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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 12:00am CEST
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Neil Marshall's Centurion , starring Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, David Morrissey, Noel Clarke, Riz Ahmed, JJ Field, Liam Cunningham and Imogen Poots. The thriller is now available On Demand, Dish Network, Xbox Live, PlayStation, Amazon and Vudu and hits theaters on August 27. You can watch the clip below the synopsis:
AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts.
Quintus, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General...
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 12:00am CEST
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.
Despite the release of three new movies, Christopher Nolan's Inception (Warner Bros.), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and an equally impressive ensemble cast, held steady with its third weekend at #1, bringing in an estimated $27.5 million to take its total to $193.3 million. This weekend was down just 36% from last weekend when it dropped just 32% from its opening weekend, showing fantastic legs for the acclaimed sci-fi thriller. While it's still far behind Nolan's previous movie The Dark Knight , it's $40 million ahead of Nolan's...
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Posted: August 1st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck and Margarita Levieva will star in ATM , a thriller from the Safran Co. and Gold Circle Films, says The Hollywood Reporter .
They will play three co-workers who make a late-night visit to an ATM and end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
The movie is scheduled to start shooting in Winnipeg, Manitoba in late September.
David Brooks is directing from a script by Chris Sparling ( Buried ).
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Posted: August 1st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype has learned that the Marc Webb-directed Untitled Spider-Man Project will start shooting in December in Los Angeles. We've received no word yet whether Sony's Columbia Pictures will also film in New York. Andrew Garfield stars in the July 3, 2012 release, produced by Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad.
The studio's Men in Black III , however, is scheduled for filming in New York starting in September. Barry Sonnenfeld is directing the May 25, 2012 release, starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Jemaine Clement.
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Posted: August 1st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
24 Frames is reporting that Despicable Me creators Illumination Entertainment is developing a new Curious George movie for Universal Pictures to distribute.
The site says that "The movie is expected to feature the wry animated images of 'Despicable Me' and will spin a new story of George the monkey/chimpanzee (depending on whether you favor H.A. and Margret Rey's text or the tail-less images) who's taken out of the jungle by an eccentric explorer to live in the city, where mischief always seems to find him."
The 2006 Curious George , voiced by Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore, earned $69.8 million worldwide. That film was produced by Imagine.
Larry Stuckey, who penned the upcoming Little Fockers , is writing the new film.
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Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Last week, The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced that David Fincher's The Social Network will kick off the 48th Annual New York Film Festival with its World Premiere on September 24, making it the first time anyone will have a chance to see what the director has done with the story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield and more. It will be released theatrically by Sony a week later on October 1.
They've followed that huge announcement with another one, that Julie Taymor's adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest , starring Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn and Ben Whishaw will act as this year's "Centerpiece...
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Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
For many years, Liam Neeson was attached to star in Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln biopic, which would reteam Neeson with the filmmaker who helped take him to an Oscar nomination for his role in Schindler's List . The casting seemed perfect because the resemblance is uncanny and Neeson is one of the most respected actors in the industry, but it now looks like the project will have to look for another star. Neeson told the site Digital Spy recently he's no longer attached to the project essentially because it's been taking too long since his name was first mentioned.
He told the site:
"I'm not actually playing Lincoln now. I was attached to it for a while, but it's now I'm past my sell-by date."
Who knows what will happen with the DreamWorks project...
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Posted: July 31st, 2010, 12:00am CEST
The rumors have been bubbling under for the past few weeks about whether director Robert Rodriguez ( Sin City ) might be called upon to direct Deadpool , the planned spin-off from last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds reprising the role of the "Merc with a Mouth" he played in that movie.
Last week at Comic-Con, Rodriguez was asked by MTV about the project and he confirmed he had received the script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick ( Zombieland ) but wasn't sure if he would direct or not.
Just one week later and the L.A. Times is reporting that Rodriguez is now in active negotiations to direct the movie and that it would likely happen after he finishes Spy Kids 4: Armageddon , which he's currently shooting...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
At last week's Comic-Con in San Diego, ShockTillYouDrop.com got a chance to talk to Let Me In writer/director Matt Reeves and star Chloe Moretz. You can read the two interviews here and here , respectively.
