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Top Chinese film-maker says country's censors are 'ridiculous'
Back to 1942 director Feng Xiaogang uses US trip to complain about interference from government agency.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2013
Orson Scott Card 'won't profit' from Ender's Game film
Controversial author who sparked protest with his anti-gay views won't earn less money if film is boycotted, claim insiders.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2013
'Here's Johnny!': The Shining scene is scariest in movie history, claims study
Seminal Jack Nicholson scene voted most frightening, but The Exorcist and A Nightmare on Elm Street have the edge overall.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2013
Vivien Leigh picture with Olivier kicks off centenary celebrations
Previously unpublished image of power couple is curtain-raiser for National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of her life and career.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2013
A Halloween announcement: Addams Family to be reincarnated as animated movie
Charles Addams' ghoulish creations look set to finally re-emerge in cartoon form after Tim Burton project scrapped.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2013
Mark Wahlberg Producing The Roman
He isn't doing a Brando and donning the laurel wreath himself (not yet anyway), but Mark Wahlberg, along with producing partner Stephen Levinson, has just thrown his weight behind The Roman. The epic-sounding historical drama will chart the early adventures of Julius Caesar.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Dustin Hoffman Joins The Boychoir
After his dalliance behind the camera on this year's Quartet, Dustin Hoffman has headed back to acting territory. He just finished Jon Favreau's Chef and has Esio Trot lined up, and added to that roster is now Boychoir, in which Hoffman will play an inspirational choir master. Alfred Molina and Kathy Bates will be listening in from the stalls.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Exclusive: Ian McKellen On Playing Sherlock Holmes
'I am not going anywhere near any bees, I'll tell you that now.'
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
First Look At Angelina Jolie's Unbroken
For Angelina Jolie's second directorial project, Unbroken, she's headed out into the Pacific to recreate the remarkable wartime exploits of downed US airman Louis Zamperini. It's a bold and potentially brilliant undertaking: an uplifting, against-all-the-odds tale of courage, disaster, endurance and survival. If that doesn't win your attention, it will also have sharks. Lots and lots of sharks.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Bill Murray Will Say B.O.O.
Though it already boasts the tonsil talents of Seth Rogen and Melissa McCarthy, two people proven to be thoroughly funny, DreamWorks Animation isn't stopping there with regards to B.O.O.: Bureau Of Otherworldly Operations.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Hans Zimmer Forms Amazing Spider-Man 2 Scoring Supergroup
Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr and more involved.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Win A Sketch Of Loki's Horns - By Tom Hiddleston!
Happy Hiddleween, Hiddlestoners. To celebrate this most glorious of made-up days, we have a treat for you that would impress even the God Of Mischief.
From: Empire Online 31/10/2013
Spike Lee In Talks For Justin Timberlake Drama Spinning Gold
Love him or hate him, you have to admit Spike Lee is a fearless filmmaker. Whether he's publicly taking on Clint Eastwood or Quentin Tarantino, or perhaps remaking a movie that was an absolute critical darling.
From: Cinema Blend 31/10/2013
Why The Ender's Game Boycott Won't Hurt Orson Scott Card
Though its release date isn't technically until tomorrow, Ender's Game arrives in theaters across the country tonight, and at long last for those who have been waiting decades to see Orson Scott Card's novel adapted since it was published back in 1985.
From: Cinema Blend 31/10/2013
Is Star Wars: Episode VII Struggling To Make Its 2015 Release Date?
The title card that precedes every Star Wars movie promises a story that takes place, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …" Now we're learning that there is a creative struggle going on behind the scenes to figure out HOW long, and how far, far away the next Star Wars movie might actually be.
From: Cinema Blend 31/10/2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Poised To Break The November Box Office Record
Lionsgate and Summit knew that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire would be a huge hit-- that's why they shelled out more than twice the budget of the original film for the upcoming sequel. But will it have a hard time being as big as its predecessor?.
From: Cinema Blend 31/10/2013
Bill Murray To Play The Villain In B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
Bill Murray may be completely out of the picture for Ghostbusters 3, but don't take that to mean that he's completely done with the spirit world. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the comedic legend has just signed on to lend his voice to Dreamworks Animation's B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, joining an all star cast.
From: Cinema Blend 31/10/2013
New Exclusive Far From The Madding Crowd Stills Wail Their Way Online
Exclusive pictures from Thomas Vinterberg's upcoming adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel have been released today.
From: Screenrush 31/10/2013
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Finally Pens Deal As Quicksilver In The Avengers 2
The long-rumoured casting of the Kick-Ass actor as Quicksilver in the superhero sequel has now been confirmed.
From: Screenrush 31/10/2013
Ewan McGregor To Make Broadway Debut In Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Thing'
Previews begin October 2, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre for The Real Thing, the Tom Stoppard play that originally premiered in 1982 in London. It won the 1984 Tony Award for Best Play and was last produced on Broadway 14 years ago.
From: Deadline 31/10/2013
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Finds Its Jose: Victor Rasuk Plays Christian Grey Romance Rival
They've cast one of the final major roles in Fifty Shades Of Grey, the Universal Pictures and Focus Features adaptation of EL James' global bestseller that stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey.
From: Deadline 31/10/2013
'Sopranos' Creator David Chase Sells 'Little Black Dress' Spec To Paramount
In a big spec deal, Paramount Pictures has acquired Little Black Dress, a script by The Sopranos creator David Chase that will be fast-tracked to be the next film Chase directs. I'm told that this is a character-driven film about a twentysomething female war veteran who comes back from Afghanistan grappling with a disability.
From: Deadline 31/10/2013
'Ink And Bone' Tops 2013 Blood List - The Black List For Genre Scripts
Franklin Leonard's Black List has become a buzzy barometer for promising screenplays, but here's a genre-centric version of the script service suited for the spooky season.
From: Deadline 31/10/2013
Babe star James Cromwell attacks Walmart supplier's treatment of pigs
The actor - known for roles Babe, LA Confidential and The Artist - leads a group of celebrities campaigning for better treatment of pigs bred for slaughter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2013
Ukraine film festival targeted by anti-LGBT protesters
Molodist festival hit by placard-waving picketers complaining about 'gay propaganda'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2013
Daniel Radcliffe to play Sebastian Coe in athletics drama
Daniel Radcliffe will play double gold medallist Sebastian Coe in a sporting biopic detailing the British middle distance runner's battles with rival Steve Ovett, reports Screen Daily.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2013
Johnny Depp to cameo in adaption of Martin Amis's London Fields
Film version of Martin Amis' 1991 novel currently shooting in the UK capital will see a small role for Pirates of Caribbean star.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2013
British Actor Nigel Davenport Dies
In a career that spanned half of a century, the imposing Davenport was perhaps best known for his work in Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons and as aristocratic Olympic official Lord Birkenhead in the Oscar-triumphing Chariots Of Fire.
From: Empire Online 30/10/2013
Jack Reacher Helmer To Direct Star Blazers Movie
Under the direction of Chris McQuarrie the 1970s anime series Star Blazers will be spun into a live-action feature film.
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2013
Evil Dead Remake Screenwriter Says He And Director Fede Alvarez Won't Be Back For The Sequel
Director Fede Alvarez surprised the world at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year when, shortly after the world premiere of his Evil Dead remake, he announced that he was already starting to develop a sequel.
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2013
See 5 Minutes Of Captain America: The Winter Soldier In Front Of Thor: The Dark World
If you're a big Marvel superhero fan you probably already planned to catch Thor: The Dark World in theaters next weekend. But just in case, here's an extra bit of motivation to get there. All 3D showings of the movie, IMAX included, will feature a five-minute sneak peek at Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the next installment in the swiftly expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe that's due next spring.
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2013
The Wachowskis Promise Jupiter Ascending Will Be A Sci-Fi Space Opera Unlike Any You've Seen Before
When it comes to the films of Andy and Lana Wachowski, it's virtually impossible to guess what they might come up with next. In 1999 they unleashed their groundbreaking vision for the future of science-fiction film with the smash hitThe Matrix. In 2012, they transformed David Mitchell's dense novel Cloud Atlas into an ambitious and vivid film despite the recurring refrain from naysayers that the book was "unfilmable." As follow-up to this incredible undertaking, the Wachowskis are working on Jupiter Ascending, which Lana has recently described to MSN as "a science-fiction space opera."
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2013
Olympus Has Fallen Sequel Will Burn London To The Ground
Olympus Has Fallen essentially was a new take on the Die Hard formula, so it only makes sense that the movie would earn a sequel.
From: Cinema Blend 30/10/2013
Dennis Lehane Set To Write Remake Of Audiard's A Prophet
The Shutter Island author will be the scribe for an upcoming remake of acclaimed French prison drama A Prophet.
From: Screenrush 30/10/2013
12 Years A Slave Director Steve McQueen Is Developing A Drama For HBO
Immensely successful film director shifts over to TV as he tries his hand at developing a series for HBO.
From: Screenrush 30/10/2013
Entourage Movie Based On Hit Series Is Set To Rock And Roll
A long-gestating Entourage movie, based on the HBO TV series, has finally been given the green light.
From: Screenrush 30/10/2013
Alec Baldwin Gets Caught Stealing (Although Not In The Criminal Sense)
Popular actor gets cast in Caught Stealing - an upcoming film noir, not a criminal act.
From: Screenrush 30/10/2013
UK Jewish Film Festival
Our 17th Annual Festival, taking place between October 30th and November 17th 2013, will bring the best of current Jewish and Israeli cinema from around the world, to UK audiences, showing outstanding work from more than 20 countries.
From: Film-News 30/10/2013
Tribeca Film Festival announces winners of global film competition
Academy Award winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher today announced the four winners of the second annual Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Film Competition to find rising stars in film.
From: Film-News 30/10/2013
Zooey Deschanel's Hello Giggles Sells 'Sister-In-Law' To Good Universe; Sets 'Girls' Writer To Script
New Girl's Zooey Deschanel and her Hello Giggles cohorts are expanding into film with Sister-In-Law, a comedy they've just sold to Good Universe.
From: Deadline 30/10/2013
Richard Gere Courted For 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2′
Fox Searchlight is courting Richard Gere to star in the sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the 2011 sleeper hit that grossed $136 million worldwide on a $10 million budget.
From: Deadline 30/10/2013
Thor's Chris Hemsworth not happy about topless scene
Superhero star reluctant to take shirt off for sequence designed to reveal character's rippling muscles.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2013
Susan Boyle movie on track after One Chance
Britain's Got Talent winner says 'plans are in operation' for long-mooted biopic.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2013
Fifty Shades of Grey shoot delayed
Filming on the EL James adaptation pushed back a month after lead actor Charlie Hunnam left the film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2013
Disney discontinues Star Wars and Marvel slot machines
The company has decided that in line with family friendly policies, it will phase out themed gambling machines in the US.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2013
Ken Loach's plea for hard-to-find editing equipment answered by Pixar
Producer Rebecca O'Brien says Jimmy's Hall could be last feature film made in traditional way, 'shot on film, edited on film'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2013
Steve McQueen Producing HBO Drama
Having well and truly established himself as a talent to watch on the big screen with the likes of Hunger, Shame and the upcoming 12 Years A Slave (which is already drawing Oscar buzz), Steve McQueen is now looking to get into TV. More specifically, he's crafting a "provocative drama" for HBO.
From: Empire Online 29/10/2013
Gerard Butler Says London Has Fallen
Though we're still slightly pinching ourselves to figure out if this is real, the word arrives from Screen International, not some random rumour site, so we're going ahead: a sequel to Olympus Has Fallen is in development, Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and more are on to return and it'll be called London Has Fallen.
From: Empire Online 29/10/2013
Highlander Reboot Finds A New Director
The in-development Highlander reboot has suffered some pretty big losses over the last year. First, in November 2012 it was reported that director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo - who had been attached to the project since 2011 - had decided to drop out of the film, and then this past summer we learned that Ryan Reynolds - who signed on in May 2012 - was hitting the road too.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2013
Ben Kingsley's Secret New Marvel Project Revealed
Last summer, Ben Kingsley blew our minds as The Mandarin in Marvel's spectacular Iron Man 3.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2013
Judy Greer Up To Join Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children
Whether she's breaking our hearts in The Descendants or cracking us up on Arrested Development or Archer, we can't get enough of Judy Greer. And it seems we're not alone.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2013
Underrated Halloween Classic Trick 'R Treat Is Finally Getting A Sequel
Trick 'r Treat, the brilliant horror anthology by Michael Dougherty, will be getting a sequel, and all thanks to you guys and ghouls who made it a cult sensation.
