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May 31, 2006

Spider-Man 3 set video online

Apart from a few really close photos of Spidey on the Spider-Man 3 set along with Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard and James Cromwell, there's also a very cool video montage of stunt work showing a security van crashing again and again in amongst traffic. The video shows some really...

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Transformers set photos online

There are Transformers set photos all over the Internet just now, and to be honest none of them that exciting. It's a bit of first news frenzy, however the links are here for viewing. You can see a Saleen all painted up with Transformers police logo's To punish and enslave...,...

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Clooney in Seven Samurai remake?

Rumours are rife that the Weinsteins are planning to remake the Akira Kirosawa classic Shichinin no samurai (The Seven Samurai, and alongside that are the George Clooney casting and CGI fight scene rumours. This has to be the craziest thing I've heard and I, like other movie writers on the...

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McKellen in Magneto?

A hugely unofficial source has stated that Ian McKellen is most definitely in the Magneto prequel, and that this comes from a chat the source had with the visual effects supervisor on X-Men: The Last Stand (review). Frankly the "scoop" from SuperHero Hype doesn't really seem that much of a...

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Nora Jones defended by Director

Wong Kar-Wai has defended his decision to cast Nora Jones in his new film My Blueberry Nights alongside such actors as Jude Law, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris and Rachel Weisz. According to the comments from Digital Spy she was the perfect choice, and he defends that choice strongly. "I think...

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Disney movies to download legally

Disney are the latest studio to announce that they are going to allow legal downloads of movies. They will be available to download to your PC and two other Windows Media Player enabled devices, as well as backup to DVD. The only thing is once again you can only play...

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Zhang Ziyi in Ang Lee's Lust

According to early reports Zhang Ziyi is in talks to star in Ang Lee's next movie Lust, Caution. From Kung Fu Cult Cinema comes word that she might well be cast in his next movie and also word on why Lee is looking back to the Chinese industry for his...

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Blood Trails wins distribution deals

During the Horror Festival Dead by Dawn this year I was lucky enough to catch Blood Trails (review), a mountain biking serial killer movie, and quite a good one at that. Now word is out from Cannes that it has received distribution deals galore. From MoviesOnline comes the news that...

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Avi Arad confirms no X-Men 4

Avi Arad has denied the Internet rumours and has openly said that X-Men: The Last Stand (review) is the last X-Men in the series and the completion of the trilogy completes the story. "The first reaction, which we should discard, is here comes 'X-Men 4. We're working on Wolverine, which...

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Die Hard 4 gets Underworld Director?

Len Wiseman, writer and director of both Underworld movies, is apparently in talks to direct Bruce Willis in Die Hard 4. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter through Rope of Silicon. Actually I think that this is quite good news, if you look at the Underworld films they are...

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Crowe dropped from Luhrmann epic

According to reports Russell Crowe has been dropped from Baz Luhrmann's latest Australian movie for being too demanding, and he's been replaced by another Australian actor Heath Ledger. From Digital Spy: Luhrmann's new epic is set in 1942, around the Japanese bombing of Darwin, and Crowe had been lined up...

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New Pulse trailer online

There's a new trailer for the US remake Pulse online and it looks pretty good. Although the horror is far more out in the open that the Asian original, it still seems to carry a lot of the look and feel to it, and seems to be sticking pretty close...

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Starship Troopers 3

Yes, there's going to be a Starship Troopers 3 and it will feature some cast from the original. Currently that means the lead from the first film, Johnny Rico, but there is talk of others returning too. The news comes from various sources through Moviehole: Ed Neumeier will return to...

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Shake Hands with the Devil movie

Shake Hands with the Devil is set to become a movie and already has a director and star assigned. For those of you who don't know the book is the account of the UN Commander on hand in Rwanda of the UN and the Worlds failings to help the people...

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Special Edition

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks set for a Special Edition DVD release with a new audio commentary, additional extras and a digital remastering. From Davis DVD through Cinematical comes the news of the September 26th release of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Ultimate Edition promising an anamorphic widescreen transfer (from...

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Superman gets early release

News is out that Superman Returns is being released two days earlier to allow it more revenue earning time before the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Warner Bros. Pictures will release Superman Returns two days earlier on June 28, a Wednesday. It gives the Bryan Singer-directed...