Opening in theaters on October 1, Let Me In tells a terrifying tale about an alienated 12-year old boy named Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owen's age, Abby...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
One of the shirts given away at last weekend's Comic-Con features a mysterious black and white image of what appears to be a Spanish conquistador and, on the back, Guillermo del Toro's name and signature alongside the Legendary Pictures logo.
The image, illustrated by comic book artist Tim Bradstreet, also appears on the artist's Facebook page with the tile El Guerrero (as seen below), though it is unknown if this is the name of the property of simply the title of the piece.
Though del Toro's schedule is one of the busiest in Hollywood, the only recent connection to Legendary dates back to 2008 when director Scott Derrickson reported that that he was going to talk with del Toro about his own project, an adaptation of the 17th century John Milton poem, Paradise Lost ....
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Fox Searchlight Pictures has set a November 5 release date for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours .
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral,...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Josh Hutcherson will topline and executive produce the teen horror-comedy film Detention , reports Variety .
The movie, which also stars Dane Cook, marks the second feature for helmer Joseph Kahn ( Torque ), who is best known for directing hit music videos such as Eminem's "Without Me."
The story centers on teens who must survive their final year of high school. Standing in their way is a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life. Kahn and Mark Palermo wrote the script.
Hutcherson will shoot the $10 million Detention in Los Angeles next month before seguing to New Line sequel Journey to the Mysterious Island in October.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Henry Cavill ("The Tudors", upcoming Immortals ) will star in The Cold Light of Day , a kidnapping thriller from Intrepid Pictures and Summit, reports Heat Vision .
Mabrouk El Mechri ( JCVD ) is directing with Intrepid principals Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans producing.
The trade says "the story centers on a cocky young Wall Street trader who reluctantly vacations with his family in Spain. When his family is kidnapped, he is thrust into a government conspiracy and must unravel his father's darkest secret in order to save his loved ones."
Richard Price is writing a production pass on the original script written by Scott Wiper and John Petro. Filming starts on September 6 in Spain.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, two of the most popular Looney Tunes characters of all time, are returning to the big screen in three all-new animated 3D shorts. The studio will attach the cartoon shorts to three of its upcoming family featuresall three features to be released this year in 3D. The first short will be seen with Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore on July 30th; the second with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , on September 24th; and the third with Yogi Bear , on December 17th. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution.
In the new cartoon shorts, each three minutes in length, Wile E. Coyote is as determined as ever to catch the elusive Road Runner, who continues to leave his...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
The cast of NBC's "30 Rock" will perform a special live episode from famed studio 8H on Thursday, October 14 (8:30-9 p.m. ET). The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.
"We've had great success with live episodes in the past, both in a creative sense and in the ratings," said Bromstad. "I can't imagine a series more suited to do an incredible live episode, thanks to its many cast, writers and producers, who hail from TV's most renowned live series, 'SNL.'"
In the series' first live episode, two versions will be telecast -- one live for the East Coast and one for the West Coast. The first show will be telecast at 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) for the East and the cast will perform the same...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
IDW's comic book series Lore is planned for a film adaptation reports Heat Vision .
Cory Goodman ( Priest ) and Jeremy Lott are attached to draft the screenplay for Producers Andrew Lazar ( Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Jonah Hex ) and Rick Jacobs.
The series, created by T.P. Louise and Ashley Wood, is described by IDW with the following logline.
In times past, the world was full of mythical creatures°Vlong since held at bay by the secret society of Shepherds. But when the Shepherds' line of succession is broken, a reluctant hero finds her life threatened from every quarter. And the creatures are coming back: will the Earth be ready for their return?
Lore ran five issues between 2003 and 2004.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Dead Reckoning , a 1996 thriller novel, is being planned for adaptation and will shoot this September in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cody Horn, who stars in the upcoming Flipped , informed ComingSoon.net of the planned start date and of current negotiations for her to star. The role, she said, "would be the biggest lead I've had."
