Guillermo Del Toro to Produce Disney’s Haunted Mansion

Hat Box Ghost

Guillermo Del Toro made the shock announcement at Comic-Con that he’s set to produce, write, and possibly direct Disney’s Haunted Mansion film project. Del Toro and Disney moderator Patton Oswalt revealed the details about the new 3D project following the Tron: Legacy panel earlier today. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter earlier, Del Toro said, “It’s [...]

Second Tron: Legacy Trailer Dazzles

Tron Legacy Logo

Those who attended the Tron: Legacy panel were treated to a sneak preview of eight minutes from the upcoming sci-fi film. In conjunction to this, Disney have debuted a new full-length trailer online. The new trailer shows two and a half minutes of new footage, 3D action sequences, incredible special effects and the first proper glimpse [...]

New Dinner For Schmucks Clip

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Nuts have posted an exclusive clip from the upcoming comedy film, Dinner For Schmucks. Directed by Jay Roach, the film stars such well-known comedic actors as Steve Carrel (Get Smart), Paul Rudd (Role Models), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Lucy Punch (Hot Fuzz) and Jemaine Clement (The Flight of the Conchords). Synopsis: Tim (Rudd) is a rising [...]

Saw VII 3D to Conclude the Franchise?

Saw VII

In an interview with the producers and star (Tobin Bell) of Saw VII 3D, USA Today have learned that Saw VII 3D will be the last entry into the hugely successful horror franchise. “It’s time to stop”, said producer Oren Koules. “We have told the story we wanted to tell, and this is going to [...]

Comic-Con Exclusive Poster for Let Me In and Two New Images

Let Me In

MTV have premiered an exclusive Comic-Con teaser poster for Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, starring Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Richard Jenkins (Dear John). The film is an adaptation of acclaimed novel, Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In), by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Synopsis: Chloe Moretz stars as Abby, a secretive 12-year [...]

The Next Stop for the Barefoot Bandit Isn’t Jail, It’s the Silver Screen!

Colton Harris-Moore Barefoot Bandit

Well it’s official, the Barefoot Bandit is already getting his own movie.  The film is about the 19 year old outlaw Colton Harris-Moore who, up until recently, was on the run from the FBI, local police, and US Homeland Security for two years. The film is going to be scripted by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) while [...]

Marti Noxon on Buffy’s Big Screen Future

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A little over a year ago, it was announced that rights-holders Fran Rubel Kazui and Kaz Kazui aimed to return Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the big screen without creator Joss Whedon’s involvement. The news sparked outrage in the Whedonverse, the loyal fanbase incredulous that anyone would want to wipe that particular slate clean. The [...]

Pixar Lend a Hand to The Muppets

The Muppets

We reported a while ago on the new Muppet movie in development, with Jason Segel (I Love You Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) on board both as human star and script-writer. Hollywood Reporter is now saying that key principals involved in the film have travelled to Pixar for a round-table meeting with members of Pixar’s Brain [...]

Teaser Trailer for Danny Trejo’s Vengeance

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A new red band teaser trailer has been posted online for ITN Pictures’ Vengeance, aka Danny Trejo’s Vengeance. The film, a war-drama-thriller, features a cast including Danny Trejo, Jason Mewes, 50 Cent, Rashad Evans and Dallas Page. Synopsis: Jack (Trejo) is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder [...]

Official Sucker Punch Website Launched

Sucker Punch Website

A rather explosive website has just gone live for new comic book movie, Suker Punch. The movie is set to debut at Comic-Con which starts today (in fact some time around now actually. and stars Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone  Jamie Chung, Emily Browning and is directed by Zack Snyder. Jamie posted the first [...]

Halle Berry Leads Shoe Addicts Anonymous

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Halle Berry has been absent from cinema-screen’s since 2007′s Things We Lost in the Fire to concentrate on raising her newly born child. It seems she’s about to make an overdue comeback. Deadline are reporting that she’s been cast in the ensemble comedy, Shoe Addicts Anonymous. The film, an adaptation of Beth Harbison’s bestselling novel, will see [...]

The Walking Dead Comic-Con Poster

The Walking Dead poster

American channel AMC’s TV adaptation of popular zombie comic book series, The Walking Dead, has scored a massive coup by getting famed movie poster artist Drew Struzan to create this image (an exclusive from Ain’t It Cool News) for a presentation at Comic-Con. If you haven’t heard of Struzan by name, you’ll certainly be well [...]

Brad Pitt Fighting World War Z

Brad Pitt

Ever since Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, bought the rights to Max Brooks’ story of a zombie pandemic, there had been rumours that he would star himself. Well now, at Comic-Con, Brooks has told Bleeding Cool (here and here) that these rumours have become hard fact. The story chronicles a worldwide zombie outbreak through [...]

Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan to Open Venice Film Festival: New Images

Natalie Poprtman - The Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan has been chosen to open the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2010. Black Swan stars Natalie Portman (Closer), Mila Kunis (Date Night), Christopher Gartin (True Blood), Winona Ryder (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) and Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises). Aronofsky’s last film, The Wrestler, walked away with the [...]

Gael Garcia Bernal Heading to The Loneliest Planet

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Deadline are reporting that Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) has recently signed on to star in The Loneliest Planet, an indie drama-thriller. Julia Loktev (Day Night Day Night) will direct from a script she wrote herself. The Loneliest Planet will centre on a young couple backpacking through the Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of [...]

New Trailer Shows Ryan Reynold’s Buried

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A new full-length trailer for Buried has been posted online by Lionsgate. Yahoo! Movies premiered late last night, just in time for the first day of Comic-Con. The trailer is perfect, creating a true sense of claustrophobia within, and out-with, the film environment. Buried was directed by Rodrigo Cortés, from a script by Chris Sparling and stars [...]

Ever Have A ‘Hangover’ In Thailand?

A hangover in Vegas is one thing, but a hangover in Thailand, well that’s just a comical Pandora’s Box waiting to be opened.  Comingsoon.net confirmed the details that The Hangover sequel will be filmed in Thailand and will start production there this fall. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and Zach Galifianakis will rejoin Todd [...]

First Image of Brad Pitt on the Moneyball set

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

MTV Movie Blog has released an image of the eternally youthful-looking Brad Pitt on the set of Moneyball. The film is based on the true story of Oakland A’s General Manager, Billy Beane’s attempt to put together a successful baseball club by employing computer-generated analysis to get the best, and cheapest, players for his team. [...]

Sharon Stone and Adrien Brody to Join Sweet Baby Jesus?

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We brought you the news last month that Sam Rockwell (Iron Man 2) and Kim Cattral (The Ghost) were in talks to star in the comedy film, Sweet Baby Jesus. It seems those talks didn’t lead to anything as Deadline are reporting that Adrien Brody (Predators) and Sharon Stone (Casino) could take on Rockwell and [...]

Another Spice Girls Movie on the Way!?

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OK, I must caveat this with the words “I read this in The Sun” but according to the UK newspaper, The Spice Girls are set to return to the big screen in a new movie which is apparently going has the working title, Viva Forever. The Sun: The film will follow the same format as [...]