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Real-life Wolf of Wall Street says his life of debauchery 'even worse' than in film
Jordan Belfort, who was jailed for 22 months for securities fraud, admits that the Oscar-nominated film based on his memoir had no need to exaggerate the sex and drugs.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/02/2014
12 Years a Slave to be part of US national curriculum
Steve McQueen's Oscar-tipped film to become mandatory viewing for American state-educated teenagers.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/02/2014
Bond 24 To Get Underway In October
Bond 24 - or 'James Bond And The Something Of Boris', as it almost certainly won't be called - won't have the boost of a big anniversary, like Skyfall, or the novelty of a reboot, like Casino Royale, but it shouldn't need either. As a franchise, Bond has its mojo back. It also has a start date, with Ralph Fiennes telling MTV News that October is the likely kick-off for production.
From: Empire Online 28/02/2014
Terry Gilliam's Watchmen Ending Revealed
On the promotion trail for his Agatha-Christie-at-altitude thriller Non-Stop, producer Joel Silver shared some fascinating Watchmen insights with Coming Soon into Terry Gilliam's planned ending to the movie. Gilliam and his Brazil writer Charles McKeown were attached to the Alan Moore adaptation for a time in the '90s, with Silver producing, before circumstances conspired against them.
From: Empire Online 28/02/2014
Alan Cumming Joins The Bremen Town Musicians
Creative types as diverse as The Muppets, Busytown doyen Richard Scarry and German writer Carl Zuckmayer have tackled Russian folk tale The Town Musicians of Bremen. Now it's Tinseltown's turn, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Alan Cumming has signed onto the voice cast of its new animated version, Bremen Town Musicians.
From: Empire Online 28/02/2014
Brett Easton Ellis And Rob Zombie Unite
In news sure to warm the cockles of the hardest heart, it's emerged that the minds behind American Psycho and The Devil's Rejects are to join forces for a project about the Manson Family. Brett Easton Ellis and Rob Zombie are reportedly in the early stages of developing a possible "event series" for Fox.
From: Empire Online 28/02/2014
Zombeavers Releases A Batch Of New Gross And Goofy Stills
Why do people go into the woods at all? If horror movies have taught us anything it's that forests are full of beasts that will gladly terror you to ribbons. Friday the 13th gave us serial killers.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Parental Guidance Suggests You Throw Me The Idol Then I'll Throw You The Whip
When a man approaches 40, he starts to take stock in his life. Great wife? Check. Four fabulous kids? Check. College degrees? Check and check. I also love my job, the websites I own, and my friends.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Amazing Spider-Man Director Marc Webb To Helm Spy Thriller Cold Comfort
Franchises are now in the process of trapping directors. Want to make anything other than sequels? You're S.O.L. dude. You can only hope that the consistency that's being developed involves quality control: if you're going to trap a director in your web (PUN INTENDED), it might as well be a capable one. Is Marc Webb that guy? Sony thinks so, because the man who reinvented The Amazing Spider-Man has a second installment coming this summer and is now attached to direct the third. Fortunately for him, he's looking to diversify.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
The Next James Bond Film Will Begin Shooting In October
For a moment, I forgot that Ralph Fiennes was a part of the updated James Bond franchise. No disrespect to the amazing Oscar nominee, but when we think of Bond, we immediately think about Daniel Craig (the current 007), and maybe whichever actor is circling the role of "Bond Villain," but not the man who has been tapped to replace Dame Judi Dench in the long-running spy franchise.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Goosebumps Scares Up A March 2016 Release Date
Financially, Hollywood runs on the basis of dollars and cents. But often there's more to it than that. Which explains why Jack Black has reunited with director Rob Letterman on the upcoming Goosebumps, given that their last collaboration was the ultimately derided and forgotten bomb Gulliver's Travels.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Terry Gilliam's Watchmen Would Have Been 'Much, Much Better'
Hey, remember Watchmen? Yeah, that was a movie that existed. For years, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' landmark DC comic was considered unfilmable, flummoxing a number of people who attempted to bring it to the screen. Ultimately, Zack Snyder did, literalizing it in a way that preserved a chunk of the interesting stories within, but ultimately deadening the subtext and sacrificing key points for the sake of spectacle. Heck, people are still apologizing for it. It's not the worst Watchmen adaptation we could have had. And it wasn't the strangest, given the intentions of original producer Joel Silver.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Vincent D'Onofrio To Play Villain In 'Jurassic World'
Vincent D'Onofrio and Indian star Irrfan Khan will star in Universal's franchise reboot Jurassic World. D'Onofrio will play the bad guy in the pic that Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt are also attached to star in. D'Onofrio, repped by UTA and attorney is Ken Richman, recently wrapped The Judge opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. He will next be seen in Pelé as the coach and in Run All Night starring opposite Liam Neeson. Khan is repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
From: Deadline 28/02/2014
Paradigm Signs Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith has followed her longtime agent Manny Nunez to Paradigm.She's following the same path as her husband Antonio Banderas, who moved with Nunez a day after the agent became the latest CAAer to land at Paradigm, joining Bob Bookman, Ken Stovitz and Rand Holston.
From: Deadline 28/02/2014
Fox Taps Charles Leavitt To Adapt 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'
Charles Leavitt has just landed another high-profile adaptation gig, inking with 20th Century Fox to adapt Michael Koryta's book Those Who Wish Me Dead, which Steve Zaillian's Film Rites is producing.
From: Deadline 28/02/2014
Orson Welles' Personal Copy Of Citizen Kane's Script Is Being Auctioned Off
You know that giant pile of money that you don't know what to do with that's just sitting in that black bag shoved into a corner or in the attic behind your childhood sled? It turns out there's a pretty sweet thing you could blow that dough on, if you're so inclined.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
The Purge: Anarchy's Release Date Gets Pushed
If there was any 2013 hit that proved divisive, it was The Purge. On opening weekend audiences clogged theaters for the thriller - which told the story of a future where for one whole night all crime is legal - but word-of-mouth was ragged and the picture failed to double its robust opening weekend.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Seth Rogen And 50/50 Director And Writer To Adapt Chess Doc Brooklyn Kings
In today's edition of "New Hollywood Besties," we'll be discussing the recent business ventures of mega-producer Scott Rudin and Seth Rogen, whose production companies - Scott Rudin Productions and Point Grey, respectively - are set up for three films to be co-produced and distributed by Sony Pictures and Eli Bush.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
The Birds Remake Has Found Yet Another Director
A high octane thrill ride of a remake like Gareth Edwards' upcoming Godzilla can temporarily make one forget that there are hundreds of haphazard money grab remakes hovering just on the horizon.
From: Cinema Blend 28/02/2014
Gregg Allman biopic shuts down after crew fatality
Midnight Rider, based on famed musician's memoirs, suspended after accident on railroad track last week.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/02/2014
Rihanna to make concept album for DreamWorks animated film
The pop star will voice the character of Gratuity 'Tip' Tucci and release an accompanying album for alien invasion film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/02/2014
Dougray Scott Enters Tiger House
It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have that nice Dougray Scott round, you'd think. You could chat about how things went so wrong for him at the end of Mission: Impossible II and where he keeps his Enigma machine. He'd probably bring a cake. Only, well, not so much in his new home invasione film Tiger House.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Josh Boone Set To Take The Stand
Stephen King's apocalyptic classic The Stand has so far had a bumpy journey to the big screen. David Yates was the first attached director on the tentpole Warner Bros. project, but moved on and was replaced by Scott Cooper, who then also jumped ship citing creative differences with the studio.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Possible Directors For Masters Of The Universe
Here's another one of those "list of possible directors" stories which, like Dr Strange last week, may not be of great substance in itself, but does indicate that a project is gaining traction at a studio. The studio in question this time is Sony, and the film is the looooong-in-development Masters Of The Universe.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Kevin Spacey On Jesse Eisenberg Playing Lex Luthor
When it was announced that Jesse Eisenberg will play the traditionally bald baddie Lex Luthor in 2016's Batman Vs. Superman film, some fans were in uproar. Not cinema's previous Metropolitan power-mad magnate, however, as our interview with Kevin Spacey in the new issue of Empire reveals.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Ben Wheatley Talks High-Rise
Ben Wheatley is taking a rare break from film this year, directing episodes of Doctor Who rather than bringing us another British chiller in the vein of Kill List, Sightseers or A Field In England. But even as he gets to grips with the TARDIS, he's planning his next foray onto the big screen with an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High-Rise. He spoke to our Chris Hewitt in the new issue of Empire to tell us a little more about the Tom Hiddleston-starring film.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Bob Gale Talks Back To The Future Musical
While many of Empire's top 25 greatest films would make excellent stage productions - and in a way, Rushmore's Max Fischer has already done Apocalypse Now - currently only Back To The Future is actually making the journey. Bob Gale, co-writer of the greatest of all teen time-travel adventures, spoke to Empire about the stage extravaganza that was announced last month.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
Marvel Plans Age Of Ultron Sneak Peak
With the cameras now rolling around the world (South Africa so far, London, Italy and even South Korea planned) we're naturally excited to see what Joss Whedon and the Avengers crew is cooking up for the sequel, Age Of Ultron. Disney and Marvel understand the demand for early peeks at such things and is offering a look at the film during a TV special set to air in March.
From: Empire Online 27/02/2014
The Academy Awards Will Stream Live Online For The Very First Time
The Academy Awards, similar to the Super Bowl, used to be one of those annual events that would attract large crowds around television sets so that audiences could marvel over celebrity fashions, argue over underserved Oscar winners, and - in general - celebrate the year in film.
From: Cinema Blend 27/02/2014
Eva Green 'sex scenes left me injured'
Eva Green describes her 300: Rise of an Empire sex scene as a "fight".
The 33-year-old actress plays warrior Artemisia in the follow-up to Zack Snyder's 2006 action flick 300. She and co-star Sullivan Stapleton, who takes on the role of Themistocles, share a raunchy scene in the movie.
