Director Cronenberg Gets in MGM's 'Circle'
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Director David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) is in negotiations to helm political thriller The Matarese Circle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to Daily Variety. Denzel Washington is attached to star in the film, which is based on a Robert Ludlum (Bourne) best-selling 1979 novel. read more...
Last Updated: 10-07-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 47 Category: News Comments (0)
Ford: Momentum High for Fifth 'Indy'
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Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford told the Los Angeles Times that momentum is already building for a fifth movie. "It's automatic, really; we did well with the last one, and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surprising that some people want to do it again." read more...
Last Updated: 10-06-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 160 Category: Rumors_Link Comments (0)
3-D 'Panda' Sequel Coming in 2011
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DreamWorks Animation is moving forward with a 3-D Kung Fu Panda sequel, titled Pandamonium and slotted for release on June 3, 2011, Daily Variety reported. read more...
Last Updated: 10-06-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 107 Category: Top Comments (0)
Dekker in Talks to Enroll in 'Fame' Remake
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Thomas Dekker, the star of Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," is in talks to take a lead role in MGM's remake of the 1980 musical Fame, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dekker is gunning to play Marco, a working-class kid with some gnarly acting chops who is competing with thousands of hopefuls to get into and survive an elite New York public high school for the arts. read more...
Last Updated: 09-30-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 143 Category: News Comments (0)
'Eagle Eye' Soars to Top of Box Office
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Thriller Eagle Eye soared to the top of North American box office, taking in $29 million in its first weekend in theaters on the wings of Shia LaBeouf, according to studio estimates on Sunday. read more...
Last Updated: 09-28-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 236 Category: News Comments (0)
Fox to Lead Cast of 'Fathom'
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Transformers star Megan Fox has reportedly signed on to lead the film adaptation of Michael Turner's "Fathom" comic series. Citing an anonymous source, IESB.net reported that the live-action movie is still at 20th Century Fox but has officially been handed over to the "genre" arm of the studio, Fox Atomic. read more...
Last Updated: 09-26-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 356 Category: Rumors_Link Comments (0)
McAdams Joins Warner's 'Sherlock' Cast
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Rachel McAdams, who stars in this weekend's limited release of The Lucky Ones, reportedly has signed up for a role in Guy Ritchie's star-studded movie Sherlock Holmes, according to The Hollywood Reporter." The action-adventure pic is scheduled to begin shooting next month. read more...
Last Updated: 09-26-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 207 Category: News Comments (0)
Willis to Make Directing Debut on 'Stories'
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Bruce Willis, who was most recently seen in Live Free or Die Hard, is will make his directing debut on independent drama Three Stories About Joan, which will star Camilla Belle and Kieran Culkin. Willis will also take a supporting role in the feature, which will begin shooting in early October in Shreveport. read more...
Last Updated: 09-26-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 188 Category: News Comments (0)
Spielberg Might Direct 'Chocky' Movie?
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The newly reinvigorated DreamWorks Pictures has re-optioned the film rights to John Wyndham's sci-fi novel Chocky. Spielberg is said to be keen to make the adaptation his next read more...
Last Updated: 09-26-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 347 Category: Top Comments (0)
Reeves Bites into Overture's 'Right One'
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Cloverfield director Matt Reeves has signed on to write and direct the vampire tale Let the Right One in for Overture Films and Hammer Films, according to Daily Variety. The project, which is a remake of Tomas Alfredson's Swedish film "Lat Den Ratte Komma in", centers on a young boy who befriends a female neighbor who moves to town. read more...
Last Updated: 09-26-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 196 Category: News Comments (0)
Hathaway Attracted to 'Opposite of Love'
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The adorable Anne Hathaway, who was last seen in summer actioner Get Smart, has signed on to lead the cast of The Opposite of Love at 20th Century Fox, according to Daily Variety. The actress, who will next be seen Rachel Getting Married and Passengers, will star as a commitment-phobic attorney who finds her well-constructed life coming apart at the seams when she rebuffs her ready-for-marriage boyfriend. read more...
Last Updated: 09-25-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 176 Category: News Comments (0)
Warner Plans 'I Am Legend' Prequel
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Warner Bros. Pictures moving ahead with plans to do a prequel to the Will Smith starrer I Am Legend, according to Daily Variety. The plan is for Smith to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville, with Francis Lawrence returning to direct. Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road banner will produce with James Lassiter, Smith�s partner in Overbrook Entertainment. read more...
Last Updated: 09-25-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 605 Category: Top Comments (0)
'Wanted' Director Harpoons 'Moby Dick'
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Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) will helm a reimagining of Herman Melville's whale tale Moby Dick for Universal Pictures, according to Daily Variety. Adam Cooper (Accepted) and Bill Collage (Accepted) are on-board to pen the screenplay. The writers revere Melville's original text, but their graphic novel-style version will change the structure. read more...