From: Cinema Blend 29/10/2013
Martin Scorsese's Wolf Of Wall Street Will Get A 2013 Release
Rumours surrounding a difficult edit are quelled with news that Paramount have granted the Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle a Christmas Day release.
From: Screenrush 29/10/2013
Emile Hirsch Set To Play John Belushi In A New Biopic Of The Late Actor
Into the Wild star will portray the Blue Brothers comedian in an upcoming biopic of his tragically short life.
From: Screenrush 29/10/2013
Sir Sean Connery tops influential poll of America's favourite British actors
Scottish actor tops a list of 20 Brits rated by American cinemagoers responding to the bi-annual Q survey.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/10/2013
Ben Affleck was 'reluctant' to play Batman in Man of Steel 2
Actor, who was persuaded to take the role by the film's director, Zack Snyder, didn't feel like he 'fit the mold' for the character
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/10/2013
Nicolas Cage's dinosaur skull may be illegal import
Fossil for which the actor paid $276,000 caught up in wide-ranging activities of paleontologist convicted of smuggling dinosaur bones.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/10/2013
Vincenzo Natali Still Hopeful For Neuromancer
Neuromancer, Vincenzo Natali's film adaptation of William Gibson's epochal cyberpunk novel, has been in development for some years now. In the summer of 2012 it seemed to build a head of steam, with the arrival of heavyweight producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and rumblings of potential interest from Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson.
From: Empire Online 28/10/2013
Noomi Rapace To Play Seven Different Roles In Indie Sci-Fi Film What Ever Happened To Monday?
It's always fun to see an actor challenge themselves by taking on a project that requires them to play more than one role, but now Noomi Rapace is taking that idea to some pretty extreme levels.
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
Sigourney Weaver Joins Hugh Jackman In Neill Blomkamp's Chappie
Making Elysium, writer/director Neill Blomkamp cast Matt Damon in his first live-action science-fiction role, but for the filmmaker's next project he is turning to not only a sci-fi pro, but a sci-fi legend.
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 To Be Scored By Hans Zimmr And Pharrell
This past summer you could hardly take a step without listening to one of Pharrell Williams' contributions to the music world, collaborating with both Daft Punk and Robin Thicke on the hit songs "Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines,"
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
Evil Dead Remake Director Claims Sam Raimi Is Directing Army Of Darkness 2
If this some kind of Halloween hoax, rabid horror fans will see that heads roll. Fede Alvarez, director of the Evil Dead remake, has announced on Twitter that the original Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will return to the franchise to direct the Army of Darkness sequel.
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
Why Isn't John Carpenter's Halloween Still Scary For Kids These Days?
As people, we hold some truths to be self-evident. One of those is "bacon goes good with everything," and the other is "the opinions of younger generations will always sound completely insane to those older than them." Case in point: For a small study judging the primal impact of John Carpenter's horror classic Halloween, Yahoo! Movies polled ten college-aged participants from around the country who had never seen the film before.
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
Ben Affleck Aims For Post-Batman Oscar With His Next Directing Project
I'd love to go back in time ten years, when Ben Affleck underwhelmed in the one-two gutter punch of Martin Brest's Gigli and Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil, just to troll everyone's lives by telling them that not only would Affleck jump comic companies to star as Batman, but that he would also direct a geopolitical Best Picture winner.
From: Cinema Blend 28/10/2013
Rachel McAdams Set To Join Keanu Reeves In Sci-Fi Drama Passengers
Following the huge success of Gravity, Passengers will also see two central characters alone together in space.
From: Screenrush 28/10/2013
Bethany Hamilton Of 'Soul Surfer' Fame Joins Warner Bros' 'Dolphin Tale 2′
Bethany Hamilton, the subject of the 2011 feature Soul Surfer starring AnnaSophia Robb, is getting into the acting business herself.
From: Deadline 28/10/2013
Noomi Rapace To Star For Helmer Tommy Wirkola In 'What Happened To Monday?'
Noomi Rapace has teamed with Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters helmer Tommy Wirkola for What Happened To Monday? The script, which made the Black List, was written by Max Botkin.
From: Deadline 28/10/2013
R.I.P. Mary Carver
TV and film actress Mary Carver, who starred on CBS' Simon & Simon as the brothers' mother from 1981 to 1989, has died, per an LAT obit. She was 89. Carver, also a Broadway and stage actress, appeared in films including From Here To Eternity, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, Arachnophobia, and Todd Haynes' Safe. She also taught theater at USC. She was once married to The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three helmer Joseph Sargent, who directed her in an episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
From: Deadline 28/10/2013
R.I.P. Lou Reed
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lou Reed died Sunday, Rolling Stone is reporting. He was 71. With his influential Velvet Underground Reed blazed through the NYC art scene of the 1960s-70s under mentor Andy Warhol.
From: Deadline 27/10/2013
British film and TV director Antonia Bird dies, aged 54
Tributes have been paid to director Antonia Bird, who has died at the age of 54.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/10/2013
Theater Owners To Netflix: You're The One Trying To Kill Cinema
NATO president/CEO John Fithian struck back at Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who today gave the keynote speech at the Film Independent Forum and charged theater owners with potentially killing the movie business by being inflexible with shrinking theatrical windows. Fithian said that if anybody is imperiling the time-tested movie going experience, it is upstarts like Netflix.
From: Deadline 26/10/2013
Star Wars: JJ Abrams to script as well as direct
Following departure of screenwriter Michael Arndt, director JJ Abrams confirmed as author of screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII, working alongside Lawrence Kasdan.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/10/2013
Ken Loach puts out appeal for rare analogue editing tape
British director says old-style 'edge number tape' almost impossible to find in digital era as he edits his final film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/10/2013
Rick Santorum calls Hollywood 'the devil's playground'
Former senator claims his new film needs the support of Christians to see off satanic influence in movies.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/10/2013
New Zealand at risk of losing billion-dollar Avatar sequels
New Zealand's film industry may face 'crippling losses' if James Cameron's Avatar sequels are filmed in a country with better tax incentives.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/10/2013
Clive Barker Writing Hellraiser Remake
Way back in 2006 came the announcement that Clive Barker, Hellraiser's original director (and author of the novella, The Hellbound Heart, on which it was based) had agreed to write the screenplay for a remake for the Weinsteins.
From: Empire Online 25/10/2013
Ben Affleck Admits He Was Reluctant To Play Batman
There are few characters on the planet as iconic as Batman. So on some level, even if you think Ben Affleck is totally wrong for the role, you can't really blame him for signing on to play him in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2013
Hugh Jackman's P.T. Barnum Biopic Getting Rewrite From The Fifth Estate Director
With such a strong dramatic turn in Denis Villeneuve's kidnapping thriller Prisoners, on top of his generally strong work as the claw wielding Wolverine, it feels like much longer than 10 months since we saw Hugh Jackman showing off his vocal pipes in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables.
From: Cinema Blend 25/10/2013
New Striking Stills From Charlie Countryman Remind Us Why We Love Rupert Grint
Take a look at three new images from the upcoming indie romance.
From: Screenrush 25/10/2013
Check Out The First Trailer For Eric Heisserer's Directorial Debut: Indie Drama Hours
Indie film sees a new Father stranded in an abandoned hospital, struggling to keep his new-born daughter alive.
From: Screenrush 25/10/2013
AFM: Rachel McAdams In Talks To Join Keanu Reeves In Space Pic 'Passengers'
Rachel McAdams is in talks to join Keanu Reeves in Passengers, the science fiction film that The Weinstein Company bought in one of the biggest deals of the last Cannes. The film, scripted by Prometheus scribe Jon Spaihts and to be directed early next year by Game Of Thrones, was sold with Reese Witherspoon as the female lead.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
Film Czar Tom Sherak: Plan To Boost LA Production Coming By Year's End
In his first civic event since being named LA's Film Czar last month, Tom Sherak today said he intends to have a plan to increase production in the city by year's end.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
Guillermo Del Toro's Haunted House Pic Still Called 'Crimson Peak'
If you're scoring at home, keep the Guillermo del Toro movie title Crimson Peak intact. I've seen reports that the film has been retitled Haunted Peak, but that is just a production entity GDT created for the shoot, which begins February.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
'We're The Millers' Producer Benderspink Options Sci-Fi Novel 'Day One'
We're The Millers producer Benderspink has teamed with Macmillan Films to develop the science fiction novel Day One by Nate Kenyon.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
Is Jeff Robinov Headed To Sony Pictures?
I can tell you that everything is still in its very early stages. And that Jeff Robinov already made clear he was not interested in just being a producer on the Sony Pictures lot.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
Ben Affleck Plans Geopolitical Africa-Set Warner Bros Thriller; Will Staples Scripting
Warner Bros and Pearl Street Films has set Will Staples to script an untitled big-scale project that will be developed as a directing and starring vehicle for Ben Affleck.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
R.I.P. Hal Needham
One of Hollywood's most famous stuntmen and the writer-director of Smokey And The Bandit died this morning. Hal Needham, who received an Honorary Oscar this year, was 82.
From: Deadline 25/10/2013
Fifty Shades of Grey: Jamie Dornan takes the lead
The actor, best known for his role in BBC drama The Fall, is to take over the lead from Charlie Hunnam, who pulled out of the EL James adaptation a fortnight ago.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2013
Tom Hardy to play Elton John in Rocketman film
Tom Hardy, the generous-lipped actor who rose to fame in a biopic of Charles Bronson, is to take on the role of Elton John in the musician's official biopic.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2013
Bill and Ted Halloween show cancelled over 'gay Superman' complaints
Universal Studios discontinue annual Halloween special in which Superman 'turns gay' after being sprinkled with fairy dust.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2013
Paul Feig Producing Peanuts
As announced earlier this month, there's a new animated movie in development at Fox about Charles Schulz's perennially popular comic strip creation Charlie Brown. Taking a break from the R-rated likes of Bridesmaids and The Heat, it now transpires that Paul Feig will be producing and overseeing Peanuts, which Steve Martino (Horton Hears A Who, Ice Age: Continental Drift) is directing.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2013
Tom Cruise Wants To Go Like Hell
Back in 2011, Michael Mann was circling true-life racing drama Go Like Hell. Despite showing real interest in the project, the film ended up dwelling on his "Maybe" pile. Now, though, Tom Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski have picked it up, dusted it off and want to give it a go.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2013
Is A Star Wars: Episode VII Trailer Coming Next Week?
ScreenCrush picked up on a trend happening on the official Star Wars YouTube channel.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2013
Ethan Hawke May Reteam With Gattaca Director For Fighter Pilot Thriller
Writer-director Andrew Niccol broke through in 1997 with his feature debut Gattaca, a science fiction drama that starred Ethan Hawke as a genetically inferior man forced to masquerade to achieve his dream of space travel. The role continues to be one of the most noteworthy of Hawke's career, and so it should be little surprise that he and Niccol are looking to reteam for the filmmaker's next effort.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2013
12 Years A Slave Leads Gotham Independent Film Award Nominees
Hold on to your hats-- awards season has started already. We're still months away from Oscar nominations and Golden Globes and all that, but the nominees for the first major awards show of the season were announced today, with 12 Years A Slave walking away as the big winner.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2013
Alec Baldwin Admits Rock Of Ages Was A Horrible Movie
Alec Baldwin has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind. But it seems no matter how much his off-the-cuff remarks get him in trouble, Baldwin won't stop from shooting straight, even if that means talking trash on his own filmography. The Wrap reports that Baldwin did just that at the American Magazine Media Conference in New York on Tuesday night, in front of a wide array of reporters.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2013
Those Roles They Wish We'd Just Forget...
Everyone has a few skeletons in their closet, and we thought we'd shine a light on the films that actors don't mention on their CVs.
From: Screenrush 24/10/2013
Sienna Miller Packs For 'Business Trip' With Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson
Sienna Miller is headed to Berlin this week to start work on Business Trip. She's joining Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson and June Diane Raphael who are starring in the Ken Scott-directed comedy from New Regency.
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
Gotham Awards: '12 Years A Slave', 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints', 'Before Midnight', Inside Llewyn Davis' & 'Upstream Color' Win Best Picture Noms
The 2013 Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations have been announced. The trophies will be handed out December 2 at Cipriani Wall Street.
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
'12 Years A Slave' Scribe John Ridley Boards 'Ben-Hur' Reboot At MGM
MGM has set 12 Years A Slave scribe John Ridley to do a rewrite on Ben-Hur, a new adaptation of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ, which Timur Bekmambetov will direct, based on the Ben-Hur spec the studio bought from Keith Clarke (The Way Back).
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
Drake Doremus Eyes Kristen Stewart And Nicholas Hoult For Next Pic 'Equals'
Drake Doremus is casting up his next film Equals for an early 2014 start, and I hear he is courting The Twilight Saga's Kristen Stewart and Warm Bodies and X-Men: Days Of Future Past star Nicholas Hoult to be the young couple that anchors this science fiction tale penned by Nathan Parker (Moon).
