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Toronto film festival concerned over arrest of Syria film-maker
Organisers of the Toronto film festival have expressed concern that a prominent Syrian film-maker may have been arrested by government agents.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/08/2012
Venice film festival: female film director defies Saudi prejudice
Saudi film pioneer Haifaa al-Mansour, who directed Wadjda, sometimes had to hide in van to film on location in Riyadh.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/08/2012
Ben Affleck Says To The Wonder Makes Tree of Life Look Like Transformers
With certain films, we know each and every detail about the plot summary, cast, credits, score and (if possible) DVD release date before it even reaches the theaters.
From: Cinema Blend 31/08/2012
Third Hobbit Movie Gets A Release Date, Second Movie Retitled
When it comes to his J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations, director Peter Jackson has always found a home in December.
From: Cinema Blend 31/08/2012
Will Smith's Cain And Abel Movie Gets The Green Light
It's long been said that the Bible is the greatest story ever written, and Hollywood is starting to agree.
From: Cinema Blend 31/08/2012
Spike Jonze's Newest Film Gets An Official Plot Synopsis
While Spike Jonze has kept himself busy over the last few years, continuing to direct shorts and produce other projects, it's been far too long since he last helmed a feature of his own
From: Cinema Blend 31/08/2012
Jennifer Lawrence Gets Spooked In a House At The End Of The Street clip
You'd think by now that people would have seen enough movies where strange old houses hold terrible secrets, and that when the estate agent shows you what could be your dream house but gets all sketchy if they ask about horrifying downsides.
From: Empire Online 31/08/2012
Sam Worthington Aboard The Riders Timothy Spall & Charles Dance also set
Don't you just hate it when you plan to start a new life in another country and make the slog to the airport to meet your family, only to discover one of them is missing, triggering a frantic search across continents?
From: Empire Online 31/08/2012
Jennifer Lawrence: My movie sparks suspicion
Jennifer Lawrence expects viewers to spend the whole of her latest movie feeling "invested and afraid".
From: Film-News 31/08/2012
Venice: Michael Cimino Raises New 'Heaven's Gate', 'The Iceman' Cometh
"Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself." Michael Cimino spoke those words at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday as he introduced a digitally remastered version of Heaven's Gate.
From: Deadline 31/08/2012
Venice: 'Wadjda's Haifaa Al Mansour On Directing By Phone In Saudi Arabia
This morning, Saudi Arabian filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour shared details of what it's like to be the first female director of a Saudi film which is also the first-ever feature shot entirely inside the Kingdom.
From: Deadline 31/08/2012
Venice: Spike Lee On His Michael Jackson Documentary 'Bad 25′
Spike Lee was on the Lido today with Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25, and producer John Branca who reps the late singer's estate.
From: Deadline 31/08/2012
Animation Guild Ratifies Contract With AMPTP
The Animation Guild representING 2,600 artists, writers and technicians employed in the animation industry today announced its Local 839 IATSE membership has ratified the collective bargaining agreement reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
From: Deadline 31/08/2012
Daniel Craig suffers movie 'collapse'
Daniel Craig gives every movie his all and then "collapses for a while".
The James Bond actor loves his job and commits to each role 100 per cent. The star will appear in Skyfall, the latest instalment of the legendary 007 movie franchise which is released later this year.
From: Film-News 30/08/2012
Ryan Gosling to make directorial debut
(Cover) - EN Movies - Actor Ryan Gosling is confirmed to direct his first feature film How to Catch a Monster.
From: Film-News 30/08/2012
Leonardo DiCaprio 'impressive during risqué shoot'
Leonardo DiCaprio was "very professional" while shooting a scene with naked women for his new movie.
From: Film-News 30/08/2012
Michael Keaton Will Be In RoboCop
Everybody can now breathe a sigh of relief because Hugh Laurie is now officially out of the RoboCop remake. Michael Keaton has stepped into his shoes after Laurie's negotiations for a role in the eboot have broken down.
From: Screenrush 30/08/2012
OSCARS: Academy Approves New Music Rules For 85th Awards
At least partly in response to criticism of Academy rules that resulted in the exclusion of potential nominees in music or song categories.
From: Deadline 30/08/2012
Jason Priestley's Directorial Debut Goes Into Production With Two New Cast Members
The film, titled Cas & Dylan (Dylan!), will mark Priestley's second feature film, the first being the 1999 concert documentary about Canadian rockers.
