Movie News Weekly Round-Up 08/01/2010
Movie News
- Zach Braff looking to return to director’s chair with Swingles (TimeOutNY)
- An intriguing movie poster for the upcoming sci-fi romance Never Let Me Go
As children, Ruth, Kathy & Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic boarding school. As they grow into adults, they find they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other.
- DreamWorks picks up comedy Raised By Wolfs with Steve Carrell attached to star (Risky Biz)
- Paramount picks up Michael Bay produced Confidential Alien Project, a mix between Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity (Deadline)
- Four directors to direct Will Eisner’s A Contract with God (THR)
- Guillermo del Toro to direct HP Lovecraft’s adaptation At the Mountain of Madness (Deadline)
In the Lovecraft tale, a gruesome discovery made during a scientific expedition to the South Pole in the 1930s hints at the true origin of mankind having come from elder gods from another planet. Bad things happen when those life forms are awakened.
- Super 8 Viral site has been launched (Rocketpoppeteers.com)
- Len Wiseman to direct Total Recall remake (/Film)
- Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan set to be released December 1st
- Robert Rodriguez in negotiations to direct Deadpool (LA Times)
- Miramax finally sold to Filmyard Holdings LLC for $660 million (First Showing)
- Lee Daniels may direct drama The Butler instead of Selma (Deadline)
- Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life unlikely to make Venice or Toronto Film Festival (Toronto Star)
Casting News
- Singer Rihanna cast in Peter Berg’s Battleship, an adaptation of the board game (Variety)
- Edi Gathegi cast as Darwin in X-Men: First Class (Deadline)
- Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton to star in thriller The Retreat (Deadline)
Murphy and Newton will play a husband and wife who rent a remote island cottage while trying to repair their marriage. One day they find a biohazard-suited soldier washed up on the beach, who warns them that everybody on the mainland has been killed by an airborne virus. That’s when the psychological fun-and-games begin…
- David O. Russell to direct Old St. Louis with Vince Vaughn attached (Deadline)
- Tina Fey, Meryl Streep to star in comedy Mommy & Me (THR)
- Tom Hardy takes on role previously offered to Sam Worthington in action comedy This Means War (Vulture)
- Steve Coogan joins the cast of My Idiot Brothers (Deadline)
- Lee Pace favorite to join Breaking Dawn as Edward Cullen’s best pal (Hollywood Insider)
- Isiah Mustafa (the Old Spice guy) joins the massive cast of Horrible Bosses (THR)
- Zac Effron to star in Nicholas Spark novel adaptation of The Lucky One as well as action flick Die in a Gunfight (Vulture)
- Russell Brand signs up for action comedy Hawkwood (Deadline)
- Zack Galifianakis attached to comedy spec-script Reply, All (Deadline)
- David Fincher still testing actresses for Lisbeth Salander role in US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Deadline)
Right now the actresses who are being seriously considered may still include Inception’s Ellen Page, Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch), Sarah Snook (Sleeping Beauty), Rooney Mara (The Social Network), Sophie Lowe (Blame) and now French actress Lea Seydoux.
- Chloe Moretz in talks to join The Rut (24 Frames)
“The Rut” concerns a father-daughter relationship and centers particularly on hunting, as a daughter must learn the tricks of hunting and archery taught to her by her father after said father goes missing.
- Liam Neeson pulls out of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic (The Playlist)
Trailers
- Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch (Apple)
- Teaser for Beauty and the Beast 3D (/Film)
- Teaser for Yogi Bear 3D (Yahoo)
- The Expendables featurettes (Apple)
- Catfish
A reality thriller that’s a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.
- French thriller Lights Out (Twitch)
Links
- Nicholas re-evaluates the career of Julianne Moore (Cinema Romantico)
- Heather gives us her Top 10 Summer Blockbusters (Movie Mobsters)
- Steve gives his top 5 “Steampunk” movies (The Film Cynics)
- Sheila takes a look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in Inception (The Sheila Variations)
18 Comments
I love that Never Let Me Go poster I had to dedicate a post for it! Even just reading that description, I immediately thought it’s an understated romance or coming of age story… little did I know…
Yes, I was surprised to learn it is a sci-fi film. Might check it out after all
It is beautiful, ain’t it?
Love Zach Braff! Looking forward to that one! Sorry, I’ve been “absent” for a while. Will be better again. Infact, I just put you on my Google Reader list
Love the new design by the way!
Glad to hear that Vanessa, we all look forward to seeing you more on the blogosphere!
Oh, shit, if I have to see anything like Garden State, I’m going to tear something up.
Oh, Lee Pace.
Ah hell no! They’re remaking Total Recall? Heresy!
Yeah I am with ya man. Total Recall is such a classic action/sci-fi film that I hate to see it get remade. But I will wait and see until they say who they are getting to replace Arnie before completely damning this film.
I think they’re circumventing the “remaking a classic film” backlash as best they can by describing it as “reimagining a classic short story”. I love politically correct speech.
BUILDING KICK! EXPLOSION!!!!
I love the Old Spice guy. Teehee.
Russell Brand should play nothing but supporting roles, and even that is sketchy in my mind since he has utterly no range whatsoever.
…I find Brand to be one of the most annoying people on television (his shortlived career in film will surely come to an end soon). Fingers crossed.
I can only hope you are right Dan!
I was hoping Braff’s next project wouldn’t be a Cameron Diaz rom-com, but I guess you have to play the cards you’re dealt.
trailer to “Never Let Me Go” looks very good. I’m sick of Galifianakis at this point, to tell you the truth. Fincher should simply stop searching and back out — no one will be able to outdo Rapace.
Glad I’m not the only one feeling the same about Zach. The Due Date trailer made me cringe so much I don’t think I can endure the entire movie. I never thought I’d feel that way about RDJ’s movie but oh well, it’s a skip from me.
I love the fact that he’s had one breakout role and a tiny supporting role in Up in the Air and we’re already tired of his schtick. Poor guy.
amen. Rapace owns this role!
Catfish is quite intriguing and I can’t wait to watch Guillermo del Toro’s directed adaptation for HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountain of Madness.
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