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Spy Hunter script completed

The script for Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run has been completed and the Rock has been talking about what it promises, and that is a... "...well-written story that's not overly complicated, and funny." From Yahoo Games through Coming Soon. Wow, you got me on that one. Do you mean it's...

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Omen promotion in Edinburgh

The Omen release is getting a special treatment at the local Vue cinema in Edinburgh, I'm not sure if this is everywhere, but the plan is to only release 666 tickets to the 06/06/2006 showing at 00:06. I'm sure this will be in other cinemas considering the Vue is a...

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Eve of Understanding gains recognition

Eve of Understanding has been gathering selections, nominations and praise from the many festivals it has been attending, and it has just been nominated for Best Feature and Best of the Show at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, and it's featuring as the opening night movie. I've been...

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May 30, 2006

United 93

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I'm sitting on the bus heading to the local Vue cinema at Omni Centre for the press screening of United 93, and already I'm feeling anxious about it. Why? Well there's an underlying level of pressure for me, I'm Scottish and wasn't affected by the tragedy as much as America...

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Monica Bellucci to play Ghandi

Monica Bellucci is set to play Sonia Ghandi in an English speaking film by Jagmohan Mundhra simply called Sonia. According to ApunKaChoice.Com says the film will be based on Rasheed Kidwai's book Sonia – A Biography and... ...will trace the life of the Congress leader from a small Italian town...

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Kurt Russell directed by Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn has written a script which she intends to direct, and cast her long term partner Kurt Russell in the lead. Ashes to Ashes (which might be this IMDB entry) is the title, and there's no more information other than a little snippet from Russell himself. "Goldie has written...

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United 93 screening

I've just returned from a screening of United 93 over at the Omni Vue, and without giving too much away before writing the review I can safely say it was not an easy viewing. It's tough and very emotional, and if it doesn't affect you on then you were either...

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Southland Tales to be recut after Cannes

Southland Tales the much anticipated film by Donnie Darko creator Richard Kelly hasn't been doing well in Cannes, and yet the scores on IMDB are looking quite healthy, as are some of the comments. Yet it looks as though Kelly is considering a heavy recut of the film for the...

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Babel clips online

The upcoming Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt starrer Babel has been getting extremely positive comments over at Cannes this year, and now there are some clips online. Frankly the clips over at Allocine through Jo Blo aren't that amazing or insightful for the movie itself, but each shows a small...

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Christian Alvart to helm Case 39?

Christian Alvart, who wrote and directed the stunning Antikörper (Antibodies), is in talks to direct the horror Case 39 already starring Renée Zellweger. From Variety through Coming Soon.The film is about a social worker who rescues an abused ten year old from her parents, only to find out later that...

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Forest Whitaker signs to Vantage Point

Forest Whitaker has been signed to star in the film Vantage Point. We've talked about this one before, it's a movie that takes five different views of a Presidential assassination attempt, each around fifteen minutes in length designed to slowly bring out the true story of events. Whitaker will play...

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Keaton joins Reaper

Michael Keaton has signed up for the supernatural thriller called Reaper. The film sounds like a perfect vehicle for his talents, particularly that freaky stare he has. From Production Weekly through Coming Soon... ...a stylish action-neo-noir film in the vein of Blade Runner, reports Production Weekly. Scott Kalvert will direct...

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Thurman in romantic comedy

Uma Thurman is announced to star in a romantic comedy called The Accidental Husband. I really hope this isn't setting a trend for her. Two writing teams penned the screenplay: Mimi Hare and Clare Naylor, and Kristen Buckley and Brian Regan (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)... ...The...

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Tucker starts Bollywood remakes

The news today that Chris Tucker is set to appear in a remake of a Bollywood movie is perhaps a sign that Hollywood is now turning to the most lucrative film industry in the world for it's material. We've done Asian, Videogames aren't working too well and we've got a...

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May 29, 2006

Spider-Man 3 casting surprises?

IMDB has been playing with the cast lists for Spider-Man 3, and this means some serious changes. Is it ongoing misdirection, a sudden attempt at hiding the surprise baddie casting or just wild speculation...we do not know, yet the current listing is shocking. Okay, this could be deemed as a...