From: Film-News 27/02/2014
Fox Acquires Soviet Spy Tale For Marc Webb To Direct
In the second big material deal of the day, Fox has acquired Cold Comfort (aka How To Catch A Russian Spy), a film that will be developed as a directing vehicle for Marc Webb.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
'Wolf Of Wall Street' Producer Sets 'Bad Hurt' Starring Theo Rossi & Karen Allen
As she heads into Sunday's Academy Awards with Best Picture contender Wolf Of Wall Street, Oscar-nommed producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff has lined up her next project, Bad Hurt, a family drama starring Sons Of Anarchy's Theo Rossi and Raiders Of The Lost Ark's Karen Allen.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
Patrick Wilson To Join Marvel's 'Ant-Man'
Patrick Wilson will join the cast of the Edgar Wright-directed Ant-Man for Marvel Studios, I hear. The film stars Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas and Michael Pena.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
Zach Braff's 'Wish I Was Here' Gets July 18 Release Date
Focus Features will release Wish I Was Here on July 18, 2014 in a platform release in NY and LA before the pic expands the following week and again on August 1.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
Image Entertainment Acquires Cult Horror/Thriller 'Cabin Fever: Patient Zero'
Image Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the third installment to the Cabin Fever horror franchise Cabin Fever: Patient Zero.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
Ashley Greene Plays Priscilla To Ron Livingston's Elvis In 'Shangra-La Suite'
Coming off the Zach Braff-directed Sundance premiere Wish I Was Here, The Twilight Saga alum Ashley Greene has been set to play Priscilla Presley in Shangra-La Suite, the Eddie OKeefe-directed drama which stars Boardwalk Empire's Ron Livingston as Elvis Presley.
From: Deadline 27/02/2014
Ghostbusters III on track despite Harold Ramis' death
Ghostbusters III remains on course for a release in cinemas despite the death of Harold Ramis on Monday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
New Spider-Man movie to be released every year, says Sony
Hollywood studio that owns rights to Marvel character has ambitious plans to create multi-character universe along lines of The Avengers.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
Tom Hardy set to play notorious British gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray
Hardy, who stars as Elton John in a forthcoming biopic, may appear in thriller by LA Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
Terrence Malick reaches settlement over unfinished film Voyage of Time
The visionary American film director has nine months to pay a settlement sum with the financiers of Voyage of Time, an epoch-straddling documentary that remains unfinished.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
David Fincher set to direct Steve Jobs biopic
Fincher and Aaron Sorkin, the pair who brought the Facebook story to the big screen as The Social Network, are aiming to do the same for Apple's iconic founder.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
Girls star Adam Driver set to play Star Wars villain, reports say
Variety says Driver, 30, is to play a character in the 'vein' of Darth Vader in JJ Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/02/2014
Marvel Heads To New York For Daredevil
Late last year, Disney/Marvel and Netflix struck a pact to produce four linked 13-part superhero series around the characters Daredevil (which had recently reverted to Marvel), Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, AKA The Defenders.
From: Empire Online 26/02/2014
Kate Beckinsale Joins Absolutely Anything
With Simon Pegg already aboard to play the lead, Terry Jones is rounding up the rest of the cast he needs for his new comedy Absolutely Anything. With cameras set to roll later next month, he's rounded up Kate Beckinsale, Eddie Izzard, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Joanna Lumley.
From: Empire Online 26/02/2014
Amazon Resurrects Ripper Street
There was a healthy outcry late last year when the BBC announced that it was sticking a knife into period detective drama Ripper Street, cancelling the show due to flagging ratings.
From: Empire Online 26/02/2014
Jack Thorne Set To Write Sandman
As Warner Bros. continues its efforts to get Neil Gaiman's Sandman stories on to the big screen, the project has taken a step forward, with Skins and How I Live Now man Jack Thorne hired to write the script.
From: Empire Online 26/02/2014
Adam Driver Rumoured As Episode VII's Villain
Is the universe ready for Darth Sackler? And what will Hannah Horvath think? Okay, so Adam Driver will not be playing an evil version of his weird, intense character from Girls. But if Variety's latest Star Wars: Episode VII report pans out, he will be rocketing his career to the next level by playing a villain in J.J. Abrams' film.
From: Empire Online 26/02/2014
Rainn Wilson, David Morse And More Join Serial Killer Thriller The Boy
When we first reported on the serial killer horror The Boy, Elijah Wood's genre-based production company SpectreVision snatched up the rights, and it sounded like a project that would get made for zero money with actors who we've never heard of. I couldn't have been more wrong about that, as the thriller has landed a group of familiar faces to star.
From: Cinema Blend 26/02/2014
Fox & Nat Geo To Preview 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' At Inaugural White House Film Festival
Seth MacFarlane's passion project will get an unprecedented global launch next month, but first it has a date in D.C. Fox and National Geographic Channel said today they will screen a preview of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on Friday as part of the inaugural White House Film Festival. Writer-director-exec producer Ann Druyan will introduce the screening.
From: Deadline 26/02/2014
Oscar-Winning DP Haskell Wexler Backs Sarah Jones In Memoriam Campaign, Calls For Safer Sets In Open Letter
Two time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, ASC today threw his support behind the mounting movement calling for accountability in the on-set death of Midnight Rider crew member Sarah Jones.
From: Deadline 26/02/2014
Mixed Martial Arts Star Anderson Silva Inks With ICM Partners, Eyes Showbiz Career
The man who's widely regarded as the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time is looking for a second career outside the ring. Anderson Silva has signed with ICM Partners for worldwide representation as he looks into acting and producing films and TV, publishing and endorsement branding.
From: Deadline 26/02/2014
Shrek theme park to open in London
DreamWorks to open attraction inspired by the series of hit animations about the green ogre, with a fifth film also mooted.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/02/2014
Sega's battle with Nintendo to become Seth Rogen film
Rogen to write and direct Console Wars, along with Evan Goldberg, about corporate battle over videogames in 1980s and 90s.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/02/2014
Eddie Izzard set for Boychoir with Dustin Hoffman
Comedian is to star alongside Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates and Debra Winger in the musical movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/02/2014
Barack Obama pays tribute to Harold Ramis
The president called Ramis, who died yesterday, 'one of America's greatest satirists' and a comic genius.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/02/2014
Harold Ramis Dies
The very soul of warmth, wit, humanity and humour, Harold Ramis spent his career making us laugh while at the same time, inspiring and encouraging a wealth of other talent. It's all the more sad, then, to report that he has died at the age of 69.
From: Empire Online 25/02/2014
Karl Urban Fans The Dredd Sequel Flames
The campaign for a sequel to 2012's Dredd shows no sign of abating. But as of yet, there has been no official word on anything actually happening. That isn't stopping the current incumbent of the helmet and the scowl, Karl Urban, from talking it up when he's handed the opportunity.
From: Empire Online 25/02/2014
Lily Collins Finds Out How To Be Single
If anyone can spot a talented female lead for a romantic-comedy, it should be Drew Barrymore. The actress / producer has How To Be Single in the works and has settled on Lily Collins for the gig.
From: Empire Online 25/02/2014
Sony Looks To Hire The Equalizer Again
As franchises become ever more important to studios, executives are looking to get a start on sequels earlier than ever. Forget waiting until the first film hits the box office, or even when the buzz starts to become positive. Sony is starting work on an Equalizer sequel - a Sequelizer? - before the first film has even finished post-production.
From: Empire Online 25/02/2014
Is Harrison Ford In Negotiations For Two More Indiana Jones Movies?
How old is too old to be an action hero? Harrison Ford was 66 when he suited up for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, which at the time felt like a curtain call for the creaky box office legend.
From: Cinema Blend 25/02/2014
Bryan Cranston And Edgar Ramírez Will Get Violent In Errol Morris' Holland, Michigan
Like a press conference with more fans than journalists, Reddit AMAs have provided many an interesting fact from entertainers in all fields.
From: Cinema Blend 25/02/2014
Bradley Cooper Will Enter Witness Protection In New Crime Drama 'American Blood'
American actor Bradley Cooper is currently awaiting Sunday's night's Best Supporting Actor announcement to see if he'll be rewarded for his work in David O. Russell's American Hustle, and he'll soon be going off to film Clint Eastwood's true crime drama American Sniper.
From: Cinema Blend 25/02/2014
Jennifer Lawrence 'to take year off from Hollywood'
Producer Harvey Weinstein says Hunger Games star 'deserves a rest' after series of exhausting movies.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/02/2014
Rogen And Goldberg Fighting Console Wars
Not content with developing both the Preacher TV series and their adult animation Sausage Party, Seth Rogen and Adam Goldberg have now picked up another gig. This one's for Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin, and will see the guys penning an adaptation of the forthcoming non-fiction book Console Wars, about the '90s rivalry between Sega and Nintendo.
From: Empire Online 24/02/2014
Lego Movie sequel confirmed for 2017
Warner Bros' follow-up to this year's animated box-office smash will hit cinemas on 26 May 2017
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/02/2014
Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters star and Groundhog Day director, dies aged 69
The actor and writer-director, known for playing Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters films and for directing comedies such as Groundhog Day and Caddyshack, died earlier today.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/02/2014
Amanda Seyfried On For Ted 2
It would seem there's going to be a change in Ted (Seth MacFarlane) and John Bennett's (Mark Wahlberg) life for MacFarlane's sequel to his successful talking bear movie. Deadline is reporting that Amanda Seyfried is now set to star opposite the Thunder Buddies.
From: Empire Online 24/02/2014
Tom Hardy Might Play Lethal Twins In Legend
It remains to be seen whether Tom Hardy is a legit leading man quite yet. He's stayed busy in a number of films, and has four big roles coming this year. He's about to be seen in the thriller Locke, which promises all Hardy all the time in every scene.
From: Cinema Blend 24/02/2014
Is Jennifer Lawrence Really Taking A Year Off From Acting?
There are few actors on the sort of hot streak that Jennifer Lawrence has right now. As arguably one of the genuine A-List actresses in the game, she's in heavy demand, working with two separate franchises and double-fisting awards.
From: Cinema Blend 24/02/2014
The Veronica Mars Movie Will Be Heading To Theaters And VOD Simultaneously
The Veronica Mars movie has been an oddball since it was initially conceived. First, there's the fact that it's a film based on a cancelled-too-soon television series, which come around maybe once every decade or so. And secondly, the feature actually got its budget by turning to fans on Kickstarter and raising the money through crowd-sourcing. It's been such a strange path for the movie that it just had to end with a bizarro new twist on distribution.
From: Cinema Blend 24/02/2014
Vin Diesel Has Been A Perfectionist Behind The Scenes Of Guardians Of The Galaxy
When the short Guardians of the Galaxy featurette centering on Vin Diesel's Groot was released last week, I really only had one complaint: why not show us the character saying his famous line?