From: Cinema Blend 30/08/2012
85th Annual Academy Awards Will Have Five Best Original Song Nominees
In past years the nominations for Best Original Song at the Oscars has always been a bit different than the other categories.
From: Cinema Blend 30/08/2012
Guy Pearce Calls His Iron Man 3 Role 'Cameo Stuff'
Those of you excited by the idea of Guy Pearce playing a major role in Iron Man 3 might want to dull their expectations.
From: Cinema Blend 30/08/2012
Metal Gear Solid Movie Moving Forward At Columbia Pictures
Outstanding news for our video-game fanatics out there: The long-gestating Metal Gear Solid movie, which has been on again and off again for years, officially is back on.
From: Cinema Blend 30/08/2012
Skyfall Launches Empire's Winter Preview
Just for you lucky folks, we can now reveal some brand new exclusive new stills from our Bond coverage - pick up the new issue where you'll find even more lovely stills from Skyfall.
From: Empire Online 30/08/2012
Gosling Knows How To Catch A Monster
Ryan Gosling, eh? He acts well, can charm most people at 100 yards, rescues ladies from traffic, loves his dog and now it seems he wants to be a director.
From: Empire Online 30/08/2012
Shia LaBeouf took acid for film role
Transformers star used LSD to prepare for a scene in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, but refuses to bare all for new Lars von Trier movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/08/2012
500 Days Of Summer Scribes Up For Where'd You Go Bernadette
Writer and producer Maria Semple is best known for her work on such celebrated sitcoms as Mad About You and Arrested Development. But her writing is soon to move into movies as her acclaimed comedic novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette? sparked a bidding war in Hollywood.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
People Who Tried To Steal Evil Dead Also Attempted Big Trouble In Little China 2
Movie fans often rail against the lack of originality inherent in many reboots, remakes, sequels and prequels, but there is something especially insidious about films basically ripped off of original works that belong to someone else.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
Rachel Weisz Says She's Been Cut From Terrence Malick's To The Wonder
fter a lengthy delay, Terrence Malick's To the Wonder is about to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, followed by an anticipated Toronto bow. But one actress we thought we'd see in Malick's finished film has landed on the cutting-room floor.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
Ryan Gosling To Make His Directorial Debut With How To Catch A Monster, Starring Christina Hendricks
Ryan Gosling has been an actor, a producer and even contributed to a couple of soundtracks, but now he's ready to take the next major step in his career: he's both grabbing a pen and getting ready to hop into the director's chair.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
Ben Foster To Replace Mark Ruffalo In Red Light Winter
For a while it looked like the film adaptation of Adam Rapp's dark play Red Light Winter was in trouble, as both Mark Ruffalo and Billy Crudup dropped out of the production, but now it seems that the movie has found new life.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
Dramatic Version Of 30 Minutes Or Less Currently In Development
The true story behind last year's Ruben Fleischer comedy 30 Minutes or Less isn't exactly a laugh riot. Just like in the movie.
From: Cinema Blend 29/08/2012
Sam Shepard Joins August: Osage County In Small But Crucial Role
Because the main action of Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County revolves around the disappearance of family patriarch Beverly Weston, it's not much of a spoiler to tell you that's a tiny role
From: Cinema Blend 28/08/2012
Director of Robocop remake says project is 'hell'
(Cover) - EN Movies - Director José Padilha reportedly "never suffered so much" in his career before helming the Robocop remake.
From: Film-News 28/08/2012
Simon Bird: Everyone is 'very keen' for Inbetweeners Movie sequel
Simon Bird says "everyone" is "very keen" for the 'Inbetweeners Movie' sequel to happen, but insists he is yet to be confirmed to return for the film.
From: Film-News 28/08/2012
Corbie Smulders Lands In Starbuck
She probably wasn't the most important character in The Avengers, but Cobie Smulders definitely benefitted from the exposure. She has now managed to secure quite a few jobs, the most interesting one being Vince Vaughn comedy Starbuck.
