Jackie Chan has made a lot of successful movies both in his homeland and in the international arena. With the hundreds of projects under his belt, some were not well-received by the audience. One of the action star’s most popular Hollywood films is Disney’s Around the World in 80 Days.
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
It was helmed as a reboot of the highly acclaimed 1956 version and an adaptation of Jules Verne’s 1873 novel. Apart from Chan, the film starred Steve Coogan and Cecile de France.
Around the World in 80 Days Was A Gigantic Mess
While the title sounds really exciting, Around the World in 80 Days was a critical and commercial flop. It only earned over $72 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million, which means it lost a profit of at least $38 million. This seems not a really large amount, but the negative reviews...
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
It was helmed as a reboot of the highly acclaimed 1956 version and an adaptation of Jules Verne’s 1873 novel. Apart from Chan, the film starred Steve Coogan and Cecile de France.
Around the World in 80 Days Was A Gigantic Mess
While the title sounds really exciting, Around the World in 80 Days was a critical and commercial flop. It only earned over $72 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million, which means it lost a profit of at least $38 million. This seems not a really large amount, but the negative reviews...
- 3/20/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
August is here, and a bounty of noteworthy new movies and TV shows are coming to Amazon Prime Video this month. If it’s new release films you’re looking for, Paramount’s excellent (and very funny) “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” arrives on the streaming service on Aug. 25 after first streaming on Paramount+, while the Elizabeth Banks-directed action-comedy “Cocaine Bear” will be streaming on Aug. 15.
There’s also a Prime Video original film hitting this month in the form of “Red, White & Royal Blue” on Aug. 11, based on the book of the same name by author Casey McQuiston. The LGBTQ romantic comedy stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine in the story of a prince who falls in love with the son of the president of the United States.
And Thursday Night Football comes to Prime Video starting Aug. 24.
Check out a complete list of what...
There’s also a Prime Video original film hitting this month in the form of “Red, White & Royal Blue” on Aug. 11, based on the book of the same name by author Casey McQuiston. The LGBTQ romantic comedy stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine in the story of a prince who falls in love with the son of the president of the United States.
And Thursday Night Football comes to Prime Video starting Aug. 24.
Check out a complete list of what...
- 8/1/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
TelevisaUnivision has ordered seven new projects, including the Gabriela de la Garza-starring “Las Vocales,” to debut on its paid premium streamer ViX+ later this year, Variety has learned exclusively.
The full list of newly set originals includes “Las Vocales” (The Vocals), “Atrapadas en Familia” (Trapped in a Family), “Quieres ser mi hijo?” (Do You Want to Be My Son?), “Promesas y Milagros” (Promises and Miracles), “Exorcismos” (Exorcisms), “La noche del diablito” (The Night of the Little Devil) and “La Sangre y la Gloria” (Blood and Glory).
These titles begin production in May and are set to premiere on Vix+, the upcoming paid tier of the ViX platform, later this year.
Here are the descriptions for each of the newly ordered projects:
Films
Las Vocales – (Movie/Comedy). After a single mother manages to get her son accepted into one of the best schools in the country, she encounters a group...
The full list of newly set originals includes “Las Vocales” (The Vocals), “Atrapadas en Familia” (Trapped in a Family), “Quieres ser mi hijo?” (Do You Want to Be My Son?), “Promesas y Milagros” (Promises and Miracles), “Exorcismos” (Exorcisms), “La noche del diablito” (The Night of the Little Devil) and “La Sangre y la Gloria” (Blood and Glory).
These titles begin production in May and are set to premiere on Vix+, the upcoming paid tier of the ViX platform, later this year.
Here are the descriptions for each of the newly ordered projects:
Films
Las Vocales – (Movie/Comedy). After a single mother manages to get her son accepted into one of the best schools in the country, she encounters a group...
- 5/23/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
If any new trends catch on in 2022, one should insist on every film or television series justifying its existence beyond its potential to make a profit — especially when it comes to adaptations of IP previously adapted in multitudes. Under those terms, given the eight-episode end product that premieres tonight on PBS, there’s little explanation for this new adaptation of “Around the World in 80 Days,” Jules Vernes’ most adapted work. Any new take on Vernes’ classic, even after taking into account that 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of its original publishing, ought to be as adventurous and inventive as the story that inspired it. This one most certainly is not.
