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Ryan Reynolds Replaces Jake Gyllenhaal As Gambling Addict In Mississippi Grind
Even though I quite enjoyed Two Guys and Girl (a.k.a. Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place), at some point I realized Ryan Reynolds has never been on my list of actors whose projects I'm actively interested in.
From: Cinema Blend 30/06/2013

Add Two More Post-Apocalyptic Young Adult Novels To The Movie Adaptation Pile
I love being able to walk around the fiction section of a library or bookstore, pointing to random shelves while mumbling in sing-song, "Hollywood hasn't bastardized you yet, my pretty!"
From: Cinema Blend 30/06/2013

Could Hellboy III Eventually Find A Home At Legendary Pictures?
There's a lot riding on the box office earnings of Guillermo Del Toro's $200 million "robots vs. monsters" tentpole flick Pacific Rim, both for the filmmakers and for Legendary Pictures, the production company that footed the majority of the inflated budget.
From: Cinema Blend 30/06/2013

R.I.P. Jim Kelly
The martial arts grandmaster who starred alongside Bruce Lee in the iconic 1973 film Enter The Dragon died yesterday. He was 67.
From: Deadline 30/06/2013

Hollywood and Hitler: did the studio bosses bow to Nazi wishes?
Book by a Harvard scholar argues that US producers in the 1930s 'collaborated' with the Nazis with cuts to films and self-censorship.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/06/2013

Luther's back… and this time he's on the wrong side of the law
Idris Elba is the alpha cop. But what he really wants is to sing and dance in a stage musical.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/06/2013

It's No Hallucination: Jacob's Ladder Is Getting A Remake
The pile of needless Hollywood remakes grows higher, readers. So high, in fact, that there's no possible way to see the top of the heap from down here. To see it, we'd need to rise to the same level, and to do that we'd need a tool of some kind.
From: Cinema Blend 29/06/2013

Michael Pena, Olivia Dudley And More Join Exorcism Thriller The Vatican Tapes
As much as I appreciate laughing uproariously at a good comedy or getting an emotional charge from a pointed drama, I'm never happier with a movie than when it's actively terrorizing my mental state.
From: Cinema Blend 29/06/2013

R.I.P. Bert Stern
Photographer and filmmaker Bert Stern, best known for shooting a collection of 2,500 images of Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her death, died Wednesday in NYC according to reports. He was 83.
From: Deadline 29/06/2013

Terminator resurrection confirmed
Paramount says first instalment of new trilogy will open in theatres in June 2015 but no word on Schwarzenegger role.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/06/2013

Edinburgh gives top award to experimental documentary Leviathan
Documentaries dominate as film festival wraps up, with Piper Alpha film and refugee camp study taking major honours.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/06/2013

Baz Luhrmann to unveil Strictly Ballroom musical early next year
Great Gatsby director will premiere delayed stage adaptation of his hit 1992 film at Sydney's Lyric theatre.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/06/2013

Six Seasons Planned For HBO's American Gods Adaptation
Neil Gaiman's multi-pantheon epic gets the green light.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2013

Joel Edgerton Set For Jeff Nichols' Latest
Joel Edgerton Set For Jeff Nichols' Latest.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2013

Julianne Moore In Talks For Hunger Games: Mockingjay
The first two Hunger Games films haven't had much trouble attracting solid actors to fill the supporting roles behind leads Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson. Now Julianne Moore is in talks to join the final two films, both taken from Suzanne Collins third book, Mockingjay.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2013

Ryan Reynolds Faces Mississippi Grind
Continuing to mix up his big studio fare with his smaller, more personal projects, Ryan Reynolds has just signed up to star in Mississippi Grind. He'll be joining Ben Mendelsohn, in a film that is co-written and directed by Half Nelson's Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2013

Peter Berg Keeps Recovering Perfectly From Battleship, Takes On American Desperado
For years Peter Berg had a fairly strong reputation as a director who took on tough-guy projects in style. He directed the Friday Night Lights movie and eventually directed the TV show, revealing the soul behind all those musclebound high school linebackers.
From: Cinema Blend 28/06/2013

Pixar Scaling Back On Sequels, Re-focusing On Original Stories
Between the years of 1995 and 2010 Pixar released eleven feature films. None of them received less than a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, most averaged well into the 90s.
From: Cinema Blend 28/06/2013

Find Out Why Michael Fassbender And Brad Pitt's Next Movie Is Looking Better Than Ever
Whether you caught his previous films Hunger and Shame or only heard all the jokes about Michael Fassbender's penis, there's plenty of reason to look forward to director Steve McQueen's upcoming third film, 12 Years A Slave.
From: Cinema Blend 28/06/2013

Leonardo DiCaprio And Jamie Foxx Team Up For Mean Business On North Ganson Street
There's to be a Django renunion for former co-stars Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio, as they both sign on to Warner Bros.' Mean Business On North Ganson Street, which is a screen adaptation of S. Craig Zahler's forthcoming crime novel of the same name.
From: Screenrush 28/06/2013

Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' Gets Its Adrian Prussia
Peter McRobbie has joined the killer cast of Inherent Vice as loan shark Adrian Prussia. A recurring presence on the Law & Order franchise as Judge Walter Bradley, the actor also played The Great Emancipator's Congressional nemesis Rep.
From: Deadline 28/06/2013

Will Supreme Court Rulings Give 'The Front Runner' Film Momentum?
Supreme Court decisions this week on same sex marriage has given gays, lesbians and transgenders the closest thing to equal rights they have ever seen in the U.S. And the decision by basketball player Jason Collins to declare that he is gay has opened the door for other jocks to do the same.
From: Deadline 28/06/2013

BFI's mammoth Gothic season gets its teeth into dark heart of film
Highlights from four-month project include a weekend of screenings at British Museum and a nationwide release of Jack Clayton's The Innocents.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/06/2013

James Gandolfini's final film - Fox Searchlight releases new footage
Sopranos star appears as a bar owner in crime drama Animal Rescue.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/06/2013

Keira Knightley to star in The Other Typist
British actor will produce and take leading role in adaptation of Suzanne Rindell's jazz-age novel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/06/2013

Rhys Ifans Joins Cast Of Elementary
The idea of a modern-day American-set Sherlock Holmes, with a full-on junkie detective working as an NYPD consultant and a gimmicky female "Joan" Watson as his sober companion, had many rolling their eyes during its development.
From: Empire Online 27/06/2013

Cameron Diaz Will Be Annie's Miss Hannigan
Though director Will Gluck and producers Will Smith and Jay-Z had been after Sandra Bullock to take the role, the part of scheming, nasty orphanage owner Miss Hannigan will go to Cameron Diaz for the remake,update of Annie.
From: Empire Online 27/06/2013

Fifty Shades Of Grey Movie Sets A Release Date
Despite the book's X-rated content, we've been hearing about a potential Fifty Shades of Grey movie since March of last year, but only recently has the movie actually started taking major steps towards becoming a reality.
From: Cinema Blend 27/06/2013

Ender's Game Comic Con Panel Details Announced
Hot on the heels of the three new International Fleet propaganda posters meant to promote Summit's upcoming release of Gavin Hood's feature adaptation of Ender's Game comes word that the movie will have a pretty big presence at Comic Con in San Diego this year.
From: Cinema Blend 27/06/2013

Someone Call Social Services
With Despicable Me 2 arriving in UK cinemas, we decided to have a look at other animated films that would potentially have social services concerned.
From: Screenrush 27/06/2013

Joe Anderson joins Hercules
Joe Anderson has joined the cast of Hercules: The Thracian Wars. The Twilight actor will play a marathon runner in the Brett Ratner-helmed movie, which sees former WWE star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson play the hulking Greek demigod.
From: Film-News 27/06/2013

Pinewood Sees Jump In Profits; Expansion Remains A Priority
Pinewood Shepperton has had its share of good and bad news of late. The home of the James Bond franchise is reporting a significant increase in operating profit for the fiscal year, has a steady stream of productions on its stages and is growing abroad. But, it's still facing a stubborn local council that's twice rejected its UK expansion plans, most recently in May.
From: Deadline 27/06/2013

Fantasia Fest 2013 Lines Up Edgar Wright's 'The World's End,' 'The Conjuring,' Lloyd Kaufman's 'Return To Nuke 'Em High'
The annual Fantasia Film Festival held in Montreal has announced its first wave of 2013 titles and closing night film, Edgar Wright's The World's End.
From: Deadline 27/06/2013

Julianne Moore Poised To Join 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Going From Veep Candidate Sarah Palin To President Alma Coin?
As The Hunger Games moves into the final two movies culled from the Suzanne Collins novel Mockingjay, I've heard that Lionsgate and director Francis Lawrence are eyeing Julianne Moore to play the role of President Alma Coin.
From: Deadline 27/06/2013

New Regency Moves '12 Years A Slave' Up To An October 18 Platform Bow
The release date chess game of the Oscar-bait autumn films continues. After some exuberant test screenings, Fox Searchlight is moving the Steve McQueen-directed Twelve Years A Slave to a limited platform release that will begin October 18. The original plan for the film backed by New Regency and River Road was to start the limited platform release in late December.
From: Deadline 27/06/2013

Henry Cavill says Justice League film not on way soon
Man of Steel star warns much-anticipated Avengers-style ensemble film needs considerable time period of 'building up'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2013

The Counselor: first trailer for new Ridley Scott film released
Watch Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem in new thriller based on Cormac McCarthy's debut screenplay.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2013

James Badge Dale Aboard Stretch
He's been putting in great performances in all sorts of movies this year, popping up for memorable appearances in the likes of Flight, Iron Man 3 and World War Z. And James Badge Dale clearly made a good impression on Joe Carnahan while shooting The Grey, because the director has just cast him in an unspecified role in his latest, Stretch.
From: Empire Online 26/06/2013

Knight Rider Film Shifting Gears?
Brad Copeland set to write a new draft.
From: Empire Online 26/06/2013