The original novel was written by Susan and Pierre LaTour and tells the story of Catherine Lakey, a chemistry professor who vanishes while vacationing in Cape Cod. Though her disappearance is assumed to be a suicide, her niece, Nancy, is unconvinced and begins to uncover clues in her aunt's beach house that such a far more sinister fate.
Though currently blank, the website www.deadreckoningmovie.com is owned by 20th Century Fox. The studio...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Deadline 's Mike Fleming reports that Precious director Lee Daniels has signed a deal to do rewrites and direct the Laura Ziskin-produced drama The Butler for Sony Pictures Entertainment. The movie is based on articles written by Wil Haygood on Eugene Allen, a servant in the White House for 34 years and through eight Presidents all of whom fought with the nation's growing problems with segregation. Long-retired, Allen was invited to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama, the country's first African-American President.
Ever since Oscar season, Daniels has been developing and working on financing for another Civil Rights-related drama called Selma about the famous march that led to Civil Rights reform in the country, which also may be close to happening with The Weinstein...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Fox Searchlight has announced that Black Swan , Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to his Oscar-nominated The Wrestler , will be released in select cities on December 1. This is coming mere days after the film's world premiere was set for the Venice Film Festival in September.
Black Swan is a psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, starring Natalie Portman as Nina, "a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis)." The official blurb on the movie goes on to say, "Black Swan takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
L.A. Times' 24 Frames blog has an exclusive report on the next movie from writer/director Karyn Kusama ( Jennifer's Body ), a movie called The Rut , which will star Chloe Moretz, the breakout star from Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass , who will also star in Matt Reeves' horror remake Let Me In later this year and is starring in Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret as well.
Moretz will play the latter part of a father-daughter relationship that takes place in the world of hunting where Moretz's character has to use tricks taught to her by her father to survive when he goes missing. It's a bit of a departure from Kusama's genre roots between the horror of Jennifer's Body or her previous sci-fi action flick Aeon Flux , although it does continue the run of strong female protagonists that...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Normally, when we do video interviews with filmmakers or actors, we try to keep things light by making jokes, but when we had the opportunity for a rare and intimate sit-down with actress Ashley Judd for her new movie Helen , directed by German filmmaker Sandra Nettelbeck ( Mostly Martha ), it didn't seem appropriate to make light of the serious condition her character faces in the dark drama.
Judd plays Helen Leonard, a professor of music, who has secretly suffered from depression for many years, unbeknownst to her husband (Goran Visnjic from "E.R.") and daughter (Alexia Fast). When she has a sudden breakdown, her condition comes out in a way that drives her family apart, and Helen ends up finding a friend and confidante in Lauren Lee Smith's Mathilda, a talented...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Deadline is reporting that British director Tom Harper ( The Scouting Book for Boys ) has taken over the directing reins for the long-in-development Working Title/Universal romantic comedy Lost for Words , written by Richard Curtis and his brother Jamie.
The story follows a Western movie star working in China who ends up in a love triangle with a gorgeous Chinese actress and her translator.
Tom Cruise was attached to star in the movie last year after frequent Curtis collaborator Hugh Grant dropped out, and for a long time, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) was attached to star in the lead female role.
Harper will likely start from scratch looking for a new cast, one that's presumably younger than the original plans.
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Ghostface has finally reared his masked face for the first time in ten years, thanks to a behind-the-scenes image snapped by Scream 4 Director Wes Craven.
The below image just appeared on the Director's Flickr account with the message, "He's baaack!"
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
J.J. Abrams has purchased the rights to the book Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel and will oversee the film adaptation, reports Heat Vision .
The book, 170 pages of text with 350 illustrations and photo manipulations, was written by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett and relates the adventures of a robot built in the Victorian age who, through its travels, meets all manner of famous historical personalities throughout it's century-spanning existence.
Originally pitched as a graphic novel, the authors spent a decade compiling Boilerplate's (the robot's) history online, evolving Boilerplate's history into a guide called The History of Robots in the Victorian Era , attempting to establish the character's presence throughout various famous historical events.
