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With production well under way on his third and final Batman film, speculation has begun to brew as to what project Christopher Nolan will turn his hand to next – and the most intriguing notion is that he will helm a feature film revival of The Twilight Zone for Warner Bros. This won’t be the [...]
On the fifteenth of July, 2011, the highest grossing film franchise ever will finally come to an end. Spanning ten years, eight movies, four directors and a worldwide box-office gross of over six billion dollars – the Harry Potter film franchise will open at the close with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, [...]
Here at HeyUGuys, we aim to provide you with an all-encompassing look into the world of film. Whether you’re a fully-fledged cineaste, or just possess a casual interest, there’s something for anyone with our alternative A-Z of cinema, which starts today and runs through the week. If you’ve ever wondered just what it is an [...]
Throughout the decades, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has been the subject of a number of film and TV adaptations (including Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 visually sumptuous modernisation) and now under the guise of seasoned British helmsman Mike Newell, another version is in the works. The Hollywood Reporter brings news that Newell is readying a new production [...]
George Clooney is currently in competition with James Franco for the prize of hardest working actor in Hollywood. His role in Alexander Payne’s next featureAlexander Payne(he was one of the director’s original choices for Sideways) is now complete and the film is in post-production, he’s prepping his forth directorial effort The Ides of March (formally [...]
It seems a little impolite to keep posting about the curious casting for Alfonso Cuaron’s troubled spacebound disaster movie Gravity, but following what could have been the death knell for the project the vacant spot for the leading man has been filled. Robert Downey Jr. was a mainstay in the film’s preparation while various A-List [...]
Alfonso Cuaron’s spacebound survival movie Gravity has lost its leading man, as THR reports that Robert Downey Jr. has left the project. After a number of leading ladies first attached, then drifted away from the project (Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman to name just two) Sandra Bullock stepped up to take the main role of [...]
It’s difficult to imagine at this late stage in Harry Potter’s cinematic saga, but once upon a time in a galaxy not that far away Steven Spielberg had some very different plans for the franchise. The L. A. Times’ Hero Complex is reporting that Spielberg – whose Dreamworks Pictures were initially considered as financial partners for Warner [...]
Talented and versatile Taiwanese director Ang Lee has been chatting with USA Today in regards to his plans for shooting the long-in-development adaptation of best-selling novel The Life of Pi. He’s currently in pre-production on the film and intends to shoot it using 3D, although he acknowledges it will be a costly process. “I know [...]
It’s a sad day when an original and engaging script from a talented director fails to find an easy passage to the big screen. If this rumour from Deadline is true, and Robert Downey Jr.’s schedule is making his co-starring role in Alfonso Cuaron’s 3D space survival film Gravity looking increasingly unlikely, then it may [...]
News comes in from Vulture that 20th Century Fox are happy with the latest draft of Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, as penned by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, plus the top name on the studio’s casting list is Natalie Portman. She’s been linked to Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi drama Gravity of late, although it doesn’t appear that [...]
It was reported last week that an offer had been made to Natalie Portman – on the back of her acclaimed performance in Black Swan – to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, after Angelina Jolie turned down the role, twice. While Portman has yet to read the script and accept the offer, it seems studio executive [...]
Despite having just been offered the lead role in Alfonso Cuarón’s hotly-contested Gravity, it seems another high-profile director is eyeing Natalie Portman for a role in his next film. The film in question is “a Jerry Lee Lewis-related project”, that was originally set up years ago with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder in the lead roles, [...]
It looks like the planets have aligned for director Alfonso Cuaron as he finally finds a lead for his sci-fi thriller Gravity. News comes in from The Hollywood Reporter that Natalie Portman has signed up for the role of a stranded astronaut who has to survive all alone on a deserted space station. The role [...]
It was confirmed on Thursday that Angelina Jolie had declined the offer to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, leaving the casting directors, and indeed, Warner Bros. executives, with a bit of a headache. The lead actress needs to be able to carry an $80 million sci-fi film, as they’ll be the only person on screen for [...]
Despite Warner Bros’ apparently increasingly desperate attempts to persuade Angelina Jolie to join their new sci-fi adventure “Gravity”, she has conclusively decided that she will not be joining the film, leaving WB with a bit of a headache. Gravity (to be directed by Alfonso Cuaron) is a relatively high-budget film ($80m), set aboard a space station [...]
Previously on The Casting Saga of Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi survival thriller Gravity… Universal had Angelina Jolie in the title role of a stranded astronaut trying to survive the return to Earth, the script was written by the Brothers Cuaron, with Alfonso taking the turn in the director’s chair. Anyone familiar with his astonishing adaptation of [...]
Alfonso Cuaron’s forthcoming sci-fi drama Gravity has been garnering a lot of attention recently, and now we’ve learned some great casting news that will surely increase this film’s momentum to the big screen. Previously Angelina Jolie was attached to star in the Children of Men director’s tale of a team of a remote space station [...]
