Josh Hutcherson Lines Up Horror Comedy Detention, With Dane Cook By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2010 9:26 am EST Josh Hutcherson didn’t get the role of Peter Parker in Sony’s new version of Spider-Man, but he’s already had one consolation prize lined up: the second Journey to the Center of the Earth film. Now he’s got a second project that sounds like third prize in the race for a meaty starring role like Peter Parker....
Lars Von Trier Casts Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg And Kiefer Sutherland In Melancholia By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2010 5:37 pm EST Gotta hope Kirsten Dunst knows what she’s getting into. The former Mary Jane Watson has signed, along with Kiefer Sutherland and several others, to appear in Melancholia, the new film from Lars von Trier. Not by any stretch the kindest of directors, Trier has been known to test his actresses in outlandish and subversive ways....
LOL: Movie Trailer For ‘The Other Social Network’ By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2010 3:00 pm EST I think I might have watched the full length movie trailer for David Fincher’s The Social Network at least five times now. I’ve also watched the teaser trailers a couple times each. Who would have thought a movie about the creation of Facebook could be so compelling. But what about the movie no one is buzzing about… you know, The Other Social Network, a story about Tom and his “friends....
Magnolia Will Release Terrence Malick’s ‘To The Wonder’ In 2013 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2012 9:07 am EST The interesting thing about this deal is that Magnolia, which picks up a lot of great films, tends to release features on the big screen in only a few major markets, with the biggest push often saved for VOD. Terrence Malick is seen as a cinephile’s director, which means that people want to see his movies on the big screen....
Mark Wahlberg Joins ‘2 Guns’ As David O. Russell And Vince Vaughn Leave By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2011 2:00 pm EST Let’s quickly trace the evolution of 2 Guns, which is intended as an action film in which two undercover law officers end up investigating each other, both failing to realize that the other is a lawman, with mob money and the CIA wrapped up in the tale. 2 Guns is based on a comic written by Steven Grant with art by Mat Santolouco, and originally had a script by Blake Masters....
Mark Wahlberg Still Considering Michael Bay’s ‘Pain And Gain’, Talks ‘The Fighter 2’ And ‘Entourage’ By Angie Han/Jan. 6, 2012 2:30 pm EST Although Mark Wahlberg is the kind of A-list star that’s constantly in the public eye, he actually hasn’t appeared in a movie since 2010’s The Fighter. Next week’s Contraband marks the end of that streak, however, and it looks like Wahberg will be returning to his usual busy ways after that....
Michael K. Williams Can’t Do ‘Django Unchained,’ Books A Role In ‘Snitch’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2011 3:30 pm EST This is a drag. Micheal K. Williams, known to many as Omar from The Wire and an accomplished and well-rounded actor in general, was a favorite for the title role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. That part went to the more easily marketable Jamie Foxx, but over the last few months Williams has said that Tarantino wanted him in the movie badly enough to write a part specifically for him....
Movie Trailer: Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2010 3:45 pm EST Update: I was wrong… The documentary is executive produced by Jeff Blitz, and directed by “Mac Carter, a stellar commercial director at Anonymous Content, who, in the comic book world, is highly regarded for writing The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft.” DC Comics is celebrating their 75th Anniversary Documentary with a documentary chronicling the story of the comic book company....
Movie Trailer: The Romantics By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2010 5:10 pm EST Paramount Famous Productions has released the first movie trailer for The Romantics. Director and screenwriter Galt Niederhoffer has adapted her own novel, The Romantics, a “zeitgeist love story and generational comedy, takes place over the course of one night at a deluxe seaside wedding.” The cast includes Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Adam Brody, Malin Ackerman, Elijah Wood, Candice Bergen, Jeremy Strong, and Dianna Agron....
Nicholas Hoult Cast As Beast In X-Men: First Class By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2010 12:30 pm EST Deadline is reporting that Hoult had a part in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which has in fact been delayed, giving him the time to film X-Men. Nicholas has appeared in About a Boy, Wah-Wah, The Weather Man, A Single Man, Clash of the Titans, and the television show Skins. The character was played by Kelsey Grammer in X-Men: The Last Stand....