Check out the...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
A man of many hats, Burr Steers began working in Hollywood in the late 1980s as an actor, appearing in the cult thriller Intruder and, later, in the modern classics Pulp Fiction and The Last Days of Disco , among other films. It was in 2002, however, that Steers stepped behind the camera to write and direct Igby Goes Down before working on more mainstream fare, including scripting How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and directing his first work with Zac Efron, 17 Again .
This Friday sees the release of Steers' newest film, Charlie St. Cloud , the story of a young man who, brought back from the same accident that killed his brother, continues to speak and interact with either the ghost or the memory thereof.
Steers took the time to have a refreshingly candid talk with...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Ever since a tremendously well-received Hall H announcement at the 2008 Comic-Con, TRON: Legacy has been building a steady fan momentum by way of a virtually unprecedented large-scale viral campaign. This year saw the return of Flynn's Arcade , a fan experience not far from the convention center that let con-goers enter the world of the film .
The morning following the surprise reveal of a new lounge addition to Flynn's , ComingSoon.net had a chance to speak with TRON: Legacy producer Sean Bailey who was recently promoted to Disney's President of Production. He shared his thoughts about working on TRON , the importance of the fan-supported universe, and the projects he's eager to work with next, including Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , 20,000 Leagues Under...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Kristen Johnston has joined the cast of writer/director Amy Heckerling's new feature film Vamps . Written and to be directed by Heckerling, Vamps tells the modern day tale of two young beautiful female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Filming will begin next week in Detroit, Michigan.
Johnston joins Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter, already on board as two young vampires and Sigourney Weaver, who plays the role of Cisserus, a bloodthirsty "stem" vampire who has created a dynasty.
Johnston plays Mrs. Van Helsing, a posh British woman who is suspicious of her son's new love interest Stacey (Ritter).
Most recently, Johnston was nominated for a 2010...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
James Gunn has officially released the first image of his superhero character, the Crimson Bolt, from the upcoming Super on his official website, JamesGunn.com .
Super offers Gunn's take on the superhero genre and stars Rainn Wilson as an average guy who takes on the pseudo-superhero alter ego of the Crimson Bolt, after watching his wife (Liv Tyler) fall under the spell of a charming drug dealer (Kevin Bacon).
Check out both the costume and an official still from Super below and click either image to head to Gunn's blog:
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Six films and 730 million dollars later (officially, now, the Guinness World Record for "Most Successful Horror Movie Series"), the "Saw" franchise is coming to an end this Halloween with the ultimate entry, Saw 3D .
ShockTillYouDrop.com scored an exclusive interview atop Lionsgate's double-decker exhibit booth, where director Kevin Greutert and star Tobin Bell shared their thoughts on the series' move to 3D, the franchise's legacy and how it feels to finally offer up the final chapter.
You can check out the interview over at ShockTillYouDrop !
In related news, UGO has also debuted this new motion poster for the film.
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Len Wiseman ( Live Free or Die Hard , "Underworld" films) is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures' Total Recall , it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film will be a new, contemporized adaptation of Total Recall , which was based on the story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Kurt Wimmer is writing the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz will produce through his Original Film banner.
Commenting on the announcement, Tolmach said, "Len has an incredible love of the genre and a great gift for action. He'll bring a contemporary feel to the film while taking care with everything we love about Philip K. Dick's original story."
Moritz said, "I have been trying for...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Director Ridley Scott's take on Robin Hood , starring Russell Crowe in his fourth film with the filmmaker, will open globally on May 14, but two days earlier, it will open the 63rd Festival de Cannes continuing a long-standing tradition of the prestigious festival opening with a big summer movie.
It marks Scott's return to the annual film festival and market for the first time since 1991 when Thelma and Louise was presented there out of competition, and it follows the likes of Pixar's Up and Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code as the festival's opening night film.
Crowe and Scott first teamed for the 2000 epic Gladiator , for which Crowe won an Oscar. Robin Hood also stars Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston and Max Von Sydow.