From: Screenrush 28/08/2012
Tony Scott memorial scholarship set up at American Film Institute
After private funeral for British director, family invites donations to fund aimed at nurturing future film-makers.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/08/2012
New Downey Jr. Avengers Doc Clip Arrives,Meet the leader of the band
There's a 90-minute documentary on the Avengers Assemble UK Blu-ray called 'Assembling The Ultimate Team' - yep, the one only available at certain orange-coloured supermarkets - and here is a new snippet from it called 'Leader Of The Band'.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Tom Hardy Crafts Anti-Poaching Drama Leo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire aboard
A film in the vein of Traffic, but focused on hard-nut former special-ops team members who turn anti-poaching fighters?
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
George Nolfi Downloads XOXO He'll direct the social media thriller
A little under a year ago, the Interwebs were abuzz about Darren Aronofsky producing a new script from Black Swan's Mark Heyman called XOXO. Back then, no director was attached, but now The Adjustment Bureau's George Nolfi has come aboard to develop and direct the film.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Morgan Freeman Slotted Into Lego Film Elizabeth Banks will also lend her voice
Morgan Freeman's warm, gravelly, authoritative voice-over tones have become so well known that he's the subject of more than one parody. But that hasn't deterred Warner Bros. from slotting him into the cast for Lego: The Piece Of Resistance alongside Elizabeth Banks.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Jamie Bell Joins Nymphomaniac Along with Connie Nielsen
All the recent scuttlebutt around Lars von Trier's already-controversial latest project Nymphomaniac has been about Shia LaBeouf's talk of the actors having real sex on screen. While the producers have been busy, er, laying that chatter to rest with assurances about body doubles and visual effects, the director has gone ahead and hired other actors, with Jamie Bell and Connie Nielsen set to jump aboard.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
The Rock May Be A Badass For Hire As the comedy comes back to life
Aside from a quick side trip into family-friendly adventure for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Dwayne Johnson has spent the last couple of years sticking to big action with the likes of Fast Five, Faster and the delayed G.I. Joe: Retaliation. But it appears he may be looking to get back into comedy - albeit macho comedy - for a possible project, as he's loosely attached to Dan Mintner: Badass For Hire.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Josh Holloway Up For Ten He's part of the action thriller
Given how many injuries will likely be sustained in the course of David Ayer's new action thriller Ten, it's probable that more than one character involved will scream for a medic at some point during the movie
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Minnie Driver Has Stage Fright For the horror musical
With Les Miserables on the horizon, musicals seem set to be enjoying another cinematic renaissance. But what about horror musicals? The last big attempt was Repo! The Genetic Opera, which became more of a cult release (and still tours). But the producers of Stage Fright will likely be hoping for a little more box office impact.
From: Empire Online 28/08/2012
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer To Film Jay-Z's 'Budweiser Made In America' Music Festival
As was rumored, Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will film Jay-Z's Budweiser Made In America music festival, September 1-2 in Philadelphia. The feature will be released next year.
From: Deadline 28/08/2012
2013 Berlin Fest Names Wong Kar Wai Jury President
Chinese director Wong Kar Wai will be the Jury President of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
From: Deadline 28/08/2012
Jamie Bell Joins Lars Von Trier's Real-Sex Drama Nymphomaniac
Von Trier's next venture, a reportedly hard-core pornographic drama called Nymphomaniac has already collected a cast that includes recurring collaborators Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgard, as well as von Trier newbie Shia LaBeouf. Now Jamie Bell, best remembered as the titular dancer in Billy Elliot, has signed on along with Danish actress Connie Nielsen from the Starz series Boss.
From: Cinema Blend 27/08/2012
Star Wars Prequels Set 3D Re-Releases For 2013
Here's a stat that might make you want to give up on 2012 entirely-- as of right now Star Wars: Episode I-- The Phantom Menace is the 50th-highest grossing film of this year, right after Moonrise Kingdom and right ahead of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. That's all thanks, of course, to the film's February 3D re-release.
From: Cinema Blend 27/08/2012
Steven Spielberg Could Make The Next Bin Laden Assassination Movie
Kathryn Bigelow is going to have the first cinematic word on the assassination of Osama bin Laden with this December's Zero Dark Thirty, but as with any good real life story, there's room for another take. And who better to do it than Steven Spielberg, who's got his own biopic of Abraham Lincoln coming this fall, and who has told plenty of big real-life tales in the past with the likes of Schindler's List and Munich.
