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Steven Spielberg hopes to direct new Indiana Jones film

A new Indiana Jones film, which stars Chris Pratt, has the approval of longtime director of the franchise, Steven Spielberg. The director even said he would like to direct the film.

In 2013, Disney bought the franchise to bring back the famous character after the 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The studio has been keeping their eye on Pratt to build the new series around but both the script and negotiations are still in the beginning stages.

Pratt will also star in Jurassic World, which is executively produced by Spielberg. It is set to be out on June 12th, 2015. Pratt is also set to begin filming He’s also set to begin filming The Magnificent Seven by Antoine Fuqua in April as well as lined up for the possible a Guardians of the Galaxy sequel.

Hear new Chromatics songs from the directorial debut of Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River, has been getting negative reviews but the soundtrack seems to be much better. Chromatics’ Johnny Jewels was in charge for the soundtrack of the film and he included two new Chromatics songs, “Yes (Love Theme From Lost River)” and “Yes (Lullaby From Lost River).” Both songs are quiet melodies, bringing listeners with the subtleness of the music and the complexity of the synths. Both Jewels and Gosling worked together for Gosling’s 2011 critically acclaimed Drive.

On a press release on his for on Lost River, Jewel explained:

When Ryan e-mailed me the script my immediate feeling was that the whole film should be sonically immersed in metal and water. I started sending Ryan music in February of 2013 for his early trips to scout locations. Ryan and I live seven minutes away from one another, so we’d watch the film at his house at night, and then we’d drive over to my house and experiment with musical ideas in my studio

(via Pitchfork)

Stream “Yes (Love Theme from Lost River)” here and “Yes (Lullaby From Lost River)” here.

Flight of the Conchords announce plans for a reunion tour which will have new material

After a long time coming, Flight of the Conchords are finally planning their first tour together in five years.

Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, according to Billboard, “planning on touring later on in the year in the States.” Specific details remain unclear but the pair plan on playing new material during the shows.Clement explained: “I really don’t like the studio part of music, I more enjoy playing live and letting others take care of the recording.”

Clement also revealed that during a promotional appearance at the Sundance festival about his latest film, People, Places, Things.

After the production for their titular HBO series ended in 2009, the pair went on a short tour in mid-2010. Since then, their appearances have been rare, including shows in 2012 and a charity single released for Red Nose Day. Last September, reports came out that they would return to HBO, only for the pair to clarify that they were making a different project.
A rumored Flight of the Conchords musical/movie is still being considered.

Trailer for NWA biopic released online

The trailer for the upcoming biopic for hip-hop group, NWA, was recently shared online.

Ice Cube showed the trailer in a concert in Sydney, the video below is a fan shot clip of the trailer. The film is planned to be released in the summer of 2015.

The film was directed by F Gary Gray and Ice Cube will be played by his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Jerry Heller, NWA’s manager, will be taken on by Paul Giamatti.

David Fincher to direct an HBO series about the music video industry

Before directing films such as Se7en, Gone Girl, and The Social Network, director David Fincher directed music videos like The Rolling Stones, Sting, and Madonna in the 1980’s. He will now direct a new HBO series about the music video industry.

Fincher will direct Living On Video, which is a comedy about the industry in 1983 in Los Angeles. The series will be centered around the main character, Bobby who recently dropped out of college and headed to Hollywood hoping to direct a science fiction epic but only gets a job as a PA at a video production company.

The series will be similar to the structure of Entourage where Bobby gets into contact with directors, publicists, crew members, and record executives of the “then-exploding video industry.”

The development of Living On Video came from Fincher, Rich Wilkes (xXx) and Bob Stevenson, who was a collaborator with Fincher in his early director days. Wilkes and Stevenson are also set to write the series. The casting is still going on but a pilot is already given a thumbs-up by HBO executives.

HBO also picked up Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger’s tv series about a record label executive living in New York City in the 1970s.

Fincher has still been stepping in the music video directing ring even after winning an Oscar. He recently directed Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” which won a VMA for Best Direction.

Amy Adams to portray Janis Joplin in biopic

The Academy Award nominated Amy Adams is set to protest the rock legend, Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic, Get It While You Can.

Adams was initially believed to play Joplin in 2010 but the film has been in development purgatory since then. However, it was reported that Adams was removed from the project in 2012 and was replaced with Tony Award winner, Nina Arianda.

The producers of the film are now in search for a director with the main cast set. They have focused on the director of Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée. The filming is intended to begin in the second half of 2015.

These next few years will feature many impressive new biopics, such as Paul Dano as Brian Wilson.

Wes Anderson teams up with Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo to create a theme park

Wes Anderson and Mark Mothersbaugh, the co-founder of Devo, have created a large quite the working relationship with each other this last decade. The Devo singer scored half of the Anderson’s films, such as Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The two are now making their chemistry into a theme park.

Anderson wrote in Mothersbaugh’s book of visual art, Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia that will soon be released, “I hope to soon secure the means to commission the construction of an important and sizeable theme park to be conceived and designed entirely by Mark Mothersbaugh, for 40 years he has set about creating a body of work which amounts to his own Magic Kingdom, where the visitor is amused and frightened, often simultaneously.”

Let’s hope one day that we can ride a Fantastic Mr. Fox-themed ride while enjoying our stay at a hotel similar to that of the Grand Budapest Hotel.

Ben Gibbards scores soundtrack for “Laggies”

As the movie gears up to be released this month, producers of the romantic comedy Laggies announced the release date for the score, which has been composed by Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard.

As the most recent work of Lynn Shelton, Laggies features Keira Knightley, the movie is a “coming of age story about a 28-year-old woman stuck in permanent adolescence that lies to her fiancé about going on a retreat and spends the time hanging out with friends instead.” The cast also by Sam Rockwell, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ellie Kemper, Jeff Garlin, and Mark Webber.

With 22 tracks on the soundtrack, it will digitally be available on November 4th and November 10th on CD. This is Gibbard’s theatrical score debut, and I is described as “Seattle-centric,” with a mix of moody and upbeat indie rock that is parallel with the film’s comedic, and gut-wrenching view of friendship, love, maturity and development.

Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack to Be Released on Vinyl

The box office and record store success, Guardians of the Galaxy, is the first soundtrack with previously released songs that topped the Billboard 200. The vinyl version of the soundtrack was released last month, but screen-print poster company MONDO announced a deluxe vinyl of the Awesome Mix Vol. 1.

MONDO’s first screen-printed vinyl release has cover artwork designed Tyler Stout, who designed the company’s Marvel-related posters in the past, beginning from the first Iron Man. Also, the vinyl is going to be pressed on Purple Infinity Stone colored vinyl and it will come with with one of nine randomly inserted handbills depicting characters from the film.

The soundtrack is priced at $50.00, and the soundtrack is not due to ship until early 2015 because each vinyl, jacket and handbill are going to be handmade. Pre-orders are ongoing, however, and there is always watch home version of the film, which is due out December 9th in physical formats and November 18th digitally. Also, the DVD/Blu-ray comes with a preview of next summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 Tracklisting:
01. Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
02. Go All the Way – Raspberries
03. Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
04. Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
05. Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Elvin Bishop
06. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
07. I’m Not in Love – 10cc
08. Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
09. Cherry Bomb – The Runaways
10. Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
11. O-O-H Child – The Five Stairsteps
12. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell