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Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will be back in Terminator and other sequels
Conan the Barbarian and Twins are also set to return, actor confirms.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/05/2013

Liam Neeson's Non-Stop Will Arrive In Theaters Next February
It's not-quite-common knowledge that the best time to get cheap airfare is during January and February, as the post-holiday traffic settles down and not as many people are flying; thus, they drop the rates to get more people interested. Be warned, though. If you happen to get on a plane in late February and you see that Liam Neeson is on board, things could get hairy pretty quickly.
From: Cinema Blend 31/05/2013

Hunger Games Tribute Joins Two Indie Directorial Debuts
Former All My Children star Leven Rambin kicked her movie career into gear last year with a small but pivotal role in the blockbuster adaptation of the wildly popular YA novel The Hunger Games.
From: Cinema Blend 31/05/2013

Lars Von Trier Reveals Nymphomaniac's Structure And Chapter Titles
Polarizing filmmaker Lars von Trier obviously likes to make audiences anxious. Whether he's wallowing in the dark side of human nature in Dogville, reveling in the end of the world in Melancholia, or subjecting us to genital mutilation with Antichrist, the man loves to make us squirm. And with his latest, he's taking it to the next level, teasing out our curiosity and discomfort with each new report about Nymphomaniac.
From: Cinema Blend 31/05/2013

Doctor Who's Karen Gillan To Play The Lead Female Villain In Guardians Of The Galaxy
Earlier this month we learned of a rumor that said that former Doctor Who star David Tennant had signed on for a role in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy.
From: Cinema Blend 31/05/2013

Saw 3D Director And Producer Jason Blum Will See Visions In 2014
This may be a bit of an overstatement, but if a low-to-mid-budget horror film is being released in 2013 - at least the ones with sizable ad campaigns - chances are that it has Jason Blum's name on it. He was one of the producers behind the alien horror Dark Skies, and the speculative thriller The Purge, and he still has James Wan's upcoming haunted sequel Insidious: Chapter Two, and Paranormal Activity 5 remaining this year . And those are just the more notable ones.
From: Cinema Blend 31/05/2013

Drafthouse Films Acquires Cannes Competition Thriller 'Borgman'
Borgman was the first Dutch film in the Cannes Film Festival's competition lineup in almost 40 years when the Dutch thriller from director Alex van Warmerdam hit the Croisette earlier this month. Now Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights in a deal with Fortissimo Films, with a U.S. theatrical and VOD/digital release planned for 2014. Films We Like will handle Canadian distribution.
From: Deadline 31/05/2013

Grumpy Cat being groomed to star in her own movie
Production company Broken Road in talks to make feline internet sensation a feature-film heroine.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/05/2013

Rituparno Ghosh: Indian film director dies age 49
The director of The Diamond Ring and the Amitabh Bachchan-starring The Last Lear has died of cardiac arrest at his home in Kolkata.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/05/2013

Blue Is the Warmest Colour translation hurried into print after Cannes victory
Publication of graphic novel's English version brought forward in wake of film version's film festival triumph.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/05/2013

Eric Roberts to star in The Human Centipede 3
Dark Knight actor signs up for sequel to notorious horror film, which British Board of Film Classification refused to classify.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/05/2013

Edinburgh international film festival announces lineup for 2013
New British films and American independents loom large in the Scottish cinema showcase, which also features two retrospectives and a revival of The Gorbals Story.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/05/2013

The Muppets' James Bobin Might Direct Alice In Wonderland 2, Johnny Depp Returning?
The Lone Ranger won't be in theaters until July, but we've suddenly been struck by a number of Johnny Depp-related news stories.
From: Cinema Blend 30/05/2013

Zack Snyder To Produce Short Retrospective For Superman's 75th Anniversary
For those unaware - and it will soon be quite impossible to stay unaware - this year marks the 75th anniversary of the most all-American of superheroes: Superman. DC Entertainment and Warner Bros.will be using a newly-designed logo for all things Superman - including comics, video game, Underoos, etc. - as they get released over the next year. Check it out below, as you'll be seeing a lot of it in the future.
From: Cinema Blend 30/05/2013

Forest Whitaker May Play MLK In Paul Greengrass' Memphis
Forest Whitaker recently got a taste of American history by playing longtime White House butler Cecil Gaines in Lee Daniels' The Butler, which audiences will be able to see later this year. But did it give him enough of a taste to compel him to continue on in the Deep South to play a legendary U.S. figure for a prestigious biopic?
From: Cinema Blend 30/05/2013

Melissa Leo Reteams With Denzel Washington For The Equalizer
Melissa Leo and Denzel Washington were only on screen together for a very brief time when they both starred in Robert Zemeckis' 2012 drama Flight, but hopefully when they reunite in the upcoming adaptation of the television series The Equalizer they'll actually get more than a handful of scenes.
From: Cinema Blend 30/05/2013

Katharine McPhee Set For Dennis Lehane-Penned Crime Thriller Depravity
At some point in 1997 was the last time I've seen Jim Gillespie's dreadful horror ripoff I Know What You Did Last Summer, a film that has itself been ripped off in some way or another time and again.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Sam Mendes in talks to direct Skyfall followup
Producers will hold back next James Bond film until Mendes has completed upcoming theatre obligations, reports say.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/05/2013

Anton Corbijn to shoot James Dean biopic, Life
Control director to explore real-life friendship between 50s icon and Life magazine photographer in new film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/05/2013

The Flintstones wrestle their way back to big screen
The Hanna-Barbera favourites are set for another film adventure, courtesy of World Wrestling Entertainment.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/05/2013

Josh Brolin Has Inherent Vice
Because his name carries such weight with actors these days, it should be no surprise to anyone that Paul Thomas Anderson is building a fantastic cast for his latest film, Inherent Vice. Josh Brolin is the latest person to jump aboard.
From: Empire Online 29/05/2013

Joel McHale Learns To Beware The Night
He's usually to be found composing text messages on TV's Community, but Joel McHale is in line for a more dramatic role in supernatural thriller Beware The Night, in final talks to play the partner to Eric Bana's NYPD cop.
From: Empire Online 29/05/2013

Robert Schwentke Up For Helming Disney's Finest Hours
Director Robert Schwentke's filmography thus far has been a mixed bag of hits and misses. But as he readies for the release of his latest, R.I.P.D, Schwentke's setting his sites on what comes next. Deadline reports Schwentke has entered into negotiations with Disney to direct their in-development adaptation of Casey Sherman and Michael J Tougias's novel The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) Adds Eric Roberts To The Cast
The Human Centipede franchise has never really been about selling itself with recognizable acting talent. The series' most established actor is Dieter Laser, the German star who played the villainous Dr. Heiter in the first movie, but even he is really only established in his home country. So it's an interesting development that the third film has added an Academy Award-nominated performer.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Pixar And Disney Animation Announce Release Dates Through 2018
While they have missed a couple years here and there, for the most part Pixar has managed to put out just about one film a year ever since they got into the feature game with Toy Story back in 1995.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Mary Steenburgen Joins Fellow Oscar-Winner Anne Hathaway For Song One
Last winter Anne Hathaway blew audiences away with her harrowing portrayal of the victimized Fantine in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables. While the film itself got mixed reviews, Hathaway was roundly celebrated for her show-stopping performance of Fantine's songs.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Composer Carter Burwell Leaves Thor's Dark World
"Creative differences." This is a great go-to explanation when diplomatically describing why collaborators break ties. As ambiguous as it is, this phrase can cover any number of grievances and sins.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Three Days To Kill Gets Valentine's Day 2014 Release Date
McG's upcoming thriller Three Days to Kill went into post-production mode earlier this month, and the only news that's surfaced about the film recently has involved its frequently changing name, which has been floating between Three Days to Kill and Untitled McG Project, so let's hope that the film actually landing its release date sets the title in stone. And if not in stone, at least a quick-drying cement.
From: Cinema Blend 29/05/2013

Viggo Mortensen: Films should be tough
Viggo Mortensen says if a film appears too difficult it's "probably a good sign". The 54-year-old actor is famed for his string of big screen successes including A History of Violence, Eastern Promises and The Lord of the Rings.
From: Film-News 29/05/2013

Anton Corbijn Has Regrouped After His Disastrous Sophomore Effort And Is To Direct The James Dean Biopic 'Life'
No stranger to making films based on real people, director Anton Corbijn chooses 'Life' as his next picture, a biopic of the relationship between James Dean and the photographer Dennis Stock.
From: Screenrush 29/05/2013

Fox Buys Ben Mezrich's 'Seven Wonders' Book; Brett Ratner, Beau Flynn Producing
20th Century Fox is making a deal for Seven Wonders, a book proposal about the seven wonders of the world that is being eyed as a summer action/adventure film. They hope it will span a trilogy. FlynnPictureCo's Beau Flynn and RatPac Entertainment's Brett Ratner are producing.
From: Deadline 29/05/2013

Cinipix Acquires Sports Docu 'Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story'
The inspirational docu about Kevin Laue, the first one-armed athlete to play college basketball, is Cinipix's first pick-up following its infusion of cash from Wall Streeters Howard Silverman and Neil Grossman's Toast & Jam Holdings.
From: Deadline 29/05/2013

Robert Schwentke In Talks To Helm 'The Finest Hours'
Disney is in negotiations with Robert Schwentke to direct The Finest Hours. Jim Whitaker and Dorothy Aufiero are producing.
From: Deadline 29/05/2013