From: Cinema Blend 27/08/2012
Matthew McConaughey: Sport clears my head
Matthew McConaughey says exercise helps clear his mind.
The Hollywood star is renowned for his love of the outdoors, and is regularly seen surfing, hiking and hitting the gym. Matthew enjoys working up a sweat, as it provides a release from the stresses of his career.
From: Film-News 27/08/2012
Kristen Bell: Film was a love letter
Kristen Bell says her new film with fiancé Dax Shepard was like a "love letter".
From: Film-News 27/08/2012
Cohen Media Group, Focus World Take On Toronto Drama 'The Attack'
West Beirut and Lila Says director Ziad Doueiri's The Attack will have its world premiere in Toronto next month.
From: Deadline 27/08/2012
Wachowskis On Justice League Wishlist? As Ben Affleck confirms he's not
Warner Bros. remains committed to getting its Justice League film off the ground, and is even now running down the list of possible directors. But just as one director has taken himself out of the running, others are reportedly being considered, with the Wachowskis said to be definite candidates.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Adrien Brody Off To Motor City Replacing Gary Oldman as the bad guy
The casting changes just keep on coming for Albert Hughes' new thriller Motor City, which makes us really hope he's started writing the actor list in pencil. The latest change in the roster is focused around the villain, as Gary Oldman is out and Adrien Brody is in negotiations to replace him.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Jason Momoa Will Run With Wolves, As the werewolf film's villain
Though Conan The Barbarian didn't exactly turn into the cinematic launch pad he might've hoped it would, Jason Momoa isn't letting that stop him plugging away on the big screen. He's now scored the villain role in David Hayter's lupine thriller Wolves.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Cameron Crowe Still Has Beautiful Boy And may build Telegraph Avenue
Given all the projects he's attached to, and scripts he has on the go, it seems as though Cameron Crowe is well and truly back in action. Just last month, word arrived that Emma Stone was set to star in a new romantic comedy for the writer-director and now he's got two more potential projects in the works.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Paramount Books Flight Before Christmas, Jamie Linden will write and direct
Finding the sort of Christmas/holiday comedy that the whole family will turn out for is one of the holy grails of Hollywood studios. Now Paramount and Walden Media are hoping they might be on to a winner with The Flight Before Christmas, which Jamie Linden has written and aims to direct.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Star Wars 3D Releases Continue Clones & Sith hit Sep and Oct 2013
The Phantom Menace arrived back from the 3D shop this past February, but we're going to have to wait a little longer to see Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith. Still, the march of the Star Wars movies into the third dimension continues apace, with the official Twitter feed announcing the release months for the other two prequels.
From: Empire Online 26/08/2012
Ben Affleck Responds To Justice League Rumors
With the record-shattering success and universal praise that the superhero ensemble adventure The Avengers scored, the long wished for Justice League movie finally seemed a possibility.
From: Cinema Blend 26/08/2012
Justice League Director Shortlist Also Includes The Wachowskis
Now that Ben Affleck has confirmed he's not actually planning to direct a Justice League movie, we're free to keep wondering who Warner Bros. will turn to-- and it turns out, the answer may be right under our noses and theirs. The latest rumor says Andy and Lana Wachowski, who made the massive Cloud Atlas along with Tom Tykwer for Warner Bros.
From: Cinema Blend 26/08/2012
How Mick Jagger stalled and then shelved TV director's documentary on the Rolling Stones
Director tells Edinburgh television festival he is still bitter after his run-in with the singer
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/08/2012
Tom Selleck reveals Magnum doubts
Tom Selleck is reluctant to reprise his role in Magnum, P.I. because he fears "harming the legacy".
From: Film-News 26/08/2012
Shia LaBeouf's natural Lawless 'buoyancy'
Shia LaBeouf's "infectious natural buoyancy" and hilarity put his co-stars in a good mood on the set of 'Lawless', Guy Pearce has revealed.
From: Film-News 26/08/2012
Tony Scott honoured in private service
Tony Scott was remembered in a private funeral service in Los Angeles on Friday.
The acclaimed film director jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in California on Sunday.
