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Iranian film director attacks US sanctions
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad says she holds America accountable for delays in medical supplies endangering the lives of children, but expresses optimism about the role of women in Iranian society.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/08/2014
Rick Santorum plans to take movies out of the cinema - to show them in church
Rick Santorum has fired a warning shot across Hollywood's bows with proposals to build a new film distribution system in which faith-orientated movies are screened in churches rather than cinemas.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/08/2014
Friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman cleared of selling heroin to actor
A friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman who was arrested in the wake of the Oscar-winning actor's fatal heroin overdose has avoided prison after agreeing a plea deal, reports the New York Times.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/08/2014
Prince's advice to Outkast on comeback tour: 'Just give them the hits'
Prince helped André 3000 move past the feeling that 'nostalgia is a cage' during recent tour.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/08/2014
Martin Scorsese bobbing for Ramones biopic
The director has been linked to a film about the New York punk-rock band, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the release of debut single Blitzkrieg Bop in 1976.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/08/2014
Lindsay Lohan 'sued for publicity', claim Grand Theft Auto makers
Rockstar Games rebuts suit alleging infringement of image rights and privacy by dismissing similarities between actor and character, and alleges Lohan is simply seeking publicity.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/08/2014
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt marry in France
The actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are married, a spokesperson for the couple confirmed. The pair exchanged vows in France on Saturday, before traveling to Malta to begin work on experimental romance By the Sea, which shoots on the island next week.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/08/2014
Deep Throat production company fails in Lovelace copyright claim
New York judge rules that last year's biopic of tragic actor Linda Lovelace did not breach copyright of infamous 1972 porn film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/08/2014
Moscow may ban anti-Russian films from cinemas in new censorship threat
Russian culture committee threatens to outlaw movies that show the country and its citizens in a 'primitive and silly way'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/08/2014
Venice 2014: muted film festival aims to discover 'new faces, new subjects'
As Birdman kicks off 71st programme, festival organisers concede that they lobbied unsuccessfully for premieres of Gone Girl and Inherent Vice, while jury chair Alexandre Desplat state that Venice's mission lies in discovery.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/08/2014
Hollywood's summer of monster movies makes audience yawn
But female leads give a film box office longevity as Angelina Jolie's Maleficent and Scarlett Johansson's Lucy showed.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/08/2014
Shutter Island set to become HBO TV series
The hit Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio is to be developed into a TV series, with Scorsese directing the pilot episode, and Dennis Lehane writing the script.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/08/2014
Brittany Murphy movie 'a murder mystery'
Lifetime's biopic of the actor takes inspiration from later-discredited poisoning claims made by her father.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/08/2014
Ellen Burstyn to direct her first feature-length film at 80
Oscar-winning actor will direct and star in Bathing Flo, about an elderly woman looked after by her New York house-sitter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/08/2014
Richard Attenborough dies at 90 - the world reacts
The actor best known for roles in Brighton Rock and The Great Escape has died. Film-makers, actors and fans pay tribute across the world.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/08/2014
New Pride clip released
With an award winning, all-star ensemble cast, Pride is a heart-warming British comedy drama based on a remarkable true story.
Pride is set in the summer of 1984 - Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
From: Film-News 25/08/2014
Third Person starring Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis
THIRD PERSON tells three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal, in a multi-strand storyline reminiscent of Paul Haggis's earlier Oscar-winning film Crash.
From: Film-News 25/08/2014
Holmes' positive work outlook
Katie Holmes lists all the good things in her life when work becomes too stressful.
The actress has eight-year-old daughter Suri with her ex-husband Tom Cruise, who she has primary custody of. Juggling looking after the little girl with her increasingly busy work schedule can be difficult, but Katie never lets herself take things for granted.
From: Film-News 25/08/2014
MacFarlane's Ted actor 'returns for sequel'
Seth MacFarlane's Ted 2 reportedly has a new addition to its cast.
Seth wrote and directed the 2012 movie Ted, which was about a children's toy that came to life. Patrick Warburton will apparently return in the film's sequel as Guy, a co-worker of John, who is played by Mark Wahlberg, Deadline reports.
From: Film-News 25/08/2014
Hot Venice Trailer: Viggo Mortensen In French-Language 'Far From Men'
Ushering in the fall festival season, Venice kicks off on Wednesday with a lineup that's heavy on French titles. Among them, David Oelhoffen's Far From Men (Loin Des Hommes) will make its world premiere in Competition before heading to Toronto in a Special Presentation berth.
From: Deadline 25/08/2014
The Equalizer trailer with Denzel Washington
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a former black ops commando who has faked his death to live a quiet life in Boston.
From: Film-News 24/08/2014
Richard Attenborough dies aged 90: a life in pictures
The Oscar-winning actor and director has died aged 90. We look back over his career and life in photographs.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/08/2014
Steve Martin Heads To Magic Camp
It's been a while since Steve Martin has dipped a toe into the waters of family comedy - we're not counting The Big Year - yet while DreamWorks Animation has him set for voice duties in next year's Home, Disney wants him back in front of the camera for Magic Camp.
From: Empire Online 24/08/2014
Andrew Dominik Writing Shaolin Temple
Joining the annals of unlikely filmmaker collaborations, we're not sure anyone would have foreseen Chopper/Killing Me Softly's Andrew Dominik writing a remake for Fast & Furious veteran Justin Lin to direct. Yet that's exactly what's happening for Shaolin Temple.
From: Empire Online 24/08/2014
Matthew McConaughey May Take The Stand
With Warner Bros. and The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone going full speed developing a cinematic take on Stephen King's sprawling post-apocalyptic story The Stand, the studio's thoughts are clearly starting to turn to casting. Boone already has Stars' Nat Wolff aboard, but for the villain of the piece, Warners is trying to land Matthew McConaughey.
From: Empire Online 24/08/2014
Richard Attenborough 1923-2014
Few people can be said to leave a legacy in the film industry that echoes through the generations, but that is certainly true of Richard Attenborough, who has died today at the age of 90.
From: Empire Online 24/08/2014
Go Watch Jurassic Park In Honor Of Richard Attenborough
Beloved actor, director and humanitarian Richard Attenborough died this week at the age of 90. Given his incredible fame and critical reputation, it's no surprise tributes are popping up all over the Internet. What's interesting about these moments in the sun for Attenborough, however, is how few of them are focusing on Jurassic Park, or mentioning it as a throwaway in the ninth paragraph.
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2014
James Bond 24 Casting Call Reveals Crucial Details About Movie's Villain
Try as they might, James Bond's producers are going to have a difficult time topping Skyfall. It is the highest-grossing Bond film of all time. It was critically adored, and won two Oscars.
