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After Sony’s recent Marvel misfires on 2022’s Morbius and this year’s Madame Web, I wasn’t holding out too much hope for yet another Marvel villain origin story when I headed to the press screening of Kraven the Hunter. Its shuffling around the release schedule didn’t give me much hope, and word spread from someone at a rival studio that the exhibitor screening didn’t go well, also dampening my hopes.

But I always try to go into a movie with an open mind, and in this case, although Kraven is a well-known villain in the comic book world and has popped up here and there, a starring movie wasn’t top of my list.

That said, I had a surprisingly good time with this ultraviolent R-rated telling of how a Russian kid, Sergei Kravinoff, grows up to become a fearsome hunter — not of animals, who he spiritually embraces,...

It’s hard to imagine the iconic movie Top Gun— helmed by Tony Scott—without the sizzling romance between Maverick and Charlie, played by Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis, respectively. The chemistry between the two characters added depth and emotional resonance to the high-flying action sequences, which the film is famous for.

Nevertheless, it may come as a surprise to learn that the romance between Maverick and Charlie was not originally a focal point of the first movie. In the original versions of Top Gun, the love story between Maverick and Charlie was much more subdued and not as prominently featured as it is in the final cut that audiences saw.

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun | Paramount Pictures

According to a 2022 interview with Chris Lebenzon and Billy Weber in The Hollywood Reporter, exhibitors who had seen early screenings of the film expressed a desire for more emphasis on...

Top Gun is one of the most memorable ventures in Tom Cruise’s career. The film’s brilliant performances, the pathbreaking aerial action scenes, and the iconic soundtrack continue to captivate the fans to date.

Although the audiences were mostly hooked to the aerial action in the 1986 classic, the beach volleyball scene featuring Cruise and Val Kilmer is hailed as one of the most memorable scenes. Despite not adding much significance to the story, the scene continues to earn praise.

Tom Cruise in the volleyball scene from Top Gun I Paramount Pictures

Surprisingly, when the volleyball scene was first shot, the heads at Paramount Studios were enraged. To be precise, the studio could not stand that the late Tony Scott devoted an entire day to the not-so-significant scene, and almost decided to fire the director.

Did Paramount Studios hate the late Tony Scott as the Top Gun director?

A still...

Amy Adams as Gisele in Adam Shankman’s Disenchanted Photo: Disney There’s a legitimately good premise buried deep in the core of director Adam Shankman’s Disenchanted. This follow-up to 2007’s Enchanted, the uproariously funny, subversive, and smart goof on Disney animated fairy tales once again dispels the myth of “happily ever after,...

One of the most memorable scenes in director Tony Scott's "Top Gun" is the shirtless volleyball game. Set to the upbeat Kenny Loggins song "Playing With the Boys," the sequence is about the simple joys of all-male sportsmanship, complete with slow-motion shots of the pilots' sculpted bodies glistening with sweat, and close-ups of their enthusiastic high-fives and butt slaps. It's a cheesy and homoerotic hallmark in pop culture. Many have mocked its exaggerated 1980s style, but more have defended its inclusion in the film. The camera ogles the young, virile military men with a lustful enthusiasm.

According to USA Today, the studio was not prepared for Scott to burn an entire day filming the scene, which was only a short paragraph in the script. Editor Chris Lebenzon says, "Tony shot it like a commercial, and they were angry." In the "Top Gun" home video release, Scott (who passed away...

Uncharted Trailer — Ruben Fleischer‘s Uncharted (2022) movie trailer has been released by Sony Pictures. The Uncharted stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Patricia Meeden, and Sarah Petrick. Crew Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote the screenplay for Uncharted. Chung-hoon Chung crafted the cinematography for the film. Chris Lebenzon [...]

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Original Top Gun co-editor Chris Lebenzon is feeling the need…to return to the franchise that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. More than 33 years after he edited the original 1986 Top Gun with Billy Weber, Lebenzon has been tapped as the Top Gun: Maverick editor. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Lebenzon has been bired by Paramount and […]

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Original Top Gun editor Chris Lebenzon is returning to work on Top Gun: Maverick. After 34 years, Lebenzon will bring some of the same editing magic he used in helping make the first installment an instant classic. Tom Cruise shocked San Diego Comic-Con last month with a surprise appearance and the first footage from the highly anticipated sequel. Long-time fans were pleasantly surprised with what they saw in the early footage, which leaned heavily on the past.