From: Film-News 25/08/2012
Olympics 2012 organisers considered using Helen Mirren as Queen's double
Head of ceremonies admits he and Danny Boyle were surprised when monarch agreed to be involved in James Bond spoof
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/08/2012
Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Powerhouse August: Osage County Cast
The cast of August: Osage County was ridiculously stacked from the word "go," with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts initially signing on to play the battling mother and daughter at the heart of Tracy Letts's Pulitzer- winning play. But as the movie adaptation moves forward the cast only manages to get better and better
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2012
Henry Ford Biopic To Center On His Forgotten Jungle City
Henry Ford is best known as founder of the Ford Motor Company and frequently credited as the father of the assembly line. But few know about the man's more romantic ambition to create small town America in the thick of the Brazilian Amazon.
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2012
Charlotte Riley Joins Tom Cruise In All You Need Is Kill
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2012
Kirsten Dunst bans father from raunchy movie
Kirsten Dunst told her father to "not even try" watching her new movie Bachelorette - because it is too raunchy.
From: Film-News 24/08/2012
David Fincher Lets Cleopatra Go
Ang Lee is next up to be approached
From: Screenrush 24/08/2012
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Joins Thor 2
He'll play two parts in Thor: The Dark World
From: Screenrush 24/08/2012
Neil Burger Wants To Be Divergent
Clearly intent on cornering the market on young adult franchises taken from books, Twilight team Summit Entertainment (which merged with Hunger Games company Lionsgate) is pushing ahead to make the first in a planned set of films based on Veronica Ruth's Divergent series. Now Limitless director Neil Berger is in early talks to handle the shot-calling chores.
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Chloe Moretz Could Visit The Wilderness
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Brad Pitt May Visit Candy Store
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Ellen DeGeneres in talks to play Dory in Finding Nemo sequel
Actor and talk-show host in negotiations to reprise role as friendly but forgetful fish Dory in sequel to 2003 animation.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/08/2012
Tim Burton's Frankenweenie opens London film festival
Animated film about a boy who revives his dead dog using power of science will open London film festival on 10 October
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/08/2012
Angelina Jolie's daughter to join her in Disney's Maleficent
Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, the child of Jolie and Brad Pitt, will play young version of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty retelling
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/08/2012
Sony takes majority stake in Left Bank
Deal understood to value UK independent producer behind BBC's Wallander and Sky's Mad Dogs at £40m.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/08/2012
Syriana Director Stephen Gaghan To Helm Candy Store, Brad Pitt And Denzel Washington In Talks
The last movie that Stephen Gaghan wrote and directed, Syriana, was able to nab an all-star cast that included George Clooney, Matt Damon, Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson and more, and now it looks like the filmmaker has already found two A-listers for his next project.
From: Cinema Blend 23/08/2012
Alexander Ludwig Signs For Lone Survivor
Each time we think Peter Berg has finished rounding up the thespian troops he needs to fill out the cast of true-life Navy SEAL tale Lone Survivor, another recruit pops up on the roster. Today's soldier is Alexander Ludwig, who will portray Shane Patton.
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Wes Ball Finds Maze Runner
Dystopian film locks in new director
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Billy Crystal Talks Monsters University
We've already had a glimpse at the wacky, college-set goings-on promised by Pixar's latest sequel, Monsters University. But the company has, as usual, been fairly quiet on the plot. Now Entertainment Weekly has gotten Billy Crystal - the wisecracking voice behind cycloptic beastie Mike Wazowski - to open up just a little on the story.
From: Empire Online 23/08/2012
Adam Berg Set To Direct Remake Of Videodrome
The advert director will helm the remake of Cronenberg's masterpiece
From: Screenrush 23/08/2012
Disney developing a new Rocketeer movie
After buying out Marvel Comics, and by way of possession, Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures is in the superhero movie business big time. Their shareholders are feeling pretty good about the studio releasing the billion dollar Avengers movie, and Marvel Studios is moving ahead with its second wave of feature films.
From: Coming Attractions 22/08/2012
James Gunn pursued for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studios has a prime candidate in mind to direct its Guardians of the Galaxy superhero movie, and it's James Gunn. Best known for being the screenwriter of the 2000 remake of Dawn of the Dead and the two live-action Scooby-Doo movies, Gunn also wrote and directed the gross-out horror/comedy Slither and the black comedy Super which starred Rainn Wilson. He also wrote the script for The Specials, a low-budget comedy about a dysfunctional superhero family.
From: Coming Attractions 19/08/2012
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