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2014
Joss Whedon Is Obsessed With Having Hulk Battle Iron Man
One of the earliest pieces of concept art teasing Joss Whedon's The Avengers: Age of Ultron showed the incredible Hulk going toe-to-toe with what we assume is Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in his Hulkbuster armor.
From: Cinema Blend 24/08/2014
Movie Tracking In The Toilet: Fix Or Flush?
Movie marketing tracking is in the toilet. I know it's been hit and miss for years, but now, it's pretty much all bad. Over the last few months, I have been looking at it all — just as all the studios in town do — and the inaccuracy has been truly appalling. Last weekend, this weekend. Multiple weekends in a row. Who provides analysis? NRG, Box Office Analyst, and MarketCast, mainly.
From: Deadline 24/08/2014
Bart & Fleming: Fest Fight Pits Telluride V Toronto; TV News Overkill In Ferguson?
Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes on the movie business.
From: Deadline 24/08/2014
N. California Senate Democrats Control Fate Of Pending Tax Incentives
Northern California Democrats in the state Senate hold the key to passage of the state's proposed expansion of its film production tax incentives. As in years past, they're not particularly eager to save film and TV industry jobs located far away in Southern California.
From: Deadline 24/08/2014
Twins Peek: First Look At Broadway's 'Side Show' Revival
Here's a first look at the art for Side Show, returning to Broadway in October. The musical, with book and lyrics by Bill Russell and music by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls), tells the based-on-true-story of the Hilton sisters, Daisy and Violet, joined-at-the-waist twins who became a freak show and tabloid sensation in the 1920s and '30s.
From: Deadline 24/08/2014
Paper Planes by Robert Connolly wins CinéfestOz film award
Paper Planes, a children's film about a young Australian boy's journey to the world paper plane championships, has won the CinéfestOz film prize, Australia's richest film award. The film was directed by Robert Connolly and produced by Connolly, Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/08/2014
Close To 200 Hollywood Execs, Stars Sign Statement Against Hamas: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Pascal, Seth Rogen, Richard Plepler, Sherry Lansing
Close to 200 Hollywood executives, celebrities and creatives including Aaron Sorkin, Greg Berlanti, Josh Charles, Amy Pascal, Sylvester Stallone, Seth Rogen, Kelsey Grammer, Jerry Weintraub, Ivan Reitman, HBO's Richard Plepler, MGM's Gary Barber, lawyer Alan Wertheimer, and pr maven Alan Nierob have put their names on a statement, criticizing Hamas. The statement was posted on the website of Pro-Israel group Creative Community for Peace and Friends.
From: Deadline 23/08/2014
Top Movies 2014: Disney Has Three — 'Guardians' & 'Maleficent' Come From Summer
As we head into the end of summer with Labor Day approaching, the Walt Disney Co. can boast three of the Top Ten movies so far this year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier topping the bunch with a total domestic box office take of $259.7M and two other summer films also in the mix: Maleficent at $237M and Guardians of the Galaxy hovering over $252.2M after this weekend.
From: Deadline 23/08/2014
Jennifer Lawrence may saddle up for Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight
The Oscar-winner is reported to be in talks for a role in Tarantino's western, which the director has now promised to shoot, following a live read of the script earlier this year.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/08/2014
Man jailed for 33 months over illegal copies of Fast and Furious 6
Philip Danks used a camcorder to record the film on its release day and then uploaded it to Facebook.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/08/2014
Jeremy Lovering Prepares For The Bringing
Last we heard (back in May), Nicolas Winding Refn was hovering around LA's Cecil Hotel with the idea to directing The Bringing. Circumstances have changed since then, however, and the latest director in the frame for the true-events-inspired chiller is In Fear's Jeremy Lovering.
From: Empire Online 22/08/2014
New Kingsman Images Show Samuel L. Jackson
The new issue of Empire doesn't hit shelves until next Thursday, August 28, but we have a sneak peek for you already! We have the latest on Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service, including these two rather nifty images showing Colin Firth's impeccably-dressed agent at work, and Samuel L. Jackson as the villainous Valentine. Feast your eyes.
From: Empire Online 22/08/2014
Brian G. Hutton 1935 - 2014
Born in 1935, the New Yorker had a brief acting career before migrating to the other side of the camera. He studied acting at Elia Kazan's famous Actors Studio in Hell's Kitchen, before heading to the West Coast under the patronage of legendary Casablanca producer Hal Wallis.
From: Empire Online 22/08/2014
David Yates Up For Fantastic Beasts
Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them already boasts one big name from the original franchise: creator J.K. Rowling is writing the script for what Warner Bros. is hoping will be a new trilogy. The studio now appears to be reaching out to someone else who has a little experience in the wizarding world, director David Yates.
From: Empire Online 22/08/2014
Marvel And DC Bully The Croods 2 And Puss In Boots 2 To New Release Dates
Thanksgiving has proven an outstanding time to open family-friendly entertainment. Americans, stuffed with turkey and exhausted from Black Friday deal-shopping, trudge into theaters looking for something bubbly and bright.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Josh Brolin Updates Us On The Goonies 2
Where do we stand on The Goonies 2? Obviously, we're behind the idea. So is original Goonies director Richard Donner, who helped put the movie sequel back on our radars by telling TMZ it was happening. But Josh Brolin is taking the "I'll believe it when I see it" road, and I'm not sure we can blame him.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Jon Hamm Surprised That Jon Hamm Has Been Rumored For Doctor Strange
Everyone wants to be in a Marvel movie, whether they know it or not. At least, that's what the internet would have you believe, as it reports people being offered, rejecting, or even hinting at projects they may or may not have even heard of. In the case of Jon Hamm, there's been an odd buzz going around that he's in contention for the role of Doctor Strange in the upcoming Marvel Studios film of the same name. This might come as a surprise to you, but it was even more of a surprise to Hamm himself when he was recently asked about it.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Sandra Bullock Reteams With George Clooney For Our Brand Is Crisis
Following the massive critical and box office successes that were Gravity and The Heat, Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock is riding high, and surely has her pick of projects. But before she may or may not strap in for The Heat 2, Bullock is locking in for a political dramedy from David Gordon Green.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Jurassic World Co-Star Vincent D'Onofrio Says Fans Don't Have The Real Story Yet
A lot has been written about Jurassic World, the fourth film in the dinosaur franchise but the first to try and resurrect the series after years of complacency. Some of the information has come straight from the cast, as when co-leads Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard hosted The Today Show on the Louisiana set. Some has come from set spies, leaking footage of things we likely weren't supposed to see. But co-star Vincent D'Onofrio says that the story online is mostly wrong, and he should know. He's in the movie!
