Harrison Ford, who happens to be one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the past 25 years, also happens to be the rare example of a star who is able to separate his business from his personal life. For example, while promoting his latest film, K-19: THE WI...
...hosted by FordA.Thaxton. This week the show looks ata number of new film scores as well as releases of some classic film music - a good opportunity to hear some new scores and old favorites. Featured this will be BOOK OF STARS (Richard Gibbs), THE W...
An interesting thread posted on the Film Score Monthly message board gives an interesting update – with equally interesting reader comments – on the planned re-recording of the complete (every second of the score presented for the first tim...
...hosted by FordA.Thaxton (formerly aired on KING-FM in Seattle) "Clef Notes from Tinseltown", a news and review show, hosted by Dan Goldwasser, SoundtrackNet "Foreign Focus", featuring international soundtracks, hosted by Didier C. Deutsch "The Classi...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS John (THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST) Debney's 1995 symphonic score for Renny Harlin's swashbuckling adventure film, CUTTHROAT ISLAND, is one of the most invigorating and dynamically exciting film scores of the last ten years, a bre...
When I first encountered Neil Norman’s GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION HITS back in 1978, I was one of those grumpy purists taken aback by his electric guitars intruding upon the pristine orchestral tonalities of STAR WARS and other icons of science fiction film...
...ng trend. FordA.Thaxton, producer of dozens of soundtrack CDs over the last 25 years, feels there are three basic reasons why film scores are thrown out these days. "The first is that producers feel the movie is in trouble and the easiest thing to ch...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSFrom La-La Land Records comes The Fantasy Film Music of George Pal (LLLCD 1016), a new limited edition collection of more thanan hour's worth of music from the famed sci-fi producer's last seven films, much of which has never b...
A bit more from that CINESCAPE interview with Harrison Ford, and it's on INDIANA JONES 4 again. For our coverage of his latest, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, you'll just have to wait. Anyway, when we asked Fordabout the time frame for the new JONES adventure, he...
The co-masterminds behind the Indiana Jones films, executive producer George Lucasand director Steven Spielberg, have been going public with their plans for INDY 4 in recent days, but what does the man in the fedora himself sayabout the rapidly developi...
Indiana Jones is ready for blast off.Now that plans for making INDIANA JONES 4 this summer have fallen through, actor Harrison Ford is filling his free time by agreeing to star in a science fiction/thriller. Titled GODSPEED, the film is in development at ...
Harrison Ford cut down a rumor connected to INDIANA JONES 4 for almost as long as the Internet has been buzzing about the project.In a short interview with the CHICAGO SUN TIMES' Cindy Pearlman, Ford responded to the rumor that the next film will portray ...
On last Wednesday's LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, Harrison Ford, shortly before calling the title for his new submarine movie, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER "stupid," Harrison Ford gave a few words on the progress of INDIANA JONES 4. "I hope so," Ford said when ...
Judging by what Harrison Ford has just said on Friday, he's definitely on board for a new Indiana Jones adventure should George Lucasand Steven Spielberg think of a good storyline. In an update with the Los Angeles Times, Ford had this to say on possibly...
Harrison Ford needs no introduction. As Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and the title character in the Indiana Jones franchise, he’s starred in two of cinema’s largest-grossing film series ever. The roles catapulted him into super-stardom, turn...
Harrison Ford's next movie will be THE WRONG ELEMENT, a thriller for Warner Bros. Written by Joe Forte, the picture sees Ford play the role of security chief for a global bank. He received word that his family has been kidnapped and if he's ever to see th...
There have been rumors for the past year of whispers from inside the production that Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may not be the last time we see Indy on the big screen. Well, USA Today decided to pose the question to Harrison Ford w...
Two years after reopening with much pomp and promise, the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts, formerly known as the Ford Centre, is facing an uncertain future.
However Mark Holden, the Centre's chief operating officer says the theatre will probabl...
Rob Cohen and Universal Pictures have hired Luke Ford to star in THE MUMMY 3. He will playAlex O'Connell, the son of adventurer Rick O'Connell, who journeys into the forbidden tombs of China and into the Himalayas, where they run into a new shape-s...
Harrison Ford is now attached to play real-life U.S military General Jim Mattis in NO TRUE GLORY: THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH. The movie will be based on the non-fiction book being written by Bing West, a journalist reporting on the Iraq War, which is to be p...
Ron Shelton is prepping a new thriller, staring Harrison Ford, seemingly based, in part, on Los Angeles' Rampart police corruption scandal, part of which involved bad cops moonlighting as bodyguards and possibly hit men for gangsta rappers. The film, unti...
