Here’s your chance to find out more about Chloe Moretz, the actress set to take the role of Hit-Girl in the upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn. It turns out that Ms. Moretz has her very own blog, and on it she talks a bit about her preparation for the film. Chloe writes: …It is the most fun thing. I have had cool wardrobe fittings and hair consults and tomorrow we start rehearsals....
Former Avenger Chris Evans will soon swap sides for Netflix’s upcoming spy thriller The Gray Man, which will see the Captain America star become the villain of the piece, Lloyd Hansen. Speaking with Empire Magazine, Evans has offered some insight into the bad guy of The Gray Man, who has been described as “a sadistic, narcissistic, sociopathic manhunter who relishes the nastiest parts of the job.” Quite the change from Steve Rogers, then....
Director Brad Anderson has lined up his next project post Vanishing on 7th Street, which is to be Concrete Island, reuniting the director with his The Machinist writer Scott Kosar and star Christian Bale in the title role, reports We Got This Covered. Brad Anderson has this to say: A twisted adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the story’s protagonist, Robert Maitland, a wealthy architect, finds himself stranded in a manmade ‘island’ (a section of fenced-off wasteland in the middle of a motorway intersection) between the Westway and M4 Motorway in West London, forced to survive on only what is in his crashed Jaguar and what he is able to find....
Fans have eagerly awaited the second season of the Showtime series Yellowjackets since the first season concluded earlier this year. The show follows a high school girl’s soccer team who survives a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness. The series is described as a psychological horror, starring Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Thatcher, and Christina Ricci. The second season of Yellowjackets began production earlier this month, meaning audiences can expect to see the series sometime in 2023....
Director and Writer talk about creating comedy in the realm of horror With the gritty horror film Creep behind him, writer/director Christopher Smith teamed up with writer James Moran to create Severance. This film centers on an international arms dealer who rewards his six-member team with a mountain retreat in Eastern Europe. But their agenda quickly changes when they are attacked by a renegade band of soldiers. How was James’s original script P....
Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio has teased the arrival of the Karate Kid Cinematic Universe. Speaking with Comicbook.com, Macchio offered his own suggestions for which stories could be told alongside Cobra Kai, including a Mr. Miyagi origin and spinoffs centered on the new cast members, before asserting his confidence in the Cobra Kai creators and their vision for the future of the franchise. After teasing the Karate Kid Cinematic Universe (KKCU?...
Crazy Eights and Lake Dead are the final two films to be acquired by After Dark Films for After Dark Horrorfest 2007 it was announced by After Dark Films’ CEO Courtney Solomon. Crazy Eights and Lake Dead join Borderland, The Deaths of Ian Stone, Mulberry Street, Nightmare Man, Tooth and Nail and Unearthed in the 2007 line-up of “8 Films To Die For” which plays November 9 - 18, 2007 on over 300 screens across the country....
Daniel Craig has signed on to star in the The Golden Compass for New Line Cinema. The film is the first installment of the trilogy based on the Philip Pullman series His Dark Materials; Chris Weitz wrote the script and will direct the film. Variety reports Craig will play Lord Asriel, a ruthless and mysterious adventurer who is the uncle of Lyra Belacqua, the young girl who journeys to a parallel universe to save her best friend....
Will Danny Boyle be moving from the slums of India to the halls of MI6? According to The Sun UK, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has been made an offer to direct the latest James Bond film. “Danny is the man of the moment and he is being bombarded with offers from studios. He has been offered the chance to direct the 23rd Bond film by Barbara (Brocolli). The EON team love his vision and think that it would work perfectly for the new look of Bond....
Precious little has been revealed about the Season 4 plot of Arrested Development, which returns this spring with 14 all-new episodes after being off the air since 2005. What we do know is that all of these episodes will work together in telling one gigantic story, and when watched in order, they will act as one big episode. Something that, maybe, could only be done using the Netflix model. Comedian David Cross, who returns as never-nude Tobias Funke in this new run of episodes, says that what Netflix has allowed show creator Mitchell Hurwitz to do is revolutionary, and it will change TV forever....
As James Gunn and Peter Safran begin to shape their vision of what the DC Cinematic Universe will look like under refreshing new leadership, they are laying to groundwork for brand-new stories to be told and fresh faces to tell them, both in the directing chair and on screen. With Henry Cavill being the first domino to fall as it related to the original Justice League team, the protectors of the DC universe will need to be put into new hands, taking on the roles of these classic heroes....
Paramount Pictures announced today it has made a deal for Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment to do a big-screen adaptation of sister company Spike TV’s original hit series Deadliest Warrior. The announcement comes on the heels of the show’s Season 2 finale, which brought about exceptional ratings for the network. Spike TV has renewed the series for a third season. This partnership by Paramount and Spike TV marks the first time that the Viacom owned companies have worked together....
From the network of HBO, Deadwood was a 2004 thriller series set in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. The series starred Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, and Robin Weigert. The series was based on the real town of Deadwood and its history of lawlessness. The series follows the story of a bunch of people who flee to Deadwood in hopes to get rich. However, once there, they encounter a lot of chaos in the town because of its lack of law....
For those of you who might need a brush-up, Ents are a very old race in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series. They were created by Yavanna, one of the holy beings that created Middle Earth. According to legend, when Yavanna learned of the creation of the Dwarves, she anticipated they would be eager to cut down trees at will. So she created the Ents, who would serve as the “shepherds” and protectors of trees....
Earlier this year, millions of Deadpool fans were disappointed to learn that the animated Deadpool series being developed by Atlanta’s Donald and Stephen Glover at FX had been cancelled. However, hope for the series may now be restored as FX’s CEO John Landgraf has claimed the series may still be developed by Marvel, considering that Marvel still owns the TV rights to Deadpool and were already heavily involved with the development of the show....
It might be just a “stupid bunny suit” to Donnie Darko, but Frank the Bunny will soon be on display at an L.A. museum due the mark it has made in cinema history. Directed by Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko is a mindbending psychological thriller that has been confusing audiences for more than two decades since its release in 2001. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular teenager, the film follows young Donnie who’s haunted by visions of a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume, named “Frank,” who manipulates the troubled youngster into committing serious crimes....
Dreamworks Pictures Dreamgirls starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy and Danny Glover opened on Christmas day and acheived the 3rd highest box-office gross for a film opening on December 25th. The musical took in 8.7 million dollars in only 852 theaters! The film will expand wide on January 19th. Based on the Tony Award-winning musical, Dreamgirls is set in the turbulent late 1960s and early ’70s and follows the rise of a trio of women – Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) – who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes....
Moviehole talked to Hot Fuzz co-writer/director Edgar Wright today, who spoke briefly about one of his next projects, Ant-Man: CLICK HERE to read the entire interview with Edgar Wright! …Researching “Ant-Man”? Obviously I can’t interview anyone that’s got shrinking serum, [but] in terms of who the characters are though - yeah. Nanotechnology and all that. We have done a bit of research on it, yeah - and will continue to do so....
Escape from Pretoria is the true story of an apartheid era, South African prison break. The film initially delves into the brutal, racist separation doctrine; then focuses fully on the intricate getaway. It builds tension as the prisoners execute their plan. Several hold your breath moments keep the action flowing at a quick pace. Daniel Radcliffe continues to be daring in his acting choices. He carries Escape from Pretoria with a restrained, but deliberate performance....
AOL has posted the teaser trailer for Universal Pictures’ upcoming Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Bennett, Graham Phillips, Johnny Simmons and Meagen Fay. CLICK HERE to view the teaser trailer! Steve Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin), reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of Bruce Almighty, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy Evan Almighty....