Chris Lebenzon earned his first Academy Award nomination for his work on 1986's Top Gun. Lebenzon and Billy Weber took on the editing of the first installment, which has been credited with introducing the "MTV-style editing" to movies. Tom Cruise and crew are trying to recapture as much of the original style from the first movie for Top Gun: Maverick. In addition to Lebenzon, the sequel also sees the return of Harold Faltermeyer,...

After 34 years, veteran picture editor Chris Lebenzon is returning to the high-flying world of Top Gun.

Lebenzon has been tapped to work on Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount and Skydance’s sequel to the 1980s classic, giving him a closing-of-the-circle moment.

Not only did he act as editor, along with Billy Weber, on the 1986 original, he also earned his first Academy Award nomination for cutting the movie, which was directed by Tony Scott and noted to have introduced “MTV-style editing” to movies.

Joseph Kosinski is directing the new movie, for which Tom Cruise is reprising his role as hotshot ...

After 34 years, veteran picture editor Chris Lebenzon is returning to the high-flying world of Top Gun.

Lebenzon has been tapped to work on Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount and Skydance’s sequel to the 1980s classic, giving him a closing-of-the-circle moment.

Not only did he act as editor, along with Billy Weber, on the 1986 original, he also earned his first Academy Award nomination for cutting the movie, which was directed by Tony Scott and noted to have introduced “MTV-style editing” to movies.

Joseph Kosinski is directing the new movie, for which Tom Cruise is reprising his role as hotshot ...

Woo Hoo! We’re girl-starved teen nerds, and we’re cooking up our own living sex toy with our home computers! John Hughes turns an infantile idea into one of his not-bad teen angst comedies, as Kelly LeBrock materializes to fulfill their wildest dreams. The idea is of course transformed into a basically benign coming-of age story … with the underlying message that we’d not all mind having Ms. LeBrock reformat our hard drive. It all begins as a bad arrested-development joke, but Hughes’ audaciousness and fine production values make this a nostalgic favorite for folk that miss their (ugh) 1980s memories.

Weird Science

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1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date July 23, 2019 / 39.95

Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler.

Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti

Film Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Scott Wallace, Mark Warner

Original Music: Ira Newborn

From...

They Went From Zeroes To Heroes In One Fantastic Weekend.

If you can t get a date… make one! After proving himself the king of heartfelt teen flicks with Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, writer-director John Hughes infused the genre with a hefty dose of wacked-out sci-fi comedy in Weird Science, a film where every teenage boy s wildest fantasies come to life.

Perenially picked-on high school nerds Gary and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are sick of their status at the bottom of the social food chain. Using Wyatt s computer, the two hatch a plan to create their dream woman and following a massive power surge, that woman unexpectedly appears in the form of Lisa (Kelly LeBrock). Gorgeous, intelligent, and blessed with limitless magic powers, Lisa makes the boys dreams come true… but what about Wyatt s gun-toting psycho older brother Chet (Bill Paxton), and the two bullies (Robert...

Back in the summer of 1992, director Tim Burton unleashed his sequel to his hit take on Batman called Batman Returns. This underappreciated flick starred Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin, and the fantastic Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle / Catwoman. If you remember in that movie, Pfeiffer brandishes a whip for all of our collective enjoyment and today it looks like the actress has found the old prop and - get this - still knows how to make it sing.

Michelle Pfeiffer recently took to her Instagram account to show off the whip saying, "Look what I found. Needs a little TLC." Then a bit later she shared a video of herself cracking the good old whip just like a femme fatale Indiana Jones. I don't know about you, but this is pure joy for me considering that not only was Michelle Pfeiffer one of my first crushes,...

At CinemaCon, Disney finally addressed the elephant in the room.

And no, we’re not referring to the super-secret title to Avengers 4, or the whereabouts of one Clint Barton, but Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo movie, which is shaping up to be every bit as adorable as we’d come to expect.

How do we know? While delivering a preview of its live-action fairytales, the Mouse House offered a sneak peek at that little grey elephant with the oversized ears, and he looks incredible. Those in attendance were also treated to some footage of Eva Green, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Colin Farrell moseying their way through Tim Burton’s stylized circus.