Animated 'Flintsones' Pic Adds Pro Wrestlers To Its Bedrock
Warner Bros and WWE Studios are tag-teaming to co-produce a Flintstones animated movie to be released in early 2015.
From: Deadline 29/05/2013

Is John C. Reilly About To Join The Guardians Of The Galaxy?
He's in talks to play Rhomann Dey.
From: Empire Online 28/05/2013

Joss Whedon On Avengers 2's Villain - Can We Expect Thanos?
Joss Whedon has been talking about two new possible Avengers for Avengers 2, namely the brother-sister duo Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (who Fox has snuck into X-Men: Days Of Future Past), but he hasn't said all that much about the villain. Credit sting aficionados presume it will be Thanos, and that seems to be a reasonably safe bet, but only Joss really knows.
From: Empire Online 28/05/2013

Todd Haynes To Direct Adaptation Of Patricia Highsmith's Lesbian Love Story Carol
Among the recent news to come out of Cannes is word that The Weinstein Company has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Carol, a feature adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian love story.
From: Cinema Blend 28/05/2013

Joss Whedon Won't Let The Villain Outshadow The Heroes In The Avengers 2
Thanks to the tease at the end of Joss Whedon's The Avengers, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been waiting with bated breath to see how the Mad Titan known as Thanos will be fit into the plot.
From: Cinema Blend 28/05/2013

Coen Brothers 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Inspired by Dave Van Ronk
The Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis, which was inspired by the life of folk singer Dave Van Ronk, has taken home the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
From: Film-News 28/05/2013

Chan booked for Toronto Film Festival
Jackie Chan is booked to take part in the Toronto International Film Festival. The 59-year-old actor and martial artist has been invited to be a special guest at the festival's cultural showcase A Century of Chinese Cinema next month.
From: Film-News 28/05/2013

Rebecca Hall Takes 'Machinal' To Broadway
Roundabout Theatre Company has set a Broadway production of Machinal, starring Rebecca Hall, fresh from Iron Man 3 and star of The Town and Frost/Nixon.
From: Deadline 28/05/2013

Could John C. Reilly Be Enlisting With The Guardians Of The Galaxy?
Since John C. Reilly started becoming known as an actor we've seen him take on an incredibly wide variety of roles, from ridiculous comedies like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, to praised drama like Chicago and Magnolia. Surprisingly, though, two genres that he has largely kept away from include both action movies and science-fiction. But if HitFix is to be believed, that could change soon in a major way.
From: Cinema Blend 27/05/2013

Wrestling is back after sell-out debut
The new Manchester based wrestling promotion returns Saturday June 8th after the amazing success of its debut show, 'One Dark Night'.
From: Film-News 27/05/2013

Derren Brown banned from Birmingham casino
Derren Brown was barred from a Birmingham casino on Saturday night and escorted from the premises after trying to play Blackjack. The Broadway Plaza Casino allowed Brown's friends to play however the TV and stage star, in Birmingham performing his live show INFAMOUS, was politely told he was barred from playing.
From: Film-News 27/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Red Carpet Watch On Days 10 + 11 +12
As the Cannes Festival draws to a close, we take a look at the last films and their stars to grace the Croisette's Red Carpet.
From: Screenrush 27/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Red Carpet Watch At The Closing Ceremony
The Cannes Festival has sadly come to an end, but before we say a woeful goodbye to the glitz and glamour that has illuminated the Croisette these last two weeks, there is time for one last hooray as the stars take to the red carpet for this year's closing ceremony.
From: Screenrush 27/05/2013

First Trailer For Ain't Them Bodies Saints Arrives
Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, David Lowery's film is set for a US Summer release after scooping up awards at the Sundance Film Festival and being screened at Cannes.
From: Screenrush 27/05/2013

Ferris Bueller takes a day off to visit Vue cinemas
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it - so said Ferris Bueller. Luckily, fans of the iconic 80s film won't have to miss out, as it's brought back to the big screen for the finale of the 'Back in Vue' cult film season in June.
From: Film-News 26/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive a seven year trek says Jim Jarmusch
Director says vampire film featuring Tilda Swinton faced long struggle for funding in difficult financial climate before arriving at Cannes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/05/2013

Fast & Furious 6 Runs Over The Wolfpack With Huge Friday Gross
Remember when The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift couldn't even muster $25 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend seven years ago? Let the record show the franchise's successes in the years since have not been flukes. The latest installment in the series not only looks poised to win the box office crown this weekend, it looks poised to leave tiretracks all over the competing films.
From: Cinema Blend 25/05/2013

History's Best Cannes Losers
They may have missed out on the Palme d'Or when they played at Cannes but here are some also-rans that became classics.
From: Screenrush 25/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Prize Pedictions And Competition Roundup
We think Blue is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche is going to win the Palme d'Or on Sunday night but the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis and Alexander Payne's Nebraska must win prizes too.
From: Screenrush 25/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Day 11 - Jarmusch And Polanski Round Off A Perfectly Varied Competition While We Impatiently Await Sunday's Prize-Giving
We had a great time watching the last two movies play for Steven Spielberg and his Jury on the last day of Competition at Cannes 2013.
From: Screenrush 25/05/2013

Sir Christopher Lee's new album will be '100% heavy metal'
Actor to release Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, recorded with Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner, on his 91st birthday.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/05/2013

Cannes 2013: bidder pays £1m for trip to space with Leonardo DiCaprio
A starry time is guaranteed aboard Richard Branson's spaceship, sat next to the Hollywood actor - and it's all for charity, too.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/05/2013

Cannes film festival diary: day 10
As a memorable if wet festival draws to a close, and Blue is the Warmest Colour emerges as a tentative Palme d'Or frontrunner, The Immigrant seems to capture the prevailing mood of fatigue.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/05/2013

Bryan Singer Tweets Quicksilver Is In Days Of Future Past
Evan Peters is in - but what does this mean for Avengers 2?
From: Empire Online 24/05/2013

Tom Cruise Drops Out Of Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Today's movie quiz: How many Tom Cruise secret agent franchises is too many? According to Tom himself, the number is two, as he's now decided to drop out of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at Warner Bros. to focus instead on his favourite fran-child, the Mission: Impossible series.
From: Empire Online 24/05/2013

The Hunger Games Co-Star Isabelle Fuhrman Joins Dear Eleanor
She's best known as Clove from the initial Hunger Games movie, or for her disturbing turn as the adopted Esther in Jaume Collet-Serra's Orphan. But Isabelle Fuhrman is branching off and building up her career, adding a starring role in the period road-trip movie Dear Eleanor to her expanding resume.
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

Brad Pitt Screens World War Z To Select Crowds, Scores Positive Reviews
A public, but still limited, event held in New Jersey Wednesday night continued Paramount's push to introduce Marc Forster's World War Z to audiences. None other than Brad Pitt attended a public sneak of the anticipated zombie thriller, which several media members attended weighing in on the film's impact below.
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

New York Museum's Jim Henson Gallery Will House Hundreds Of Muppets
Movielovers of New York have long flocked to The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, where four stories of exhibits offer a hands-on history to the evolution of the film medium.
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

Tom Cruise Drops The Man From U.N.C.L.E. To Focus On Mission: Impossible 5
After losing both George Clooney as a star and Steven Soderbergh as a director, things finally looked as though they were back on track for the long in-development adaptation of the 60s spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

Baz Luhrmann Turned Down Directing Harry Potter
Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann is rehashing his career choices as he does world press for his latest splashy spectacle The Great Gatsby.
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

Study Claims There's A Significant Gender Divide In Film Criticism
When you read a film review, do you pay close attention to the byline? Does the gender of the critic alter how you feel about the film, or the review? And do you only read reviews by critics of a certain gender?
From: Cinema Blend 24/05/2013

Steven Soderbergh memorabilia sale suggests long goodbye nearing an end
Director to donate auction profits to children's charity as exit looms despite success of new film Behind the Candelabra.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/05/2013

Cannes film festival diary: day nine
From the rumoured vantage point of a luxury yacht, Spielberg and his fellow Cannes judges may have a different perspective to critics on the pick of this year's offerings - not least Nebraska.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/05/2013

Jerry Lewis: women doing broad comedy bothers me
French favourite Jerry Lewis, 87, presents new movie and keeps press - mostly - in stitches at the Cannes film festival.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/05/2013

Cannes comes down to earth with depression-era movie Nebraska
Shot in black and white, Alexander Payne's new movie is a melancholic, gentle road movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/05/2013

Stallone Talking To Seagal For Expendables 3
Following our chat with the cheerfully equivocal Jackie Chan last week, there's been a little more activity on the Expendables front. Sylvester Stallone, in one of his occasional fits of tweeting, has confirmed that Wesley Snipes is definitely showing up for Expendables 3, and that Mickey Rourke is returning. He's also indicated that he has The Raid in his sights and, perhaps most surprisingly, that he's been talking to Steven Seagal after all.
From: Empire Online 23/05/2013

J.J. Abrams Picks New Star Wars' Costume Designer
Admittedly, it's hardly the most enlightening piece of news about Star Wars: Episode VII, but it's still fun to see who J.J. Abrams is gathering to work on the new trip to that Galaxy Far, Far Away. One of the first confirmed members of his team is an old Abrams hand and recent Empire interviewee, costume designer Michael Kaplan.
From: Empire Online 23/05/2013

New Rush Trailer Squeals In
Everyone, according to the latest tagline for Ron Howard's look at Formula One racing in the era of James Hunt and Niki Lauda, is driven by something. In the case of Team Empire, it's cake and the desperate need to stay one step ahead of Oscar the Office Mouse, the crafty, snack cake-stealing bastard. For the speed freaks in this movie, it's the burning ambition to win. The new trailer is available over at Apple.
From: Empire Online 23/05/2013