PBS’ version opens with three Englishmen of obvious privilege in conversation around a table in a members-only men’s club, wagering whether the pre-passenger-flight-era feat of human ambition and technological marvel implied in the title is achievable. It’s not Elon Musk,...
PBS’ version opens with three Englishmen of obvious privilege in conversation around a table in a members-only men’s club, wagering whether the pre-passenger-flight-era feat of human ambition and technological marvel implied in the title is achievable. It’s not Elon Musk,...
- 1/2/2022
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Sales agent also sells to HBO Max, Pantaya.
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has licensed a raft of Spanish-language titles to Disney-owned Star Channel in Latin America and Lionsgate’s Pantaya.
Juan Carlos Carrasco’s Mexican rom-com Love Can’t Wait (El Amor No Puede Esparar) stars comedy lead Adal Ramones and Monica Huarte (My Best Friend’s Wedding) as two people who connect while trapped in a video store. HBO Latino holds US pay-tv and streaming rights.
The Star Channel package includes Maribel Verdu in comedy Empowered (Sin Rodeos) from Santiago Segura (Torrente comedy franchise), Paco Caballero’s comedy Off Course… To...
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has licensed a raft of Spanish-language titles to Disney-owned Star Channel in Latin America and Lionsgate’s Pantaya.
Juan Carlos Carrasco’s Mexican rom-com Love Can’t Wait (El Amor No Puede Esparar) stars comedy lead Adal Ramones and Monica Huarte (My Best Friend’s Wedding) as two people who connect while trapped in a video store. HBO Latino holds US pay-tv and streaming rights.
The Star Channel package includes Maribel Verdu in comedy Empowered (Sin Rodeos) from Santiago Segura (Torrente comedy franchise), Paco Caballero’s comedy Off Course… To...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Plaza Catedral
Panama’s Abner Benaim’s sophomore narrative feature Plaza Catedral is a dramatic thriller featuring actress Ilse Salas (Gueros; Cantinflas) and Manolo Cardona (“Narcos”). Newcomer Fernando de Casta is also amongst the principal cast, with Dp Lorenza Hagerman and editor Soledad Selfate (of Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman and Gloria). Benaim’s first narrative feature was the 2009 comedy Chance, but has since become a notable documentarian, with 2018’s Ruben Blades Is Not My Name won the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival in the 24 Beats Per Second category.
Gist: Salas stars as Alicia, a 42-year-old-woman whose grief has caused her estrangement from society.…...
Panama’s Abner Benaim’s sophomore narrative feature Plaza Catedral is a dramatic thriller featuring actress Ilse Salas (Gueros; Cantinflas) and Manolo Cardona (“Narcos”). Newcomer Fernando de Casta is also amongst the principal cast, with Dp Lorenza Hagerman and editor Soledad Selfate (of Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman and Gloria). Benaim’s first narrative feature was the 2009 comedy Chance, but has since become a notable documentarian, with 2018’s Ruben Blades Is Not My Name won the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival in the 24 Beats Per Second category.
Gist: Salas stars as Alicia, a 42-year-old-woman whose grief has caused her estrangement from society.…...
- 1/1/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
So many movies intended for the big screen are having to forgo it these days, it seems odd when something as apt for home viewing as “Half Brothers” makes the Covid-defying move of opening on 1,200-plus American screens. Those looking for undemanding entertainment may give it a passing grade, but or the collective viewing experience. Nor does writer-producer Eduardo Cisernos’ concept add much to culture-clash politics beyond contrivance and reinforced stereotypes. It’s a slick film that’s forgettable at best, annoyingly broad and unfunny at worst.
A 1994 prologue has engineer Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) enjoying a close, playful relationship with only child Renato (Ian Inigo) in their native San Miguel de Allende. But a steep economic downturn forces dad to leave his wife (Bianca Marroquin) and son behind in order to seek work up north, along with many others. While he promises he’ll soon return, that promise is broken.
A 1994 prologue has engineer Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) enjoying a close, playful relationship with only child Renato (Ian Inigo) in their native San Miguel de Allende. But a steep economic downturn forces dad to leave his wife (Bianca Marroquin) and son behind in order to seek work up north, along with many others. While he promises he’ll soon return, that promise is broken.