Park Chan-Wook In Talks To Direct ‘Stoker’ With Carey Mulligan And Jodie Foster By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2010 12:10 pm EST All we’ve got is this description from the LA Times: “Stoker tells of an eccentric teenager whose enigmatic and estranged uncle returns to the family after the death of the girl’s father.” As things stand, Carey Mulligan would be the girl and Jodie Foster is also slated to appear. The uncle has not been cast....
Scarlett Johansson And Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Star In Diablo Cody’s ‘Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament’? By Adam Quigley/Sept. 1, 2010 2:32 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. First we heard of the Diablo Cody-produced Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament, the book that the script was being adapted from hadn’t even been released yet. Now it has, and people seem to be digging it. Meanwhile, on the film front, the script is ready to go, and directors are taking a look....
Sony Buys Joseph Kahn’s ‘Detention’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 12:30 pm EST At first glance, Joseph Kahn’s Detention looks, as I’ve said before, like it might be just a “post-Scream meta-slasher movie.” But the trailer we saw for the film suggested that it is a lot more than that, or at least a lot more crazy than that. Reviews out of SXSW, where the film premiered, were slightly mixed, but the enthusiastic ones were very enthusiastic....
The #Super8Secret Is Out: RSVP To Free ‘Super 8’ Early Fan Screenings By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2011 11:59 am EST Last week a viral website went online asking what the #Super8Secret was. Turns out the secret is special free early fan screenings in 12 different cities. I’m very excited to offer this opportunity to /Film readers who are excited to see this movie. I’ll be on hand with my good friend Alex from FirstShowing to present the Hollywood screening at the Arclight, which you won’t want to miss....
UPDATE: San Diego Comic-Con Badges NOT On Sale 6 A.m. Monday By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2010 2:26 pm EST UPDATE: Registration has, once again, been postponed. Read more about it after the jump. Let’s try this again. San Diego Comic-Con is once again going to attempt to sell badges to their 2011 event, taking place July 21-24, at 6 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Monday November 22. They tried to do this a few weeks back but the website crashed and sales were subsequently rescheduled....
Willem Dafoe In Talks For Stephen Sommers’ ‘Odd Thomas’ By Russ Fischer/April 8, 2011 3:21 pm EST Stephen Sommers is getting closer and closer to the start date for Odd Thomas, which adapts the first Dean Koontz novel featuring the title character. He’s got Anton Yelchin playing Thomas and Addison Timlin as the lead’s girlfriend, who is one of two people who knows that Thomas can talk to the dead. The other character is the local police chief, and Willem Dafoe is now in talks for that role....
Zorro Heading To The Future In ‘Zorro Reborn’ By Adam Quigley/April 27, 2011 10:00 am EST Only six years later, that time has come. The duo behind the screenplay are Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, the same men responsible for Warner Bros.’ Dracula retelling Harker. Directing the film is Rpin Suwannath, who has previously served as a previsualization specialist on films like The Matrix, Serenity, The Chronicles of Narnia series, Bryan Singer’s X-Men films (including First Class)....
‘Another Earth’ Is A Sci-Fi Indie Version Of ‘Bounce’ [Sundance Movie Review] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2011 6:00 am EST I’m always excited to see independently-produced science fiction films at the Sundance Film Festival because it usually means I’m in for a treat. Notable mentions include Shane Carruth’s 2004 time travel movie Primer, and Duncan Jones’ 2009 psychological space thriller Moon. This year’s line-up is almost completely devoid of sci-fimovies. As far as I can tell, the only two films are: the Midnight movie selection Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same and a film in the dramatic competition called Another Earth....
‘Hitman’ And ‘The Divide’ Helmer Xavier Gens To Direct ‘House Of Horror’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2011 7:00 am EST French director Xavier Gens first made a name for himself in the horror community with Frontier(s), which premiered as part of the Toronto fest’s Midnight Madness program. He diverted into semi-mainstream fare with the very ill-fated adaptation of Hitman, then went back to more hardcore genre fare with The Divide, which hits theaters on January 13, 2012....
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Sequels Will Be More Expansive By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2011 7:00 am EST Producer Tim Johnson has described the announced sequel for How to Train Your Dragon as “a much bigger movie,” and Dreamworks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg stated that the How To Train Your Dragon series will have “at least three” chapters “maybe more.” Co-director Dean DeBlois explains how the sequel, and future of the series, will expand the story to other worlds....