In an interview with TV GUIDE, Harrison Fordagain affirmed his interest in returning to the role of INDIANA JONES for a fourth film in that series."I would like to do another INDIANA JONES," Ford, who received the Cecil B. DeMille award from the Foreign ...
Harrison Ford received the 2,226th star on Friday, May 30 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located in front of the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland.Attending the star ceremony was long-time girlfriend Calista Flockhart and Steven Spielber...
Walden Media has signed Harrison Ford to star in the thriller MANHUNT. Ford will play war hero Col. Everton Conger, leader of the search for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.The story centers on "the tense days after Lincoln's assassination in 1865 and follow t...
Actor Glenn Ford, who played protagonists in films such as The Blackboard Jungle, Gilda and The Big Heat, has died. He was 90.A statement from Beverly Hills police says that paramedics were called to Ford's home just before 4 pm and found the actor deceas...
A few months back, Steven Spielberg and George Lucasannounced YOUNG INDIANA JONES and SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION writer Frank Darabont would be penning the fourth INDIANA JONES film, and that it would be released in the summer of 2005. Since then, Harrison For...
Harrison Ford told the German magazine Fit for Fun he is all ready to play Indiana Jones in the fourth installment in the series.The actor said, "Steven Spielberg and I now have a script in hand that we both like. I believe that we can start with the film...
Tony Stark, makes you feel! He looks real sharp in his snazzy duds, he jumps around and he's got a cool car...
Tom Harper famous Hollywood stunt manand race driver shows George Barris his latest creation for the upcoming 'Iron Man' movie starring Robe...
Firewall by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Warner Bros./Village Roadshow.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford; Paul Bettany.Who's Making It:Richard Loncraine (Director); Joe Forte (Screenwriter); Armyan Bernstein, Jon S...
‘Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End’ is the final movie in Disney’s Pirate trilogy. Or is it? Apparently, after the credits there is a final scene where Elizabeth and Will are reunited, 10 years later and Will meets his son (...
First of all, Ben Affleck wants to set the record straight on this whole "taking over for Harrison Ford" thing.Yes, the star of PEARL HARBOR, just shy of his 30th birthday, is playing a younger version of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst hero Jack Ryan, the chara...
With movies, much of the drama lies on the screen. Such is certainly the case with What Lies Beneath, the suspenseful new thriller from acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis, which scared up $29.7 million and the number one seat in its opening weekend. But a...
Thunderbirds by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 04-20-2004)
Genre:Family/Adventure/Science Fiction.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Working Title Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's Voices Are In It:Bill Paxton (Jeff Tracy); Ben Kingsley (The Hood); Anthony Edwards (Brains); Sophia Myles (Lady Penelop...
It’s time to talk about the Godfathers of Modern Cinema. Only a select few can be properly placed in this type of category because of the lasting imprint they collectively shaped from the 60’s through the 70’s, 80’s onward to to...
I began the Star Spotlight column back on March 4, 2007 featuring George Lucasas one of the Godfathers of Modern Cinema. It featured one of the men responsible for changing the landscapes of Hollywood over the last 30 years. A man who shell shocked pop c...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
The American Film Institute honored George Lucas with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday night. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg and even Chewbacca were there to help honor him. Lucas wasapp...
Back when we first scooped about Ford Motor Company's involvement with Lady Penelope's pink set of wheels from the THUNDERBIRDS movie, our informant showed us an early concept design sketch of the car. As the days tick by until the THUNDERBIRDS trailer st...
Pacifier, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 08-27-2004)
Genre:Action/Comedy.Studio:Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company:Spyglass Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Vin Diesel; Faith Ford; Lauren Graham; Brad Garrett; Brittany Snow; Max Thieriot.Who's Making It:Adam Shankman (Director); Thomas Lenn...
After nineteen years of waiting, Indiana Jones came back to us. Much like the highly scrutinized return of Star Wars, Indiana Jones has its haters (Matt Stone and Trey Parker especially). Was nineteen years too long to wait? Yes, and for some Indi...
Well, this can't be good news for Paramount studio executives: Frank Darabont's script for INDIANA JONES 4 has been discarded by producer George Lucas, throwing the entire project back to square one. According to today's Variety, Lucas didn't like Darabon...
To coincide with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount has release the three original Indiana Jones film in a new, boxed set with a host of new features. You can hear fans grumbling about Paramount and George Lu...
Universal Pictures has premiered the first teaser trailer for their upcoming third installment of the Mummy franchise, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The teaser trailer is attached to movies this weekend in theaters and can be seen online by click...
It's no surprise to hear that the former Soviet Union kept a lid on the events that serve as the basis for K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER for 28 years. Nobody really likes to talk about anaccident that not only claimed many lives but could also have easily caused ...
