: Blu-ray
- Elizabeth: Blu-ray
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Blu-ray
- Five Minutes of Heaven: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Gallant Hours: DVD
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: DVD, Blu-ray
- It’s Complicated: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Jackal: DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Out of Africa (25th Anniversary): DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Ride with the Devil: DVD, Blu-ray
- Tombstone: Blu-ray
- Traffic: DVD/Blu-ray combo
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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In Theaters This Holiday Week: December 23, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, IFC Films, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Music, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Lists, New Releases,
Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG): starring Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, Justin Long (directed by Betty Thomas) **opens on Wednesday**
- It’s Complicated (R): starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin (directed by Nancy Meyers)
- Sherlock Holmes (PG-13): starring Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams (directed by Guy Ritchie)
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First Look: Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Trailer
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Adventure, Casting, Celeb News, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
Is it possible that a trailer can make you feel giddy yet sad all at the same time?
In this trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, we get to see Heath Ledger on the big screen for the final time. Although the project was put in limbo after the Oscar winner’s January 2008 death, the generosity of three fellow actors helped save the film.
Instead of scrapping the movie altogether, director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) recruited Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell for the adventure. The three men not only donated their time, they donated their fees to Matilda Ledger, Heath’s daughter.
Parnassus - also starring Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer and Lily Cole - opens on Oct. 16.
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Preview Heath Ledger’s Final Work in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adventure, Independent, Videos,
The Dark Knight might be the thing we most remember Heath Ledger by, but it wasn’t the Oscar winner’s last film. In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Heath plays a member of a theater troupe that has made a series of pacts with the devil. Their deals allow audience members to explore their imaginations through a magical mirror.
Although it’s not known whether Parnassus will ever be distributed stateside, the movie - which Ledger was filming when he died - is being shown at Cannes this week. Johnny Depp, one of Heath’s three fill-ins, is expected to be at the screening this Friday.
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Ledger’s Last Flick: Will We See It?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Independent, Casting, Upcoming Releases,
Though he died at a relatively young age, Heath Ledger left behind an impressive body of work for fans to enjoy. This Oscar-winning actor has been highly celebrated for his award-winning role in The Dark Knight, a film widely believed to be his last. It is not.
At the time of his death, Ledger was in the midst of filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The indie flick details the life of a traveling magician. In order to complete the film, actors Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp finished scenes which would have featured Ledger.
The movie has now been completed for six months, but there are currently no deals in the works to bring the flick to the US market. Though major distributors stepped forward months ago, these deals reportedly fell apart and currently there’s nothing in the till. Does this mean we’ll never see Ledger’s last movie?
Don’t count on it. Sooner or later, someone will pick up the movie and bring it to US audiences.
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Colin Farrell Comments on Heath Ledger Role
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adventure, Casting, Obituaries, Upcoming Releases,
Just last week we told you about the interesting plan devised for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the movie Heath Ledger was working on when he died.
A trio of A-list actors - Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp - will be combining their efforts to fill the void left behind. Given the magical nature of the film, the substitutes would be able to appear as different versions of Ledger’s character.
In an interview with Australia’s Herald Sun, Farrell commented on his invitation and the unusual circumstances:
“It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much and to get into it really here but it’s an incredibly painful honour to have, you know, and an honour I wish wasn’t bestowed but an honour nonetheless.
It’s about getting Heath’s work out there, get his work out there, he’s too good for any of his work not to be seen, you know, and I’m really keen and looking forward to doing it and just doing the best job I can do.”
Farrell’s recent project, In Bruges, is still currently in theaters.
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Will Depp, Farrell and Law Fill in for Ledger?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adventure, Independent, Casting, Obituaries, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
A few weeks ago, we said there was a chance Heath Ledger’s last project might still go forward. Director Terry Gilliam - who also worked with Ledger on 2005’s The Brothers Grimm - was doing his best to rework the uncompleted film.
Now a new report claims that Heath (and Terry) may be getting a little help from a group of friends. According to Ain’t It Cool News, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp will all be helping to fill the gaps in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Parnassus revolves around a theater troupe and their magical mirror. Audiences members are magically taken through the mirror to have their imaginations explored.
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Heath Ledger’s Last Project May Continue
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adventure, Independent, Filmmaking, Obituaries, Upcoming Releases,
Heath Ledger’s death left many questions unanswered. Although we may know the answer to one of those in just a matter of days, other matters - like the status of his last film project - are still up in the air. While the execs behind The Dark Knight work furiously to redesign their marketing campaign - how can they create hype about a movie that’s largely about the The Joker? - the creators behind The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus are simply trying to keep their movie alive.
Production on Parnasssus - a film about a traveling theater troupe and its magical mirror - had been shut down since news broke last week. (Ledger had been working on that film just days prior to his death.) Even though the $30 million pic may have to be scrapped altogether, co-star Christopher Plummer says there is hope the movie will still carry on. According to Plummer, director Terry Gilliam is doing everything he can to work around Ledger’s absence. The actor told People that “because the film deals with magic, there is a way, perhaps, of turning Heath into other people and then, using stills and I think they call it CGI…”
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