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June 30, 2006

Spider-Man 3 new Goblin picture online

The first glimpse of the new Goblin from Spider-Man 3 is online, and it's quite a different look from the original. Captured from the trailer, you can see a new style mask and outfit, looking more like a street skater than a green faced evil creature, and a blurred but...

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Depp joins Smith in I am Legend

Can you imagine Johnny Depp acting alongside Will Smith? I really find it hard to believe, but according to a new internut rumour he's set to join the cast of I Am Legend. The rumour comes from Blackfilm through Coming Soon. Well I guess it could happen, considering the role...

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Running with Scissors trailer

The trailer for Running with Scissors is online. The film stars Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alec Baldwin, and many other big names in an interesting sounding drama\comedy. Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and...

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Cameron plans two film series

James Cameron has been talking about his return to movies, after nine year break from making major movie releases, now he's coming back with Avatar and Battle Angel, both of which he is suggesting may follow a Pirates of the Caribbean type filming experience, release one to guage success and...

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Eisenberg joins Gere in Bosnia

Jesse Eisenberg has joined the cast of the very interesting film Spring Break in Bosnia, the tale of two journalists who head to Bosnia to try and track down a major war criminal only to be captured and mistaken for CIA undercover operatives. The story is based on a true...

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Transformers Teaser really does tease

The Transformers teaser is here, and it's small...and is the ultimate definition of teaser...in fact it's more like a pre-teaser. You can see the teaser through Michael Bay's official blog. He carries two links to the trailer, one and two. Both are zipped and are quite big. Worth it do...

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The Banquet trailer online

The Banquet has a new trailer online for you to feast upon. This is the latest film for Zhang Ziyi, you can also get hold of the previous version which was cut for Cannes. The details come from the official site of The Banquet through Twitch, who have also extracted...

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Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer details revealed

The Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer may well be the new title for Fantastic Four 2 or Fantastic Four: The Next Chapter, but actual details have been light, until now. From Jo Blo: The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in FANTASTIC FOUR AND THE SILVER SURFER as...

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Resident Evil Extinction details revealed

Paul W.S. Anderson has been talking about some of the story involved in Resident Evil: Extinction, and it actually sounds quite good. UK IGN managed to get some words from him at a recent Hollywood and Videogames conference. He explained that the first movie was before the game, the second...

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Denzel Washington enlists Peter Jackson

According to reports Denzel Washington flew over to New Zealand and talked with Peter Jackson about enlisting the help of his WETA effects company to perform special effects on a movie he is directing. Interestingly enough there's nothing specific on his slate that screams special effects. From Jo Blo comes...

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Rice from Vampires to Christ

Anne Rice is most known for her Interview with the Vampire film, the start to a series that never really went anywhere. Well now she may get another chance as her planned series of four novels on Christ begins the road towards the movies with the sale of the rights...

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June 29, 2006

Ultraviolet

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Oh I knew what I was doing when I went to see this movie. Yes it's received some horrendous reviews and the trailers and clips haven't been making it look that good, but when a film is that bad you have a morbid fascination, much like that of watching a...

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Nicholson and Freeman as road buddies

What a piece of casting genius, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman together onscreen as road buddies, how superb would that be? Well it's happening in a film called The Bucket List, although it's slightly different than expected. The title, according to Variety through Coming Soon, is slightly darker than you'd...

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Wicker Man to get no screenings

The official word from Lions Gate is that The Wicker Man remake will have no press screenings, and we know what that tells us from past experience. It's rubbish. Lions Gate are claiming that it hasn't completed post-production and won't have time for screenings...you mean post-production is ongoing to just...

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Parker to direct Theron in Ice tale

Alan Parker is directing the film The Ice at the Bottom of the World starring Charlize Theron in a dramatic tale which promises much. Interestingly Kimberly Peirce was listed as directing on IMDB. The blurb comes from Variety through Coming Soon: "Ice," a drama that Mark Richard wrote from his...

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DiCaprio producing Leary biographical film

Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to bring to life the story of Timothy Leary on the big screen. With that it seems that he's turning his star power to bring to life worthwhile and interesting projects, rather than resting on his status and taking money. From Variety through Coming Soon it...

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Beowulf and Grendel review

There's a positive review arrived for Beowulf and Grendel, the Gerard Butler starrer. This comes as a bit of a surprise as I had thought it was receiving some pretty bad press. The review is over at Cinematical is very positive indeed, here are a few choice comments: Gerard Butler,...

