Joel Edgerton Officially Signs On And More In Talks For Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden Film

Joel Edgerton

Having won two Oscars for her last film, The Hurt Locker, as well as a slew of other nominations and wins, we first heard back in May of what Bigelow had settled on for her next project: an as-yet-untitled film surrounding the hunt for Osama bin Laden, which ultimately led in real life to his [...]

Point Break – Blu-ray Review

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Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) is assigned to the bank robbery division of the FBI, where he teams up with Agent Pappas (Gary Busey) to investigate a series of daring bank jobs by a gang called the Ex-Presidents. Realising that the gang is comprised of surfers who will likely only be around for a couple more [...]

Point Break to Get the Remake Treatment?!

Point Break

Here we go again people! It’s Hollywood yet again admitting defeat when it comes to original ideas as we hear news that Alcon is to remake 1991 movie Point Break directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. I guess there is no way you can go wrong with an FBI agent [...]

The Terminator Franchise Finds Yet Another Home

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The Terminator franchise is in the hands of producer Megan Ellison, who’s Annapurna Films fought it out with Lionsgate in a deal which has Fast & Furious 5’s Justin Lin onboard to direct and Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the starring role. Ellison is the daughter of US business magnate Larry Ellison, and she’s decided to [...]

Kathryn Bigelow To Helm Bin Laden Hunt Pic

Kathryn Bigelow - Oscars 2010

Having attracted significant and well-merited critical acclaim for The Hurt Locker, it was always going to be interesting to see where director Kathryn Bigelow next settled her 2.35:1 gaze. Triple Frontier had seemed to be high on her list of priorities, though her decision in the end seems to be in favour of a film being [...]

Tom Hanks Confirmed to Star in Kathryn Bigelow’s Triple Frontier

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ComingSoon.net have given the world the news that one of my favourite actors, Tom Hanks is confirmed to star in the new Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal movie, Triple Frontier. This will be the first movie that  Bigelow and Boal have done since their Oscar success winning the Best Picture title at the 2010 Oscars ripping [...]

Jeremy Renner to Take Over Mission: Impossible

Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) is currently hard at work filming alongside Tom Cruise and the rest of the IMF alumni on Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and further to rumours from a while back that M:I-4 was going to be a spring-board for some new young buck to take over the franchise, it now looks [...]

Brenda Chapman Leaves Pixar Feature – Brave

Brenda Chapman

There have been rumblings in the blogosphere for almost a week now, but it looks like Pixar’s first female director, Brenda Chapman, has indeed left the studio and is no longer directing Brave. Cartoon Brew has revealed that she officially left the project last week, although reports have suggested that it’s been inevitable for a [...]

Johnny Depp To Feature in Bigelow’s Sleeping Dogs Opposite Tom Hanks?

Johnny Depp is in advanced negotiations with Kathryn Bigelow to star opposite Tom Hanks in Sleeping Dogs, her follow-up to the Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker. Sleeping Dogs, previously titled Triple Frontier, is set in the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, which is a haven for organized crime, and centers on five men [...]

Tom Hanks Pondering Kathryn Bigelow’s Sleeping Dogs

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is reportedly circling one of the lead roles in Kathryn Bigelow’s Sleeping Dogs according to THR. Sleeping Dogs, previously titled Triple Frontier, is set in the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, which is a haven for organized crime, and centers on five men of various ages working in the zone. The [...]

Kathryn Bigelow’s Drug-Parable Titled Sleeping Dogs; Filming to Start in Winter?

Kathryn Bigelow’s highly-anticipated follow-up to the Academy Award winning The Hurt Locker looks set to be picking up pace with Bigelow, along with writer Mark Boal and producer Grant Hill being photographed location-scouting in Brazil. Nation Films reported the team’s visit to Brazil, while also noting that the project is now called Sleeping Dogs, instead [...]

Do You Want to Know What’s in Development Over at Paramount?

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Well look no further, as The Wrap have given us a looks at what’s happening at Paramount Pictures.  Although Paramount states that the email was not official, it does contain both accurate and inaccurate information which I happen to agree with. This list, which you can see below, is something anyone can pull off of [...]

Is Kathryn Bigelow’s New Project a Go?

It seems that fans of this year’s Oscar-winning director may have to wait sooner than they thought for her next project. There has been rumbling in the blogosphere for a while that she was working with Hurt Locker producer/writer Mark Boal again, but now it looks like she hoping to land a big name ensemble [...]

James Cameron Thinks The Hurt Locker Would Have Been Better In 3D

James Cameron

James Cameron, hot off the tails of advising Guillermo Del Toro to walk away from the Hobbit, has spoken out once more, this time regarding his ex-wife’s Oscar-winning movie, The Hurt Locker. In an interview with EW (via The Playlist), Cameron rather humbly said of The Hurt Locker: “I think ["The Hurt Locker"] would have [...]

Video Vault – Near Dark

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This week’s video vault may not be as obscure a title as the previous entries, but with the current media onslaught and surge in popularity surrounding the whole vampire myth, I felt compelled to discuss a film which inspired many of these new revisionist works, and to also introduce a couple who make Bella and [...]

Director for X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 Down to Two Big Names?

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Despite the publicity Captain America and Thor are receiving this very fine Comic-Con, it is surprising that more stage-time hasn’t been afforded another of Marvel’s superheroes: Wolverine. After months of apparent radio silence following the announcement that  Christopher McQuarrie had been hired to script the sequel, news has finally broken that 20th Century Fox have [...]

The 2010 Oscars: Winners & Roundup

Kathryn Bigelow - Oscars 2010

So, this evening I headed to a rather exclusive Oscar party in central London courtesy of Grey Goose and watched the stars arrive on the red carpet followed by the ceremony itself on TV screens scattered around the venue. The evening opened with Neil Patrick Harris performing a stage show number followed by our hosts, [...]

Watch the Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals Here LIVE

Oscars Red Carpet - Sarah Jessica-Parker

This evening is the biggest night of the year when it comes to movies! Yes, that’s right, if you didn’t know already, tonight is the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony or The Oscars as they’re more affectionately known.Later on this evening we’ll find out of James Cameron’s Avatar, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker or a ranked [...]

Best Picture Oscar: Are you Team Avatar or Team Hurt Locker?

Tonight’s the night. The 82nd Academy Awards are only hours away and despite the increase in number to ten Best Picture nominees, most of the hype and speculation has been around two films, James Cameron’s 3D spectacular Avatar, and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker. So, to jump on a particularly crowded bandwagon, we’re asking you [...]

HeyUGuys 2010 Oscar Coverage

So, this Sunday is probably the biggest movie night of the year when all the stars come out in force to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles to see if their movie has won an Academy Award. This year, we’ve got an unprecedented 10 movies up for best picture and you can [...]