Gael Garcia Bernal To Star In Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut, Rosewater
Big news dropped back in March when hit Comedy Central late night talk show host Jon Stewart announced that he would be taking a hiatus 12-week hiatus from his Daily Show duties to make his directorial debut with a feature called Rosewater, based on BBC journalist Mazir Bahari's book Then They Came For Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival.
From: Cinema Blend 23/05/2013

Daryl Hannah, Kirsten Prout And Chloe Bridges Set To Star In Social Media Drama Offline
Everyone knows that the time restraints involved with filmmaking don't allow for truly topical subjects to be depicted at the height of their popularity. Cheaper TV movies are better at doing that sort of thing. But while the upcoming independent feature Offline centers on subject matter that isn't necessarily on the forefront of everyone's minds, it will put a narrative spin on it, and could end up being relevant itself for quite a number of years.
From: Cinema Blend 23/05/2013

Romeo And Juliet Reimagining Rosaline Moves To Universal
Rosaline is a revisionist take on Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet, a comedic version that has us excited because of the creative team behind it. The fact that it's moving from one major studio to another has me a bit concerned, though I'm waiting to see if the move is for the better, or if it will cause a delay.
From: Cinema Blend 23/05/2013

Screenrush Essentials... Ryan Gosling
After a string of successes, the actor who makes all the girls swoon, is set to have one of his biggest years yet with his new film, Only God Forgives premiering at Cannes, so it's a perfect time to take a look back at his fruitful career.
From: Screenrush 23/05/2013

Cannes: Sundance Selects Picks Up Directors' Fortnight Title 'The Selfish Giant'
Sundance Selects has acquired its fourth film of the Cannes Film Festival, making a deal for North American rights to writer-director Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant.
From: Deadline 23/05/2013

Nicolas Winding Refn says he made Only God Forgives 'like a pornographer'
Drive director confesses to a fetish for violence, and star Kristin Scott Thomas says film became 'more and more despicable'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/05/2013

Cannes film festival diary: day eight
People are beginning to leave Cannes. Perhaps it's because they don't want to catch germs from Only God Forgives.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/05/2013

Luke Skywalker's Star Wars Levi's auctioned
Stone-coloured trousers worn by Mark Hamill throughout 1977 film have gone under the hammer in a US online auction.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/05/2013

Cannes 2013: All Is Lost Initial Reaction
Put on your best Trailer Man voice. For it's time to forget what you thought you knew about J.C. Chandor. We may have had him pigeonholed, after the excellent Margin Call, as a guy who could handle ensemble casts, wordy scripts and urban settings. But with the excellent All Is Lost, which debuted today at the Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition slot, he's forcibly removed himself from that pigeonhole.
From: Empire Online 22/05/2013

Gael Garcia Bernal Joins Evita
According to Variety, Gael Garcia Bernal and Twilight's Mia Maestro have signed up for Argentine filmmaker Pablo Aguero's so-far unchristened period piece about the aftermath of Eva Peron's death. The project is currently going by the name 'Evita' but should pick up a new title before Antonio Banderas's singing coach gets involved.
From: Empire Online 22/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Only God Forgives Initial Reaction
Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives arrived at the festival with a lot of expectations: reteaming the director with actor Ryan Gosling, many assumed it would be a sequel of sorts to their 2010 hit Drive.
From: Empire Online 22/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Three New Films In The Transporter Franchise Announced
It's a long five years since Jason Statham last fastened his seatbelt for a Transporter movie. In the meantime, Stath has gone on to big things in the Expendables and others, and The Transporter has continued quietly without him, as a TV series with Chris Vance. More movies are finally on the way, however, with Luc Besson's EuropaCorp just striking a deal at Cannes for another three instalments.
From: Empire Online 22/05/2013

Leonardo DiCaprio Hires Dennis Lehane For Travis McGee
Figuring that an injection of new writing talent might help the project work itself free of development hell, 20th Century Fox has turned to Dennis Lehane, someone with just a little bit of crime writing experience for Travis McGee, which Leonardo DiCaprio is interested in.
From: Empire Online 22/05/2013

Barry Levinson To Direct Loose Adaptation Of Bei La's Romance Novel The Cursed Piano
After taking a considerable break from directing feature films, Barry Levinson is getting busy again. Last year he directed the found footage horror film The Bay; he's currently in pre-production on Black Mass, a biopic about notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger starring Johnny Depp, and now he's picked up yet another project for the future.
From: Cinema Blend 22/05/2013

The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Moves Up A Couple Days
When a movie is moved to a Wednesday release date, it typically means one of two things: either it's trying to get a head start on a holiday weekend, or it's trying to catch people's attention during a weekend where there are many competing films vying for the audiences' attention.
From: Cinema Blend 22/05/2013

Endless Love Remake Sets Perfectly Fitting Release Date
"And love, oh, love. I'll be a fool for you, I'm sure. You know I don't mind. Oh, you know I don't mind.
From: Cinema Blend 22/05/2013

Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson To Star In Psychological Thriller Ape
Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) has a pretty long and varied resume, bouncing from one genre of movie to the next and regardless of the final product he serves his purpose and usually goes unscathed in criticism. I'm not sure we've seen him channel anything that would make him a good lead in a thriller though. But that may soon change.
From: Cinema Blend 22/05/2013

Toronto Fest Lands World Preem Of Godfrey Reggio's 'Visitors,' With Symphony Orchestra And Steven Soderbergh
The Toronto International Film Festival has set the Godfrey Reggio-directed Visitors to have its world premiere at the festival on September 8, in a most splashy manner. The film has an original score by Philip and it is being presented by Steven Soderbergh.
From: Deadline 22/05/2013

Behind the Candelabra is tipped for Cannes success - but can't win Oscar
Director Steven Soderbergh says Hollywood studios refused to finance Liberace movie, thinking only gay people would watch it.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/05/2013

Star Trek Into Darkness writer apologises for underwear scene
Damon Lindelof says he is mindful of comments that scene with British actor Alice Eve in her bra and pants is gratuitous.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/05/2013

Seth MacFarlane: I'm definitely not presenting the 2014 Oscars
'Traumatised critics exhale,' controversial host of 2013 awards tells Twitter, saying he can't fit Oscars into his schedule
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/05/2013

Lars von Trier used body doubles to shoot Nymphomaniac
Rather than having sex live on camera, stars of Danish director's upcoming film were played by stand-ins from the waist down.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis Premiere Report
The stars of Inside Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund and Justin Timberlake) turned up to the film's Cannes premiere. The directors of Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) turned up to the film's Cannes premiere. Even the musical supervisor of Inside Llewyn Davis (T Bone Burnett) turned up to the film's Cannes premiere. Who was missing?
From: Empire Online 21/05/2013

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance Gets Remake
With Park Chan-wook successfully trying his hand at English-language filmmaking in Stoker, Hollywood continues to make doe-eyes at his South Korean back catalogue. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, part one of his Vengeance trilogy, is next to be prepped for a US remake.
From: Empire Online 21/05/2013

Team Hobbit Is Back At Work
It's been a while since we've heard anything from Hobbit helmer Peter Jackson, which would make sense because he's been busy getting second film The Desolation Of Smaug ready for its December bow and digging into the piles of footage for final trilogy piece There And Back Again. But he's briefly surfaced on Facebook to report that he's returned to the set for pick-ups on the second and third films.
From: Empire Online 21/05/2013

Poltergeist Remake Begins Casting, Plans To Shoot This Fall
Rumors of a Poltergeist remake have been floating around (no pun intended) for years now, with little to no movement happening as the movie stalled in development hell.
From: Cinema Blend 21/05/2013

Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed Movie Sets 2015 Release
The history of video adaptations is long and almost completely ugly, with nightmares like Silent Hill and Max Payne and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li vastly outweighing modest successes like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and the Resident Evil franchise. But if anyone's gonna shake things up, it's Michael Fassbender, right?
From: Cinema Blend 21/05/2013

Angry Birds Movie Lands Former Simpsons Writer As Director
There are some days in your life that you want to remember. Your sweet sixteen. Your wedding. Having a child. Finally beating your sister at Trivial Pursuit. Well today is the day I get to tell you guys that a movie based on an app has found its director. Blessed be!
From: Cinema Blend 21/05/2013

JS Communications Settles Rhythm & Hues Fee Dispute
JS Communications has finally settled for a reduced break-up fee in the drawn-out Rhythm & Hues bankruptcy saga. It's been two months since troubled VFX house R&H sold out of bankruptcy to Prana Studios-led Holdings, LLC following a rollercoaster closed-door auction.
From: Deadline 21/05/2013

CAA Signs 'Robocop' Joel Kinnaman
CAA has signed Joel Kinnaman, the Swedish actor who plays the title role in the Jose Padilha-directed Robocop for MGM.
From: Deadline 21/05/2013

Cannes: Fleming Q&A With Steven Soderbergh: Retirement, Liberace, Legacy
Steven Soderbergh tonight unveils what he says is his final feature film Behind The Candelabra. The film explores the secret father/son/lover relationship between Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his valet Scott Thorson.
From: Deadline 21/05/2013

Cannes taps into the power of nostalgia to fight TV and rival festivals
For decades its conspicuous excess dazzled the world, but film-makers are increasingly turning to television to show off their wares.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake put on hold
David Fincher's remake of the classic, which Brad Pitt left in February, has reportedly now been shelved.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