- 12/5/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
The first set of exclusive photos from “Hernan,” the much-anticipated conquistador mega series starring Oscar Jaenada, is out.
The entire series drops on Amazon Prime Video Spain and Latin America on Nov. 21. Talks are still underway in other territories where Amazon Prime is present. The History Channel Latin America will air two episodes a week from Friday Nov. 22 across the region.
In Mexico, Mexican free-to-air broadcaster channel Azteca 7 will air two episodes a week from Sunday Nov. 24.
Touted as the most expensive Hispanic series ever made, ‘Hernan’ is produced by Mexico’s Dopamine, a Salinas Group unit, in collaboration with Spain’s Onza Entertainment.
The eight-episode series marks the 500th Anniversary of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes’ arrival in Mexico. Set in 1519, the ambitious series turns on the conquest of Mexico by Cortés and his troops, with each episode featuring a key character’s perspective of this tumultuous time in Mexico and Spain’s history.
The entire series drops on Amazon Prime Video Spain and Latin America on Nov. 21. Talks are still underway in other territories where Amazon Prime is present. The History Channel Latin America will air two episodes a week from Friday Nov. 22 across the region.
In Mexico, Mexican free-to-air broadcaster channel Azteca 7 will air two episodes a week from Sunday Nov. 24.
Touted as the most expensive Hispanic series ever made, ‘Hernan’ is produced by Mexico’s Dopamine, a Salinas Group unit, in collaboration with Spain’s Onza Entertainment.
The eight-episode series marks the 500th Anniversary of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes’ arrival in Mexico. Set in 1519, the ambitious series turns on the conquest of Mexico by Cortés and his troops, with each episode featuring a key character’s perspective of this tumultuous time in Mexico and Spain’s history.
- 9/27/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The montage at the end of “Rambo: Last Blood” — snippets from all the “Rambo” films stretching back four decades — turns out to be a scrapbook browse of action-trope quaintness, when all a “Rambo” movie ever really needed was a loving camera hold on a sweat-slick, buff, and snarling Sylvester Stallone armed to the teeth or surrounded by explosions.
There was death, sure, but mostly posturing, and it’s worth remembering that scarred ex-Green Beret John Rambo wasn’t a serial killer in “First Blood”; he just did his guerrilla maneuvers, hurt a lot of mean cops, and blew things up. But when Stallone reached Medicare age, 2008’s “Rambo” (the fourth) sacrificed roided-out preening and younger man’s athletics for wall-to-wall butchery and a body count in the hundreds.
That vogue for ultraviolence (facilitated by CGI splatter tech) continues with “Rambo: Last Blood,” a title of hoped-for finality which spends more...
There was death, sure, but mostly posturing, and it’s worth remembering that scarred ex-Green Beret John Rambo wasn’t a serial killer in “First Blood”; he just did his guerrilla maneuvers, hurt a lot of mean cops, and blew things up. But when Stallone reached Medicare age, 2008’s “Rambo” (the fourth) sacrificed roided-out preening and younger man’s athletics for wall-to-wall butchery and a body count in the hundreds.
That vogue for ultraviolence (facilitated by CGI splatter tech) continues with “Rambo: Last Blood,” a title of hoped-for finality which spends more...
- 9/19/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
(L-r) Ashley Pharoah, Ahmed Sylla and Simon Crawford Collins.
The Seven Network and three European public broadcasters have commissioned a big budgeted, eight-part re-imagining of the Jules Verne classic Around the World in 80 Days.
A co-production between Seven West Media’s London-based Slim Film + Television and Paris-based Federation Entertainment, the series will be filmed around the world, budgeted at about €3 million ($4.7 million) per episode.
A leading British actor yet to be announced will play Phileas Fogg, a rich but solitary gentleman who sets off in 1872 to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a £20,000 bet with fellow members of the Reform Club.
French actor Ahmed Sylla will play Passepartout, his valet who accompanies him on the adventure of a lifetime. The lead female role, newspaper reporter Abigail Fix, who joins the travellers in an attempt to make her mark in a man’s world and to emerge from...
The Seven Network and three European public broadcasters have commissioned a big budgeted, eight-part re-imagining of the Jules Verne classic Around the World in 80 Days.
