Month: March 2011 | FilmBuffOnline

Farley Granger, 85

March 29, 2011 Rich Drees

Farley Granger, the actor who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s classics Rope and Strangers On A Train, has died yesterday at his home in New York City of natural causes. He was 85. In Hitchcock’s Rope [click for more]

What’s In Store For The X-MEN Franchise

March 28, 2011 Rich Drees

With X-Men: First Class coming to theaters this summer and a second Wolverine film in active development, fans of the franchise may think that their cups are running over. But there is plenty of more [click for more]

Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS Optioned

March 28, 2011 Rich Drees

Fan-favorite author Neil Gaiman has had the film rights to his novel American Gods optioned. However, as to who exactly has made the purchase, Gaiman is being coy about for the moment. In an interview, [click for more]

MEN IN BLACK III Restarts Production Today

March 28, 2011 Rich Drees

After a nearly four month hiatus, Men In Black III finally restarted production today. According to a tweet from On Location Vacation, the threequel will be filming today at Brooklyn’s Marcy Armory. The Barry Levinson-helmed [click for more]

What Does Beatty Winning DICK TRACY Lawsuit Mean?

March 28, 2011 Rich Drees

As Hollywood legal battles go, it certainly hasn’t been as high profile as the one over the rights to Superman, but for several years now, Warren Beatty and the Trbiune Co. have been going back [click for more]

Amy Adams Cast As Lois Lane In Snyder’s SUPERMAN Reboot

March 27, 2011 Rich Drees

Three-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams has been cast as journalist Lois Lane in director Zack Snyder’s Superman franchise reboot for Warner Brothers. The Los Angeles Times‘ Hero Complex blog broke the news that Snyder [click for more]

Sony Picks Writer For SPIDER-Sequel

March 25, 2011 Rich Drees

Sony must have a lot of faith in their upcoming Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. The film is still more than a year away from hitting theaters and they’ve already hired writer James Vanderbilt [click for more]

New Releases: March 25

March 24, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules (Fox, 3,167 Theaters, 96 Minutes, Rated PG): The $64,003,625 gross for Diary of a Wimpy Kid might not seem like the kind of numbers that lend itself [click for more]

Disney Still Hiding SONG OF THE SOUTH

March 24, 2011 Rich Drees

Earlier this week, Disney held their annual shareholders meeting. In what seems to have become a tradition at these events, someone posed the question to CEO Bob Iger as to whether the company was looking [click for more]

Paramount Looking For WORLD WAR Z Co-Financing

March 24, 2011 Rich Drees

Will the zombie apocalypse be called off on account of lack of money? That is a distinct possibility according to NY Magazine’s Vulture blog,which is reporting that Paramount is currently looking for someone to co-finance [click for more]