Currently incubating in post-production ahead of its arrival next year, Dumbo was screened alongside fellow live-action remakes like Aladdin and The Lion King, though Burton’s reimagining arguably stole the show on cuteness alone.

That CG magic can...

Get ready for the end of the world… again. Making his feature film directorial debut, Dean Devlin (writer/producer, “Independence Day”) brings audiences this fall the sci/fi suspense thriller Geostorm.

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world’s leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong—the system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything…and everyone along with it.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a brand new trailer for the film.

Starring Gerard Butler (“Olympus Has Fallen,” “300”), Jim Sturgess (“Cloud Atlas”), Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Alexandra Maria Lara (“Rush”), Daniel Wu (“The Man with the Iron Fists,” “Warcraft: The Beginning”), Eugenio Derbez (“How to Be a Latin Lover...

The latest adaptation of fantasy children literature, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, blends a potpourri of other denizens of the genre—most notably the Harry Potter series, but also The Golden Compass. It even borrows generously even from comic books, with the titular young ones serving as a sort of top ten weirdest X-Men list. The film itself, directed by Tim Burton, is impeccably crafted and pretty entertaining despite its obvious derivativeness—it has all the trappings of some of his better films. But a wandering third act make the finished product somewhat disappointing.

We begin with young Jake Portman, played by a maturing Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game), who has a close-knit relationship with his eccentric grandfather Abraham (Terence Stamp). In a rather violent opening sequence Jake witnesses Abraham killed by a large critter with long extremities and a penchant for eye-gouging. Distraught, and disbelieved by all...

"Argo" remains the Oscar-frontrunner! The Ben Affleck film was the big winner at the recently concluded 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards honoring outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television, and documentaries. "Argo" won the Dramatic category, "Silver Linings Playbook" for Comedy/Musical, "Brave" for Animated, and "Searching for Sugar Man" for Documentary.

Here are the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

*** Argo

William Goldenberg, A.C.E.

Life of Pi

Tim Squyres, A.C.E.

Lincoln

Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

Skyfall

Stuart Baird, A.C.E.

Zero Dark Thirty

Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. and William Goldenberg, A.C.E.

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Chris Gill

Les Misérables

Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens, A.C.E.

Moonrise Kingdom

Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.

*** Silver Linings Playbook

Jay Cassidy,...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) handed out the 2013 Eddie Awards last night and the race didn't change too much, that is unless you were confused as to who the two primary front-runners heading into next Sunday's Oscars were. Argo (edited by William Goldenberg, A.C.E.) and Silver Linings Playbook (edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. and Crispin Struthers) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively. Brave won in the Animated category while presumptive Best Documentary winner, Searching for Sugar Man won in the Documentary category. Of course, just to keep things interesting and ensure "Team Lincoln" didn't go home entirely empty handed, Steven Spielberg received the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor presented to him by longtime collaborator and friend Kathleen Kennedy. I've already updated the Oscar Overture with the wins for Argo and Silver Linings as the path...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) has announced the nominees of the 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards honoring outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television, and documentaries. We'll find out the winners on Saturday, February 16th.

Here are the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

Argo

William Goldenberg, A.C.E.

Life of Pi

Tim Squyres, A.C.E.

Lincoln

Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

Skyfall

Stuart Baird, A.C.E.

Zero Dark Thirty

Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. and William Goldenberg, A.C.E.

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Chris Gill

Les Misérables

Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens, A.C.E.

Moonrise Kingdom

Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.

Silver Linings Playbook

Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. & Crispin Struthers

Ted

Jeff Freeman, A.C.E.

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Brave -- Nicolas C.

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) announced the nominees for the 2013 Ace Eddie Awards today and among them are all five Oscar nominees, four of them -- Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty -- in the Dramatic category and the fifth, Silver Linings Playbook, in the Comedy/Musical category. There isn't really too much else to say about the noms considering in previous years these nominations came out before the Oscar nominations were announced giving reason to speculate on which of the several films would end up nominated for Oscars. Considering that's not the case this year, this will all become a little more interesting when they announce their winners on Saturday, February 16. For now, the nominees are listed below in the Dramatic, Musical or Comedy, Animated and Documentary categories. Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic): Argo - William Goldenberg, A.C.E. Life of Pi - Tim Squyres,...

