Anthony Hopkins Joins 360; Eminem & Frances McDormand In Talks

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins has officially signed on to appear in Fernando Meirelles’ sex drama 360. Hopkins will star opposite Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), whose involvement was confirmed last week. In addition, ThePlaylist are reporting both Eminem (8 Mile) and Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading) are in talks to feature in some capacity. 360 was penned by the [...]

Christopher Plummer Joins The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer (Up, The Last Station) has been added to the cast of David Fincher’s remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Empire have confirmed. Plummer will portray Henrik Vanger, and star opposite Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander, Daniel Craig’s Mikael Blomkvist, Robin Wright’s Erika Berger and Stellen Skarsgard’s Martin Vanger. The Girl with the [...]

Kodi Smit-McPhee Boards Paranorman

Kodi Smit-McPhee

In an interview with ShockTillYouDrop to promote Let Me In, Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) dropped some hints about his next film: I’m doing an animated film next called Paranorman. I play a boy named Norman who can see ghosts and he saves the world from a zombie invasion. Paranorman is a stop-motion animation by writer/director Chris [...]

Spike TV’s SCREAM 2010 Awards to Premiere Exclusive Horror Footage

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The channel devoted entirely to men, and possibly the greatest television channel to ever exist, is preparing to launch its 5th Annual SCREAM Awards. Spike TV will be taping and celebrating all things comic, horror, fantasy and Sci-Fi related as the genre awards ceremony get’s ready for its taping on October 16th and ultimate premiere [...]

Jessica Biel Starts Filming Thriller “The Tall Man”

Jessica Biel

Having given a very good account of herself in slightly limited fare such as The A-Team, Valentine’s Day and Blade: Trinity and having lit up the screen alongside the unusually subdued Edward Norton in The Illusionist, Jessica Biel has now started filming her first leading role. The Tall Man is a new thriller written and [...]

Troll Hunter Trailer Goes Live – And It Looks Immense!

Troll Hunter

The first full-length trailer for Norwegian mockumentary Troll Hunter has arrived online, only days after Guillermo Del Toro set up his similarly titled Trollhunters at Dreamworks, and it’s a doozy. Unlike most American advertising campaigns (*cough* Cloverfield) the film-makers don’t appear particularly shy regarding their monsters. The trolls are glimpsed a number of times, and, as in [...]

Wes Anderson to Make New Feature Next Year?

Wes Anderson

Fans of indie hipster filmmaker Wes Anderson will be pleased to learn that following his first foray into animation (this year’s stop-motion delight Fantastic Mr. Fox), he has another film coming in 2011. The Playlist have reported Production Weekly dropped the news (via Twitter) that the Rushmore auteur is planning to shoot sometime next spring. [...]

Hollywood’s Hottest Properties – The Leading Man

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In the second of a series of three articles, I will be showcasing the stars that I believe are set to become the next icons of Hollywood – The future Scorsese, Will Smith and so on. We have already covered my choice of director in the previous article,  and we now move on to the [...]

Sir Michael Caine Reveals How Inception Actually Ended

If the last few months have taught us anything, it’s that Christopher Nolan is not solely a master of mystery pending the release of his films, but months after their actual release as well. The enigmatic final scene of his latest blockbuster Inception has played on the minds of many following its release last July. [...]

Book Review: DC Comics 75th Anniversary Poster Book

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Contained within the pages of this wonderful book are some of the most iconic and eccentric comic book covers from the past 75 years of DC comics, and seen in this context the wealth of imagination is truly stunning. Each cover has a critical and social commentary from Robert Schnakenberg and the first appearances of [...]

Back to the Future: The Music

"I'm afraid you're just too darn loud"

Editors Intro: Back to the Future returns to the big screen this coming Friday, 1st October. Since this opportunity won’t be coming around again any time soon, we want to make the most of of it. Many of the writers on HeyUGuys.co.uk love Back to the Future and we wanted to bring you some of [...]

HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 36

The Third Man

The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie [...]

50(ish) of the Coolest Things from the Harry Potter Movies

Hagrid Motorbike

So yesterday I found out that today is 50 days until the penultimate Harry Potter movie, which has the name, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Daniel Radcliffe has just marked the occasion by announcing that there are 10 sets of premiere tickets to give away on the official Facebook page Harry Potter [...]

The Brothers Bloom Blu-ray Review

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In following up his outstanding debut Brick, Rian Johnson has crafted a playful and engaging comedy blessed with great lead performances,  Johnson’s sharp direction and a tight script which leads you around the world in the company of the two of the greatest con artists who ever lived. The titular siblings plot and scheme, and [...]

Jane Campion To Helm BBC Two Drama Series

Jane Campion

Jane Campion (The Piano, Bright Star) is set to direct a new drama series for BBC Two, titled Top of the Lake. Top of the Lake – which Campion wrote in partnership with Gerard Lee (All Men Are Liars, Sweetie) – focuses on the case of a 12-year-old girl who is discovered standing in a [...]

50 Days to Go Until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I – A Special Message from Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe - 50 Days Away from Potter

It’s now only 50 days to go until the penultimate part of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I hits UK cinemas! To celebrate, Warner Bros. got Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe to record a special message to all Potter fans everywhere. I’ve placed part of the message below but [...]

HBO and BBC Onboard Together for Nine Inch Nails Album Adaptation

Year Zero

HBO looks to be embarking on yet another edgy and exciting project as news comes from The Playlist that the channel are joining forces with the BBC to make Year Zero, an adaptation of a concept album by industrial rock outfit Nine Inch Nails. The album story (which presents a dystopian vision of the United [...]

More Captain America Photos!

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It feels like we have been inundated lately with on-set snaps and videos of Captain America: The First Avenger, which is continuing to film in Liverpool and Manchester. We have had shots of Chris Evans looking pretty well built, videos of explosions and now a boatload of new snaps arrive, courtesy of both the Daily Mail [...]

Norton Seeing Double as New Leaves of Grass Clip Appears Online

Leaves of Grass

Collider have posted an exclusive clip of comedy drama Leaves of Grass, which finds Edward Norton following in the footsteps of both Nicholas Cage and Jeremy Irons by flexing his acting muscles playing twin brothers. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson (who also has a role in the film) the plot revolves around an Ivy League [...]

The Wackness Director to Tackle Murder Mystery for Next Feature

Jonathan Levine

The Hollywood Reporter brings news that Universal Pictures have acquired the rights to a crime novel called Little Girl Lost and Jonathan Levine is attached to direct, with Scott Pilgrim scribe Michael Bacall on board to do the adaptation. Published by Hard Case Crime, it’s a mystery about a New York City detective (the same setting as [...]