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
Paramount Moves 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' To January; Is 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Headed For December 25 Spot?
Another film has dropped off of the busy Christmas season release schedule. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions said Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, previously scheduled on December 25, will now open on January 17, 2014.
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
Relativity Sets Nicholas Sparks Adaptation 'The Best Of Me' For Fall 2014
Relativity is straying from its Nicholas Sparks safety zone for its third adaptation of the author's work. After scoring with a pair of successful Valentine's week openings — and eventual grosses — for Safe Haven (2013) and Dear John (2010), Relativity will bow The Best Of Me on October 17, 2014.
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
'Boardwalk Empire's Michael K. Williams Gets 'Captive'
While Michael K. Williams' Chalky White character seems to be becoming a larger presence on each season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (I am most certainly not complaining), he's found a movie to do during his hiatus. Williams signed with BN Films to join Captive, the thriller directed by Jerry Jameson and written by Brian Bird and Reinhard Denke.
From: Deadline 24/10/2013
Avatar sequel will see Colonel Quaritch return from dead
Stephen Lang joins Sigourney Weaver in playing a character who apparently didn't make it to the end of Avatar but will return in some form in at least one of the three sequels.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2013
George Clooney drops out of Oscars race as The Monuments Men postponed
Complex visual effects work blamed as release of second world war thriller called off at short notice.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2013
Daniel Radcliffe named Britain's richest 'young celebrity'
Harry Potter star is highest ranked individual in magazine survey of monetary value of under-30s.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2013
Ben Whishaw and Olivia Colman cast in new film from radical Greek director
Both are set to appear in Alps director Yorgos Lanthimos's next film, The Lobster, about a group told to find partners or be turned into animals.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2013
Andy Serkis Digs Up The Bone Season
Besides virtually cornering the market on performance captured leading men (and beasts), Andy Serkis has been pushing his career further in other directions, including working as second unit director on the Hobbit trilogy and starting up production company The Imaginarium.
From: Empire Online 23/10/2013
Jeremy Piven's Fat Paycheck Is Holding Up the Entourage Movie
The mystery of who is holding up the Entourage movie continues to unravel with news that Jeremy Piven's fat deal with the film's producers has caused envy among his would-be costars.
From: Cinema Blend 23/10/2013
The Monuments Men Pushed Back To 2014, Taking It Out Of The Oscar Race
George Clooney's WW2 drama reportedly won't be ready for its December release.
From: Screenrush 23/10/2013
The Five Craziest Things Blue Is The Warmest Colour Director Abdellatif Kechiche Said During His Recent Rant On Rue89…
In response to the plethora of articles criticising his directing methods, Palme d'Or winner Abdellatif Kechiche poured his heart out in a crazed ran.
From: Screenrush 23/10/2013
Hot Trailer: 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'
Will Ferrell is pulling out all the stops as he brings back the boorish newscaster Ron Burgundy for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
From: Deadline 23/10/2013
Jason Clarke & Léa Seydoux Feast On 'The Lobster' From Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos
The Lobster is the first English-language film for Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos whose Dogtooth scored an Oscar nomination in 2009. Zero Dark Thirty's Jason Clarke leads the cast that also includes Skyfall's Ben Whishaw, Blue Is The Warmest Color's Léa Seydoux and Broadchurch's Olivia Colman.
From: Deadline 23/10/2013
Tim Burton to direct Beetlejuice 2
Long-awaited sequel to the 1988 ghost comedy looks set to reunite director with original's star Michael Keaton.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2013
Damian Lewis to join Nicole Kidman in Gertrude Bell film
Homeland actor to play war hero in Werner Herzog-directed biopic of influential British diplomat.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2013
Jason Statham goes for laughs with Melissa McCarthy spy comedy
Expendables action specialist to sign up for Susan Cooper alongside Bridesmaids star McCarthy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2013
Chairman Mao's teen years set for 3D cartoon
New animation When Mao Zedong was Young targeted at informing a new generation of Chinese about the legacy of the former leader.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2013
Doctor Strange movie 'in active development' at Marvel
Former neurosurgeon set to be latest in Marvel's roster of superheroes wheeled out for the big screen treatment.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2013
Avatar's Stephen Lang Is Back Back Back
Though there has been a lot of chatter recently about Arnold Schwarzenegger invading the Avatar universe for the next three - count 'em - movies, that idea has been denied and remains floating in the Rumoursphere. One person who looks set to definitely hang around is one of the least likely from the original: Stephen Lang's Colonel Miles Quaritch.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2013
Damian Lewis Set For Queen Of The Desert
He might be best known right now as troubled former US Marine officer Nicholas Brody on TV's Homeland, but Damian Lewis has not abandoned the big screen. He's locking in a meaty role in Werner Herzog's Queen Of The Desert.
From: Empire Online 22/10/2013
Ben Kingsley Reveals He's Working On A Secret Project With Marvel Studios
One of the greatest surprises the summer had to offer was the twist involving The Mandarin's origin in Marvel's Iron Man 3.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2013
John Krasinski In Talks To Join Cameron Crowe's Island Rom-Com
Just because Cameron Crowe's untitled next feature has been in production for around a month now, that apparently doesn't mean casting for the film is anywhere near complete.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2013
Leonardo DiCaprio May Star In Norwegian Crime Novel Adaptation Blood On Snow
All right, this is getting ridiculous, and something just has to be done about it. Leonardo DiCaprio is getting involved with entirely too many projects recently, with no single one showing any more promise than the others on getting made in the next ten years.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2013
Evan Rachel Wood And Ellen Page Will Play Survival-Minded Sisters For Into The Forest
Many films and books that take place after society has crumbled try to tell large-scale stories where the fate of entire regions or countries is at risk, and nuanced characters are replaced with carbon copied people who rarely screw up what they're doing.
From: Cinema Blend 22/10/2013
Ender's Game! And Other Boycotted Films
In recognition of the boycott currently tarnishing Ender's Game, we take a look at the films that, for better or worse, have provoked a boycott...
From: Screenrush 22/10/2013
IFC Acquires U.S. On Benicio Del Toro Pic 'Jimmy P'
IFC Films has acquired from Worldview Entertainment the U.S. distribution rights to the Arnaud Desplechin-directed Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian. The film, which stars Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric, premiered at Cannes and just screened at the New York Film Festival.
From: Deadline 22/10/2013
'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' To Open In China On November 21
So much for the speculation that Lionsgate might wait until 2014 to take the film to China.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire will open day-and-date with the global release unlike the first film, which was delayed for three months.
From: Deadline 22/10/2013
Grace of Monaco director calls Harvey Weinstein re-edit a 'pile of shit'
Olivier Dahan complains that a second version of the Grace Kelly biopic has been created by the US distributors, saying the situation is 'catastrophic'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2013
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón says he knew of film's scientific flaws
Film-maker says explanations for discrepancies were removed at an early stage to help the film's watchablity.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2013
Avatar sequels 'to begin shooting in October 2014'
Speaking on Australia's Fitzy & Wippa show, Sam Worthington suggests James Cameron's first sequel will start its shoot in a year.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2013
Ben Whishaw wanted for Freddie Mercury movie, says Roger Taylor
Queen drummer reveals Bond actor is band's preferred choice to play singer, after departure of Sacha Baron Cohen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2013
Harvey Weinstein to appeal over Philomena's R rating
Distributor objects to decision to exclude unaccompanied teenagers from 'wholesome' drama about forced adoption.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2013
Rashida Jones Rumored For Ant-Man's Janet Van Dyne
There's been no confirmation yet, but there are some strong rumors and some telling language from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige that suggest Paul Rudd could very well be playing Ant-Man a few years down the road.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
Is Tim Burton Coming Back To Direct The Beetlejuice Sequel?
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetle…Wait! There's no reason to say his name all three times just yet! 25 years later, many of us would absolutely love to see a sequel to Tim Burton's 1988 macabre masterpiece Beetlejuice, but we all understand that it's a lofty dream that would probably give us the wrong kinds of nightmares anyway.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
Idris Elba Rumored To Face Dinosaurs In Jurassic World
Jurassic World is really up and roaring after giving itself a name and a release date last month. The past week has seen quite a bit of casting news, with some of the child actors signing on, and Josh Brolin starting negotiations to star.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
Nicole Kidman And Guy Pearce Join Indie Australian Thriller Strangerland
Australians are doing it for themselves, at least when it comes to Screen Australia, a production company who recently entered into a deal where they'll invest a handful of millions into six different features.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
Skyfall's Ben Whishaw Is Queen's Pick For Freddie Mercury Biopic
American audiences might recognize British actor Ben Whishaw as the impulsive romantic Robert Frobisher of Cloud Atlas or as Q from the James Bond thriller Skyfall, but to the members of Queen, he might just be the perfect performer to play Freddie Mercury.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
Nicolas Winding Refn Hires A Writer For All-Female Horror Movie I Walk With The Dead
While writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn has spent the bulk of his career making films based on his own scripts, from the Pusher trilogy he made early in his career to the recently released Only God Forgives, that hasn't always exclusively been the case.
From: Cinema Blend 21/10/2013
London Film Festival 2013: Saving Mr. Banks Premiere
The Big Smoke waved fond farewell to the 57th BFI London Film Festival with a second helping of Tom Hanks in a fortnight. This time in the company of his Saving Mr. Banks co-star Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson and Colin Farrell, Hanks' very presence made the Leicester Square throngs feel 27 per cent better about life as he shared the good word on Disney's Oscar-tipped drama.
From: Empire Online 21/10/2013
Michael B. Jordan 'Signed On' As Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four Reboot
The Fruitvale Station actor has reportedly been cast as Johnny Storm, or the Human Torch, in the 2015 retooling of the superhero series.
From: Screenrush 21/10/2013
Ida Takes Top Prize At The London Film Festival
Director Pawel Pawlikowski takes the top prize for his exploration of Poland's painful history of the German occupation and the Holocaust.
From: Screenrush 21/10/2013
Josh Lucas Leads Indie Family Dramedy 'The Mend'
Josh Lucas's Michael Bay pilot Occult pilot is kaput, but the actor has added a new indie feature to his docket.
From: Deadline 21/10/2013
Ellen Page & Evan Rachel Wood Head 'Into The Forest'
Evan Rachel Wood has joined Ellen Page in Into the Forest, an adaptation of Jean Hegland's apocalyptic novel about two sisters struggling to survive in the remote Northern California wilds after society collapses.
From: Deadline 21/10/2013
London film festival: Pawel Pawlikowski wins best film for Ida
Polish director honoured for 'courageous' tale looking at the legacy of the Holocaust in his homeland.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/10/2013
After Shrek: what comes now for the Sam Mendes machine?
For 10 years, the Neal Street company has combined critical and popular triumphs. This autumn they're conquering the US.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/10/2013
Follow The Money one of the most unique independent UK film in years
Want to be involved in one of the best independent British film in years '
FOLLOW THE MONEY
BY
JOHN HARDWICK
About The Film -
For thirty days and thirty nights three British filmmakers follow a ten dollar bill as it criss-crosses the United States. The bill passes through the hands of countless wonderful characters, and as the journey stretches out across 6,000 miles, a unique portrait of contemporary American life unfolds before us.
From: Film-News 20/10/2013
Will Runner, Runner be the next great poker flick?
Will Runner, Runner be the next great poker flick'
With the upcoming thriller, Runner, Runner set to hit the silver screen next month, critics are musing over whether this could be the next great poker classic.
The blockbuster features an all-star cast including Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck, and follows the story of a poor college grad student named Richie (Timberlake). After believing he has been swindled in an online poker game, Richie travels to Costa Rica to confront the man he thinks has cheated him.
From: Film-News 20/10/2013
Saif Ali Khan turns up the heat in Bullett Raja
One of Indian cinema's most versatile actors Saif Ali Khan will return to the silver screen in a never before seen avatar as a high-rolling, high-stakes gangster in this year's must-see action entertainer Bullett Raja. Releasing on 29th November, Bullett Raja is presented by Fox Star Studios India and produced by Brandsmith Motion Pictures and Moving Pictures.
From: Film-News 20/10/2013
Outgoing Fox Exec Tony Sella Zinged At Charity Auction
20th Century Fox Film chief creative officer Tony Sella isn't formally out the door yet, as Deadline exclusively revealed yesterday, but his departure is already a sales tool in some Hollywood circles.