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Ted 2 Is Bringing Back A Key Supporting Player
Two years after the original made almost $550,000,000 at the worldwide box office, Ted 2 is still thundering forward. Leads Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane have both committed to returning for a second round. Amanda Seyfried as Mila Kunis' replacement, and now, at least one supporting player from Ted 1 is ready to come back too: Patrick Warburton.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
Superman Travels To Washington For Crucial Dawn Of Justice Scenes
Sequels usually mean new locations - big and better locations - to step up the drama and ratchet up the stakes. The Nakatomi Plaza gives way to Dulles airport, which gives way to the entire city of Manhattan (in the Die Hard formula), to name one such example. And when it comes to Man of Steel it sounds like Superman is going to venture from Smallville and Metropolis to the streets of our nation's Capital, Washington, DC.
From: Cinema Blend 22/08/2014
SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify TV/Theatrical Contract
The rank and file has voted overwhelmingly to approve the new, three-year contracts covering movie, primetime and basic cable TV production. The balloting was a lopsided 92%-8%.
From: Deadline 22/08/2014
Judy Greer, Natasha Lyonne Head To Jamie Babbit's 'Fresno'
Judy Greer and 2014 Orange is the New Black Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne are set for sisterly shenanigans in Fresno, the latest feature from director Jamie Babbit (But I'm A Cheerleader, Itty Bitty Titty Committee). The comedy follows lonely but stoic lesbian Martha (Lyonne), whose sister Shannon (Greer), a sex addict with no impulse control and a long history of poor decisions, winds up back in Fresno cleaning hotel rooms with her. When they accidentally kill a guest, the sisters are forced to confront their unpleasant co-dependent relationship.
From: Deadline 22/08/2014
Tobey Maguire's Material Signs Oscar Sharp To Blind Deal Off Short Pic 'The Karman Line'
Oscar Sharp has been signed to a blind deal to hatch a film through Tobey Maguire's development financing arm of Material Pictures. This comes after Sharp's short film, The Karman Line, made it into SXSW and organically became a viral sensation. I can remember when clever short films like Saving Ryan's Privates would be passed around via cassette, in hopes that agents or studio execs would notice.
From: Deadline 22/08/2014
Andrew Dominik To Script 'Shaolin Temple' For Helmer Justin Lin
Here's a China-set project worth getting excited about. Andrew Dominik, the writer-director of Chopper and Killing Them Softly, has been set to write the script for Shaolin Temple for Fast And Furious' Justin Lin to direct.
From: Deadline 22/08/2014
Pierce Brosnan: I turned down Tim Burton's Batman
In a Reddit AMA, the James Bond actor said he was approached for the lead in Tim Burton's reboot of Batman in 1989, but turned it down because he 'just couldn't really take it seriously'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/08/2014
Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett added to cast for Jungle Book: Origins
Actors will voice Bagheera and Kaa in Andy Serkis's directorial debut, alongside Naomie Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/08/2014
Christian Bale Set For Jungle Book: Origins
Andy Serkis' jungle is becoming more crowded. Just yesterday, we reported that Benedict Cumberbatch had signed on to star in the actor's directorial debut, a take on Rudyard Kipling's famous tale called Jungle Book: Origins. Today there is a whole swathe of additional casting announcements, with word that Christian Bale, Naomie Harris, Cate Blanchett, Peter Mullan, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan and Rohan Chand have joined what is now a hugely impressive ensemble.
From: Empire Online 21/08/2014
Bale, Blanchett join Jungle Book: Origins
Christian Bale has reportedly signed on to the movie Jungle Book: Origins.
The film, which will be released in October of 2016, will also feature Benedict Cumberbatch as the tiger Shere Khan. The film will be directed by Andy Serkis, who will also voice the bear Baloo. Rohan Chand will play the human boy Mowgli.
From: Film-News 21/08/2014
Jackie Chan: I want to prove myself
Jackie Chan has ambitions to be the Asian Robert De Niro.
The Hong Kong actor is famous the world over for his stunt work and comedy performances.
From: Film-News 21/08/2014
Kill Your Darlings film and director Q&A
KILL YOUR DARLINGS is based on true events and characters : While he is attending Columbia University in 1944, the young Allen Ginsberg's life is turned upside down when he sets eyes on Lucien Carr who opens Ginsberg up to a bohemian world and introduces him to William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac.
From: Film-News 21/08/2014
Tiger fight: Benedict Cumberbatch's Shere Khan to battle Idris Elba's rival cat in Andy Serkis's Jungle Book
Cumberbatch is to voice the purring baddie in Serkis's version of The Jungle Book, which competes with Jon Favreau's alternate take, in which Elba plays Mowgli's arch-enemy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/08/2014
Johnny Depp and Kevin Smith to work alongside daughters in Yoga Hosers
Johnny Depp will star alongside daughter Lily-Rose, while Kevin Smith will direct them and daughter Harley Quinn, in a high-concept action movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/08/2014
Just one more Cornetto trilogy: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright set for reunion
Simon Pegg is making a new film with long-term collaborator Edgar Wright, and could be set to film a whole new trilogy with the British film-maker, the actor has revealed.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/08/2014
Lionsgate Buys Opera-Themed Comedy 'The Three Tenors'
Lionsgate has bought The Three Tenors, an ensemble comedy spec by Johnny Rosenthal that will be produced by Patrick Aiello. Think A Night At The Opera meets Anchorman here as the comedy traces the rise and fall, and then another rise and fall and then rise, of a fictional trio of internationally beloved operatic superstars. This sounds pretty good; I always wondered why Adam Sandler never turned his Opera Man character into a feature.
Lionsgate's President Erik Feig and senior creative exec Meredith Milton acquired the project and are overseeing for the studio. Rosenthal recently wrote Bad Santa 2 for Dimension and Iron Jack for Sony. Aiello just produced the Legendary Pictures/Universal thriller As Above So Below that will open August 28 and he is in production on director Kevin Reynolds' first-century epic thriller Clavius, which stars Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton. Rosenthal is repped by Paradigm, Apostle and attorney Jeff Frankel. Aiello was repped by WME and attorney Chase Mellen.
