The premiere for the latest chapter in the Twilight saga, New Moon, was completely insane -- as you well know if you follow me and AMC News on Twitter.
What happens in New Moon? What is it like being at the center of the Twilight storm? And perhaps most importantly, what does it mean for fans and future movies that author Stephenie Meyer says she's "burnt out" on vampires? Watch my Opening Night report for answers from the cast.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
November 19, 2009 12:01am
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: anna kendrick, chris weitz, jamie campbell bower, justin chon, kristen stewart, new moon, robert pattinson, taylor lautner, twilight
Tonight yours truly and the AMC News team will be on hand at the
Twilight: New Moon premiere in Westwood. There are already reports of
people camping out in the streets to catch a glimpse of what I
would imagine is going to be the biggest premiere of the year.
Follow along with AMC News on Twitter for real-time tweets, pictures and even
video from the red carpet. Tonight promises to be wild and you can
experience it with me by following AMC News on Twitter.
Photo of New Moon premiere setup via ohemgeeceleb on Twitter.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
November 16, 2009 1:45pm
Filed under: Opening Night
Tags: the twilight saga: new moon
At last week's premiere of 2012 (pronounced "two thousand twelve" for anyone wondering), I heard the movie's executive producer Mark Gordon say -- and I'm paraphrasing -- that this movie could be one of the biggest films in scope ever made. Granted, 2012 is built around the Mayan myth of the apocalyptic destruction of the earth, but still, that's a quite a statement coming from a guy who previously teamed up with director Roland Emmerich for The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot and 10,000 BC.
According to John Cusack, the script called for the demolition of Rome and Paris, just to name a few places. I wondered if fellow cast member Danny Glover and director Emmerich agreed that this movie would be bigger than any we've seen before. I especially wanted Emmerich's opinion, since he told AMC's SciFi Scanner this film will be his last disaster movie and perhaps he wanted to go out with a bang.
Watch our AMC News Opening Night report to find out what Emmerich and Glover think. And to interact with me live at future movie premieres, film festivals and awards shows, follow AMC News on Twitter.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
November 12, 2009 12:00am
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: 2012, amanda peet, danny glover, john cusack, roland emmerich
Last week I was in New York to catch up with the cast of the new AMC series The Prisoner, a modern-day take on the 60's cult-classic TV show which starred Patrick McGoohan. This time around, it's Jim Caviezel as Six, the prisoner, and Sir Ian McKellen as Two, the man who runs The Village where the story takes place.
There are so many layers and mysteries to the story that McKellen had a hard time breaking it down for me without giving too much away. In fairness, I was probably too curious after having watched the first episode. McKellen said his friends had the same reaction after the premiere screening in New York last Tuesday.
McKellen insists that the simple questions the story raises are ultimately answered in the six-hour miniseries. "What is this place, who is running it, and why?" he asked. "In answering those questions, the story is about an extreme version about what it's like today."
For our AMC News report on The Prisoner, watch the video. And for more on The Prisoner, tune in Nov. 15 at 8PM | 7C and follow along with me and AMC News on Twitter.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
November 9, 2009 1:10pm
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: bill gallagher, ian mckellen, jamie campbell bower, jim caviezel, nick hurran, ruth wilson, the prisoner
At the premiere of The Box in New York Wednesday night, as you may have noticed if you follow AMC News on Twitter, we had some laughs. The movie is a thriller from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly, and it centers around this question: Would you let a stranger die in exchange for a million dollars? That moral dilemma is at the center of this film, and it was a question many on the red carpet were talking about.
The Box is an adaptation of the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson (I Am Legend) that first appeared in Playboy magazine. Did stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden or the other cast members ever think they'd appear in a movie that had its roots in a nudie magazine? Watch my Opening Night Report to find out.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
November 6, 2009 10:20am
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: cameron diaz, celia weston, holmes osborne, james marsden, richard kelly, the box
This week -- as you may already know if you follow AMC News on Twitter -- I was in New York to sit down with the stars of Amelia, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor, and to attend the premiere. The movie, directed by Mira Nair, shows you another side of world famous aviator Amelia Earhart, not just the story of her going down in the Pacific while she was trying to complete the first around-the-world flight by a woman. As the movie shows us, Earhart was a celebrity with a keen intellect and a complex love life. Watch my Opening Night report for all that, plus, stay tuned for the very end of the video to see what happens when the FDNY, New York's Bravest, interrupt my interview with McGregor.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
October 22, 2009 1:20pm
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: amelia, ewan mcgregor, hilary swank, richard gere
In adapting Maurice Sendak's children's book Where the Wild Things Are to the big screen, director Spike Jonze tried to capture the feeling -- for adults and kids both -- of being nine years old. Furry creatures that had never before spoken a word were given dialogue, and brought to life by Jim Henson's Creature Shop and the actors Catherine O'Hara, Lauren Ambrose and Forest Whitaker. I sat down with them -- as well as Catherine Keener and star Max Records -- in Los Angeles to talk about how Jonze approached the movie and more.
At the premiere this week in New York, the film's executive producer Tom Hanks and I talked about the popularity of the movie and the trouble I had getting a Max Halloween costume. According to Keener, even President Obama has read the book, and she tells us in the video how she knows. Take a look.
To following along with me AMC News live for photos and updates every red carpet premiere, check out AMC News on Twitter.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
October 15, 2009 3:20pm
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: catherine keener, catherine o'hara, forest whitaker, lauren ambrose, max records, tom hanks, where the wild things are
At the premiere this week of Couples Retreat, Vince Vaughn told me the film -- which is the first he's taken a writing credit on -- came in part from his own experiences, where he found "the funny is an overcommitment to the absurd" in relationships and marriage counseling. Jon Favreau, who wrote the first draft of the movie before starting work on Iron Man 2, said Vaughn wasn't afraid to suggest something different while shooting, something Kristen Bell seemed to enjoy. Watch the video for our conversations and my report:
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
October 8, 2009 7:01am
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: couples retreat, jean reno, jon favreau, kristen bell, vince vaughn
Love Happens might be a romantic comedy -- or a romantic drama -- depending on who you ask.
At the premiere in Westwood this week, which we covered live via AMC NEWS on Twitter, some of the stars leaned one way, while others -- including director Brandon Camp -- felt differently. This is a film that comes from a personal place of loss for Camp, and a story that star Jennifer Aniston (but not co-star Aaron Eckhart) said was tough to wrap one's head around. Take a look at this week's Opening Night to find out why.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
September 17, 2009 12:20pm
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: aaron eckhart, brandon camp, dan fogler, jennifer aniston, love happens
Extract is Office Space director Mike Judge's latest movie, and it
examines the goings-on in a vanilla extract bottling factory. To call the factory dysfunctional would be an understatement: Mila
Kunis wreaks havoc; Jason Bateman can't seem to get anything right; and
Kiss' Gene Simmons plays an ambulance-chasing lawyer. Watch my Opening
Night report from the premiere to see why Kunis thinks her character could be employee of the month and precisely what Gene Simmons thinks of
lawyers (we don't bleep it out)!
Why wait for these details? For instant updates and pictures
from any premiere I go to, follow along with me and AMC News on
Twitter.
Posted by Jacob Soboroff
September 3, 2009 12:01am
Filed under: Opening Night, Video
Tags: david koechner, dustin milligan, extract, gene simmons, jason bateman, mike judge, mila kunis