Elizabeth Banks Confirmed to Play Tinkerbell

Elizabeth Banks - Tinkerbell

Variety is reporting that Elizabeth Banks (Slither) is attached to star in a live-action Tinkerbell film, succinctly titled ‘Tink‘. Little is known about the project, which is being labelled a romantic comedy. The movie, which “plays on the mischievous nature of the Tinkerbell character”, will be produced by Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot and McG. Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, who helped [...]

Inception Interview: Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and Ken Watanabe

Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy

Inception is one of the most anticipated movies of the year and hits UK cinemas tomorrow, 16th July! The hype is mainly due to the man behind the camera, Christopher Nolan who is responsible for one of the highest grossing movies of all time, The Dark Knight. Our friends at Upbeat got to interview the [...]

First Look at ‘Fast Five’

Fast Five

A succession of images from the set of Fast Five, the fifth entry into the massively successful Fast & Furious franchise, have made there way online, via Collider. The images show the cast, including Vin Diesel, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson, filming scenes for the car-based action film in Puerto Rico and Brazil. Fast Five is [...]

Allison Janney Lines Up The Help

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Juno’s stepmother, CJ Cregg and the Mother of the Smoke Monster, Allison Janney, has been cast in Dreamworks Studios’ The Help. According to EW, the actress follows her recent appearance in Lost with the role of Charlotte Phelan, mother to Skeeter Phelan, the film’s heroine. For those not in the know, The Help adapts the [...]

Doug Liman Goes Looking for The Last of the Tribe

Variety are reporting that Doug Liman, director of Swingers, Go and The Bourne Identity is going about the business of directing an adaptation of Monte Reel’s non-fiction book “The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon” for Chockstone Pictures. Reel was a South American correspondent for the [...]

Could a Toy Story 4 Movie Be Possible?

I think the answer to that question is probably no. When I spoke to the director and Producer of Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson, they seemed pretty sure that what they had made would round up the franchise (you can see my video interview with them on Monday when TS3 is [...]

Dinner for Schmucks Serves Up Tasty Trailer and Four Clips

A new trailer and a set of clips for Dinner For Schmucks have turned up and look to be the best of the bunch released so far. The remake of French comedy Le Diner De Cons (The Dinner Of Idiots or as the English name was, The Dinner Game) features Paul Rudd and Steve Carell [...]

Joseph Kosinski To Follow Up Tron: Legacy with sci-fi film ‘Archangels’?

Joseph Kosinski

Making his directorial debut with the incredible looking Tron: Legacy, Joseph Kosinski has been lined up to direct Archangels, a sci-fi film being developed by the Scott brothers, Tony and Ridley. Penned by Andrew Will, the film, to be set in the not-to-distant future, is being described by HeatVision as, A Bourne style thriller crossed [...]

Another New Tron: Legacy Banner Hits the Net

Tron Legacy Banner

To my knowledge, we’ve now had around 5 of these banners over the course of the last 5 months. Today, IGN have blessed us with the sixth which shows Garrett Hedlund wielding his light disc before shucking it at someone! Tron: Legacy is directed by Joseph Kosinski and is the sequel to the 80s classic, [...]

The Sadness Of James Bond

It was reported last week that MGM may have finally given up on Bond 23, and it has now apparently been cancelled. MGM have been in turmoil for some time now, with financial problems slowing projects, and no sign of a buyer. This is sad news for many people for several reasons. On the surface, it is [...]

Pixar Developing a Cars Spin-off, Planes, for DVD

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Over the fifteen years that Pixar have been making animation films, they’ve managed to conquer the market with their unique, funny, poignant and touching tales. They are currently an animation force to be reckoned with and it comes as no surprise (though it may add weight to Pixar’s critics, given the number of sequels the [...]

Marvel’s Runaways Begins Shooting in Jan 2011

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Comic book creations continue their dominance over the world of popular cinema with news coming from Collider that Production Weekly has tweeted that the adaptation of the popular Marvel series Runaways (not to be confused with the forthcoming Joan Jett biopic The Runaways) is due to begin production early next year. The comic focuses on [...]

Due Date Trailer Arrives On Time

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This trailer looks to be proof that you can put a great cast into a generic film and it’ll look far better than it should, and this first look at Due Date does look pretty good. The film, directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) sees Father-to-be Peter (Downey Jr) forced to hitch a ride with [...]

Julia Roberts and Ryan Murphy To Reunite for Yet Another Rom Com

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Recently reported to be in the running for the film adaptation of the hit stage musical Wicked, and with his TV series Glee commissioned for a further two seasons,  Ryan Murphy finds himself a very busy man. Even more so when news breaks today (via Deadline) that Sony pictures are offering Murphy a $5 million [...]

John Malkovich Turns ‘Red’

John Malkovich Red Poster

Red’s marketing has been hotting up over the past week in preperation for it’s debut at the Comic-Con event. First there was the trailer, which took everyone by surprise with it’s undeniable exciting action sequences and talented cast. In vein of the comic book cover, and like the previous character posters for Frank (Bruce Willis) [...]

Mark Ruffalo to Hulk Out in the Avengers?

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With the fallout of the Edward Norton/Marvel nonsense from earlier this week one question still remained – who would Marvel hire to play Bruce Banner and his not-so-jolly green giant alter ego, the Hulk? News from Deadline puts the name of Mark Ruffalo in the ring and this is bound to get people talking as [...]

Lost Boys: The Thirst Gets an Official Synopsis

The original Lost Boys movie started a wave of new, original vampire movies back when it was released in 1987. Since then, vampire movies seem to be coming out every other month with every studio jumping on the bandwagon. The sequel to Lost Boy was called, The Tribe and was released straight to DVD in [...]

Trailer vs. Final Cut

Green Band

Discrepancies between film trailers and the final cut released to the theaters is nothing new.  It’s been done for as long as I can remember.  But for some reason, it seems to be happening a lot lately.  As it stands right now, I can name three films in the last three months to have scenes [...]

New Scott Pilgrim Trailer – The Remix

Universal Pictures have just released (via Empire) a brand new trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World whcih is unlike any i’ve seen before. That said, I’m pretty sure that the movie is going to be unlike any we’ve seen before too!In this new trailer, we get to see Captain America, Chris Evans cut in [...]

Lindsay Lohan Has a Nasty Habit In Machete

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Regardless of her character not appearing in the latest trailer, 20th Century Fox have released an individual character poster for Lindsay Lohan’s nun, April Benz. The poster is the latest in the line of character-based advertisements for Machete. Contrary to reports she had been cut from the trailer, Fox have defended the non-appearance by suggesting [...]