Movie News: Weekly Round-Up
Movie News:
- Noah Baumbach will direct The Emperor’s Children with Bana, Knightley, Gere. (The Wrap)
- Michael Bay says 3D conversion “kind of sucks” (Deadline)
- Paul W.S. Anderson to direct Buck Rogers movie in 3D (Deadline)
- Six movie posters for The Losers (Hit Fix)
- Sneak peek photos of Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (First Showing)
- Kip Williams will direct Paranormal Activities 2 (Paranormal movies)
- David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen reunite for Eastern Promises 2 (Deadline)
- Bryan Singer only producing, not directing X-Men: First Class (Deadline)
- Warner Bros bringing back Godzilla (First Showing)
- Comic book Bloodshot adaptation coming say Matthew Vaughn (Latino Review)
- Independence Day sequels to be shot back to back (IESB)
- Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms locked in for The Hangover 2 to the the tune of $5 million each (Deadline): Nice raise from their $300K salary for the first film
Casting News:
- Liam Neeson, Cedric the Entertainer in Lee Daniels’ Selma (MTV)
- Angela Bassett joins Green Lantern cast (Heat Vision)
- Tom Cruise, Reese Witherspoon rumored to be interested in romance Paper Wings (24 Frames): Interesting combination… Budget will go through the roof just to pay those two!
- Carey Mulligan cast in My Fair Lady remake (BBC News)
- Juliette Binoche, Tracy Morgan cast in cop drama Son of No One (THR)
- Jenna Dewan cast in indie Balls to the Wall (THR)
- Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff join The Tourist (Variety)
- Kate Hudson cast in rom-com Something Borrowed (Variety)
- Angelina Jolie interested in playing Evil Queen in Disney’s Maleficent (LA Times)
- The Larry Crown casting wall twitpic from Tom Hanks (Twitpic): From top left to bottom right, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Cedric the Entertainer, Rami Malek, George Takei, Dale Dye, Peter Scolari, Bryan Cranston, Wilmer Valderrama, Taraji P. Henson, Malcolm Barret, Unknown?, Bob Stephenson, Jon Seda, Maria Canals Barrera, Holmes Osborne.
Andy Samberg, Zach Quinto cast in What’s your Number? (EW)- Marion Cottilard, Rachel McAdams confirmed in Woody Allen’s untitled comedy shooting in July in Paris (Variety): Nice to get a confirmation on the original report, new rumor now is that French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy might appear in a cameo!
- Stephen Dorff cast in War of the Gods (Variety)
- Anna Faris to star in comedy Private Benjamin (THR)
- Sam Worthington confirmed in comic book adaptation Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future as well as The Last Days of American Crime (MTV)
Trailers:
- The Last Airbender (First Showing)
- Despicable Me (First Showing)
- Owen Wilson’s Marmaduke (Yahoo HD)
- Michael Cera’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Apple HD)
- Australian crime drama with Guy Pearce Animal Kingdom (YouTube)
Micmacs (Yahoo HD)- Exit through the Gift Shop (Apple HD)
- Survival of the Dead (IGN)
- Knight & Day (First Showing)
- [Rec]2 (First Showing)
US DVD Releases:
- Afghan Star
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- An Education: Review coming!
- Sherlock Holmes: B+
Links:
- Check out Luke’s rivalry showdown of the naughties (Journalistic Skepticism)
- Andy over at Fandango Groovers has a fixation on the hair color of some characters prone to trouble making (Fandango Groovers)
- Read Andrew’s excellent insight on the much argued about American Beauty (Encore’s World of Film & TV)
- Darren discusses the floating head syndrome in today’s movie posters (the m0vie blog)
- The financials of Hot Tub Time Machine (Deadline): A real life application of my recent article about the cost of making a movie!
The Expendables Trailer: 2 MINUTES 33 OF ASS KICKING. ENOUGH SAID!!!
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I’m extremely happy about Stephen Dorff joining WAR OF THE GODS or DAWN OF WAR, and about Sam Worthington officially joinig DAN DARE PILOT OF THE FUTURE.
Exit Through the Gift Shop looks kind of awesome.
Damn, when I saw the title “Emperor’s Children”, for a second I thought that somebody may be making another Warhammer movie. But, reality soon hit me, when I saw Richard Gere’s name and realized that it will probably be some lame drama which will make millions of dollars. Oh well…
Awesome, I was waiting for your news posts as I’ve been really slacking off lately – I explain why in my latest post
Glad to see Bana in something potentially interesting, love that guy, he should be getting more lead roles! Not sure about Gere casting though, I hope it won’t be as lame as you said, Magnum. Josh Brolin is the tall, dark, stranger??? Meh, he definitely didn’t come to mind when I’m picturing such a man. I almost post The Losers posters on my blog the other day as I quite like the first one, that looks like a pretty fun, bombastic flick. Glad to hear Mulligan’s stepping in for Knightly in My Fair Lady, I think she’d be great for the part. But the biggest highlight in casting news for me is regarding The Tourist, as you probably already know.
man $5 million each for the Hangover cast, not bad for a comedy.
Can’t wait for Eastern Promises 2.
Looking forward to renting Sherlock Holmes.
So… even though I’m officially disturbed that Overboard AND Private Benjamin are being remade for some reason, I must say that they couldn’t have left the latter role in better hands. But still – couldn’t they have gotten Anna Faris a star vehicle for an ORIGINAL movie? I’ll even write it myself if they’re that desperate!
Singer departing X-Men (again) is lame. But at least he’s in someway involved, so not X3 lame.
And Eastern Promises… this is Cronenberg’s first sequel, if I’m right?
Well, Emperor’s Children may turn out okay (but it probably won’t, because it’s based on some lame book), however I was surprised at the title which is kind of odd. I would laugh my ass off if it were possible for Games Workshop to sue them for copyright infringement.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Fulgrim_%28Novel%29
Btw, the new Expendables trailer is so awesome that lesser people will probably start falling dead when it hits the cinemas.
Damn it, I was also surprised at the “Emperor’s Children”. My first vision was thousands upon thousands of Space Marines and hails of bolter fire on a vast blood streaked battlefield. … Instead, it’s a comedy/drama with Gere. Do not want.
Btw, the new Expendables trailer is so awesome that lesser people will probably start falling dead when it hits the cinemas. [2]
@ Luke: lol, I don’t know about Anna Faris. Her career never seem to have taken off.
@ Darren: Yes, I was surprised that he would actually do a sequel when I read the news
@ Magnum, Shaft: I know you would cream all over yourself after seeing the trailer lol
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