A co-production between Seven West Media’s London-based Slim Film + Television and Paris-based Federation Entertainment, the series will be filmed around the world, budgeted at about €3 million ($4.7 million) per episode.
A leading British actor yet to be announced will play Phileas Fogg, a rich but solitary gentleman who sets off in 1872 to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a £20,000 bet with fellow members of the Reform Club.
French actor Ahmed Sylla will play Passepartout, his valet who accompanies him on the adventure of a lifetime. The lead female role, newspaper reporter Abigail Fix, who joins the travellers in an attempt to make her mark in a man’s world and to emerge from...
- 3/27/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In 2018 Gael Garcia Bernal provided powerful cameo roles in Gonzalo Tobal’s “Accused” and Sara Colangelo’s “The Kindergarten Teacher” and starred in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ drama-thriller “Museo,” about the 1985 looting of 140 priceless Mayan and Meso-American artefacts from Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum. The pic bowed in Berlin, had its North American premiere in Toronto, and has been acquired by YouTube Premium as its first Spanish-language project, expected to be streamed early next year.
Bernal has also been active in Golden Globe-winning TV series “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Here on Earth,” a TV series he co-created.
He has just finished shooting his second feature as director, “Chicuarotes,” produced via his new shingle with partner Diego Luna, La Corriente del Golfo, which also produced “Here on Earth.” The Latin American rights to “Chicuarotes” have been acquired by Cinepolis Distribution.
Speaking to Variety at the Marrakech Film Festival, he talked about these...
Bernal has also been active in Golden Globe-winning TV series “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Here on Earth,” a TV series he co-created.
He has just finished shooting his second feature as director, “Chicuarotes,” produced via his new shingle with partner Diego Luna, La Corriente del Golfo, which also produced “Here on Earth.” The Latin American rights to “Chicuarotes” have been acquired by Cinepolis Distribution.
Speaking to Variety at the Marrakech Film Festival, he talked about these...
- 12/8/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico’s most bankable star, Eugenio Derbez, will be looking to make a splash with this Friday’s release of “Overboard,” a remake of the 1987 romantic comedy of the same name starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
Derbez has already proven there’s an underserved and largely untapped U.S. audience for Spanish-language films. His 2013 passion project, “Instructions Not Included,” grossed nearly $100 million on a $5 million budget, becoming the best-selling Spanish-language film of all time. His follow-up comedy, “How to be a Latin Lover,” earned $62 million and was one of the top 10 films in Mexico last year.
But “Overboard” — where Derbez stars as a hyper-wealthy Mexican playboy opposite Anna Faris — marks his first attempt to expand his fan base to include non-Latino audiences. The film reverses the roles played by Hawn and Russell, with Derbez playing Hawn’s part as a rich heir of a multi-national company stricken with amnesia.
Derbez has already proven there’s an underserved and largely untapped U.S. audience for Spanish-language films. His 2013 passion project, “Instructions Not Included,” grossed nearly $100 million on a $5 million budget, becoming the best-selling Spanish-language film of all time. His follow-up comedy, “How to be a Latin Lover,” earned $62 million and was one of the top 10 films in Mexico last year.
But “Overboard” — where Derbez stars as a hyper-wealthy Mexican playboy opposite Anna Faris — marks his first attempt to expand his fan base to include non-Latino audiences. The film reverses the roles played by Hawn and Russell, with Derbez playing Hawn’s part as a rich heir of a multi-national company stricken with amnesia.
- 5/2/2018
- by Ricardo Lopez
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Anderson, the British director who was nominated for an Academy Award for his direction on “Around the World in 80 Days,” died in Vancouver Wednesday. He was 98.
Anderson’s career began in the ’40s as an assistant director before he joined the Royal Signal Corps during the war. After Anderson was discharged, he signed a contract with Associated British Picture Corporation, for whom he directed five films.
The third film, 1955’s “The Dam Busters,” starring Richard Todd, which was the biggest film of the year for Britain at the box office. The film will be presented at the Royal Albert Hall in London and simulcast into 400 theatres throughout the UK on May 17 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force’s most daring operation of World War II.
Anderson was asked to direct “Around the World in 80 Days” after the original director John Farrow had a falling out with producer Mike Todd.
