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March 31, 2006

Another Transformers casting rumour

Apparently there is a second name attached to the new Transformers film, and it's Nelix from Star Trek Voyager, otherwise known as Ethan Phillips. Now this is serious early rumour, so I'm not holding too much water in it, or really much interest. I'm more interested in hearing the voice...

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Goblet of Fire as online download

Recently we heard that Universal were doing offering their unusual film download service in the UK, download a film and get the DVD sent out to you. Now Warner have joined with a Dutch company to offer film downloads in Holland, and their first download title will be Harry Potter...

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Official word on Conan

The Studio have spoken on the recent Conan rumours of Arnold Schwarzenneger reprising his role, and what Warner have to say is not all that positive. From IGN comes the slightly disappointing news: A rep for Warner Bros., however, was quick to give fans a reality check, advising TheArnoldFans.com, "All...

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Dallas loses Director

More to the point, is Dallas dead? Not only has the announcement come out that the Director that was attached, Robert Luketic, has now been moved on without a word of why, but the Studio have now dropped Dallas from their release schedule. To me this spells death for the...

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Alien Autopsy Review

Unfortunately I haven't seen Alien Autopsy as yet, but there is an early review on the Internet already. I'll have to wait until Wednesday to see it and get a proper review online. In the meantime, head over to see Matt's review at Darkmatters. For a quick one line summary......

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Ford hates us Internet types

Harrison Ford doesn't like the Internet, and much less those who copy and paste his quotations all over the place. Funny, I thought he might be really happy for the publicity. No, apparently not, he has some very stern words to say. From IMDB: He says, "The worst thing about...

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March 30, 2006

The Fly remake?

Sometimes remake\revitalisation\revisit\reconception news comes that just makes me mad, and the idea that Hollywood are actively looking to remake The Fly is just horrendously dumb, but they are. From Fangoria through Cinematical comes the news that Director Todd Lincoln who was Writer and Director on The Fly remake, is no...

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Britney Spears or Pink as Janis Joplin

Even the possibility that Pink and Britney Spears are in the running for the role as Janis Joplin just staggers belief. What other pop stars could we chuck into the mix? Whitney Houston, JLo, Anastacia or Kelly Clarkson? Actually, I've just realised, Houston or Anastacia would be good suggestions, for...

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Which sequels are better than their originals?

Here's an interesting question that's always asked but I never feel really addressed. Which sequels that have been made are actually better than their originals? I'm sure you'd be happy to admit that in most cases the original is never beaten, and it's quite rare to see the sequel do...

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LeBeouf confirmed for Transformers

The news is out to confirm the casting rumour of Shia LeBouf Transformers (which Filmstalker caught way early from Allspark). From Variety through Sci Fi Wire: LaBeouf is in final negotiations to play a lead role in the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action production. Shooting starts in late May, with a July 4,...

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Joker casting rumours

The latest rumour for the Joker casting in the new Batman film, that quite frankly I've been avoiding, is that Lachy Hulme who starred in the two Matrix sequels is the front runner with Paul Bettany running close behind. From Batman on Film through JoBlo comes the huge rumour: Now,...

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Slither reviewed

Slither has been seen, and there's a review to be posted on the net very soon, but as a teaser the reviewers have posted a few words about what they saw, and it looks really positive. Over at Twitch Todd tells us that a review is coming in a couple...

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United 93 opening Tribeca Film Festival

The eagerly awaited and somewhat controversial film United 93 has been chosen to open this years Tribeca Film Festival, the Festival created to help revitalize lower Manhattan after the September 11th attacks. "The festival was basically created eight months after September 11 and it was to give our neighborhood something...

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Roger Avary talks Silent Hill

Roger Avary has been talking about his work on adapting the videogame Silent Hill to a screenplay, and not just that but a good and true screenplay. Although nothing new is said here, there is one comment I like and is something I like about Avary in general, his downright...

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Warner issue HD DVD specs

Warner Brothers have issued some specifications on their first HD-DVD releases, and quite frankly I'm very underwhelmed. Over at Pan and Scan they have the pictures of the front and back of the boxes...and there's nothing to get excited about apart from the video spec 1080p High Definition 16x9 2.4:1...

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March 29, 2006

JLo in Ocean's Thirteen?