Looks like the producers were serious when they hinted a few months back that Universal's Mummy franchise could spin-off with the recast Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford). Actress Maria Bello, who replaced Rachel Weisz as Evelyn in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon ...
Some news centering THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE EMPEROR DRAGON hasappeared online courtesy of Shock Til You Drop. The director has opened a new blog that will detail the 20-week shooting schedule and leak out movie details himself. Cohen hasalready pass...
I have to confess to something and it seems the perfect opportunity to do so. Right here, Maniacs! Are you listening? The past few weeks, I’ve had what normal people call “writer’s block” but it goes beyond that. You see, every ...
Director Steven Spielberg snapped a picture of Harrison Ford donning his old Indiana Jones gearand has put it up at Indiana Jones.com. Obviously, the picture is taken after anaction shot because Indy has bruises and looks like he was dragged behind a ta...
Godspeed by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 05-27-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Science Fiction.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Lightstorm Entertainment.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford.Who's Making It:Ryne Douglas Pearson (Screenwriter); James Cameron (Producer).Premise:Astronauts on a space s...
As Harrison Ford's most famous alter ego, Indiana Jones, once said, “It's not just the years, honey, it's the mileage.”
And if you lower your expectations, then you're bound to get a lot of mileage out of Indy's fourth adventure, The Kingdom ...
On January 27, 2002, the popularA&E Network will broadcast a new episode of their award-winning BIOGRAPHY series featuring one of the most important people in modern movie making, George Lucas. You can say what you want about THE PHANTOM MENACE but y...
Ex-convict Ford Carrado was once part of the mechanically-enhanced group of criminals known as Toolbox he called himself Jackhammer. Now all he can call himself is a failure, and the only thing he can think to do is end his life. But a mysterious man cal...
In a surprising bit of news, FOX NEWS columnist Roger Friedman is reporting Steven Spielberg and Harrison Fordare gearing up for INDY 4, and that there is a title and script all ready. While talking to Ford, Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (who starred ...
This week is loaded, so let’s get right into our Prize Closet – which is also loaded.
In keeping with John Wayne Month, we have two copies of the new deluxe edition of True Grit, courtesy of Paramount. To be eligible to win one, just se...
Many mathematicians and theologians are now saying that the Number of the Beast is actually 611. I know - short notice to reschedule your Antichrist party, but a late Saturday date is better anyway. Getting that tattoo changed is going to be a bitch, thou...
Director Kathryn Bigelow has long been a favorite of genre film fans, having helmed such pictures as NEAR DARK, BLUE STEEL, POINT BREAK, and STRANGE DAYS. Now she's embarking on the submarine genre with her newest film, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, which stars H...
How do you get a hold of the vitamin supplements or whatever it is Jack Ryan has been taking? While eight years have passed since the intrepid CIA analyst's last screen adventure in CLEARAND PRESENT DANGER, he's physically decades younger and starting hi...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it ...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he hasalso made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
THE QUIET MAN by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 11-14-2002)
While millions of moviegoers, or at least home video watchers, are eagerly snatching up DVD copies of Steve Spielberg’s classic E.T., why not take a cue from the little bugger and check out Artisan’s wonderful collector’s issue DVD of THE QUIET MAN. Yes, ...
Whether or not you like What Lies Beneath will depend, in part, on your tastes asa filmgoer. A carefully crafted thriller, the movie is a fine piece of filmmaking. It`s also one that makes no apologies for its deliberate pacing or obvious homages, in par...
Tim Burton`s joining SUPERMAN LIVES pretty much knocked screenwriter Kevin Smith out of the creative process. Although actor Nicolas Cage was still signed for the lead role, the eccentric director had his own ideas for screenwriter. He chose Wesley Strick...
BLADE RUNNER (1982), the science fiction masterpiece directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on Philip K. Dick`s novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, was derided during its initial release for being lo...
Here's a wacky twist on the buddy action-comedy: Instead of pairing two culture-clashing heroes from different racial/ethnic backgrounds (one or both of them comedians take your pick), how about matching up two stiff, white straight-men who collectively ...
Reporters have asked the same question to leading Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and director Steven Spielberg these past few months on the possibility of a fifth adventure. Fordand Spielberg said they would love to come back so it's not strange that someon...
In a quick interview with ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, George Lucas probably the first real light to what might be coming in any INDIANA JONES 4 film on the horizon. According to the magazine, Lucas said, "There is a scene where a lot of Indy's ex-girlfriends sh...
