October 23, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Kids to Flood Multiplexes for Senior Year
Rarely does Hollywood release two films on the same day that are as opposite in every way as this Friday's pair of new openers. Disney promotes a hit TV franchise to the big screen with the G-rated fun of High School Musical 3: Senior Year which... More...

August 01, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Plans For Venom, Marvin The Martian, X-Files, And More
In this week's Weekly Ketchup, we've got the latest spin-offs, remakes and trilogies, and Disney's lofty plan for a video game adaptation. More...

March 31, 2008
RT on DVD: Oscar-Winning Sweeney Todd Slashes Away The Competition
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd as Tim Burton's deliciously gory operetta-turned-film spectacle comes to DVD, the critical superior to the CGI/live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks and Jake Paltrow's dark romantic comedy The Good Night, starring... More...

February 22, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Smurfs First Look Online, Wolverine Gets More Mutants
This week's Ketchup brings us a sneak peek at CGI Smurfs, lots of casting news about Wolverine, competing Alice in Wonderland projects, and news that Leo DiCaprio will be producing a live-action adaptation of Akira More...

December 26, 2007
Sacha Baron Cohen Announces "Deaths" of Borat, Ali G
There will by no more sexytime for Sacha Baron Cohen. More...

December 20, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Five New Films Fight For Holiday Cheer
Moviegoers are in for a feast as studios will unleash a wide menu of new options on Friday trying to reach holiday patrons on the weekend before Santa comes to town. With so many choices, there should be something for everyone allowing the overall... More...

December 13, 2007
Atonement Leads Golden Globe Nominations
The nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Did your favorite films, stars, and songs make the cut? More...

December 13, 2007
Sweeney Todd's Opening Credits Online!
Its wide release opening is just over a week away -- but why wait 'til then to see Sweeney Todd's opening credits, when they're online now? More...

December 11, 2007
Tim Burton Talks Full-Length Frankenweenie
Tim Burton is gearing up to turn his 1984 short film Frankenweenie into a full-length 3-D feature for Disney. More...

December 07, 2007
Tomatometer Watch: Sweeney Todd Snips a 100 Percent
When it was originally announced that Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter were starring in a bloody movie musical, many people were skeptical about how it would work out. But have no fear, The Tomatometer here, and Sweeney Todd: The Barber of... More...

December 07, 2007
National Board Says No Country for Old Men Is 2007's Best Film
December 31 is just a few weeks away, and you know what that means -- 'tis the season for year-end lists and awards. More...

November 16, 2007
Tim Burton Making 3-D Alice in Wonderland for Disney
He's already taken filmgoers to Sleepy Hollow and into Willy Wonka's factory -- and now, Variety reports, Tim Burton will team up with Disney to give audiences a new take on Alice in Wonderland. More...

October 04, 2007
Trailer Bulletin: Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd
Nothing says holiday cheer like the story of a murderous 19th century barber hell bent on revenge, right? Your first look at Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is online! More...

September 05, 2007
Sacha Baron Cohen Commits to Two Starring Roles
He's kept a relatively low profile since testing the boundaries of comedy with Borat last year, but all that's about to change -- Variety reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen his next two starring roles. More...

August 28, 2007
Dreamworks Updates Sweeney Todd Release Schedule
Black may have been in last year, but set your winter fashion to deep red this Christmas: Dreamworks has announced a December 21 release date for Sweeney Todd, the musical thriller by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. More...

August 27, 2007
Warner Bros. Butchering Sweeney Todd?
You would think any studio that greenlighted an adaptation of Sweeney Todd -- the classic musical about a homicidal barber -- would be prepared for plenty of blood and guts. And, as it turns out, you'd be wrong: The Sunday Mail is reporting that... More...

August 21, 2007
See Sweeney Todd Photos!
Half the fun in any Tim Burton production is seeing pictures of the director's visions come to life, especially when Johnny Depp is involved -- and that's why you're excited that we've got pictures from December's Burton/Depp reunion, Sweeney Todd! More...

June 20, 2007
Tim Burton Out of Jim Carrey's "Ripley's"? (Believe It or Not!)
Tim Burton might be finishing up with his "Sweeney Todd" adaptation, but is he now off the long-discussed "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" project? More...

