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July 31, 2006

Rambo IV plot revealed

Rambo IV is set to start filming in October, and Sylvester Stallone has been talking about the intended plot and the enemy that John Rambo will face. He talked to Entertainment Weekly and Dark Horizons carried the story. Apparently a fair amount of the delay in us seeing a new...

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Ledger out and Hoffman Penguin in?

According to reports today Heath Ledger has not signed for the Batman Begins sequel and is in fact proving reluctant to do so, further rumour is that an appropriate actor for Penguin is being sought. From Batman on Film through Jo Blo comes the rumour from their trusted source: ...while...

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Deschanel plays Minnelli and Joplin

Previous stories have had Britney Spears and Pink in the running for playing Janis Joplin in her movie biography, however rumour is breaking that Zooey Deschanel has scored the role in The Gospel According to Janis. According to Pop Bitch through The Wow Report, director Penelope Spheeris chose her over...

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Bush talks Hitcher remake

Sophia Bush has appeared on TV talking about the remake of The Hitcher in which she stars opposite Sean Bean and alongside Zachary Knighton, and the footage is online. Bean plays the Hitcher John Ryder, previously stamped hard by the awesome Rutger Hauer, Knighton the C. Thomas Howell role of...

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De Niro and Dash on Larry Davis film

Robert De Niro and actor, director, writer, composer and music\film producer, Damon Dash are to work together to bring the controversial story of New York resident Larry Davis to the cinema screen. Davis was a teenager when he shot six NY policemen and then went on the run for two...

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Pullman plays Philip K. Dick

I first saw Bill Pullman in The Serpent and the Rainbow where he totally convinced me he was a top rate actor. Now he's set to take on a very challenging role, that of the celebrated author Philip K. Dick. I say challenging because he is so much of a...

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Google film in the UK

Google have added a really nice little feature to the popular search engine for UK moviegoers, something which is exceptionally handy, an automatic film search that returns reviews, ratings, showing times and cinema locations. By simply adding the word film to a search for a movie title, the first result...

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Films to get married to

Since I just proposed to my girlfriend I thought that a feature about films on all things marriage related would be wise. So this week we're going to look at films that are around the topic of marriage, engagements and love in general. What films do you most associate with...

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Babel trailer finally online!

Strange that the first time the Babel trailer went online it wasn't really there, well now it is, and it packs an incredibly powerful and engaging punch. This looks set to be one hell of a film. Previously on Filmstalker, I linked to a short clip of a powerfully emotive...

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Bobby photos online

We know that the cast for Bobby is huge in all aspects, and that the scope of the project is also mammoth, and the fact that Emilio Estevez is writing and directing all these elements, including his own father, is even more attractive. This film is looking incredibly enticing and...

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Ant Bully undersold?

I've been seeing trailers on the TV for The Ant Bully, and through the usual trailer shots and voiceover the only recognisable hook for the general audience is produced by Tom Hanks. No mention of any of the starring cast, and I find that very surprising considering how strong it...

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Painkiller trailer online

A small independant film called Painkiller wrapped some time ago, and the first trailer is online. The story is simple, ex-cop watches a gang kill his family in front of his eyes before he receives an arrow through the head and is dumped in a river. Amazingly he survives and...

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Donnie Yen as Bruce Lee?

Previously I wrote about the new Bruce Lee film based on his younger brothers biography of his life and made with the family blessing, now word is out that Donnie Yen is in negotiations for the role. According to crienglish.com through Kung Fu Cult Cinema, the major financial backer has...

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Justin Long in Die Hard 4?

Justin Long, from both Jeepers Creepers movies, is rumoured to be in negotiations to star alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard 4. According to IESB through Moviehole he's eyed for a major part, but which? Previously we might have assumed that it was going to be his son, the computer...

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July 30, 2006

New Crank poster and stills online

There's a new poster for the high adrenaline thriller Crank online, and although it's a bit more mainstream and polished than the first few we've seen, I still like the first we saw. Accompanying the poster are some new images from the film, and they look superb. The new poster...

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Dent cast in Batman Begins sequel?

Rumour is out that someone is being eyed for the D.A. Harvey Dent in the Batman Begins sequel, and it's someone young, Ryan Phillippe from the superb Crash (review). According to Batman on Film through Moviehole he's currently being considered for the role and the character of Dent will team...

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Spiderman 3 Comic-Con panel videos

The Spiderman 3 Comic-Con panel, where Sam Raimi and the cast of the film talked to press about the film and the series, is now available to view in WMV format. You can see video clips of discussion with Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard and...