Anderson’s career began in the ’40s as an assistant director before he joined the Royal Signal Corps during the war. After Anderson was discharged, he signed a contract with Associated British Picture Corporation, for whom he directed five films.
The third film, 1955’s “The Dam Busters,” starring Richard Todd, which was the biggest film of the year for Britain at the box office. The film will be presented at the Royal Albert Hall in London and simulcast into 400 theatres throughout the UK on May 17 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force’s most daring operation of World War II.
Anderson was asked to direct “Around the World in 80 Days” after the original director John Farrow had a falling out with producer Mike Todd.
- 4/28/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Director Michael Anderson, who was Oscar-nominated for his role in the epic film Around The World in 80 Days and later was behind the cameras for the sci-fi classic Logan’s Run, has died. He was 98 and passed away Wednesday in Vancouver of unspecified causes.
Anderson had a long film career, directing such war movies as The Dam Busters, The Yangtse Incident, Operation Crossbow, and also such staples as The Wreck of the Mary Deare, The Quiller Memorandum, Chase a Crooked Shadow, and The Shoes of the Fisherman.
But the defining film of his career was Around the World In 80 Days, a three-hour film based on the Jules Verne adventure novel. The film was as much about logistics as it was the narrative, setting records for camera set-ups, sets, costumes, participants and locations.
The storyline has Phileas Fogg (David Niven) and his valet, Passepartout (Cantinflas), as they try to win...
Anderson had a long film career, directing such war movies as The Dam Busters, The Yangtse Incident, Operation Crossbow, and also such staples as The Wreck of the Mary Deare, The Quiller Memorandum, Chase a Crooked Shadow, and The Shoes of the Fisherman.
But the defining film of his career was Around the World In 80 Days, a three-hour film based on the Jules Verne adventure novel. The film was as much about logistics as it was the narrative, setting records for camera set-ups, sets, costumes, participants and locations.
The storyline has Phileas Fogg (David Niven) and his valet, Passepartout (Cantinflas), as they try to win...
- 4/28/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein’s forthcoming The Life of/La Vida de Selena captures the late singer Selena Quintanilla’s life in storybook form. The bedtime story focuses on the Mexican American star’s early years, when she first began fronting her family’s band, Selena y Los Dinos, which was started by her father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. and included sister Suzette and brother Abraham.
The children’s book also chronicles her inspiring journey to international stardom and her love of Mexican culture and familia. Showcasing beautiful illustrations by Citlali Reyes, the work is filled with fun facts about Selena.
The children’s book also chronicles her inspiring journey to international stardom and her love of Mexican culture and familia. Showcasing beautiful illustrations by Citlali Reyes, the work is filled with fun facts about Selena.
- 11/15/2017
- by Lena Hansen
- PEOPLE.com
After the critical and financial disappointment of A Star Is Born (1954), Judy took another hiatus from moviemaking. While she continued an active concert touring schedule, and began popping up on television on occasion, exhaustion, disappointment and illness kept her from another film. It took an old friend to coax her back into movies, in the weirdest cameo of her career.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
The Movie: Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
The Songwriters: Dory Previn (lyrics), Andre Previn (music)
The Cast: Cantinflas, Shirley Jones, Dan Dailey, directed by George Sidney
(A cleaner version with proper aspect ratios can be found here.)
The Story: Cantinflas was already a beloved megastar of Mexican cinema by the time he made a splash in Around the World in 80 Days. Hoping to capitalize on a new opportunity, Columbia cast him in Pepe, and added cameos by 35 Hollywood stars just in case the Mexican comedian didn't pan out.
Judy was one of the 35 cameos.
- 8/3/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
With little more than a month remaining until the Academy whittles down the list of 83 foreign-language films that were submitted for Oscar consideration this year to a shortlist of nine from which the five nominees will eventually be chosen, I thought it might be an interesting time to provide some fun facts about several of the top contenders from this year's impressive field. Cantinflas (Mexico) This biopic recounts the life and times of the titular comedic actor who is best known for his work in the best picture Oscar winner Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Difret
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- 11/30/2014
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) has been met with rave reviews since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival for its humorous stories and unconventional methods. The feature film consists of six thematically similar, yet unrelated shorts. Wild Tales is Argentina’s submission for best foreign-language film at the Oscars and is one of 83 films up for consideration. Nine films will make the shortlist in January, but only five will be nominated. Looking at films that have been nominated in the 21st century, comedies haven’t had much success at being submitted or nominated, but Wild Tales could be one of the exceptions.