From: Deadline 20/10/2013
Robin Williams To Return As Teddy Roosevelt In Night At The Museum 3
Perhaps because I wasn't that impressed with the franchise's second film, or perhaps due to bad eyesight, but I've been completely clueless when it came to the upcoming Night at the Museum 3 from director Shawn Levy, with Ben Stiller reprising his increasingly more unbelievable role of security guard Larry Daley.
From: Cinema Blend 19/10/2013
Josh Brolin Circling Jurassic World
With that 2015 release date stomping towards them like a rampaging T-Rex, the filmmakers behind Jurassic World are gearing up the casting process. The latest potential visitor causing vibrations in the executive water glass is Josh Brolin.
From: Empire Online 19/10/2013
Haley Joel Osment Set For Kevin Smith's Tusk
If it seems like Haley Joel Osment has been off the radar for a while recently, that's because he has: he took a break from acting to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He's planning to get back into performing with two new films - Kevin Smith's horror thriller Tusk and Max Landis' Me Him Her.
From: Empire Online 19/10/2013
Olga Kurylenko Finds The Water Diviner
With shooting set to start in just under a couple of months, Russell Crowe continues on the hunt for cast to round out his new drama The Water Diviner. He's locked down the female lead in the shape of Oblivion's Olga Kurylenko.
From: Empire Online 19/10/2013
Laura Dern Goes Wild
Though she's been spending time on smaller screens via sadly cancelled HBO drama Enlightened, Laura Dern has not ignored cinemas. She's now signed on to Reese Witherspoon's latest, Wild.
From: Empire Online 19/10/2013
Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins BFI London Film Festival
Top honors at the 57th BFI London Film Festival went to Pawel Pawlikowski's Poland-set Holocaust drama Ida, adding to the FIPRESCI International Critics' Award the pic collected at Toronto.
From: Deadline 19/10/2013
Tom Hanks Retraces A Life In Pictures, Talks Pitfalls Of Comedy & Freedom From Self-Consciousness At BAFTA Event
Tom Hanks was in London on Saturday to spend an evening with BAFTA. The British Academy's Life In Pictures series is a walk through an actor or director's career - Hanks' this evening lasted two hours, which, considering his resumé, wasn't nearly enough time to touch on every film.
From: Deadline 19/10/2013
Stallone admits 'violent hatred' for Schwarzenegger during the 80s
Action hero says that his antipathy towards the Austrian bodybuilder-turned-movie star helped both professionally .
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Gravity writer dives into big budget Atlantis film
After the success of the smash-hit space thriller, Jonás Cuarón moves on to writing movie about the legendary lost kingdom.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Luc Besson opens luxury Paris multiplex
Twelve-screen cinema in exclusive shopping mall will offer patrons champagne and caviar.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Amanda Seyfried cast opposite Russell Crowe in Fathers and Daughters
Mamma Mia! actor to play Crowe's troubled offspring in new relationship drama by director Gabriele Muccino.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Not a wind-up: Hot Wheels on track for movie adaptation
Mattel's toy car franchise is to follow He-Man and Barbie into cinemas, with film directed by Simon Crane.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Another Cars sequel? There's just no vroom
Ben Child: Pixar's rumoured to be developing Cars 3. It's time they put this franchise on the scrapheap.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Steve McQueen: I'm here because my family went through slavery
As 12 Years a Slave gets European premiere in London, director says he had responsibility to show slavery as it was.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/10/2013
Josh Brolin In Talks To Join Jurassic World
He has been a Man In Black. He's about to be an Oldboy for Spike Lee. And if the ducks line up in a row, Josh Brolin might run from - or stalk - digital dinosaurs in Jurassic World, the fourth chapter in the ongoing Jurassic Park franchise.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Roberto Orci Trying To 'Create A Universe' With Universal Monster Movie Reboots
The idea of creating shared universe for multiple characters and storylines isn't exactly a new concept - we've seen it an endless number of times on television (See: The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis) and filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith have spent their careers creating small links between unrelated projects. By making the Marvel Cinematic Universe into one of the biggest film franchises in the world, however, Marvel Studios has made the "shared universe" idea more popular than ever.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Ellen Burstyn And Blake Lively Join Ageless Romantic Drama The Age Of Adaline
Of all the genres that employ high concepts within their stories, romantic dramas are somewhere at the bottom of the list, often opting for more realistic storytelling without stretching the imagination.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Batman-Superman Extras Will Wear These Football Jerseys On Set This Weekend
We already know that Zack Snyder plans to shoot scenes for his untitled Batman-Superman movie this weekend at a football game between East Los Angeles College and Victor Valley College, where the stadium will be transformed into Gotham City University. And now we know what the players on the field will be wearing as Gotham takes on Metropolis.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Vince Vaughn Gains June Diane Raphael As A Wife In Business Trip, Loses Term Life
Just last month, the Vince Vaughn vehicle Term Life was casting co-stars, but Deadline reports the project has since gone belly up, which is a bit funny considering its premise.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Amanda Seyfried To Join Russell Crowe For Fathers And Daughters
Last winter Amanda Seyfried and Russell Crowe shared the screen on Tom Hooper's ambitious adaptation of the Broadway musical Les Miserables, and now they're set to reunite in the drama Fathers and Daughters. Deadline reports Seyfried has signed on to play the titular daughter opposite Crowe as the titular father.
From: Cinema Blend 18/10/2013
Baltasar Kormakur Gets On The Job
Baltasar Kormakur already has a beautiful friendship with Universal, having directed Contraband and 2 Guns for the studio. That mutually beneficial relationship is set to continue, with the news that Kormakur is now set to write and direct true crime drama On The Job.
From: Empire Online 18/10/2013
London Film Festival 2013: Kill Your Darlings Premiere
It was time to don berets and turtlenecks in London last night as Beat poet drama Kill Your Darlings premiered. Then again, since this story of young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) and friends is a sort of origin story, perhaps you can wait until you've seen it to dress appropriately. Either way, the film by John Krokidas premiered at the BFI London Film Festival last night with Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan and Jack Huston in attendance.
From: Empire Online 18/10/2013
Universal Cancels Vince Vaughn's Term Life
If Vince Vaughn thought he was on to a sure thing - and a chance to show some dramatic action chops - with comic book adaptation Term Life, his plans have been roundly thwarted by Universal, which has abruptly cancelled the film.
From: Empire Online 18/10/2013
Brie Larson On For The Gambler
After wading through Development Hell for a while, drama remake The Gambler got a boost recently when Mark Wahlberg signed on to star and Rupert Wyatt considered directing. Now Brie Larson is in talks to co-star alongside Wahlberg.
From: Empire Online 18/10/2013
'Saving Mr Banks' Producer Alison Owen On The Power Of Story, And Oxytocin
Along with Saving Mr Banks, which closes the London Film Festival on Sunday night in its world premiere, producer Alison Owen's credits include a lot of movies with women's names in the title.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Chartoff Productions Ready To Tell 'Truth In Advertising' With Rights Deal
Ender's Game co-producer Chartoff Productions has optioned feature film rights to John Kenney's novel Truth In Advertising, with the author on board to write the screenplay adaptation.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Laura Dern Joins Reese Witherspoon In 'Wild'
Maybe the Oscar nominated actress has a thing for movies with "wild" in the title. Laura Dern was in Wild At Heart back in 1990 and now she's joining Wild with Reese Witherspoon.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Upstart Ivanhoe Pictures To Finance And Co-Produce 'Crazy Rich Asians'
Ivanhoe Pictures, the monied production company that launched in Toronto last month as a partnership between venture capitalist Robert Friedland, indie film vet John Penotti and Beijing-based Ray Chen, have found their first picture to stake.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Haley Joel Osment Lands Two Indie Comedies
Fresh off an acting break to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Haley Joel Osment has landed a pair of indie comedies: the Kevin Smith-helmed Tusk and Max Landis' Me Him Her.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Open Road Makes IM Global First Look Deal
Open Road Films has made a first look distribution agreement to release select IM Global titles in the U.S. Open Road CEO made Tom Ortenberg and IM Global CEO Stuart Ford made the deal. This comes after the two companies worked together on the hit A Haunted House last January. The sequel comes in March.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
WME Signs 'The End Of Love' Helmer Mark Webber
WME has signed Mark Webber, whose film The End Of Love got nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at 2012 Sundance and who just wrapped The Ever After.
From: Deadline 18/10/2013
Anthony Hopkins's letter to Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston
The full text of Anthony Hopkins's fan letter to Bryan Cranston, calling his performance in Breaking Bad 'the best acting I have seen - ever'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2013
Charlie Hunnam quit Fifty Shades 'after being refused extensive creative input'
The mystery of why the Sons of Anarchy star walked away from Fifty Shades appears one step closer to being solved after reports that he was keen to secure script approval.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2013
Judi Dench serenaded by striking firefighters at Philomena premiere
The much-loved star was treated to songs including Hey Jude by an impromptu choir gathered at the London film festival.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2013
Michael Bay attacked by man with air conditioning unit
A man 'allegedly under the influence of narcotics' swung the cooling set at the director on the set of Transformers 4 but he managed to duck before any injury was sustained.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2013
Henry Selick Will Spin A Tale Dark & Grimm
It's been a frustrating time for Henry Selick in the years since the success of Coraline. After a disappointing attempt to collaborate with Disney, he's still at work on his latest animated offering, but now appears ready to leap into live action. Screen Daily reports that he's made a deal to adapt A Tale Dark & Grimm.
From: Empire Online 17/10/2013
Gravity Predicted To Win The Box Office For The Third Time, Carrie To Open Strong
October is typically a month when the horror genre rules the box office, but it doesn't appear that rule is going to hold up this weekend, as once again estimates say that a sci-fi thriller will be taking the number one spot.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2013
Michael Bay Attacked With An Air Conditioner On Transformers 4 Set
Would you be brave enough to hit Michael Bay in the face? How about with an air conditioner as a weapon?
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2013
Man Of Steel Composer Hans Zimmer Hasn't Been Asked To Score The Sequel
What will it sound like as Ben Affleck punches Henry Cavill in Zack Snyder's upcoming Batman-Superman team-up/face-off movie? Don't ask Hans Zimmer, as the composer hasn't been asked to contribute to Snyder's Man of Steel sequel … yet.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2013
Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana And Many More Join Guillermo Del Toro Produced Cartoon
Aside from directing visually striking adventure movies like Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Pacific Rim, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has also developed a reputation in animation as a producer.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2013
15 Films At Sea Make Our Aquatic Hall Of Fame
Having premiered to rapturous reviews at the London Film Festival, Captain Phillips, featuring Tom Hanks as the real-life eponymous seafarer who must see his ship through being taken over by pirates, is the latest film from Bourne maestro Paul Greengrass.
From: Screenrush 17/10/2013
A look into Harry Potter's world - Warner Brothers Studios Tour
Warner Brothers have been producing films for a good part of a century, but it wasn't until recently that they set up shop in the UK with the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden.
From: Film-News 17/10/2013
Universal Cancels Vince Vaughn Drama 'Term Life'
Universal Pictures has abruptly canceled Term Life, the crime drama that had Vince Vaughn starring and producing with partner Victoria Vaughn through their Wild West Picture Show Productions banner.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
Brie Larson In Talks To Join Mark Wahlberg In Paramount Remake 'The Gambler'
Seems the stakes are rising on Paramount's The Gambler. Brie Larson is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Mark Wahlberg in the remake of the 1974 James Caan pic, I've learned.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
EOne Nabs U.S. Rights To Canada Oscar Entry 'Gabrielle'
Gabrielle, the Louise Archambault-directed relationship drama that is Canada's entry into this year's Foreign Language Film Oscar race, will be released this winter by Entertainment One, which has acquired U.S. distribution rights.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
Amanda Seyfried To Join Russell Crowe In 'Fathers And Daughters'
Voltage Films has cast Amanda Seyfried to play the daughter role opposite Russell Crowe in the Gabriele Muccino-directed film Fathers And Daughters, which Brad Desch scripted. Pic is a love story detailing the bond between a father and daughter living in New York.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
Extortion Attempt On 'Transformers 4′ Set; Michael Bay Suffers Minor Injury: Report
Director Michael Bay suffered minor injuries to his face during an alleged shakedown attempt on the set of Transformers 4 on Hong Kong Island today, The South China Morning Post reports.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
David Gordon Green Exec Producing 'Land Ho!' From Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz
Directors Martha Stephens (Pilgrim Song, Passenger Pigeons) and Aaron Katz (Cold Weather, Quiet City) first met at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts before launching their film careers. Now the duo have co-written and are co-directing buddy comedy Land Ho! with David Gordon Green, another UNCSA alum, executive producing.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
AFI Fest Announces New Galas And Screenings Including 'Lone Survivor' World Premiere
The AFI Fest has rounded out its list of Centerpiece Galas and Special Screenings with an impressive list of awards contenders that will include one more big get: Universal's world premiere November 12th of the gritty and gripping Afghanistan war film Lone Survivor directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Walhberg in the true story.