May 23, 2007
Christopher Lee's Role Snipped from "Sweeney Todd"
Is it me or does Christopher Lee seem to get cut out of movies a lot? He was supposed to appear in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" adaptation, but his character just got snipped out of the project. More...

March 29, 2007
First Look: Depp as "Sweeney Todd"
No sooner has filming resumed on director Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" than the first photos of Johnny Depp dressed up as the musically gifted barber/murderer have surfaced, courtesy of renowned blogger and photo doodler Perez Hilton. More...

March 14, 2007
Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" On Hold
Production Tim Burton's adaptation of "Sweeney Todd" has been put on hold as star Johnny Depp cares for his daughter. More...

February 27, 2007
"Hulk," "Sweeney" & "Bourne" Production Updates
Just a few tidbits of production info on a trio of highly-anticipated project: Universal's "Hulk" follow-up, Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" movie, and the second sequel to "The Bourne Identity." More...

February 04, 2007
Carrey Believes "Ripley's" Is Back On
The on again, off again, "Ripley's Believe It or Not" project is back on, said Jim Carrey. He will star as Robert Ripley in Tim Burton's film. More...

January 09, 2007
The Wicked Alan Rickman Joins Tim Burton & "Sweeney Todd"
...and the cast for Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" adaptation just keeps getting cooler and cooler. The always-cool character actor known as Alan Rickman has just signed on to play opposite Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron... More...

December 21, 2006
RT's Top Yuletide Kid Flicks -- Christmas Countdown, Day Four
It's Day Four of RT's Five Days of Christmas Countdown, where we serve up a different list each day of the best holiday flicks around. Today, we've got something for kids and families -- all the Whos down in Whoville, the king of Halloweentown,... More...

December 18, 2006
Sacha Baron to Go Old-School for "Sweeney Todd"??
Now here's some amusing gossip from the set of Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" adaptation: Allegedly the singing voice of Sacha "Borat" Baron Cohen is so inappropriate that the comedian has been asked to "rap" his lyrics... More...

December 18, 2006
Oedekerk Hired to Rehaul Tim Burton's "Ripley," Believe It or Not
When Paramount shelved Tim Burton's "Ripley's Believe It or Not" a few months back, some people thought the project was dead in the water. Well hey, apparently not. More...

December 08, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: "Spider-Man 3" Teasers, "Pirates 3" Pics And Rumors, "Transformers" Images, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, we just can't get enough of those tidbits from the upcoming third installments of "Spider-Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the live-action "Transformers." More...

November 10, 2006
One-Armed Push-ups All Around in Honor of Jack Palance
Jack Palance, who made a career out of bullying good guys and portraying stern, craggy-faced menaces, died Friday. Surrounded by family at his California ranch, he passed away from natural causes at the age of 87. More...

November 08, 2006
Heath Ledger Talks "Joker"
So now that we've all had time to digest the idea of "Heath Ledger = The Joker," the "Dark Knight" actor has chimed in with a few insights on how he'll approach the iconic character. More...

October 30, 2006
Scoop on a FOURTH "Spider-Man 3" Villain?
It was Villain Overkill that helped to kill the Burton/Schumacher "Batman" series -- but somehow we don't expect the same thing to happen with Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 3" -- we hope. More...

October 19, 2006
Helena Bonham Carter Joins Tim Burton's New Project
It's a piece of casting news that'll please many, but shock no one: Helena Bonham Carter has been cast opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's movie version of "Sweeney Todd." Needless to say, this trio has collaborated on numerous... More...

October 19, 2006
Critical Consensus: "Flags" Flies High; "The Prestige" Is Magic; "Flicka" Is A Pretty Good Ride; "Marie Antoinette" Spared Critical Guillotine
This week at the movies, we've got a complex tale of heroism (Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," starring Ryan Phillippe), a story of dueling magicians (Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige," starring Christian Bale,... More...

October 16, 2006
Borat To Team With Burton in "Sweeney Todd?"
Who better than Kazakhstan's number four journalist to share the screen with Johnny Depp in a film adaptation of the mad barber tale, to be directed by Tim Burton? More...

October 13, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: "Batman Begins" Villain Talk, "Transformers" Set News, "Evan Almighty" Budget Woes, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, we have more guessing games regarding who will be Batman's other foe in "The Dark Knight," music and pics from the "Transformers" movie, and "Evan Almighty"'s rapidly ascending budget, which... More...

