Movie News Weekly Round-Up: December 6, 2010
Movie News
Michael Douglas is recovering from cancer, will star in Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic (THR)- Walden Media looking to reboot canine franchise Benji (Variety)
- Josh Brolin wants to direct and star in play adaptation Pitz & Joe (The Playlist)
- Sundance film festival lineup announced (First showing)
- Catherine Hardwicke in talks to direct sci-fi The Maze Runner (The Wrap)
- Ruben Fleischer in talks to direct crime thriller Tales From The Gangster Squad (Deadline)
“The film is set in the 40s and 50s and is the fact-based tale by a squad of elite Los Angeles officers who fought organized crime kingpins like Mickey Cohen. It has been compared in tone to period crime films like The Untouchables and L.A. Confidential.”
- Alex Proyas developing sci-fi flick AMP (Deadline)
Nicolas Cage talks about the difference between first and upcoming Ghost Rider movies (io9)
“The first one, which I won’t denigrate — I liked the first one, but it was almost like a fairy tale. Almost like a Disney fairy tale interpretation of Faust. This one is completely re-conceived, it’s not even connected to the first one, it’s a different origin sequence. But I think it will be a brand new experience. It has more adrenaline involved in the film making process itself, and in the movie when you see it. Again, I think the stuff we’re able to get into with Ghost Rider is going to be a lot more abstract and not like anything you’ve seen before. So I’m very excited by it.”
- Three Stooges project still alive, moved to 20th Century Fox (Deadline)
- More pictures of Kevin Smith’s Red State (ShockTillYouDrop)
- Steve Carell and David Steinberg teaming up for a documentary on the evolution of comedy (Deadline)
- Two more Pirate of the Caribbeans sequels (Hitfix)
- Sequels likely for How To Train Your Dragon, and hunker down for 6 Kung Fu Panda movies (Empire)
- First look at drama thriller Margin Call (Collider)
Ryan Gosling was fired from The Lovely Bones because he put up 60 lbs without Peter Jackson’s agreement (THR)
“Gosling said his much-ballyhooed weight gain — fueled by drinking melted Haagen Dazs ice cream when he was thirsty — was all a part of how he saw the character of Jack Salmon, the grieving-father role ultimately filled by Mark Wahlberg.”
- George Clooney attached to direct and star in musical Enron (The Guardian)
- Tron Legacy production cost a colossal $320 million (The NY Times)
Casting News
- Jackie Earle Haley, Kristen Bell, Chloe Moretz, Bailee Madison cast in indie comedy Dance of the Mirlitons (THR)
- Paul Giamatti cast in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis adaptation (The Playlist)
- Ray Wise cast in X-Men: First Class (IGN)
- Dougray Scott joins the cast of United
- Angela Bassett joins the cast of McG’s This Means War (Variety)
- Paul Dano cast in sci-fi time-travel movie Looper (Variety)
- Liam Hemsworth to star in John Singleton’s thriller Broken Run (The Wrap)
- Ben Stiller, James Franco to star in Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young (Vulture)
“The script is being kept under tight security, but we’re told that it’s about a free-spirited Brooklynite twentysomething couple (Franco — and, possibly, Gerwig) who inspire an uptight documentarian (Stiller) and his wife (possibly Blanchett, pending the resolution of some scheduling issues) to loosen up — with comedic consequences.”
- Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer cast in drama Say Nothing (THR)
- Emily Blunt joins the cast on The Muppets (Heat Vision)
- Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi join thriller Contraband (Variety)
- Abigail Spencer cast in This Means War (THR)
- Ryan Gosling to star Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines (Vulture)
Irrfan Khan in talks to play Van Atter in Spider-Man reboot; Campbell Scott and Julianne Nicholson to play Peter Parker’s parents (Heat Vision)- Ryan Phillippe, Jenna Dewan join the cast of Set Up (Variety)
- Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis attached to a Jay Roach political comedy (Deadline)
- Robert Downey Jr. attached to a musical comedy being developed at Warner Bros (Deadline)
Trailers
- Frankie & Alice with Hall Berry (First Showing)
- Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson (Apple)
23 Comments
That’s why Gosling was let go? Seriously!
I know, right? It’s ridiculous.
I really wish Gosling would, you know, live up to the promise of his talent. He ain’t done shit lately (that I’ve seen, anyhow). And I’m in the “Lars and the Real Girl” sucked camp, btw.
There’s another GHOST RIDER? ugh
Love the trailer for THE BEAVER. Very melancholy!
BTW, Castor. I took your advice on the Cinematic Captions feature and am making it interactive. People will compete for the wittiest phrase to go with the picture I select. First post goes up tomorrow (Tuesday). Head on over and take part. Thanks.
Awesome! Looking forward to it Sebastian
I share your sentiment about Ghost Rider. Ugh is right. How they’d ever greenlight such an abominable is beyond me!
IT’S ON, BITCHES.
I like caption competitions. Leave me alone.
The Beaver looks so good. I just hope it gets a release soon, because Gibson really doesn’t deserve a little bit of respect for what he does when it comes to films.
People can say whatever they want about Mel Gibson, and yes he may be somewhat insane, but I think he is a great actor. This looks very good. I hope that it is. I look forward to seeing it.
I look forward to The Beaver myself. The script is excellent and I’m quite sure Mel Gibson gives a fantastic performance.
As always…great news from aroud the net in one post. Ths Castor.
I’m curious about Tron, haven’t seen good colosal movie in a while.
I shall hope it’ll be colossal in storyline also, Nov, more than just eye candy.
I hope so too. I think the last collosal movie I’ve seen was from Hongkong, played by Chow Yun Fat but somehow I can’t remember the title.
Not sure if you reported this already, Castor, but I’m excited for District 9 reunion of Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley in another sci-fi Elysium. Sounds terrific, though I’m still hoping for a follow-up to D-9.
http://www.collider.com/2010/12/06/elysium-sharlto-copley-neill-blomkamp/
That movie sounds like something I’ll watch…then again I will watch any movie by Sharlto
So what’s the deal about TRON?
The trailer got me really hyped, and the reviews I’ve read seem good… but then they all start with “Being a fan of the first one” or something like that.
My expectation is visual candy @_@
I’m gearing myself up for the Beaver merchandising movement. How long before I’ll be able to get my own beaver puppet?
Uh, now. You just have to go to a special store.
Oh, god, the Beaver trailer looks so shameless.
That Robert Downey Jr. musical smells suspiciously like Camp.
My problem with the whole premise of This Means War is that, once again, Reese Witherspoon is playing the object of affection for two competing so-and-so’s. This is either extreme narcissism on her part, and/or everybody is seeing in her something I don’t.
Reese is playing the same character every time now. So disappointing
Yep, Hollywood keeps rewarding actors who do that. I mean, she’s becoming another version of Aniston which is a pity as she could do better. Y’know what I notice, she has the same type of hair in every film now too. Bad sign.
I didn’t know Cage was still playing Ghost Rider. I thought they recast/reboot it.
I think Cage too should reboot himself and take a look back at his career. Even with such huge talent, he seems to be modeling his career on Steven Seagal.
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