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Malkovich is wanted to play the Vulture an elderly crook who uses a suit to fly through the air on wings that can be used as weapons.
What's extra confusing though is that Hathaway is wanted for the character of Felicia Hardy who will NOT transform into the thief Black Cat but rather a new super powered villian the Vulturess.
Father/daughter villains???!!
Finally the report cites that Curt Connors (Dylan Baker) won't be turning into Lizard as the studio "can’t bring themselves to sign off on such an odd-looking enemy".
Say what? I have seen odder looking enemies in other comic book pics--Willem Dafoe's suit in Spider-Man one
None of these rumors are confirmed by the studio or team Sam Raimi so take all of this with the proverbial grain of salt.
The story follows crews of space scavengers competing for supplies, energy and treasure.
When the crew of the Revelator, led by Emerson (Linton), comes across the alien-created Chaos Generator, they must fight to keep it out of the hands of her former shipmate, the sinister Captain Jekel (Flanery).
Production designer Travis Nicholas Zariwny makes his directorial debut on the pic which has just begun production.
SPF has done it all throughout his acting career--really starting out on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" TV series through The Boondock Saints movies....He's one of those actors that deserves to be more famous than he is.
As for Linton she hasn't done much but obviously loves the camera
The movie centers on a boy who befriends an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap.
Through their bond and friendship, the boy motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a "Bionic" prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's tail.
It's received an 'R' rating for "bloody horror, violence and gore" that the studio suits seem quite happy about publicising rather than wanting to appeal.
It seems a PG-13 and a longer, darker and more violent R rated cut of the film were both tested recently with the latter winning out in terms of reaction.
The film may or may not be any good but this move of support by U for the rating is a victory for horrorphiles like me everywhere--The genre has been PG-13-ed to death for years and needs an adult shot in the arm.
Mayor Brown uses the city budget for his personal gains, drives the city into bankruptcy and comes up with the idea of selling Jelly Stone Park to fix his mess.
Peter Jackson's certainly been very talkative lately...
He says that casting for "The Hobbit" starts this week with wide auditions expected for every role except Gandalf (Ian McKellen) according to the Heat Vision Blog.
"We're auditioning for every role apart from Ian McKellen who we obviously want to return as Gandalf. We are not really offering any roles to anybody until we've done a casting sweep".
Big stars aren't necessary either as "(The films in the saga) have never been a star-driven vehicle.... We want to find the right people."
Just off that report Jackson told MTV though both Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) could both be back …
He once again dismissed Hobbit delay chatter, saying the films were always planned to start shooting around April or May of 2010.
Based on author David Nicholls' book, the story revolves around Dexter and Emma, who meet for the first time during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to meet one day a year for the next 20 years.
Adam Hamdy pens and will produce a film version of his own 2007 British comic The Hunter says THR .
The contemporary superhero comic series is set against the backdrop of organized crime. The first four issues focused on a CIA agent with extraordinary powers and the start of his investigation into four major terror attacks on America.
The trade says Hamdy will create an original Hunter story for the film..
Savage has also signed to pen a half-hour pilot for the FOX Broadcasting Company that could be developed as a starring vehicle for her, as well as a feature comedy script for Castle Rock Entertainment about five friends enjoying a relaxing "girls' weekend" in Santa Fe.
Based on Catherine Hanrahan debut novel; the story centers on a woman (Bosworth) who tries to forget her past while working in Tokyo as an English specialist at a stewardess training institute by day and losing herself in a sex- and drug-addled oblivion by night. She finds herself on the road to redemption when she becomes interested in a missing Western girl.
All the scenes seem to be for a diner scene in which lead Nancy (Rooney Mara) works and only consists of a few lines at most.
The reshoots come in response to a recent round of test screenings on the film that had a mixed response, not much different than the reviews that leaked online from the first round a few months back.
The studio Platinum Dunes is well known for its test screenings and reshoots on its horror remakes, so this is not a surprise or reason to panic yet.
The story follows an United States Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat.
Story details are being kept under wraps but it will deal with cryptozoology, the study of mythic and legendary creatures such as the BigfootYeti and the Loch Ness Monster
Black, Ben CooleyChris Meledandri will produce. At this point Black is not set to star or voice a character.
Given Black's work on the CGI animated flick Kung Fu Panda I find it hard to imagine that he would not be participating in the recording booth.