The nominees for the 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards was announced today. Ace, the American Cinema Editors, is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing. Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic): Argo William Goldenberg, A.C.E Life of Pi Tim Squyres, A.C.E. Lincoln Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Skyfall Stuart Baird, A.C.E. Zero Dark Thirty Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. & William Goldenberg, A.C.E. Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical): The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Chris Gill Les Misérables Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens, A.C.E. Moonrise Kingdom Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E. Silver Linings Playbook Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. & Crispin Struthers Ted Jeff Freeman, A.C.E. Best Edited...

Universal City, CA, Jan. 11 –American Cinema Editors (Ace) today announced nominations for the 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during Ace’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Actor / Comedian David Cross (“Arrested Development”) will serve as the Master of Ceremonies that evening. Next week Ace will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees. The Ace Eddie Award nominees in nine categories are listed below. A tie in the Best Animated Feature Film category resulted in four nominees this year instead of three. Nominees For 63rd Annual Ace Eddie Awards Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) Argo William Goldenberg, A.C.E. Life of Pi Tim Squyres, A.C.E. Lincoln Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Skyfall Stuart Baird, A.

Part of the Tony Scott: A Moving Target critical project. Go here for the project's description, index and links to project's other movement.

To the overabundance of text, sounds, images—and moving images—in Tony Scott, we reply with something like our own. So let me (try to) keep this (almost as) short as a Tony Scott shot. Scott’s death this past summer would elicit film critics’ own counterpart to American politics: opinions and generalizations bandied between two camps who were, as always, preaching to their respective choirs. And needless to say, such discourses would be about as useful, informative, and interesting as American politics. For Scott’s work was hardly encamped: the outward liberalism of Enemy of the State, perhaps Hollywood’s most overt attack on our surveillance nation and the Nsa, possible only before 9/11, concludes that only Nsa aspirants can take down the Nsa, just as Man on Fire,...

This article is part of the critical project Tony Scott: A Moving Target in which an analysis of a scene from a Tony Scott film is passed anonymously to the next participant in the project to respond to with an analysis of his or her own.

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To me, this idea that the joy Tony Scott took in directing came from a curiosity and thirst for life seems essential to watching his films. What is cinema if not a window through which to touch worlds we’ve never touched before? What if Scott’s maximalist mise-en-scene, his persistent attempt–through sophisticated montage–to fit the utmost information in the frame, was the only way he knew how to express the combination of fear, adrenaline, and joy that he was always chasing (whether making films or climbing mountains)? Let’s remember what he said of the characters in Domino, “always chasing the dark side of life,...

In the late 1970s and 1980s, composer Giorgio Moroder was often accused of trying to replace the orchestral movie soundtrack with high-energy, synthesizer-heavy disco pop laid on with a trowel in movies like Thank God It’s Friday (1978), Flashdance (1983), Scarface (1983), and Top Gun (1986). I remember a magazine story on Moroder which quoted one of his many critics as saying, “The day the music died, Giorgio Moroder was brought in for questioning.”

I think some people had the same opinion about movies and Tony Scott. Full disclosure: I’m one of them. But it would be greatly unfair to Scott, who apparently committed suicide Sunday after being diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, not to admit that, for good or for ill, his 1980s feature work had an enormous impact on commercial filmmaking.

The younger brother of Ridley Scott by seven years, he was gifted – like his brother – with an outrageously...

Wamg has passes to the May 8th screening of Johnny Depp’s latest film Dark Shadows. Now we’re all carrying around phones with cameras so here’s the horrific gig. In order to receive a pass you Must send in a a .Vampire. themed photo of yourself. Please email them to michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com and we’ll post the images here as well as our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/WeAreMovieGeeks.

Easy-peasy, right? Oh and be sure to read Tom Stockman’s interview with one of the stars of the original TV show, Kathryn Leigh Scott Here.

Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series “Dark Shadows” to the big screen in a film featuring an all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter.

In the year 1750, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from England to start a new life in America,...

Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Warner Bros. Pictures. and Village Roadshow Pictures. gothic comedy Dark Shadows, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Peter Mountain

Vampire Barnabas Collins may be condemned to the shadows for eternity, but the American Red Cross and the gothic comedy film Dark Shadows are teaming up to bring to light the constant need for blood. Before Dark Shadows hits theaters on May 11, blood donors are invited to join the Red Cross and help save lives.