I have been deliberately holding off on the Spiderman rumours and the horrible rumour that Jennifer Lopez may well be starring in Ocean's Thirteen, that's because I thought, and hoped, both were untrue. Well now I think that the JLo story might just be true as it starts to spread...

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Coogan to play controversial UK Ambassador

Steve Coogan is set to star in Michael Winterbottom's new film based on a book by Craig Murray, the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan who was sacked for his outspoken honesty. The three met recently at Winterbottom's Production Company to discuss the deal, yet the UK Foreign Office are saying they...

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Equalizer film update

For all those fans of the superbly well spoken, well mannered and well hard Equalizer the news is not so good on the film front. The Equalizer film hasn't even been written yet and looks set to take a long development time. Dark Horizons carry a story from Coming Soon...

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Venom in Spiderman...so?

The rumours are seemingly confirmed by IMDB that Venom is in the new Spiderman film, and Topher Grace is the man to play him...or it. So that's Venom and Sandman up against Spidey. Now this does actually have me excited, really, but the slowly leaked and unconfirmed rumours that have...

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The Mistaken US terrorist film

Another "Bourne-like" film is in the works [bounces head off desk] called The Mistaken, but this one takes the form of an American man travelling with his family mistaken as a Terrorist suspect. Personally I would suggest this sounds much more like Road to Guantanamo to me, but without anything...

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Stephen King's The Talisman is dead

I can't believe the news that The Talisman has died a horrible death, it's one of the best works of Stephen King and it also had huge backing in the form of Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, that huge unstoppable force of production. Well they've been stopped now....

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March 28, 2006

More Poseidon trailers

I had Poseidon flagged as a cheese laden film, but you know after seeing the new trailer and, well, other new extended trailer I'm actually starting to think this is going to turn out like the original and produce some exciting and entertaining television. The footage in both trailers is...

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Greengrass talks United 93

Do you have some doubts if United 93, or any film on the events of September 11th, should be made and if it's the right time? I didn't have any doubts on this film at least, and if I did I'm sure they would be gone after seeing this footage...

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Alien Autopsy site and trailer

Something inside me just wants Alien Autopsy to be good. Perhaps it's my very British love of the two TV presenters Ant and Dec, otherwise known as Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Perhaps it's performances from Bill Pullman and Harry Dean Stanton. Frankly I don't know and I don't really...

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Elton's Gnomeo and Juliet dropped

Yes, that's exactly what I thought when I read this story, what the hell? Apparently Elton John was scheduled to produce and write the music for this upcoming classic cartoon for Disney, but Disney have reassigned the people slated to work on it. From Yahoo: "Gnomeo & Juliet," an animated...

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Kidman in female Bourne Identity

Simon Kinberg has produced a script that has been gobbled up by Regency and Fox, the companies behind another Kinberg script Mr & Mrs Smith, this one is worringly described as a female Bourne Identity and is set to star Nicole Kidman. The story was caught through Yahoo: Kidman originally...

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Lost star moves to big screen

Ahead of any possible Lost film, Matthew Fox has signed up for Vantage Point, a thriller which will have him starring as a Secret Service agent alongside Randy Quaid. The plot sounds quite intriguing. From Empire comes the story: ...is described as a Rashomon-style thriller that shows an attempted presidential...

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Jamie Bell films in Edinburgh

I really liked Jamie Bell in The Chumbscrubber, and so I'm even more excited that he's in Edinburgh right now filming his latest role, and it sounds just as off beat. Hallam Foe is, according to IMDB... Hallam, a confused and sweetly old-fashioned teenager, has chosen an unusual way of...

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Walken's Gangster Ping Pong

Yes you thought Snakes on a Plane was weird, well the blurb for Christopher Walken's new film Balls of Fury is about a gangland boss in a Ping Pong championship against an undercover CIA player. Eh? Yes, it is true. The story is from Empire and the IMDB blurb says...

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Things that happen only in films

I came across a nice little list of Film Clichés, i.e. things that only ever happen in films and not in real life. It's an odd list because there's a lot of them that just aren't true or not funny, but there are a couple of gems in there. For...

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Adult Industry pushing High-Definition

It has been the case since the dawn of the Adult Industry that they have driven forward technology and pulled along the mainstream Film Industries with them. They exploited video first, then the Internet, then DVD, and now they're doing the same thing with High-Definition. While the marketplace squabbles and...