Antonio Banderas to star in film about trapped Chilean miners
Spaniard will play Mario Sepulveda, public face of the 33 men involved in 2010 mining accident, in Patricia Riggen's new film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

Tom Hiddleston to play Coriolanus at Donmar Warehouse
Star of War Horse and Thor will play opposite Mark Gatiss in Shakespeare tragedy, which he calls 'play for our time'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

Keanu Reeves' revolution: Matrix star to direct Chinese-backed kung fu film
With heavy financial support from Beijing, trilingual Man of Tai Chi aims to pack big punch at eastern and western box offices.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

Chapman brothers to film adaptation of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor
Funding for screen version of Jake Chapman's 2008 novel, written and directed by the artist brothers, to be secured from the art world.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/05/2013

Chris Evans In Talks For Stephen King Adaptation The Ten O'Clock People
When he got his big break as Johnny Storm in 2005's terrible Fantastic Four update, I would have bet money I didn't have on Chris Evans' career being an unchallenging one filled with romances and dumb comedies, with the occasional action hero role thrown in - in other words, the career of nearly every other good looking guy in Hollywood.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

We Are What We Are Director Jim Mickle Takes Revenge Thriller Cold In July
Arguably one of the more anticipated and dreaded releases of the year for horror fans will be Jim Mickle's remake of Jorge Michel Grau's ridiculously dark Spanish cannibal flick We Are What We Are, definitely one of the most unsettling horror efforts of the last few years. And should Mickle's interpretation come anywhere close to resembling the original, genre fans will be a lot more accepting of his future projects.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

A Separation Director Asghar Farhadi's Cannes Hit The Past Goes To Sony Pictures Classics
Every year, American audiences get what feels like 3 million films thrown at them that are about American people living in America. On the flip side, we've gotten to see roughly one Iranian film that explores Iranian culture: Asghar Farhadi's tense familial drama A Separation, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film last year and also earned a Best Original Screenplay nomination. And now American cinemas will see a 100% increase in films about Iranian men living in France.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Anna Paquin Fronting And Producing Crime Drama Free Ride
It's strange how a television character can forever change someone's concept of an actor. Despite being one of the only people on True Blood I had even heard of before the show began, Anna Paquin is the only person from that show whose on-screen character's ridiculous accent can no longer be separated from her other cinematic performances. Even when I see her earlier, younger performances, I can't stop thinking about Sookie Stackhouse. It's my cross to bear, and I'll soon have another chance to finally get over it.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Star Trek Into Darkness: Will There Be A Sequel, And Who Should Make It?
Star Trek Into Darkness is a hit. Not a giant hit, and not the kind of thing that has studios calling all of their rivals and screaming "Suck it!" while guzzling champagne at 8 a.m. (at least , that's how we picture it), but a big enough hit all the same.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Star Wars: Episode VII Offering Role To Jonathan Rhys Meyers?
Now that Star Trek Into Darkness is out in the world and racking up cash, it's safe to turn our attention to where director J.J. Abrams will boldly go next, which is of course Star Wars: Episode VII.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Morgan Freeman And Diane Keaton Team Up For The First Time Ever In Life Itself
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton have had long careers, both of them have won Oscars, and both of them are so popular and prolific that you'd have to assume they crossed paths at some point, right? Nope. The two will be filming their first movie together this year-- and even better, they'll be getting romantically involved to do it.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Josh Duhamel's Scenic Route WIll Bloody Theaters This August
I tend to associate Josh Duhamel with Transformers sequels and half-hearted rom-coms, from Life As We Know It to Safe Haven. Nothing wrong with that. It's partially my fault, and partially his, given the roles he has chosen. His latest, Scenic Route, is quite different, however, and soon enough you'll be able to see why.
From: Cinema Blend 20/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis on song for Palme d'Or
Critically acclaimed film focuses on struggling musician amid folk-revival scene from which Bob Dylan would emerge.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/05/2013

Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil Director Will Make Good Of Universal's Little Evil
As much as a brainy psychological drama can sway my emotions and stick in my brain's craw for months or years afterward, I'm rarely happier than when I'm watching a comedy with humor blacker than crude oil. And while a lot of directors have been successful blending laughs and squirms, too many do it properly once and then never return.
From: Cinema Blend 19/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Day 5 - Blood Ties, Guillaume Canet's First English Language Picture, Disappoints While Borgman Was A Pleasant Suprise In Competition
Sunday was a quiet day on the Croisette as the whole town of Cannes continues to reel in delight at Inside Llewyn Davis.
From: Screenrush 19/05/2013

Cannes 2013: First Impressions Of The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen Brothers gave the festival an injection of good cheer on the Croisette this evening with an advance screening of their magnificent new film Inside Llewyn Davis.
From: Screenrush 19/05/2013

Cannes 2013: We Met Paul Wright To Talk About His Brilliant Debut 'For Those In Peril'
Scottish director Paul Wright talks all about his inspiration for the film critics are calling Beasts of the Northern Wild, George Mackay's spectacular performance, and the devil who lives in ocean.
From: Screenrush 19/05/2013

JD Salinger's secret life exposed in new documentary
Film promising revelations about reclusive Catcher in the Rye author has been snapped up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/05/2013

Denzel Washington's The Equalizer Has Found His Enemy
1989 was the last time people got to watch The Equalizer on their TV screens, and while it's taken a while for this film version to become a reality, Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington are finally putting it together, and it has some potential to be an interesting flick. But Washington is usually only as powerful as his opposing force.
From: Cinema Blend 18/05/2013

Ouija Board Horror I Am Zozo Picked Up By Image Entertainment
It seems like every time Hollywood gets a hold of an idea, there's an indie company there to ape it and make a few bucks. But that's not really the case with I Am Zozo, which I can't help but smirking at whenever I say the title aloud. Universal Pictures has a Ouija board movie in the pipeline, but it has already gone through its share of problems. I mean, it probably won't be a genius work of art like Battleship or anything.
From: Cinema Blend 18/05/2013

Watch William Shatner And Billy Dee Williams Make Star Wars Suggestions To J.J. Abrams
ABC's affiliation with Disney seems to be paying off a bit more for Jimmy Kimmel Live since Disney acquired the Star Wars franchise. Last month, Kimmel staged a pretty heated (and amusing) confrontation between Harrison Ford and his old pal Chewbacca. Apparently the two had a falling out over an indiscretion between Chewy and Leia.
From: Cinema Blend 18/05/2013

The Coen Brothers In Ten Films
Before Inside Llewyn Davis goes before the jury to compete for the Palme d'Or, get reacquainted with the prolific duo's career in ten films.
From: Screenrush 18/05/2013

Cannes 2013: Day 4 - Jimmy P. Disappoints And For Those In Peril Announces Another Great New British Talent
Cannes is still looking forward to that one film that sets the festival alight and chases the driving rain away once and for all.
From: Screenrush 18/05/2013

Emma Watson hopes to weave real magic with Bling Ring role
Harry Potter star relishes fresh challenge in Sofia Coppola movie about celebrity-obsessed thieves.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/05/2013

Scarlett Johansson to make directorial debut with Truman Capote adaptation
Actor plans big-screen version of Summer Crossing, Capote's 'inspired' early work about young debutante in 1945 New York.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/05/2013

Selfish Giant director becomes toast of Cannes
Clio Barnard, whose film has been described as 'hauntingly perfect', says Brits should be 'very proud' of their native industry.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/05/2013

Cannes 2013: panic as shots fired during TV broadcast
Man fires shots from starting pistol during live TV interview with Christopher Waltz and French actor Daniel Auteuil.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/05/2013

Gerard Butler Replaces Liam Hemsworth For Sci-Fi Thriller The Raven
Let us take a moment to celebrate the fact that it has been six months since Gerard Butler released the [expletive deleted] that was Playing for Keeps, and he doesn't have any romantic comedies lined up for the future either.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Christopher Nolan Asked To Direct The Next James Bond Film
Most of us would say that Inception is the closest thing we'd ever see to a Christopher Nolan James Bond movie, but in fact the real deal might but happening too. The Daily Mail is reporting on "informal talks" between Nolan and Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson about Nolan taking over Bond 24.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Uma Thurman Campaigns Against Gay Rights For Anita Bryant Biopic
It's often said that there are no good parts for actresses as they age. But 43-year-old Uma Thurman is blowing holes through that theory, picking up a pair of provocative projects in the past few months. She'll appear as part of the ensemble in Lars von Trier's sure-to-be scandalous Nymphomaniac. And after that, Thurman will take a stab at controversial activist Anita Bryant for a planned biopic.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Chloe Moretz And Asa Butterfield Making The White Circus A Hugo Reunion
No one could expect a film to easily match the magic and heart of Martin Scorsese's 2011 family adventure Hugo, but its young actors - soon to be certified movie stars - are reuniting for another film that holds a more literal kind of magic at its core. Is literal magic a thing?
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Damian Lewis And Andrea Riseborough Team Up In Romantic Drama The Silent Storm
Eon Productions is a British company that has been involved with almost every James Bond film since 1962's Dr. No, and it's rarely strayed from its 007 roots. Seeing as how there probably won't be another Bond film until 2016, though, Eon is doing some branching out.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Seann William Scott To Play A High School Counselor For Guidance
Looking at Seann William Scott's American Pie character Steve Stifler, it's not exactly easy to picture him playing a guidance counsellor at a high school, but on the other hand, maybe that makes him a perfect pick for such a role in a comedy. Scott will star in Myriad Pictures' high school comedy Guidance. He joins Leslie Bibb in the film.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Bill Hader Says There Won't Be A Stefon Movie
Of all the sub-genres of film in the world, the one that arguably has the spottiest track record is movies based on Saturday Night Live characters, and Lorne MIchaels seems to have gotten a grasp on that.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Women's Roles In Popular Cinema At Lowest Point In Years
Let's assume that Star Trek Into Darkness takes the top spot at the box office this weekend, and that it will be followed by Iron Man 3 and The Great Gatsby.
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Spike Lee Takes Over Michael Mann's Former Project Gold
While Spike Lee didn't change anybody's worlds with last year's Red Hook Summer, he has had a lot of people talking about his upcoming Oldboy remake, based on the Korean original. No one really seems to want it, but it is definitely set for an October 11 release. What's he going to follow that with, a Gone With the Wind remake?
From: Cinema Blend 17/05/2013