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Stan Winston talks Skinwalkers

Stan Winston has been talking about his love for his next movie project Skinwalkers. Skinwalkers is a werewolf film that Winston believes has a difference. Speaking at Comic-Con the director James Isaac says... "It approaches the werewolf mythology in a different way and that it's a real story about two...

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Dungeon Seige new site and trailer

There's a brand new website online for Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and it's carrying a brand new trailer as well. What is pretty strange is that the trailer looks not too bad. What do you think? Could this be better than Boll's...

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July 29, 2006

Transformers Ironhide spotted?

Someone caught a picture of a modified truck embossed with an Autobot insignia on the rear and they are pretty sure it's Ironhide from the Transformers movie, good guess I'd say. There's nothing much to see, but the person who took the pictures managed to tell them a little bit...

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See Donner's Superman II online

Richard Donner's Superman II is finally to be released, the version that was made, scrapped and then remade by Richard Lester, the Lester version becoming the widely seen Superman II film. Now though, with the news of the DVD release of Donner's version, you can see some never before seen...

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July 28, 2006

The Departed full trailer online

The full trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Departed, the remake of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, is now online. I was very surprised by it because it actually struck me how strong it looks and how character focussed it seems. Thanks to culturalelite from Solace in Cinema who first...

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The Dark DVD release

The Dark (review) was quite a good horror and had plenty of potential, not to mention Maria Bello and Sean Bean, but there were problems with it and the recent DVD release announcement might just address those. The DVD release news, from DVD Times, tells us that there's going to...

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30 Days of Night gains Melissa George

Melissa George has joined Josh Hartnett in the cast of 30 Days of Night, the Sam Raimi produced and David Slade (Hard Candy (review)) directed movie about vampires attacking a northern Alaskan town which is set to suffer exactly what the title says, a month of darkness. The story from...

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Pegg to star in Schwimmer's directorial debut

Simon Pegg is currently in talks to star in David Schwimmer's directorial debut, Run, Fat Boy, Run. Oh that title takes me back, oh the days of my youth and the entire school chasing me home. The story doesn't sound that inspiring, but then do these blurbs ever? ...the film...

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One Missed Call remake gains cast

The Hollywood remake of the Japanese horror One Missed Call has gained both Edward Burns and Shannyn Sossamon. The story comes from Variety through Coming Soon. For those of you who haven't seen it, the story is about people receiving death messages through their mobile, the message indicates that they...

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Charlie Wilson's War cast grows

The casting for the CIA true life story, Charlie Wilson's War, has just gained Amy Adams. She adds to the already bulging cast of Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film is to be directed by Mike Nichols. The story comes from Variety through Coming Soon. Just...

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Babel trailer online...almost

Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett now has a trailer online at Apple, although it had disappeared this morning and despite the page being there with the Quicktime plugin showing, the trailer just wasn't there. Strangely I also sourced this over at Kino-Govno and their trailer link is down...

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Tony Jaa's Protector trailer online

The trailer for Tony Jaa's new film Protector is now online. Jaa was previously seen doing some amazing stunts and fight sequences in Ong Bak (review), and this trailer has more of the same, but bigger, more Hollywood, and the set pieces look superb. This guy can fight something rotten....

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Planet Terror posters online

There are two posters for the Robert Rodriguez' half of the Grind House film online and they look typically cheesy and look like they've been around for ages. You can see the posters over at Solace in Cinema who scored them through Kino-govno (sorry guys, SiC didn't have a direct...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles posters online

There are posters for each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles online, and they look pretty faithful to the original, but much, much darker than the other onscreen outings we're used to. I think they look pretty cool. Have a look over at SuperHero Hype to see how they look...

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July 27, 2006

De Palma's The Black Dahlia trailer online

Brian De Palma's latest film The Black Dahlia finally has a trailer online. The story is adapted from the James Ellroy novel set in the 1940's when the real life brutal murder of Elizabeth Short occurred. This story tells the tale of the two cops who head the investigation and...

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The Departed clips online

The Departed is, as I've said before, the big name remake of the excellent Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs which has struck a negative chord since it was announced, now, finally we get to see a little bit online. It's a very little bit, just some upcoming clips from a...

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Best ever Star Trek collection on HD

This could be the most, best, ultimate Star Trek collection to date, ever. According to stories from Comic-Con there's a new HD-DVD collection coming, and it might even be on Blu-Ray too, and this promises to be the biggest yet with not just films but also remastered TV series. Paramount...

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Tarantino to remake Dutch horror?