From: Deadline 20/08/2014
Barry Norman: Robin Williams was addicted to sentimentality
The film critic Barry Norman has accused the late actor Robin Williams of an addiction to "saccharine, tooth-rotting sentimentality" which he said would sully the Oscar-winner's legacy as a film actor.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/08/2014
Bill Murray mints fresh Toronto film festival 2014 lineup with St Vincent
In a week's time, the first flood of delegates will wash up on the Lido for the 71st Venice film festival; seven days after that, Toronto opens its doors to the world's film-makers, press and public eager to attend the first screenings of the movies likely to dominate the next six months of schedules.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/08/2014
Expendables 3 characters played by Arnie and Jet Li are gay, says director
The director of The Expendables 3, Patrick Hughes, has confirmed internet speculation that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li play gay lovers in the action sequel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/08/2014
Bradley Cooper set to play vigilante Mack Bolan for Warner Bros
Bradley Cooper looks set to star as the crime-fighting vigilante Mack Bolan in a new film franchise being developed around the pulp hero of more than 600 novels, reports Deadline.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/08/2014
Indian protests planned around release of Indira Gandhi assassination film
India's intelligence agency has warned of potential violence around the release of Kaum De Heere, a Punjabi film which portrays the assassination of India's former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/08/2014
Sigourney Weaver Answers When A Monster Calls
Liam Neeson and Felicity Jones are already firmly in place in A Monster Calls' cast. But the roster is still coming together, and The Impossible's director Juan Antonia Bayona is attracting some serious star power. He's now lined up Sigourney Weaver for a significant role.
From: Empire Online 19/08/2014
Mark Wahlberg Eyes Deepwater Horizon
The 2010 explosion on the gigantic Gulf of Mexico oil rig Deepwater Horizon made headlines around the world not only for the immediate tragedy of workers who lost their lives in the accident, but for the wider damage caused to the local environment. A film about the tragedy was pushed into development a couple of years ago and Mark Wahlberg is now in talks to star.
From: Empire Online 19/08/2014
Fredrik Bond Will Direct London Has Fallen
What seemed like an impossible idea before last year's financial victory over fellow terrorism thriller White House Down is closer to becoming a reality. The Olympus Has Fallen sequel London Has Fallen just locked in a director. Fredrik Bond, who last shot Shia LaBeouf drama Charlie Countryman, will marshal the madness.
From: Empire Online 19/08/2014
Robin Williams Completed His Voice Work On Absolutely Anything
Though some had expressed doubts recently that Robin Williams completed his vocal work on Terry Jones' new comedy Absolutely Anything before his tragic death last week, the film's producers have gone on the record to assure us that Williams' voice will indeed show up in the film as that of Dennis, canine chum to Simon Pegg's main character.
From: Empire Online 19/08/2014
Sarah Palin turns film critic to praise The Giver
She has governed the state of Alaska, appeared as a commentator on Fox News and even launched her own TV station. Now Sarah Palin has found a new role, that of film critic, with a rousing review of new movie The Giver in which she repositions the dystopian tale as an anti-Obama polemic.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/08/2014
Into the Wild hikers latest movie fans to require rescue
Three hikers who made a pilgrimage to the abandoned Alaskan bus featured in the acclaimed Sean Penn drama Into the Wild had to be rescued by volunteers after one of them fell ill.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/08/2014
Exodus: Joel Edgerton empathises with campaign against 'whitewashing' in new Ridley Scott epic
One of the leading actors in Ridley Scott's upcoming biblical epic has expressed understanding for those protesting about casting decisions they feel are suspect.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/08/2014
10 Big Differences Between The Giver Book And Movie
There are few books from childhood that permanently shape the minds and hearts of the individuals who read it. When it was published twenty years ago, Lois Lowry's The Giver inspired an entire generation of readers; the author-turned-grandmother still gets dozens of letters in the mail every day related to the book. With a black and white world that slowly turns into dazzling Technicolor and themes about what makes us human, it's no wonder that a Giver movie was Jeff Bridges' pet project for over a decade or that heavy hitters, including Meryl Streep and Salt director Phillip Noyce signed on.
From: Cinema Blend 17/08/2014
Sylvester Stallone Is Now In Training For Rambo 5
The outer reaches of franchise extremities are being reached by Sylvester Stallone. No star in the history of Hollywood has been so dedicated towards squeezing blood out of a stone, so if there are more installments to come, they will come. Which is why no one was surprised to hear him discuss a fifth Rambo film, but we all figured age would be a factor in that project falling by the wayside. Well, guess again!
From: Cinema Blend 16/08/2014
Ninja Turtles Creator Talks Favorite Characters And Other Fascinating Facts During Revealing AMA
24 years after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first kicked ass on the big screen, the heroes of the half shell have finally been given a welcome worthy of their pop culture status.
From: Cinema Blend 16/08/2014
Columba Dominguez, icon of Mexico's golden age of cinema, dies age 85
Actor honoured with Mexico Academy of Film lifetime achievement award appeared in more than 60 films.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/08/2014
Bad Boys 3 hitting the streets with Will Smith, says Martin Lawrence
Third film in the buddy cop franchise is gearing up after Will Smith and studio Sony show interest in going back on patrol, says Smith's co-star.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/08/2014
Star Wars 7'S Villains Will Be These Guys
For six consecutive Star Wars movies, the threat looming over all of our heroes has been posed by Darth Vader (or the threat of the eventual existence of Darth Vader, because in The Phantom Menace, he looked like a child). Obviously, J.J. Abrams can't rely on Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode VII because the iconic character died at the end of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. I mean, Abrams would have to pull some Star Trek-esque time warp tomfoolery to try and bring Lord Vader back for… wait, what is this new rumor? Really? Oh man, Star Wars fans. You are going to want to hold on to your butts for this bit of rumory news.
From: Cinema Blend 15/08/2014
Michael B. Jordan Says Creed Movie Definitely Happening, Confirms Stallone's Involvement
Sylvester Stallone currently is blowing up movie theaters (figuratively) as a member of The Expendables. But one of Sly's most iconic franchises plans to continue with his involvement (to a certain extent). We'd heard rumblings about a Creed movie, with Michael B. Jordan playing the pivotal part. Now, we know for sure it's happening, and probably soon.
From: Cinema Blend 15/08/2014
Marvel Needs To Bring Back The Collector As Many Times As They Can
Guardians Of The Galaxy features a long-time supporting character, a being who has helped strengthen the firmament of the Marvel universe. His appearance, played by an award-winning actor, is minimal, but it's both colorful and threatening, suggesting great things to come. And it's one of the highlights of the movie, in a way that shape the narrative and plant the seeds for follow-ups. We're not talking about Thanos. We're talking about The Collector.