Disney retreats from Princess Merida makeover after widespread criticism
'Glam' version of character from Pixar animation Brave removed from Disney website after creator describes it as 'horrible'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/05/2013

Jude Law to star in Guardian/Young Vic film collaboration
Actor will feature in piece written by Belarus Free Theatre's Nikolai Khalezin and Laura Wade.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/05/2013

Strauss-Kahn scandal inspires Ferrara movie on disgraced IMF chief
Gérard Depardieu plays powerful fallen character, with Jacqueline Bisset as wife, in film Welcome to New York.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/05/2013

Michael Bay's Sci-Fi Indie Almanac Adds Cast To Enter Its Time Machine
Even though Dean Israelite is the director of the upcoming sci-fi drama Almanac, it's still a Platinum Dunes feature produced by Michael Bay, and that immediately makes it a "Michael Bay movie" to anyone listening.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Chris Pine And Amanda Seyfried Survive In Craig Zobel's Z For Zachariah
Post-apocalyptic movies and movies about young adults are both bombarding audiences these days, and when you combine the two you can get mega-hits like The Hunger Games (or lesser hits like The Host). Now Compliance director Craig Zobel is getting in on the genre, adapting the beloved young adult sci-fi novel Z for Zachariah, and its newly signed cast would make us pay attention to the project even if we were actually living through the apocalypse ourselves.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Scarlett Johansson Making Her Directing Debut With Truman Capote Adaptation In 2014
Scarlett Johansson could have easily spent the last 10 years of her life resting on her laurels as a sex symbol and favorite muse of directors like Woody Allen (and now, maybe, Joss Whedon).
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here Adds Anna Kendrick And Comes Under Fire Again For Its Financing
Think of it this way: if Zach Braff had gone about making his latest movie in the usual way, none of us would probably be talking about it right now. But after a successful Kickstarter campaign, then the arrangement of financing that seemed to violate the whole spirit of the thing, Braff is at the center of a mini firestorm about modern ways of financing movies-- and as much as it might suck for him right now, it's getting his movie Wish I Was Here more attention than it ever would have had otherwise.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sequel Is Really Happening, And Michelle Yeoh Is Back
Even with The Hangover Part III and Fast and Furious 6 making their way to theaters next weekend, this might be the most ridiculous sequel news we've heard all year.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Emily Blunt Joining Johnny Depp In Fairy Tale Musical Into The Woods
Director Rob Marshall is in the midst of assembling one of the best ensemble casts we've seen in a long time for the upcoming adaptation of the fairy tale musical Into The Woods. In late April we learned that the director would be using the project to reteam with Pirates of the Caribbean.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Terry Gilliam Takes Small Part In The Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending
After the world and time-spanning spectacle of Cloud Atlas confused and amazed viewers last year, it has gotten harder to judge a project from the Wachowski siblings in the same light as most other directors.
From: Cinema Blend 16/05/2013

Will Smith lassoes lead role in The Wild Bunch remake
Actor confirmed for update of Sam Peckinpah's iconic film, reportedly featuring DEA agent on tail of Mexican drug baron.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/05/2013

Al Pacino to play title role in David Gordon Green's Mangelhorn
Tale of quirky character troubled by a guilty past due to start shooting in Los Angeles this autumn.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/05/2013

Pinewood Studios expansion plan blocked by local council
Lord Grade loses planning permission bid for Hollywood-style development on 100 acres of green belt.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/05/2013

Scarlett Johansson Makes The Iron Man 2 Reunion Complete In Chef
With Iron Man 3 now out there we thought it was perfectly safe to forget that Iron Man 2 ever happened… but its stars won't let us. Just days after Robert Downey Jr. signed on to do his old friend Jon Favreau a favor and take a role in the indie Chef, Scarlett Johansson has done the same. THR says that she's signed on for a supporting role in the ensemble film, which will star Favreau as a chef who quits his job and attempts to start all over again by running a food truck.
From: Cinema Blend 15/05/2013

Mandy Patinkin And Josh Gad Join Zach Braff's I Wish I Was Here
Regardless of how scornful you might feel about Zach Braff's Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming film I Wish I Was Here, there are enough Braff fanatics out there to make the film a reality. And now that all that dust has settled and I Wish I Was Here's Kickstarter goal has been well exceeded, the film's casting has begun.
From: Cinema Blend 15/05/2013

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks And More Join God's Pocket
John Slattery's tenure on the long-running series Mad Men has afforded him the opportunity to flex his filmmaker muscle, having directed four episodes of the show, but now he's ready to take his behind-the-scenes prowess to the big screen.
From: Cinema Blend 15/05/2013

Hunger Games Writer Billy Ray Explores Disappearing Airplane Phenomena In Departure
In all forms of modern fiction, there is a fascination with airplanes being involved in mysterious circumstances, from Oceanic Flight 815 in Lost to Stephen King's aurora-crossing plan in The Langoliers - and there's a Bermuda's Triangle full of other relevant examples.
From: Cinema Blend 15/05/2013

Samuel L. Jackson Joins Teenage Assassin Comedy Barely Lethal
Samuel L. Jackson's most popular role nowadays is his regularly-recurring part as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but now it appears that he is ready to take on a much different kind of hero.
From: Cinema Blend 15/05/2013

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, slashed, sees weak Chinese opening
Censorship and delays hit box office but legal nationwide screenings for bloody western are breakthrough for director.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/05/2013

Alexander Armstrong hits back at 'tribal aversion' to posh comics
Armstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar - and who's the hottest comedian?
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/05/2013

The Great Gatsby: UK press break reviews embargo
Telegraph, Mail and Guardian among UK newspapers refusing to obey ban on reviewing Baz Luhrmann's film ahead of Cannes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/05/2013

Star Trek's Chris Pine To Join Patrick Wilson In Joe Carnahan's Action Comedy Stretch
Prior to his big breakout playing Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, one of Chris Pine's earlier roles was playing a psychopath assassin aiming to kill Jeremy Piven in Joe Carnahan's Smokin Aces.
From: Cinema Blend 14/05/2013

Christoph Waltz Joins Robert De Niro And Jason Clarke In Candy Store
Most American audiences have only been aware of Christoph Waltz for about four years, but the Austrian star has made one hell of an impression in that time.
From: Cinema Blend 14/05/2013

Dungeons & Dragons Reboot Gets Hit By A Lawsuit
Hasbro has had some ups and downs in blockbuster Hollywood. Battleship ended up being a bomb, but both the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises not only make money.
From: Cinema Blend 14/05/2013

Iron Man 3 Scribe Drew Pearce Writing Mission: Impossible 5
When your film makes nearly $1 billion in two weeks, you kind of get the opportunity to pick from the cream of the crop for your next project. So Iron Man 3 director Shane Black gets to tackle the Doc Savage movie he has been circling for years.
From: Cinema Blend 14/05/2013

RZA Will Hide A Bomb From Paul Walker In District B13 Remake Brick Mansions
So the Parkour elephant in the room is that remaking Luc Besson's cool French action flick District B13 does not need to be done.
From: Cinema Blend 14/05/2013

Iron Man's Robert Downey Jr and Jon Favreau will reunite on independent film Chef
Actor and the director of the first two films in the superhero series are set to work together on an indie comedy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/05/2013

Timothy Olyphant Heads For Carrion Road
As we head towards Cannes in the next couple of weeks, there's a pleasing upsurge in announcements about indie projects packing their bags for the Festival to secure much-coveted deals.
From: Empire Online 13/05/2013

Johnny Depp And Meryl Streep's Into The Woods Adds Tony-Winning Star
It would take a complete movie cynic to think that Disney and director Rob Marshall's upcoming adaptation of Steven Sondheim's hugely popular Tony Award winning musical Into the Woods isn't a great idea, theoretically.
From: Cinema Blend 13/05/2013

Avatar's Stephen Lang Joins The Stephen King Adaptation A Good Marriage
With CBS airing Under the Dome this summer, and Kimberly Peirce's Carrie remake coming in October, it will already be a good year for Stephen King fans. And that's not even taking into account all of the other adaptations that have been announced over the last few weeks.
From: Cinema Blend 13/05/2013

Star Wars: Episode VII Confirmed To Shoot In The UK
Will Boba Fett have a British accent? Will a tea trolley be brought into the Cantina every afternoon at 4 p.m.? Will the elevators on board the Death Star now be called lifts?
From: Cinema Blend 13/05/2013

Brave Director And Fans Protest Merida's Disney Princess Makeover
Disney has provided pop culture with some of its most memorable female heroines, from pretty and placid Cinderella and Snow White to feisty Ariel and Bella.
From: Cinema Blend 13/05/2013