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Madonna turns Director

Oh dear lord. Madonna seems to be talking about following in the steps of her husband, Guy Ritchie, and turning Director. From The Mirror paper through gigwise.com, comes her comments on not returning to acting, but directing is the way for her to go. "I'm more interested in directing now....

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His Dark Materials lead casting announced

Looks like the team behind the His Dark Materials series have decided on their leading lady for the film, so all you hopefuls who raced towards the casting auditions should already know if you've been successful or not. According to a press release from New Line through Cinema Blend, the...

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The Guardian trailer online

Kevin Costner may actually be appearing in a decent role again, according to this trailer from his latest film The Guardian, also starring Ashton Kutcher. In the film he plays a rescue swimmer whose team was lost in a rescue attempt, since he's now a deeply affected man, he's taken...

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Zoom trailer online

Well as trailers go, this one for the Tim Allen comedy film Zoom isn't so bad, and the storyline looks quite good. One for the kids I think. Zoom is the tale of a former superhero called Captain Zoom (Allen) who has to return to his old job to train...

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June 28, 2006

Bollywood Wonder Woman?

Has Joss Whedon chosen his Wonder Woman already? If so who do you think it might be? There were so many in the running, and money was piling high on some ex co-workers of his...word is though that the woman of wonder is coming from Bollywood. The word on the...

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Hopkins, Streep, Giamatti at Last Station

The heavyweight acting trio of Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti are onboard the film The Last Station which tells the tale of the last days of Leo Tolstoy. From Production Weekly through Cinema Blend: The historical biopic revolves around the rough last years of Leo Tolstoy’s (Hopkins) life,...

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Kidman in His Dark Materials The Golden Compass?

Word is out that Nicole Kidman is up for the main villain in the His Dark Materials trilogy starting with The Golden Compass (Northern Lights for us UK people). UK IGN present the news from the BRITISH paper Daily Mail (not England's paper, we have it in Scotland too you...

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Chow's Alien plot revealed

The plot for the new film from creator of Kung Fu Hustle (review), Stephen Chow, has been revealed, and I'm not talking about Kung Fu Hustle 2. No this film is called Alien, and the plot is rather strange. From Wu-Jing.org through Kung Fu Cult Cinema come the sparse details:...

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W.S. Anderson talks videogames

Paul W.S. Anderson has spoken out against his critics and talked about the difficulties in bringing a videogame to the big screen, apparently it's really hard. Eurogamer have his comments from the Hollywood and Games Summit. "If you stray too far from the source material you're doomed, but if you...

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Spider-Man 4 confirmed?

What are the chances we might get to see Venom running rampant as the main baddie in Spider-Man 3? In the movie to come everyone reckons we won't see that much of him, but will we see him in Spider-Man 4? Perhaps if it is made, and according to the...

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Howard to direct The Changeling?

When I first saw the story of Ron Howard eyeing The Changeling as his next project I immediately thought of the classic and quite superb film starring George C. Scott (review), thankfully it wasn't, and the good news kept coming. The story is from J. Michael Straczynski, the creator and...

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Sean Bean is Macbeth

The news that Sean Bean is to play Macbeth onscreen is superb, and about time too. This man has bags and bags of talent and yet he continually gets cast as a stock baddie or a third or fourth part. Sure he's had some leads, but they've never really commanded...

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Eastwoods daughter turns director

The daughter of the great Clint Eastwood, Alison Eastwood, is making her directorial debut with a film called Rails and Ties, something that sounds right up the Eastwood's alley. From The Hollywood Reporter through Coming Soon: ...based on an original screenplay by Micky Levy and revolves around two families and...

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Star Trek Intrepid from Scotland

There's a new Star Trek movie in the works, and it's from Scotland. A small group of fans of the series have developed their own film, and the trailer is online. Star Trek Intrepid "Heavy Lies the Crown" is the title. You can see the official site, along with a...

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Pink horror lacks release

Way back in March 2005 I wrote about Pink appearing in a horror film called Catacombs, where two sisters are chased beneath the famous catacombs of Paris. Just today reports are that the film has been shot, but there's still a lack of release date. Pink said of the story,...