From: Deadline 17/10/2013
Kate Beckinsale set for Winterbottom's Amanda Knox-inspired film
Beckinsale to play journalist investigating case of a young woman accused of extreme violence in Winterbottom's adaptation of Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2013
Michael Fassbender says no to Oscar campaign
12 Years a Slave actor won't be making an effort in awards season, saying he's 'not a politician'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2013
Chris O'Dowd joins Stephen Frears' Lance Armstrong movie
Armstrong biopic is the first to begin production since the former Tour de France champion admitted doping.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2013
Darren Aronofksy 'fighting with studio' over Noah epic
Mixed reactions at test screenings for key demographics credited for wrangle over final cut of Biblical epic starring Russell Crowe as the ark-man.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2013
Batman vs Superman movie 'to start shooting this weekend'
Highly anticipated sequel to Man of Steel, which includes Ben Affleck's debut as the Caped Crusader, will take over college football game at half-time.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2013
Guillermo Del Toro Already Writing Pacific Rim 2
Guillermo Del Toro's ten-storeys-tall-tale of big robots and even bigger monsters wasn't the biggest hit of the summer.
From: Empire Online 16/10/2013
David Oyelowo And Kate Mara To Front True Crime Drama Captive
Hot off his eye-catching role opposite Forest Whitaker in the star-stuffed biopic Lee Daniels' The Butler, David Oyelowo has snagged the lead in another drama based on a shocking true story, though this one is admittedly less epic in scale.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2013
C-3PO Confirmed For Star Wars: Episode VII?
The original C-3PO appeared at the New York Comic Con recently to host a spotlight panel that he promised would NOT divulge any new Star Wars: Episode VII secrets. And he almost made it through the entire session without revealing what might be a spoiler. Or might not be. You have to be the judge.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2013
Mark Wahlberg Says 'Greedy' People Are Holding Up The Entourage Movie
Are you one of the four or five people holding out hope for an Entourage movie? If so, producer Mark Wahlberg has troubling words to share regarding the "greedy" people who are holding the long-gestating project up.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2013
Stuntman Stabbed In Accident On The Set Of David Ayer's Fury
Filming a movie takes a wealth of effort from a ton of people, from those in front of the camera to those behind it. And while special care is taken to make sure nobody gets hurt, every once in a while somebody is going to take a knife to the body (Or a camera crane to the head, as was the case for Baz Luhrmann on the set of The Great Gatsby).
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2013
Elijah Wood's Psychological Horror Maniac Gets A Limited Edition VHS Release From Mondo
Some of you may be looking at the above picture thinking that Cinema Blend has somehow zipped back in time to the 1980s, when horror films on VHS cassette tapes were a dime for several dozen, but we promise we're firmly grounded in 2013.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2013
Woody Allen's Keeping Things Rolling As First Images Of Emma Stone And Colin Firth In Magic In The Moonlight Are Revealed
After the success of nostalgia-fest Midnight In Paris and his highly acclaimed melodrama Blue Jasmin, workaholic writer/director Woody Allen will be returning to the past next year with the 20s-set Magic in the Moonlight which shot this summer in the south of France.
From: Screenrush 16/10/2013
Batman vs. Superman Will Roll Cameras In LA At The Weekend
The as-yet-untitled film featuring the two superheroes will shoot early footage in LA this weekend.
From: Screenrush 16/10/2013
Judi Dench: Film brought me family
Dame Judi Dench found long-lost cousins while making her latest movie.
The actress stars as Philomena Lee in Philomena, which tells the true story of a woman who searches for her son after he was taken away from her 50 years previously.
From: Film-News 16/10/2013
Roger Ebert's Legacy Lives On In Inaugural Sundance Film Critics Fellowship; Submissions Open Through Oct. 31
The late Roger Ebert was a regular and instantly recognizable presence around the Sundance Film Festival grounds. Now his legacy will help develop the next generation of film critics making the Yarrow their second home at Sundance 2014.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' To Bow March 7, 2014
Fox Searchlight has dated the Ralph Fiennes-starrer for March 7, 2014. It's an interesting move since Wes Anderson's films usually get a lot of Oscar buzz and it's sometimes hard to remember those pics released early in the year.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
Justin Bieber Pic 'Believe' To Open On Christmas Day
Open Road Films has set a December 25 release date for Believe, the concert documentary directed by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never helmer Jon M. Chu. Footage from the pic, from SB Films and Dolphin Films, screened for select buyers in Toronto.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
New York Film Critics Circle Vote Set For Dec. 3
The New York Film Critics Circle over the past couple of years has jumped to the front of the pack among a spate of early Oscar predictors, opting to be the first group to bestow its annual film awards.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
FilmNation Sets Henry Selick To Helm 'A Tale Dark & Grimm'
Henry Selick will direct A Tale Dark & Grimm, a live action film based on the popular children's book by author Adam Gidwitz, who put his own take on some of the Grimm Brothers' more gruesome stories. Tale follows two unsuspecting children who run away from their own dark fairy tale in search of a better life only to find themselves amidst eight other tales just as fearsome.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
IFC Midnight Acquires 'The Pact 2′
IFC Midnight has pacted again with the makers of The Pact, the 2012 haunted house horror pic the genre label picked up out of Sundance and released last summer. They've taken U.S. rights to The Pact 2, written and directed by Dallas Hallam and Patrick Horvath.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
Warner Bros' 'Gravity' Gets November 20 China Release
Alfonso Cuaron's space odyssey Gravity has been given a November 20th release date in China, a Warner Bros rep tells Deadline.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
CAA Signs 'Walking Dead's Norman Reedus
CAA just signed Norman Reedus, who plays everyone's favorite zombie killer Daryl Dixon on AMC's The Walking Dead. This comes just as the show's fourth season premiere set a series record with 16.1 million viewers. Reedus had been repped by Don Buchwald and Associates.
From: Deadline 16/10/2013
Fifty Shades of Grey movie enters crisis mode as new lead actor sought
After Charlie Hunnam drops out, EL James adaptation looking at Alexander Skarsgard and Jamie Dornan as release date looms.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2013
Batman's Joker was originally Brad Dourif, not Jack Nicholson, says Dourif
Actor, known for his supporting roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Lord of the Rings and Childs' Play, says Tim Burton was refused permission to cast him as Batman's nemesis.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2013
Iron Man 3's Ty Simpkins lands major Jurassic World role
Director Colin Trevorrow casts 12-year-old in lead role, fresh from playing Iron Man's sidekick.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2013
Brad Pitt movie stuntman stabbed with bayonet
Mishap occurs on set of Fury, second world war set action film shooting in Oxfordshire countryside.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2013
Encyclopedia Brown Will Be Written By The Dirties Director And Star Matthew Johnson
As someone who grew up anticipating each new Encyclopedia Brown that Donald J. Sobol published, I couldn't be more jazzed with Warner Bros.' recent interest in reinvigorating a feature version of the child detective book series.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2013
Prepare Russell Crowe's Next Awards Campaign: He's Playing Mentally Ill Again
Twelve years ago, Russell Crowe got his third Oscar nomination for his portrayal of mental illness as mathematician John Nash in Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2013
Batman vs. Superman Is Filming This Weekend, And You Can Be In It
For all we know Ben Affleck has yet to step into the Batsuit and there's not even a villain in place for Batman and Superman to tussle with, but you-- yes, you!-- could have the chance to be in Batman vs. Superman this weekend.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2013
Oblivion Director Joseph Kosinski Gets Backing For Top Secret Project
Just months after Joseph Kosinski's Tom Cruise-fronted thriller Oblivion hit theaters, the science-fiction focused director has inked a deal for a future feature.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2013
Jurassic World Eyes Kings Of Summer Star For Another Kid Role
If one of the things you really got attached to in the original Jurassic Park was the experience of the two wide-eyed kids, you're going to have a lot to look forward to in Jurassic World.
From: Cinema Blend 15/10/2013
The More Mature Romantic Comedy
In honour of the upcoming release of Enough Said, we've compiled a list of rom-coms featuring the slighly older couple.
From: Screenrush 15/10/2013
Paul Rudd and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Climb To Top Of Ant-Man Pile
The respective actors from Knocked Up and Inception are announced as frontrunners for the role of Hank Pym.
From: Screenrush 15/10/2013
Arnie and Sly offered drag roles
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were once asked to play undercover agents in drag.
The two action heroes teamed up for The Expendables franchise and can both be seen in new film Escape Plan. Although they enjoy working with each other, they are astounded by some of the woeful scripts they have been offered over the years.
From: Film-News 15/10/2013
Rufus Norris Named Director Of London's National Theatre; Succeeds Nicholas Hytner
Rufus Norris' feature helming debut, Broken, opened Cannes' Critics' Week in 2012 and later nabbed the Best Picture Prize at the British Independent Film Awards.
From: Deadline 15/10/2013
TOLDJA! Ben Foster Playing Lance Armstrong For Director Stephen Frears
Deadline told you exclusively in July that Stephen Frears would be directing Ben Foster in a movie about disgraced Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong for Working Title.
From: Deadline 15/10/2013
Magnolia Acquires Toronto Pic 'The Double'
Richard Ayoade directed and co-wrote with Avi Korine The Double, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska in an adaptation of Dostoevsky's doppelganger tale that played at last month's Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 15/10/2013
New Woody Allen Pic Titled 'Magic In The Moonlight'
Woody Allen's movie titles certainly have that … Woody Alley vibe.
From: Deadline 15/10/2013
Madonna 'banned' from cinema chain after 12 Years a Slave screening row
Singer censured after annoying fellow filmgoers by texting during New York premiere of Steve McQueen's slavery drama.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2013
Charlie Hunnam 'got cold feet' over Fifty Shades of Grey
Fears over fan attention rather than scheduling conflict now cited as reason for departure of Sons of Anarchy star from Sam Taylor-Johnson's erotic adaptation.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2013
Danny Boyle accepts mission for TV series about sabotage of Nazi nuclear weapons
Trance director signs up for 10-part series Telemark, about wartime campaign against German atom bomb programme.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2013
Russian LGBT film festival wins appeal against 'foreign agent' ruling
Side by Side festival based in St Petersburg had been hit with large fine over alleged overseas funding links.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2013
Judi Dench: I did Bond films to draw movie fans to theatre
Judi Dench says theatre is her 'idea of heaven', and she hopes playing M has drawn new audiences to stage shows.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2013
Captain Planet Heading To The Big Screen
Fracking heck, Captain Planet And The Planeteers are back. Telly's most dedicated band of environmental-aware heroes are getting the big-screen treatment, with Sony working on a movie version of the early '90s TV show. It's been in the works for three years now and finally seems to be taking to the skies.
From: Empire Online 14/10/2013
Ty Simpkins Headed To Jurassic World
As if dealing with Tony Stark's technologically superior sarcasm in Iron Man 3 and getting haunted - twice, no less - in the Insidious films wasn't enough for one young life, Ty Simpkins is preparing to go walking with (or more likely running and screaming from) dinosaurs. He's the latest piece of lead casting for Jurassic World.
From: Empire Online 14/10/2013
Bill Murray May Join Cameron Crowe's Untitled Romantic Comedy
Can we all just take a second to appreciate how wonderful it is to never have to worry about seeing Bill Murray in a movie like Larger Than Life again? I guess it's technically possible, but doubtful anytime soon, as he's currently in the latest of several career peaks.
From: Cinema Blend 14/10/2013
Read James Gunn's Heartfelt Wrap Letter To The Guardians Of The Galaxy Cast & Crew
What's it like to go from scraping up the cash to make weird, provocative indie films to being handed the keys to the intergalactic Marvel kingdom? You'll probably never know, but the closest you can come is to dig into the Twitter feed of James Gunn, the director who just wrapped production in London Guardians of the Galaxy, the next new Marvel franchise that's due next summer.
From: Cinema Blend 14/10/2013
Stretch Armstrong's Death Means The Era Of Movies Based On Toys Is Truly Over
The era of toys becoming movies may finally be coming to its end. Yes, we still have Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises out there, but studios finally seem to be getting the message that you really can't just transform any toy into a hit.