Samuel L. Jackson Becoming The President In Big Game
Will somebody get these motherfucking terrorists off of Samuel L. Jackson's Air Force One plane?
From: Cinema Blend 13/05/2013

Zoe Saldana shares Star Trek laughs
Zoe Saldana says the "really super funny beaming" in Star Trek Into Darkness means they "hardly ever" used the first take.
From: Film-News 13/05/2013

Robert Downy Jr. Reunites With Pal Jon Favreau On New Project, Chef
It seems Robert Downey Jr. whose contract with the Iron Man franchise is up for renegotiation, is proving that there are plenty of other projects he can do, with the fifty million dollar man joining a cast including Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo and Bobby Cannavale for Jon Favreau's indie comedy, Chef.
From: Screenrush 13/05/2013

Cannes: Jennifer Garner, Michael Caine Join 'Imagine'
Jennifer Garner and Michael Caine have been cast alongside Al Pacino, Annette Bening, and Bobby Cannavale in Imagine, about an aging rock star (Pacino) who reconnects with his grown son after opening a letter sent from John Lennon to his 19-year-old self.
From: Deadline 13/05/2013

TOLDJA! No Go On Joe Wright And '50 Shades Of Grey'
Forget the trade reports that Joe Wright will be director of Fifty Shades Of Grey. His schedule doesn't work and he's completely out of the mix, I've learned.
From: Deadline 13/05/2013

Medieval Times Headed For Movie Screen
The production companies Benderspink and Broken Road have teamed to make a rights deal with the Middle Ages-centric Medieval Times.
From: Deadline 13/05/2013

Cannes: Vision Films Takes Global Rights To Sharon Stone-Produced Docu 'Femme'
Worldwide rights to director Emmanuel Itier's inspirational documentary Femme have gone to Vision Films ahead of Cannes, where executive producer and narrator Sharon Stone will be promoting the film this week.
From: Deadline 13/05/2013

Tom Welling Suits Up For 'Draft Day'
Tom Welling has landed a role in Draft Day, the Lionsgate-Summit and Odd Lot Entertainment football movie starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary among a starry cast and is being directed by Ivan Reitman.
From: Deadline 13/05/2013

Star Wars to be filmed in Britain, says Lucasfilm president
Kathleen Kennedy confirms seventh episode of franchise will start production in UK in 2014, directed by Star Trek's JJ Abrams.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/05/2013

Cannes film festival to open with Great Gatsby glamour
nBaz Luhrman's 1920s extravaganza to open 66th festival and cement Surrey girl Carey Mulligan's arrival in Hollywood A-list.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/05/2013

Crap Film Club Presents 'Birdemic:Shock and Terror'
A platoon of eagles and vultures attack the residents of a small town in this Hitchcock inspired independent romantic horror - its poultry in motion.
From: Film-News 11/05/2013

Rita Hayworth celebrated with season of films at BFI
BFI Southbank celebrates 'The Love Goddess' with screenings of classic films including Gilda, Cover Girl and You'll Never Get Rich in June. Rita Hayworth had a torrid personal life which saw her married and divorced five times by the time she was in her mid-forties, leading her to proclaim "men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me".
From: Film-News 11/05/2013

Cannes: Nic Cage Checks Into 'Hotel 33′
While they were quick to announce Hotel 33 with Nicolas Cage, Foresight Unlimited has the benefit of hindsight and is backing off a bit. "We have learned that the deal with Nicolas Cage on Hotel 33 is not yet closed," the company said in a statement tonight.
From: Deadline 11/05/2013

Danny Boyle says he won't replace Nicholas Hytner at National Theatre
Boyle joins growing list of illustrious directors ruling themselves out of artistic director role.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/05/2013

50 Shades of Grey: Joe Wright set for director's chair
Atonement director reportedly frontrunner for film adaptation of EL James's notorious knee-trembler.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/05/2013

Blur's Alex James makes first foray into film with A Slice of Life
First it was bass, then cheese - now the Britpop musician turns his hand to directing with debut short film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/05/2013

Hannibal just the appetiser for feast of Hollywood films being adapted for TV
New versions of Barbarella, Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, The Avengers and Zombieland are also coming to the small screen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/05/2013

Pelé Movie Gets Go-Ahead
If Goal didn't do it for you and you're still wrapping your head around the intricacies of Bend It Like Beckham, news of a Pelé movie will be like balm to your troubled, football-loving soul.
From: Empire Online 10/05/2013

Is Joe Wright Directing Fifty Shades?
We've been burned with "Joe Wright is directing..." stories before: a couple of years ago the internet was confident he was doing a remake of My Fair Lady, until the man himself revealed he wasn't and never had been.
From: Empire Online 10/05/2013

Vince Vaughn Reunites With Will Ferrell In Daddy's Home
Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell definitely have a proclivity towards working together. Between Old School, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Wedding Crashers and Starsky & Hutch, the two comedians have shared plenty of time on-screen. And today we've learned that they're about to add to that total.
From: Cinema Blend 10/05/2013

Owen Wilson Up For P.T. Anderson's Inherent Vice
Things are finally coming together for Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon detective novel Inherent Vice.
From: Cinema Blend 10/05/2013

Does Marvel Want Saoirse Ronan For Avengers 2?
Here's how you know Marvel has tapped into a major vein of fanatical film interest: The Avengers 2 doesn't begin filming for six more months (and it doesn't screen until 2015!) but we're passionately poring over every little detail mapping out the sequel's direction and possible surprises.
From: Cinema Blend 10/05/2013

The Fault In Our Stars Casts Ansel Elgort As Gus
So much for the Cinema Blend bump. We were pulling hard for Admission's Nat Wolff to snag the lead role opposite Shailene Woodley in the young adult novel adaptation The Fault In Our Stars, but apparently, the people actually casting the movie and meeting with the actors in contention know something we don't.
From: Cinema Blend 10/05/2013

Game of Thrones star Richard Madden cast as Cinderella's Prince Charming
Actor who portrays Robb Stark in hit TV series will play opposite Lily James in Disney's live-action version of the classic folk tale.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/05/2013

The Harry Hill Movie set to be a salve for sick hamsters everywhere
Julie Walters and Matt Lucas on board as British comic prepares to make big-screen debut in tale of ailing rodent.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/05/2013

World War Z's Behind-The-Scenes Breakdown Is A Must-Read
If you follow the movie industry closely, there's nothing more fascinating than an autopsy of a disaster, when the people behind a film get away from the promotional speak and soundbites and really dig into what made a film fall apart.
From: Cinema Blend 09/05/2013

Great Gatsby Actor Joins Ben Kingsley For Our Robot Overlords
Are you one of the many complaining about the lack of original stories being made into movies?
From: Cinema Blend 09/05/2013

Here Comes The SLC Punk Sequel You Didn't Ask For
Middle-aged punks. Greying mohawks. Back in 1998 writer-director James Merendino mined his own rebellious youth to created the dramedy SLC Punk.
From: Cinema Blend 09/05/2013

Lionsgate Taps Jack Thorne To Adapt Bestselling YA Novel Wonder
Even though the horizon of cinema's future is dotted with highly fantastical young adult novel adaptations like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Maze Runner, there is more than enough room in film for children who don't spend their novelized lives within dystopian worlds sharing space with mythological creatures.
From: Cinema Blend 09/05/2013

Sacha Baron Cohen Hires Klown Screenwriters For The Lesbian
Apparently Sacha Baron Cohen is a big fan of the Danish comedy Klown. While that probably means that he's seen it a bunch of times and owns it on Blu-ray, he has taken it one step further. He has apparently flown to Denmark just to get the writers to script his new film.
From: Cinema Blend 09/05/2013

Eli Roth considers morality for new movie
Eli Roth wants Aftershock to show people there are worse things than "your boyfriend not texting back". The actor stars in the crime thriller about a huge earthquake that hits Chile, leaving a group of people trying to scramble out of a nightclub.
From: Film-News 09/05/2013

Madden is Cinderella's Prince Charming
Richard Madden will be Cinderella's Prince Charming in Cinderella. Collider report the Game of Thrones actor has sealed a deal to take on the male lead in the live-action picture.
From: Film-News 09/05/2013

Drafthouse Films Picks Up Ben Wheatley Horror Pic 'A Field In England'
Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse, has acquired North American rights to original horror film A Field In England.
From: Deadline 09/05/2013

Wrekin Hill Acquires U.S. Rights To 'Night Train To Lisbon'
Wrekin Hill Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to the Bille August-directed thriller Night Train To Lisbon from K5 International.
From: Deadline 09/05/2013

Neil Patrick Harris Hosting Tony Awards Again
Neil Patrick Harris has been set as host of the 67th Tony Awards, a development that could be called anticlimactic given it feels like he hosted it the other 66 times.
From: Deadline 09/05/2013

Bernardo Bertolucci To Chair Venice Fest Jury; Prize Rules Outlined After 2012 Scandal
While most folks are focused on next week's Cannes Film Festival, that's not stopping the Venice Film Festival from churning out the announcements.
From: Deadline 09/05/2013

Cannes Briefs: Content Boards Simon Cowell's 'Pudsey'; Ridley Scott Exec Producing 'Get Santa'; Film4 Shifts Team
Vertigo Films and Simon Cowell's Syco are co-producing Pudsey: The Movie based on the dog who won Britain's Got Talent in 2012.
From: Deadline 09/05/2013