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Robert Maxwell the movie

Robert Maxwell's life is soon to become a movie, after the success of the stage play. Maxwell is the newspaper tycoon that died by drowning with claims of suicide or murder the official verdict was accidental death. Afterwards it was revealed he had plundered his company employees pension schemes to...

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UK production company turns digital

The UK is gaining a new Film production company, one that intends to distribute ten films in the next three years and all through the revolution of digital filmmaking. The article from The Guardian tells all about the company... ...according to its managing director, Arvind David... "Digital production techniques enable...

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New Lady in the Water trailer

The new Lady in the Water trailer has appeared online in high quality Quicktime. This is the latest film from M. Night Shyamalan and is one I'm particularly looking forward to, then I do all his films, and the new trailer is good, but not quite grabbing enough. You can...

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Gilliam to direct Prachett?

Terry Gilliam is talking about working on his next project, a Terry Pratchett novel called Good Omens. Perhaps that might be one for Gilliam, but his past history shows a huge difficulty in getting projects to the big screen, and when he does, well they are not always received to...

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Mummy 3 details

Back in March the story broke about The Mummy 3 and word was that it was set in 1940's China, new Chinese Mummy, but possibly the same old cast. Now that seems confirmed, alongwith a little more plot detail as well as the word that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz...

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Hitcher cast expands

Neal McDonough has joined the cast of the new Hitcher film, as the policeman who tries to help the stranded couple against the violent onslaught of the Hitcher himself, Sean Bean. McDonough starred in one of my favourite TV shows, Boomtown, but has been in so much more, and when...

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DOA 2 already planned

According to rumours there's going to be a follow up to DOA: Dead or Alive, you'll remember the trailer arrived some time ago and was filled with scantily clad young ladies and a fair amount of humour, it actually looked fun. Well now there is word of DOA 2, a...

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Simpson and Lohan fail Dallas casting

Looks like the power of one celebrity has helped ensure the casting for Lucy Ewing in the Dallas movie falls to someone who isn't so...exposed. Previously on Filmstalker rumours were that either Jessica Simpson or Lindsey Lohan were being considered for Lucy Ewing...well now they aren't and according to rumour...

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June 27, 2006

Spider-Man 3 trailer...finally

The Spider-Man 3trailer has been online in Quicktime formats for over an hour, so if you haven't seen it yet, you must not be a fan. In case you haven't... You can see it in all it's Quicktime glory over at Apple Trailers [QT:S:M:L:HD:iPod], and it's superb. Breathtaking almost. However,...

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First Transformer revealed!

The first look at an actual Transformer from the Transformers movie (would you have guessed) is here, and it's Bumblebee. There's not much to see really, but you get the idea of the shape and size of a half transformed...Transformer. The picture, which I haven't copied as I'll leave you...

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Brosnan back as Bond?

Wow, this is a stonkingly good rumour, and rumour it most certainly is, but word is that there is a plan to make another version of Thunderball and perhaps to take Pierce Brosnan back into the role as Bond. Now it's from the same seriously rumour heavy post on Moviehole,...

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Sony has Flying Daggers sequel

Reports are that Sony have managed to gain the US distribution rights for Zhang Yimou’s follow up to House Of Flying Daggers, Curse Of The Golden Flower. Hopefully the rest of us won't be far behind. From Empire comes the good news. Yimou is filming right now on the tale...

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Matrix sequel?

There's a very small and short rumour walking around that perhaps there's going to be another Matrix, or a spin off tale at least. The rumour goes that...well...there is nothing to the rumour really, apart from gossip over at Moviehole that there might be another. I recall Clint telling me...

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Marie Antionette trailer online

There's a trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette online that looks pretty new, and although it's difficult to catch through the awful player it's encoded in, it does give us some more information about the film. Without managing to see the trailer over at AOL Movies through dtheatre, I'm just...

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Seven minutes of Ultraviolet online

Following on from that story about the editing lockout on Ultraviolet, comes the chance to watch the opening seven minutes online, and actually it's worth it to see Milla Jovovich in next to nothing fighting with hardcore weaponry. Just you wait for that review though, the final film is dire,...

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Wimmer and Jovovich unhappy with Ultraviolet

With exceptional timing, I'm just about to write up my review of Ultraviolet, and here comes a report of how the Director and Star were locked out of the edit room against prior word and agreement, and have now spoken out against the film that was finally shown. From Milla...