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
ShockTillYouDrop.com has posted an exclusive interview with After Dark Films' Courtney Solomon about the company's spate of original productions due to hit the theatrical scene later this year under the appropriately-named banner After Dark Originals. After Dark Originals has culled eight directors and screenwriters, some familiar, some new to the horror scene and some who have worked with After Dark in the past.
You can read the exclusive interview here !
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
The new motion poster for The Other Guys that we spotted at ShoWest earlier this month is now online and can be viewed below!
Opening August 6th, the Adam McKay action comedy stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson.
Set in New York City, The Other Guys follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who's more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city's top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Johnson and Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step up, things...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Paramount Pictures is optioning the film rights to author Tony DiTerlizzi's "The Search for WondLa," coming to stores in September. DiTerlizzi wrote the popular children's book series "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
Publisher Simon & Schuster describes "The Search for WondLa" as follows:
When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-year-old girl is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that other humans exist, because of an item she treasuresa scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot, with the strange word, WondLa. Tony DiTerlizzi honors traditional childrens literature in this totally...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Film School Rejects has learned from author Glen David Gold that his novel, "Carter Beats the Devil," has been optioned by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Hyperion Books describes the title as follows:
America in the 1920s was a nation obsessed with magic. Not just the kind performed in theaters and on stages across the country, but the magic of technology, science, and prosperity. Enter Charles Carter -- a.k.a. Carter the Great -- a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Fueled by a passion for magic born of desperation and loneliness, Carter has become a legend in his own time.
Carter the Great's thrilling act involves outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets before the most demanding audiences. Night after...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Relativity Media has optioned the screenplay Down from from writer Greg Russo.
The project is described as "'Buried' meets '1408.'" The supernatural thriller centers on a guy trapped in an elevator.
Relativity's next release is MacGruber , opening in theaters on May 21.
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Tracy Morgan and Juliette Binoche are in final negotiations to join police thriller Son of No One , being directed by Dito Montiel.
They join a cast that includes Al Pacino, Channing Tatum, Ray Liotta and Katie Holmes. Morgan is replacing the previously-announced Terrence Howard.
In the Nu Image/Millennium Films and Hannibal Pictures project, Tatum plays a young cop assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, with an old secret surfacing and threatening to destroy his life and family.
Morgan will play Vinnie, a friend of Tatum's, while Binoche plays a reporter.
Shooting starts next week in New York.
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Kate Hudson is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield in Something Borrowed .
Based on Emily Giffin's 2005 debut novel, the film centers on a Manhattan attorney (Goodwin) who becomes involved with her best friend's (Hudson) fiance following her 30th birthday.
Luke Greenfield ( The Girl Next Door ) is set to direct from a script by Jennie Snyder Urman ( Lipstick Jungle ). Filming starts next month.
The film is produced by Alcon-based 2S Films. Alcon distributes its movies, such as The Blind Side and The Book of Eli , through Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am CET
The Ghost Writer co-star Jon Bernthal is the first actor cast in AMC's "Walking Dead," an adaptation of Robert Kirkman's graphic novel.
The project chronicles the months and years following a zombie apocalypse and revolves around survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe home.
Bernthal will play Grimes' partner and friend Shane, an outgoing bachelor.
Frank Darabont wrote the adaptation and will direct the TV pilot. Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion are executive producing with Darabont.
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
ComingSoon.net's SuperHeroHype visited the San Juan, Puerto Rico set of graphic novel adaptation The Losers and has posted their interviews with the director and cast, as well as new character banners. You can check out the set report and interviews here and the banners here !
Opening April 23, the Sylvain White-directed action thriller stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric and Peter Macdissi.
An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team--Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar--find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Universal Pictures has debuted the teaser trailer for Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at iTunes Movie Trailers ! You can also watch the trailer using the player below!
Opening August 13, the big screen adaptation stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh and Jason Schwartzman. Here's the plot:
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") tells the amazing...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
It looks like the viral campaign for Tron Legacy is heating up again with the announcement of a meet up at WonderCon in San Francisco next Friday:
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ALAN BRADLEY TO HEADLINE MAJOR ENCOM PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
March 24th, 2010
Newly-minted Executive Consultant Alan Bradley will introduce the latest addition to the Encom International product library on April 2 in San Francisco.