Quentin Tarantino is apparently keen to remake a film that hasn't even been made yet. The Dutch horror called Doodeind (Dead End) has an interesting, if simple concept, and although there's no official word yet, the rumour is out there. From UK Teletext through Dark Horizons comes the news that...

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28 Weeks Later plot revelation

The sequel to 28 Days Later, amazingly entitled 28 Weeks Later, has just had its plot revealed on the Internet, and oh my lord, it's dull. Think of all the things they could do (isn't that Crowded House?), and then see what they've actually done. Here's the story from Digital...

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Pitt chases UK's State of Play

State of Play was a very successful British TV miniseries starring David Morrissey as a politician who is involved in a murder conspiracy uncovered by his former campaign manager now turned journalist. It received great reviews, and now it seems as though Brad Pitt is keen to play the role...

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James Marsden joins Hairspray

Yes James Marsden of both Cyclops and Superman's love rival is set to star in the onscreen musical Hairspray which already has attracked Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Billy Crystal and according to reports Michelle Pfieffer. The report comes from Variety through Empire. Can Marsden sing and dance? We'll have to...

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Amazon seeks movie deal

Amazon is looking for a studio and director to pick up a book they've just optioned the rights to. The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue is the tale of a seven year old kidnapped by wild children from the forest who replace him with a look alike, with the story...

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Bartering man sells movie rights

Remember that incredible story of the man who bartered his way from a paper clip to a house in Canada? Well he's just sold out, literally, and sold the movie rights for hard cash to DreamWorks. Kyle MacDonald has astounded everyone with his successful bartering, and it not only caught...

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Casino Royale storyboard misplaced

Secrecy has been incredibly tight on Casino Royale, the new Bond film with Daniel Craig starring, and yet despite all the efforts to control information a nineteen page storyboard was left in a local pub, and a storyboard to a major action sequence no less. According to The Sun the...

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The Injuries of Darth Vader

Have you found yourself staying up late at night and wondering, "what were all those injuries that Lord Darth Vader sustained through his life to make him that hideous machine type creature?", I know I haven't, but if you have here's the cure! Now you'll manage to grab all the...

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Brad Pitt stars as curious Button

Brad Pitt has signed to play the lead in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the story of a man who reaches the age of fifty and then mysteriously begins to reverse his age, a trick before this movie only achieved by women. The film is written by the talented...

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Swank stars in Labyrinth remake

Hilary Swank is set to star in a remake of the French thriller Dédales which is a psychological thriller about a mental patient with multiple personalities who knows the identity of a serial killer. The news from Variety through Coming Soon initially sounds a bit sad because it's another remake,...

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Bana's Lucky You trailer online

The trailer for the poker film starring Eric Bana, Drew Barrymoore, Robert Duvall and Debra Messing is now online. Lucky You is the story of a highly rated poker player struggling through personal problems to win a tournament. The trailer is over at AOL Movies through Jo Blo who have...

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Simpsons Movie footage online

Footage from Comic-Con for the upcoming The Simpsons movie is online, although it's fair to say the drawings are very rough showing scenes rather than expressions and synching with the voices. However, it does look like fun, and all the Simpson elements we know and love are there. You can...

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The Fountain delayed again

Darren Aronofsky's much anticipated film The Fountain has been delayed again, although this time it's probably much more to do with shifting the schedule to get favourable box office returns rather than actual problems...we hope. Previously, on The Fountain, delays were commonplace for all sorts of reasons, but mainly down...

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Johansson sings Sound of Music

Scarlett Johansson was set to play Maria in The Sound of Music on stage musical for Andrew Lloyd Webber, but apparently her managers made too many demands and now the role is being cast through a UK reality TV show. According to Contact Music she met with Webber and auditioned...

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World Trade Center to donate some profits

The Oliver Stone movie World Trade Center is to donate ten percent of its opening weekend box office receipts to a ground zero memorial and three charities related to the events on September the 11th. According to AP through modbee.com the charities are: Five percent of the box office proceeds...

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July 26, 2006

Batman Begins sequel updates

Now I don't really think any of these Batman Begins sequel revelations are spoilers, but they are definitely exciting for all those waiting to hear what the film has in store. From Batman on Film through MoviesOnline come the few points that a reliable insider gave Batman on Film... The...

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World Trade Center clips online

There are new clips online for Oliver Stone's controversial movie World Trade Center, and they make the movie look stronger and stronger and without a doubt say that this was the right thing to do. The clips are over at Rope of Silicon and feature eight short snippets in total,...