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Halle Berry jumps to TV

Halle Berry is looking to move into television and produce an HBO comedy series. According to Empire she's already experienced some good results with producing shows as her executive produced show Lackawanna Blues won many accolades and awards. Her next project is called Mixed Up: ...based on Scrubs writer Angela...

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Rockstar Low Riders documentary

Rockstar, the company behind the superb Grand Theft Auto series have produced a documentary called Sunday Driver about the art of low riding, an act that is featured throughout the GTA series on the typical low riders. Low riding is where the suspension is modified to make the car ride...

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Snakes on a Plane teaser

Snakes on a Plane has another teaser online...woo...I'm so not excited. You can see it over at Yahoo through dtheatre. Yeah, I watched it, and I did love the teaser trailer running in the cinema with all the titles and the warnings of what other films will bring you this...

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Spider-Man 3 trailer leaked online?

The Spider-Man 3 trailer has been promised in a matter of hours on Apple, however someone couldn't wait and it's been leaked onto the Internet in a lower resolution version, but none the less it's here...allegedly! Just a little word of warning, the trailer comes through Digg at slashFilm, and...

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Lady in the Water early review

There's an early review online for Lady in the Water, and it's very positive. It also carries a warning of a few smaller spoilers, but nothing big. Over at Jo Blo they have the review that talks about strong casting and great performances, here are a few non-spoiler quotes below....

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Pan's Labyrinth new trailer online

A new, hi-res trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is now online, and it looks very good. Far removed from a children's tale and firmly steeped in darkness, it is an exciting one. You can see the trailer over at The Movie Box, [QT:WMV:HI:LOW] through Jo Blo. Have a...

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Singer out of Logan's Run?

This story has me worried. I've seen the quotes before where Bryan Singer has said that he's exhausted and drained after Superman Returns, but this story makes us think that he might actually be clearing his own slate for sometime, and that means no to directing Logan's Run. The story...

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Williams talks more Joker

I think Robin Williams is a fantastic actor, and in a way I think it would be a shame for his talents to be used on the Joker in the new Batman sequel rather than a strong solid reality based role. However, he's been talking about the possibility again and...

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Two die in Harry Potter 7

The news for Potter and his crew is not so good, for according to J. K. Rowling two characters are going to die in the final book, and they are big characters too. Speaking on Richard & Judy on British TV, Rowling said, through Coming Soon: "The final chapter is...

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Castlevania videogame becomes a film

You know if I was making movies out of videogames I would chose a much richer and modern game than Castlevania, but then I'm not Paul W.S. Anderson am I? If his Deathrace 2000 [Correction, I think it's 3000 - Richard] remake isn’t next, he will turn to the popular...

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Richards hired, Depp almost fired and sequel talk in Pirates

According to reports, Keith Richards has agreed to appear in Pirates of the Caribbean: World's End, and Johnny Depp was almost fired from the first film after Exec's couldn't understand his character - idiots. Also Gore Verbinksi has been talking about the possibility of another film. According to Rope of...

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Bruce Lee martial arts musical?!

Believe it or not there is a Bruce Lee musical in the works featuring some excellent martial arts action. From Breaking News comes the bizarre story: Tony-winning Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang is planning to stage a musical based on the life of late martial arts star Bruce Lee, a...

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Kubrick's first film online

Stanley Kubrick's first film has just appeared online for you to view. Day of the Fight was made in 1951 and it marked his first (or second) proper film at the age of 22. Actually it could well be his second, Mutiny Company have the film and although they say...

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Uglies in new fantasy trilogy

A new fantasy trilogy is on the horizon adapted from the novel Uglies from Scott Westerfield. The story sounds quite interesting and is set in a look-obsessed near future. Uglies is a futuristic story that takes typical teen anxieties (pimples, self-loathing) and spikes them with a fantasy twist. In the...

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June 26, 2006

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

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The Fast and the Furious film series is great fun and should be admired, why? Well its not trying to pretend its something it isn't. The film is about great looking, fast and noisy cars, great looking women and lot's of testosterone. Let's not forget it's just about the cars...

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Tom Clancy films canned

Two Tom Clancy films in development, Without Remorse and Rainbow Six have both been canned by Paramount. Well, when I say canned they say "in turnaround", pretty much the same thing really. According to Dark Horizons through Moviehole they've dumped both films and are looking back to the Jack Ryan...

