About time! Amazon.com informed me about the nice fact that Universal will release one of my favourite movies, Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation on Blu-ray Disc in the US on December 7, 2010. Just about a week before Coppola’s latest film Somewhere will hit the US screens. I already own the HD DVD of LiT and I don’t think the film will look any better on Blu-ray Disc, but I just hate to turn on the Xbox 360 and it’s turbine engine just to see Scarlett Johansson running around in a Tokyo hotel room in her underwear…
Pre-order Lost in Translation on Blu-ray Disc from Amazon.com

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Two new trailers for Andrew Lau’s Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen starring Donnie Yen.

Kompletten Beitrag lesen…

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I’m really no fan of public mourning for “celebrities”, but the news of director Satoshi Kon passing away at the age of only 46 really ruined yesterday evening.
In my eyes, Kon was one of the most creative directors in the world of animation and will be sorely missed as he was preparing some very promising projects to add to his portfolio of masterworks. Thanks for showing us your dreams!

12.10.1963 – 24.08.2010

NP: The Girl in Byakkoya – White Tiger Field (Paprika Ending Theme)

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OMG, it’s full of stars in 3D!

According to some rumors in the Blu-ray.com forums, Universal will release Edgar Wright’s adaptation on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on January 4, 2011. I can’t imagine why Universal wants to miss the Christmas sales, but at least I can see the film before it hits the German theaters on January 6th.
[via IMP Awards]

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In the September issue of Cut magazine, Studio Ghibli mastermind Hayao Miyazaki revealed some key points about his next project. Thanks to the translation from the friendly folks at Nausicaa.net we now can all look forward to a sequel from Miyazaki’s 1992 Porco Rosso:

“I’m not thinking about a movie of a girl.”
“I think that I must think about only a movie of a boy.”
“I do not need to make a movie if it is not a tragic story of a boy.”
“So I want to escape to “Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie“. I have all its materials.”
“It should be interesting.”
“It is set for Spanish Civil War.”

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Darren Aronofsky makes me want to see a film about (crazy/bi-curious) ballet dancers. The whole setup and some of the scenes remind me of Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (Aronofsky is supposed to own the live-action rights) but I’ll wait before I jump to any conclusions.

Synopsis

Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her.
When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well.
Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side – a recklessness that threatens to destroy her

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Yeah, ice skating in hell! Looks like at least one Japanese distributor has finally understood how to increase international sales for their domestic home video releases and has decided to release a new Japanese film with English subtitles!
The subject for this revolutionary approach will be Takeshi Kitano’s latest film Outrage (アウトレイジ). The yakuza drama will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (both with the mentioned English subtitles) from Bandai’s sublabel Honneamise on December 3rd. There will also be a Blu-ray Disc limited edition with two bonus DVDs.
Outrage DVD: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp
Outrage Blu-ray Disc: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp
Outrage Blu-ray Disc LE: CD Japan – Amazon.co.jp

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Director/Producer/Writer/Actor Edward Burns (who never really catched my eye in any of these jobs) has released the first, beautiful shot trailer for his latest film Nice Guy Johnny starring Matt Bush and Kerry Bishé. It may look a bit too sappy (thanks to PT Walkley’s Save The World), but I think it’s just the right film to end a summer…

Nice Guy Johnny will be available “everywhere”, meaning on DVD and several VOD sites on October 26th.
Synopsis:

Sure, she can be a little overbearing sometimes, but baby-faced Johnny Rizzo loves his fiancée Claire, and he made her a promise: by the time he’s 25-years-old, he’ll trade his current dream job as a local sports talk radio host (even if it is the 2 a.m. slot) for something that’ll pay bigger bucks. And Johnny’s nothing, if not a man of his word.

Now he’s flying to New York to interview for some snoozeville job that Claire’s well-to-do father set up. Enter Uncle Terry, who lives in New York, a rascally womanizer bent on turning a day in the Hamptons into a final fling for his nephew. Nice guy Johnny’s not interested, of course, but then he meets the lovely Brooke…

[via Quiet Earth]

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Great alternative poster created by Martin Ansin for Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
Did I already mention how pissed I am about the fact that I have to wait until January 6, 2011 before I can watch the film in German theaters? Way to go, Universal Germany!

[via IMP Awards]

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Wow, just wow!

[via I Heart Pluto]

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