Transformers 4 Is A Deeply Chinese Movie, Apparently
The next Transformers movie is currently filming in China, in part because they've run out of things to destroy in America, and in larger part because there's a lot of money to be made there. What's surprising is that not only are they shooting there, apparently the movie's going to be sort of about China too. And you thought it was about watching giant robots punch each other.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2013

Sam Mendes Still In Negotiations For Bond 24
So here's a twist. Sam Mendes had seemed officially, totally out of the running to direct the next James Bond movie, committing himself to theater projects like Charlie and the Chocoalte Factory and King Lear.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2013

Ryan Gosling: New film is extreme
Ryan Gosling's latest movie took him to an "extreme level".
From: Film-News 26/06/2013

UK Jewish Film Festival to launch on 30 October
The 17th annual UK Jewish Film Festival launches on 30 October with an Opening Night Gala at the BFI Southbank (film to be announced), followed by an exciting array of films and events which run until 17 November.
From: Film-News 26/06/2013

Lionsgate's Codeblack Label Hires Paul Hall To Head Development And Production
Codeblack Films, a division launched by Lionsgate to produce, acquire and distribute urban-themed films, has hired veteran film and television producer Paul Hall to head Development and Production.
From: Deadline 26/06/2013

New Line Sets Beth McCarthy-Miller To Helm 'Mean Moms;' Could Be All-Star Cast For Edgy Comedy
New Line Cinema has set Beth McCarthy-Miller to direct Mean Moms, a comedy that essentially takes the spirit of Mean Girls into a venue where that film company can get big female stars to galvanize the bitch-fest.
From: Deadline 26/06/2013

Flavor Unit Sets Pic From Meek Mill Song 'The Tony Story'; Rapper Will Star, Cess Silvera To Helm
Flavor Unit Entertainment partners Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere are teaming with Meek Mill and James Lindsay of Dream Chasers Films to produce a film based on Mill's song "The Tony Story".
From: Deadline 26/06/2013

Rick Santorum to head new Christian film studio
The former US presidential hopeful will be CEO of a faith-based movie company that plans to recruit talent from Hollywood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/06/2013

Exclusive: Rick Moranis On Ghostbusters 3
Like Lord Lucan, George Kaplan and The Scarlet Pimpernel, Rick Moranis is a very elusive human being, making interviews with the comedy hero as rare as ghosts' teeth. It's happy news, then, that Mr. Moranis welcomed Empire into his home for an extensive feature - which you can read in the latest issue - in which he touched on Ghostbusters 3.
From: Empire Online 25/06/2013

Peter Jackson On The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey's Extended Edition
The latest issue of Empire - out this Thursday, June 27 - has three elves on the front cover, and inside there's plenty of information on second movie in the Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. But if you're looking for more from the first out of the gate, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, feast your eyes on the following quotes discussing that movie's planned extended edition, straight from the magazine.
From: Empire Online 25/06/2013

Liam Neeson Making A Deal For Taken 3
Journey with us, if you will, back through the mists of time to September 2012. Britain was still in a post-Olympics glow and Liam Neeson was talking Taken 2 with this very magazine's Podcast.
From: Empire Online 25/06/2013

Exclusive: Jason Statham On Fast & Furious 7
Jason Statham: action hero, one-time diver, Movie Poster Mash-Ups inspiration and now, a part of the Fast & Furious franchise, with the British star lined up to play a (possibly) villainous role in Fast & Furious 7.
From: Empire Online 25/06/2013

Chris Rock's Showbiz Comedy Adds Kevin Hart, Sherri Shepherd And J.B. Smoove
Chris Rock, still probably known better these days as part of the quartet of morons in Grown Ups or a voice from the huge Madagascar animated series, has two high-profile but only marginally films behind him as a director.
From: Cinema Blend 25/06/2013

Hot Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim'
Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros are getting close to unveiling their giant-robot film Pacific Rim, which opens July 12. The film, which is under $200 million I'm told, has a marketing strategy championed by geek-savvy Thomas Tull, and they've gone in a daring direction to promote the film for a big opening weekend.
From: Deadline 25/06/2013

ICM Partners Signs Cuba Gooding Jr
ICM Partners has signed Cuba Gooding Jr. No Oscar-winner's path has been more confounding than that of Gooding. He seemed poised for great things after his performance as the wide receiver opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire, followed by his exuberant Oscar acceptance speech.
From: Deadline 25/06/2013

Valhalla To Rise Again In Toyko
Existentially troubled loner who's not exactly a chatterbox heads to Japan for combat and maybe more? Nope, not Wolverine but Valhalla Rising 2, a sequel to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2009 Viking odyssey the Dane has mooted in an interview with the fine people over at The Playlist.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2013

Will Smith not starring in Independence Day sequels
Director Roland Emmerich says star of 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster is too expensive for 2015 followup.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/06/2013

Paul Giamatti to join cast of Downton Abbey
Sideways star will play Cora's 'playboy brother' in Christmas special, with Shirley MacLaine returning as her mother.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/06/2013

Paul Giamatti Goes To Downton Abbey
High on the list of news stories we did not expect to see today is the word that Paul Giamatti has signed on to appear in TV mega-hit Downton Abbey, turfing up in the finale of the currently-shooting season four as the playboy brother to the Countess of Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern). He'll apparently be causing trouble for the family, "upset the Grantham's apple cart" and prove a "maverick" and "free-spirited" figure.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2013

Mark Rylance Joins Action Thriller The Gunman
Given that he's best known for the punchy Taken, Pierre Morel's assembling a seriously high-value cast for his next film, The Gunman. He's already lined up Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem and Ray Winstone for the action thriller; now Mark Rylance is set to sign on as well.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2013

Jim Carrey Distances Himself From Kick-Ass 2
Jim Carrey, Kick-Ass 2's Colonel Stars and Stripes, has taken to Twitter to condemn the level of violence in the film and distance himself from its promotional campaign. The actor explained that the massacre at Sandy Hook in December had changed his attitude towards the movie.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2013

Valhalla To Rise Again In Toyko
Existentially troubled loner who's not exactly a chatterbox heads to Japan for combat and maybe more? Nope, not Wolverine but Valhalla Rising 2, a sequel to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2009 Viking odyssey the Dane has mooted in an interview with the fine people over at The Playlist.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2013

How World War Z Originally Ended, And What Happened To Matthew Fox
It was little more than a year ago that Brad Pitt's World War Z seemed doomed to be a massive flop. The big-scale zombie apocalypse movie, loosely based on the popular faux-historical novel by Max Brooks, was by many accounts crumbling in production. After various issues arose, director Marc Forster was said to be fighting for control with storied cinematographer Robert Richardson, who was rumored to have tried to quit mid-project.
From: Cinema Blend 24/06/2013

Independence Day 2 Can't Afford Will Smith, But More Familiar Faces Will Return
What is an Independence Day movie without a wisecracking Will Smith to lead it? We're about to find out.
From: Cinema Blend 24/06/2013

Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster & Akon Join 'American Heist'
Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster and Akon have joined the cast of the action thriller American Heist, a remake of the 1959 Steve McQueen pic St Louis Bank Robbery that already stars Hayden Christensen.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

Julie Henderson To Run 21st Century Fox Communications
News Corp's new media and entertainment spinoff company has found its voice. Julie Henderson has been upped to EVP, Chief Communications Officer, at 21st Century Fox, where she'll oversee global communications initiatives and work to familiarize worldwide audiences with the new brand. She had been News Corp's SVP Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

BOOM! Studios Acquires Archaia; Comics Merger Creates Indie IP Mega-Library
IP is a precious commodity in Hollywood, and now comic book company BOOM! Studios is adding more original properties to its catalog. The award-winning comics and graphic novel publisher behind Universal's 2 Guns has acquired Eisner and Harvey Award-winning indie label Archaia Entertainment, which will live on as a BOOM! imprint.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

Disney And Sony Test Premium VOD In South Korea: Report
Exhibition chains won a major battle here in 2011 when they forced Universal to back off its plan to offer the Ben Stiller-Eddie Murphy caper comedy Tower Heist on VOD just three weeks after it opened in theaters.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

Cohen Media Group Acquires 'Chinese Puzzle' With Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly
The gang from L'Auberge Espagnole and Russian Dolls is getting back together for director Cédric Klapisch's third film in the series, Chinese Puzzle. New York-based Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S. rights to the romantic comedy-drama which it will release theatrically in early 2014.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

IFC Films Lands U.S. Rights To Michael Winterbottom-Helmed 'The Trip To Italy'
IFC Films has pre-bought U.S. rights to The Trip To Italy, with director Michael Winterbottom just getting underway.
From: Deadline 24/06/2013

Felicity Jones Joins Theory Of Everything
The cast for Stephen Hawking biopic Theory Of Everything is quickly starting to come together. A couple of weeks ago, Eddie Redmayne was circling the lead role and now he's locked it in. And he has a co-star, with Felicity Jones signing on to play Hawking's first wife, Jane.
From: Empire Online 23/06/2013

Anna Kendrick May Be Cinderella
As Rob Marshall journeys deeper into casting territory for his new adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods, the ensemble just gets richer and deeper. The latest name to enter talks? Pitch Perfect's Anna Kendrick.
From: Empire Online 23/06/2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger Meets Maggie
Once upon a time, the announcement that Arnold Schwarzenegger was attached to star in a zombie film would conjure up visions of the Austrian Oak wading through swarms of the undead, chopping away with blades and putting bullets into flesh-craving noggins. But Black List script Maggie promises to be something altogether more low-key.
From: Empire Online 23/06/2013

World War Z Sequel Plans Begin... Again
rom the very beginning everyone behind World War Z has been frank about hoping for a seque though in the cautious.
From: Cinema Blend 23/06/2013

Disney comes to Hyde Park
The Royal Parks announce a partnership with Sky Movies, in association with Disney, which sees the addition of a state of the art outdoor cinema added to the diverse offerings at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park.
From: Film-News 23/06/2013