September 21, 2006
Box Office Guru Preview: Jackass Crashes into Theaters
Four new films open wide, but they may not be enough to stop the North American box office from suffering its third consecutive down weekend. More...

September 20, 2006
Casting News on "I Am Legend" -- Plus, Depp Is Out
Director Francis Lawrence and actor Will Smith are preparing to mount a third rendition of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend," but one piece of gossip has been eliminated: Johnny Depp will not be starring in the flick. In related news, a... More...

August 24, 2006
"Monster House" & "Nightmare Before Christmas" Make 3-D Returns
A pair of well-received (and mildly spooky) animated films are primed to make their theatrical comebacks ... and in 3-D, no less. Sony's "Monster House" will pop back in on October 6th, while Disney's cult classic "The Nightmare... More...

August 17, 2006
Burton & Depp Together for the 6th Time: Sweeney Todd
When Tim Burton and Johnny Depp get together, pretty wild movies tend to happen. Frankly I think all five of their previous collaborations have been darn fine films, and here's some good news: That "Sweeney Todd" adaptation they've been... More...

August 07, 2006
Christian Bale Talks "Dark Knight" and Heath Ledger
What with the new Bat-title ("The Dark Knight") and the new bat-villain (Heath Ledger as The Joker), it seems that Bat-actor Christian Bale is pretty happy with the way his "Batman Begins" sequel is coming together. The... More...

July 13, 2006
Box Office Preview: Dupree and Little Man Bust Into Your Home
A pair of new star-driven comedies will try to steal away some treasure from the record-breaking hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in a laugh-filled battle for the number two slot. More...

June 14, 2006
DC Comics Chief Discusses "Wonder Woman" Delays
When a movie takes three or four years to get off the ground, it's often seen as a problematic project, but that theory doesn't always hold true for superhero flicks. DC Comics prez Paul Levitz recently had an illuminating conversation with... More...

June 13, 2006
Burton Moves to "Sweeney Todd" and Bumps "Ripley," Believe It or Not
If you were eagerly anticipating the Tim Burton/Jim Carrey collaboration called "Ripley's Believe It or Not!," then you might have an extra year or two to wait, because since Johnny Depp's "Shantaram" lost its director and the... More...

May 16, 2006
"Used Guys" Gets the Axe
It was supposed to be a high-concept sci-fi buddy comedy sex farce from director Jay Roach and starring Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller ... but now "Used Guys" is dead in the water, thanks to soaring budgets and pre-production hold-ups. More...

May 02, 2006
The Return of Jack Skellington!
If you're a big fan of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (and c'mon, who isn't?), then you might wanna hang out near your local "mega-big-screen" movie house on October 20th -- because that's when Jack and his crew... More...

January 09, 2006
Burton & Depp Together Again for "Sweeney"?
Andrew Hartman of MovieMusicals.net looks to have snagged quite the impressive scoop ... provided it turns out to be accurate, of course. Word is that insane filmmaker Tim Burton and ultra-cool actor Johnny Depp will be re-teaming (yes, again) to... More...

January 05, 2006
Writers' & Producers' Guilds Deliver Their '05 Noms
As usual we rely on Movie City News to bring us the "best of 2005" picks from the critics, and now come the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). More...

December 09, 2005
33rd Annual Annie Nominations Are Out
OK, so they're not exactly the Oscars, but as a longtime animation aficionado, I thought it'd be fun to cover the 33rd Annie Awards, which celebrate excellence in (what else) the art of animation. "DreamWorks and Aardman garnered an amazing... More...

November 29, 2005
Burton & Carrey to Do Ripley ... Believe It or Not
Variety reports that Jim Carrey and Tim Burton will collaborate on Paramount's action-adventure flick about the life of reporter, globe-trotter, and weird-stuff cataloger Robert Ripley. More...

October 03, 2005
Foster's "Flight" Tops "Serenity" Start
For the second weekend in a row, Jodie Foster's air-thriller "Flightplan" was #1 at the North American box office. The Disney flick made an estimated $15 million in its sophomore session, and its grand total now stands at $46.1 million.... More...