From: Cinema Blend 15/08/2014
Robin Williams' wife reveals actor was in early stages of Parkinson's disease
Susan Schneider says Williams was sober at time of his death on Monday and that he was not ready to disclose diagnosis.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/08/2014
Terry Gilliam sued over use of Buenos Aires street mural in The Zero Theorem
Trio of street artists claim their work was used without consent in Gilliam's tale of a computer programmer in a dystopian future.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/08/2014
Simon Cowell resurrects Betty Boop for new movie
The X Factor judge pairs with the team behind the Lego Movie to develop a musical animation based around the flirtatious cartoon character.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/08/2014
Why Does The MPAA Exist If It Can't Do Its Job?
Would you keep a refrigerator if it no longer kept your food cold? Probably not. Would you continue to use an umbrella if it no longer kept you dry in a thunderstorm? Of course you wouldn't. These things serve specific purposes, and we stop using them when they no longer work.
From: Cinema Blend 14/08/2014
Did Warner Bros. Change Edge Of Tomorrow's Title Again?
Even before Warner Bros. released Edge Of Tomorrow into theaters this summer, you could tell that the studio was having a hard time trying to figure out how to market what they had in front of them.
From: Cinema Blend 14/08/2014
Fifty Shades Of Grey Star Jamie Dornan May Play King Arthur
2016's King Arthur is taking shape under the leadership of director Guy Ritchie. It's the first of multiple films in a proposed trilogy, so for the lead role, they'll need someone strong, masculine, and compelling - someone who audiences will want to see again and again. So how about someone kinky as well?
From: Cinema Blend 14/08/2014
Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff Hasn't Actually Met With Marvel Studios... Yet
We've been hearing rumors regarding a possible role for Katee Sackhoff at Marvel Studios for months and months now. Ever since it became clear that the company is getting serious about a female superhero movie, fans of the Battlestar Galactica actress have been vocal about the idea of her getting a part (the most popular suggestion being a movie about Captain Marvel a.k.a. Ms. Marvel).
From: Cinema Blend 14/08/2014
Lauren Bacall, smoky-voiced Hollywood legend, dies at 89
The actor, best known for The Big Sleep and How to Marry a Millionaire, dies at family home after suffering a stroke.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/08/2014
Lauren Bacall: Hollywood's most beautiful face
The late Bacall's mature face, no less beautiful than her young one, looked like a road map of a life lived to the fullest.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/08/2014
Star Wars: Episode 7 to resume filming in August as Harrison Ford recovers
JJ Abrams film recommences after Ford's on-set leg injury forced a shutdown of production.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/08/2014
Robin Williams found dead in California home
The Oscar-winning actor and stand-up comedian Robin Williams, whose range extended from manic mimicry to understated character portrayals, was found dead in his California home on Monday.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/08/2014
Chinese cinema manager invents his own ratings system
Despite enforcing one of the strictest censorship regimes on the planet, China has no film-rating system. Now it appears some multiplexes are taking the matter into their own hands after a cinema in Xinjiang province began enforcing its own unofficial age-restrictions for films.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/08/2014
Robin Williams: his unfinished and unreleased films
The proposed sequel to Mrs Doubtfire is one Robin Williams project that is unlikely to see the light of day - though there are other films still awaiting release that star the late actor.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/08/2014
Robin Williams: Edinburgh stars pay tribute to a comedy 'game-changer'
Both seasoned and new performers at the Edinburgh festival acknowledge the influence America's master of crazy comedy had on their lives and their acts.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/08/2014
Japan's most-killed samurai stuntman wins immortality at last
He's made a career playing henchmen and underlings in thousands of Japanese samurai movies, always in the role of the kirareyaku, a swordsman whose job is to die spectacularly on film. Now, at the age of 71 and after a reputed 50,000 on-screen deaths, Seizo Fukumoto has won a prize for his first ever lead role in a semi-autobiographical movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/08/2014
Robin Williams 1951-2014
He could make us laugh. He could fill us with wonder at the speed with which his inventive mind worked. He could make us cry. We never thought - feared - however, that Robin Williams would leave us in stunned silence. The Oscar-winning actor has died at the age of 63.
From: Empire Online 12/08/2014
Hilary Swank And Ed Helms Join The One Percent
Alejandro G. Iñárritu must be enjoying his career at the moment. He's winning plaudits for Birdman and is gearing up to make anticipated historical thriller The Revenant. Added to those, the TV show he's had a hand in developing, The One Percent, has won a series order at US cable channel Starz.
From: Empire Online 12/08/2014
Marvel Reportedly Moving Ahead With The Inhumans
It's somewhat inevitable that the smash success of Guardians Of The Galaxy would provoke Marvel Studios to poke into other corners of the expanded comics universe it has to explore. Now, according to Collider's sources, the company is moving ahead with a film based on The Inhumans.
From: Empire Online 12/08/2014
Catholic church abuse drama adds Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams to cast
Study of Boston Globe's effort to uncover abuse scandal in city in early 2000s, directed by Tom McCarthy, has attracted string of high-profile actors.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/08/2014
Daniel Radcliffe admits he's 'not very good' in Harry Potter films
Three years after his final appearance as the boy wizard, Radcliffe has spoken candidly about the importance of being self-critical.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/08/2014
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort boss movie section of Teen Choice awards
Stars of Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars clean up in both action and drama categories of the awards show that attracted over 160m votes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/08/2014
The Inbetweeners 2 tops UK box office with biggest opening weekend this year
The Inbetweeners 2 has scored the biggest opening weekend of the year at the UK box office with a haul of £12.5m in its first five days. This means the sequel is well on the way to equalling the £45m taken by the debut instalment of the series three years ago. The Inbetweeners 2 made £2.75m on its opening day, 6 August, a record for a live-action comedy at the UK box office.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/08/2014
Justin Theroux Talks Zoolander 2
The sequel to 2001's Zoolander has been drifting along on the edge of happening for years now. Script re-writes, scheduling issues and more have delayed any real progress, but according to actor Justin Theroux - who has been attached to direct since 2010 - it might finally be coming together.
From: Empire Online 11/08/2014
Peter Stomare Joins Welcome To Purgatory
With Bruce Campbell already cast, upcoming fantasy film Welcome To Purgatory is upping its quotient of people who make movies more fun simply by showing up. Peter Stomare is the latest recruit, signing on to play fallen angel Lucius.
From: Empire Online 11/08/2014
Ed Harris Journeys To Westworld
The Westworld team, preparing to shoot the pilot for the HBO series inspired by Michael Crichton's 1973 sci-fi thriller, are taking the trickle-down approach to casting announcements, releasing a few names in bursts. Ed Harris has now been revealed as the main villain, with Ptolemy Slocum also aboard in an unspecified role.