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Soderbergh recuts someone elses film

I always do harp on about studios hiring people to recut someone elses work and the preservation of an original creative teams vision, but the news that Steven Soderbergh has recut Lodge H. Kerrigan's film Keane for the DVD release. At least he's not outside the team, he was the...

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Ocean's Thirteen gains a lady

Yesterday we were talking about the new Ocean's Thirteen film and the announcement of the return of the male cast, yet we were missing a female lead. Not now it appears. According to Killer Movies from Variety, Ellen Barkin is signed up to be the new lead. I'm not fussed...

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March 27, 2006

The Movie Timeline

Every film has its own history, but imagine if you took all the significant dates and events from all the films and added them together in one big film timeline? Well someone has started just that, listing all those dates from all those films together, chronologically, and it makes for...

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Brando screen test for Rebel Without a Cause

A rare screen test of Marlon Brando has been unearthed and is about to be released on DVD, it features a young Brando auditioning for Rebel Without a Cause, apparently in a previous attempt to make the film. The BBC carry the story: Brando did a screen test for the...

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Constantine

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Constantine was quite a surprise for me, the excellent Rachel Weisz paired with the usually monotonous Keanu Reeves in a comic book adaptation, what does that spell to you? Not much to me with Weisz being the only enticing aspect for me, I'd never even read about the character before...

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Ocean's Thirteen signs cast

The third in the Ocean's series has been announced for sometime, imaginatively entitled, Ocean's Thirteen, and there's news about the hefty cast signings. Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle and Bernie Mac will all be returning after mountains were moved to free up schedules. Producer Jerry Weintraub said: "The...

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UK Public Information Films online

Remember those Public Information Films such as Protect and Survive, Charley says..., and the hugely impacting Aids advert? Well now you can see them all again from 1945 through to present day, and remember the nostalgia. Through Digg comes the link to the UK Government National Archives where you can...

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Shooting Dogs premieres in Rwanda tonight

The film Shooting Dogs which features a horrific moment in the Rwandan genocide receives its premiere tonight in the Rwandan capital Kigali. From the Guardian: Shooting Dogs, financed by the BBC and featuring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, will be shown on a giant inflatable screen to 5,000 people in...

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Blu-Ray HD-DVD update

There's some more new news out about Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and to be honest all this is frustrating me like nothing else. We have some news on the copy protection and DRM used by the new formats and why it might just be good for us consumers, and news that...

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New Filmstalker Feeds

Hey everyone, just a quick update for you. I'm moving the site feeds from the standard Atom and RSS local feeds to Feedburner, a service which provides a number of benefits for both publishers (that's Filmstalker) and readers (that's you). You can find the new feed all over the site,...

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Stone may do more Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone is saying that she's toying with the idea that maybe she's not finished with the Basic Instinct films. I know we had the report saying that she'd had enough, but asked recently again and Stone is saying perhaps. From Coming Soon where they carry an interview with her....

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March 26, 2006

Transformers casting rumours

There's a very interesting rumour that's just appeared on the casting of the new Transformers movie from Michael Bay, there's one named actor and the human character list. From The Allspark through Digg: Sam - teenage male, somewhat nerdy, but ultimately heroic. Miguela Barns - teenage female, Sam's love interest....

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Da Vinci inspirers appear in film

Currently the courts in the UK are still hearing the case of the authors The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail versus Dan Brown and his book The Da Vinci Code, yet in the meatime some other authors have reaped the massive rewards of being used as inspiration for Brown's...

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Malkovich signs The Mutant Chronicles

John Malkovich looks set to become the next actor with serious gravitas to head towards a mutant based film, and the announcement that he has joined The Mutant Chronicles also tells us that Mutants aren't having their last stand in Hollywood after all. From The Hollywood Reporter through Killer Movies...

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March 25, 2006

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is not actually Tommy Lee Jones directorial debut, as he's already directed a TV movie The Good Old Boys. Although I haven't seen it I can summise that from this performance it might not be that bad....

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American Gun trailer

It seems an absolute age that I first wrote about American Gun and how interested in it I was, now we have a trailer to look over. IMDB describe it as "...a powerful series of interwoven storylines that bring to light how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically influence...

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The Promise US trailer

The Promise (Wu Ji) had, if you'll excuse me, much promise, and nowhere is this more visible than in the new US trailer. Yes, the US trailer, it's now managed to break through its recent difficulties of gaining a US release. However most people who've seen this aren't as excited...