Pedro Almodovar is one of the producers for Wild Tales, which may help the film find success at the Oscars. Almodovar’s twisted sense of humor has been appreciated by the Academy in past years. 1988’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown...
Managing Editor
Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) has been met with rave reviews since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival for its humorous stories and unconventional methods. The feature film consists of six thematically similar, yet unrelated shorts. Wild Tales is Argentina’s submission for best foreign-language film at the Oscars and is one of 83 films up for consideration. Nine films will make the shortlist in January, but only five will be nominated. Looking at films that have been nominated in the 21st century, comedies haven’t had much success at being submitted or nominated, but Wild Tales could be one of the exceptions.
Pedro Almodovar is one of the producers for Wild Tales, which may help the film find success at the Oscars. Almodovar’s twisted sense of humor has been appreciated by the Academy in past years. 1988’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown...
- 10/30/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Mexico has named Cantinflas as its Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission, just in time for the film’s theatrical push into Mexico and Latin America this month. The biopic of famed Mexican comedian Mario Moreno aka Cantinflas was released by Pantelion in the U.S. on August 29 and has grossed $5 million stateside in 400 theaters. Director Sebastian del Amo co-wrote the script with Edui Tijerina. Óscar Jaenada (The Losers, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) stars opposite Michael Imperioli in the tale of the oddly mustachioed icon who rose from humble beginnings, earned the nickname “The Charlie Chaplin of Mexico,” and helped launch the country’s golden age of cinema.
Pantelion’s been pushing Cantinflas hard for months, attaching its trailer to screenings of studio blockbusters and marketing to multigenerational Latino audiences. The film opens in Mexico on September 16 via Videocine Distribucion and will release in 14 Latin American countries during the next few months.
Pantelion’s been pushing Cantinflas hard for months, attaching its trailer to screenings of studio blockbusters and marketing to multigenerational Latino audiences. The film opens in Mexico on September 16 via Videocine Distribucion and will release in 14 Latin American countries during the next few months.
- 9/11/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Mexico's film academy has picked Cantinflas, a biopic about iconic comedian Mario Moreno, as its foreign-language Oscar submission. Starring Oscar Jaenada alongside Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), the Sebastian del Amo-directed Cantinflas opened in the U.S. on Aug. 29 and it will bow in Mexico on Sept. 16. Should the film land an Oscar nomination, Cantinflas will be looking to make history as Mexico's first winner in the foreign language category. Mexico has won eight Oscar nominations in the category, but has walked away empty handed every time. Recent nominees include Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's drama Biutiful in 2011
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- 9/11/2014
- by John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
8th Update, Tuesday, 4:42 Pm: Box office final tallies are in and the summer is off 14.6% from last year. Leading the next weekend will be the two August tentpoles — Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which once again, Paramount has a higher gross than others have for it ($11.7M vs. $11.9M). Regardless, it’s such a minimal amount, that we’re keeping with the $166.3M cume for its summer tally. Congrats to Disney/Marvel for having the top film of the season and of the year to date with a newly-established and fun franchise with Guardians. Can’t wait to see the next one.
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Next weekend, there is only one picture in wide release next weekend, The Identical from Freestyle Releasing so expect a quiet weekend after Labor Day, which is typical. The Identical,...
Related: Box Office End of Summer, Some Profitable Hits in Overall Blah Season
Next weekend, there is only one picture in wide release next weekend, The Identical from Freestyle Releasing so expect a quiet weekend after Labor Day, which is typical. The Identical,...
- 9/2/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
The Cantinflas movies were a big part of my childhood so to see the most beloved Mexican artist get a movie worthy of his legacy is a joy. Oscar Jaenada is so convincing as Mario Moreno’s on screen persona that he deserves some sort of award. Watching the Pantelion film was nostalgic and it reminds you why he came to be adored by many generations even to this day. If you are not familiar with Cantinflas, then you’ll fall in love with him during this film.