Software giant Encom ushered in the digital age with an unrivaled library of gaming titles. Now, Encom International circles the globe with advanced software systems that include communications, sports, entertainment, navigation, agricultural, health care, construction, weather, military and governmental applications on every continent.
Bradley began his career with Encom as...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
BadTaste.it has posted a new Italian poster for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood , opening in theaters on May 14. The action adventure stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Lea Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Danny Huston and Max von Sydow.
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
An alternate version of the trailer for The Last Airbender that was released in early February is now online. This version is almost identical but does include a few new seconds of footage in several spots. You can check out both versions using the players below.
M. Night Shyamalan's big screen adaptation opens in theaters on July 2 and stars Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim.
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Robert Downey Jr. was at ShoWest last week promoting the fall release of the Todd Phillips comedy Due Date which teams him with comedian Zach Galifianakis.
ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype was there and we spoke to Downey, but didn't have any time to ask him anything Iron Man-related in the mayhem of our interview , but one of the other outlets Downey spoke to was The Associated Press .
Everyone has been well aware (or at least we've all assumed) that Downey's Iron Man would play a pivotal part in Marvel Studios' planned The Avengers , but whether he'd do an Iron Man 3 before or after has only been hinted at but never confirmed.
Although The Associated Press didn't include a direct quote from Downey in their piece on Due Date , they do mention in the article that he...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the new poster for Happiness Runs , opening on May 7. Written and directed by Adam Sherman, the drama stars Mark L. Young, Hanna Hall, Jessie Plemons, Laura Peters, Shiloh Fernandez, Andie MacDowell and Rutger Hauer.
In the film, a young man named Victor realizes the shortcomings of the utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother is funding the commune where the guru Insley hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls "running." Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him their bodies and all their worldly possessions.
Victor's childhood love, Becky, returns to take care of her deathly ill father. Victor, haunted by visions of Becky's death, is desperate to save...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
A hot tub at a rundown ski resort takes four friends back into the '80s where they have a chance to recreate their future and change things about their adult lives that pretty much suck! John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Clark Duke star in MGM's rowdy comedy Hot Tub Time Machine that takes you on a sick and crazy wild ride as they flash back into a time they loved much more than their present lives.
Director Steve Pink cleverly instills insane humor balanced with just enough heart to make the story work and we caught up with him in Lake Tahoe to talk about his latest project.
Q: Crispin Glover told us that you never spoke to him about casting him as an homage to or a link with "Back to the Future." Was that at all on your mind when you hired him?
Steve...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Yahoo! Movies has debuted these two new character banners for Shrek Forever After , opening in theaters on May 21st. The Mike Mitchell-directed sequel is voiced by Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Jon Hamm, Kathy Griffin and Kristin Schaal.
In the fourth installment, Shrek is feeling over-domesticated. He has lost his roar. It used to send villagers running away in terror. Now they run to him and ask him to sign their pitchforks and torches. To regain his ogre mojo, he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. The pact goes awry and Shrek must confront what life would be like in Far Far Away if he had never existed. That translates into Donkey being forced into cart-pulling duty, fat and lazy Puss in Boots trading his sword for a pink bow and the underhanded...
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
Lionsgate has confirmed to ComingSoon.net that John Singleton ( Four Brothers , 2 Fast 2 Furious ) has signed on to direct the thriller Abduction .
Taylor Lautner ("The Twilight Saga") will star as a teen who has long felt disconnected from his parents. He discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website, which unleashes a chain of violent events. Shawn Christensen wrote the script.
Filming is scheduled to begin this July in Pittsburgh.
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Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:00am CET
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today.
The ceremony will again take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
Key dates currently scheduled are:
* Saturday, November 13, 2010: Governors Awards presentation
* Wednesday, December 1, 2010: Official Screen Credits forms due
* Monday, December 27, 2010: Nominations ballots mailed
* Friday, January 14, 2011: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
* Tuesday, January 25, 2011: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
* Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Final ballots mailed
* Monday, February 7, 2011: Nominees Luncheon
* Saturday,...