In an abrupt move the 8 part mini-series The Kennedys has been pulled from A&E Television Networks. Starring Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy, Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy, the stars and producer Joel Surnow were recently told of the snap decision to […]
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Colin Farrell Talks Fright Night & Total Recall Remakes
Earlier this week Collider got to sit down with Colin Farrell during the press junkets for Peter Weir’s new movie The Way Back, which tells the true story of a group of soldiers who escape from a Siberian prison and journey across the harsh Asian terrain in order to reach British India. Towards the end […]
Elijah Wood Will Return for The Hobbit Prequels
It seems that master filmmaker Peter Jackson is taking considerable license with the Tolkein mythos for his upcoming Hobbit prequel movies. Whilst it was expected that the new films would feature a mostly different cast to the Lord of the Rings, Jackson’s script has worked out ways to bring back favorites from the trilogy. It’s […]
The Green Hornet – New Scenes
This week Sony released 7 clips from their upcoming movie The Green Hornet that pits Seth Rogen as something of a new action star with all his comic wit infused into his character. There was some initial skepticism whether the movie would work but at the recent test screenings all those bad vibes dissipated and […]
Pitt, Rockwell & Affleck Re-team with Jesse James Director
New Zealand-born filmmaker Andrew Dominik is about to re-team with the players from his Jesse James flick for his next movie Cogan’s Trade. Based on the 1974 best seller by George V. Higgins, it’s sizing up to be a comedic / crime thriller centering on Jackie Cogan, ‘a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that […]
Troll Hunter – Trailer, FX Featurettes
The Troll Hunter is the latest in the wave of movies that are designed as ‘mockumentaries’ and borrow from the ‘found footage’ genre which was used to great effect in ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Cloverfield’. Most recently ‘The Last Exorcism’ used the genre style and now Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal is taking audiences on […]
Clooney To Play Crime Solving Thriller Writer
George Clooney is set to play Douglas Preston in Fox 2000’s adaptation of The Monster of Florence. Christopher McQuarrie is writing the screenplay with his Valkyrie co-writer Nathan Alexander based on the best selling crime book by Preston and Italian crime reporter Mario Spezi. The book details the true events of the writer who after […]
Spider-Man Reboot – New Set Snaps
With production into the second month of Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot, new images from the set have hit the web.Thanks to Just Jared, the snaps show stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy sitting on the bleachers on location at a Los Angeles High School. Garfield who’s 27 last played […]
Neill Blomkamp’s Sci-Fi ‘Elysium’ Builds Momentum
Director Neill Blomkamp made it big with his Sci-fi flick District 9, the mockumentary style film which integrated a classic alien invasion story with themes of social segregation. Made with his friend and collaborator Sharlto Copley, it was a remake of their ambitious short film Alive in Joburg which became a launching pad for their […]
Tarantino’s Top 20 Films Of 2010
There’s plenty of film reviewers who have their opinions about which films comprise the best of 2010. There seem to be a lot of differences and similarities, ‘Inception’ seems to be consistently liked by most, however for master filmmaker Quentin Tarantino it must have given him nightmares. Whilst we could offer our own personal faves […]
The Mechanic – Red Band Trailer
Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming Simon West remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson flick The Mechanic. It stars Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop, an elite assassin known as a “mechanic” who can be trusted to seamlessly “eliminate targets” with precision, speed, and machine-like detachment. When his mentor Harry McKenna is murdered, he becomes […]
Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye To Debut In Thor – Plot Spoilers
Jeremy Renner is set to debut his Hawkeye character albeit in a limited capacity in the upcoming movie Thor. Renner joined his acting cohorts at last years Comic-Con to promote their characters teaming up in The Avengers movie which Joss Whedon is still rewriting and will start shooting later this April in New Mexico. The […]
Jack Bauer’s 24 Movie Version Delayed
It seems it will be some time before we see Kiefer Sutherland bring his most successful character to the big screen. When the hit show 24 was canceled somewhat abruptly due to rising production costs and lagging ratings, the silver lining was that fans could expect a movie that would make up for the networks […]
Boardwalk Empire – FX Featurette
HBO’s original series Boardwalk Empire began with Martin Scorsese directing the first episode which proved so popular it was renewed for a second season. From the producers and writers of The Sopranos, it masterfully captured the time period of Prohibition and the emergence of the mob which made for a thought provoking hour of TV. […]