Coming Soon caught up with Producer Mace Neufeld out doing promotions for Invictis--He was asked about the gestating second attempt to reboot the Jack Ryan film franchise.
Neufeld confirmed that the film will use Hossein Amini's original screenplay (that Adam Koxac polished) and not be based on author/creator Tom Clancy's work.
While it will use the model of a younger actor in the role (Chris Pine is the frontrunner) like 2002's "The Sum of All Fears", Neufeld is adamant though that it won't lose the deductive scenes in favour of dumbed-down action.
"We pick him up when he's on Wall Street ...[but] the Jack Ryan movies have never been action films. They're kind of 'thinking man's thrillers.' Jack is referred to as a 'water-walker' because of his ability to jump ahead to conclusions. That's very big in all the Jack Ryan films and that's how we want to portray him. He's a teacher. He's a historian. He's a linguist, and he's really smart"
Based on the Michael Lewis nonfiction bestseller, the story follows Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players.
Steven Soderbergh was due to direct the film but left the project five days before it was set to start shooting due to Sony Pictures being unhappy with his script rewrites.
He said he's interested in returning to the role during a press conference--But only if Greengrass is coaxed back into the big chair.
"I'll just wait for him and when he wants to do one, we'll do it...I think it'll happen down the road. We just don't have a script yet".
Asked by a reporter to clarify that if that means it's Greengrass or no 'Bourne'? to which he responded "Yeah, I've always said that"
A bit later in a video interview with MTV, he confirmed his statements and seems open to another one but it would be at a time of his and Greengrass' choosing from the sounds of it.
Gibson visited Ignacio Allende prison n the Gulf coast state in April 2008 in readiness for the shoot in January, but no details such as a title or story are forthcoming.
Gibson filmed his 2006 Mayan-language epic "Apocalypto" in Veracruz.
All I ask is for Gibby to keep the subtitles to a minimum...
30 years ago today Star Trek began its cinematic journey exploring the final frontier with the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture--10 years after the cancellation of The Original Series...Ironically the film franchise might not have ever left space dock were it not for the blockbuster release of Star Wars in 1977.
A mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud called approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path, Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of his old starship—the USS Enterprise—and his former crew on a mission to save the planet.
Star Trek: TMP received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom noted the film lacked action and relied too much on special effects. The final production cost ballooned to approximately $46 million. The film earned $139 million worldwide, falling short of studio expectations but enough warranting Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan to be made...
TMP may not be the best film in the series But it will always have a special place in my heart as the first piece of Trek I saw and making me a fan thus--The Human Adventure began for me in January 1980 ... After leaving the theater with my sister Karen--I started seeking out the classic episodes and the rest as they say is history...
Director Robert Wise may have been hampered by a weak script without a clear ending until well into production but it didn't show back then--Thanks to the great original cast, a cool starship and production design by the late Harold Michelson and of course composer Jerry Goldsmith's best film score...I was hooked. and will always be grateful to TMP and Trek for giving me a lifetime of memories
Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment's "The Blind Side" sacked the competish at the domestic box office, grossing $20.4 million from 3,326 theaters for a cume of $129.3 million in its third game of the season.
Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" remained a top player also, grossing $15.7 million from 4,124 theaters for a domestic cume of $255.6 million in its third weekend. Vampire romancer took in another $40.7 million overseas for a foreign cume of $314.5 million and massive worldwide total of $570.1 million.
Among new entries at the domestic B.O., Lionsgate and Relativity Media's war drama "Brothers" fared best, grossing $9.7 million from 2,088 theaters to place No. 3for the frame after "Blind Side" and "New Moon," respectively.
"Brothers" toplines Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Sony's actioner "Armored" opened to an estimated $6.6 million from 1,915 locations to tie for No. 6 with Sony's own holdover "2012."
Among specialty openers, Paramount's George Clooney starrer "Up in the Air" scored a lofty per screen average of $79,000 as it grossed $1.2 million from 15 theaters in major markets. Jason Reitman directed...
"I haven't heard anything since I talked to them three weeks ago. The last I knew is that they still have to find their director for 'The Avengers' that's where he's really going to show up. They were just talking, 'Like maybe we should consider maybe hiring Hawkeye now' but there's no director on 'Avengers' so they don't really want to force-feed the director, 'Here's the whole cast.' It's a big role so they didn't want to do that to the director, so I think they might wait. I know they're interested, I'm interested, so we'll see if it works out."
MTV ruminates on Renner as well as other actors who could play the role...