While supplies last, all presenting donors at participating blood drives will receive a Dark Shadows themed donor sticker and may enter to win a private hometown screening of the film for up to 50 of their closest friends and family. Official movie posters will be provided to secondary prize winners.  Everyone who comes to give blood will also have a chance to score a pre-screening pass to see the film.

Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ gothic comedy “Dark Shadows,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Peter Mountain.

Get your calendars out fellow movie geeks. Warner Bros Pictures has released a schedule, along with a few new photos, of what you’ll see in the air-conditioned cinemas this summer. Overall the studio has some of the most anticipated films of the coming year, with just a sample including Tim Burton.s .Dark Shadows,. with Johnny Depp leading an all-star ensemble cast, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green; Adam Shankman.s screen version of the hit musical .Rock of Ages,. starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston and Alec Baldwin; and .The Dark Knight Rises,. Christopher Nolan.s epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine,...

Christian Bale as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action thriller The Dark Knight Rises, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Tm and © DC Comics Photo by Ron Phillips

Just in time for the new year, Warner Bros. has released their slate of films scheduled from January 2012 through December 2012. Some noticeables on the list include Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, Wrath Of The Titans, The Gangster Squad, Ben Affleck’s Argo, The Untitled Jay Roach Comedy on August 10th, Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. Below are a few new images, along with descriptions and trailers. From the lineup below, appears that Warner Bros. will be box office champs by year end.

Joyful Noise

(L-r) Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow and Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill in Alcon Entertainment’s “Joyful Noise,...

The UK's Pinewood and Shepperton Studios complex, reports that filming is now underway @ Shepperton on Universal’s upcoming, 3D fantasy-adventure, "47 Ronin" and "Dark Shadows" has started @ Pinewood.

"47 Ronin", inspired by ancient Japan’s most enduring story about the 'Samurai', stars Keanu Reeves as 'Kai', an outcast who joins 'Oishi' (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the '47 Ronin' :

"...Together they seek vengeance on the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors..."

Production on the film started early in the New Year, building sets on Shepperton’s sound stages and backlot, recreating 18th century Japan in the form of a castle, fortress, tournament arena and village.

"47 Ronin" is directed by Carl Erik Rinsch ("The Gift").

"Pinewood and Shepperton have seen some relatively big...

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer

and Helena Bonham Carter head an all-star cast.

Burbank, CA – May 18, 2011 – Filming begins this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Dark Shadows, which brings the cult classic television series to the big screen under the direction of Tim Burton. The film’s all-star ensemble cast includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet – or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…...

This is it, kids! After months and months of talking, production has finally begun on Tim Burton's big screen adaptation of the world's most famous vampire soap opera, Dark Shadows, and we've got the first details for you!

Warner Brothers announced this morning that the toothy little flick, starring an ensemble cast including johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath, will begin filming This Week!

From the Press Release

In the year 1752 Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England, to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass, and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet — or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor,...

Director Tim Burton has started production on his long awaited big screen adaptation of the 1960 series Dark Shadows, which has a fantastic cast of actors that includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath. Today Warner Bros. announced that shooting will begin this week and released a nice run down of the film’s story.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave...

Filming begins this week on Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' Dark Shadows, which brings the cult classic television series to the big screen under the direction of Tim Burton. The film's all-star ensemble cast includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath.

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy... until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch,...

Director Tim Burton has started production on his long awaited big screen adaptation of the 1960 series Dark Shadows, which has a fantastic cast of actors that includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath.

There haven't been many details of what the film will be about other than what we already knew from the TV drama that it is being based on. Today Warner Bros. announced that shooting will begin this week and released a nice run down of the films' story. I have a feeling this movie is going to be a huge hit.

Here are the full details, red it over and tell us what you think!

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even...

Filming begins this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Dark Shadows,” which brings the cult classic television series to the big screen under the direction of Tim Burton. The film’s all-star ensemble cast includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz, and newcomer Gulliver McGrath.In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch,...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) just held their annual awards ceremony. Michael Kahn received the lifetime achievement award presented by Steven Spielberg. As with most lifetime achievement awards, the audience wash shown a highlight reel of the master editor’s many credits.