From: Cinema Blend 24/02/2014
Judi Dench 'can't read any more' due to failing eyesight
Actor reveals macular degeneration has left her unable to read scripts or watch films - but says 'somehow I get by'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/02/2014
Eli Roth Says Knock Knock
If you heard Eli Roth rapping at your door, asking to be let in, would you open it? After all, how do you know he won't be bringing all manner of terrible things in with him? Still, cinema audiences will hear him say Knock Knock, because he's co-written and will direct the new horror movie.
From: Empire Online 23/02/2014
Jack O'Connell Recruited For Section 6
You may have seen the results last week of our chat with rising young actor Jack O'Connell, who fresh, from being stranded at sea and being held prisoner by Angelina Jolie for Unbroken, ruled himself out of the Fantastic Four casting arms race. He is, however, now in the final stages of signing on to spy thriller Section 6.
From: Empire Online 23/02/2014
Ride Along's Tim Story Tracks Down Diplomats
As Mr. Spock once put it, only Nixon could go to China. But it took erstwhile basketball stalwart and one-time wannabe movie star Dennis Rodman to go to North Korea, and his weird overtures to despot Kim Jong-un are now the subject of a planned comedy at Fox called Diplomats. And Ride Along director Tim Story is the man the studio wants to make it happen.
From: Empire Online 23/02/2014
The Lego Movie Toys With The Competition
The Lego Movie has once more proved itself "The Special" at the American box office, taking the top spot for a third week running and adding $31.4 million to its domestic total of $183.1 million and more than $200 million worldwide in less than two weeks since arriving in cinemas outside the US.
From: Empire Online 23/02/2014
Quiz: Can You Identify These Beloved Movies In 8-Bit GIF Form?
Sure, it's a crude little form of animation, but this ever-looping series of images has the ability to express emotions, share our favorite snippets of pop culture, and get a closer look at our latest obsessions. Plus it can be a quirky way to succinctly summarize a movie whole movie in just 8-bits.
From: Cinema Blend 23/02/2014
This Rotten Week: Predicting Non-Stop And Son Of God Reviews
This long, boring winter continues. Not only has the weather been horrendous out here, but it isn't like we can even escape to the theaters for any great entertainment. It's been a remarkably bad run of movies of late. Nothing changes too much this week.
From: Cinema Blend 23/02/2014
Oscar nomination for University tutor
A Birmingham City University tutor is celebrating after a short film he produced has been nominated for an award at The Oscars.
From: Film-News 23/02/2014
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues continued
Paramount Pictures and Gary Sanchez Productions today announced an unprecedented theatrical release of an all new cut of the hit film "ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES," starring Will Ferrell, in theatres in the U.S. and U.K. beginning February 28 for one-week only.
From: Film-News 23/02/2014
Deadline's Best Film Stories Of The Week
It was inevitable after the huge success of Ride Along that Universal Pictures executives would be salivating to get the sequel together. Tim Story will direct Ride Along 2 and Ice Cube and Kevin Hart are closing to reprise their roles as the quick-witted security guard (Hart) who has his eye on his partner's (Cube's) sister.
From: Deadline 23/02/2014
12 Years a Slave 'could be a game changer for black directors'
Oscar academy's first black president says movie could help loosen white dominance.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/02/2014
Bryan Singer: X-Men cast are hilarious
Bryan Singer found it "hilarious" working with the younger cast members on X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The upcoming Marvel Comics film sees the cast of 2011 movie X-Men: First Class combined with those from the earlier features in the franchise.
From: Film-News 22/02/2014
Julia Roberts 'penned half-sister letters'
Julia Roberts apparently wrote her half-sister "heartfelt letters".
The Pretty Woman star's half-sibling Nancy Motes tragically passed away aged 37 earlier this month after what was reported to be a drug overdose.
From: Film-News 22/02/2014
James Franco supports Shia LaBeouf in New York Times piece
Following LaBeouf's eccentric recent performance art pieces, Franco writes that his work is 'worthy'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/02/2014
Amy Adams pays emotional tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
The American Hustle actor remembers her time with Hoffman on the film Doubt, during an episode of US show Inside the Actors Studio.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/02/2014
Sex and the City may return for one more romp through cinemas
Director Michael Patrick King agrees with Sarah Jessica Parker that 'there's one story left'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/02/2014
Marvel Draws Up Dr Strange Directors Shortlist
With the Guardians Of The Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier roll-outs well underway, Marvel/Disney is turning its attentions to projects further in the future. Ant-Man is coming together with Edgar Wright and a surprising cast, and now the studio has drawn up its shortlist of possible writers and directors for Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange.
From: Empire Online 21/02/2014
Holliday Grainger Has Tulip Fever
Fresh from shooting up rural 1930s Texas in A&E's two-part TV movie Bonnie And Clyde: Dead And Alive, Holliday Grainger may next be heading for 17th century Amsterdam. The Manchester actress is in negotiations to play the protagonist Sophia Sandvoort in Justin Chadwick's adaptation of the bestselling Tulip Fever.
From: Empire Online 21/02/2014
Petition Pleads For Saving The House From Psycho
There are movie sets so key to an iconic film that they loom large in our collective memory. Undoubtedly the tall and eerie house from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is one of them. I'd wager most of you could draw a recognizable sketch of it from memory.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
Anchorman 2 Returning To Theaters With An R-Rating, 763 New Jokes
In the long history of comedy sequels, there's a very good chance that Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues may have been the best. Sure, it's a little sloppy around the edges, and many of the jokes don't land too hard: you were cackling in the theaters during that avalanche of cameos at the end, but is that gonna be funny on DVD in four years? But in regards to a sequel nine years later to a beloved comedy classic, they had a good balance of callbacks and newer jokes.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
See The First Step In Vin Diesel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Transformation
Wait until you see what James Gunn has done with Guardians of the Galaxy.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
Oscar Winners Are More Likely To Thank Meryl Streep Than God
Everyone treats an Academy Award acceptance speech a little differently. Some spend most of their time thanking those who also worked on the film. Others devote most of their speech's runtime to family members.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
The Raid Remake Confirms Its Director, Eyes Chris And Liam Hemsworth
There's innate folly in remaking foreign films that have been remade recently. If you look at popular World Cinema (i.e. the type of World Cinema that actually makes it to American theaters), you'll find that every country in the world is already trying to make movies that Americans might enjoy.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
For Your Consideration: Dallas Buyers Club Isn't As Progressive As It Pretends
From now until the Friday before the Oscars we'll be running daily pieces about why a film does or does not deserve Best Picture. Today, Kristy explains why Dallas Buyers Club is unworthy of the Oscar.
From: Cinema Blend 21/02/2014
Warner Bros Sets 'Lego Movie' Sequel For May 2017
The Lego Movie to date has made $151.7 domestically after two weeks in release and now it is getting a sequel.
From: Deadline 21/02/2014
'Who Is John Galt?' Brings 'Atlas Shrugged's Last Act To Big Screen Following Major Overhaul
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? is the final film in the trilogy adaptation of Ayn Rand's iconic libertarian novel Atlas Shrugged, which shaped a generation and was the basis of Alan Greenspan's hands-off governing philosophy for the U.S.
From: Deadline 21/02/2014
'American Hustle's Alessandro Nivola Joins J.C. Chandor's 'A Most Violent Year'
Alessandro Nivola will join Jessica Chastain, Oscar Issac and Albert Brooks in J.C. Chandor's thriller A Most Violent Year for Participant Films and Image Nation Abu Dhabi. Nivola is most recently remembered for playing the FBI agent with the slicked-back hair whose ambition was as grand as his sideburns in David O. Russell's American Hustle, the ensemble film that has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
From: Deadline 21/02/2014
Details of Philip Seymour Hoffman's will released
Actor, who died earlier this month aged 46, leaves bulk of estate to partner and their three young children.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/02/2014
Meryl Streep thanked more often than God in Oscar acceptance speeches
Academy awards winners have namechecked Streep, God and Sidney Poitier - in that order.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/02/2014
Cast of new Fantastic Four movie revealed
Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Michael B Jordan are confirmed for the next installment of the comic-book franchise, directed by Chronicle's Josh Trank.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/02/2014
Luke Goss to make directorial debut
Former Bros pop star to direct and act in action thriller Your Move, which begins production in March.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/02/2014
Computer dating: coming soon to an operating system near you?
Google's director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, predicts that the AI dating depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Her might be possible by 2029.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/02/2014
Will Smith Finds Brilliance
Just when we thought Will Smith had been burned badly enough by the sci-fi genre with After Earth that he was taking a break, along comes word that he's in early talks to enter a futuristic world for Brilliance.
From: Empire Online 20/02/2014
Viggo Mortensen Will Be Captain Fantastic
Though it appears the long string of casting rumours for Fantastic Four may finally be behind us, Viggo Mortensen will not be popping up in that film (we reserve the right to alter this line if he does, for some reason show). Instead, he's signed on to an altogether different sort of story in Captain Fantastic.
From: Empire Online 20/02/2014
Tina Fey Wants To Do The Taliban Shuffle
Tina Fey is someone who likes to generate her own projects in between taking roles in other people's films. She's carving out some time in her busy schedule to focus on something she really wants to work on, producing and starring an adaptation of Kim Barker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle.
From: Empire Online 20/02/2014
Elodie Yung Joins Gods Of Egypt
When Alex Proyas' Paradise Lost fell through, he turned his attention to a different mythology, and his Gods Of Egypt have been assembling at Summit Entertainment ever since. Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton and Chadwick Boseman are already on board, and they're now joined by District 13: Ultimatum's Elodie Yung.
From: Empire Online 20/02/2014
Will Smith In Talks To Chase A Terrorist For Universal's Sci-Fi Thriller Brilliance
Hot off a supporting role in Akiva Goldsman's Winter's Tale - or maybe I should say "cold" considering the movie takes place in winter and is being frozen out of the box office - Will Smith could be headed back to the sci-fi genre for Brilliance, Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures' upcoming adaptation of the 2013 Edgar Award nominated novel from author Marcus Sakey.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Tina Fey To Star In And Produce Middle East-Set Feature 'The Taliban Shuffle'
While Tina Fey spent years as the star of her own show, playing Liz Lemon for seven seasons of 30 Rock, she doesn't have that much experience as a film's solo lead. She has been paired with some very funny people, from Amy Poehler in Baby Mama to Steve Carell in Date Night to Paul Rudd in Admission, but has never really had to carry a movie herself.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Finds A 2015 Release Date
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. looked much more promising when it was announced. Warner Bros. locked in Guy Ritchie to direct fresh off the billion dollar Sherlock Holmes franchise, and the studio locked in the two potential biggest stars of the 2013 summer season.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Black Widow Will Be Stepping Away From The Catsuit A Bit In Captain America: The Winter Soldier
"Form over function?" That seems to be the question that major studios ask when adapting comic book properties on the bigscreen, deciding what is best in regards to costumes.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Meryl Streep And Brendan Gleeson Join Historical Feminism Drama Suffragette
When you're making a movie that features one of the most important women of the last century or so, you don't want to fill that role with an unproven actress, or worse, an actress who has proven herself to be lawbreaking garbage.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Why Is Beast Hairless And Human In Days Of Future Past?