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Hugh Jackman in Guys and Dolls movie

News out just the other day is suggesting that Hugh Jackman is to star in the remake of the film and stage musical Guys and Dolls. It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that Jackman would be coming to a movie musical, after all his roots are in stage...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest site online

The official site for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is online and is so interactive, much better than the usual marketing sites we see for movies. I've just spent a good fourty minutes over at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest official site playing along with...

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Bangkok Dangerous remake

Another Asian remake is coming to Hollywood, the Pang Brothers (Oxide and Danny) Bangkok Dangerous is set for a remake starring Nicolas Cage. However the good news is that the Pang Brothers will return to direct, however there are huge changes to the script. The story goes something like this,...

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Ken Loach takes Cannes

Ken Loach's movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley has taken the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. Reuters say that the decision by the nine member jury was unanimous. After winning the award Loach said: "Our film is about, we hope, a little step, a very little step...

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To Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason died on the 27th of May 2006 aged 67, leaving a great stream of most memorable roles behind him, most notably that of the principal in The Breakfast Club. I think it's strange how it affects fans when an actor dies. On the one hand none of us...

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Pan's Labyrinth clips online

Clips for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) are online. There are four clips, the teaser, and an report from Cannes about the movie. The clips are on the French site Allocine through Bloody Disgusting, and they give more of an idea of the unique style of...

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Daniel Craig talks Casino Royale

There's another video online for the new Bond movie Casino Royale with Daniel Craig talking about the character and his co-stars. Took me long enough to get through to it, then I had to choose a really poor stream to even watch it, but I got it. You can see...

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Spider-Man 3 in New York photos

There are new set photos of Spider-Man 3 online, and although most show inconsequential moments, there are a couple of stronger ones that reveal a bit more of what we've already been guessing. I would suggest spoiler to some. So, if you really want to see more, head over to...

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Order of the Pheonix starts Highlands filming

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has begun filming on the West Coast of Scotland according to a local paper I once used to get! From This is North Scotland through Coming Soon, the scenes are being shot in Glenfinnan, Glencoe and Glen Etive, all extremely beautiful places...

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Halo delayed

The release date for the Halo movie seems to be slipping with various reports suggesting that it's moving into 2008. This news through WhoDigs isn't really a surprise considering the amount of control the owners of Halo are retaining on the story and their requirement to adhere to the bible...

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New Ghost Rider pictures

More Ghost Rider movie pictures have appeared online over at Marvels site, and they look...well...slightly cartoonish. They aren't altogether bad, but they have a certain sheen to them that looks flat and polished. You can see the pictures, through Movies Online over at Marvel. They don't really hit you, and...

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May 28, 2006

Brando's final film

Before he died Marlon Brando was working on a movie which was never completed. Now the film has resumed filming and will be made part documentary based on how the filmmaker worked with Brando. From the BBC: Ridha Behi's Brando and Brando told the tale of a Tunisian boy who...

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Which films can you watch again and again?

I used to be a big DVD buyer. Any film I really liked would be bought and any film I just liked that was packed with extras would fall on my buying list too. That meant I ended up with a huge collection of DVD's and a distinct lack of...

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Superman Returns at Monte Carlo GP

Red Bull Formula 1 and Superman Returns have teamed up to promote the movie at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, just as they did with the Star Wars release. The films stars are all there and the Red Bull car is carrying the superman logo and a cape painted across...

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May 27, 2006

Kaufman to direct Challenger movie

Philip Kaufman is set to direct a movie that examines the work of Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman during the investigation into the tragedy of the Challenger accident. Feynman is to be played by the talented David Strathairn. This certainly sounds like a big movie, and the press release over at...

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Galactus and Surfer in Fantastic Four 2?

Avi Arad has confirmed that Galactus will be in Fantastic Four 2, and there's hints that might also mean a Silver Surfer appearance. From this months Empire Magazine come the comments through Superhero Hype (by the way guys, you must get your feed sorted): "It's a couple of years later...

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Latest Superman Returns trailer

The latest trailer for the movie Superman Returns is online and gives us more footage than we've previously seen. Through Coming Soon you can see the trailer over at You Tube. The trailer isn't the best quality but it does give you some more footage glimpses of the great Luthor...

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Casino Royale sequel underway?

Casino Royale isn't even finished filming and the team behind the Bond movies are moving fast on its sequel, Bond 22 - that's not the actual film title, that's just the position it holds in the Bond franchise! - There's already talk of a writer and a director. Over at...