From: Empire Online 11/08/2014
Lizzy Caplan Joins Jonathan Levine's Christmas Comedy
Jonathan Levine's Christmas-set comedy reunion with 50/50 stars Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt still does not have a title. But it at least has just received an infusion of funny females, with Lizzy Caplan and Jillian Bell aboard.
From: Empire Online 10/08/2014
Naomie Harris Set For Southpaw
Boxing drama Southpaw has seen more than a few changes to the people both in front of and behind the camera, but director Anton Fuqua has finally solidified the cast list. Naomie Harris has now jumped aboard the film.
From: Empire Online 10/08/2014
Guardians Of The Galaxy 2: What We Know So Far
There are no two ways about it: James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy turned out to be an absolutely massive hit. Not only did it earn some of the best reviews of 2014 so far, it also turned out to be massively popular with movie-goers and a box office smash. With all of the buzz going into opening weekend, it was barely a surprise when Marvel Studios announced before the first film even opened that a Guardians of the Galaxy 2 would be out in 2017 - and now it's easily one of our most anticipated future titles.
From: Cinema Blend 10/08/2014
Phillip Seymour Hoffman best performance's
Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last movie since his passing, God's Pocket, is to be released in the UK on 8 August.
The late actor stars as Mickey Scarpato, a gritty 1970's blue collar worker who attempts to cover up the 'accidental' death of his step-son, leaving Mickey in over his head with a truth he doesn't want to face and a debt he can't afford to pay.
From: Film-News 10/08/2014
R.I.P., Emmy-Winning Soap Star Charles Keating
Charles Keating, who won a 1996 Daytime Emmy for his work as a villain on Another World, has died at the age of 72 in Weston, Conn. No cause of death has been announced.
From: Deadline 10/08/2014
Josh Greenstein Marketing Chief Negotiating To Re-Up At Paramount
Josh Greenstein, who has been Paramount Pictures' chief marketing officer since 2011 and whose name has been bandied about for the big Sony marketing job, is now negotiating with Paramount to stay put. This after the walloping opening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this weekend — a $65M haul which surprised the heck out of everyone. And, let's face it, a lot of the credit goes to the marketing department at Paramount. This takes both him and former marketing exec Oren Aviv out of the mix for the Sony position.
From: Deadline 10/08/2014
Mark Ruffalo On 'Normal Heart': 'If A Piano Dropped On Me Tomorrow, I Did OK As Far As My Career Goes'
You might call August, 2014 a full-circle month for Mark Ruffalo. His performance as Ned Weeks in Ryan Murphy's HBO The Normal Heart earned one of that film's astonishing 16 Emmy nominations, with the winners to be announced on the 25th.
From: Deadline 10/08/2014
The Inbetweeners 2 and how the coming-of-age film finally grew up
On the silver screen, the transition from child to adult has traditionally come via a single maturing experience, but this is far from the truth and things are changing.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/08/2014
Menahem Golan, successful independent producer, dies aged 85
Golan, who ran the Cannon Group along with his partner Yoram Globus, was responsible for 80s action films like The Delta Force and Invasion USA.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/08/2014
Is Vin Diesel Going To Star In An Inhumans Movie?
Well, hello there, handsome Groot, just hanging out on Vin Diesel's Facebook page. You've stolen all of our hearts, and we all have Vin Diesel and Marvel to thank. But Vin, what are you talking about as far as being "Inhuman"? Why did you capitalize Inhuman? What is it you're trying to tell us? Why does Marvel think you're Inhuman?
From: Cinema Blend 09/08/2014
R.I.P. Publicist Mack Newberry
The veteran Hollywood publicist died yesterday at his home in St. Augustine, FL. Mack Newberry was 89. A protege of Lee Solters, he spent more than a decade at Solters Roskin Friedman in Los Angeles, working with clients including Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Donny and Marie Osmond, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme and Marty Pasetta, who directed Oscar telecasts from 1972-88.
From: Deadline 09/08/2014
Terry Gilliam says he will finally get his Don Quixote film off the ground
Terry Gilliam is to finally shoot his long-awaited, repeatedly abandoned Don Quixote film after Christmas, the film-maker has told the Wrap. However, the movie which may finally find its way into cinemas appears to be a very different beast to the one which was famously washed out by flash floods and freak storms in 1999, a disaster catalogued in the documentary Lost in La Mancha.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/08/2014
Helen Mirren celebrates more roles for women in film industry
In an interview, the British actor heralds 'really exciting' time for female directors and film crews - and says she hopes for a female US president.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/08/2014
Universal buys rights to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles book series
The undying reign of vampire films looks set to continue as Universal Pictures acquires the movie rights to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series of 13 novels.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/08/2014
Eli Roth's Green Inferno Pulled From Release
The trailers and stills have been trickling online; the festival screenings have been going well, and there's even a smartphone game. But in a surprise move, Eli Roth's cannibal holocaust The Green Inferno has suddenly been pulled from the schedules in the US, where it was due for a wide release on September 5.
From: Empire Online 08/08/2014
Universal Buys Up Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
Despite the success of Interview With The Vampire back in 1994, Anne Rice's gothic vampires have since been overtaken by the Twilight gang as the template for cinematic bloodsuckers. Universal is looking to restore a little balance, buying up the entire series for potential film fodder.
From: Empire Online 08/08/2014
Terry Gilliam Says Don Quixote Will Now Shoot After Christmas
It's been a long, frustrating ride for Terry Gilliam and his efforts to make a film inspired by Miguel De Cervantes' 17th Century Spanish classic Don Quixote. The one time he actually managed to get it on its feet, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote stumbled quickly thanks to a quagmire of bad luck, bad health and bad weather. He has announced several start dates in the years since, talking up an early 2015 kick-off in May. Now he's saying that shooting will begin just after Christmas, and details to The Wrap how the film has changed.
From: Empire Online 08/08/2014
Why The Last Airbender Was Terrible And It Maybe Wasn't M. Night's Fault
If M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender is famous for anything, it's for being an absolute disaster. Fans of the animated series were over the moon with anticipation for the film, but now it stands as one of the most reviled big budget blockbusters of the modern era. Usually you can trace a disaster of this proportion to some bad mojo going on behind the scenes, and if a recently unearthed message board post is to be believed, then The Last Airbender is no exception to that.