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The Last Kiss trailer online

Previously on Filmstalker, I had the story about Zach Braff's new website hosting The Last Kiss teaser, well now the full trailer is on the Internet for you to try and see. I say try because the AOL hosted trailer via Cinema Blend started freezing picture wise and continuing to...

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Film Critics - do you listen?

Lately there's been a move by Hollywood to bypass the film critics and release their movies direct to the public without any press screenings. The critics and press are up in arms about this and strangely every film that is released without screenings turns out to receive negative reviews. It...

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Butler in talks for Priest

Gerard Butler is plastered all over the web just now in a no doubt leaked story that he's in negotiations for the role of a comic book vampire hunting priest. According to Reuters: Filmmaker Andrew Douglas, who cut his teeth on last year's remake of "The Amityville Horror, has signed...

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June 25, 2006

Banderas, Bening and Perlman in Homeland Insecurity

The news is out that Antonio Banderas has completed his negotiations and is signed for the Action/Comedy/Thriller (as described on IMDB) film Homeland Security. He joins Annette Bening and Ron Perlman who are already on board for the film. The news comes from Production Weekly through Coming Soon and they...

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June 24, 2006

Tarantino and Rodriguez talk Grind House

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have been talking about Grind House and have given away a little information about what each segment will be. From Entertainment Weekly through Coming Soon: TARANTINO: Our original idea was to do a horror double feature. The genre I wanted to tackle was slasher films,...

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Pheonix in Reservation Road

Joaquin Pheonix is set to continue his trademark and oscar winning intense character driven performances with a role in the film adaptation of John Burnham Schwartz's novel entitled Reservation Road. The story reads like a perfect casting... From TMZ through Cinematical tells us the blurb... It's about a college professor...

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Transformers Casting Call

Do you want a part in the new Transformers movie? Well perhaps you can, if you meet the criteria that is. 16-17 and 19-23 year olds that look like high school students (don't we all?), who are SAG members and non-union talent, and you have to be able to work...

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Shyamalan's Disney split reported

Michael Bamberger has written a book called The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale. In it he tells the story of M. Night Shyamalan's messy departure from Disney... FilmRot carry the entire Times article talking of the book... A new...

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Depp talks 21 Jump Street movie

I have to be honest, there's not a chance of this happening, but Johnny Depp's comments in a recent interview for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has him saying that he would like to...in a fashion. From the interview with Coming Soon to the statement that a 21...

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Yuma remake canned

The remake of the classic western 3:10 to Yuma has been put into "turnaround" by Sony. I love that phrase, it's so touchy feely and softly softly. It also reminds me of that kids game show with Mike Reid...oh no, that was Runabout. Interestingly, and I didn't know this, Walk...

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Amber Tamblyn talks Grudge 2

Amber Tamblyn has been interviewed about her role in The Grudge 2, the American sequel to the American remake of the Asian horror film Ju-on. That clear? The interview tells us little about the film itself, but we do get a sense of where it comes after the original film....

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June 23, 2006

Filmstalker Hub

Hi everyone, hope you're gearing up for a fun weekend, I know I am. Hopefully four movies are in store with a fair bit of writing and a big night out tonight...so don't expect anything too early tomorrow morning. There's a new page on the site, and it's called the...

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Writer and Director for Watchmen

More news on the epic journey of Watchmen to the big screen. This amazing comic and now graphic novel is a superb read and has threatened to turn to our screens for years. Now it seems that Alex Tse is attached to write the script for Zack Snyder to direct....

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Dark City sequel?

Dark City is an awesome and much underrated film. Alex Proyas produced a superbly dark and rich movie, with excellent performances from Keifer Sutherland and Rufus Sewell, and some amazing ideas before such films as Matrix. Now news is coming not only of a special edition of the DVD but...

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Rodriguez on Grind House 2

Yes there's speculation already on a sequel to Grind House before it's even completed, and it's from Robert Rodriguez himself. The film shows a partnership between Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, each creating one half of the feature with fake movie trailers in between. Apparently even these trailers are fodder for...

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Diesel leaves Black Water Transit

Vin Diesel has apparently pulled out of his latest movie Black Water Transit, a film where he was set to star alongside Kevin Bacon, James Franco and Sophie Okonedo, in what sounds like a great thriller. The blurb from ReelChicago through Coming Soon suggests that this was going to be...

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