Kahn has collaborated with Spielberg on many films which are a huge part of the reel, but there are a handful of other major films represented as well. The full list of Ace winners is after the video. Check out the video and share your thoughts on your favorite moments!

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

The Social Network

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

Alice in Wonderland

Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Toy Story 3

Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.

Best Edited Half-hour Series For Television:

Modern Family: “Family Portrait”

Jonathan Schwartz...

Over the weekend the American Cinema Editors (Ace) held their annual awards, where The Social Network, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3 took honors for feature editing in the dramatic, comedy/musical and animated categories. But the highlight of the night may have been the lifetime achievement award given to Michael Kahn, presented by Steven Spielberg. That award was accompanied by a reel highlighting the master editor's many credits, and in the spirit of celebrating someone who has been an invaluable but often invisible contributor to many of the films we love, we present the highlight reel after the break. Mr. Kahn's long collaboration with Steven Spielberg dominates this reel, but there are a handful of other major films represented here, too. The fact that one man has been instrumental to so many major films of the last forty years is simply staggering. (With respect to that collaboration with Steven Spielberg,...

Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie' will be a "sensitive movie". The eccentric director is currently working on the feature length version of his 1984 short film about a pet owner who manages to bring his dead dog back to life after he is hit by a car and Tim's long-time collaborator Chris Lebenzon is excited about the project. He said: "We are storyboarding 'Frankenweenie'. It is a very sensitive movie, it speaks to a lot of our childhood fantasies. The theme is the same - the boy brings his dog back to life. In this one he gets the idea from a certain place, he has a lot of friends who do the same thing, they're in a big contest. I think it has grown to be more of a feature world." The movie will star Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder as the voice of Elsa.

The Ace Eddie Awards for excellence in film editing were held this past weekend in Los Angeles, and a few new details about some upcoming projects were revealed. Chris Lebenzon, Tim Burton's editor on Frankenweenie and Dark Shadows, talked a bit about both upcoming projects. Here's what he had to say about Frankenweenie.

"It is a very sensitive movie, it speaks to a lot of our childhood fantasies. The theme is the same -- the boy brings his dog back to life. In this one he gets the idea from a certain place, he has a lot of friends who do the same thing, they're in a big contest. I think it has grown to be more of a feature world."

Frankenweenie is currently being shot in London. Chris Lebenzon also talked about Dark Shadows, which will begin production in May. Here's what he had to say about this...

"The Social Network" editors, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, won the Ace Eddie Award for Best Edited Dramatic Feature at the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards. The David Fincher film beat "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," and "The King's Speech." We'll see if "The Social Network" will beat those movies (except for "Inception" which was not nominated in favor of "127 Hours") at the upcoming 83rd Academy Awards.

In the feature category for Musical or Comedy, Chris Lebenzon of "Alice in Wonderland" took home the trophy, winning over "Easy A," "The Kids Are All Right," "Made in Dagenham," and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."

In the Best Edited Animated Featuer Film category, surprise, surprise, "Toy Story 3" won over "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Despicable Me."

Tom Fulford & Chris King of "Exit Through the Gift Shop" won for Best Edited Documentary beating "Inside Job" and "Waiting for Superman."

The 61st Annual...

Longtime Burton collaborator and film editor Chris Lebenzon spoke on the upcoming stop motion animated film Frankenweenie and reveals that we may be seeing more than just the title dog being brought back from the dead; Plus a quick update on Dark Shadows. "It is a very sensitive movie, it speaks to a lot of our childhood fantasies. The theme is the same - the boy brings his dog back to life. In this one he gets the idea from a certain place, he has a lot of friends who do the same thing, they're in a big contest. I think it has grown to be more of a feature world," said Lebenzon. The editor said they are currently storyboarding the film right now and it appears the release date has been moved back from an originally planned March 2012 release, to right around a more suitable Halloween...

Longtime Tim Burton editor Chris Lebenzon talked about Frankenweenie at the Ace Eddie Awards. He says they are currently storyboarding the film, which will be shot in stop-motion format, in black-and-white, and in 3D. "It is a very sensitive movie, it speaks to a lot of our childhood fantasies," Lebenzon said, "The theme is the same -- the boy brings his dog back to life. In this one he gets the idea from a certain place, he has a lot of friends who do the same thing, they're in a big contest. I think it has grown to be more of a feature world." Disney will release Frankenweenie , featuring the voices of Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer, on October 5, 2012. Lebenzon also briefly talked...