- 8/29/2014
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
Sure, you know the names Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton... but is the name Cantinflas familiar? Perhaps not, but he was only the most famous comic to come from Mexico -- so famous, in fact, he was dubbed "the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico" by many. Born Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes in 1911 to an impoverished family in Mexico City, he started out as a prizefighter and circus performer (adopting the stage moniker "Cantinflas") before developing a career in theater and film playing, like Chaplin, el pelado -- a poor everyman. His breakthrough came with Ahí está el detalle in 1940, and he would go on to win a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy in 1956 for Around the World in Eighty Days. After a long and successful career, the comic...
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- 8/28/2014
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Lionsgate has released the featurette for “Cantinflas” Mexico's most famous film comedian starring Oscar Jaenada, and Michael Imperioli.
"Cantinflas" is the untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive the laughter that has charmed generations.
The film follows Mexican icon, Mario Moreno,"Cantinflas", as seen through producer Michael Todd's eyes, getting a glimpse of their collaboration on the 1957 film, "Around the World in 80 Days", winning 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes, and turning into the top grossing film of their time.
Mexican filmmaker Sebastian del Amo directed the biographical film from a screenplay he and Edui Tijerina wrote.
The film will open in Mexico and the Us at the same time on August 29th.
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"Cantinflas" is the untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive the laughter that has charmed generations.
The film follows Mexican icon, Mario Moreno,"Cantinflas", as seen through producer Michael Todd's eyes, getting a glimpse of their collaboration on the 1957 film, "Around the World in 80 Days", winning 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes, and turning into the top grossing film of their time.
Mexican filmmaker Sebastian del Amo directed the biographical film from a screenplay he and Edui Tijerina wrote.
The film will open in Mexico and the Us at the same time on August 29th.
I just wanna know what's...
- 8/26/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Many years ago my parents use to take me to the movies to watch this guy called “Cantinflas” whom they called the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico. Granted I wasn’t a big fan but my parents loved this guy.
Now Lionsgate has released the trailer for “Cantinflas” Mexico's most famous film comedian starring Oscar Jaenada, and Michael Imperioli.
The film follows Mexican icon, Mario Moreno,"Cantinflas", as seen through producer Michael Todd's eyes, getting a glimpse of their collaboration on the 1957 film, "Around the World in 80 Days", winning 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes, and turning into the top grossing film of their time.
“Cantinflas” tells the story of a man who got his start in Mexico's equivalent of Vaudeville theater, his talent and humor traveling the world over. He was one of the first (and few) Spanish-speaking comedians to cross over to Hollywood in the '40s and '50s.
Now Lionsgate has released the trailer for “Cantinflas” Mexico's most famous film comedian starring Oscar Jaenada, and Michael Imperioli.
The film follows Mexican icon, Mario Moreno,"Cantinflas", as seen through producer Michael Todd's eyes, getting a glimpse of their collaboration on the 1957 film, "Around the World in 80 Days", winning 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes, and turning into the top grossing film of their time.
“Cantinflas” tells the story of a man who got his start in Mexico's equivalent of Vaudeville theater, his talent and humor traveling the world over. He was one of the first (and few) Spanish-speaking comedians to cross over to Hollywood in the '40s and '50s.
- 6/12/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Shirley Jones Movies: Innocent virgins and sex workers galore (photo: Shirley Jones and Burt Lancaster in ‘Elmer Gantry’) (See previous post: “Shirley Jones: From Book to Movies.”) I haven’t watched The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), a comedy Western directed by Gene Kelly, and starring 62-year-old James Stewart as a cowpoke who inherits an establishment that turns out to be a popular house of prostitution. Henry Fonda plays Stewart’s partner. And I’m sure Shirley Jones, as one of the sex workers, looks lovely in the film. Hopefully, director Kelly gave this likable, talented actress the chance to do more than just stand around looking pretty. But then again … For all purposes, The Cheyenne Social Club ended Shirley Jones’ film stardom; that same year she turned to TV and The Partridge Family. Jones would return to films only nine years later, as one of several stars (among them Michael Caine,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Mexico City, Feb 21 (Ians/Efe) Actor Joaquin Cordero died at his home in the Mexican capital, the secretary of the Anda actors guild told Efe. He was 89.
Cordero was "one of the most beloved people in Anda", Amparo Garrido said.
