Tag: The Addams Family
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Box Office Tracking: ‘Joker’ Likely to Beat Both ‘Gemini Man’ and ‘The Addams Family’
Two new wide-release movies are headed to theaters this weekend: Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, and the rather terrible-looking animated Addams Family movie. But it looks like the Clown Prince of Crime will continue to reign, as box office tracking indicates that Joker is expected to remain in first place. Not even two Will Smiths and…
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Rip Taylor Dies: Hollywood Icon Of Comedy And Camp Was 84
Stand-up comedian and flamboyant star of film and TV Rip Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills, Deadline has learned. He was 84.Known for his confetti-clad campy comedy, Taylor was born Charles Elmer Taylor in Washington D.C. on January 13, 1935. His comedy career started when he joined the U.S. Army and started to perform stand-up…
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‘Abominable’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, DreamWorks Animation claims the top spot in spending with “Abominable.”Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $5.97 million through Sunday for 1,543 national ad airings on 40 networks. (Spend…
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‘The Addams Family’ Soundtrack Teased in Spooky, Kooky, Ooky New Music Video
Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s upcoming animated comedy The Addams Family will feature original songs from global music superstars Christina Aguilera, Migos, Karol G, Rock Mafia and Snoop Dogg, among others. And today, fans everywhere got a first listen to just what the new movie music will sound like, courtesy of a lyric video. The first Addams…
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Anjelica Huston: how we made The Addams Family
‘I based Morticia on Jerry Hall. We’re still friends’I’d been a successful cinematographer. I shot the first three Coen brothers movies, Big and When Harry Met Sally. I was in La finishing up shooting Misery when producer Scott Rudin left me a script to read – The Addams Family. I’d grown up loving Charles Addams’…
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Frank Serafine, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Tron’ Sound Editor/Designer, Dies at 65
Hollywood sound engineer Frank Serafine died on Wednesday in Palmdale, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. He was 65.According to the a report by the Antelope Valley Times, he was fatally struck by a motorist travelling west on Palmdale Boulevard, and Serafine died at the scene of major head and body trauma.Serafine was…
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“Lucifer” Star Aimee Garcia Joins ‘The Addams Family’
Aimee Garcia, star of the recently canceled and resurrected “Lucifer,” has been cast in the animated reboot of ‘The Addams Family.’Garcia, who played LAPD forensic scientist Ella Lopez throughout seasons two and three of “Lucifer,” will voice the as-yet-unknown character of Denise, according to sources close to the production.As well as “Lucifer,” which was canceled…
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MGM Confirms Animated Addams Family Feature Coming in 2019!
Snap snap! It’s been in the works for a while but MGM has officially announced the voice cast for their The Addams Family animated feature and we’ll be hearing the kooky family brought to life by Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler and Allison Janney. Greg Tiernan and…
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‘The Addams Family’ First Look: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, and More Will Voice Animated Reboot of Goth Classic
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, and they’re coming to theaters next fall. On Tuesday, MGM President Jonathan Glickman revealed the famous voices behind the studio’s upcoming animated remake of “The Addams Family.” Oscar Issac and Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron (“Monster”) will lead the cast, collaborating for the first time as spouses Gomez and Morticia Addams.Playing…
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‘Don’t Leave Home’ Is ‘Get Out’ With Catholic Guilt in the Irish Countryside — SXSW 2018 Review
Michael Tully has built one of the more unusual filmographies over the past decade, veering from the druggy thriller “Cocaine Angel” to the documentary “Silver Jew,” the twisted family drama “Septien” and the coming-of-age comedy “Ping Pong Summer.” With “Don’t Leave Home,” he fuses many of those storytelling instincts into a fascinating whole, with a…