Over the weekend, David Fincher will be testing “up to six” actresses to play Lisbeth Salander in Sony Pictures’ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The actresses will wear test in full costume, make-up, hair, piercings and read their lines opposite Daniel Craig, who has already been cast in the role of Mikael Blomkvist. Deadline [...]
Illumination Entertainment to Reboot Curious George Franchice?
July 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind the unexpected success Despicable Me, are engineering a reboot of the Curious George film franchise. Again, the film will be loosely based on the children’s book series scribed by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. Larry Stuckey has been hired by the studio to write the script. We previously reported that [...]
US Poster for Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void
July 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
IFC have revealed the official US poster for Gasper Noe’s long-delayed film, Enter the Void. The film, Noe’s follow-up to the hugely controversial Irréversible, stars Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear and Sara Stockbridge. Synopsis: Oscar and his sister Linda are recent [...]
New Batch of Scott Pilgrim Pics – Now Looks Even More Awesome
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I’m going to keep this brief, but suffice to say that some of you have already seen Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. That’s a fact which makes me jealous, but I’m not begrudging anyone having seen this – it looks like a wonderful mixture of anarchy and 8-bit charm and these pics, released [...]
The Thing To Be Reborn in CGI…But Not Quite Yet
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Screen Rant is today reporting two announcements made by 20th Century Fox regarding their planned continuation of the Fantastic Four franchise, the next instalment of which is tentatively titled Fantastic Four Reborn. The first announcement informs us that The Thing will be rendered entirely in CGI, the practical effects suit worn by Michael Chiklis clearly [...]
Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Boyle’s 127 Hours Get Release Dates
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fox Searchlight have been busy today, announcing the dates when two of their most highly anticipated films will hit cinemas. Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller (through the medium of dance!) Black Swan has already been chosen to open the Venice International Film Festival before flying to Toronto for their festival and then the film will land [...]
New Poster for The Chronicles of Nania: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Sails By
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Three new images for the third film in The Chronicles of Nania: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader have hit the internets tonight, the most interesting is the new poster for the 20th Century Fox franchise. The 3D film has already been glimpsed by way of a poster and a teaser trailer and there’s much [...]
Dead Reckoning Adaptation Set To Begin Shooting
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Cody Horn, star of the upcoming movies Flipped and Twelve, has just informed Comingsoon.net that she will be taking the lead in the new film Dead Reckoning. The film is an adaptation of the 1996 thriller novel of the same name. The original novel was written by Susan and Pierre LaTour and tells the story [...]
Debut Trailer for Catfish
July 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Rogue Pictures have unleashed the first official trailer for the documentary film, Catfish. The film, which was directed by first-timers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, was a huge hit with audiences and critics alike when it debuted earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and now it’s gearing up momentum ready for a full [...]
Josh Hutcherson and Dane Cook Land Detention
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After losing out to Andrew Garfield for the role of Peter Parker in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, and having his audition tape unceremoniously leaked onto the internet, it is nice to see Josh Hutcherson back on his feet. The Journey to the Centre of the Earth actor is set to co-star with Dane Cook (Mystery [...]
Piranha 3D UK Poster
July 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Dimension Films have posted a new UK poster for their upcoming 3D horror film, effectively titled, Piranha 3D. The film is a remake of the 1978 comedy horror film, Piranha. Synopsis: After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves [...]
Plot News on Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall
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Movie Web recently managed to grab themselves a chat with Mark Millar, the creator of the graphic novel on which Matthew Vaughn’s hugely successful “Kick-Ass” was based. Along with discussing Millar’s collaboration with Vaughn on American Jesus and Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men prequel, First Class, they managed to glean a bunch of information about the story [...]
Paul Giamatti Cast as Nikita Khrushchev
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Paul Giamatti has just been cast to play Nikita Khrushchev in the upcoming HBO film, K Blows Top. The film, which is based on Peter Carlson’s book of the same name, will chronicle Khrushchev’s two week trip in the States back in 1959. Giamatti now moves from playing John Adams, the second US President, to [...]
Tom Harper is Lost For Words
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
British director Tom Harper has been tapped to helm a new film project from Working Title called Lost For Words. Harper was responsible for 2009′s The Scouting Book for Boys and has just finished duties on Channel 4′s This Is England ’86, a TV sequel to Shane Meadows’ This Is England. Synopsis: Lost For Words [...]
Rachel Weisz Seeks Part in The Deep Blue Sea
July 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Rachel Weisz is talking to all the right people about taking the female lead in Terence Davies’ adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea. The part Weisz is looking to land is that of a woman whose failed suicide attempt begins a closer examination of her broken relationships with the two men [...]
Lore Comic Book Heads To The Big Screen
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After having sold the rights to their comic book World War Robot to Jerry Bruckheimer, Heat Vision are reporting that Lore, another of T. P. Louise (author) Ashley Wood’s (illustrator) creations, is also on its way to the big screen. With Cory Goodman (Priest) and Jeremy Lott signed on to write the screenplay, the film [...]
New Arthur Set Photos – Russell Brand Goes Back to the Future
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Another day, another batch of on set photos to emerge from Russell Brand’s latest, the remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur. The new pics show off another iconic vehicle thrown into the mix (see the previous installments of this unofficial set diary saga with the Batmobile here, and the images of Brand and cohort [...]
Henry Cavill will see The Cold Light of Day
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The Hollywood Reporter has news that Tudors star Henry Cavill will play the lead in thriller The Cold Light of Day. Here’s the synopsis: Thus Hitchcockian thriller follows Will Shaw, a young Wall Street trader whose family is kidnapped on a vacation to Spain. He’s left with only hours to find them, uncover a government [...]
Chloe Moretz in The Rut?
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According to the LA Times, Chloe Moretz, best known for her portrayal of Hit-Girl in Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, is in talks to star in an upcoming indie drama, tentatively titled The Rut. Karyn Kusama will handle direction, and comes after her previous films, Aeon Flux and Jennifer’s Body, failed to make much of an impact. [...]
Cyrus UK Poster
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fox Searchlight Pictures have debuted a new UK poster for the comedy drama, Cyrus. The film was written and directed by the Duplass brothers, Jay and Mark, and features performances from John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener and Matt Walsh. Synopsis: With John’s social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about [...]