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Night Watch DVD specs

Most of the world haven't even seen Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) and the DVD specs are upon us already. However one thing is clear, these guys aren't going to do this half heartedly, so you fans of DVD and this film are in for a treat...I think that means me!...

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Watchmen to gain new Director?

The Watchmen is going through development hell, passing from studio to studio and Director to Director, and no one has the balls to actually get it made. The latest news is that Warner Brothers (who now own the rights) are in talks with a new Director. From AICN through Superhero...

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Aniston says no to Derailed

I have no idea what Jennifer Aniston is thinking, but quotes of late have her suggesting Derailed wasn't that great and that she'll not do thrillers again. Excuse me? Do you watch films at all? I watched Derailed and gave it a healthy three stars, I did like it despite...

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March 24, 2006

Arnie's Crusade returning?

I think the weight for the argument of the return of Arnie is building, for now a project that has long been in limbo and has always had his name against is returning, that of Crusade written by acclaimed William Goldman (Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Bridge Too Far, All the...

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Gibson produces Push

Never ceasing to amaze in his film choices, Mel Gibson's company is set to work on a project called Push which is a mixture of Sci-Fi, Superhero and thriller, sounding a bit like that British comic series called The New Statesmen. From Sci Fi Wire: Based on David Bourla's script,...

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Paul Schrader's Walker gets cast

Ever since I heard Paul Schrader talk at the Edinburgh Film Festival I've liked the man. He had a healthy amount of anger and bitterness about Dominion: A Prequel to Exorcist, and yet he was quite pragmatic, and what's more I liked the film. So it's interesting news to hear...

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Spoilers in trailers

There's a reason that I haven't posted the new trailer for Demi Moore's latest film Half Light, and that's because it's potentially full of spoilers, and it's a growing trend. You can see how difficult it can be. A trailer has to capture the audience above any others being shown...

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United 93 trailer online

Formerly Flight 93, now titled United 93, this is the Paul Greengrass directed film about Flight 93 on September 11th. The trailer is now online along with a new site. The films website is beautifully done and has some incredibly engaging and stirring music, the timeline of events is especially...

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Sheen talks 9/11 conspiracy

Much as I don't really want to talk Hollywood gossip, after all this is a film site not an "actors life outside the films" site, I will here because it links with a short film on the very same subject. Charlie Sheen has been talking about his beliefs that there...

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Indian Superhero to rival American?

India, it seems, is growing nervous of the growing influence of Western cinema on its younger population, so much so that an Indian investor has decided to ship across U.S. Director Vincent Edwards to make a film of an Indian superhero. From Hindustan Times through AWN: U.S. director Vincent Edwards...

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Stasi film for German Film Prize?

A new German film, Das Leben der Anderen, about the East German Stasi secret Police force (well not so secret!) is looking like it might pick up the German Film Prize as it runs with eleven out of fifteen nominations. It's an interesting time for film, with so many stories...

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March 23, 2006

Neil Marshall talks Doomsday

Neil Marshall has brought us Dog Soldiers and The Descent, huge horror films with superb style, dialogue and outright scares. Now he's talking his move from horror to sci-fi and a mention of the touted Dog Soldiers 2! From Empire: There’s no fixed cast yet although Neil has “fingers crossed”...

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Andy Garcia's The Lost City trailer

I really like Andy Garcia, great actor, huge presence. Yet I never knew he Directed, and now he's even taken to writing. Not just that, but he's attracted quite a cast to his latest film, The Lost City. Here's the IMDB blurb: Set in Havana, Cuba, during the 50's, a...

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Download films legally in the UK

If you're in the UK you're about to get a great deal, downloading films, and not just the homemade ones, I mean big films like King Kong! From Yahoo News: Universal Pictures has launched a new service in Britain that will sell digital downloads of movies such as "King Kong"...

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Loken defends Bloodrayne and Boll

Kristanna Loken has decided to match Uwe Boll and speak out about her slight umbrage on the mishandled release of Bloodrayne. After all, that is what really caused the films problems. From SciFi Wire through Eurogamer: "That was really sad, because you put over a year of your life into...

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Flags of our Fathers script reviews

The Clint Eastwood World War II movie Flags of our Fathers has had its Paul Haggis written script reviewed, and it sounds bizarre but very interesting. The reviewer also has some very interesting things to say about it, for example discussing why he thinkgs it's a top Oscar contender...already! Through...