Last Updated: 09-23-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 309 Category: Top Comments (0)
Director Black Enters Universal's 'Cold'
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Screenwriter-turned-director Shane Black, who directed 2005's flop Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, will next helm Cold Warrior for Universal Pictures, according to Daily Variety. Based on a script by Chuck Mondry, the story revolves around a spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to team with a younger agent from the new school to confront a domestic terrorism threat orchestrated by Russia. read more...
Last Updated: 09-23-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 1,128 Category: News Comments (0)
Knightley Lands Lead in Zelda Biopic
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Keira Knightley, who can be currently seen in period-drama The Duchess, is in negotiations to play Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald in The Beautiful and the Damned. Actor-turned-helmer Nick Cassavetes (Alpha Dog, The Notebook) will direct the biopic for independent production company the Film Department. Hanna Weg wrote the screenplay. read more...
Last Updated: 09-23-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 24 Category: News Comments (0)
Cage and Sena Enter 'Season of the Witch'
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Nicolas Cage, who can currently be seen in Bangkok Dangerous, will reteam with his "Gone in Sixty Seconds" director Dominic Sena for the supernatural thriller Season of the Witch for Relativity Media, according to Daily Variety. Shooting is scheduled to begin in early November in Austria and Hungary. read more...
Last Updated: 09-21-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 930 Category: News Comments (0)
'Lakeview Terrance' Tops Box Office
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The terribly-bad crazy cop thriller Lakeview Terrace, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, topped the weekend box office in US and Canada, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. The other new releases were largely ignored by moviegoers. read more...
Last Updated: 09-21-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 675 Category: News Comments (0)
Chow to Direct and Star in 'Green Hornet'
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Stephen Chow will direct Seth Rogen and star opposite him as Kato in Columbia Pictures' The Green Hornet, set for release June 25, 2010, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. read more...
Last Updated: 09-19-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 525 Category: Top Comments (0)
Johnson Sets Sights on 'Tomorrowland'
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The Walt Disney Studios is developing an action-adventure movie set in space, to star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, supposedly inspired by the Tomorrowland section of its Disneyland theme park, Daily Variety reported. read more...
Last Updated: 09-19-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 289 Category: Top Comments (0)
Vaughn and Favreau Reunite at 'Retreat'
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"Swingers" and "Made" co-stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau getting back together again in Universal's Couples Retreat. According to Daily Variety, the frequent co-stars will join Jason Bateman (Hancock) and Faizon Love (Elf) in the comedy Couples Retreat. The film is based on a script by Favreau and will be directed by Peter Billingsley. read more...
Last Updated: 09-19-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 246 Category: News Comments (0)
Law in Talks for 'Sherlock Holmes' Role
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Jude Law, who last starred in flops My Blueberry Nights and Breaking and Entering, is in negotiations to join Mr. Popular (aka Robert Downey Jr.) in Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros. Pictures, according to Daily Variety. The trade says Law is "close to a deal" to play useful sidekick Watson to Downey's Holmes in the Guy Ritchie-directed feature. read more...
Last Updated: 09-19-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 256 Category: News Comments (0)
Bloom and Knightley Doing 'Fever' Remake?!
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Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will be reportedly starring in the remake of the 70s blockbuster "Saturday Night Fever". The remake, titled "The Fever Returns", will be a new take on the John Travolta classic, reports the Daily Mirror. read more...
Last Updated: 09-17-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 530 Category: Rumors_Link Comments (0)
Norton: Future of 'Hulk is 'Opaque'
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Edward Norton has admitted that he is uncertain about the future of the Incredible Hulk franchise. The actor told MTV News: "The minds of Marvel are sometimes opaque. I won't say [they're] obtuse, but I don't have any idea what they want to do." However, Norton suggested that the character could return in The Avengers, a film uniting Marvel's most popular superheroes.
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Last Updated: 09-17-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 627 Category: Rumors_Link Comments (0)
'Hills' Star Joins 'Sorority Row'
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Reality TV star Audrina Patridge has joined the cast of upcoming horror remake Sorority Row. Patridge, who starred in MTV's "The Hills", will join Rumer Willis and Briana Evigan (Step Up 2: The Streets) in the Summit Entertainment film, reports Bloody Disgusting. Stewart Hendler (Whisper) will direct the project, which focuses on a group of sorority sisters murdered at a party after they accidentally kill a teacher. read more...
Last Updated: 09-17-08 Votes: 0 Hits: 283 Category: Rumors_Link Comments (0)
'Twilight' Co-Star 'Cowboys' Up
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Cam Gigandet (Twilight, Never Back Down) is in negotiations to play the lead role in Mario Van Peebles' fighter plane thriller Kerosene Cowboys. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shane West and Rachael Leigh Cook (Nancy Drew, "She's All That") are also negotiating for the film, which is set up at Svarog-Afterburner Films. read more...