William Fichtner Confirmed To Play Shredder In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
When William Fichtner was cast in the upcoming Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last month his role wasn't directly identified, but it was described.
From: Cinema Blend 22/06/2013

Celebrate Global Smurfs Day today
Today, Saturday 22nd June, Smurfs fans around the world will once again join together to celebrate Global Smurfs Day and the birthday of Peyo (25.06.1928), the creator of the Smurfs, with a series of family fun and special events.
From: Film-News 22/06/2013

Robert Downey Jr. Signs On For Avengers 2 And 3
Rejoice and be glad, people, because your worries are over. Fresh from the Marvelsphere comes news that Robert Downey Jr. has re-signed to play Tony Stark and his shellheaded alter ego Iron Man in The Avengers 2 and 3. The studio tweeted the announcement.
From: Empire Online 21/06/2013

Sony Greenlights Bad Teacher 2
Potty-mouthed R-rated comedies are back, back, back bitches, so it's no major to surprise to see Sony greenlighting a sequel to its high-school hit Bad Teacher. Deadline reports that screenwriter Justin Malen, whose Black List script Bastards was been picked up by Paramount in 2011, is the man crafting the next slab of classroom carnage.
From: Empire Online 21/06/2013

Tobias Santelmann Set As Hercules' Villain
Those who follow Dwayne Johnson's pumped up Twitter feed will know that he's just started shooting the lead in Brett Ratner's Hercules, in which he will no doubt be putting plenty of sandals to asses. One of those unfortunate rear ends will be Kon-Tiki actor Tobias Santelmann, who is on to play the villain.
From: Empire Online 21/06/2013

Rupert Sanders Has The Kill List
He last made a film where a young woman steps up to become a warrior in Snow White And The Huntsman, and as a future project, Rupert Sanders appears ready for more combat. He's attached to make the adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's The Kill List. This is not to be confused with Ben Wheatley's Kill List, since it looks set to be a good bit less disturbing.
From: Empire Online 21/06/2013

Jason Schwartzman Joins Big Eyes
He might have the looming deadline of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children now that Fox has staked out a July 2015 release date for that fantasy, but at the moment Tim Burton's focus is art biopic Big Eyes. He now has Jason Schwartzman and Danny Huston signed up.
From: Empire Online 21/06/2013

Jason Statham Wants You To Think He's Not A Villain In Fast & Furious 7
Is it still a spoiler to talk about the role that Jason Statham will be playing in a big sequel shooting this summer? We hope not, because obviously we're going to talk about it.
From: Cinema Blend 21/06/2013

Scarlett Johansson Will Become A Lovable Computer In Spike Jonze's Her
In normal love stories, the person you cast as one-half of the couple is going to be in the movie the entire time. Spike Jonze movies don't tend to be normal anything, though, and in advance of the November 20 release of his new film Her, he's done the highly unusual: recasting the lead female role, months after shooting wrapped.
From: Cinema Blend 21/06/2013

Casey Affleck Joins Christopher Nolan's Interstellar
After spending nearly a decade redefining expectations for the superhero genre with his Dark Knight trilogy, writer-director Christopher Nolan has moved on to something just as fascinating, though slightly less fantastical.
From: Cinema Blend 21/06/2013

Anne Hathaway Gets Her Own Life Of Pi With Adaptation The Lifeboat
For years the only example of a film that really worked when set entirely on a tiny boat was Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, a dark and sometimes surprisingly funny drama about survivors of a passenger ship sunk by a U-Boat in World War II.
From: Cinema Blend 21/06/2013

Dwayne Johnson star of Terminator 5?
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson may take on the leading role in Terminator 5. The unprecedented move would see Dwayne supplant Arnold Schwarzenegger in his iconic role as the robot from the future in the next instalment of the sci-fi action franchise.
From: Film-News 21/06/2013

Anne Hathaway To Produce And Star In The Lifeboat
Adapted from Charlotte Rogan's debut novel which explores the will to survive.
From: Screenrush 21/06/2013

Daniel Huttlestone Goes From 'Les Mis' To 'Into The Woods'
Daniel Huttlestone is in negotiations to star as Jack in Into The Woods, the Rob Marshall-directed Disney musical that will star Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal.
From: Deadline 21/06/2013

FilmDisrict Buys 'Christ The Lord' Pic Based On Anne Rice Novel For 2015 Bow
Anne Rice's 2005 novel Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt was one of the titles on Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures slate being developed and financed by Rise Entertainment based on the two companies' five-year deal inked in November. Christ The Lord centers on the formative years of Jesus Christ with script by Betsy and Cyrus Nowrasteh, with the latter aboard to direct. 1492, Hyde Park, CJ Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment are producing.
From: Deadline 21/06/2013

Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct 50 Shades Of Grey
Well tie us up and spank us, because it looks like the 50 Shades Of Grey movie might be moving forward after all. Sam Taylor-Johnson has now signed on to direct the adaptation of E.L. James' mucky bestseller, so better invest in leather futures now.
From: Empire Online 20/06/2013

Sandra Bullock Turns Down Annie
It's turning into a hard-knock life for Sony, at least as far as casting Annie's boozy matron Miss Hannigan is concerned. After Sandra Bullock suggested that she was possibly steering away from the role comes official confirmation, via The Wrap, that she's turning it down. It would have been nice to see an exuberantly nasty Sandra Bullock coming over all Child-Catcher on Annie and her fellow orphans, but with such a juicy role on offer, the studio shouldn't have too much trouble finding another gifted comic actress to take on Hannigan.
From: Empire Online 20/06/2013

Universal Buys Rights To Locke & Key
After being made into a pilot but never making it to series, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez' comic book Locke & Key has been picked up by Universal for a film adaptation, with Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci producing alongside Bobby Cohen and Ted Adams. Yes, we might see Keyhouse on the big screen yet.
From: Empire Online 20/06/2013

Shailene Woodley's Mary Jane Watson Not Appearing In The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Surprising news from Camp Spidey, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Shailene Woodley's Mary Jane Watson has been cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In what can best be described as a 'Terrence Malick moment', Peter Parker's friend and future love interest has been left on the cutting room floor in the second instalment and will instead make her debut in part 3.
From: Empire Online 20/06/2013

James Gandolfini Dies At 51
Farewell, Tony Soprano. James Gandolfini - the man who was utterly unforgettable as one of the great screen gangsters - has died suddenly, at the age of 51.
From: Empire Online 20/06/2013

Cillian Murphy Will Play Second Mate In Ron Howard's Whaling Adventure In The Heart Of The Sea
When it comes to directors who could properly helm an adaptation of Nathanial Philbrick's National Book Award-winning nonfictional account In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Edward Zwick being traded out for Ron Howard is kind of like spending the extra quarter to get Kraft Macaroni & Cheese instead of the store brand version. It's better, sure, but it's still a safe and unsurprising non-meal. But still, I like Ron Howard.
From: Cinema Blend 20/06/2013

Shailene Woodley's Mary Jane Has Been Cut From The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Despite already shooting her scenes, rising star Shailene Woodley will no longer appear in the Spidey do-over as Peter Parker's future love interest, Mary Jane Watson.
From: Screenrush 20/06/2013

Open Road Shifts 'Machete Kills' To October 4; 'Homefront' To November 27
Open Road has shifted two of its upcoming releases: the Robert Rodriguez-directed Danny Trejo-starrer Machete Kills is moving to October 4 from its earlier September 13 perch, and the Jason Statham and James Franco-starrer Homefront moves to November 27 from its previously announced October 4 date.
From: Deadline 20/06/2013

Quentin Tarantino To Receive Career Honor At France's Lumiere Film Festival
Cannes Film Fest chief Thierry Fremaux launched the Lumiere Festival in his native Lyon, France five years ago with Lumiere Institute president Bertrand Tavernier.
From: Deadline 20/06/2013

Russell Crowe steeled for directing debut with The Water Diviner
Star plumps for tale of father's search for missing sons in wake of ill-fated battle of Gallipoli as first behind-camera project.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/06/2013

Bioshock's Ken Levine To Script Logan's Run Reboot
Though he has history writing scripts for both TV and film, Ken Levine is best known for his work as creative director and co-founder of Irrational Games, the team behind the critically-acclaimed Bioshock gaming franchise. And though he's now a gamer through and through, that's not stopping him from adapting the remake of one of his favourite films, Logan's Run.
From: Empire Online 19/06/2013

Dumb & Dumber To Is Back In Business
It's been 19 years since Dumb & Dumber was unleashed onto cinema screens, with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels' unique brand of barmy making them instant comedy heroes. Now it looks like they're back for a second helping of laxatives and chili sauce with Dumb & Dumber To, thanks to those folk over at Universal and Red Granite.
From: Empire Online 19/06/2013

Jurassic Park 4 Planned For 2015 In 3D
"Juraaaassic Park!" as Alan Partridge might say. The dino-franchise has been trapped in Hollywood's equivalent of amber since the Cretaceous era - well, 2002 - but it's trapped no longer. Pick up your disposal water cups because Jurassic Park IV is thumping ominously towards the screen.
From: Empire Online 19/06/2013

Find Out Exactly Which Parts Of World War Z Were Rescued By Damon Lindelof And Drew Goddard
There are a couple of different ways that one can watch Marc Forster's World War Z when the movie finally opens in theaters on Friday, June 21. You can challenge it to live up to your lofty expectations if you happened to read Max Brooks' source novel (which tells its story in a completely different fashion).
From: Cinema Blend 19/06/2013

Star Wars: Episode VII Casting Teenage Girls And Other Attractive People
Just as J.J. Abrams managed to update Star Trek with younger, better-looking versions of all the original characters, he's apparently bringing a lot of more attractive faces to Star Wars.
From: Cinema Blend 19/06/2013