From: Cinema Blend 14/10/2013
Warner Bros Sets Matthew Johnson To Script 'Encyclopedia Brown'
Matthew Johnson, who wrote and directed the Slamdance winner The Dirties, is in talks with Warner Bros to draft Encylopedia Brown into a family film. Since it's aimed at a young audience, his first challenge is to explain to them exactly what an encyclopedia is.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
CAA Signs Queen Latifah
CAA just signed Queen Latifah, who just recently launched her new chat show, The Queen Latifah Show.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
Ty Simpkins Lands Lead In 'Jurassic World'
We got another lead casting in Jurassic World, the Colin Trevorrow-directed sequel that will be shot in 3D and which Universal will release in June 12, 2015. I keep hearing that New Girl and Drinking Buddies star Jake Johnson is in the mix, but the studio won't confirm him. I don't think they confirmed Bryce Dallas Howard, who has also been in talks for a role. I'm hearing that 12-year old Ty Simpkins, fresh from Iron Man 3, has booked a lead in Jurassic World.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
Kate Beckinsale Joins Michael Winterbottom's 'The Face Of An Angel'
Kate Beckinsale is set to join Daniel Bruhl and Cara Delevingne in The Face Of An Angel, a drama that Michael Winterbottom will direct from a script by Paul Viragh. The film is based on the book Angel Face by Barbie Latza Nadeau, and the plot bears some resemblance to the travails of Amanda Knox. Knox is the American woman who, with a boyfriend, was convicted of killing her housemate in Italy, serving four years before her conviction was overturned.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
Millennium Films Lands Inon Shampanier Spec 'The Strategist'
Millennium Films has acquired The Strategist, a thriller script by Inon Shampanier that he will direct. It is the story of a most unusual CIA recruit, a chess master who is brought in to mastermind the takedown of a dangerous dictator. The adversary is himself a brilliant man with impenetrable security who must be outmaneuvered to be taken down. Millennium's Mark Gill will produce.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
Taryn Manning Joins Indie Dramedy 'A Light Beneath Their Feet'
Orange is the New Black's Taryn Manning (Hustle & Flow), currently a regular on Netflix's prison drama, has been cast in the indie dramedy A Light Beneath Their Feet.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
'Homeland's Morgan Saylor Joins Disney Sports Drama 'McFarland'
Homeland's Morgan Saylor has landed the role of Julie, the teenage daughter of Kevin Costner's character, in Disney's sports drama McFarland.
From: Deadline 14/10/2013
Pedro Almodovar: Spanish government wants to exterminate cinema
Film director joins battle between film-makers and People's party and criticises Cristobal Montoro for hike in VAT on cinema tickets.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/10/2013
Turbo featurette released
As we speed ever closer to its cinema release, Twentieth Century Fox is pleased to make available a brand new featurette called "Not Your Average Snail" from upcoming DreamWorks Animation, TURBO.
From: Film-News 13/10/2013
Cast and Crew from Supernatural Drama 'Lost Girl' to Star at London Comic Con
Red hot fantasy-noir show Lost Girl is coming to MCM London Comic Con later this month, with stars Ksenia Solo, Rachel Skarsten and Executive Producer Jay Firestone. Get the lowdown on one of TV's most seductive series!
From: Film-News 13/10/2013
NYFF: Could Warner Bros. Holiday Entry 'Her' Be Poised To Make Oscar History?
The New York Film Festival closed Saturday night with the World Premiere of Spike Jonze's fourth feature, the irresistibly charming romantic fantasy Her, about a man who falls head over heels for his "operating system".
From: Deadline 13/10/2013
Benedict Cumberbatch says Julian Assange's letter affected his portrayal
WikiLeaks founder's request gave Cumberbatch 'real cause for concern' as he addressed his role in The Fifth Estate.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/10/2013
Charlie Hunnam drops out of Fifty Shades of Grey film
Sons of Anarchy star is dropping out of the highly anticipated film adaptation just weeks after being cast.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/10/2013
Luc Besson's EuropaCorp And Millennium Entertainment Heading To Altar?
I am hearing that Luc Besson's EuropaCorp is the lead horse in the quest to acquire Millennium Entertainment, the distribution arm of Avi Lerner's Nu Image/Millennium Films empire that was put on the selling block last April.
From: Deadline 12/10/2013
Quentin Tarantino: Batman is 'boring' but Lone Ranger 'excellent'
The Django Unchained director has dismissed talk over Ben Affleck's casting as the dark knight as irrelevant but defended Disney flop The Lone Ranger.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Daniel Radcliffe says Harry Potter cameo in Fantastic Beasts not ruled out
Wizarding schoolboy's appearance in JK Rowling film based on Potter textbook not likely, but not impossible.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Blue is the Warmest Colour 'banned' in Idaho as sex and alcohol don't mix
Alcohol licensing laws which prohibit screening of films with a sexual nature stops arthouse cinema from screening Palme D'Or winner.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Martin Luther King biopic marches on with Jamie Foxx and Oliver Stone
Long-gestating film about civil rights leader aiming to hire Django Unchained actor and World Trade Center director.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Nicole Kidman gets hitched to The Silent Wife
Actor picks up option on bestselling novel by ASA Harrison, who died before publication, with a view to star and produce.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Serge Gainsbourg's fag ends and nail clippers go under the hammer
France's obsession with singer, songwriter, cultural icon and lothario fuels demand for everyday items graced by his touch.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/10/2013
Star Wars Episode VII Might Be Titled Rise Of The Jedi
We've been hearing for awhile now that Disney might announce the full, official title for Star Wars Episode VII this week. That official announcement hasn't happened yet, so rumor's taking over where press releases have failed.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Star Wars 7 May Announce Cast And Title Without Harrison Ford On Board
Seven months ago Harrison Ford seemed pretty certain he was going to be in Star Wars: Episode VII. When asked about it he said, "I think it's almost true. I'm looking forward to it. It's not in the bag yet, but I think it'll happen, and I'm delighted." Now he's saying something else, and it's not good news.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Emma Watson Reteaming With The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Director For While We're Young
Former Harry Potter actress Emily Watson has transitioned well from child actor to adult actor, choosing roles in a widening variety of genres over the last few years, and is currently filming Noah Baumbach's latest comedic drama While We're Young.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Might Be Titled The Price Of Power
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is due out in theaters next May, and it has yet to receive a full title, which leaves us to speculate over what that title will be.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Jay Baruchel Joins Bradley Cooper And Emma Stone In Cameron Crowe's Next Film
One of the first films that Jay Baruchel ever got to act in was Cameron Crowe's brilliant 2000 music-driven drama Almost Famous, playing an obsessive Led Zeppelin fan, and now 13 years later the two are set to reunite on the director's latest project.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Is Madonna Now America's Worst Movie Theater Texter?
Before we pass along this story, we admit it's a total hearsay scenario. That said, it's hearsay that's so delicious-- and truly, so completely believable-- that it demands to be shared. And in this era of heated battles over texting in theaters, it's high time we got a perfect scapegoat. That scapegoat, apparently, is Madonna.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Will Ferrell And John C. Reilly To Reunite In Devil's Night
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have proven to be an awesome comedic duo, starring together in both Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and now they're now getting ready to try and capture that collaborative spark as co-leads in a film for the third time. According to The Wrap, both actors are now attached to star in Devil's Night, a new comedy set on the notorious night before Halloween when suburban pranksters decorate their neighborhoods with eggs and toilet paper.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Composer Hans Zimmer Is Unsure If He'll Come Back For Batman Vs. Superman
Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer has crafted original themes for both Batman and Superman, working on Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, but at this time he doesn't know if he will be the one writing the music when the two legendary comic book characters come together in Snyder's Batman vs. Superman, set to hit theaters in 2015.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Disney's The Stuff Of Legend Scares Up Saw Screenwriters
Children's entertainment and horror aren't always the most likely of bedfellows, but some filmmakers are able to make the transition easily - sometimes simply by combining the genres. Joe Dante, who went from The Howling to Gremlins to Looney Tunes: Back in Action, is one of those filmmakers. But how about Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, the two screenwriters responsible for scripting Saw IV through Saw 3D: The Final Chapter? We'll be able to see just how well they're able to tone down their murderous instincts, as they've been hired to write Disney's live-action adaptation of the multi-volume graphic novel The Stuff of Legend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Granted, this is all pretty dark material for a children's tale, so it won't be the biggest stretch.
From: Cinema Blend 11/10/2013
Check Out Striking New Photos From The Melancholy Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch's latest masterpiece gets a bunch of stylish new stills prior to its February release.
From: Screenrush 11/10/2013
A Glimpse Into Pure Artistic Passion, Courtesy Of Paul Greengrass And 'United 93′
Sony Pictures today releases Paul Greengrass's Captain Phillips. It's a reminder why, if you follow auteurs like I do, you can't beat this time of year.
From: Deadline 11/10/2013
Jim Carrey Ends 25-Year Run With Managers Eric Gold And Jimmy Miller
One of the longest running shows in Hollywood is coming to a close. Jim Carrey will no longer be managed by Eric Gold and Jimmy Miller, the former partners who together have represented him for 25 years.
From: Deadline 11/10/2013
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie looking better by the day
Writer Jennifer Saunders says movie spin-off of popular TV series prospect is 'attractive'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2013
Kevin Smith's walrus horror set to make a splash
Despite Quentin Tarantino turning down a role, Kevin Smith has been given the green light to start production on his mammal suit horror.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2013
Sacha Baron Cohen too well-known to play Freddie Mercury, says Brian May
Guitarist becomes second member of Queen to question Baron Cohen's suitability for biopic, branding him 'too recognisable'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2013
Jeffrey Katzenberg Planned More Breaking Bad
We've encountered some huge Breaking Bad fans in our recent travels. Jude Law, Tony Gilroy, Shane Meadows, Steven Soderbergh and... well, just about everyone else in movieland has drunk the crystal blue Kool-Aid and come up smiling.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2013
London Film Festival 2013: Captain Phillips Opening Gala
Hanks and Greengrass kick things off in style.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2013
Patrick Melton And Marcus Dunstan Find Stuff Of Legend
They wrote Saws IV-VII, The Collector and The Collection, and Piranha 3DD, but Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan appear to be moving into family territory, with the announcement that they're about to come up with a screenplay for Disney. The erstwhile gorehounds will adapt the graphic novel series The Stuff Of Legend, for a live-action adventure.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2013
The Angry Birds Movie Announces Its Directors
The Angry Birds Movie is happening, and there's nothing you can do about it. Those explosive feathered folk from the massively popular game series are on their way to the big screen, and they'll be squarking all over your local multiplexes come 2016. Today it's been announced that the two directors guiding them are Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2013
Hammer Opens The Daylight Gate
Not to be outdone by Rob Zombie's Lords Of Salem, Hammer is turning its attention to some witch trials closer to home. The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are on their way to the screen, via an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's excellent novel The Daylight Gate. Conveniently, Hammer also publishes the book, through its imprint at Arrow.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2013
Twitter Will Soon Sell You Movie Tickets
For quite a while now, directors like Marc Webb and stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have been using social media to heavily promote their own upcoming projects - usually through behind-the-scenes teaser photos, though sometimes by breaking casting news.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2013
Johnny Depp's Passion Project Shantaram To Sign Top Of The Lake Director Garth Davis
After nearly a decade of false starts, Johnny Depp's long-awaited action drama Shantaram finally gained ground in September when Joel Edgerton signed on to play the lead.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2013
Why Quentin Tarantino Said No To Kevin Smith's Tusk
Recently, Kevin Smith announced that he would indeed be directing the offbeat horror flick Tusk, with Justin Long and Michael Parks signed on to star.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2013
Read Julian Assange's Letter To Benedict Cumberbatch Calling The Fifth Estate A 'Wretched Film'
That's what Julian Assange had to say about The Fifth Estate way back in January, when Benedict Cumberbatch contacted him and asked to meet with Assange before playing him in the film about the controversial Wikileaks founder.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2013
Saoirse Ronan and Kate Mara Among Those Fired Up For Fantastic Four Roles
The star of How I Live Now is one of the many actors currently testing for characters in the superhero reboot.
From: Screenrush 10/10/2013
'Blue Is The Warmest Color' Is France's Top Local Opener Of The Year
Looks like an unwavering release strategy for Blue Is The Warmest Color has paid off for French distributor Wild Bunch.
From: Deadline 10/10/2013
Author Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize; Short Story Basis For Oscar Nominee 'Away From Her'
The Canadian short-story writer today became just the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
From: Deadline 10/10/2013
'Solace' Producer Eden Rock To Adapt Don Fried Play 'Senior Moments'
Eden Rock Media has optioned Senior Moments, a romantic comedy from playwright and screenwriter Don Fried. Jana Augsberger and Katja Emcke will produce the pic, which Fried has adapted from his play, which has had more than 30 productions nationwide.
From: Deadline 10/10/2013
Roberto Duran Pic 'Hands Of Stone' Finds Ana De Armas
Having come of age during the greatest era of boxing that included an array of warriors in the welterweight to light heavyweight class that included Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Marvin Hagler and others, I couldn't be more excited for the Jonathan Jacubowicz-directed Duran film Hands Of Stone.
