Tyler Perry To Play Alex Cross In ‘I, Alex Cross’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2011 8:00 pm EST Bestseller Patterson offers nothing new on a theme he himself has already done to death in his 16th novel featuring detective Alex Cross (after Cross Country), in which Cross takes on yet another barbaric serial killer, this one known as Zeus. Word that an estranged 24-year-old niece, Caroline Cross, has been murdered disturbs Cross’s birthday party....
Video Clip: Tron Legacy “The Light Runner” By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2010 3:00 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures have released a new one-minute clip from Tron Legacy. The clip shows us the introduction of the two main characters, Garrett Hedlund who plays Sam Flynn and Olivia Wilde who plays Quorra. As you can see, Quorra saves Sam from possible death and takes him through some off road terrain on a four-wheel Light Runner (one of the new vehicles introduced in the sequel)....
VOTD: Back To The Lame Future By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2010 8:00 am EST It’s been 21 years since the release of Back to the Future Part II and we’re only a half a decade away from 2015. But there are no flying cars, hoverboards, or rehydrating pizzas. All we have is the iPhone. Our friends at Landline TV shot a sketch around this concept called “Back to the LAME Future”....
Watch THR’s Hour-Long Interview With 2011’s Award-Worthy Actresses By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2011 6:00 am EST Every year during awards season, The Hollywood Reporter somehow organizes the schedules of basically every single actor, actress, writer and director of the year’s best films to sit down and discuss them. This, in itself, is pretty spectacular. What’s even better is they release the videos of the full conversations so we can watch. For the 2011 Actress’ Roundtable, they’ve brought together Glenn Close of Albert Nobbs, Charlize Theron of Young Adult, Carey Mulligan of Shame, Michelle Williams of My Week With Marilyn and Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer of The Help to discuss their own, and each others’, performances, all of which have a good shot at multiple award nominations....
‘A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy’ Trailer- In Case You Haven’t Had Enough Jason Sudeikis This Year By Angie Han/July 25, 2011 11:00 am EST I’m not sure who decreed that 2011 be the year of the R-rated-comedy-starring-Jason-Sudeikis, but here we are with a trailer for the third such project this year. A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy stars the SNL vet as Eric, a frat boy-ish 30something who lives to throw over-the-top parties at his dad’s Hamptons home....
‘Abduction’ Trailer #2: Taylor Lautner’s Secret Spy Life Is So Awesome By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2011 2:38 pm EST In John Singleton’s Abduction, Taylor Lautner gets to play out a great teen fantasy: rather than being just another good-looking high-school kid with a caring family, he’s a good-looking kid who is secretly a total badass. He’s so secretly a badass that he doesn’t even know it. That is, not until his adoptive spy parents are taken out, after which he has to go on the run to find out the truth of his own secretly amazing existence....
‘Crank’ Co-Star Says ‘Crank 3’ Happening With Or Without Jason Statham By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2011 2:34 pm EST Briefly: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the directors of the two Crank movies, were at Comic Con to promote Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which got quite the good reception. One would think that, if that sequel hits and does particularly well, the duo might be able to jump to some other desirable projects....
‘Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World’ Trailer And Poster: Steve Carell And Keira Knightley’s Apocalyptic, Romantic Comedy By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2012 5:49 pm EST You’ve just found out there are three weeks until the inevitable end of the world. What do you do? If your the characters played by Steve Carell and Keira Knightley in Focus’s upcoming romantic comedy, you fall in love looking for your loved ones....
‘The Darkest Hour’ Trailer And More Concept Art By Angie Han/Aug. 3, 2011 11:30 am EST We’ve already gotten a couple of glimpses at The Darkest Hour, but concept art and one unremarkable photo can only tell us so much. It doesn’t matter how nifty the concept art looks if the ideas fall apart in translation, and that image (above) of star Emile Hirsch cowering behind a car could be from any film set in Moscow....