The Amazing-Spider Man 2 Cuts Mary Jane Watson And Promises Heartbreak
On the heels of the news that Spider-Man director Marc Webb has cut Shailene Woodley from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, THR reports that it "is likely that Woodley will not return and that the part will be recast." It's suggested that Divergent might keep Woodley too busy to return to Spider-Man's world.
From: Cinema Blend 19/06/2013

Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct '50 Shades Of Grey'
Sam Taylor-Johnson, whose directorial debut was 2009′s Nowhere Boy about the early life of John Lennon, has been secured to direct 50 Shades Of Grey, the sizzling novel adaptation from Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
From: Deadline 19/06/2013

Drafthouse Films Revives 1979 John Huston-Sam Peckinpah Sci-Fi 'The Visitor'
Drafthouse Films has added another curio to their eclectic slate. They've unearthed 1979′s The Visitor, a phantasmagorical sci-fi oddity starring Lance Henriksen, Mel Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Franco Nero, and iconic film directors John Huston and Sam Peckinpah in the tale of an alien Christ figure battling a demonic 8-year-old girl and her pet hawk for the fate of the universe.
From: Deadline 19/06/2013

CAA Signs Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, Oscar-Winning Helmer Of 'The Lives Of Others'
Filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has returned to CAA. Henckel von Donnersmarck blazed on the scene after the German filmmaker wrote and directed 2006′s The Lives Of Others.
From: Deadline 19/06/2013

Joy Bryant Returns To Longtime Agent Steve Alexander At Resolution
Joy Bryant has signed with Resolution Agency, reuniting her with a team led by her longtime CAA agent, Steve Alexander.
From: Deadline 19/06/2013

Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Picks Up Romantic Drama 'Things Never Said'
Two weeks before its stand-up pic Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain opens in theaters, the distributor founded by Jeff Clanahan has acquired U.S. rights to the romantic drama Things Never Said.
From: Deadline 19/06/2013

Jennifer Lopez joins starry cast for Chilean miners movie
Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen already signed up to appear in The 33, based on true-life tale of rescued miners.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/06/2013

John Hurt Joins Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain
Guillermo del Toro's phonebook-thick To Do list features prominent mention of TV show The Strain, an adaptation of his own novel (co-written with Chuck Hogan) for US channel FX. He already has Corey Stoll cast in the lead, alongside Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Mia Maestro and Richard Sammel, but now John Hurt has joined the cast as Professor Abraham Setrakian.
From: Empire Online 18/06/2013

Sony Plans The Next Two Spider-Man Movies
We hope Andrew Garfield didn't have too many movies planned for the next five years or so, because Sony wants to keep him in the Spidey suit for a while yet. Displaying the confidence of a studio that feels love for its franchise, the company has just announced that The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will arrive on June 10, 2016 and the fourth on May 4, 2018.
From: Empire Online 18/06/2013

Zack Snyder Explains Man Of Steel's Controversial Ending
We can't stop talking about the ending of Man of Steel, and we're not alone. Everyone on the Internet it seems, including people who are bona fide Superman experts, are obsessed with the way that Zack Snyder wraps up his taken on the blue Boy Scout, either criticizing the needless destruction, defending Snyder's action skills, or doing both at the same time. It's a very confusing time to be a superhero fan.
From: Cinema Blend 18/06/2013

Morgan Freeman Will Lead The Hunt For Scarlett Johansson In Lucy
It's been 10 years since Bruce Almighty, but admit it you still think of Morgan Freeman as God.
From: Cinema Blend 18/06/2013

Ryan Reynolds Abandons Highlander Reboot
There can only be one Highlander… and apparently that's a fictional rule that also applies to rebooting the series. Summit Entertainment has been attempting to kickstart a new Highlander movie since 2008, and after cycling through a series of writers, directors and potential stars.
From: Cinema Blend 18/06/2013

Prometheus Sequel Still On Track, Brings In Transcendence Screenwriter
Last year Ridley Scott's return to the Alien franchise with Prometheus was hotly anticipated. But once fanboys and critics finally saw what Scott had in store with his big budget prequel.
From: Cinema Blend 18/06/2013

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Pushed Back Almost A Year
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, the sequel that seemed so unlikely for so long, is now a step further away from actually existing. An update at Box Office Mojo reveals that the film has been pushed back almost a full year, from a planned release of October 3 this year to August 22 of 2014.
From: Cinema Blend 18/06/2013

Morgan Freeman to rescue Lucy
Morgan Freeman has reportedly landed a role in Luc Besson's forthcoming action thriller Lucy.
From: Film-News 18/06/2013

Ryan Reynolds Is Off Highlander
He'll no longer play Connor MacLeod, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has dropped out as director, meaning the studio will have to find a fresh director/star combo for the film.
From: Screenrush 18/06/2013

Paramount/Montecito Sets Black List Scribes Eyal Podell & Jonathan Stewart To Script 'Juliet'
Montecito and Paramount have tapped scribes Eyal Podell & Jonathan Stewart to write Juliet, based on the book by Anne Fortier.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

28 Entertainment Acquires Rights To George Jones Biopic
28 Entertainment has snagged rights to tell the life story of country icon George Jones, who died April 26th in Nashville at the age of 81.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

Fox International Productions To Remake 'Buena Vida Delivery' In Germany & Brazil
Fox International Productions is betting twice on Argentine social satire Buena Vida Delivery. The studio group headed by Sanford Panitch has acquired remake rights for the film from FilmSharks International and will simultaneously develop local-language versions in Germany and Brazil.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

'Bioshock' Creator Ken Levine Takes On 'Logan's Run' Script For Warner Bros
If you've grown weary waiting for the Logan's Run remake because of all the talent that has fallen in and out, here's news that will give the languishing film a jolt.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

Angelina Jolie Stunt Double Files First U.S. Phone-Hacking Claim Against News Corp.
Eunice Huthart, a former body double for Angelina Jolie, has become the first person to file a phone-hacking lawsuit against News Corp.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

'Venus And Serena' Producer Calls Tennis Association Suit An Assault On Free Speech
Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney just returned the serve the United States Tennis Association made on Friday when it sued the makers of a documentary about Venus and Serena Williams.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

Kim Basinger In 'Petit' Lead For Danish Helmer Anders Morgenthaler
Kim Basinger has just started shooting Danish director Anders Morgenthaler's English-language drama Petit.
From: Deadline 18/06/2013

3D movie improves man's vision after lifetime of impairment
Professor of ophthalmology sees in greater depth after watching Martin Scorsese's Hugo in 3D.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2013

Film-makers hail G8 summit victory for European cinema
Dardennes brothers hail breakthrough as campaign to preserve the integrity of European film industry bears fruit.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2013

David S. Goyer On Justice League Movie Plans
David S. Goyer is the co-writer (alongside Christopher Nolan) of Man Of Steel. He's also the film's producer, and a director in his own right as well as a TV exec, and, as they say, a whole lot more. In other words, he knows a huge number of secrets, and in our recent Man Of Steel spoiler podcast he shared a few of them. One such secret includes explaining how Man Of Steel sets up those Justice League movie plans you've all been worrying about.
From: Empire Online 17/06/2013

Matthew Goode Joins Benedict Cumberbatch For Alan Turing Biopic
English-actor Matthew Goode is best-known Stateside for his performance in the polarizing superhero drama Watchmen, a role he knows many out there hate him for.
From: Cinema Blend 17/06/2013

A Reunion Is In Store For Krysten Ritter As She Joins The Cast Of Veronica Mars Movie
Ritten joins a number of returning stars for the silver screen adaptation of the hit TV show.
From: Screenrush 17/06/2013

Glenn Close Joins Newest Superhero Film, Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Oscar nominee joins an eclectic cast for Marvel's latest comic book screen adaptation.
From: Screenrush 17/06/2013

Paladin & FilmBuff Set 'Spark: A Burning Man Story' Ahead Of Burning Man 2013
If you've never been to the desert arts free-for-all that is Burning Man, soon you can experience it from the cushy confines of a theater.
From: Deadline 17/06/2013

Exclusive: Joss Whedon Confirms There'll Be No Loki In Avengers 2
The way Joss Whedon snuck the word 'quim' into Avengers Assemble - seemingly without anyone minding that Loki called Black Widow a... well, you know - was nothing short of masterful. And during our recent podcast interview with the geek god, we had to ask if he was planning something similar for Avengers 2, and his response revealed an nteresting detail: Loki isn't in the Avengers sequel - not even as a brotherly buddy for Thor.
From: Empire Online 16/06/2013

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer in cinemas July 5th
Independent Distribution announces the UK release of PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER, in cinemas on 5th July.
From: Film-News 16/06/2013

Cleveland Thumbs Nose At Marvel's 'Captain America 2′ Privacy Plea
Uber-secretive Marvel got its comeuppance when it started filming superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier in Cleveland.
From: Deadline 16/06/2013

Man of Steel to be highest grossing movie of 2013
As excited queues of movie goers form faster than a speeding bullet, Paddy Power is offering odds of 11/8 that Man of Steel will be the top grossing movie of 2013 after it opens across the UK tomorrow.
From: Film-News 15/06/2013

The Lone Ranger behind the scenes
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' "The Lone Ranger," a thrilling adventure infused with action and humour, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes
From: Film-News 15/06/2013

Happy Birthday to You: film-maker files lawsuit over song's copyright
US film-maker takes Warner Music to court to make world's most recognised song freely available to everyone.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/06/2013

Edward Snowden story on way to the big screen
Film about NSA whistleblower already being planned, along with separate feature about Barack Obama's drones programme.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/06/2013

Marvel And Disney Announce Two Mystery Movies
Exciting news from the Marvelverse. Walt Disney and Marvel have announced two mystery projects, schedule for release in the summers of 2016 and 2017 respectively, to add meat to the bones of Marvel's Phase 3.
From: Empire Online 14/06/2013