From: Deadline 10/10/2013
'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' Sets Royal Screening To Benefit UK Charity
The Royal Film Performance is the major annual fundraising event for the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund, the UK charity that cares for industry employees and their families who are suffering hardship. Last year, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the gala pic. This year, the CTBF is going with Justin Chadwick's Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.
From: Deadline 10/10/2013
Star Wars sequels: George Lucas 'constantly talking' to JJ Abrams
Jett Lucas reveals that his father, George, was 'very torn' over decision to sell rights to franchise despite having 'handpicked' replacement director JJ Abrams.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2013
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón reveals studio pressure to change story
Film-maker had to ignore notes from executives that did not conform to his vision of the space thriller.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2013
Alexander Payne set to film Ruth Prawer Jhabvala story
US director to follow Nebraska with The Judge's Will, by late Merchant Ivory scriptwriter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2013
12 Years a Slave a 'torch' for race relations, says Steve McQueen
'Slavery was a gaping hole in film history and I thought to myself that I wanted to investigate and have a look,' director says.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/10/2013
Roger Ebert & Russ Meyer Film Planned
David O Russell's biopic of Russ Meyer has yet to burst out of development, but there's now another project involving the smut auteur in the works. Sobini Films, Permut Presentations and Chautauqua Entertainment have come together for Russ & Roger Go Beyond, charting Meyer's unlikely collaboration with the late, great Roger Ebert on Beyond The Valley Of the Dolls.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2013
Peter Dinklage To Star In R-Rated Leprechaun Comedy
Paramount has Tyrion Lannister (or Bolivar Trask, depending on your poison) ready to star in an R-rated comedy. Peter Dinklage will play a sharp-tongued man who tells people he's a real leprechaun. Producers say that the tone will be Bad Santa-like, though hopefully it won't see Dinklage playing an angry elf.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2013
Harrison Ford Talks Blade Runner Sequel
With all the recent Star Wars shenanigans, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner follow-up has rather been swept aside in the news-snippet stakes. Kudos to IGN then, for asking Harrison Ford about Rick Deckard rather than Han Solo, when they caught him on the Ender's Game publicity trail. Is he actually interested in reteaming with Ridley? "We've been chatting about it," he reveals.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2013
Roger Ebert's Pulpy Hollywood Career To Become Its Own Movie
You remember Roger Ebert as the glasses-wearing, incredibly familiar round-face from At The Movies, the guy whose thumb could tell you whether or not to see a movie, the name basically synonymous with "film critic."
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2013
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street Might Open This Year After All
Just when you thought Martin Scorsese was out of the ongoing Oscar race, they find a way to pull him right back in (to paraphrase Mr. Pacino). At least, that's what Showbiz 411 reports, saying that the director's anticipated collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street, might avoid a delay to 2014 and arrive in theaters by the end of this year.
From: Cinema Blend 09/10/2013
Nebraska Director Alexander Payne Has His Next Film In Sight With The Judge's Will
Popular director in talks with Fox Searchlight to direct an adaptation of the last article written by screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala before her death earlier this year.
From: Screenrush 09/10/2013
Popular director in talks with Fox Searchlight to direct an adaptation of the last article written by screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala before her death earlier this year
Liman in negotiations with Fox and producers Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg to direct this submarine thriller.
From: Screenrush 09/10/2013
Black Label Media To Fund 'Dallas Buyers Club' Helmer's 'Demolition'
Black Label Media partners Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill have stepped up to finance Demolition, which becomes the next film directed by Dallas Buyers Club helmer Jean-Marc Vallée.
From: Deadline 09/10/2013
Millennium Films Sets Icelandic Helmer Oskar Thor Axelsson For 'Point Of Violence'
Oskar Thor Axelsson, who helmed the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Black's Game, has been set by Millennium Films to helm Point Of Violence, an action thriller scripted by Tony Mosher.
From: Deadline 09/10/2013
IFC Acquires U.S. On 'Lucky Them'
IFC Films acquired U.S. rights to Lucky Them, the Megan Griffiths-directed pic that stars Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt. Scripted by Emily Wachtel and Huck Botko, the pic premiered at Toronto last month.
From: Deadline 09/10/2013
Investor Advisory Firm Opposes Murdoch And Other Fox Board Members
This is a shift for Institutional Shareholder Services, and a recommendation that it has to know is doomed to fail.
From: Deadline 09/10/2013
Fox 2000 Sets Frank Baldwin To Script John Grisham Legal Thriller 'The Racketeer'
Fox 2000 is moving forward with an adaptation of the 2012 John Grisham bestseller The Racketeer, setting Frank Baldwin to write the script. Double Features partners Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher are producing.
From: Deadline 09/10/2013
Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Julian Assange wins PM's praise
Actor's performance as WikiLeaks founder in The Fifth Estate is brilliant, says David Cameron.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Gravity's science exploded by top astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Head of New York's planetarium takes to Twitter to question logic of Oscar-tipped film but endorse spectacle.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Jennifer Lawrence set to play killer in Icelandic drama Burial Rites
Oscar-winning actor could reunite with Hunger Games director Gary Ross for tense drama based on Hannah Kent novel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Patrice Chéreau dies aged 68
The visionary French director, whose Bayreuth Ring cycle left an indelible mark on modern opera, has died of lung cancer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
The Artist director secretly filming Chechnya child search drama
Michel Hazanavicius reassembles Oscar-winning team including Bérénice Bejo to shoot The Search in Georgia.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Jennifer Ehle to join Fifty Shades of Grey movie cast
Zero Dark Thirty star to play Anastasia Steele's mother in big-screen adaptation of erotic literary blockbuster.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Snowpiercer director reportedly furious about Weinstein English-version cuts
Bong Joon-ho unhappy about heavy editing of his South Korean sci-fi blockbuster by Bob and Harvey Weinstein's film studio.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Harrison Ford defends Ender's Game as 'impressive act of imagination'
Actor says controversy over author Orson Scott Card's views on gay marriage should not affect how film is seen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2013
Jason Isaacs Boards Fury
Given that writer-director David Ayer showed off the main cast of his latest, tank thriller Fury a couple of weeks ago, we weren't expecting a new piece of casting. We are, however, happy to learn that Empire favourite Jason Isaacs is aboard.
From: Empire Online 08/10/2013
Doctor Who Matt Smith To Star In UK Musical Adaptation Of American Psycho
Smith is announced as the stage incarnation of serial killer Patrick Bateman ahead of December launch on West End.
From: Screenrush 08/10/2013
UK's Good Films Hires Kate Fasulo As Head Of Production
Kate Fasulo is joining Miriam Segal's UK indie Good Films after 10 years at Working Title. There, the exec recently completed work on Richard Curtis' About Time and Hossein Amini's upcoming The Two Faces Of January. She will oversee Good Films' six-feature slate which includes the adaptation of LAbyrinth, Randall Sullivan's 2002 book that chronicles detective Russell Poole's late-1990s investigation into ties between hip-hop, street gangs and the LAPD.
From: Deadline 08/10/2013
Woody Allen pulls Blue Jasmine from Indian cinemas over anti-tobacco ad
Film-maker declined to allow mandatory warning scroll to be superimposed on smoking scenes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2013
Danny Boyle conspires on diamond thief heist thriller
Slumdog Millionaire director aims to film real life story of 'Pink Panther' jewel robbers.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2013
Harry Potter the musical? 'Expelliarmus!' says Daniel Radcliffe
The actor has poured cold water on speculation that his stage success might lead to a Broadway outing for the boy wizard.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2013
Danny Dyer's film company goes bust as he signs up for EastEnders
Human Traffic star - who is set to play landlord of Queen Vic - put Old Mother Media into liquidation with debts of over £30,000.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2013
Matt Smith Will Be Patrick Bateman
Since handing in the keys to the TARDIS (though he'll be on our screens until he regenerates into Peter Capaldi this Christmas), soon to be ex-incumbent Doctor Who star Matt Smith has been striking out in very different directions from everyone's favourite Timelord.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2013
The Artist Director Michel Hazanavicius Shooting His Next Film In Secret
French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius has been toiling away on his latest picture The Search, a reported remake of Fred Zinnemann's 1948 post-war drama, that The Playlist claims is being filmed "in secret" to avoid the white-hot light of media curiosity.
From: Cinema Blend 07/10/2013
Eric Bana To Distribute Focus Features Thriller 'Closed Circuit' In Australia
Actor Eric Bana is making his first foray into film distribution. Before the shakeup at Focus Features last week, Bana met with and got the company's top executives James Schamus and Andrew Karpen to agree to sell him the Australian distribution rights to Closed Circuit, the John Crowley-directed paranoid thriller that stars Bana and Rebecca Hall as defense lawyers representing a terrorist charged with blowing up London's Borough Market.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
Salma Hayek Lands Lead In 'How To Make Love Like An Englishman'
Salma Hayek is joining Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba in How To Make Love Like An Englishman, the sexually charged romantic comedy that Tom Vaughan will direct. In the Matthew Newman-scripted indie comedy, Brosnan plays a Cambridge University prof who finds a woman who is his ideal match (Hayek), forcing him to reevaluate his life of hedonistic excess.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
Toronto: Image Lands West Memphis 3 Pic 'Devil's Knot' With Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon
Image Entertainment has acquired the Toronto title Devil's Knot and will release it in second-quarter 2014. The Atom Egoyan-directed film stars Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Amy Ryan, Mireille Enos, and Stephen Moyer.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
As Trio Battles For His Film 'Little Boy', Alejandro Monteverde Signs With CAA
CAA has signed director Alejandro Monteverde. This comes as his latest film Little Boy got a lot of attention when it was shopped last week for distribution. I'm told there are three distributors that have made offers on a film about a young American boy who tries to bring his father back from WWII.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
Lionsgate In Talks For 'Burial Rites' With Gary Ross And Jennifer Lawrence
Two weeks ago when I broke the story that Imagine, Universal, Gary Ross and Jennifer Lawrence teaming on a two-part feature adaptation of John Steinbeck's East Of Eden, I reported that The Hunger Games trio of Ross, Lawrence and producer Allison Shearmur (a key exec on the film) would come to market with the new Hannah Kent novel Burial Rites.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
Brenton Thwaites Lands 'Gods Of Egypt' Lead
Brenton Thwaites is being set to star alongside Gerard Butler, Game Of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Geoffrey Rush in Gods Of Egypt, the Summit Entertainment period epic film to be directed by Alex Proyas. Butler plays Set, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion.
From: Deadline 07/10/2013
Suspense, trains, brand new special effects: the return of the British action thriller
Vintage rolling stock and a touch of the old Hitchcockian drama play their part in a riposte to Hollywood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/10/2013
Danny Boyle Plans To Smash And Grab
Crime, it would appear, is never far from Danny Boyle's mind. No, he's not out stealing cars or pocketing wristwatches, but criminals are a running theme in several of his films. They'll be the focus of a new project for the man who brought us Trance, as he's attached to adapt documentary Smash And Grab: The Story Of The Pink Panthers as a film.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2013
Kathryn Hahn Joins Tomorrowland
With production well underway in Vancouver (despite some problems from the unpredictable weather and, according to director Brad Bird, issues related to the recent US government shutdown), you might be forgiven for thinking that there would be no more forthcoming casting announcements for Disney's big mystery project, Tomorrowland. Yet word arrives via the Hollywood Reporter of Kathryn Hahn joining the ensemble.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2013
Steve Martin Goes Home
Back in the middle of last year, DreamWorks Animation announced that it would be adapting Adam Rex's book The True Meaning Of Smekday into Happy Smekday! with Jim Parsons and Rihanna nabbing the first two lead roles. Now Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez are also aboard, and the film has been retitled to the less quirky (and a little more bland) Home.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2013
Quentin Tarantino's Top Ten Of 2013
The Quentin Tarantino Archives site has gotten QT to dish on his Top 10 films of the year. Now, we know Tarantino's a big fan of Grindhouse and of Robert Rodriguez so I can only imagine he hasn't seen Machete Kills yet.
From: Deadline 06/10/2013
Canadian Filmmaker John Greyson Freed After Seven Weeks In Egyptian Jail
John Greyson and his physician colleague had been the subjects of rallies during the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere since they were arrested August 16 in Cairo while en route to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
From: Deadline 06/10/2013
Horns Movie U.S. Rights Picked Up, Still No Release Date Yet
With the feature adaptation of Joe HIll's Horns having made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, we were left to hope that -- in addition to positive buzz about the movie -- there would be some news about U.S. distribution. The buzz has ranged from mixed to positive from what I've read, which is ok. Better than ok is the news that the film finally has a distributer.
