The Tourist

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie & Julian Fellowes Release Date: December 10, 2010 (USA) Genre: Drama | Thriller Studio: GK Films| Spyglass Entertainment| StudioCanal Producers: Graham King,  Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber & Jonathan Glickman IMDB Cast: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton,  Haley Webb, […]

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The Hobbit gets Greenlight, Casting Underway

With news breaking just days ago that The Hobbit prequels had finally received the green light and that the illustrious talents of Peter Jackson would be steering the production as he did with his epic Lord of The Rings trilogy, casting is now underway for the new films. Whilst Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are […]

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5 minutes of Will Ferrell’s Megamind

Here’s a great find by Collider which is part of the promotional campaign by Dreamworks who are offering up the first five minutes of their new CG animated comedy adventure flick starring Will Ferrell and Brad Pit entitled Megamind. The beginning is all tongue in cheek which sets up the origins of the two superhero […]

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Peter Jackson Signs on to Direct The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings trilogy were an incredible accomplishment in film making featuring an exceptional ensemble cast, dazzling visual effects and a narrative continuity that was a testament to the magnitude of the production with each film being shot back to back over 2 years. The development time of the films was considerably longer and […]

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Spider-man finds his Nemesis

The last few months have been full of speculation about Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-man franchise with many names being considered for the pivotal roles. With production scheduled to commence in December, casting decisions are being made for the various characters. A big surprise was Emma Stone who was presumably in the running for […]

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True Grit – trailer #2

Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Charles Portis (novel) Release Date: December 25, 2010 Genre: Drama | Western Studio: Paramount Pictures Producers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin & Steven Spielberg (executive) IMDB Cast: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld & Barry Pepper Synopsis Mattie Ross, […]

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Skyline

Director: Greg Strause &  Colin Strause Writer: Joshua Cordes & Liam O’Donnell Release Date: November 12, 2010 Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller Studio: Universal Pictures Producers: Brothers Strause, Kristian Andresen, Liam O’Donnell IMDB Cast: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel Synopsis After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the […]

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Eric Stoltz featured in Back to the Future Blu-ray

Fans of the Back to the Future series may know that Michael J Fox wasn’t the original choice for the film and that his part was the result of recasting. It’s hard to imagine anyone else as Marty McFly and if he hadn’t got the part it would’ve been a much different movie. Riding the […]

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The Apes Rise in a Prequel Story

Planet of the Apes is one of the most enduring film franchises with the 1968 original starring screen legend Charlton Heston spawning 4 sequels and a short lived TV series. The film was based on the 1963 book La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with John Chambers […]

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Tony Gilroy Announces Bourne Spin-off

It was all the buzz when it was announced earlier this week that the Bourne franchise was moving ahead with the main writer of the series taking over the reigns from Paul Greengrass who left the series after the studios reportedly developed scripts to get the next film on track sooner. Now it seems the […]

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Mad Max sequels delayed til 2012

The highly anticipated sequel / reboot to the Mad Max series has hit a snag with production being delayed yet again until the year 2012. It was delayed once before with shooting scheduled to have commenced this year then it was pushed back with word that George Miller was planning another sequel which called for […]

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