Fred Armisen Will Lead The Next Comedy From Bad Santa Director Terry Zwigoff
Even though films coming out of the Saturday Night Live camp aren't as numerous as they once were, the long-running sketch comedy has never failed to produce its share of Hollywood's comedy-leading men and women. And now you can add President Barack Obama to that list of…oh wait, that's not Obama, it's Fred Armisen.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

John C. Reilly Is Guardians Of The Galaxy's Ronan The Accuser
Our own Eric Eisenberg has chimed in to point out an interesting wrinkle, which is that Deadline refers to the character as Ronan Dey... who doesn't exist. Who does exist, though, is Rhomann Dey, the character that Hitfix first reported Reilly would be playing. Is there some kind of game of Telephone getting played and mixing everyone up? We don't know for sure yet... but the matter may not be quite settled as to who Reilly is playing, so stay tuned for when we learn more.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Star Wars Land Coming To Disney World By 2018?
When Disney shelled out big bucks to acquire Lucasfilm, it was obvious that the company that has mastered marketing of all kinds was not going to stop at just making Star Wars movies and TV shows. Sure, that's what most of the conversation has been about so far, with J.J. Abrams hired to direct Episode VII and a new animated series in the works. But now it's time for the ground to break on what we were all predicting from the very start: a Star Wars land in Disney World.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton And More Join Thriller Cut Bank
Cut Bank, Montana is famously known for being one of the coldest places in the continental United States, and it's the setting for a Black List screenplay from Robert Patino that was supposed to go into production last year with an A-list cast and Matt Shakman as director.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Natalie Portman Mashing Up Heathers And Fight Club In Dare Me
All of a sudden, Michael Sucsy's name is everywhere … and with good reason. After helming the critically acclaimed Grey Gardens for HBO, Sucsy followed it up with The Vow, a surprisingly affective romantic drama starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams. Now he's juggling multiple projects, and Deadline is attaching him to yet another.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Veronica Mars Movie Adds Three More
Three more actors have officially signed on for the Veronica Mars movie. And those who've seen the original series should be familiar enough with their characters.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Adam Sandler Will Be Haunted By Spirits For New Comedy Hello Ghost
Following a path carved by the likes of Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy, comedian Adam Sandler is taking his show into the afterlife by working with a supernatural co-star.
From: Cinema Blend 14/06/2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms He Will Return In The Next Terminator
Arnie flabbergasted us all with the news that he will reprise his most iconic role in Terminator 5 that starts shooting in January. This however begs the question: how?
From: Screenrush 14/06/2013

Joss Whedon: Run from Star Wars
Joss Whedon has joked J.J. Abrams should "run away" from the Star Wars trilogy. J.J. has taken the reins from George Lucas to direct the new intergalactic movies, with the first instalment expected in 2015.
From: Film-News 14/06/2013

John C. Reilly Firmed For Rhomann Dey, leader of the Nova Corps, In 'Guardians Of The Galaxy'
I got it backward. John C. Reilly will play Rhomann Dey, leader of the Nova Corps in Marvel Studios' Guardians Of The Galaxy.
From: Deadline 14/06/2013

LA Film Festival: Almodovar's 'I'm So Excited!' Opens Fest On Lighter Note
The Los Angeles Film Festival kicked off Thursday night with the North American premiere of Pedro Almodovar's raunchy screwball comedy I'm So Excited! at LA Live's Regal Cinemas.
From: Deadline 14/06/2013

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict film industry 'implosion'
Veteran directors warned students in US about difficulty of getting projects into cinemas, and suggested studio cautiousness could lead to hiked ticket prices.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/06/2013

Eddie Redmayne set to play Stephen Hawking in biopic
Les Misérables star courted to fill lead role in Theory of Everything, with Oscar-winning Man on Wire director set to take charge.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/06/2013

Elton John Biopic Rocketman Takes Off
The last time we wrote about Elton John biopic Rocketman was 2011, a long-ago time when Star Wars was still a dead property and The Avengers looked risky. But while some things have changed, the film is still on its way, and in fact today has landed a US distribution deal and taken a few more steps towards the screen.
From: Empire Online 13/06/2013

Man Of Steel UK Premiere
Moving at more of a sedate, signing-things pace than the usual speeding-bullet velocity, Superman was in London last night for Man Of Steel's UK premiere. Henry Cavill joined cast mates Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon and Antje Traue, as well as director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer, to greet his public and talk about the new take on the classic Siegel and Shuster superhero.
From: Empire Online 13/06/2013

No Crossover Between Guardians & Avengers
Avengers Assemble may have ended with Thanos leering at us, but that may be as far as the Avengers / Guardians of the Galaxy crossover is going to extend. Out doing the rounds for his classy new Much Ado About Nothing, Joss Whedon has let slip that, while Guardians and Avengers 2 will share a cinematic universe, they won't be sharing any screen time.
From: Empire Online 13/06/2013

Has Zack Snyder Been Following His Own Ten Rules Of Filmmaking?
With high-profile films like Watchmen and Sucker Punch in his rear view mirror, director Zack Snyder is about to unleash the biggest film of his career to date with Man of Steel. (Until, of course, the sequel or the Justice League movie or whatever.)
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2013

Man Of Steel Writer Explains How Superman Leads To The New Batman
There's no moment in Man of Steel that explicitly announces itself as the beginning of a larger superhero universe, the way Nick Fury arrived at the end of Iron Man to tell him he wasn't the only superhero on their radar.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2013

Laura Dern Follows Enlightenment As Mourning Mother In Daniel Duran's Strings
With the one-two punch of last year's The Master and HBO's Enlightened, Laura Dern has reasserted herself as an actress who deserves a lot more screentime. And her upcoming appearance in the multi-threaded and star-studded Mother's Day doesn't count, since there's so much going on there. Now that Enlightened is no more, perhaps we can look forward to more Dern sprinkled into our lives.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2013

Eddie Redmayne May Play Genius Stephen Hawking In Theory Of Everything
When you're casting a movie like My Week With Marilyn or Les Misérables and a name like Eddie Redmayne comes up, nobody should doubt that Redmayne can nail the roles. It becomes a different thing altogether when you're trying to figure out who should play one of the most iconic living individuals on the planet, genius physicist Stephen Hawking.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2013

Melissa McCarthy Joins Seth Rogen In DreamWorks Animation's 'B.O.O. (Bureau Of Otherworldly Operations)'
Melissa McCarthy has signed on to voice the role of Watts in B.O.O (Bureau Of Otherworldly Operations, the DreamWorks Animation film that has been schedule for June 5, 2014 release.
From: Deadline 13/06/2013

Laura Linney On Gender Inequality In Film Business: 'It's Unhealthy"
Laura Linney last night received the The Crystal Award for Excellence in Film at Women in Film LA's annual Crystal+Lucy awards gala at the Beverly Hilton.
From: Deadline 13/06/2013

Carey Mulligan turns down lead role in Hillary Clinton biopic Rodham
Great Gatsby star reported to be unwilling to commit to film about early life of future first lady.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2013

Black Swan interns win landmark case
The two have won an action against 20th Century Fox, claiming their unpaid work should have been done by paid employees
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2013

French teacher suspended for showing Saw to class of 11-year-olds
Jean-Baptiste Clément reportedly told his students, 'This will be your first horror film,' before playing tape of 2004 shocker.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2013

Black Swan Intern Lawsuit Could Shakeup Movie Productions Everywhere
With the job market still an incredibly inhospitable place, it's estimated that more than a million young people (and comedy stars) have turned to internships to get them footholds into future work in industries that interest them. Half of these are unpaid.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Twist! M. Night Shyamalan Ghost Wrote She's All That - See more at: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Twist-Night-Shyamalan-Ghost-Wrote-She-All-38023.html#sthash.ZUF0UV61.dpuf
After cinematic atrocities like The Village, The Happening, and The Last Airbender, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan became such a joke to the degree that his name on the trailer for Devil--for which he earned a story credit—got laughs from moviegoers across America.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Teacher Horrifies Sixth Graders By Showing Them Saw
Most horror fans I know vividly remember the adult who introduced them into the genre's twisted delights. A parents who held their hand through Gremlins.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Warner Bros Snag Rights To Hugo Winner's Next Novel
Some of this summer's most anticipated science fiction features are coming from Warner Bros, including Man of Steel and Pacific Rim. So it should be no surprise the studio that's also bringing us the Wachowski siblings' next sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending is on the prowl for more original sci-fi content. And they've found it in Hugo Award-winning author Will McIntosh's upcoming novel.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Fantastic Fest Fave The Conspiracy Finally Lands A Distributor
The mockumentary is an underutilized method of delivering a cinematic story, especially in the gimmick-friendly horror genre.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Sam Huntington And Amanda Noret Join Veronica Mars Movie
These days, Sam Huntington can be found on the Syfy channel, battling his growly inner urges as a werewolf on the U.S. remake of Being Human, but once upon a time, about five minutes (give or take a year or two) before he played Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns, he appeared in Veronica Mars.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Don't Trust The B---'s Krysten Ritter Joins Tim Burton's Biopic Big Eyes
Is it still called typecasting if it's entirely based on the actor's looks? For instance, Krysten Ritter's dark and pronounced features, combined with some of her past work, deem her fitting for the world of Tim Burton, and it's surprising (at least to me) that the two haven't worked together in the past. Then again, it could be because Burton consistently works with the same seven people in every film.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Hailee Steinfeld's Romeo And Juliet Arriving in September
While certain repeated cinematic adaptations get quite long in the tooth with each retelling - see A Christmas Carol - certain stories inevitably deserve to get told over and over, as viewed through the eyes of the next generation.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Can Rob Reiner's And So It Goes Bring Back That Stand By Me Magic?
It's been quite a few years since Rob Reiner has put out a film with even a smidgen of the warmth and timelessness that the first chunk of his career is known for. It's weird just saying things like, "From the director of The Princess Bride, Stand by Me, and…The Magic of Belle Isle." As lovely a movie as that was, it's a drop in the cinematic bucket.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2013