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Snakes on a Plane site live

The official film site for Snakes on a Plane is online. Currently it contains a few short clips of audio and video, some icons and image downloads, and that's about it. When you head over to the Snakes on a Plane official film site be aware that you have to...

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May 26, 2006

Scorsese and The Departed slammed

Christopher Doyle, the visual consultant on the film Infernal Affairs which Martin Scorsese is remaking as The Departed, has openly slammed the remake and Scorsese himself. From Kaiju Shakedown through The Reeler: "I find it disappointing if not depressing to see someone of the integrity and scholarship of Marty: 1)...

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Star Chamber remake

The Star Chamber, which starred Michael Douglas, is set for a remake and one of its producers Frank Spotnitz has been talking about the project. For those of you who don't know the original is about a secret organisation of high level judges who sit in secret and rule over...

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Fast and the Furious 4 with Diesel?

Update: 21/11/2007 The full plot is revealed for Fast and the Furious 4, and Jordana Brewster is also looking to return. Update: 03/10/2007: Latest News: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are officially in talks for the fourth film and Justin Lin is confirmed as Director. Update: 13/09/2007 With the Hollywood...

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Fast and the Furious:Tokyo Drift clips

The movie Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is coming and although it's not going to be intellectually challenging there is something that it will bring. Fast cars, racing and perhaps a few cool crashes. I'm up for all of that and to get you interested there are reams of...

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Another Blade Runner Final Director's Cut

A new cut of the Blade Runner movie is to be released, this being the definitive, final, Director's Cut by Ridley Scott. However it's not going to be as simple as just picking up a new release, oh no, after all there's money to be made here. Scott has always...

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Spielberg is not on Angels and Demons

The story is flying around just now that Steven Spielberg is looking like he might be directing the so called Da Vinci Code 2, Angels and Demons. However the story looks doubtful, and you might wonder why on earth he would want to. Over at Moviehole Clint delves into this...

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Fly Ultimate Collectors Edition on DVD

You've never seen a DVD collection until you've seen this seven disc set containing all five Fly movies, from Vincent Price to Eric Stoltz, and a steamboat of extras. It looks pretty damn stunning. Over at I Spit on your Movie (thanks very much!) they have a feature on the...

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Another Clerks II trailer

There's another Clerks II trailer on the Net, and this one is getting some good write ups, apparently it's actually funny! The story is through News Askew and the trailer itself is featured on You Tube. Head on over, see what you think and come back to try and convince...

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Mortensen becomes Nazi in Good

Viggo Mortensen has signed up to play another complex role, that of a 1930's German professor who becomes a Nazi supporter in a movie adaptation of Good. From JAM Movies: Brazilian director Vicente Amorim ("O Caminho das Nuvens") will helm the film that is based on CP Taylor's award-winning play...

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Ring writer talks

The writer of the stories that inspired the movies for Ring and Dark Water has been discussing his stories, what inspires him, and more importantly the film adaptations of his books. For those of you who don't know, his name is Kuji Suzuki, and the stories are quite different from...

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May 25, 2006

Casino Royale behind the scenes clip

Another behind the scenes clip for the new Bond movie Casino Royale has appeared on the official blog for the movie. If the updates are going to continue at this rate then I think we might be seeing a fair amount of content coming about about our new Bond, Daniel...

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My Super Ex-Girlfriend trailer online

The Uma Thurman in boots starrer My Super Ex-Girlfriend has a trailer and it's online now for you to see. However, you must make sure you live in America, use the right version of Internet Explorer, have an account with MTV, blood type A-, and an inside leg measurement of...

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Harris and Spacey in Blueberry Nights

Having just talked about Wong Kar Kai's new film Mr Blueberry Nights, we're hearing more on the casting front, and it's pretty strong stuff. Ed Harris has signed up for the film as well as the superb Kevin Spacey. See that previous post for story details. They, according to The...

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Willem Dafoe in Mr Bean II?!

I can't believe that the great actor that is Willem Dafoe has signed for the movie Bean II featuring that awful, inane and blisteringly dull character of Mr Bean. Dafoe, what is wrong?! According to Variety through Coming Soon it's true. Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes and Jean Rochefort have...