Mike Tyson wants a whack at Othello
Former heavyweight champion sets his sights on Shakespeare after wrapping up his one-man stage show, Undisputed Truth.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/05/2013

Disney drops bid to trademark Day of the Dead
Attempt to secure domain for merchandise around new Pixar 'Dia de los Muertos' film met with online protests.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/05/2013

Iron Man 3's Shane Black gets go-ahead for Doc Savage adaptation
Stellar success of comic-book movie means Black can realise long-nurtured project featuring the 1930s pulp action hero.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/05/2013

Joe Johnston Takes On Gotti
Proving that you can't keep a good gangster down, after years of struggle Gotti finally has a director.
From: Empire Online 08/05/2013

Tom Vaughan To Direct Tom Jones
"It's not unusual to..." No, wait, wrong Tom Jones.* Slightly older than the Welsh crooner, the Tom Jones we're talking about here dates back to 1749, and the publication of Henry Fielding's famous (and infamous) novel The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling. It's been filmed before, but it's about to be filmed again, and Tom Vaughan is the just-announced man for the job.
From: Empire Online 08/05/2013

Bruce Greenwood And Robert Patrick Join Endless Love
Universal's remake of the 1981 romance Endless Love is coming together. Last summer, the in-development project with a script by Gossip Girl scribe Josh Safran kicked into gear as Country Strong writer-director Shana Feste was hired for a rewrite and helming duties.
From: Cinema Blend 08/05/2013

Disney Decides It's A Bad Idea To Trademark A Centuries-Old Holiday
Look around the pop-culture landscape and you'll realize that Disney, strategically, has snapped up the rights to several key properties. Marvel? Disney owns them. Pixar? They've been in business for years. Star Wars? The Force is strong with Disney. But we finally figured out one thing Disney can't copyright, and that's a Latino holiday meant to honor the deceased.
From: Cinema Blend 08/05/2013

Another X-Man Rumored To Cameo In The Wolverine
Back when it was revealed (via a Vine video) that Famke Janssen would reprise her role of Jean Grey in James Mangold's upcoming The Wolverine, fans stopped trying to plot out which X-Men characters would cameo in the standalone Logan adventure. As far as they knew, the "riddle" had been solved. But has it?
From: Cinema Blend 08/05/2013

Paul Walker wants longevity for Fast & Furious
The actor is known for playing Brian O'Conner in the racing films, with the sixth instalment premiering in London last night.
From: Film-News 08/05/2013

Universal Postpones 'Jurassic Park 4′ Date
Universal had its big budget dino sequel set for June 13, 2014. But director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) had only come aboard in March, leaving a narrow window for production on the CG-heavy pic.
From: Deadline 08/05/2013

'Man Of Steel' Special Screening Added To 2013 LA Film Fest
WB and Legendary Picture's Man Of Steel will make an early stop at the 2013 LA Film Fest, in a June 12 screening to be held a day ahead of official festivities. The Superman pic starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Michael Shannon opens nationwide June 14.
From: Deadline 08/05/2013

UTA Signs Actor Michael Vartan
Alias alum Michael Vartan has signed with UTA. He most recently co-starred for three seasons on TNT's Hawthorne opposite Jada Pinkett Smith and led the Reelz mini-series Ring Of Fire.
From: Deadline 08/05/2013

Cannes: 'Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones' Team Returns For Sequel 'City Of Ashes'
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, the first movie in the series, doesn't come out until August, but buyers will get a taste for its sequel during Cannes.
From: Deadline 08/05/2013

R.I.P. Bryan Forbes
British writer-director Bryan Forbes has died in Surrey, England, after a long illness. He was 86. His credits include helming 1975's The Stepford Wives and writing Chaplin and The Angry Silence, earning an Oscar nomination for the latter. He scored a WGA nom for 1980's Hopscotch and received a Special Award from BAFTA in 2007.
From: Deadline 08/05/2013

Tom Cruise confirmed for Mission: Impossible 5
Actor returns for fifth Mission after success of Ghost Protocol - reportedly with Jack Reacher's Christopher McQuarrie in tow.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/05/2013

Ewan McGregor replaces Bradley Cooper on Jane Got a Gun
More changes for the Natalie Portman vehicle hit by multiple walk-outs, with McGregor the fourth actor to be cast in the bad-guy role.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/05/2013

Michel Hazanavicius lambasts French film industry
The Oscar-winning director criticised film funding in France, sheltered by state subsidy, high salaries and 'complacency'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/05/2013

Special Effects Genius Ray Harryhausen Dead At 92
Special effects genius Ray Harryhausen spent his life doing the impossible. He made completely unreal, imaginary things believable.
From: Cinema Blend 07/05/2013

Anne Hathaway Is Busy With Christopher Nolan, So Keira Knightley Replaces Her In Lynn Shelton's Laggies
There isn't anything particularly wrong with director Lynn Shelton's resume of post-mumblecore dramedies, such as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister, which back up its quirky situations with strong characters and fitting tones. But no one is going to be mistaking them with Christopher Nolan movies anytime soon.
From: Cinema Blend 07/05/2013

Star Wars Reunion For Ewan McGregor As He Joins Natalie Portman in Jane Got A Gun
The Trainspotting leading man has been drafted in after a number of people have quit inthis indie western which is being produced by Portman.
From: Screenrush 07/05/2013

Johnny Depp: Outlaw roles are thrilling
The actor is known for playing quirky fugitives such as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, gangster John Dillinger in Public Enemies and the murderous barber Sweeney Todd.
From: Film-News 07/05/2013

Disney Drops Controversial Dia De Los Muertos Trademark Bid After Online Uproar
After raising the ire of critics online, The Walt Disney Company quickly backed away today from its move to quietly trademark "Dia de los Muertos" for an upcoming Pixar animated feature. Criticism exploded on social media in recent days as word spread of Disney's efforts to trademark the name associated with the November holiday.
From: Deadline 07/05/2013

Summit Sets 'Jane Got A Gun' Scribe Brian Duffield To Script 'Divergent' Sequel
Summit Entertainment is certainly bullish on its adaptation of the Veronica Roth bestselling series Divergent.
From: Deadline 07/05/2013

Benjamin Walker In Talks To Join Ron Howard's 'In The Heart Of The Sea'
Warner Bros is in talks with Benjamin Walker, who played the prexy in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, to join Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland in In The Heart Of The Sea, the Ron Howard-directed adaptation of the Nathaniel Philbrick book about the whale attack on the Essex which became the basis for Melville's Moby Dick.
From: Deadline 07/05/2013

Warner Bros Acquires Rights To Make 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie
This ought to reverberate through the geek realm. Warner Bros has acquired rights to make a movie based on Dungeons & Dragons, the perennially popular role-playing game fantasy game.
From: Deadline 07/05/2013

Bryan Fuller Teases Pushing Daisies Movie With Zombies!
One of the casualties of the 2008 Writer's Guild strike was regrettably Bryan Fuller's winsome comedy noir series Pushing Daisies.
From: Cinema Blend 06/05/2013

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone to open 5 June
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone will open on 5 June across the UK and Ireland through Picturehouse Entertainment. In 2012 a resurrection no one thought possible took place when legendary band The Stone Roses reformed after 16 years.
From: Film-News 06/05/2013

R.I.P. Mario Machado
Former LA newsman Mario Machado, known for playing reporters and interviewers in movies like RoboCop and Rocky III, died Saturday in a convalescent home in West Hills, CA. He was 78. The LA Times obituary says he had Parkinson's disease, according to his daughter.
From: Deadline 06/05/2013

Phase 4 Acquires 'The Dirties'
Phase 4 Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the Matt Johnson-directed The Dirties, which Johnson stars in with Owen Williams.
From: Deadline 06/05/2013

Cannes: Daniel Wagner Forms Specialty Finance & Production Outfit BiFrost Pictures
Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Broken City executive producer Daniel Wagner will launch specialty finance and production company BiFrost Pictures at the Cannes Film Festival next week.
From: Deadline 06/05/2013

Men In Black 4 Has A Writer
Though it was hardly a shock given the (slightly) better critical reception and decent box office of the third film, Sony is now pushing actively head on development for a fourth Men In Black movie.
From: Empire Online 05/05/2013

Benjamin Bratt Set For Despicable Me 2
We doubt Al Pacino will have made many friends around the Universal and Illumination buildings this past week. Because he's decided to jump ship from voicing the villain in Despicable Me 2, leaving the position vacant just a couple of months before the film is set to arrive in our cinemas. Fortunately for all involved, Benjamin Bratt is stepping in to replace him.
From: Empire Online 05/05/2013

Michael Caine Heads To Interstellar
Here's a piece of casting news that is shocking in all ways but actually… Michael Caine has signed on to join the cast of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, making the sixth time that the actor and director have worked together.
From: Empire Online 05/05/2013

Robert De Niro Will Fight The Criminal Underworld With Jason Clarke In Candy Store
Like a kid in a candy store, director Stephen Gaghan's long-gestating upcoming film Candy Store is gleefully surrounded by top notch products, with big names such as Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz interested in appearing within the film, and Chris Hemsworth getting as close as anyone to securing a part. But nobody mentioned above ever made anything official.
From: Cinema Blend 05/05/2013

Horror channel celebrates centenary of Peter Cushing
On Sunday May 26th Horror Channel celebrates 100 years of the birth of one of the country's most beloved actors - Peter Cushing.
From: Film-News 05/05/2013

That's a wrap: Philip French, Observer film critic, steps down after 50 years
His first column appeared in April 1963 and he would become the doyen of UK film critics. Having announced he will soon file his last column, he talks about meeting Chaplin, and Hollywood's greatest canine actors.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/05/2013