Donald Glover And Evan Peters Are Set For (A) Reawakening
Comedian and Community star Donald Glover, and recent X-Men: Days of Future Past recruit Evan Peters, are set to join Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde in Lionsgate's new horror, Reawakening, which is being produced by The Lords of Salem and The Purge producer, Jason Blum.
From: Screenrush 12/06/2013

Michael Bay To Develop Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Movie
The Transformers director will be hoping to make the first decent video game film ever.
From: Screenrush 12/06/2013

First Step In LA Times Sale Soon: Report
According to the Orange County Register, the financial books for the entire Tribune Co newspaper group are expected to be sent out any day now. It's the first step in the bidding process.
From: Deadline 12/06/2013

Pantelion Films Makes A Deal With 'The Mexorcist'
The graphic novels about a supernatural Latino superhero haven't even been published, but Pantelion Films isn't waiting.
From: Deadline 12/06/2013

Mel Gibson being lined up to play villain in The Expendables 3
Actor to join Nicolas Cage, Jackie Chan and Milla Jovovich in latest instalment of Sylvester Stallone's star-packed series.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2013

Nathan Fillion Explains Why He Hasn't Been A Marvel Superhero Yet
Nathan Fillion is a god to geeks, in large part because of his collaborations with Joss Whedon and James Gunn on Firefly and Slither respectively.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

But Wait! Could The Dumb And Dumber Sequel Be Alive Again?
We might as well start calling the Dumb and Dumber sequel "Ghostbusters 3" for all the "will they/won't they" drama involved in making this flick a reality. After Warner Bros. dropped out of the project just yesterday, after months of sitting on the project, it seemed like the rumors might go away for at least a week.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

Clint Eastwood Avoiding Movie Stars For Jersey Boys Adaptation
Remember when casting began for Tom Hooper's Les Miserables adaptation began and devotees of the iconic Broadway musical were outraged by movie stars being cast over, you know, professional Broadway-level singers?
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

Man Of Steel Sequel Gets Fast Tracked, With Zack Snyder And David Goyer Returning
Well, it was really only a matter of time before this news crossed our desk. Even though Man of Steel isn't set to open until Friday, positive buzz and a swell of anticipation amongst movie-goers has led Warner Bros. to officially green light a sequel to the Superman film, with Zack Snyder attached to return as director and David Goyer once again working on the script.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

The Borgias' Holliday Grainger Will Ridicule Cinderella In Kenneth Branagh's Adaptation
Traditionally Cinderella's stepsisters are as ugly on the outside as they are on the inside, but Disney seems to be going the more traditional Hollywood route and making them as beautiful as the future princess herself.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

Fifty Shades Of Grey Screenwriter In Talks To Rewrite The Little Mermaid
Now that Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror have quenched everyone's thirst for films about that particular fairy tale, and Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella in pre-production stages, the world awaits the next ill-advised re-imagining. And from under the sea and out of left field it emerges.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

The Purge 2 Is Already In Development, Obviously
Love it or not, James DeMonaco's ludicrous thriller The Purge completely blew all expectations out of the water this past weekend.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

Owen Wilson Joins Jim Carrey In Heist Comedy Formerly Known As Loomis Fargo
Over the course of Owen Wilson's career, he's had a chance to star alongside some truly gifted comedic performers, including Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn, but now for the first time he's getting set to work with one of the great rubber-faced comedians of the modern era.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2013

First Look At The Need For Speed Movie
This week sees the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, which means lots of software, gadget and game announcements. Since games company Electronic Arts is working with DreamWorks on the Need For Speed film, it seemed the natural place to introduce a brief behind-the-scenes look at the movie, which is currently shooting. Star Aaron Paul was on hand to cue the footage, and you can take a look below.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2013

Ed Helms Steps Into Stretch
Limo action pic Stretch finds The Grey's Joe Carnahan in stripped-down, bare bones, low-budget Blumhouse production mode. But he hasn't had to skimp on the cast, with Ed Helms just the latest to join the team.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2013

Josh Gad Married To New Wedding Comedy
Since breaking through as part of the original cast of The Book Of Mormon on Broadway, Josh Gad is usually found stealing scenes in films such as Love & Other Drugs and the upcoming The Internship. He's switching to more of a leading role for a new, untitled comedy that will see him sharing the screen with another notorious scene-thief, Kevin Hart.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2013

Holliday Grainger Joins The Cast Of Disney's Live-Action Cinderalla
Grainger will star alongside Cate Blanchett, Lily James and Richard Madden in fairytale reboot.
From: Screenrush 11/06/2013

David Beckham 'sparks movie buzz'
David Beckham reportedly has movie honchos fighting over him, including Clint Eastwood. The soccer star announced his retirement from the sport earlier this year and it was recently claimed he could be gearing up for a film career.
From: Film-News 11/06/2013

Mike Tyson 'excited' at Tony Awards
Mike Tyson was so excited to be around producers and playwrights recently he "did a little dance" as he waited for his car. The former heavyweight boxer has been carving out an acting career in recent years, most notably appearing as a heightened version of himself in the first two Hangover movies.
From: Film-News 11/06/2013

Hot Trailer: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug'
The sequel to Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due out December 13 from Warner Bros, the second of three movies adapted from JRR Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings prequel novel.
From: Deadline 11/06/2013

John Malkovich 'saves the life' of pensioner after fall
The star of Red and Being John Malkovich turned Good Samaritan after an Ohio pensioner fell and cut his neck while on holiday in Toronto.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2013

Russian LGBT film festival targeted under 'foreign agent' laws
Bok o Bok (Side by Side) festival hit with heavy fine after failing to register foreign funding, which organisers deny receiving.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2013

Leonardo DiCaprio set to play Rasputin
The actor is being lined up to play infamous Russian mystic by Warner Brothers, who have the rights to Jason Hall's screenplay.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2013

Jarvis Cocker gears up to be Sheffield Doc/Fest's Man of Steel
As Superman prepares for global lift-off, Cocker fine-tunes the premiere of the opening night film at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2013

Star Wars VII: JJ Abrams reluctantly relocating to London for new movie
Director will move to the UK capital to work on the latest instalment of the sci-fi franchise, but claims that the decision to shoot in Britain 'really does make me insane'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2013

Mel Gibson In Talks For Expendables 3
As the Expendables franchise dodders with stubborn muscularly towards its third instalment, the casting options seem to be dwindling. By our back-of-an-envelope calculations, the only remaining '80s action stars still mobile and capable of wielding weaponry are Michael Biehn, Mel Gibson and Jet from Gladiators. Well, Showbiz 411 is reporting that one of them has got the call on the Stallonephone. It's not Jet.
From: Empire Online 10/06/2013

Josh Duhamel Veers Away From Rom-Coms With Maria Bello In Strings
Former soap opera star Josh Duhamel (All My Children) has been popping up in movies since 2004, when he played the titular heartthrob in the mediocre rom-com Win a Date With Tad Hamilton.
From: Cinema Blend 10/06/2013

Star Wars Producers Adapting Sci-Fi Short R'Ha For The Big Screen
When it comes to getting a quick leg up in the science fiction community, there's usually no better resume or calling card than having an original short film as a sign of one's efforts. And the more tireless those efforts are, the better.
From: Cinema Blend 10/06/2013

Cruise enthusiasm 'crucial for Top Gun'
Tom Cruise's "enthusiasm" for a Top Gun sequel will spur the project on, claims Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer is a producer on the follow-up to the iconic 1986 film about a group of competitive US student fighter pilots. He is confident the movie will go ahead as long as star Cruise, who famously played daredevil Maverick in the original, remains passionate about it.
From: Film-News 10/06/2013

Millennium Entertainment Acquires Shia La Beouf Film 'The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman;' Film Preemed In Sundance
Five months after it premiered at Sundance, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman has sold for U.S. rights and a theatrical release.
From: Deadline 10/06/2013

MGM, Paramount Start Shooting Dwayne Johnson-Starrer 'Hercules'
Principal photography on Hercules has begun in Budapest, Hungary. The film, starring Dwayne Johnson and Ian McShane is based on the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars. The ensemble action film is a revisionist take on the classic myth set in a grounded world where the supernatural does not exist.
From: Deadline 10/06/2013

Was Disney Presenting For E3 Or CinemaCon Sunday Night?
It was a reasonable question after Disney showed 37 minutes of its upcoming Pixar animated film Monsters University and about 15 minutes of its Jerry Bruckheimer-produced The Lone Ranger Sunday night at the big Regal theater by the Los Angeles Convention Center, introduced in part by Disney President of Production Sean Bailey.
From: Deadline 10/06/2013

British director cuts his ties with Spanish civil war film
Bafta winner Michael Radford refuses to have his name on recently released movie after three-year tussle over finances with producer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2013

Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville Is Lead Human In Paddington Bear Adaptation
For some reason adaptations of beloved children's books tend to work far better than the generic CGI rehashings of other forms of children's fiction, like cartoons or toys.
From: Cinema Blend 09/06/2013

Reese Witherspoon Says Don't Mess With Texas
The studios clearly think that John Quaintance and David Feeney's comedy script Don't Mess With Texas has that certain something, as they've all been part of a bidding war to secure the rights. Universal has emerged triumphant, with Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara attached to star.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2013

Extended White House Down Promo Blasts In
The real-life White House and its main occupant are having their share of problems at the moment, but at least the place doesn't have to deal with Roland Emmerich trying to take it apart piece by piece. In movie land, however, that's exactly the issue as Channing Tatum's cop faces down domestic terrorists to try to save Jamie Foxx's President. The new, extended trailer for the action thriller White House Down is online at Apple.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2013

Christoph Waltz Uncovers True Crimes
The last time it popped up on our cine-radar, True Crimes was being mentioned as a possible directorial gig for Roman Polanski. He no longer seems to be involved, but the project at least has a star, with Django Unchained's Christoph Waltz lining up a lead role in the real-life murder story.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2013

