March 29, 2024

August Talks Original “Dark Shadows” Take

Tim Burton's film adaptation of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" earlier this Summer was not well received by the critics. Now frequent Burton collaborator John August has revealed to STYD that the previous incarnation of the project was quite different to the product we ended up with. August, who penned the first draft of "Dark Shadows" a … [Read more...]

August home sale numbers released

The August home sale numbers are out - and they're ugly...According to the B.C. Real Estate Association, the dollar volume of homes sold through MLS last month was down more than 25% from the same month a year ago.Chief Economist Cameron Muir says the average residential price is also down 9%. "August numbers for B.C. and for Vancouver in … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 24th 2012

Photos of a blood-covered Chloe Moretz in Carrie, Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, Richard Armitage in The Hobbit, Penn Badgley in Greetings from Tim Buckley, Jamie Chung in The Man with the Iron Fists, Forest Whitaker in The Butler, Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker on the set of Fast Six and Ashton Kutcher as an older Steve Jobs … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 13th 2012

Several new photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger in both The Last Stand and The Tomb, Chris Hemsworth in Rush, Daniel Day Lewis in full costume in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and Robert Redford in JC Chandor's sea survival drama All is Lost. There's also new photos from The Master, The Iceman, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty, Parental Guidance, The Girl and … [Read more...]

Iran swapping internet for intranet in August (update)

There's dealing with internet comments, and then there's this. According to a statement from Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, Iran will be shutting off access to the world wide in around five months, as it flips the switch on a nationwide "intranet" that'll act like one of the more strict corporate … [Read more...]

Scorsese’s “Wolf” Shooting In August

He's been linked to numerous projects post-"Hugo" and now Martin Scorsese has made a decision. Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are committing to make "The Wolf of Wall Street" together at Red Granite Pictures with a start-of-shooting planned for August in New York reports Deadline. The story is based on the Jordan Belfort memoir of his days as a … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 29th 2011

New stills from Bel Ami, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Safe, Contagion and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. First photos of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Isla Fisher on the set of The Great Gatsby; and various vehicles on the set of Prometheus. Posters for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Three Musketeers, The Ides of March and The … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 24th 2011

Posters for The Raven, The Lady, A Dangerous Method, My Week with Marilyn, The Three Musketeers 3D, Straw Dogs, Footloose, The Woman in Black, Underworld: Awakening, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Blackthorn and a motion poster for Puss in Boots. A photo of Megan Fox, Chris O'Dowd and Jason Segel on the set of This Is 40. "Spike Lee‘s remake of … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 20th 2011

Photos of Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Glenn Close and Aaron Johnson in Albert Noobs, Tahar Rahim in Free Men, and Nic Cage and Idris Elba Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. There's also Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in The Twilight … [Read more...]

News Shorts: August 11th 2011

New photos of Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and Anthony Hopkins in 360; Tom Hanks in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close; Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games; Matt Damon and Anna Paquin in Margaret; Jennifer Garner in Butter; Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton in The Odd Life of Timothy Green; and Taylor Lautner going shirtless and sporting a bit of chest … [Read more...]