WildStorm Production is bringing back the THUNDERCATS, the animated super-team of the 1980s, in two comics projects debuting in August. "Fan interest in having new THUNDERCATS comics is tremendous - and growing," says Jim Lee, WildStorm's editorial direc...
So, the networks are announcing their new fall schedules this week.I've got a couple of shows whose fate I'm really concerned about, but I learned a long time ago that the shows I love are usually the ones that get cancelled.For every SIMPSONS that surviv...
STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES delivers on every cinematic promise George Lucas has made. In his years of directing and producing, Lucas has been putting his spin on nearly every genre in Hollywood's pantheon. He reordered the waya generati...
Based on a story by Philip K. Dick (whose work previously inspired BLADE RUNNER and TOTAL RECALL), with AAA-list star Tom Cruise's name above the title and reigning Hollywood emperor Steven Spielberg in the director's chair, MINORITY REPORT has genre flic...
Sylvester Stallone has been named the Action Star of the Millennium by the Video Software Dealers Association, the trade group from home video businesses. The group will award Stallone (ROCKY, RAMBO) with a trophy at their annual trade show in Las Vegas, ...
It looks like, despite recent announcements of a joyful return to the INDIANA JONES series, director Steven Spielberg wasn't so glad to be coming back. "There wasa little nagging," Spielberg told the Chicago Sun Times, admitting, "George Lucas nagged me ...
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ...
In a surprising quote from Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing indicated the recently announced INDIANA JONES 4 could start shooting... later this year. That's right, but that's not definite. Read the quotes yourself. While talking exclusively to ...
In part one of CINESCAPE's Ben Affleck profile, the actor discussed the daunting prospect of picking up the Jack Ryan franchise where Harrison Ford left off. In part two, he talks about meeting Tom Clancy, America's real-life terrorism fears and the possi...
In part one of CINESCAPE's George Lucas interview, the filmmaker discussed his rocky relationship with the press after the critical lashing he received for THE PHANTOM MENACE. In this installment, the director explains why exactly he returned for a preque...
While basking in the sun here in glorious Mexico, I received an e-mail from my editor asking me for a little New Year's something. Now, I was feeling a bit under the weather, pretty much dead weight mentally, after hitting the tequila bong heavy the night...
Superman Returns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
Genre:Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Kal-El/"Superman"); Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor); Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane); Hugh Laurie (Perry ...
VIDEO NEWSMedia Blasters, an indie label best known for anime fare, has been making encroachments into Anchor Bay territory lately with periodic releases of some Euro horror goodies. Continuing that trend, the company recently announced their upcoming rel...
For decades, it's been number one, the heavyweight champ, consistently ranking atop critics' and scholars' lists of the greatest American movies ever made. CITIZEN KANE, the 1941 cinematic tour de force Broadwayand radio star Orson Welles knocked out at ...
Let’s get this part out of the way first: SCARS OF DRACULA is not a popular movie. It ranks, in critical estimation, as perhaps the absolutely lowest-regarded film in the Hammer Dracula series, with the possible exception of SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, whic...
Bad Boys II by Coming Attractions (Tue 07-01-2003)
Genre:Action/Adventure/Sequel.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Jerry Bruckheimer Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Will Smith (Mike Lowrey); Martin Lawrence (Marcus Burnett); Gabrielle Union (Sydney Burnett); Peter Stormare; Joe Pantol...
It's 3:45 a.m. where Steve Irwin is atop the mountainous Great Dividing Range that runs along Australia's eastern coast - but the self-styled environmental crusader, TV documentary host and now movie star is already up and running around with his usual i...
In an interview with CINESCAPE'S Eric Moro about M. Night Shyamalan's SIGNS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK producer Frank Marshall added to the fever of anticipation for the long in gestation INDIANA JONES 4."Well, I'm very optimistic; we all want to do it," sa...
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL's original theatrical run in 1982 set a new standard for blockbuster success in Hollywood, outdoing even STAR WARS with a record domestic box-office haul that would remain the highest-ever for anamazing decade and a half (until...
Lara Croft might just have some competition. True, she's more into the tomb-raiding sort of work while Dr. Shannon Elizabeth Palmer is a cryptozoologist - someone who studies hidden species like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, folks - but these two bux...
Here's one for all you LOOK WHO'S TALKING fans...This week, CBS is premiering a sitcom about a talking baby, which makes it official: CBS has run out of ideas.Come on CBS! Talking babies?! That is soooo '89.I wish I were joking about this. Unfortunately I...
He's wrestled with vampire hunters and demon-possessed bikers in a variety of projects thatare both in theaters and on the boards, but now writer David Goyer is teaming with living legend and horror maestro Clive Barker to shape a new series for cabler H...