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Feb 02 2010

2009 Oscar Nominations

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And now the big one…The Nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards have been announced.  The Oscar telecast will be held March 7th on ABC.  For the most part everyone you suspected to get nominated did, there were some surprises though, Woody Harrelson’s nomination for The Messenger came out of left field, as well as District 9 in [...]

Jan 06 2010

Sam Mendes to Direct Bond

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Director Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road, Road To Perdition, Jarhead) is in negotations to direct the 23rd outing for super spy James Bond (Daniel Craig). The Hollywood Reporter Blog says that production is being fast-tracked and could begin as early as June with an eye toward a 2011 release. We will keep you posted [...]

Dec 17 2009

Bryan Singer Returns to X-Men

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Bryan Singer is returning to Fox for another “X-Men” movie. Singer, who directed the first two installments before famously jumping ship to make “Superman Returns,” has signed on to develop and direct “X-Men Origins: First Class.”  The studio has tapped Jamie Moss to write the screenplay and work with Singer on the project, [...]

Dec 15 2009

Golden Globe Nominations

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Well the Award season is upon us, And the Hollywood Foreign Press has released its nominations for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards.  While the race for the Best Picture (drama) is fairly predictable, there are a couple surprises in the other categories.  He have the full list of nominations below.
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – [...]

Nov 25 2009

First Look: Jonah Hex

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We have the first look at Josh Brolin as the DC Comics character Jonah Hex.  The film which is being directed by Jimmy Hayward (formerly of Pixar) and co-starring Megan Fox.  Hopefully we will have a teaser trailer sometime soon.

Nov 06 2009

New Kick-Ass Posters

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The folks over at IGN have posted the first look at the brand new character posters for Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book Kick-Ass.  These posters feature the 4 main characters that will be involved in the film.  What jumped out at me was that it does not feature the actual actor’s names, [...]

Aug 17 2009

Lions Gate gets Kick Ass

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Well after a 3 way studio bidding war, there is finally a winner.  Lions Gate has won the rights to distribute Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar & John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass. We have the full press release below for your reading enjoyment.
Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights [...]

Aug 12 2009

Dr. Parnassus Trailer

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Thanks to Yahoo’s UK sister site we are able to bring you the first full length trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.  The film stars Heath Ledger in his final film role, as well as Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.  The film tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his [...]

Aug 08 2009

Jay Chou Cast as Kato

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Columbia Pictures has finally cast the role of Kato in the new Green Hornet film.  Originally cast with actor Stephen Chow in the role, he dropped out of the movie after he stepped down as director of the project.  The Green Hornet is being directed by Michel Gondry, with a script by Star Seth Rogen [...]

Aug 07 2009

Machete Casting News

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Back in 2007 we were treated to  Grindhouse a faux double feature event  featuring two films directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino respectively that also featured fake trailers for similar explotation style movies by other famous directors (Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, and Edgar Wright).  One of the standout “trailers” from Grindhouse was for Machete and now [...]

Aug 06 2009

John Hughes (1950-2009)

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Some sad news, TMZ is reporting that director John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club) has passed away from a heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan. He was in New York to visit family. He was 59 years old.  Though his last directing credit was Curly Sue he will best be [...]

Jul 20 2009

Prince of Persia Posters

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Disney has released the first couple of teaser posters for the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of Ubi-Soft’s Prince of Persia series.  Entitled Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the film is starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince and Gemma Arterton as Tamina and is Directed by Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco, Harry Potter and [...]

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