While Garrido did not specify a cause of death, Mexican media suggested the actor fell into a depression after the death of his wife, Alma, seven months ago.
Cordero was also recovering from an embolism.
Born Aug 16, 1923, in the central city of Puebla, Cordero was among the last surviving figures from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, when he appeared alongside artists such as Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Pedro Infante and Carmen Montejo.
Cordero made more than 200 films over.
Cordero was "one of the most beloved people in Anda", Amparo Garrido said.
While Garrido did not specify a cause of death, Mexican media suggested the actor fell into a depression after the death of his wife, Alma, seven months ago.
Cordero was also recovering from an embolism.
Born Aug 16, 1923, in the central city of Puebla, Cordero was among the last surviving figures from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, when he appeared alongside artists such as Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Pedro Infante and Carmen Montejo.
Cordero made more than 200 films over.
- 2/21/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
The 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Mexican clown Cantinflas passed unremarked on Notebook, and would have been unnoticed by me had I not been in Costa Rica two weeks ago and come across a pull-out section of the newspaper La Nación dedicated to "Su excelencia del cine latino." But what caught my eye was not Cantinflas himself (outside of Around the World in 80 Days I’ve never seen a Cantinflas film) but an impressively intricate and beautifully conceived infographic at the end of the article, the like of which I don't think I've ever seen for any actor or filmmaker's filmography anywhere.
Born on August 12, 1911, Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, better known as Mario Moreno, best known as Cantinflas, was one of the biggest stars in Spanish-language cinema, but, despite winning a Golden Globe for Around the World in 80 Days in 1956 and being hailed by...
Born on August 12, 1911, Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, better known as Mario Moreno, best known as Cantinflas, was one of the biggest stars in Spanish-language cinema, but, despite winning a Golden Globe for Around the World in 80 Days in 1956 and being hailed by...
- 8/26/2011
- MUBI
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine in Billy Wilder's The Apartment Shirley MacLaine on TCM: Ocean's Eleven, The Yellow Rolls Royce Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Two Loves (1961) A conservative teacher struggles with her values while teaching natives in New Zealand. Dir: Charles Walters. Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins. C-97 mins, Letterbox Format. 8:00 Am The Sheepman (1958) A tough sheep farmer battles the local cattle baron for land and a beautiful woman. Dir: George Marshall. Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen. C-86 mins, Letterbox Format. 9:45 Am Two For The Seesaw (1962) A conservative attorney considering a divorce gets involved with an emotionally fragile dancer in New York. Dir: Robert Wise. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan. Bw-119 mins, Letterbox Format. 12:00 Pm The Children's Hour (1961) A malicious student tries to destroy the teachers at a girls' school. Dir: William Wyler. Cast: Audrey Hepburn,...
- 8/11/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Armando del Moral, an influential journalist who covered show business for the Spanish-speaking world in the 1940s and '50s, died July 21 in North Hollywood of natural causes. He was 93.
Del Moral also helped establish the Golden Globe Awards; acted as Hollywood representative for the Mexican actors union; wrote, produced and directed a radio soap opera; and helped studios with their Spanish-language publicity campaigns.
For more than 30 years, del Moral wrote and edited the magazine Cine-Grafica, offering coverage of the Hispanic social and entertainment scene in Los Angeles.
A Spanish Civil war refugee, del Moral arrived in Mexico in 1939, became a reporter and began covering the country's blooming film industry. He settled in Los Angeles in 1943 and five years later was named a vp of the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Assn. (the forerunner to the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.). He served as host and awards presenter during a number of the organization's Golden Globe ceremonies.
Del Moral also helped establish the Golden Globe Awards; acted as Hollywood representative for the Mexican actors union; wrote, produced and directed a radio soap opera; and helped studios with their Spanish-language publicity campaigns.
For more than 30 years, del Moral wrote and edited the magazine Cine-Grafica, offering coverage of the Hispanic social and entertainment scene in Los Angeles.
A Spanish Civil war refugee, del Moral arrived in Mexico in 1939, became a reporter and began covering the country's blooming film industry. He settled in Los Angeles in 1943 and five years later was named a vp of the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Assn. (the forerunner to the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.). He served as host and awards presenter during a number of the organization's Golden Globe ceremonies.
- 7/30/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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