Maybe you saw some of many released stills from X-Men: Days of Future Past and noticed that Hank McCoy--also known as Beast--is looking surprisingly blue hairless? Yeah, us too.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Shailene Woodley Fights And Faces Fears In New Divergent Spot
Divergent fans are likely celebrating the fact that we're just one day away from the one-month countdown to the arrival of the feature adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Image Gives Us Best Look At Demonic Goblin
As much as Marc Webb keeps telling us that Electro (Jamie Foxx) is the main antagonist in his The Amazing Spider-Man 2, we keep getting more and more Green Goblin coverage as the sequel nears.
From: Cinema Blend 20/02/2014
Bret Easton Ellis working on film project with Kanye West
The author and screenwriter has revealed a little more about his project with the rapper, saying it's currently 'in Kanye land'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/02/2014
Danny Boyle courting biopic of tennis star Billie Jean King
Director reportedly in talks over film about King's 'battle of the sexes' match with male veteran Bobby Riggs.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/02/2014
Meryl Streep to play Emmeline Pankhurst in Suffragette
Actor to play women's lib icon in Abi Morgan's new film about the early days of the movement.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/02/2014
London Lesbian and Gay film festival becomes BFI Flare
British Film Institute renames the event to reflect more diverse understanding of identity.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/02/2014
Jai Courtney Is Your New Kyle Reese
Even as we speak, A Good Day To Die Hard's Jai Courtney is practicing how to travel through time. It's all in service of the news that, after a series of auditions and screen tests, he's seen off his competitors to score the role of Kyle Reese in the new Terminator film, Genesis.
From: Empire Online 19/02/2014
Michael B. Jordan Plans A Heist
Rom-com That Awkward Moment might not have been as big a hit at the box office as the filmmakers might have liked, but it's successful enough that they don't have to go out robbing banks to pay their mortgages. Still, they are planning a heist, with director Tom Gormican and stars Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller on board for a new, untitled film.
From: Empire Online 19/02/2014
Ben Kingsley Set For Life
Though we're about to see him again as the Toast Of Croydon in slightly less luxurious circumstances for Drew Pearce's Marvel One-Shot appearing on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray, Ben Kingsley does have a life outside that role. Actually, he now has a film called Life, signing on to Anton Corbijn's latest.
From: Empire Online 19/02/2014
Exclusive: Jack O'Connell Won't Be Mister Fantastic
Jack O'Connell is a man with a plate full of movie-based goodness. He's got highly-acclaimed prison drama Starred Up coming next month, the also-highly-acclaimed Troubles-set thriller '71 following close behind and Angelina Jolie wartime survival epic Unbroken drifting into cinemas next January, probably while being strafed by a squadron of Japanese Zero.
From: Empire Online 19/02/2014
Christopher Malcolm Dies
Christopher Malcolm, the much-loved stage and screen actor and producer, has died. The Scottish-born actor was 67.
From: Empire Online 19/02/2014
Derek Jarman unseen nightclub film to get London premiere
BFI to show 78-minute film Will You Dance With Me? - shot by director in 1984 with video camera in gay club in east London.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/02/2014
Obama-Satan lookalike cut from film version of hit mini-series The Bible
'The devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus … the devil gets no more screen time,' says producer of The Son Of God.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/02/2014
Wallace Shawn defends Woody Allen against abuse allegations
Shawn, known for his comedy acting as well as his respected theatre productions, has said Dylan Farrow's accusations of sexual abuse against Allen are as shocking as if they were levelled at Desmond Tutu or Franklin Roosevelt.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/02/2014
Cameron Will Shoot Avatar 2 In 4K
As James Cameron beavers away on the next three Avatar films, he has begun to reveal some tiny tidbits about his plans for the trilogy - and those plans obviously include the latest technology, because what else could we expect from the envelope-pushing director?
From: Empire Online 18/02/2014
First Look At Shakespeare Comedy Bill
Brought to us by the people behind Horrible Histories and Yonderland, BBC Films' Bill is a history of William Shakespeare that may not be exactly like the tales we've been told to date. The film is currently shooting in London, West Sussex and, as in this first picture, in York Minster, White Rose country.
From: Empire Online 18/02/2014
Amazing Spider-Man 2 Featurettes Go Behind The Scenes
Following up a slew of trailers that threatened to give away half the film, The Amazing Spider-Sequel team has switched tactics to another classic standby of film PR: the behind-the-scenes featurette.
From: Empire Online 18/02/2014
First Pic From Sex Tape
With shooting wrapped since late last year, director Jake Kasdan is finishing up post-production on his reunion with Bad Teacher stars Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in Sex Tape. Now the first picture has arrived online.
From: Empire Online 18/02/2014
5 Colorful And Fascinating Facts We're Eager To Share About Rio 2
It feels like just yesterday, a pair of animated Blue Macaws named Blu and Jewel swung into theaters worldwide to earn the affection of audiences and critics alike in Blue Sky Studios' Rio. But now they are ready for more. This spring launches a whole new adventure for the two birds and their equally feathery friends, and I recently watched an extended preview of the film, the details of which I'm excited to share with you.
From: Cinema Blend 18/02/2014
Star Wars Casting Rumor Swirls Around Transformers 4 Co-Star
Strap back into the Rumor Chair, boys and girls. We're about to take another spin through J.J. Abrams' pending blockbuster Star Wars: Episode VII, a production that has endured quite a few visits from the Rumor Police, and one that's about to entertain one more bit of possible casting speculation.
From: Cinema Blend 18/02/2014
Heigl asks fans for funds
Katherine Heigl is asking for fans' help funding her new movie.
The actress has been cast to star in Jenny's Wedding, but as RadarOnline reports, the film appears to be in financial trouble.
Producers set up a webpage on crowd-funding site indiegogo.com last week, and Katherine features in a clip on the page asking for donations
From: Film-News 18/02/2014
Paramount Makes First-Look Deal With 'The Departed' Scribe William Monahan
Writer-director William Monahan has signed a two-year first-look deal with Paramount Pictures. His company, Henceforth Pictures, has a number of projects already in development, including several Monahan originals.
From: Deadline 18/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Gravity hits the heights but 12 Years a Slave takes best film
3D space disaster movie wins six awards at Royal Opera House, including best director and best British film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Baftas 2014 ceremony - in pictures
Tinie Tempah high fives Prince William, Emma Thompson continues to channel Peter O'Toole, plus more highlights from the ceremony.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Spike Jonze and Emily Maitlis clash in awkward Newsnight interview
Jonze refuses to answer most questions and quizzes interviewer on her emotional response to his film - who later tweeted what she really thought of the film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Emma Watson fell ill on Noah set after Darren Aronofsky banned bottled water
The director made the ruling in tune with the film's environmental concerns, but it had a punishing effect on its actors.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Film fan jailed for not returning rental video of J-Lo's Monster-in-Law
Kayla Finley is arrested nine years after she rented Jennifer Lopez's 2005 comedy from a video shop in South Carolina.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Michael Keaton to return in Beetlejuice sequel with Tim Burton
'We've talked to each other, and emailed each other, and if he's in, it's going to be hard not to be in' says Beetlejuice star.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
English Heritage honours London flat that was base for Powell and Pressburger
British film duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film company, the Archers, produced classics including A Matter of Life and Death and The Red Shoes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/02/2014
Captain America 2'S Secret Villain Accidentally Revealed By Marvel?
There are two kinds of movie-goers out there: there are those who like to walk into the theater knowing as little as possible, and there are those who want to know every single little detail before they've even had the chance to buy their ticket.
From: Cinema Blend 17/02/2014
This Hilariously Biased Poll Claims A Stupid Number Of Christians Are Mad At Hollywood
We're a little more than a month away from Noah hitting theaters, and at this point, no one has any idea whether it'll be a massive flop, a massive hit or something in between. The truth is it probably depends on how many of the 100 million or so Evangelicals who live in the United States show up.
From: Cinema Blend 17/02/2014
Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Gives 'Her' A Thumbs Up
He might not be the next Roger Ebert, but that didn't stop futurist and artificial-intelligence pioneer Ray Kurzweil from giving Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated and slightly satirical sci-fi dramedy Her a strongly positive review — on cinematic if not all technology grounds.
From: Deadline 17/02/2014
Micah Hauptman Scales 'Everest'; Charles S. Dutton Boards Gregg Allman Biopic 'Midnight Rider'
Micah Hauptman (Parker, Bread & Butter, Silver Skies) has been cast in Working Title/Universal's action adventure drama Everest, about the 1996 multi-expedition ascent on Mount Everest that left eight climbers dead.
From: Deadline 17/02/2014
George Clooney & 'Monuments Men' Headed For White House
President Obama on Tuesday will host cast and crew members of Sony's The Monuments Men for a screening at the White House. George Clooney, who co-wrote, directed and stars in the pic, will be attending the closed-press evening event, we're told.