Since there has not been a director on the team up pic for quite some time--I have no problem with Marvel taking charge--but they need to find someone to call action before too long...
He told them that the 'Lantern' origin story will be dealt with quickly in the film.
"It is [an origin story] to a certain degree, but it's not a labored origin story, where the movie [truly] begins in the third act... We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins".
Despite action and major special effects, Reynolds says much of the film's best moments are "moments where the guy's not in the suit".
And now a GL shocker! Regular readers of the blog already know that I'm not exactly the biggest Quentin Tarantino fan...
Tarantino recently revealed to MTV that he was once offered the chance to direct the big screen adaptation of the ring bearer.
"I was offered the 'Green Lantern...Not since it's been a script, but just like, 'Hey we own the 'Green Lantern.' Would you like it?'"
Tarantino (thankfully) said no and "Lantern" joined the list of other franchises, like "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," that he was offered but never ended up taking on. "Green Lantern," of course, is now being helmed by Martin Campbell...
Big sigh of relief there...Whew Thank you movie gods!
Based on the toy line, the 17-year-old would play a 19-year-old extreme sports junkie recruited by a secret agency after an accident infects his body with nanobots, making him superhuman.
Mattel introduced the character in the U.S. in 1999 as an action figure followed that up with an animated series from 2000-2002.
I guess you could say the best thing Lautner ever did for his young career thus far was make sure he bulked up for New Moon--otherwise he might not be at the front of that line as Max.
The kitchy sci-fi noir tale follows a private eye through Oakland and San Francisco as he looks into the murder of a prominent urologist.
The story has among plot super-smart children called "baby-heads," erotic nerve swapping, debit cards holding one's karma and a menacing kangaroo that works for the mob.
The site says Campbell wanted a PG-13 release for the project but as "The Green Lantern" has shaped up, his interest in the pic was not a priority.
Thus he has been replaced by Dennis Iliadis who remade Last House on the Left, and has more horror-toned and R-rated plans that will require a rewrite of a script that has already seen numerous scribes take a shot at it.
The notion is make the film version even further away from both the previous Hitchcock adaptation and original short story by Daphne du Maurier, both of which kept the level of gore to a minimum.
It doen't matter who calls action--I say fowl--er foul
Based on James Carlos Blake's biographical novel , the story follows the early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor and later an iconic historical figure. Depp will act in Spanish in the film, as will Salma Hayek who is also in advanced talks to co-star
Goran Milic adapted the script for Serbian director Emir Kusturica to helm, but filming won't begin until 2011 due to Depp's busy schedule.
He had committed to the project, an adaptation of Mary Coyle Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who befriends a six and a half foot tall invisible rabbit, back in August.
Fox and Dreamworks entered a co-financing deal and soundstages were put aside on the Fox lot for the project which was headed for an early 2010 start.
The difficulty apparently came with finding a star - Tom Hanks was his first choice but the actor turned it down
Based on the upcoming books "The Guardians of Childhood" by William Joyce, the story is about an evil spirit named Pitch who becomes bent upon taking over the world by inspiring fear in the hearts of kids everywhere.
Soon, a group of our greatest heroes -- Santa, Jack Frost (DiCaprio), the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman -- band together for the first time and combine their special powers in order to protect the world from Pitch's campaign of fear.
A mix of wide releases debut at the domestic B.O. this weekend, but eclipsing holdovers "New Moon" and "The Blind Side" will be a tough task.
Lionsgate opens Jim Sheridan's "Brothers," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire, in 2,088 theaters. "Brothers" was fully financed and produced by Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media, which has an output deal with Lionsgate.
The year-end specialty push continues with Paramount's George Clooney topliner "Up in the Air," which was named best pic of the year Thursday by the National Board of Review. Directed by Jason Reitman, the film opens in 14 theaters in markets including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, D.C., Dallas and Seattle.
Sony's Screen Gems goes after the action crowd with crime-thriller "Armored," toplining Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne. Pic opens in 1,915.
The weekend also sees the final title from the Daniel Battsek-era Miramax: Robert De Niro-Drew Barrymore comedy "Everybody's Fine." Miramax co-financed the film, a remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 pic, with Radar Pictures. Film opens in 2,133 theaters.
The fourth new wide release is vampire spoof "Transylmania," which Full Circle Releasing takes out in 1,055.
The domestic B.O. is running at record levels and enjoyed the best Thanksgiving holiday ever, led by Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" and Sandra Bullock sports drama "Blind Side."...