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Ghost Rider delayed?

Bad news for all you Ghost Rider fans out there, apparently Sony are delaying the release of Ghost Rider because of their poor release run of late and the performance of comic adaptations in general. From Cinematical: Sam Elliott, who co-stars with Cage in the Marvel action flick, has stated...

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Arnie is back for Terminator 4

I can hardly believe this is coming true, but reports are that Arnold Schwarzenneger is returning for Terminator 4, and that's according to the Producer, Mario Kassar! From Moviehole comes the astounding news: "T4 does have a script and all we need is Arnie to finish his term and step...

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Snakes on a Plane logo

The film based on hype and silliness alone, Snakes on a Plane, has just received a logo...wooo...and I have no idea why in the hell I'm writing about it! Cinema Blend has the full size image, and it's, well, a plane with some snakes coiled around it... ...that's not all...

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Argento Suspiria remake failing

I'm not a big Argento fan, I know someone who is and he'll drop in some comments soon, but apparently they're working on a remake of his film Suspiria, and have been for some time. IMDB have the date as 2005. However, they've hit some problems, and it's in the...

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March 22, 2006

Blade TV series trailer

The trailer for the television series Blade. It looks cheesesque and some of it looks pretty low budget, plus some acting seems a little dubious to me. Still, that said, it seems like a decent Blade actor, and the effects and action shots look good. See what you think. The...

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Will Smith in It Takes a Thief

The all round superstar Will Smith, who has already announced he's giving up Hollywood, has signed up to star in a new film, It Takes a Thief. The film, according to Empire, is based on an old television show of the same name... It would take a stretch of the...

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Owen almost turned down Inside Man

Clive Owen is saying that he almost turned down his role in Inside Man because of the requirements to act in a mask and shades through most of the film. Frankly I would have thought it would have made things easier for him, just that pesky American accent to deal...

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The Hills Have Eyes

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I have to admit I've never seen the original The Hills Have Eyes, although I've seen many similar films of that era which have scared me to death at the time and totally spooked me out for nights on end. With the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre I was so scared...

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Gary Oldman in Order of the Pheonix

After some time of not knowing if Gary Oldman would reprise his role in the new Harry Potter film, Order of the Pheonix, it appears he's just been confirmed for the role. Quite frankly there's no real surprise, how could they have replaced the actor, and if they weren't going...

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March 21, 2006

Saving Private Ryan in Iraq

The powerhouse of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer has set its sights on a new project which to all intensive purposes is Saving Private Ryan in Iraq. According to Cinematical: The movie takes place way back in the days before we launched a full-scale war against the Iraqi government, and...

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Pink Panther storms UK Box Office!

What the hell is wrong with the UK film audience? They've gone and made the horrendous Pink Panther remake top spot beating V for Vendetta and The Hills Have Eyes (review following soon)! According to the BBC Panther took nearly £2m in its opening three days with Vendetta on just...

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Bruce Campbell talks Evil Dead remake

Bruce Campbell has given out the first snippet of information on the Evil Dead remake, and depending on how you look at it, it might just mean good news. From Penny Blood through Film Rotation: But I think we're gonna do a remake. It'll be a whole new story, though....

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Stone says no more Basic Instinct

Thank the lord that Sharon Stone has announced that she's not going to star in another Basic Instinct film...thank you. However, there is a negative side. She's said that she hopes her co-stars will continue on and make another! From Digital Spy: The actress has just launched Basic Instinct 2:...

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Time to accept Craig as Bond

The news is out today that the sequel for Casino Royale is underway. Barbara Broccoli is hard at work on an original script and Daniel Craig is already signed up and locked into his second Bond role. Meanwhile hardcore Bond fans are finding it incredibly hard to accept that Craig...

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Buy the Gone in Sixty Seconds Mustang

Yes car fans, Eleanor the undisputed star of the film Gone in Sixty Seconds is up for sale. Yes, it's barely film related but that's one amazing car, it was in a film and you can own it! According to Autoblog: Actually a replica of its '67 Shelby GT500 namesake,...

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Pacino plays Herod

In what seems like inspired casting, Al Pacino is set to star as Herod in an LA production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. From the BBC: The film star will play the King who falls for his wife's daughter Salome, performed by Jessica Chastain, at the Wadsworth theatre from 14 April...Kevin...

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