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 3 Trailer Features Massive Zombie Mayhem By Germain Lussier/July 13, 2012 5:15 pm EST “Fight the dead. Fear the Living.” That’s the ominous tagline for the third season of AMC’s hit show The Walking Dead, which had a big Hall H panel Friday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con 2012. We’ll have full coverage of the panel soon but figured you might be interested in seeing the brand new trailer for the sure-to-be action packed season now....
Actors’ Unions End Boycott Of ‘The Hobbit’; Peter Jackson To Film In New Zealand After All? By Adam Quigley/Oct. 20, 2010 8:00 pm EST Looks like the Australian trade union MEAA (Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance) lost this game of chicken. After garnering support from SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) in ordering their members to not take jobs on The Hobbit unless director Peter Jackson and co....
Alex Pettyfer And Matt Bomer Cast In Andrew Niccol’s ‘Now’; Pettyfer Shortlisted For ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2010 1:58 pm EST Looks like Now is really the title of Andrew Niccol’s next film. Formerly called I’m.mortal, the film stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and a host of other young actors. Now, with film already rolling, it has added Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four) and Matt Bomer to the talent roster....
Comic Con: See Marvel’s Thor And Captain America Shirts By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2010 8:30 am EST Those who caught Marvel’s panel in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con over this past weekend were given a ticket for some free swag. The ticket could be traded for one of two t-shirts promoting Thor and Captain America. But in what is becoming typical Marvel form, the shirts aren’t blatantly obvious swag for either of the two movies....
Disney CEO Announces Development Of ‘The Avengers 2’ By Russ Fischer/May 8, 2012 3:15 pm EST Briefly: This is from the ’no kidding’ department, but Disney CEO Bob Iger announced today during an earnings conference call that Marvel Studios is in development on a sequel to the $700 million hit The Avengers. I don’t think there is a single person who thought Marvel would not develop a sequel, but Iger announced only the early development of another team movie....
Exclusive: Futuristic Props From ‘Looper,’ Also New Actress And Update On Production By Germain Lussier/Jan. 19, 2011 12:00 pm EST Rian Johnson’s time-travel action film Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and new cast addition Xu Qing, is set to start filming in New Orleans next week. Johnson posted a photo of the final production meeting on his Tumblr and, in addition to the announcement of Primer-director Shane Carruth joining the team, the Hollywood Reporter has a bunch of new details about the production teaming with a Chinese company called DMG....
Geek Deal: Friday Night Lights For $11.99/Season By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Hitman/A-Team Screenwriter To Write Die Hard 5 By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2010 9:41 pm EST This comes after Bruce Willis made claims at the Cop Out junket in New York City that not only would he like to do another Die Hard film, but “I think we’re going to do a ‘Die Hard 5’ next year.” It is now one step closer to being possible. Willis has also said that the series needs to expand in scope....
Joel Edgerton In Talks For ‘300: Battle Of Artemisia;’ Also Offered ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2011 1:55 pm EST The prequel to 300, once called Xerxes and now 300: Battle of Artemisia, has been slowly moving forward for the last couple years as Frank Miller created the graphic novel on which the movie will be based. With Miller’s work done, Zack Snyder, director of 300, and his 300 writer Kurt Johnstad, have finished a script for the new film....
Joel Edgerton Sells Spec Script ‘One Night Stand’ To New Regency By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2012 1:00 pm EST Between last year’s Warrior and The Thing and this year’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Great Gatsby, and the untitled Kathryn Bigelow thriller, there’s no doubt Joel Edgerton is one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood. But if his recent sale to New Regency is any indication, he could soon be making his mark as a screenwriter as well....
Kevin Smith Planning TV Show, Building Theatre In Los Angeles, Red State Shooting In August By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2010 10:00 am EST Kevin Smith has been very busy since the release of Cop Out. He’s planning a television special, building a theatre in Los Angeles, and will begin shooting his horror film Red State in August. Full details after the jump. I’ve always been a huge fan of Kevin Smith’s question and answer specials....