Harry Hill:The Movie preview
The bespectacled comic with the outsize collar is making his debut on the big screen in Harry Hill:The Movie (Working title: Fight!) Filming is underway on location in the UK and is expected to take eight weeks.
From: Film-News 09/06/2013

War Book to commence shooting 15th July
Sixteen Films and Archer's Mark are delighted to announce that principal photography will commence on political thriller War Book on July 15th.
From: Film-News 09/06/2013

The Heat new clip starring Sandra Bullock
Twentieth Century Fox are delighted to make available a new clip and launch artwork for THE HEAT, Paul Feig's directorial follow up to BRIDESMAIDS, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.
From: Film-News 09/06/2013

Produced By Conference: Stacey Sher On Zach Braff Kickstarter Success & Scrutiny
The Kickstarter model of financing movies was front and center this morning at a Produced By conference panel entitled "The State of Producing — Finding Funding, Lining Up Talent & Securing Screens," which replaced the scheduled session with Tom Cruise (postponed to next weekend).
From: Deadline 09/06/2013

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar Adds Character Actor Bill Irwin
Dustin Hoffman And Judi Dench Will Star In Adaptation Of Roald Dahl's Esio Trot.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2013

Vince Vaughn Reteams With Couples Retreat Director For Crime Noir Term Life
If you like Vince Vaughn, then you're pumped that the guy is busier than ever; he's in something like five films releasing over the next year or so, not including the just released The Internship. But that's a film that doesn't appear to be wowing anyone with its Google-isciousness. (And whoever really liked him in his last filmThe Watch will get pumped for just about anything.)
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2013

Russell Brand embarks on first ever world tour
Comedian, actor and author, Russell Brand announces his first ever world stand-up tour. Keeping in line with Brand's comedic style, the tour, officially named "Messiah Complex," will be a dissection of various social and religious figures and the reality of their lives through comparisons of each other. Messiah Complex is a mental disorder where you think you might be the messiah.
From: Film-News 08/06/2013

Tom Cruise Rescheduled At Produced By Conference
Looks like Tom Cruise is going to show up at this year's Produced By conference after all. It's just going to be next weekend.
From: Deadline 08/06/2013

Produced By Conference: JJ Abrams Says 'Star Wars' Starts Production In Early 2014
"I think that the thing is so big and so massive to so many people that the key to moving forward is honoring but not revering what went before," said JJ Abrams today about the challenges of directing the new Star Wars movie.
From: Deadline 08/06/2013

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar Adds Character Actor Bill Irwin
Character actor Bill Irwin has built a long career of out strong supporting roles since making his first appearance back in 1980 (in Robert Altman's Popeye, no less). And it would seem that his years of work caught the eye of director Christopher Nolan, as the filmmaker has just cast the actor in his next film.
From: Cinema Blend 07/06/2013

Denzel Washington Considers Shovel Ready
If there's one thing movies can teach you, it's don't cross Denzel Washington when he's in a violent mood and has ready access to weaponry. If he signs on to Warner Bros.' planned adaptation of Shovel Ready, it's a lesson that someone new will get to learn in the most painful, bullet-ridden way possible.
From: Empire Online 07/06/2013

Tom Hardy Set To Star In Takeshi Miike's The Outsider
Hardy is the first to be cast for the Japanese director's first english language feature length.
From: Screenrush 07/06/2013

Report: 'The Croods' China Release Cut Short; Film Pulled 2 Weeks Early For 'Contract Dispute'
DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg was in Chengdu, China this week for the Fortune Global Forum talking about how much Chinese audiences love animation.
From: Deadline 07/06/2013

Esther Williams, film and swimming star, dies at 91
Swimming champion turned actor, nicknamed Hollywood's Mermaid after her popular aqua-musical roles, dies in her sleep.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/06/2013

Jennifer Lawrence to produce and star in Rules of Inheritance
The actor is to do both in director Susanne Bier's film, written by Abi Morgan and based on Claire Bidwell Smith's grief memoir.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/06/2013

Warner Bros. Plans Archie Comics Film
Published since 1939, the long-running Archie comics series featuring the freckled hero and his various friends have been adapted numerous times for television, but he's surprisingly never hit the big screen before. Warner Bros. seems set to change all that, hiring Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to write and Pitch Perfect's Jason Moore to direct a story that might put more of a twist on the concept than you might expect.
From: Empire Online 06/06/2013

Javier Bardem Joins The Gunman
Javier Bardem brought camp menace to Skyfall, and he's looking to stay on the criminal side of things for two new movies. Bardem is signed on to J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year and is in talks to co-star with Sean Penn in The Gunman.
From: Empire Online 06/06/2013

Paul Giamatti Playing Brian Wilson's Therapist In Beach Boys Biopic
Two Beach Boys biopics are bulldozing their way through pre-production in a bit of a melodic race to reach theaters first. In that sense, the planned Love & Mercy took a lead today by adding another recognizable name to it's already impressive ensemble.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2013

Don Johnson Will Offer Fatherly Advice To Cameron Diaz In The Other Woman
Director Nick Cassavetes is building quite the squad for his upcoming revenge comedy The Other Woman. Though some additions like Nicki Minaj and Kate Upton seem to be strange forms of stunt casting, I'm sure Cassavetes can get a couple of winning performances out of them, even if straight comedy features aren't exactly in the guy's wheelhouse.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2013

Joss Whedon Won't Make Avengers 2 Without Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. has been sending Marvel fans into anxiety attacks with his hardball tactics in negotiations of reprising his role as Tony Stark any further. But with The Avengers earning $1.5 billion worldwide, Marvel will make Avengers 2. But if they want Downey back, they will have to pay very handsomely for the privilege.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2013

Japanese Anime Vexille Remake Coming From Hercules Screenwriter
I think we can all agree that Spike Lee's upcoming remake-joint of Chan-wook Park's South Korean masterpiece Oldboy is the most nefarious remake of an Asian film that we've heard about, we can now anticipate the second-place holder, but without any of the virulent verve that Oldboy inspires.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2013

Justin Long And Emmy Rossum Share A Six-Year Romance In Offbeat Indie Comet
Though there are exceptions to every rule, I generally tire of romantic comedies that stick to a limited timeframe while following the generic formula of "meet-cute leads to problem leads to getting together," only to end the movie right as we finally begin to see happiness within the two people we've been following the whole time.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2013

Paris Jackson 'will be ready for movie debut'
Producers on Paris Jackson's new movie are "confident" she will be ready to make her debut. The 15-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson was taken to hospital on Wednesday following a suicide attempt. Paris is due to make her film acting debut in Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys.
From: Film-News 06/06/2013

Rooney Mara Signs With Management 360
Management 360 has signed Rooney Mara, who is coming into her own after breakout turns in The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
From: Deadline 06/06/2013

Denzel Washington Eyes Killer Role In Warner Bros 'Shovel Ready'
Denzel Washington is in early talks to star in Shovel Ready, a Warner Bros adaptation of a debut novel by journalist Adam Sternbergh. Erwin Stoff is the producer.
From: Deadline 06/06/2013

CAA Signs 'Northwest' Helmer Michael Noer
CAA signed director Michael Noer, and will break the Danish helmer into Hollywood. We're seeing a lot of that lately, where offshore directors are aligning with major agencies and getting their big shots as Hollywood studios become more and more global minded.
From: Deadline 06/06/2013

British Filmmaker Found Guilty Of Tax Fraud Involving 3D Horror Comedy 'Eldorado'
As UK authorities increasingly crack down on tax abuse within the film business, a London crown court on Wednesday found British director-writer-producer Richard Driscoll guilty of a £1.5M VAT fraud.
From: Deadline 06/06/2013

Will Smith to move away from blockbusters in search of more 'artistic danger'
After Earth's box office bellyflop appears to have spurred star towards less bankable films.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2013

Guardian Firestorm film about Tasmanian bushfire in competition
Interactive project about the plight of the Holmes family is in official selection at Sheffield's Doc/Fest.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2013

Steven Seagal becomes the face of Russian arms firm
Businessman Igor Kesayev latest Russian to bond with Under Siege star turned unlikely Washington-Moscow intermediary.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2013

Spielberg and Day-Lewis may reunite on Thank You for Your Service
Lincoln director and star consider film based on David Finkel's book about soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2013

Warner Bros. Traded Friday The 13th And South Park For A Part Of Christopher Nolan's Insterstellar
While Christopher Nolan, Jason Voorhees and Eric Cartman may seem like three disparate icons of pop culture, they all definitely have at least one thing in common: they're cash cows. And while Regular Joes like you or me may never have to make a business decisions based around the director or the two fictional characters, Warner Bros. recently did - and they're remaining firmly in Nolan's camp.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges And More Cast In The Little Prince
Since being released in 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's French novella The Little Prince has become a staple of childhood literature. And today that story took major steps towards getting a big screen adaptation.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

Mia Wasikowska Could Replace Emma Stone In Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak
For those of you who were excited by the idea of seeing Emma Stone in a Guillermo del Toro movie, I have some bad news. While it seemed like the deal was all cinched up back in January, it turns out that the Easy A actress won't be able to star in the new haunted house horror Crimson Peak. That news is certainly disappointing, but the positive side of the situation is that the director has found a more-than-capable replacement.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

Javier Bardem Joins Sean Penn In The Gunman, Signs On For J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year
Javier Bardem is a powerhouse actor. He has screen presence like few others do, and is a benefit to any project that he takes on. So what I'm trying to say is that both upcoming projects The Gunman and A Most Violent Year just got an upgrade.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

Carey Mulligan Emerges As Frontrunner For Hillary Clinton Biopic Rodham
In recent days we've heard some big name actresses mentioned in connection with the lead role in the upcoming Hilary Clinton biopic Rodham. Late last month a short list emerged that included Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Seyfried, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain for the part - but it turns out that another actress is actually the frontrunner for the gig.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