From: Cinema Blend 08/08/2014
Lea Seydoux Might Be The New Bond Girl
The "Bond girl" is still something of a sacred title. It's the chance to, onscreen, be the sexual conquest of one of cinema's all-time most promiscuous men. It also means getting noticed in a big film and receiving a massive boost to your career. Many women have jumped at the chance in the past, and while most have failed to make James Bond settle down and start a family, they've nonetheless gone on to do great things. For the next Bond film, however, producers are reportedly looking to add some class by considering a woman who is already on her way to making it.
From: Cinema Blend 08/08/2014
Carrie Brownstein Takes Over Lost In Austen For Nora Ephron
Riot grrrl turned comedienne Carrie Brownstein has been winning frenzied praise for her sketch show with Fred Armisen, Portlandia. But now this fierce and funny lady is going solo to tackle a promising movie project.
From: Cinema Blend 08/08/2014
Frank Whaley Heads To 'The Outskirts'; Holt McCallany Joins 'The Perfect Guy'
Frank Whaley (Ray Donovan, The Blacklist) has been cast in The Outskirts, an indie comedy from director Peter Hutchings. Eden Sher, Victoria Justice, Ashley Richards, Katie Chang, Peyton List, Avan Jogia and Will Peltz star in the high school-set pic about two best friends (Justice and Sher) who set out to hatch the ultimate social coup on their nemesis.
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
Action Comedy 'Roadrunner' Revs Up With Writers
Writing partners Greg Coolidge (Ride Along) and Kirk Ward have been tapped to script Roadrunner, an action comedy to be produced by ex-Legendary Pictures exec Scott Mednick (300, Superman Returns). Gran Torino's Scott Eastwood is attached to star in a story in the vein of road romp Smokey And The Bandit, with country singer Trace Adkins also attached to star.
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
Open Road, Participant On Boston Priest Pedophile Pic 'Spotlight;' Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton Star
Open Road is teaming with Participant Media, eOne, and Anonymous Content on Spotlight, a drama that Tom McCarthy will direct about the Boston Globe investigation into pedophile priests and a shameful cover-up in the Catholic Church that allowed them to prey on children for years.
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
'The Foundation' Sold To Fox
The Foundation, a project based on the BOOM! Studios comic book miniseries, has just sold to 20th Century Fox with Evan Daugherty signed to adapt.
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
Naomie Harris Joins Jake Gyllenhaal In 'Southpaw'
The Antoine Fuqua-directed drama penned by Sons Of Anarchy's Kurt Sutter has added Naomie Harris to its cast. The British Skyfall actress last year earned kudos for playing Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom for The Weinstein Co., which is also producing boxing drama Southpaw.
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
Heretic Boards Jonathan Safran Foer Docu 'Eating Animals'
Heretic Films announced today it will present Eating Animals, the documentary based on Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling book that Natalie Portman is producing for her Handsome Charlie Films alongside Foer and director Christopher Dillon Quinn (God Grew Tired Of Us).
From: Deadline 08/08/2014
The Fault in Our Stars to get Bollywood remake
The Fault in Our Stars, the smash hit weepie about teenage cancer patients who fall in love after attending a support group, is to be remade by Bollywood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/08/2014
The Fault in Our Stars, the smash hit weepie about teenage cancer patients who fall in love after attending a support group, is to be remade by Bollywood.
Lee Daniels' next film will tell the story of a promising high school American footballer whose life was torn apart by false allegations of rape, reports Variety.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/08/2014
First trailer revealed for Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything
The debut trailer for Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything has hit the web, hinting at a tender celebration of the British theoretical physicist's academic and personal triumphs in the face of physical adversity.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/08/2014
Marilyn Burns 1949-2014
The actress Marilyn Burns, who made an indelible impression as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's final girl in 1974, has died at her home in Austin, Texas. She was 65. The timing is particularly sad, since it coincides with the 4k re-release of Tobe Hooper's infamous horror classic. As a cheerleader for the film on the festival circuit in the decades since its gruelling production, she'll be a sorely missed part of the festivities.
From: Empire Online 07/08/2014
Dakota Fanning Joins American Pastoral
American literary titan Philip Roth, the Gojira to Don DeLillo's Mothra, is one of those few famous writers largely untroubled by Hollywood. Until now, that is. Phillip Noyce is working to bring one of his greatest books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral, to the screen and has added Dakota Fanning to a cast roster than already includes Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly.
From: Empire Online 07/08/2014
Judd Apatow Is Producing A Lonely Island Movie
Judd Apatow is perhaps best known in the public for his work as a director, but it's his prolific work as a producer that has given him opportunity to work with some of the funniest talents in the entertainment industry. From Anchorman to Bridesmaids to the television series Freaks and Geeks, he has been behind some of the best comedies of the last two decades and helped extend the reach of some very funny people. Next up on that list? The boys in the musical group The Lonely Island.
From: Cinema Blend 07/08/2014
Tornado Alley Could Be Into The Storm's Secret Weapon
Every single year, tornadoes rip through central portions of the United States, killing good people and destroying a ton of buildings. The individual locations are always random, but the overall picture is not. In theory, you would think those affected wouldn't turn to tornadoes for entertainment, but in the past, they have. And that could wind up being Into The Storm's ace in the hole.
From: Cinema Blend 07/08/2014
Fast And Furious On Water, Starring Tom Cruise?
It takes a lot of guts to say, "We just did the last, indistinguishable Underworld sequel, maybe one of the biggest stars in the world wants to work with us!" But that's just what's happening with Millennium Films and directors Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein. The duo are behind South China Sea, a pretty bombastic-sounding action film, and their sights are set high on who they want to lead the project. Someone put their big boy pants on today!
From: Cinema Blend 07/08/2014
Park Chan-wook signs petition against Israel's 'civilian massacre' in Gaza
The director of Oldboy joins 100 other South Korean signatories in condemning military action in Gaza and calling on Seoul to halt arms sales to Israel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/08/2014
Woody Allen's new film shoot interrupted by 'man throwing furniture'
Man fights with security guards, asks 'weird questions' and throws furniture around Woody Allen film set before being arrested and taken to hospital.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/08/2014
Carrie Brownstein to complete Nora Ephron's Lost in Austen script
Portlandia star to take on the late Ephron's unfinished tale of a woman transported back in time to Jane Austen's England.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/08/2014
US TV to screen Alexander Payne's hated colour version of Nebraska
US television network Epix will screen a colour version of the Oscar-nominated comedy drama Nebraska on Sunday, despite director Alexander Payne having previously said he hoped nobody would ever see it, reports Variety.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/08/2014
Liev Schreiber Will Be The Fifth Wave's Villain
We last saw him (or a few of us did) as a human terraformer dealing with dangerous alien microbes in The Last Days On Mars. But for a new movie, Liev Schreiber will be the unearthly one, threatening Chloe Moretz with terror in The Fifth Wave.
