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Weekly Roundup: Halo in Purgatory and Another Fellini Remake

Published on May 11, 2012

“I mean, he would, you know, in a scene like where he was sort of supposed to be charmed by me, he would suddenly be threatening to kill me, or like calling me like a lesbian hobbit, or you know, grabbing me on the back of my head.” – Anna Faris on Sacha Baron Cohen

De Niro gained fifty lbs for Raging Bull and Anna Faris grew out her armpit hair for The Dictator. Sounds like method acting to us. How far would you go to fit the role?

8 Promising Movies that still haven’t been released. Remember hearing about the video game Halo being turned into a movie? What ever happened to that? Turns out it’s still in development. See what other movies are in “development hell” or purgatory for that matter.

The Avengers 2 gets a green light. As if they even needed an announcement from Disney’s CEO Bob Iger. It appears the mega hit is officially coming out with a sequel. Wonder if they can possibly squeeze another A-lister into the star studded cast? Which actor would you like to see join the team?

Have you ever wondered what goes on aside from the screenings at Cannes? Well, now you may find out. Alec Baldwin is reportedly shooting a behind the scenes film at next week’s Cannes Film Festival. Let’s just hope it’s not Alec playing Words With Friends for an hour and a half.

Well, they sort of remade Fellini’s masterpiece 8 1/2 with the movie Nine. Please don’t tell us they’re going to attempt another remake. Yep. It seems the forgotten Juliette Lewis will star in a remake of Nights of Cabiria. (Sigh) What’s next, La Strada? La Dolce Vita?

Tweet us @NYFA to discuss this week’s industry news!

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The Avengers Kicks Off the Summer

Published on May 4, 2012
The highly anticipated film The Avengers kicks off the official start of Hollywood’s blockbuster Summer. With many analysts predicting perhaps the largest opening ever at the box office, we’re wondering if perhaps this star studded mega movie is being overhyped. So, we scoured the net for reviews and opinions to hopefully remedy our doubts.“As screenwriter, sharer of story credit with Zak Penn and director, Whedon is the key reason why this $220-million behemoth of a movie is smartly thought out and executed with verve and precision.” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times“Much of this battle takes place in midtown Manhattan, where the neatest sequences involve Loki’s ginormous slithering, undulating snake-lizard-dragon machine, which seems almost to have a mind of its own and is backed up by countless snakelings. At one point, an Avenger flies into the mouth of this leviathan and penetrates its entire length, emerging at the business end. You won’t see that in ‘The Human Centipede.’ ” — Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun Times“Like a superior, state-of-the-art model built from reconstituted parts, Joss Whedon’s buoyant, witty and robustly entertaining superhero smash-up is escapism of a sophisticated order.” — Justin Chang, Variety“Audiences have been eagerly anticipating this first all-hero extravaganza for years. The wait was worth it.” — Claudia Puig, USA Today“The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre.” — A.O. Scott, The New York Times Who’s going to see The Avengers this weekend? Discuss your thoughts and reviews with us on Twitter!
The highly anticipated film The Avengers kicks off the official start of Hollywood’s blockbuster Summer. With many analysts predicting perhaps the largest opening ever at the box office, we’re wondering if perhaps this star studded mega movie is being overhyped. So, we scoured the net for reviews and opinions to hopefully remedy our doubts.

  • “As screenwriter, sharer of story credit with Zak Penn and director, Whedon is the key reason why this $220-million behemoth of a movie is smartly thought out and executed with verve and precision.” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
  • “Much of this battle takes place in midtown Manhattan, where the neatest sequences involve Loki’s ginormous slithering, undulating snake-lizard-dragon machine, which seems almost to have a mind of its own and is backed up by countless snakelings. At one point, an Avenger flies into the mouth of this leviathan and penetrates its entire length, emerging at the business end. You won’t see that in ‘The Human Centipede.’ ” — Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun Times
  • “Like a superior, state-of-the-art model built from reconstituted parts, Joss Whedon’s buoyant, witty and robustly entertaining superhero smash-up is escapism of a sophisticated order.” — Justin Chang, Variety
  • “Audiences have been eagerly anticipating this first all-hero extravaganza for years. The wait was worth it.” — Claudia Puig, USA Today
  • “The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre.” — A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Who’s going to see The Avengers this weekend? Discuss your thoughts and reviews with us on Twitter!

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Weekly Roundup

Published on May 4, 2012

‘I had no idea that you could actually to go college to learn how to make movies. I wasn’t that in to movies.” – George Lucas

Well,George Lucas settles the debate that only hardcore Star Wars nerds would ever waste their time debating about. Who shot first in the Cantina bar, Han Solo or Greedo? Finally, the endless debate comes to a close. Now to find out if Luke knew he was kissing his sister on the mouth…

Fox Animation jumped quickly on the new children’s book The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom which just hit shelves this week. The book tells the story of the four princes from the classic fairy tales who saved Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. Doesn’t this sound a bit like Shrek?

It was only a matter of time before someone tested the attention span of a toddler with Fellini, Bergman, and Tarkovsky. Find out which works of art captured a two year old’s mind more: Sponge Bob or La Dolce Vita? You’ll be surprised.

E! Entertainment unveiled their first scripted development slate. Yes, E! The channel that brings you such quality programming as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Fashion Police. Please tell us they didn’t hand Kim a script.

The numbers are tracking very high by the powers that be in Hollywood…who track numbers. Could The Avengers be the largest opening ever at the box office? We seem to think so. Just don’t let Harry Potter know.

