Brand New Freakonomics Trailer and Poster

Freakonomics Poster

YouTube have debuted a brand new trailer for a movie called Freakonimics with Cinematical releasing the new poster (click the thumbnail to enlarge). I’ll let the YouTube description do the talking: Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money) delivers a visually arresting look at the [...]

Fox Searchlight Acquire Mother***er; Anne Hathaway Interested in Lola Versus

Motherf***er

Fox Searchlight, the studio behind Little Miss Sunshine and and Juno, have acquired the rights to Motherf***er, an original comedy script penned by Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones. Wein and Jones previously wrote and starred in the indie comedy Breaking Upwards, which attracted some moderate buzz from critics, including the New York Times. Synopsis: [...]

What’s Up Doc? Bugs Bunny Set For The Big Screen Treatment

Bugs Bunny

If news that a Marvin the Martian vehicle was in the works invoked a collective wince, today’s reports (via Deadline) that Warner Bros. is pushing for a Bugs Bunny movie may well provoke public outcry. Bugs Bunny, last seen in 2003′s Looney Tunes: Back In Action and due for a television comeback courtesy of Cartoon [...]

A Brand New Poster for Ben Affleck’s The Town

The Town Poster

Apple have released a brand new poster for Warner Bros.’ new movie, The Town. The Town is helmed by Ben Affleck, and as well as starring Affleck, also stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper, is and centres on a longtime thief as he tries to balance his feelings [...]

New Images for Monsters

Gareth Edwards - Monsters Director

We’ve just been sent some rather nice new images for the Gareth Edwards directed, Monsters which is coming out in the UK 12th November. It stars Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy and we were lucky enough to see it when it was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival, our review is here. Synopsis: Six years [...]

Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz Board Terrence Malick’s Next Film

Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz

Terrence Malick announced at the Berlin Film Festival in February that his next project, once Tree of Life was completed, would be “a powerful and moving love story,” or, in simpler terms, “a romantic drama”. It was also revealed that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes), Javier Bardem (Eat Pray Love) and [...]

Production on Rian Johnson’s Looper to Start in January ’11

Rian Johnson

Rian Johnson’s ambitious sci-fi thriller, Looper, is slated to begin production next January, The Playlist are reporting. Looper will re-unite Johnson with his Brick lead, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, while Bruce Willis will also be involved. A brief synopsis of the film is detailed below: Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where [...]

Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours to Close the London Film Festival

Here’s some more rather great news for this Friday afternoon. We’ve just received an official press release stating that Danny Boyle’s new movie, 127 Hours will close the London Film Festival 2010.This coincides with the news a week or so ago staring that Keria Knightly’s  ‘Never Let Me Go‘ would open this year’s festival. 127 [...]

UK Exclusive Photos and Clip from Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

Twentieth Century Fox have just sent us these brand new images and clip from their latest summer kids movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The movie stars Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachel Harris, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn and Hit-Girl herself, Chloe Grace Moretz. It’s directed by Thor Freudenthal and is scheduled for release in the [...]

Which Is Your Favourite Friday the 13th Film?

Friday The 13th Title

Today is an important day… okay it’s not really that important but it is a Friday the 13th and you should probably be watching a Friday the 13th film in honour of this day. How do you decide which one to watch though? You could watch all of them (this is possible in one day – [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Gets an End

Entertainment Weekly has finally revealed the point at which Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II will be split. The report, which also contains numerous interviews with the cast, was part of a cover story contained within the latest issue. If you would like the end of [...]

Scott Pilgrim – The Year’s Most Highly Anticipated Failure?

The Edgar Wright directed adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World graphic novel series hits theatres this week, to a huge wave of anticipation from the Internet movie community. The comic series in question has achieved huge cult acclaim, as has helmer Wright thanks to his work with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. When [...]

James Franco Researching For Breaking Dawn Role?

James Franco

You may want to mark this one as pure speculation, but it is being suggested by MTV today that James Franco (Pineapple Express) might appear in The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn. Franco, whose 127 Hours has been garnering buzz among test-screen audiences, arrived at an interview with Esquire cradling a book. When quizzed, the actor [...]

Jamie Bell Checks into The Retreat

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell (Hallam Foe / Billy Elliott) has been added to the cast of psychological virus thriller, The Retreat. The film, which was initially announced in February, will also star Thandie Newton (Crash) and Cillian Murphy (Inception). The Retreat centers on a husband and wife who rent a remote island cottage while trying to repair their [...]

Josh Brolin to Co-Star in Young Adult?

Josh Brolin

It was revealed last week that Jason Reitman was set to re-team with writer Diablo Cody for his next directorial effort, Young Adult; with Charlize Theron set to topline the cast. The Playlist are today speculating that Josh Brolin could star alongside Theron, in the role of her ex-high school boyfriend. Synopsis: Young Adult will centro on [...]

Paramount is the ‘Last Man Standing’

last man standing

One of the big hits at Comic Con this year that was actually comic book related was the unveiling of LMS, or Last Man Standing.  Dan LuVisi’s graphic novel has been in development for the past two and a half years and once it was available for sale it had sold out in two hours.  You [...]

Ryan Murphy to Direct Mark Ruffalo in The Normal Heart

Ryan Murphy

In an interview with MTV, Ryan Murphy, the mastermind behind Fox’s hit show Glee, has confirmed his involvement in an adaptation of Larry Kramer’s play, The Normal Heart. “I’m directing it from Larry Kramer’s beautiful script and we’re going to shoot that in June of next year,” Murphy was quoted as saying. “I think it’s an [...]

Eve Hewson to Appear with Sean Penn in This Must Be The Place

eve hewson

Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo was a hit in 2008, picking up awards as it ran through the festival circuit, and there is much anticipation for his next film, This Must Be The Place. Reuniting with his screenplay collaborator on the short film La partita lenta, Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello will tell the tale of an [...]

New Featurette & UK Poster for Legend of the Guardians

Legend of the Guardians UK Poster

Warner Bros. have just sent us this rather fantastic new featurette for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. This is the new movie from Zack Snyder and this new featurette ties in nicely with the fifteen minutes of footage that we saw yesterday. Gary was lucky enough to see it and you can [...]

Eduardo Sanchez to Tackle Possession

Eduardo Sanchez

Haxan Films, the production company behind The Blair Witch Project, are set to team up with Amber Entertainment to co-produce a new jittery-cam horror film, The Possession. It’s being reported by Variety that Eduardo Sanchez, co-director of The Blair Witch Project, will direct from a script he penned alongside Jamie Nash. Synopsis: The Possession centers on a [...]