From: Deadline 17/02/2014
Chinese thriller wins best film and best actor prizes at Berlin festival
Asian films take limelight by also scooping best actress award but US auteur Richard Linklater wins best director for Boyhood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: full list of winners
All the Baftas winners (and nominees) as they come in through the night.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Gravity wins outstanding British film
Alfonso Cuarón's outer-space thriller, a critical and box-office success, has taken the first award of the night, for outstanding British film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Stephen Fry goes gentle with opening monologue
Fry tones down the quips from last year, instead suggesting that Prince William is Helen Mirren's grandson and offering a tea-making metaphor to caution winners to trim their speeches.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: The Act of Killing wins best documentary
Accepting the award, director Joshua Oppenheimer claims UK and US have 'collective responsibility' for 'participating in and ignoring' crimes depicted in The Act of Killing.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Frozen wins best animation
Disney cartoon has taken the animation award at this year's Baftas, beating sequels Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Barkhad Abdi wins best supporting actor for Captain Phillips
Barkhad Abdi, who played a Somali pirate in the Paul Greengrass drama Captain Phillips, takes the best supporting actor, beating the likes of Michael Fassbender and Matt Damon.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Jennifer Lawrence wins best supporting actress for American Hustle
Jennifer Lawrence has taken the best supporting actress award, beating 12 Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Philomena takes adapted screenplay, Hustle wins original
David O Russell and Eric Warren Singer pick up the third award of the evening for American Hustle, while Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope win best adapted screenplay prize.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Chiwetel Ejiofor wins best actor for 12 Years a Slave
The actor Chiwetel Ejiofor has beaten the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Bruce Dern to take this year's best actor Bafta.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: Cate Blanchett wins best actress for Blue Jasmine
Australian star beats Judi Dench and Sandra Bullock, and pays tribute to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
Baftas 2014: winners' circle - in pictures
From Emma Thompson with best mate Barkhad Abdi to a beaming Cate Blanchett with her golden mask to outstanding film presenter Oprah, here is a look at the evening's winners.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/02/2014
The Fear Monger: Beware Jason Momoa's Tattooed Werewolf, Killer Twins And Murderous Sculptures
Welcome, vexers of all things virtuous. Hope your Valentine's Day went swell, and that you aren't swelling from all the fun. Those allergic to flowers, chocolates and love don't always fare well on that day, and most of the people we'll be talking about here also don't fare well. No one ever wins it all in horror movies. But fans get to reap all the benefits.
From: Cinema Blend 16/02/2014
'Gravity,' 'Captain Phillips' Nab MPSE Sound Editing Awards
Gravity and Captain Phillips took home the big feature awards tonight — for Best Sound Effects & Foley work and Best Dialogue/ADR, respectively — as the Motion Picture Sound Editors doled out annual awards recognizing achievement in sound editing. HBO's Game of Thrones, AMC's Breaking Bad, FX's The Bridge and FX's Sons of Anarchy took home honors on the TV side.
From: Deadline 16/02/2014
Deadline's Best Film Stories Of The Week
By The Deadline Team - Here's the group shot from the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton today (with closer looks and caption info after the jump). This is the largest number of nominees yet.
From: Deadline 16/02/2014
Actress Ellen Page comes out in speech to Human Rights Campaign event
X-Men and Juno star speaks to audience of counsellors
Says: 'I'm here today because I'm gay'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/02/2014
R.I.P. 'Muppets' Puppeteer John Henson
John Henson, son of the late Muppets creator Jim Henson, died Friday after suffering a sudden heart attack.
From: Deadline 15/02/2014
Chinese director Zhang Yimou set for first western production
The director of Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Raise The Red Lantern is in talks to direct The Parsifal Mosaic, an adaptation of a Robert Ludlum novel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/02/2014
George Clooney calls for Mona Lisa to be returned to Italy
Monuments Men star follows Parthenon marbles demand with suggestion Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting should go back to country of origin.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/02/2014
Peter Greenaway to receive Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema
The arthouse director says it is 'a pleasure and a delight' to be honoured for his years of effort and experiment .
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/02/2014
Sacha Baron Cohen to follow up Dictator success with Paramount deal
Inspired by the Hollywood studio's controversial The Wolf of Wall Street, the British shock comedian signs two-movie deal.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/02/2014
Brittany Snow Back For 'Pitch Perfect 2′
Universal Pictures has just signed a deal for Pitch Perfect co-star Brittany Snow to rejoin Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson for the sequel. Elizabeth Banks is set to direct Pitch Perfect 2, from Universal and Gold Circle. A May 15, 2015, release is set.
From: Deadline 14/02/2014
Dylan Minnette To Star Opposite Jack Black In Sony's 'Goosebumps'
Dylan Minnette has been cast as the co-lead in Sony Pictures' Goosebumps, the adaptation of the iconic Scholastic YA scary book series written by R.L. Stine.
From: Deadline 14/02/2014
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn Romance Getting Screen Treatment
David Permut's Permut Presentations and Reunion Pictures have teamed to produce Tracy And Hepburn, a David Rambo-scripted feature about the long love affair between the screen legends Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
From: Deadline 14/02/2014
Tupac biopic to be directed by John Singleton
The director of Boyz n the Hood is also set to rewrite and produce long-awaited film on the life of rapper Tupac Shakur.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/02/2014
Darren Aronofsky wins 'battle' with Paramount over final edit of Noah
The Black Swan director was 'upset' over the studio's attempt to appease religious audiences by recutting his biblical epic.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/02/2014
Star Wars Episode VII sequel to start shooting at Pinewood in May
Schedule for JJ Abrams's reboot is leaked, amid reports that casting of lead roles is complete.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/02/2014
Baftas to welcome Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey and Christian Bale
As the guestlist for Sunday's Baftas is revealed, some argue British film is not getting enough of a voice.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/02/2014
The Monuments Men Premieres In London
When your cast includes names like Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett, you're pretty much guaranteed a good permiere party. A tip of the beret, then, to George Clooney and his band of brothers for turning Leicester Square into a thousand-fan scream-off for The Monuments Men UK premiere.
From: Empire Online 12/02/2014
Robert Schwentke Directing Insurgent
As previously reported, Lionsgate have so much confidence in their adaptation of Veronica Roth's Divergent that they're storming ahead with work on the sequel before the original has even been released.
From: Empire Online 12/02/2014
First Look Still At Everest
Shooting has started on mountain peril movie Everest and, boy, does it look chilly. Director Baltasar Kormakur has taken his ensemble cast to Nepal, looking to film his account of an ill-fated, storm-beset 1996 expedition in vérité conditions. He's found them.
From: Empire Online 12/02/2014
The Avengers: Age Of Ultron's Elizabeth Olsen Describes Her Scarlet Witch Costume
Even as a lifelong comic book fan, I understand why filmmakers often feel the need to change the look of some superhero costumes as they are translated from the page to the big screen.
From: Cinema Blend 12/02/2014
Natalie Portman's Directorial Debut Draws Outrage In Jerusalem
After years of development, Natalie Portman has finally gotten her directorial debut A Tale of Love And Darkness off the ground. But with production underway on location in Jerusalem, public unrest is brewing fast and fiercely.
From: Cinema Blend 12/02/2014
Why Have So Many People Decided They Hate Divergent?
Maybe it's because fans are burned out on YA adaptations. Maybe it's because they're sick of seeing teenage protagonists trying to upend society. Maybe they're just not buying into Shailene Woodley.
From: Cinema Blend 12/02/2014
Escape From New York Remake To Become A Trilogy
The movie industry is like a zombie movie: bad ideas don't die, they just multiply. You can't keep a terrible film from being made, you can only hope that the participants grow broke or run out of enthusiasm for what, on the surface, sounds like a terrible project.
From: Cinema Blend 12/02/2014
You Can See Cheap Thrills Earlier Than Expected Thanks To VOD
How far would you go to make some money from an eccentric rich guy? Would you attack your best friend? What about a friend that you haven't seen in a while? More to the point, would you risk looking like Pat Healy's character Craig in the new poster seen above for E.L. Katz's directorial debut Cheap Thrills?
From: Cinema Blend 12/02/2014
Everest starts principal photography in Nepal
Universal Pictures, Walden Media and Cross Creek Pictures, announce the start of principal photography on the Working Title Films production of EVEREST. Universal Pictures will release EVEREST in North American theatres in 3D and IMAX 3D on 27th February 2015.
From: Film-News 12/02/2014
British Academy Games Awards nominations announced
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced the nominations for the British Academy Games Awards in 2014. A total of 43 games have been recognised across 17 categories, showcasing the very best games of the past 12 months and highlighting an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams.
From: Film-News 12/02/2014
OSCARS: U2 Set To Perform 'Ordinary Love' At Academy Awards
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — World-renowned rock band U2 will perform their Oscar®-nominated song, "Ordinary Love," for a global audience at the Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
From: Deadline 12/02/2014
All Eyez On John Singleton As Director Boards Tupac Shakur Biopic
John Singleton has signed on to direct, re-write, and produce Morgan Creek Films and Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films' Tupac Shakur biopic, which is hitting up a summer 2014 shoot.
From: Deadline 12/02/2014
Eva Longoria Joins Blumhouse's 'Visions'
Blumhouse horror pic Visions has added another TV name to its cast. Eva Longoria will join Isla Fisher, Anson Mount, and Community's Gillian Jacobs in the film which also has The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons in talks to co-star.
From: Deadline 12/02/2014
Berlin: Warm Weather & A Record Deal Can't Fully Thaw Market Chill; Is EFM Worth It?
While the normally freezing weather in Berlin is an annual lament, this year's unseasonably balmy clime became a major focus of conversation.
From: Deadline 12/02/2014
ICM Partners Signs Belgian Actress Veerle Baetens
One of the leads in the Best Foreign Language Oscar nominated film The Broken Circle Breakdown has signed on with ICM Partners, I've learned.