From: Cinema Blend 05/10/2013
Diana reviews 'devastating', says director
Oliver Hirschbiegel upset by British critics' reaction to royal biopic, but blames the country's ongoing 'trauma' over princess's death.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2013
Willem Dafoe: Spider-Man reboot is a 'cynical approach to making money'
Actor, who starred as the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's 2002 take on the web-slinging hero, criticises 2012 reboot.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2013
Elizabeth Olsen to play Scarlet Witch in Avengers film sequel
Co-star Samuel L Jackson breaks news of actress's role in next Joss Whedon-directed outing for Marvel superheroes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2013
Dominic Cooper to take mic for Freddie Mercury biopic?
Star of The Devil's Double said to be interested in the film about the late Queen singer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2013
David Yates Asks Who Is Jake Ellis?
Though he's busy gathering cast members and jungle friends for Warner Bros.' new take on Tarzan, David Yates has also found time to track down other work besides pop-culture's most famous loin cloth-sporting hero. He's now attached to direct Who Is Jake Ellis?
From: Empire Online 04/10/2013
Watch Guillermo Del Toro's Horror-Filled Simpsons Credits
Gone are the days when you had to wait until something hit screens to see it. Take, for example, the opening credits to this year's Treehouse Of Horror episode on The Simpsons.
From: Empire Online 04/10/2013
Jack Bauer Hits London In 24: Live Another Day
London, at least in Hollywood's eyes, hasn't suffered enough this year. Despite taking a pasting in the likes of G.I. Joe: Retaliation and the upcoming Thor: The Dark World, now another colon-laden title is approaching to mess up our streets. Everyone needs to find shelter because Jack Bauer's coming to town for 24: Live Another Day.
From: Empire Online 04/10/2013
Pierce Brosnan To Work In I.T.
Just because Pierce Brosnan has signed on to star in a film called I.T. doesn't mean you can all break out the "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" gags. But the idea of a computer technician causing trouble is at the core of the film, which Stefano Sollima is set to direct.
From: Empire Online 04/10/2013
Buzz Aldrin Reviews Gravity, Which Is As Awesome As It Sounds
You can listen to countless film critics tell you over and over that Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity is the closest you can feel to floating in outer space without actually snapping on a suit and helmet and space-walking in Zero G. Cuaron's masterpiece, in my humble opinion, deftly recreates exactly what it must feel like to be an astronaut.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2013
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Closes Deal As Quicksilver For Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Just days after Samuel L. Jackson let it slip that Elizabeth Olsen would definitely be joining him in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, another new member of the team has apparently been made official as well. According to Latino Review, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has closed the deal to play Quicksilver, the brother of Olsen's Scarlet Witch character.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2013
The Last Stand's Kim Jee-Woon Will Direct Ed Brubaker's Pulp Crime Comic Coward
This is one of those stories I'm so excited to talk about, I'll have to stop typing every few minutes just to pump my fists really hard. According to Variety, South Korean director Kim Jee-woon has signed on to direct an adaptation of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Coward, the first chapter of their outstanding pulp crime series Criminal, for Electric City Entertainment and Sierra/Affinity (fist pumps).
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2013
Yet more Images From Teen Space Adventure Ender's Game
Check out a bunch of new images from Gavin Hood's latest film.
From: Screenrush 04/10/2013
American Hustle Character Posters Put Lawrence, Cooper, Bale And Gang In Some Striking Vintage Garb
David O'Russell's costume designers must have raided every thrift store in Los Angeles to shroud their cast in these outlandish 70s fashions.
From: Screenrush 04/10/2013
Lebanon Bans Gay-Themed Cannes, Toronto & NYFF Title 'Stranger By The Lake'
Stranger By The Lake won Alain Guiraudie a best director trophy in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section in May. In June, the French film met with controversy when its posters were pulled in two Paris suburbs after locals complained they were too shocking. Now, the movie has been banned in Lebanon.
From: Deadline 04/10/2013
JJ Abrams apologises for lens flare on Star Trek: Into Darkness
Star Trek director says sorry for signature effect, and promises to curb its use in upcoming Star Wars movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2013
Pope Francis is a Fellini fan - and Visconti, and Rossellini
Pope Francis reveals affection for classics of neo-realist cinema including Rome, Open City, The Leopard and La Strada, which he first watched with his parents.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2013
Iranian director banned from attending human rights festival
Mohammad Rasoulof, convicted of making anti-regime propaganda, is prevented from collecting award at German film festival.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2013
Samuel L. Jackson Confirms Elizabeth Olsen Is Scarlet Witch In Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Since word first arose that Joss Whedon would be bringing in the brother-sister act of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver to Avengers 2, all corners of the internet have been speculating on who might land these coveted roles.
From: Cinema Blend 03/10/2013
Marc Forster Won't Be Back For The World War Z Sequel
From the "Uh, no shit" department comes today's top headline: Marc Forster reportedly will not be back in the director's chair if and when a World War Z sequel goes into production.
From: Cinema Blend 03/10/2013
Kim Je-Woon Tracks Down Coward
His first stab at English language filmmaking might not have been the biggest success, but The Last Stand director Kim Je-Woon isn't letting one Arnie-flavoured disappointment curtail his ambitions. He's now attached to direct the adaptation of Ed Brubaker's graphic novel Coward.
From: Empire Online 03/10/2013
Edgar Wright Tweets First Photographic Tease Of Ant-Man
The British director takes to the web to show the first pre-production photo from the upcoming Marvel film.
From: Screenrush 03/10/2013
Seth Rogen Recruits Lizzy Caplan To Join Him In The Interview
Masters of Sex star lands the female lead in Seth Rogen's second attempt at directing.
From: Screenrush 03/10/2013
R.I.P. Giuliano Gemma
Veteran Italian actor Giuliano Gemma passed away late Tuesday night, following a car accident outside Rome. He was 75.
From: Deadline 03/10/2013
Adopt Films Acquires Palestinian Oscar Entry 'Omar'
New York-based Adopt Films has been busy with a series of pickups this month including Israeli thriller Bethlehem, which is that country's submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.
From: Deadline 03/10/2013
Sony Sneaking 'Captain Phillips' This Saturday On 800 Runs
Sony Pictures got a rousing ovation when it premiered the Paul Greengrass-directed Captain Phillips as the New York Film Festival's opening night film last Friday.
From: Deadline 03/10/2013
CAA Signs Toronto Fest Helmer Rene Sampaio
The recently completed Toronto International Film Festival will be memorable for its slate of good films and distribution deals, but also for the slew of new filmmakers that signed with Hollywood agencies.
From: Deadline 03/10/2013
Don Jon: Italian-American pressure group won't forget about it
The Italian American One Voice Coalition, previously known for criticising Robert de Niro, The Sopranos and Bob the Builder, have called Joseph Gordon Levitt's directorial debut 'racist'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2013
Angelina Jolie will shoot Unbroken in Australia
Jolie's second directorial project to base itself in New South Wales to tell story of adrift war hero.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2013
Eli Roth's Goretorium to close down
Horror director's Las Vegas attraction lasts just over a year, but forced to shut down before Halloween.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2013
BFI online player to screen new and archive British film
A new online player from the BFI will carry new British films as well as unique archive footage, and aims to rival iPlayer and enfranchise regional audiences.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2013
Fox Adopts Mark Millar's Kindergarten Heroes
If you thought Mark Millar could only write comics filled with ultraviolence, swearing and all manner of other adult-orientated elements, think again. A couple of years ago, he and artist Curtis Tiegs brought out children's book Kindergarten Heroes, and 20th Century Fox thinks it has film potential.
From: Empire Online 02/10/2013
Friday The 13th May Get The Found Footage Treatment
Now that it's finally October again, horror cinema can flaunt its bloody body count all over TV and theaters. And while this is usually the best time to watch some scary movies, it's also a good time for horror-minded filmmakers to get busy on projects for a possible Halloween release next year.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2013
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Could Move Up To March 2014
Turn up the heat. It sounds like the Hot Tub Time Machine sequel might be bubbling into theaters earlier than expected.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2013
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair Goes Into Production
C.S. Lewis Company hands over rights to The Silver Chair to Mark Gordon who'll shepherd the fourth film in the Chronicles of Narnia series to the big screen.
From: Screenrush 02/10/2013
Simon Kinberg To Script Yet Another Draft Of The Fantastic Four Reboot
Writer of X-Men: The Last Stand brought on board to breathe some life into the Fantastic Four reboot.
From: Screenrush 02/10/2013
Bruce Cohen to produce The Fifth Beatle movie with Vivek J. Tiwary
American Beauty Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen has teamed up with Vivek J. Tiwary to make The Fifth Beatle, the first major production about the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
From: Film-News 02/10/2013
British Film Institute Unveils VOD Platform For New Films & Massive Archive: Video
Putting its stamp of approval on streaming, the British Film Institute is getting into the VOD business. Its new BFI Player will offer both day-and-date releases and a selection of the vast archives at its disposal.
From: Deadline 02/10/2013
Tribeca Film Acquires Neil LaBute's 'Some Velvet Morning'
Tribeca Film acquired U.S. rights to Neil LaBute's Some Velvet Morning.
From: Deadline 02/10/2013
R.I.P. Jack Ryan Author Tom Clancy
Reports are coming in that bestselling author Tom Clancy has died at age 66 in a hospital near his Baltimore home.
From: Deadline 02/10/2013
'Ted 2′ Gets June 2015 Release Date
Universal Pictures will release the follow-up to Seth MacFarlane's highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time on June 26, 2015.
From: Deadline 02/10/2013
R.I.P. Rick Finkelstein, Longtime Universal Executive
Longtime Universal Pictures vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein has passed away after a battle with cancer. We are still gathering the details, but NBC Universal vice chairman Ron Meyer has issued an internal statement.
From: Deadline 02/10/2013
Brian Epstein biopic will be the first Beatles feature film to include songs
The Fifth Beatle, a biopic about Epstein's rise from shop assistant to manager of the biggest group in the world, will be the first feature film to include Beatles hits.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
Barry Norman says filmgoers have 'attention span of fruit flies'
Former BBC TV presenter complains most films are aimed at teenagers with no interest in dialogue or character.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
James McAvoy 'would play Jimmy Savile', says Irvine Welsh
Promoting their new collaboration, Filth, the Scottish author reports McAvoy would be keen to play the disgraced TV host in a Welsh-penned film, though actor himself denies saying this.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
Jesus's resurrection to become Hollywood thriller
Waterworld director Kevin Reynolds set to take charge of film about Roman centurion investigating apparent rise from dead.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
Brad Pitt action film asks villagers to ignore gunfire and explosions
Second world war tank thriller Fury sets up camp in Oxfordshire countryside in anticipation of noisy shoot.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
Die Andere Heimat: Edgar Reitz's epic German drama gets a cinematic prequel
'Home Away from Home' film goes back 150 years to explore origins of Simon family in years leading up to 1848 revolutions.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2013
Kevin Reynolds Achieves Resurrection
Biblical epics seem all the rage at the moment, with Ridley Scott filming Exodus and Darren Aronofsky working on Noah. It was only a matter of time before somebody turned their attention to Jesus, and it turns out that somebody is Kevin Reynolds, who will be directing Resurrection, about the 40 days following the crucifixion.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2013
Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer Set For Get On Up
Tate Taylor is set to work with someone new - 42's Chadwick Boseman - on the James Brown biopic Get On Up. But he's recruiting some old friends to co-star, signing up The Help's Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for supporting roles.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2013
Disney Plans Cruella De Vil Film
Maleficent has swung the doors of Disney open for her sinister sisterhood. With the Mouse House set to release the new take on Sleeping Beauty's misunderstood antagonist next year, the company is now developing a fresh story around 101 Dalmatians' fur-fetishist Cruella de Vil.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2013
Prepare For Gumball 3000, The Car Racing Movie About A Race Nobody Actually Wins
Universal Pictures may have the Fast & Furious franchise, but Warner Bros is entering the race of car-stuffed cinema with a new movie inspired by the Gumball 3000, an annual British race of 3,000-miles that utilizes public roads.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2013
More Harry Potter Spinoffs Planned By Warner Bros?
With the recent news that Warner Bros and J.K. Rowling were looking to turn bonus-book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find them into a new series of feature films, it's not a stretch to theorize that WB might also have its eye on other potential spinoff material from the massively popular franchise.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2013
Fourth 'Chronicles Of Narnia' Movie In Works From Mark Gordon Co
The Mark Gordon Company and the C.S. Lewis Company have struck a deal to jointly develop and produce The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair, which would extend the fantasy film franchise that last appeared with The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, which Fox released in 2010.
From: Deadline 01/10/2013
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