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Order of the Pheonix casting

There's news of more casting in Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix with the roles of the young Mauraders, Sirius Black, Remis Lupin, Severus Snape being announced as well as a big name replacement for Bellatrix Lestrange. You know, these names mean nothing to me, so why am...

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Marie Antionette booed at Cannes

Sofia Coppola's Marie Antionette screened at Cannes and received a less than favourable response. According to reports it's been booed. There are some more positive comments, but in the whole it sounds quite negative. From Rope of Silicon: ...when Marie Antoinette made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival today...

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Freeman joins Affleck movie

Morgan Freeman has signed up to the Ben Affleck adapted and directed film Gone, Baby, Gone, based on a novel by Dennis Lehane. That adds to the two other names attached, one being the very impressive Ed Harris and the rapidly rising Michelle Monaghan. The news comes from Coming Soon....

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Da Vinci Code poster a giveaway?

I was looking at the big version of the Da Vinci Code Poster, not that one I can't actually find the big one in the short amount of time I have this morning. I mean the one where all the faces of the main characters are lined up in a...

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May 24, 2006

X-Men the real ending

So everyone's excited today about the final scene of X-Men: The Last Stand, the one at the end of the credits - see the review written on Monday for the very advice, stay until the end. There's so much talk about what this does to the story, except it's not...

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Baghdad Blog made into movie

Where is Raed? is the blog of Salam Pax, the pseudoname of a twenty year old from Iraq who has blogged about his life there during the rule of Saddam and through to the war. His diary has already been serialised by The Guardian newspaper and published in a book...

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Army hates Winklers Iraq War movie

Irwin Winkler, the director who made De-Lovely, has just given a fifty minute peak of his new Iraq War film at Cannes, Home of the Brave. A film that depicts the lives of soldiers in Iraq and how they are affected after an attack on the eve of their returning...

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Kung Fu movie in development

The TV series which starred David Carradine as a Shaolin Monk travelling the Wild West, Kung Fu, is now headed for the big screen. According to Coming Soon: Warner Bros.-based Legendary Pictures is bringing Kung Fu to the big screen after acquiring film rights to the 1970s TV series from...

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Favreau talks Iron Man

John Favreau has opened himself up to the fans of all things Iron Man and sounds as though he's trying to produce the best comic book adaptation movie to date. Just the other day he was interviewed about it all and gave some juicy quotes for us all to mull...

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Danny Glover turns director

Danny Glover has turned behind the scenes and while promoting the movie Bamako in Cannes for which he executive produced, he talked about his upcoming directorial debut. Cinematical have the story on the films coming from his production company, a company that is focussing on... ...global African experiences and people...

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Arnie back on Legend

The news that Arnold Schwarzenegger is back on I Am Legend is a little misleading because he's not starring, no that role is still penned for Will Smith, he will be producing the film however. From Moviehole through a few other sources: The latest incarnation of the film will be...

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Spike Lee rewrites Selling Time

Interestingly Spike Lee hasn't chosen his next film to direct, but in the meantime he's rewriting a script that was once pegged for Forest Whitaker and then Will Smith, shame that Whitaker isn't still attached particularly as Lee is writing now. I didn't think that Inside Man was that great...

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Lumet signs Hawke, Finney and Tomei

Sidney Lumet has signed up Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei for a new thriller called Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, an intriguing title that was co-scripted by Lumet. The plot, according to Rope of Silicon... ...follows two brothers who organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store....

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Ang Lee directing Chinese thriller

Ang Lee's next movie is Lust, Caution Next, the adaptation of a short story by Eileen Chang into a Chinese language film. Bill Kong is set to return as his Producer after last collaborating on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The tale is an espionage thriller set during World War II...

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Ledger replaces Farrell in Dylan film

Heath Ledger is replacing Colin Farrell in the Bob Dylan movie I'm Not There. This is the biographical film which will portray six different stages of his life and played by six different actors. Ledger will also perform next to Michelle Williams who has also been signed. From Production Weekly...

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Malkovich as another Magician

Here come the run of Magician type movies as Hollywood Studios copy each others new ideas. This latest is a comedy called The Great Buck Howard starring John Malkovich and his assistant Colin Hanks struggling to get their careers back on track. Interestingly Colin's father Tom Hanks plays...his father. Yahoo...

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Joan Cusack to play Julia Child</