From: Deadline 12/02/2014
Julia Roberts's half-sister found dead in Los Angeles
Actor's family 'shocked and devastated' after police say Nancy Motes, 37, died from possible drug overdose.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
Shirley Temple: Hollywood's original child star dies aged 85
Actor, who became one of the most famous child stars of all time, has died at the age of 85.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
News anchor seems to mistake Samuel L Jackson for Laurence Fishburne
KTLA's Sam Rubin apologises after RoboCop star delivers a righteous dressing down about 'other black guys' in TV adverts.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
Shirley Temple: Hollywood's little miracle who grew up a real person
Her films enchanted strife-hit US audiences, and unlike so many child stars to come, she made a diplomatic transition to adulthood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
Wolf of Wall Street becomes Scorsese's biggest banker
Financial comedy becomes director's top-grossing film ever, as director reveals early experiment with quaaludes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
Shirley Temple silenced critics with successful roles in US diplomacy
Former child star proved a tireless advocate for aid in Africa among other achievements in age of male-dominated diplomacy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
George Clooney, Bill Murray and Matt Damon back return of Elgin marbles
Hollywood actors say Greek sculptures have had a "very nice stay" in Britain but should be returned.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/02/2014
Bill Paxton Reaches The Bottoms
Bill Paxton made his directorial debut back in 2001 with the mostly-excellent chiller Frailty, and followed it in 2005 with equally solid golfing drama The Greatest Game Ever Played. Since then he's seemed content in front of the camera, but he's now scored his third outing calling the shots, adapting Joe R. Lansdale's novel The Bottoms. Paxton's Frailty collaborator Brent Hanley has once again provided the screenplay.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Sienna Miller Finds Love And Friendship
Whit Stillman has a new movie, Love And Friendship, afoot and it now involves the combined talents of Sienna Miller and Chloe Sevigny.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Fox Plans Jingle All The Way Sequel
Jingle All The Way. The very name divides people into those who cringe at the memory of the slapstick-happy Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas comedy and those who have adopted it as a kitsch classic. The film was released in 1996, and someone has decided that what the world needs is an Arnie-free sequel featuring Larry The Cable Guy alongside WWE wrestler Santino Marella.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
January Jones Ready For The Shuddering
Would you rush to see a horror title called The Shuddering? It sounds a little like a spoof take on classic B-movie chillers, but director George Ratliff and star January Jones are hoping people will take them seriously, setting up the film and flogging the rights at Berlin's European Film Market.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Lasse Hallstrom On To Direct John D. Rockefeller Film
Though he's now the proud recipient of an Oscar nomination alongside co-writer Melisa Wallack for his Dallas Buyers Club script, it took Craig Borten almost 20 years to get that screenplay made.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Sean Pertwee Is Gotham's Alfred
The club of people who have played Bruce Wayne's Butler Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman universe is set to increase by one. Sean Pertwee has scored the role for the new Fox TV series Gotham.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Greta Gerwig Will Lead How I Met Your Dad
Given how much of a career she's steadily been building on the big screen, we're surprised to see Greta Gerwig suddenly deciding to leap not just into television, but into US network sitcom territory. Still, CBS has announced that the Frances Ha star will take the lead in the How I Met Your Mother alike pilot How I Met Your Dad.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
Warners Dates Tarzan For July 2016
While the 3D animated take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan will beat it into cinemas, Warner Bros. has officially announced both the start of work and a July 2016 release date for its own big budget, live-action 3D version, to be directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgard.
From: Empire Online 11/02/2014
9 Outlandish And Weird Things Shia LaBeouf Has Done Since Getting Famous
Born to parents he's repeatedly described as "hippies" and naturally interested in projects that fall well outside the lines most actors are willing to color within, Shia LaBeouf came out of the womb destined to be a bit of a weirdo.
From: Cinema Blend 11/02/2014
See Miss Piggy's Designer Wedding Gown From Muppets Most Wanted
Here comes the bride, all decked out in designer wedding day couture! In this newly released still from Muppets Most Wanted, Miss Piggy looks simply stunning in her elegant wedding gown.
From: Cinema Blend 11/02/2014
Disney Sued Over Toy Story 3's Lotso Bear
Toy Story 3 took theaters by storm in the summer of 2010. But long after the film won critical praise, two Academy Awards, and more than a billion dollars worldwide, Disney is being sued over its depiction of a huggable teddy bear as a conniving villain.
From: Cinema Blend 11/02/2014
Gary Oldman Drops Major Planet Of The Apes Story Details Because YOLO
When you're Gary Oldman, you have a solid amount of job security. The guy has graduated from one of the all-time unheralded English actors into something like franchise superglue.
From: Cinema Blend 11/02/2014
Shia LaBeouf wears paper bag, quotes Cantona at Nymphomaniac opening
Nymphomaniac star Shia LaBeouf repeats Eric Cantona's seagull quote as Lars von Trier avoids press conference.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/02/2014
JK Rowling backtracks on 'Harry Potter heresy'
Full interview with Emma Watson in Wonderland magazine shows author qualifying doubts over Ron and Hermione's marriage.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/02/2014
Looking for lost boys: Hollywood bosses launch search for a Peter Pan
Warner Bros puts out call across UK for boys to star in new movie about JM Barrie character's origins.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/02/2014
New Game Of Thrones Season 4 Preview Lands
If you haven't seen Season 3 of Game Of Thrones, allows us to summarise: HOLY BLOODY CRAP. Right, you're up to date and ready to go with this fascinating insight into the fourth instalment of HBO's masterfully conceived fantasy epic. It's called Ice And Fire: A Foreshadowing and is a full 15 minutes of previewing goodness, with contributions from co-creator David Benioff and key cast members.
From: Empire Online 10/02/2014
Cuarón Explains The Themes Of Gravity
Ahead of Gravity's Blu-ray release, we have an exclusive clip starring Alfonso and Jonas Cuarón, explaining the themes of the film for any of you who missed them. In case you were wondering what the story of an astronaut lost in space has to do with you, watch the below and wonder no more.
From: Empire Online 10/02/2014
John McTiernan Directing Red Squad
It's a full decade since Die Hard and Predator director John McTiernan has had a film in production. Protracted legal shenanigans and a twelve-month jail sentence stemming from the Anthony Pellicano wire-tapping scandal enforced his disappearance from the Hollywood radar.
From: Empire Online 10/02/2014
Russell Brand On For Vernon God Little
DBC Pierre's Booker-winning novel Vernon God Little is a decade old and has been close to a big-screen adaptation for much of that time. Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski was linked with the project for a time, but Werner Herzog has the conch now and his version has inched closer to reality with The Wrap bringing news that Russell Brand, Sasha Pieterse and Austin Abrams are all in talks to appear.
From: Empire Online 10/02/2014
Joel Silver On His Escape From New York Reboot Plans
In March 2013, news arrived that the rights to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's action classic Escape From New York had reverted to StudioCanal and Joel Silver, and the plan was to make it a trilogy centring on Snake's backstory. Now, speaking to Collider on the Non-Stop press tour, Silver has a few more details, though he's keen to point out that everything is in very early stages.
From: Empire Online 10/02/2014
How Captain America: The Winter Soldier Will Affect Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
More than any of the Marvel standalone films that came before it, Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier will drastically affect the storylines driving Marvel's television companion project, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., if only because the government agency plays a major part in the Winter Soldier storyline.
From: Cinema Blend 10/02/2014
Hendricks happy as fairy
Christina Hendricks could relate to how "misunderstood" her The Pirate Fairy character feels.
The Mad Men star voices lead character Zarina in the Disney movie about a dust-keeper fairy who feels like no one can relate to her.
From: Film-News 10/02/2014
Cannes Film Festival: 2014 Prize Ceremony Moved To May 24
The suspense for Cannes Film Festival awards contenders later this year will be slightly shorter. The fest is tweaking the timing of its prize ceremony, moving the event up by a day to Saturday May 24.
From: Deadline 10/02/2014
Carl Icahn Ends Apple Stock Buyback Campaign
The activist investor declared victory today as he abandoned his campaign for a shareholder resolution that appeared headed for defeat.
From: Deadline 10/02/2014
Sony To Make Movie Based On Ubisoft's 'Rabbids'
Sony Pictures and Ubisoft Motion Pictures are teaming on a full-length feature film based on the Rabbids, the bad guys from Ubisoft's Rayman video games that have spawned spinoff TV series, merchandising, comic books and even a theme park attraction in France.
From: Deadline 10/02/2014
Bill Paxton Reteaming With Frailty Screenwriter To Adapt Joe Lansdale's The Bottoms
Prolific Texas author Joe R. Lansdale has been thrilling audiences for over 30 years with his imaginatively dark and often horrific novels, not to mention his work in comics and television, yet somehow the only two features that have been adapted from his bibliography are Don Coscarelli's cult hit Bubba Ho-Tep and Terrill Lee Lankford's Christmas with the Dead, with Jim Mickle's take on revenge thriller Cold in July having just premiered at Sundance.
From: Cinema Blend 09/02/2014
Ian McShane Joins Patrick Wilson As A Violent Ex-Sheriff In The Man On Carrion Road
Spanish filmmaker Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego hasn't exactly made a huge splash here in the U.S., with last year's slow-but-worthy Open Grave failing to reach wide audiences and 2011's Apollo 18 being one of the most disappointing films I've ever seen.
From: Cinema Blend 09/02/2014
Bradley Whitford, Eliza Dushku Join The Gregg Allman Biopic Midnight Rider
Randall Miller's upcoming Midnight Rider, an adaptation of Gregg Allman's biography My Cross to Bear, is the only music biopic that 2014 needs, and the final casting choices are being made as it heads into production.
From: Cinema Blend 09/02/2014
The Fear Monger: Zombeavers! Killer Mimes! Martin Sheen In A Horror Movie!
Happy weekend, defacers of all things delicate. Am I the only one that wants to destroy things because there isn't any football this weekend? If only the new horror flicks on VOD and streaming were as violent and filled with things named after animals.
From: Cinema Blend 09/02/2014
What Made Shia LaBeouf Storm Out Of A Nymphomaniac Press Conference?
Because no one has paid attention to Shia LaBeouf in roughly the past 48 hours, the troubled star took it upon himself to grab more headlines by stealing thunder at the Nymphomaniac press conference at the Berlin International Film Festival. And in an impressive bout of LaBeouf-ery, the actor surprised the media with what he said AND with what he didn't say.
From: Cinema Blend 09/02/2014
Stanley Tucci to visit Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Oscar nominated actor Stanley Tucci will visit Dublin to attend a public interview and will also be honoured with a Volta Award at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014
From: Film-News 09/02/2014
Polish Film Festival returning to the capital for 12th year
Returning to the capital for a 12th successful year, the KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival for a bumper month long edition (24th April - 30th May), bringing audiences across London and the UK, celebrating the best of Polish Cinema, music and visual arts.
From: Film-News 09/02/2014
Berlin: Lars Von Trier Sports "Persona Non Grata" T-Shirt; Shia LaBeouf Abruptly Exits 'Nymphomaniac' Press Conference
Danish bad boy Lars von Trier came to Berlin today for the world premiere of the director's cut of Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1. He maintained his vow to refrain from all public statements, and did not attend the press conference.
From: Deadline 09/02/2014
Berlin: Danish Helmer Janus Metz To Direct Action Thriller 'Blowback' From '71′ Scribe
London-set action thriller Blowback is moving forward with Armadillo helmer Janus Metz in the director's chair.
From: Deadline 09/02/2014
Berlin: Idris Elba, Sam Worthington Join Noomi Rapace In Thriller 'Alive Alone'
Alive Alone, the Thunder Road produced drama that Protagonist Pictures is selling, was originally announced in Cannes with Noomi Rapace and Matthias Schoenaerts starring. Schoenaerts has had to pull out for personal reasons, and now boarding are Idris Elba and Sam Worthington for a March start.