Nicole Sperling of EWexpects the underdog Sandra Bullock hit to hold off ''New Moon'' to finish No. 1
The Blind Side over Moon? Hmmm Says something about this week's new flicks doesn't it?
The story follows childhood best friends who reunite years later in Manhattan and discover that one has become successful while the other remains stalled in their small hometown.
The pic will take a dark look at the fable centering on a much-bullied high school band student who unintentionally channels the spirit of the mysterious Pied Piper and triggers terrifying consequences of his actions beyond his control.
The search is on for writers to adapt the material
Playing "the Master," as in "master of ceremonies," Hoffman is a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952. The story will focus on the relationship between the Master and Freddie, a 20-something drifter who becomes the leader's lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.
Hoffman appeared in Anderson's debut flick Hard Eight--This will mark their 5th team up.
The film finds a high school chemistry teacher (Nicolas Cage) whose wife is the victim of a brutal crime joining an underground vigilante organization.
Perrineau will play Cage's friend and boss, an ex-cop turned high school principal whose loyalties are tested.
Actor Vin Diesel says via his Facebook page "the Riddick team is in New Zealand location scouting already... that's exciting..."
David Twohy has finished the script for the third film featuring the character.
Diesel first played the sliver-eyed anti-hero Riddick in the well-received cult hit "Pitch Black " in 2000. Four years later he reprised the role in 2004's generally panned big-budget flop "The Chronicles of Riddick.
Back in August Twohy said that he'd sketched out two possible ideas for continuing the films and was working to get the third film in front of the cameras in 2010.
"At the studio level, it would have to be a PG-13 movie again and we don't want to do that again," he explained to Bloody D.
"We want an R, so we are looking at the possibility of setting it up as an independent movie and selling it territory by territory and thereby keeping an ownership stake in the movie. But we're trying to see what that would yield in this unsafe market".
Regardless how far the team takes this on their own--They have a long way to go to get rid of the stink left by Chronicles '04.
"I’m a rival to Tony Stark. (Robert Downey Jr.) I’m a weapons dealer" says Rockwell who doesn't label Hammer as a secondary villain-although potential is there for that to happen down the road-"He’s kind of more of the plucky comic relief, but he’s got a little bit of an edge. He’s a little pissed off... [actually] he's little more [like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's rival]Antonio Salieri than he is the plucky comic relief. Mickey Rourke is really the bad guy."
Adding: I’m more of a cross between the agent character in Entourage and Salieri and maybe Bill Murray in Kingpin."
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler are in talks to team for the romantic comedy "Pretend Wife" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Rashida Jones is the latest to join the cast of David Fincher's The Social Network reports Variety.
Lone Scherfig (An Education) is in negotiations to helm the romantic comedy "One Day" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Adam Hamdy pens and will produce a film version of his own 2007 British comic The Hunter says THR .
What a day for funny gal Andrea Savage.
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are negotiating to reprise their Happy Feet voice roles in the animated 3-D sequel says The Hollywood Reporter.
Just off his role in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Frank Langella's joining the cast of the thriller Unknown White Male according to Variety.
Kate Bosworth is attached to star and produce "Lost Girls and Love Hotels" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Spoiler TV has news of several roles are now being cast for reshoots on the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam's action scipt Dracula tale Vlad has been sold to Summit Entertainment reports the Heat Vision Blog.
Coming Soon caught up with Producer Mace Neufeld out doing promotions for Invictis--He was asked about the gestating second attempt to reboot the Jack Ryan film franchise.
Bennett Miller is set to helm the Brad Pitt-led baseball film Moneyball says Variety.
Mel Gibson is set to make another film in Veracruz next year says The Hollywood Reporter.
Following up with Jeremy Renner on the whole Hawkeye/ Avengers chatter that began last week.
It's all about the Abs.
Producers Gabe Polsky and Alan Polsky have optioned the film rights to author Jonathan Lethem's 1994 cult novel "Gun, With Occasional Music: says The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety reports that Steven Spielberg has walked away from his own remake of Harvey.
Charles Shyer--who directed the poorly recieved Alfie renake is set to helm the $20 million female buddy comedy "BFF" says The Hollywood Reporter.
A film adaptation of Zenescope Entertainment comic "The Piper" is on the way says THR.
Harold Perrineau joins the cast of the dramatic thriller "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" says Variety.