Jennifer Lawrence To Produce And Star In The Rules Of Inheritance
Now that Jennifer Lawrence is an Oscar winner, she's not just starring in movies - she's producing. And in the case of the upcoming film project The Rules of Inheritance she's actually doing both.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

Oscar-Nominated Crime Drama A Prophet To Get The Remake Treatment
One of the most talked about films in award season 2009-2010 was the French crime drama A Prophet. Helmed by two-time BAFTA winner Jacques Audiard, the movie followed a 19-year-old criminal through his rise from teen thug to mafia kingpin.
From: Cinema Blend 05/06/2013

The Family Trailer Arrives
Robert De Niro hasn't exactly been shy about spoofing his history with mafia and other gangster movies. The results, however, have often been mixed, even within franchises such as Analyze This and Analyze That. Can Luc Besson - better known for action thrillers than comedy - make the idea work? We'll find out once The Family arrives in cinemas, but for now the trailer is online.
From: Empire Online 05/06/2013

Timo Vuorensola Plans Another Iron Sky
If you're the type to baulk at donating money to major studios or wealthy sitcom stars, perhaps you'll have more sympathy for the gonzo Finnish director Timo Vuorensola.
From: Empire Online 05/06/2013

Joss Whedon: Films should be terrifying
Joss Whedon knows something "good is going to happen" whenever he feels "terrified" about a project. The acclaimed producer-and-director is gearing up for the release of his newest big screen venture Much Ado About Nothing - a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's classic comedy.
From: Film-News 05/06/2013

WME Signs 'The Great Gatsby' Star Carey Mulligan
Now, this is a coup. WME has just signed actress Carey Mulligan, who's about as hot a gal as there is in town.
From: Deadline 05/06/2013

'Shameless' Star Emmy Rossum And Justin Long Lead 'Comet' Cast
Milestone Media is just getting underway with Comet, a quirky indie romantic comedy that stars Emmy Rossum (Shameless) and Justin Long.
From: Deadline 05/06/2013

Sundance Selects Acquires Roman Polanski's 'Venus In Fur'
Sundance Selects grabbed U.S. rights to the Roman Polanski-directed Venus In Fur. Polanski and David Ives wrote it based on the Tony-winning stage play by Ives.
From: Deadline 05/06/2013

David Lynch to release second solo album
Followup to Crazy Clown Time will be 'more confident' and feature a Dylan cover and a collaboration with Lykke Li.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2013

Benicio del Toro to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy
Studio Marvel, owned by Disney, is to continue its series of successful comic book adaptations; Del Toro joins a stellar cast.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2013

Brad Pitt's zombie film fails to sink teeth into China
World War Z rejected by censors despite attempts to court Chinese market.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2013

New Trailer For We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks
One of documentary-making's shock troops, We Steal Secrets' Alex Gibney is unafraid tometaphorically kick the odd door down or chuck a stun grenade through a door or two to get his story. Behind him are hard-hitting exposés of capitalism run amok (Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room), political scandal (Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer) and shocking torture programmes (Taxi To The Dark Side).
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

Dozens Of New Man Of Steel Stills Fly In
The Man Of Steel marketing campaign has been long and generous. There have been four trailers, many TV spots, innumerable posters and, of course, bucketloads of stills. And as one last hoorah before the movie's release on June 14, here dozens more snaps of the upcoming Super-outing, alongside previous pics we've seen, just to give you the whole shebang.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

Kristen Wiig Finds The Spoils Of Babylon
Some miniseries (heck, some drama series) become such parodies of themselves and their genre that it's almost not worth anyone trying to spoof them. That's not the attitude taken by the brave souls at The Spoils Of Babylon, who have rounded up a killer cast that includes Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Jessica Alba, Hayley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, Tim Robbins and Val Kilmer.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

David Meunier Joins The Equalizer
Another day, another Equalizer casting story. There was a time when the movie adaptation of the hoary '80s TV series seemed stuck forever in development hell, but with the arrival of Antoine Fuqua as director it's now steaming ahead, and the latest actor to join Denzel Washington, Chloe Moretz and Melissa Leo is David Meunier.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

Ian Somerhalder Investigates The Anomaly
After spending some time just acting in other peoples' films (with Star Trek Into Darkness as his most recent hired gig), Noel Clarke is back directing and starring in a new film called The Anomaly. He's now scored The Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox, Luke Hemsworth and Alexis Knapp to work alongside him. We'll be honest: Grumpy Cat isn't in this one (that we know of). We just liked the picture.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

Boyd Holbrook On For Jane Got A Gun
He was last seen on our screens in The Host and will return to cinemas as part of Behind The Candelabra (out on Friday), but it's Boyd Holbrook's experience on TV's Hatfields & McCoys that will stand him in better stead for a new job on Jane Got A Gun.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2013

Jessica Chastain Isn't Playing Hillary Clinton In Planned Biopic
Some talented actress is going to have her work cut out for herself when she accepts the role of Hillary Rodham Clinton in a planned biopic. No matter what period of the politician's life you choose to focus on, the material should be rich, controversial and ultimately rewarding. But according to reports, the part will not go to Jessica Chastain, as was recently rumored.
From: Cinema Blend 04/06/2013

Jude Law's Safecracker Dark Comedy Dom Hemingway Rights Picked Up At Fox Searchlight
With the exception of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movies, Jude Law doesn't often get to showcase any comedic abilities he has. Of everything that Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects was, a laugh riot wasn't one of them.
From: Cinema Blend 04/06/2013

Ian Somerhalder And Luke Hemsworth Join Noel Clarke's Sci-Fi Thriller The Anomaly
Everybody remembers Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller Source Code, right? It just came out in 2011, after all. British actor/director Noel Clarke (Adulthood) is returning to the sci-fi world for a film that sounds awfully similar. But let's see how it sounds nine minutes and 37 seconds from now.
From: Cinema Blend 04/06/2013

Will Smith 'may not return to Men in Black'
Will Smith has hinted he isn't interested in making another Men in Black movie.
From: Film-News 04/06/2013

Paul Bettany: Movies can be mad
Paul Bettany didn't want to take the "madness" of his latest film home with him. The star plays cop Joe Fairburn in thriller Blood, which explores themes of darkness and moral collapse.
From: Film-News 04/06/2013

Matt Smith To Leave Doctor Who At The End Of The Year
With questions turning to who will replace Smith, we think it's time for a female Doctor.
From: Screenrush 04/06/2013

Bob Odenkirk To Write, Star In 'Girlfriend's Day' For 'Best Worst Movie' Helmer
Magic Stone Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment are teaming on Girlfriend's Day, written by and starring Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show) with Best Worst Movie director Michael Paul Stephenson helming.
From: Deadline 04/06/2013

CollegeHumor Sets First Feature 'Coffee Town' For VOD Release
Comedy site CollegeHumor and digital distributor FilmBuff have teamed up to release Coffee Town, starring Glenn Howerton (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia), Steve Little (Eastbound & Down), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation), Adrianne Palicki (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) and Josh Groban (Crazy, Stupid, Love.).
From: Deadline 04/06/2013

BAFTA Launches 'Breakthrough Brits' Program To Promote Emerging Talent
BAFTA is partnering with Burberry on Breakthrough Brits, an initiative to support up-and-comers in the world of film, television and games. The British Academy is inviting submissions for candidates to participate in the program which will provide career guidance and mentoring from industry figures as well as access to financial backers.
From: Deadline 04/06/2013

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Attend The World War Z Premiere In London
Stock up on bottled water and canned goods, because the zombie apocalypse is coming and it's coming fast. World War Z premiered last night, with star and producer Brad Pitt in attendance alongwith his partner, Angelina Jolie, director Marc Forster and much of the principal cast. Not present, happily: hordes of sprinting undead.
From: Empire Online 03/06/2013

Penélope Cruz to play Bond girl in Sam Mendes' Skyfall followup
The actor, whose husband Javier Bardem played the villian in the 2012 blockbuster Skyfall, is to appear in the next Bond movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2013

Green Lantern writer lined up for Blade Runner sequel
Fans may be surprised to learn that the sequel by original writer Hampton Fancher is to be rewritten by Michael Green.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2013

Hans Zimmer Confirms He's Scoring Christopher Nolan's Interstellar
Strange as it is, Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is finally going to be released in less than two weeks, after what feels like decades of waiting.
From: Cinema Blend 03/06/2013

Benicio Del Toro Takes Lead Role In Marvel's 'Guardians Of The Galaxy'
Benicio Del Toro has joined the killer cast of the James Gunn-directed Marvel Studios franchise launcher Guardians Of The Galaxy.
From: Deadline 03/06/2013

ICM Partners Inks Tony Nominee Bertie Carvel
Bertie Carvel has been nominated for a Tony and all the other big Broadway awards this year for playing Miss Truchbull in the musical Matilda, now running at the Shubert.
From: Deadline 03/06/2013

Fox Searchlight Acquires Jude Law-Starrer 'Dom Hemingway'
Fox Searchlight, which was uncharacteristically quiet at Cannes, has just made a buy. Searchlight presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley have closed a deal for North American and a few other territories on the Richard Shepard-directed Dom Hemingway. The darkly comic crime saga stars Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir and Emilia Clarke.
From: Deadline 03/06/2013

Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer
Actor reveals to the Guardian that HPV, transmitted through oral sex, was responsible for his throat cancer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/06/2013

Camryn Manheim, Rumer Willis And More Join Psychological Thriller Return To Sender
Fouad Mikati, director of the cartoonish action flick Operation: Endgame is switching up genres for his second film, the psychological thriller Return to Sender. Having just Rosamund Pike and Nick Noltecast its lead roles last week, the film is already in production in New Orleans.
From: Cinema Blend 01/06/2013

R.I.P. Jean Stapleton
Beloved, multi-talented, and awardwinning TV, movie, and stage actress Jean Stapleton died Friday of natural causes at her NYC home, her family announced today.
From: Deadline 01/06/2013

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