From: Empire Online 06/08/2014
Lee Pace Finds Prisoner Of War
Lee Pace is currently on our screens as the vengeful, face-painted fundamentalist Ronan The Accuser in Guardians Of The Galaxy. But for Prisoner Of War, he'll have to face off against aliens as a human warrior instead.
From: Empire Online 06/08/2014
Jeffrey Wright And Rodrigo Santoro Head For Westworld
With Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood and James Marsden already in place, the cast for HBO's new televised version of the Michael Crichton sci-fi Westworld is now filling out. Jeffrey Wright, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Angela Sarafyan and Simon Quarterman are the new recruits.
From: Empire Online 06/08/2014
Samuel L. Jackson Wants To Be The Black Phantom
After his despicable role in Django Unchained, Samuel L. Jackson will be returning to our screens as a villain again early next year in Kingsman: The Secret Service. It seems he's on a run of playing bad people at the moment, as he's now in talks to snatch the title role in The Black Phantom.
From: Empire Online 06/08/2014
Richard Linklater swaps fish fantasy for university drama
The Boyhood director is leaving The Incredible Mr Limpet behind to focus on That's What I'm Talking About, an 80s-set drama about college freshmen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/08/2014
Frozen director Jennifer Lee to adapt A Wrinkle in Time
The co-writer and director of Disney megahit Frozen, Jennifer Lee, is to adapt the time-travel-themed novel A Wrinkle in Time for the Hollywood studio, reports Variety. It will be Lee's third writing gig for Disney Animation Studio after Frozen and Wreck It Ralph.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/08/2014
The Russo Brothers Talk Captain America 3
After making a huge splash with his last solo outing, The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans' Captain America has won the chance to make another. The sequel's directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, are back developing ideas for the next story, which will hit screens in 2016. While they're naturally secretive about such an embryonic project, they have shared a little something with Yahoo.
From: Empire Online 05/08/2014
Tony Jaa Joins The Kickboxer Remake
The Kickboxer remake in the works since last summer has been steadily building its cast of tough guys, including two veterans of hit Marvel films in Dave "Guardians Of The Galaxy" Bautista and Georges "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" St-Pierre. They're about to be joined by Ong-Bak legend Tony Jaa and Zero Dark Thirty's Scott Adkins.
From: Cinema Blend 05/08/2014
Jennifer Lee Is Set To Adapt A Wrinkle In Time
Following the success of Wreck-It Ralph (which she co-wrote) and the very popular Frozen (which saw her co-direct), it's no surprise that Disney wants to keep Jennifer Lee around. She's now working on the script of A Wrinkle In Time for the Mouse House.
From: Cinema Blend 05/08/2014
Sony Planning Superheroine Movie For 2017
Though the progress of its rebooted and ever-expanding Spider-Man universe isn't moving forward as it might like, with road bumps such as having to move The Amazing Spider-Man 3 from 2016 into 2018, Sony appears ready to head off in interesting directions. Deadline is reporting that the studio is figuring out a film featuring a female lead superhero for 2017.
From: Cinema Blend 05/08/2014
Who you gonna call? Bridesmaids' Paul Feig asked to direct Ghostbusters 3
The long-awaited second sequel to Ghostbusters calls upon Bridesmaids director Paul Feig to take the helm.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/08/2014
Megan Fox lashes out at critics of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fox joins Michael Bay, producer of TMNT, in hitting out at the films' detractors in no uncertain terms.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/08/2014
Film4 appoints David Kosse as director to succeed Tessa Ross
One of the most high-profile jobs in British cinema has been filled after Channel 4 announced that David Kosse had been appointed director of its feature film division, Film4, to succeed outgoing head Tessa Ross. Kosse has been hired from Universal Pictures, where he currently holds the post of president of international, and will take up his duties at Film4 on 1 November.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/08/2014
The Score Board: Guardians Of The Galaxy
While the average audience member might not automatically process this, the overall sound of a film is pivotal to our enjoyment. When it comes to composers, it's almost as if they're engineering their own films away from the filmmakers, with elevated action, moody drama and swooning romance.
From: Cinema Blend 02/08/2014
Batman V Superman Movie: What We Know So Far
For a long time it was said that Warner Bros. and DC Comics were prepping a Justice League movie for release in 2015. Seemingly a reaction to the incredible success of Marvel's The Avengers, it looked like we were finally going to see heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash unite on the big screen in live-action for the first time ever.
From: Cinema Blend 02/08/2014
Gene Simmons confirms Kiss movie Cadillac High
The glam rocker says that the film, about the band's surprise visit to a high school in 1975, will go into production soon.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/08/2014
Ethnic-minority actors still struggling in Hollywood, says Octavia Spencer
Actor who won Oscar for her role in race drama The Help says the film industry should look to TV, which is 'light years ahead'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/08/2014
First stroll Into the Woods points to a textbook fairytale
Extended teaser trailer suggests that Disney's Stephen Sondheim adaptation, contrary to recent rumours, sticks closely to the Broadway original.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/08/2014
Daniel Radcliffe stampede fears scupper Mexican premiere
Mexico City red-carpet event for Radcliffe's new indie romance, What If, cancelled due to former Harry Potter star's volatile fan base.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/08/2014
Bill Murray Cast As Baloo In The Jungle Book
You never really know when or where Bill Murray might turn up. Unless it's a Wes Anderson movie, in which case, there's a pretty good chance.
From: Cinema Blend 01/08/2014
Star Wars Episode VII: Darth Vader Could Show Up, Be Played By A Wrestler
If you really want to be an actor, starting as a professional wrestler is not the worst way to go about it. The Rock is one of the biggest stars in the world. Bautista just played a major role in Guardians Of The Galaxy, and Hulk Hogan was in the Rocky franchise. Overlaps happen on a semi-regular basis, which is why the latest Star Wars rumor going around isn't worth immediately burying in the backyard.
From: Cinema Blend 01/08/2014
Megan Fox Tells Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Haters To F**K Off
The new reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been surrounded by controversy from the very beginning.
From: Cinema Blend 01/08/2014
12 Comedy Directors Who Have Lost Their Way
Sex Tape recently hit theaters with a resounding thud, flopping hard with critics and audiences. People questioned the appeal and star power of Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel. But the truth was, an experienced director was involved: Jake Kasdan. And when you reach a certain level in your career, you get held accountable, particularly if you had a brilliant past and a dimmer present.
From: Cinema Blend 01/08/2014
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