From: Deadline 09/02/2014
Woody Allen denies abuse allegations
Filmmaker publishes letter rebutting Dylan Farrow claims and painting Mia Farrow as 'raging adversary' who made them up.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/02/2014
Berlin: Salma Hayek, John Travolta Line Up 'A Three Dog Life'
Earlier today, Radius-TWC plunked down for upcoming Salma Hayek Pinault thriller Everly. The actress is now lining up A Three Dog Life, opposite John Travolta.
From: Deadline 08/02/2014
Berlin: Dimension & Radius-TWC Acquire U.S. Rights To Salma Hayek Thriller 'Everly'
After last night's massive Weinstein Co acquisition of The Imitation Game, domestic action has perked up slightly today.
From: Deadline 08/02/2014
Berlin Briefs: Frank Dillane Boards Bow's 'Maestro'; 'Watermark' Sells For eOne; John Travolta Is 'Gummy Bear'
Up-and-comer Frank Dillane (Heart Of The Sea, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince) has been set to star in Maestro, the adaptation of Peter Goldsworthy's 1989 bibildungsroman. Catherine Jarvis is directing the pic that starts shooting in the spring in Northern Australia and Vienna. Daniel Harvey and Bow Street Films partners Joe Jenckes and David Dickson are producers.
From: Deadline 08/02/2014
Berlin: Kino Lorber Acquires Sundance Prize Winner '52 Tuesdays'
Winner of the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award, 52 Tuesdays has been picked up for U.S. distribution by Kino Lorber.
From: Deadline 08/02/2014
L.A. Mayor Picks Lawyer Ken Ziffren As City's New Film Czar
Los Angeles is about to get its second Film Czar. Mayor Eric Garcetti has decided on Ken Ziffren for the job he created last fall and the powerhouse entertainment attorney has accepted the gig, I've learned.
From: Deadline 08/02/2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman to be given private funeral in New York
Service for actor found dead of apparent heroin overdose held at church that hosted funerals of Jackie Kennedy and Aaliyah.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/02/2014
Gary Oldman reveals talks over Star Wars: Episode VII role
'They've called,' says Batman and Harry Potter actor, with JJ Abrams's debut Star Wars feature due to shoot this year.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/02/2014
Star Wars companion short to screen again in UK after 34 years
Black Angel, commissioned by George Lucas and shown with The Empire Strikes Back, to feature at Glasgow film festival.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/02/2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman funeral held at New York church
Oscar-winning actor was found dead on Sunday Ceremony held at Church of St Ignatius Loyola.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/02/2014
Terry Gilliam Reveals Don Quixote Start Date
The tale of Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is part of movie lore. Not-quite-making-of doc Lost In La Mancha charted the foiling of his first attempt to make it via a combination of injury, NATO fly-bys and plain old rotten luck. Undeterred, and with a refusal to surrender that would impress even the Spanish nobleman, Gilliam is having another crack and has concept art to show and a new start date lined up.
From: Empire Online 07/02/2014
Paul Bettany Will Be The Avengers Sequel's Vision
He's been the soothing, snarky voice of Tony Stark's helpful A.I. Jarvis for years, but it appears Paul Bettany is ready to step out of the recording booth and on to the screen for The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. According to the Mail's Baz Bamigboye - and seemingly confirmed by the big US trade papers - Bettany will be playing android Avenger The Vision in the new film.
From: Empire Online 07/02/2014
Jason Statham On For The Mechanic 2
Jason Statham's 2010 action-thriller The Mechanic was a throwaway hitman thriller that was a lot more fun and a lot less po-faced than it first appeared. It had a terrific poster, a bit where Stath stuck on some Schubert (not even at gunpoint) and more double-crossing than a stack of hot cross buns. Simon West handled that one and now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the monkey wrench is being passing to versatile German director Dennis Gansel for a sequel that will see Statham back in action as ronin-like hitman - or 'mechanic' - Arthur Bishop.
From: Empire Online 07/02/2014
Jay Baruchel Joins The Ten O'Clock People
"All I've ever wanted to do is direct horror films in Montreal for the rest of my life. That is the endgame. That is the ultimate motivation. Everything I do is an effort to get to that point." Thus spake Jay Baruchel back in 2010, and while the intervening three years haven't yet seen him realise that ambition, he's at least somewhere in its ballpark this morning. The news is that Baruchel will act as an exec-producer as well as the star of screenwriter Tom Holland's Montreal-based Stephen King adaptation The Ten O'Clock People.
From: Empire Online 07/02/2014
10 Surprise Celebrity Voices To Listen For In The LEGO Movie
Sometimes I need to be reminded that I pay way too much attention to the movies coming out in theaters. As we left a recent family screening of Phil Lord and Chris Miller's amazing The LEGO Movie (which finally opens in theaters everywhere), I joked to my wife about the voices of a couple of superheroes in the film, and the meta nod it made to Lord and Miller's Jump Street reboot. As it turns out, she didn't recognize either of the voices, so the joke kind of flew right over her head.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
I Paid To See Vampire Academy At Midnight And The Studio Still Didn't Let Me
Yesterday morning, I took an hour-long break from work to drive to the theater and get Vampire Academy tickets. Not my local theater, of course. My local theater wasn't playing Vampire Academy at midnight.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Johnny Depp Officially On Board For Black Mass, Tom Hardy In Talks
Johnny Depp hasn't shied away from playing real-life criminals, like gangster John Dillinger in Public Enemies or cocaine kingpin George Jung in Blow. So we shouldn't be too surprised that Cross Creek Pictures and Exclusive Media have convinced the eccentric A-lister to play the notorious Whitey Bulger for Black Mass.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Jay Baruchel To Headline Stephen King Thriller The Ten O'Clock People
The works of Stephen King have inspired countless nightmares and over 170 adaptations in film and television, from The Shining and It to Pet Sematary and The Shawshank Redemption. Now Jay Baruchel is joining this legacy with the upcoming horror-thriller The Ten O'Clock People.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Russell Brand And Sasha Pieterse In Talks For Werner Herzog's School Shooting Satire Vernon God Little
While it's impossible to find an iota of humor in the school shootings that occasionally occur here in the U.S., novels and films have a way of adding levity and darkly comedic sensibilities to any form of subject matter one can think of.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Kendrick and Wilson confirmed for Pitch Perfect 2
Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will star in Pitch Perfect 2.
Deadline reports the actresses have signed a deal with Universal Pictures and Gold Circle to reprise their original roles in the musical comedy.
From: Film-News 07/02/2014
OSCARS: Academy Makes History Sending Screeners And Opening Voting In All 24 Categories To Every Member For The First Time
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is jumping into the screener business. Big time.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
'Vampire Academy' Midnight Mistake Turns Away Disappointed Fans Anxious To See New Flick
Moviegoers who showed up for the midnight screening of Vampire Academy at a Pacific Theatre in Glendale, CA last night were turned away after buying tickets for the vampire romp — learning upon arrival that the screening was cancelled.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Berlin: CMG Picks Up LD's Horror Pic 'Where The Devil Hides'
Edward Noeltner's Cinema Management Group has picked up LD Entertainment's Where The Devil Hides and will premiere the film for buyers during the EFM. The horror thriller tells the story of a prophecy in a small Pennsylvania village that on the eve of every girl's 18th birthday, the devil might inhabit her soul.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
CAA Signs Belgian Helmer Felix Van Groeningen
Belgian director Felix van Groeningen has signed with CAA, and also Management 360 and attorney Alan Wertheimer.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon Star In 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania'
Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon have been set to star in Stockholm, Pennsylvania, a drama scripted and to be directed by Nikole Beckwith.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Berlin: Johnny Depp Seals Deal To Play Whitey Bulger In 'Black Mass'; Tom Hardy In Talks To Play FBI Pal John Connolly
Johnny Depp has made his deal to star in Black Mass,the drama Scott Cooper will direct about the Boston crime kingpin-turned-fugitive Whitey Bulger, for Cross Creek Pictures and Exclusive Media. Now, they are in early talks with Tom Hardy to play John Connolly, the FBI agent and childhood pal of Bulger, who is in prison for tipping Bulger that he was about to be indicted.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Berlin Briefs: Rob Cohen To Helm 'Risk'; Umedia Digs 'Deep'; Buyers Show Up For Competition's 'In Order Of Disappearance'
Alex Cross and The Fast And The Furious director Rob Cohen is set to helm Umedia's action heist thriller Risk. A summer production start is eyed.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Berlin: Bill Paxton To Direct Adaptation Of Joe Lansdale Novel 'The Bottoms'
Paradise City, the newly-minted production label of Paris-based Memento Films International, has tapped Bill Paxton to direct the adaptation of prolific author Joe Lansdale's The Bottoms.
From: Deadline 07/02/2014
Saoirse Ronan And Cynthia Nixon Join Kidnapping Drama 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania'
Dramatic fiction often takes its cues from real life situations, so it's no surprise that a filmmaker is looking to long-term kidnappings as a narrative source.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Will Smith Won't Be Back For Independence Day 2
For the past few months, the biggest question hanging over the upcoming sequel to Independence Day was whether or not Will Smith would be coming back to star as Captain Steven Hiller.
From: Cinema Blend 07/02/2014
Petition for plus-sized Disney princess reaches 22,000 signatures
A Change.org petition for a plus-sized Disney princess, organised by a US high school student, follows other criticisms of Disney designs.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/02/2014
Paul Walker's Fast & Furious car up for charity sale
The car driven by Paul Walker in racing thriller Fast & Furious is up for sale at €1m, following the star's death in a car accident last year.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/02/2014
Marc Forster Feels The Red Rising
Following the troubled production and surprising success of World War Z, Marc Forster has found his next directing gig. He'll be behind the camera for an adaptation of Pierce Brown's recent novel Red Rising. Brown wrote the screenpkay himself, and Joe Roth (Alice In Wonderland, Oz The Great And Powerful) is among the producers.
From: Empire Online 06/02/2014
Evangeline Lily In Talks For Ant-Man
Evangeline Lilly's efforts kicking Orc ass in Middle-earth clearly impressed Edgar Wright, because the World's End director is now in early talks with the actress to take a lead role in Ant-Man.