Keira Knightley marries boyfriend in south of France
Actor weds James Righton, the keyboardist in indie rock band Klaxons, in front of a handful of guests in Vaucluse.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/05/2013

'The Crow' Flies With Luke Evans
The Crow will fly with Welsh actor Luke Evans playing the title role in the F. Javier Gutierrez-directed franchise reboot for Relativity Media.
From: Deadline 04/05/2013

Justin Timberlake to play legendary record company boss Neil Bogart in biopic
Actor attached as lead and producer of Spinning Gold, which tells story of successful promoter of 70s music.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/05/2013

Ghost Rider And Blade Finally Belong To Marvel Again
Though Marvel Studios, in partnership with Disney, is setting up a seriously impressive cinematic universe, there are some major hurdles on the way to getting the giant superhero team-ups that fans might dream of.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

Do Movie Trailers Give Away Too Much? Half Of Moviegoers Think So
When you see Iron Man 3 this weekend, you may experience some deja vu. Not because the movie repeats what you've seen in other Iron Man movies-- it's refreshingly original, actually-- but because nearly every major scene in the movie has been at least hinted at in the marketing.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

Steven Spielberg Will Direct Bradley Cooper In Iraq War-Set American Sniper
While he was in the thick of Oscar hype for Lincoln, Steven Spielberg seemed to be doing nothing but figuring out what he wouldn't make, bailing on a Moses movie and pushing back Robopocalypse. Now, as he prepares to travel to France and head up the Cannes jury, Spielberg has finally settled on his next movie, and it'll be taking him back to war.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

Justin Timberlake Confirmed For Music Biopic Spinning Gold
Oh, Justin Timberlake. If he weren't so damn charming, it'd be pretty irritating that he seems talented at absolutely anything he does. After taking a seven-year break from recording, his latest album The 20/20 Experience has won critical praise and debuted at number one on the Billboard charts.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

Twilight: Eclipse Director David Slade Will Psychologically Thrill Audiences With The Widow
NBC's Hannibal has started off fairly strong, becoming one of the network's more solid dramas in the past few years (even through some setbacks). A lot of that can be traced to the story, sure, but some of it had to do with executive producer David Slade, whose slick direction really made his episodes look like they belonged to a far more established series, and were better than the film of the same name.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

Bradley Cooper Will Be John Wells' Chef
It was ridiculously exciting to hear the recent news about Jon Favreau going indie again with his film Chef, which he'd be starring in. But that was so last week. Now here's another movie called Chef making waves, and it sounds almost as intriguing.
From: Cinema Blend 03/05/2013

David Slade Encounters The Widow
He walked from the now-abandoned Daredevil reboot a year or so ago, but the news that David Slade's next project will involve a Widow shouldn't get Marvel fans a-flutter that he's instead prepping a solo outing for Natasha Romanoff.
From: Empire Online 03/05/2013

Ben Stiller Could Direct Pinocchio
The last time Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr worked together, we got the shot of comic joy that was Tropic Thunder. It appears they're eager to reunite, because Stiller is now in talks to direct Downey Jr in Pinocchio.
From: Empire Online 03/05/2013

John Grisham to publish A Time to Kill sequel
Author's next thriller Sycamore Row will see heroic lawyer of Grisham's 1988 bestseller 'fight for justice' once again.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/05/2013

Bradley Cooper leaves Jane Got a Gun project
Silver Linings Playbook star becomes latest big-name actor to quit troubled film, after Michael Fassbender and Jude Law.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/05/2013

Stuart Hazeldine Re-Writing Agincourt
Exam writer/director Stuart Hazeldine is no stranger to writing for big projects and big name directors. His next gig looks to follow that trend, as no lesser a filmmaker than Michael Mann has Hazeldine toiling on a new draft of Agincourt.
From: Empire Online 02/05/2013

Logan Lerman Finds Fury
He might be the son of a god - in the Percy Jackson films, at least - but Logan Lerman will need more than a little help to survive in a new assignment. He's just joined the cast of David Ayer's tank thriller Fury.
From: Empire Online 02/05/2013

Bradley Cooper Departs Jane Got A Gun
The strife magnet that is Western action drama Jane Got A Gun has burped up yet another problem. No sooner had Bradley Cooper agreed to replace Jude Law as the film's main antagonist than scheduling issues mean he has to step down, leaving Gavin O'Connor and Team Jane searching for yet another bad guy.
From: Empire Online 02/05/2013

Deanna Durbin Has Died
Deanna Durbin, one of the shining lights of Hollywood during the '30s and '40s, has died. She was 91.
From: Empire Online 02/05/2013

Terrence Malick Working On A Tree Of Life Director's Cut
Anyone who caught Terrence Malick's Oscar-nominated The Tree of Life understand that there had to exist a longer version of the story at some point during the creative process.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Fantastic Four Director Eyeing Michael B. Jordan For The Human Torch
Miles Morales recently proved that comic book readers were ready for a Spider-Man of African-American and Latino descent. Now we're about ready to see if movie-going comic-book fans will support an African-American Human Torch.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Vince Vaughn Could Reteam With Delivery Man Director On Business Trip
Canadian writer-director Ken Scott is set to make his American movie debut this fall with the Vince Vaughn vehicle Delivery Man. And already this pair is primed to reteam.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke To Front James Franco's Garden Of Last Days
Enchanting English ingénue Emilia Clarke is beginning to reap the benefits of being on an insanely popular and widely praised television sensation.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Glenn Close, Frank Langella And Olivia Thirlby Join Rom-Com 5 To 7
Best recognized as a writer, Victor Levin has penned episodes for such popular television programs as the marriage-centered sitcom Mad About You and the 1960s set drama Mad Men, as well as scripted such charming movies as Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! and Then She Found Me. However, in 1999 he dabbled in directing, helming an ep of Mad About You along with a little known venture called The Successor.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Community's Alison Brie Joins Road Trip Comedy Search Party
Scot Armstrong, the screenwriter who has had a hand in such zany comedies as Road Trip, Semi-Pro and The Hangover Part II, is set to make his directorial debut on Universal Pictures' Search Party.
From: Cinema Blend 02/05/2013

Fassbender And Natalie Portman Plot An Ambitious Adaptation Of Macbeth
Michael and Natalie were supposed to reunite on Jane Got A Gun but it's Macbeth that will see them working together towards a common goal.
From: Screenrush 02/05/2013

ICM Partners Signs 'Wolverine's' Rila Fukushima
Just less than three months before her feature debut in The Wolverine hits the big screen, Rila Fukushima has signed with ICM Partners The agency will rep her in all areas except modeling, where she remains with Japan's Bon Image Corp.
From: Deadline 02/05/2013

Cannes: Voltage Sets Uli Edel To Helm Supernatural Thriller 'Pay The Ghost'
Voltage has set Uli Edel to helm Pay The Ghost, an elevated supernatural thriller that is based on a short story by cult horror and dark fantasy novelist Tim Lebbon.
From: Deadline 02/05/2013

Cannes: Justin Timberlake To Play Neil Bogart In 'Spinning Gold'
After two years stuck in the mud, the movie Spinning Gold, with Justin Timberlake as 1970s record icon Neil Bogart, seems to be spinning.
From: Deadline 02/05/2013

Colin Firth to star in Woody Allen's next film, alongside Emma Stone
The King's Speech actor has a busy schedule right now: Allen's next, France-set movie is one of four projects he is linked with.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/05/2013

Downton Abbey's Lily James cast as Disney's Cinderella
Actor who plays Lady Rose MacClare in the hit TV series to take lead in the Kenneth Branagh-directed live-action version of the fairytale.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/05/2013

Abrams Wants Williams For Star Wars
When J.J. Abrams got the job of reigniting the Star Wars flame in that galaxy far, far away, one of the earliest considerations - after the lens flare jokes were out of the way - was who would score Episode VII. Now Abrams, out doing press for Star Trek Into Darkness, has answered a direct question about the subject, and indicated that he believes long-time Star Wars composer John Williams will craft the score once more.
From: Empire Online 01/05/2013

Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice Finally Shooting This Month
Even after everyone had moved on to fighting over whether or not Zero Dark Thirty endorsed torture and joining the "Ben Affleck was robbed!" pity party, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master remained one of the most divisive films of awards season, the movie that even some of his die-hard fans couldn't quite love.
From: Cinema Blend 01/05/2013

Star Wars Episode VII May Shoot And Do Visual Effects Work In London
They're so firmly entrenched in pop culture legend that many of us want to believe the Star Wars films actually were shot somewhere in outer space.
From: Cinema Blend 01/05/2013

Ender's Game Movie Trailer Will Arrive Next Week
Those of us who weren't at CinameCon have only had a couple of glimpses at the Ender's Game movie, in the form of two stills and one peek at the zero gravity Battle Room in the first official poster for the adaptation of Orson Scott Card's popular sci-fi novel. We'll be getting another look at the movie soon enough, as the trailer is set to make its online debut in less than a week.
From: Cinema Blend 01/05/2013

'The Way Way Back' To Close LA Film Festival
The full lineup announced today for the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival includes Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's coming-of-age comedic drama The Way Way Back.
From: Deadline 01/05/2013

Cannes: Celluloid Dreams And UConnect To Partner On Official & Market Titles
European film group uMedia and veteran French sales company Celluloid Dreams partnered during the EFM in Berlin this year and are now embellishing that collaboration.
From: Deadline 01/05/2013

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