September 26, 2005
Jodie's "Plan" -- Be #1 at the Weekend Box Office
Disney's airplane thriller "Flightplan" had little problem snagging the #1 spot at the weekend box office, but for the first time ever, two September releases managed to cross the $20 million mark in same frame. "Flightplan"... More...

September 22, 2005
Critical Consensus: A Beautiful "Bride," A Bumpy "Flight," And a Bouncy "Bounce"
This week at the movies brings a twisted tale of love from beyond the grave ("Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"), a paranoid thriller at 40,000 feet ("Flightplan") and a nostalgic look at the days of roller disco ("Roll... More...

September 19, 2005
Lotsa Pennies for "Heaven" at the Weekend Box Office
As expected, the Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy "Just Like Heaven" handily snagged the #1 spot at the weekend box office, grossing an estimated $16.5 million from 3,500 theaters. Based on the early returns from Ms. Witherspoon's last... More...

September 16, 2005
Toronto Film Fest: Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" starring Johnny Depp
"Corpse Bride" is yet another exquisitely beautiful Tim Burton creation with witty, dark humor. The color palette is deeper than Burton's previous claymation feature, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," but because it's a Tim... More...

August 08, 2005
Hazzard Boys "Duke" Out an Easy Win at the Weekend Box Office
WB's big-screen adaptation of "The Dukes of Hazzard" had no problem tackling the #1 spot at the weekend box office, pulling in nearly $30.6 million from over 3,700 theaters. Granted, it was the only movie opening in wide release, but WB... More...

August 01, 2005
"Wedding" Boys Crash the #1 Spot -- in Their Third Weekend!
For the first time in several years, a wide release has jumped into the #1 box office spot after spending two weeks among the top five, and that movie is "Wedding Crashers." More...

July 27, 2005
Holy Box Set, Batman! It's Special Edition Time!
Variety reports that WB Home Video will be releasing all four "Batman" movies via the 2-disc Special Edition treatment on Oct. 18th. (And by "all four" we mean Tim Burton's "Batman" and "Batman Returns," as... More...

July 25, 2005
"Chocolate" Remains Sweet at the Box Office
Fending off a handful of newcomers this past weekend was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and the family-friendly confection proved to have some serious staying power at the box office. The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration pulled... More...

July 18, 2005
"Charlie" Sells a Lot of Golden Tickets to Snatch the Box Office Prize
Another summer weekend, another massive opening. Knocking "Fantastic Four" out of the number one spot, Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" pulled in just over $55 million during its first three days of release.... More...

July 14, 2005
Critical Consensus: "Chocolate," "Wedding" Both Sweet
This week's wide releases blend the sweet and the sour. Sweet, like the taste of chocolate or true love; sour, like unabashed excess or scoundrel-like behavior. Will critics develop a taste for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" or... More...

July 07, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Corpse Bride
Sure, the original teaser trailer was a good drop of fun, but the all-new theatrical trailer for Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is now up for your enjoyment at Yahoo! Movies -- and it's pretty darn cool. More...

June 13, 2005
Early Consensus: "Batman Begins" Seizes the Crown
There have been a number of attempts to bring the Dark Knight to the big screen. They have varied from the brooding to the campy, with varying degrees of success. With "Memento" director Christopher Nolan at the helm, it appears... More...

May 31, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Moviefone.com brings us the first peek at the theatrical trailer for Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." The first teaser trailer caused a lot of buzz among fans of Roald Dahl's original story and the 1971 Gene Wilder... More...

April 05, 2005
Check Out the Delicious New "Charlie" One-Sheet!
Various outlets are sharing the new "Willy Wonka" poster with us, but I found it over at Movie City News, so that's who gets the linkage! Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl, directed by the lovably insane Tim Burton ("Sleepy... More...

January 21, 2005
"Corpse Bride" Trailer Lives
The trailer for Tim Burton's upcoming film "Corpse Bride" is now online. The film, co-directed with Mike Johnson, involves a man who, on the way to his wedding ceremony, sees what he thinks is a stick, but is actually a bony finger... More...

December 09, 2004
Miss Congeniality 2, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Posters
The teaser posters for "Miss Congeniality 2" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" are out. If they're not in your local theater displays yet, they soon will be. "Miss Congenality 2" stars Sandra Bullock and will be... More...