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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on April 24, 2012

“The original is one of my favorite movies, so I don’t want to make Son of the Mask. I would rather kill myself than destroy the legacy of one of my favorite films.” Screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith on Beetlejuice 2

  • Morgan Spurlock’s Mansome Super Size Me documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock investigates male grooming habits. Are you Mansome?
  • Experimental Film Lives An examination on experimental film’s life in the underground. Is there still a place for it?
  • Beetlejuice 2? If the script is solid, Tim Burton and Michael Keaton are in.
  • Indie’s Too Pretty With the advent of digital HD, many are missing the grit of indie filmmaking.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Honest Daniel Day Lewis The versatile actor prepares for the role of a lifetime - Abraham Lincoln. Wonder how the film will end?

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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on April 20, 2012

“Oh, I’ve been in the film business for a while, but I just can’t seem to get one in the can.” - Tobias Fünke (Arrested Development)

  • Arrested Development Season 4 In bulk! Finally, we’ll be able to see the Bluths in another season and it’ll be coming out in one chunk on Netflix.
  • Cannes Announces 2012 Lineup Drum roll please…Moonrise Kingdom to open the festival. And did we see horror legend Dario Argento in the mix?
  • Mitt Romney on SNL? Can the GOP candidate possibly have an ounce of humor in his body? We may soon find out.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man A new trailer has been released for The Amazing Spider-Man. What do you think of the Lizard as the villain?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Tarantino’s Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino unveils the poster for his upcoming film, Django Unchained. Can’t wait!

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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on April 13, 2012

“Ultimately, at the end of Raging Bull, he’s looking in a mirror and he’s at comfort (sic) with himself, to a certain extent. He’s not fighting, he’s not beating himself up. That’s all. So, I don’t know where they’re going to go…” – Martin Scorsese

  • Raging Bull Sequel Why? Even Scorsese is baffled by this one. How can you have a sequel without De Niro, Pesci, and Scorsese?
  • Disney in China Please don’t tell us the Chinese haven’t been introduced to Mickey Mouse and Goofy yet? What a deprived nation.
  • McConaughey & Harrelson The real life friends team up for a cable show called True Detective. Which network will bite first?
  • Charlie Sheen’s Alive FX released a teaser trailer for Sheen’s new comedy Anger Management. Can FX possibly contain the erratic Sheen?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Game Of Thrones Renewed As if it was a surprise, HBO announced it will be renewing a third season of the popular show Game of Thrones. What took ya so long?

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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on April 6, 2012

 “Well, tell Jim his honor’s not going to Michigan. Romney’s a clown, and I don’t want him standing next to him.” – Henry Francis on Mad Men

  • HBO Will Pay For Your Game of Thrones Tattoo Fans were inked with one of the five sigils from the warring families of Westeros in Game of Thrones. When can we get our Boardwalk Empire tattoos?
  • Blood on Tracks on Film Bob Dylan’s acclaimed album Blood on Tracks will be made into a feature length film. This should be pretty trippy.
  • Today Gets Ratings With Palin Say what you want about Sarah Palin, the woman can still deliver ratings. Now, whether she can the run the country or not is another question.
  • Mad Men Slams Romney Character, Henry Francis, called Romney a “clown.” Not Mitt Romney, George Romney. Bet you didn’t know Mitt had a clown for a father.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Woody’s in Rome Woody Allen returns to the screen in his film To Rome With Love. Wonder which country is next on the Woody Allen European tour?

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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on March 30, 2012

“You look like someone put a bright red fright wig on a skeleton and chucked it out of a helicopter.” – Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell on Conan)

  • Total Reboot. In the land of Hollywood comes yet another reboot. This time to the classic Sci-Fi thriller, Total Recall. Can Colin Farrell possibly outshine Schwarzennegger ?
  • Celebs Tweeting About NYFA Grad’s Bully. Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, Jonah Hill, Katy Perry, Piers Morgan, Joel McHale, Jimmy Fallon, Ryan Seacrest, Kristen Bell, Ricky Martin, Arianna Huffington…and more. All tweeting in support of New York Film Academy grad, Lee Hirsch’s, Bully.
  • Hottest Book in Hollywood. 10 studio heads battled for the rights to Fifty Shades of Grey. And the winner was…Universal Pictures!
  • Tribeca Closing with Avengers. Leave it to a team of Marvel Superheroes to close out the Tribeca Film Festival this year. Wonder if the Hulk will be presenting?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK!

Ron Burgundy on Conan Will Ferrell paid a visit to Conan, disguised as Anchorman character Ron Burgandy. The announcement? Anchorman 2!

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Weekly Roundup: Mad Men, Ninja Turtles, and Home Alone Returns

Published on March 23, 2012

“Fans need to take a breath, and chill.” – Michael Bay

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Another Hangover in Hollywood Warner Bros announces release dates for Hangover 3 and a prequel to 300. Couldn’t they just combine the two? Sparta’s Hangover?



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New York Film Academy’s Weekly Roundup

Published on March 16, 2012

“The movie has more butt-groping than anything this side of the Rio Grande. And the other side.” – Roger Ebert on Casa De Mi Padre.

  • ‘Game of Thrones’ Romantic Twist HBO released a new ‘Game of Thrones’ trailer aimed to attract female viewers. Well ladies, are you hooked yet?
  • The Martin Scorsese Film Lesson Scorsese narrates highlights from some of his ‘must see’ pictures. A great video for all film junkies.
  • Bob Marley Documentary To Release on 4/20 Kevin MacDonald announces the release of his documentary on the famous reggae legend, Bob Marley. Hmm, wonder if there’s any significance behind that date?
  • Broadway’s Heiress Academy Award nominee David Strathairn will play opposite Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain in the Tony Award winning play The Heiress. Maybe the nominee team will win a Tony.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

DiCaprio & Scorsese Again? Director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio reunite for a fifth time in the film, The Wolf of Wall Street. Is DiCaprio the new De Niro?

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