From: Empire Online 06/02/2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman: arrests made over heroin, reports say
Police reveal more details of investigation as autopsy results and medical examiner's findings on actor's death are awaited.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/02/2014
Benedict Cumberbatch detects the way to Sesame Street
The Sherlock actor aided Count Von Count and Murray Monster in sleuthing their way to a fruit-based mystery.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/02/2014
Matthew McConaughey to star in Gus Van Sant suicide drama Sea of Trees
The Oscar-tipped actor will star alongside Ken Watanabe in the film about a pair of men who meet in a Japanese 'suicide forest'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/02/2014
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill to reunite in tale of Olympic bomb outrage
Stars lined up for story of security guard Richard Jewell, who discovered and was then accused of planting fatal Atlanta bomb.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/02/2014
Pope Francis meets Philomena Lee and Steve Coogan
Philomena Lee, whose search for the son sold for adoption by nuns was turned into a film, has met Pope Francis in Rome.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/02/2014
Quvenzhane Wallis Joins Fathers And Daughters
A flurry of casting announcements last autumn saw Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Aaron Paul signing up for Gabriele Muccino's ensemble drama Fathers And Daughters. After a quieter couple of months, the film now has some new additions. Quvenzhane Wallis, Diane Kruger and Octavia Spencer will all be making appearances.
From: Empire Online 05/02/2014
Seth Gordon Will Map Sony's Uncharted
Though he broke through with video game documentary The King Of Kong, Seth Gordon's resulting career has so far been largely limited to comedies such as Horrible Bosses and Identity Thief. Now Sony could be about to change that, as the studio is negotiating to have him tackle the adaptation of Uncharted.
From: Empire Online 05/02/2014
Tom Hiddleston Climbing Wheatley's High-Rise
As announced last August, J.G. Ballard's dystopian High-Rise is finally getting its chance on screen, with Ben Wheatley directing and Amy Jump writing the screenplay. Film4 are the backers with Jeremy Thomas producing, and Wheatley has just announced the film's first casting: Tom Hiddleston has been installed at the top.
From: Empire Online 05/02/2014
Tom Hanks Was On The Studio Wish List To Play Lex Luthor
Jesse Eisenberg, star of The Social Network and the animated Rio franchise, landed the coveted Lex Luthor role in Zack Snyder's Batman vs. Superman (or whatever they end up calling it). Some complained. Most sided with our own Eric, who called Eisenberg the "perfect" choice to play the villainous part. Now wait until you hear who you almost got in the role.
From: Cinema Blend 05/02/2014
First look at Amanda Knox drama Face of An Angel
Michael Winterbottom's drama is a fictionalisation of the Knox case, starring Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale and Cara Delevingne.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/02/2014
Zac Efron confirms talks with makers of JJ Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII
High School Musical star says he met the producers and loves the space saga - 'It would be cool. But... who knows?'
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/02/2014
Charlie Chaplin's only novel published for the first time
Footlights, the screen legend's unseen prequel in prose to the film Limelight, reflects his sadness at declining stardom.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/02/2014
Postman Pat Trailer Arrives Registered Delivery
The new Postman Pat movie promises many things: a 3D gallivant around Greendale, Ronan Keating's singing, that black and white cat and a terror strike on Greendale, the last possibly a figment of our feverish imagination. Here's the trailer for you and your wee' uns to watch.
From: Empire Online 04/02/2014
Nicolas Cage Wants To Be One Of The Men With No Fear
Based on a chunk of his career, Nicolas Cage certainly has no fear of potential embarrassment in his roles. He'll be keeping it a little more restrained - well, at least, it appears he will - for a new crime thriller called Men With No Fear.
From: Empire Online 04/02/2014
Get Ready To Fear Paris
Because anthologies set in different cities featuring romantic couples and complications shouldn't be allowed to dominate cinema screens, some of the producers behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious are whipping up some location-based terror, hiring Joe Dante, Xavier Gens and Timo Vuorensola to work on segments of Fear Paris.
From: Empire Online 04/02/2014
New Art For Star Wars Rebels
Ahead of the debut of new animated series Star Wars Rebels, later this year, we have a new piece of art to unveil. This is one of a number of limited edition cards going out to promote the show, and the propaganda style and rather nifty colours suggest a pretty cool aesthetic.
From: Empire Online 04/02/2014
The Hunger Games Will Need A Few Tricks To Finish Mockingjay Without Hoffman
As the film community continues to mourn the loss of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, the business side of the industry continues to roll on. Hoffman was a major factor in a massive film franchise that relied on him to complete his role. Today, we're learning that some tricks and cheats might be necessary to bring The Hunger Games to completion in 2015.
From: Cinema Blend 04/02/2014
Michael Keaton Doesn't Want To Hear RoboCop Complaining About An Uncomfortable Suit
When it comes to performing in uncomfortable superhero suits, Michael Keaton has been there and done that. The legendary comic actor best known for Mr. Mom or Beetlejuice blazed a trail for the modern movie hero by strapping himself into an immobile Batsuit for Tim Burton's two Batman movies.
From: Cinema Blend 04/02/2014
Frozen's Josh Gad Surprises Fans At A Sing-A-Long Screening
Fandango recently surveyed more than a thousand Frozen Sing-A-Long ticket-buyers and found that 40% of them picked Olaf the snowman as their favorite character in the movie.
From: Cinema Blend 04/02/2014
J-Law leads tributes to co-star
Jennifer Lawrence has led the tributes to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The actor died on Sunday from an alleged heroin overdose in his rented New York apartment.
From: Film-News 04/02/2014
WME Signs Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams has signed with WME. The actress comes into the agency fold after starring most recently in the untitled Cameron Crowe film with Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Bill Murray, and after starring in the Anton Corbjin-directed A Most Wanted Man, the adaptation of the John Le Carre novel that stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Daniel Bruhl and Willem Dafoe. McAdams, who had been without an agent since leaving UTA last April, continues to be managed by Shelley Browning at Magnolia.
From: Deadline 04/02/2014
Pharrell Williams To Perform At Oscars
The singer-songwriter-producer will sing "Happy," a song he wrote and produced for Despicable Me 2. It's a candidate for the Best Song award, along with "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, "Let It Go" from Frozen and "The Moon Song" from Her. Williams co-wrote and produced last year's hit from Robin Thicke, "Blurred Lines," and co-wrote and sang Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." He won seven Grammys last weekend including two for Producer of the Year.
From: Deadline 04/02/2014
12 Years a Slave takes best film prize from London critics
Steve McQueen's harrowing slave drama named film of the year, with lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor given actor of the year.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/02/2014
Chastain's Secret Scripture Finds A Director
Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture has already had a spell of success and attention, winning awards and shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2008. Now it's set to return to the limelight with a film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave. My Left Foot's Noel Pearson is producing, and after a few months of searching, the film now finally has a director in Thaddeus O'Sullivan.
From: Empire Online 03/02/2014
Kyle Chandler Meets Carol
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson are already signed on for Todd Haynes' drama Carol, and now they have a further co-star in Kyle Chandler. He'll play Blanchett's husband in the Patricia Highsmith adaptation.
From: Empire Online 03/02/2014
Transformers: Age Of Extinction Super Bowl Spot Brings The Dinobots
So, what were you expecting from the first footage look at Transformers: Age Of Extinction? Long stretches of Brechtian angst or silent contemplation of raindrops? Of course not! And the Super Bowl spot for the new slab of Bayhem features the usual: explosions, more explosions and all the robo-shots that ILM's hardworking team have had time to to produce.
From: Empire Online 03/02/2014
Geena Davis To Management 360
Management 360 has signed Geena Davis, who's one of those actors you could see getting a second career wind. Davis, who at last blush was vying to shoot arrows for her country as an Olympics archer, won her Oscar for The Accidental Tourist, and her other credits include Thelma And Louise, A League Of Their Own, Beetlejuice, The Fly and Stuart Little.
From: Deadline 03/02/2014
China's C-Media Completes Investment In YOU On Demand
The $19M payment brings C-Media's total investment in the China pay TV VOD service up to $25M, and gives it three of YOU On Demand's seven board seats, the companies say this morning.
From: Deadline 03/02/2014
Berlin: 'The Lobster' Nets Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell
The Lobster is the first English-language film for Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, whose Dogtooth scored an Oscar nomination in 2009.
From: Deadline 03/02/2014
Dylan Farrow details allegations of child sex abuse against Woody Allen
In an open letter to the New York Times, Allen's adopted daughter tells her side of the story in public for the first time.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/02/2014
Actor Maximilian Schell dies aged 83
Austrian who won best actor Oscar for role in Judgment at Nuremberg died at clinic in Innsbruck after sudden illness.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/02/2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead from suspected drug overdose at 46
The Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on Sunday morning in his New York apartment, after a suspected drug overdose. He was 46
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/02/2014
The Writers Guild Voters Fall For Her
Spike Jonze and his script for techno-romance Her got a real boost in their awards chances this weekend, as the film scored the Writers Guild Award for Original Screenplay, beating the likes of American Hustle, Blue Jasmine and Dallas Buyers Club.
From: Empire Online 02/02/2014
Disney Plans Live-Action Chip 'N' Dale Adventure
For those of a certain age, the cheeky Disney Chipmunks Chip & Dale are synonymous with the cartoon series Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers. The Mouse House is now hoping to mine that particular vein of nostalgia with a film version of Chip 'n' Dale that will blend CG versions of the characters with live-action environments.
From: Empire Online 02/02/2014
Zachary Quinto Set For Agent 47
20th Century Fox's fresh attempt to turn the Hitman game series into a film franchise is gaining traction. Rupert Friend is locked in to play the title character in Agent 47, and Star Trek's Zachary Quinto is jumping aboard the film.
From: Empire Online 02/02/2014
Daniel Radcliffe May Be One Of The College Republicans
Daniel Radcliffe clearly had a blast making Kill Your Darlings (he said as much on our Podcast, which you can find lurking at the bottom of the page). So it makes sense that he'd be seriously considering a reunion with director John Krokidas and co-star Dane DeHaan for College Republicans.
From: Empire Online 02/02/2014
The Fear Monger: Vampire Leprechauns And Competing Serial Killers
Good day, buriers of all things bloated. Another week, another modern Scandinavian werewolf movie. Oh wait, Patrik Syversen' Party Animal will actually be the first of its kind, and with a script written by Dead Snow co-writer Stig Frode Henriksen also lending his talents to this one, we can expect something fun and over-the-top.
From: Cinema Blend 02/02/2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Extended Super Bowl Trailer Suggests Gwen Lives
The Super Bowl trailer for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 begins with a very deliberate tease to the death of Emma Stone's character. We see Spidey (Andrew Garfield) catching his true love in mid-air. We see a moment where Peter twips a web and snags Gwen as she falls. And we see Stone's Gwen look back at Peter… very much alive.
From: Cinema Blend 02/02/2014
The LEGO Movie new featurette
The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world.
From: Film-News 02/02/2014
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