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Kate Beckinsale has signed on to star in the English-language remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam, tentatively titled Contraband. Beckinsale will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the thriller being produced by Working Title. Contraband centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route who is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend [...]
Yes, your eyes did not deceive you. Now get up and do a little celebratory dance around your room because what the title says is actually true. Atlas Entertainment, in anticipation for their upcoming Voltron pitch, has created some concept art for what could be the newest robotic blockbuster to hit the big screen. They [...]
We’ve been given an exclusive peek at the latest trailer for The Wildest Dream, Anthony Geffen’s feature documentary retracing the climb undertaken by British explorer George Mallory in his attempt to be the first man to climb Mount Everest. The trailer shows off the film’s stunning vistas and features the voices of Liam Neeson, Ralph [...]
Another Tron: Legacy banner made its way out into the wild today with Disney releasing the third in the set of banners, this time with Jeff Bridges taking centre stage. Previously we’ve seen this style of banner featuring Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde and with exactly three months before Tron: Legacy hits the big screen, [...]
There’s a few really nice shots in this 3D version of the Christmas tale The Nutcracker, which comes across like a sugar coated swirl of Brazil, The Matrix, Sky Captain and that weird bit in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with the life size dolls. The cast includes Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane and Charlie [...]
Disgraced Washington D.C. businessman and lobbyist Jack Abramoff has already inspired the documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money by Alex Gibney and now there’s a new trailer out for the big screen Kevin Spacey version of the sorry tale. Originally titled Bagman to avoid confusion, Casino Jack sees Spacey as the business/con [...]
Lionsgate have acquired the US distribution rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole following its premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. Furthermore, thanks to the positive reviews the films been attracting, Lionsgate plan to release Rabbit Hole before the end of the year, in time for the awards season. Rabbit Hole stars Nicole [...]
While we hope the rumours of the demise of Studio Ghibli are exaggerated, there’s something special brewing with Ni No Kuni, the PlayStation 3 game developed with Ghibli and Level 5. We’ve seen a few images and a trailer from this game before and we had only just scraped our jaws up from the floor [...]
Alex Proyas (The Crow, Knowing) has been hired by Legendary Pictures to direct Paradise Lost, a film based on the epic 17th-century English poem by John Milton. Paradise Lost tells the story of the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael and Lucifer. It was originally published in 1667 as ten books with over ten thousand lines of [...]
The line between cinema and television is becoming more and more difficult to plot. With Neil Gaiman’s Sandman being downsized to the small screen amid claims that is was impossible to bring to the big screen, and Lost fans today ending their marathon at Leicester Square’s Prince Charles cinema, it is a distinction with dwindling validity in [...]
Deadline is reporting that Paramount has announced plans to adapt sister company Spike TV’s hit show, Deadliest Warrior, for the big screen. Partnering with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment, this will mark the first collaboration between the two Viacom owned companies. Paramount said of the deal: “Spike has some of the most innovative and forward-thinking [...]
Lionsgate have unveiled the UK poster for Saw 3D, the final installment in the hugely successful horror franchise. Directed by Kevin Greutert, Saw 3D stars Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell and Sean Patrick Flanery. Synopsis: As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek [...]
Danny Trejo is currently garnering loads of attention for ”Machete”, which seems to be every bit as exciting, blood-thirsty and crowd-pleasing as this trailer suggests. Trejo has plied his trade for years now as a bit-part (but always memorable) player in pretty much every film Robert Rodriguez has made, as well as Heat, Anaconda and Con Air [...]
Those lucky folks over at Comingsoon managed to blag themselves an invite from Marvel Studios and Paramount to visit the London sound stages, where Captain America: The First Avenger is currently shooting. From the slightly brief article posted by Comingsoon, we can only assume that they were sworn to secrecy in relation to much of [...]
Sony Pictures Classics have acquired the US distribution rights to Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In. The film, which is expected to start filming soon, is loosely based on Thierry Jonquet’s novel Mygale, and is a revenge tale telling the story of a plastic surgeon hunting down the men who raped his daughter. Antonio [...]
Son of famed political French filmmaker Costa-Gavras Romain Gavras’ debut Our Day Will Come has been screened at the Toronto Film Festival to mostly positive reviews, with one critic suggesting that Gavras has “created something in the realm of a French Fight Club”. The film stars Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthelemy as two redheads who [...]
Kevin James first made a name for himself in US sitcom “King of Queens”, in which he appeared for nine years, before finally coming to Hollywood’s attention alongside Will Smith in “Hitch”. In Hitch, James played the nerdy, lovelorn, clumsy counterpoint to Will Smith’s smooth operator to perfection and as a result, he’s been keeping himself pretty [...]