The American Cinema Editors handed out their “Eddie Awards” and with no surprise The Social Network was named the best edited feature-length drama. Alice in Wonderland won in the comedy/musical category, Toy Story 3 in the animated category and finally Exit Through the Gift Shop won in the documentary category. Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Treme, and Temple Grandin were awarded as the best edited programs on television last year.

The Cinema Audio Society gave their top film award to True Grit while Boardwalk Empire came out the big winner in television.

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

The Social Network

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):

Alice in Wonderland

Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Toy Story 3

Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.

Best Edited Documentary:

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Tom Fulford & Chris King...

Though I've read a truly great book on the topic "The Conversations",  know a few editors, and have experimented with this completely fascinating craft in college, this morning when I woke up, I learned that I must have literally no idea what it means. The American Cinema Editor's Guild pulled the rug out by naming Tim Burton's Eyesore in Wonderland the best edited of all comedies in 2010. I realize that my hatred for the movie is self-feeding, ever-growing and thus deeply irrational but still... I watched it in full and all I saw was interminable rhythmless agonizing ugly incoherence.

The Ace Awards

Best Editing, Drama The Social Network's (Interview)

Best Editing, Comedy or Musical Alice in Wonderland

Best Editing, Animated Toy Story 3

Best Editing, Documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop ("Unsung Heroes")

Best Editing, TV Half Hour Modern Family "Family Portrait"

Best Editing, TV Hour The Walking Dead "Days Gone Bye"

Best Editing,...

Two subsets of Hollywood's production crews chimed in last night on the best film and television of 2010. The American Cinema Editors handed out their adorably named Eddie Awards with a respectable degree of specialization. The Social Network was named the best edited feature-length drama -- Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3, and Exit Through the Gift Shop won in the comedy/musical, animated, and documentary categories respectively. Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Treme, and Temple Grandin were deemed the best edited programs on television last year. The Cinema Audio Society gave their top film award to True Grit, and became the first voting body to recognize the straight-to-dvd greatness of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days. TV nods went to Boardwalk Empire, Temple Grandin, and Deadliest Catch. Hit the jump for the full list of winners. Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic): The Social Network Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter...

HollywoodNews.com: “The Social Network,” (edited by Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter) and “Alice in Wonderland” (edited by Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) respectively at the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in nine (9) categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. “Toy Story 3” (edited by Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (edited by Tom Fulford & Chris King) won Best Edited Documentary. Television winners included “Modern Family: Family Portrait”

(edited by Jonathan Schwartz) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, “The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye” (edited by Hunter Via) for...

The Social Network took home the top prize at the 61st annual American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards.

Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, editors of the film about Facebook, won in the dramatic feature category, while Alice in Wonderland's Chris Lebenzon nabbed the musical or comedy category. Ken Schretzmann and Lee Unkrich took the trophy in animated feature competition for Toy Story 3.

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Longtime Tim Burton editor Chris Lebenzon talked about Frankenweenie at the Ace Eddie Awards. He says they are currently storyboarding the film, which will be shot in stop-motion format, in black-and-white, and in 3D. It is a very sensitive movie, it speaks to a lot of our childhood fantasies," Lebenzon said, "The theme is the same -- the boy brings his dog back to life. In this one he gets the idea from a certain place, he has a lot of friends who do the same thing, they're in a big contest. I think it has grown to be more of a feature world." Disney will release Frankenweenie , featuring the voices of Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer, on October 5, 2012. Lebenzon also briefly talked...

Harrison Ford in Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark, edited by Michael Kahn The Social Network, which of late had been losing Oscar ground to The King's Speech, was the dramatic feature winner at the American Cinema Editors' Awards ("Eddies") ceremony held earlier this evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. [List of Ace Award winners.] Editors Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter beat the editors of The King's Speech, The Fighter, Black Swan, and even Lee Smith's showy work on Christopher Nolan's Inception. The best edited comedy or musical feature was, surprisingly, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, which is neither a comedy nor a musical. Editor Chris Lebenzon beat the editors of The Kids Are All Right, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Made in Dagenham, and Easy A. Toy Story 3's Ken Schretzmann and Lee Unkrich won for Best Animated Feature, while Exit Through the Gift Shop's...