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Black Dahlia pictures online

The set pictures for The Black Dahlia, Brian De Palma's latest film, carry stern warnings of adult content, and I don't mean for sexual content. For those of you who don't know the film is based around the infamous and brutal murder of a young woman in the 1940's. The...

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Verhoeven's Zwartboek trailer online

Paul Verhoeven has a trailer online for his new film Zwartboek, that means Black Book for those of you who don't know (or didn't read up on it like me!), and quite frankly it's startling. Why? Well, because it looks superb. Seriously. The trailer from Film Focus (select the link...

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Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness is Will Smith's latest film, and following on from the previous trailer, it's another heart warming film. This time it's about the love between a father and son and his struggle to work up from nothing to become a stockbroker. This looks great for taking your...

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A Good Year trailer online

The latest Russell Crowe film has a trailer, and there are a few surprises, he's English, he smiles, it's directed by Ridley Scott, and it's a romantic drama. All that adds up to something I wasn't sure would mesh together, but the trailer from Yahoo Movies through Jo Blo says...

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Fletch gains writer and director

The return of Fletch may well happen as it has just been announced that a writer\director has been attached to the movie, and it looks more certain that Zach Braff will be headed towards the role. From Coming Soon we hear that Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence will take up the...

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July 25, 2006

Nicolas Cage to play Liberace

Nicolas Cage, now there's a name you don't associate with camp stage entertainment, much less good movie nowadays, however strange it might sound though his name is associated with a Liberace movie, with Cage producing and starring. The story from TMZ.com through Cinematical just gets odder and odder. It's written...

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Severance UK horror trailer online

I had heard of Severance before but until I saw the trailer and played the game I had no idea how much humour there is in it, not to mention horror. The film shows an office team building event in the middle of nowhere going disasterously, and quite humourously, wrong....

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Transformers Teaser Posters

The marketing machine is beginning to pick up for Transformers as we see two posters revealed, one for Autobots, and one for Decepticons, as you can see here. If you want bigger versions you can head over to the site and grab some. They look pretty respectful to the original...

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Pang Brothers The Messengers footage online

The Pang Brothers are deep in making their first US film for Ghost Pictures, and there's some behind the scenes footage now available online for The Messengers. The story blurb from IMDB is very intriguing... An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon...

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Snyder talks Watchmen

Zack Snyder has been talking openly about his directorial chair for the Watchmen big screen adaptation, and despite earlier reports that the script rewrite by Alex Tse are dumbing down the story, Snyder gives us some hope in his comments. Through Empire he says: "With 300, the book is incredibly...

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Richard Kelly to direct The Box

Richard Kelly and Eli Roth wrote the script for The Box together, and now that it seems Roth's plate is full with horrors galore, Kelly has stepped up to helm this bizarre sounding film. Originally a short story by Richard Matheson the story is about...a box...from IMDB A small wooden...

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The Abomination confirmed for Hulk 2

The recently announced director of The Incredible Hulk, Louis Leterrier, has confirmed that the evil doer in the next Hulk film will be the Abomination, so for all those that thought the problems with Hulk were not enough smashing, you're getting two for the price of one. According to Comic...

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Diesel's Hannibal starts as cartoon

Vin Diesel is totally focussed on getting his Hannibal the Conqueror movie project going, so much so that his production company has taken on a cartoon series which will span the life of Hannibal with Diesel voicing the character. According to Yahoo News. The series will cover Hannibal's life from...

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Guy Ritchie tackles more gangsters

Showing that originality isn't dead, Guy Ritchie is going to direct a gangster movie next, and not only that but it's a rewrite. The film is called Static and the blurb goes... The story centers on a wrongly imprisoned gangster who, with the help of his loyal posse, must make...

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Poker Nights Dead, Jumper gains Jedi

Confusing title indeed. It seems that one of Samuel L. Jackson's upcoming movies Poker Night is dead and plans for Hayden Christensen to appear in that film alongside Jackson have fallen through. However the good news for the pair is that they will team up together in Jumper, the Doug...

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Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer director updates

The director of Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer Tim Story, has updated his MySpace blog where he talks about working on Dr. Doom, and I have to say that the more I hear about this project outside of the Surfer, the more I worry it's going to be dumber...

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Turistas trailer online

Melissa George has really turned her career up since those early days of Home and Away, and her latest movie Turistas continues the theme she's been going on for some time, hard edged thrillers with a dash of horror, and it looks like Turistas no different, especially when you see...

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Flushed Away images online

There are some cool images online for the next Aardman-Dreamworks joint venture movie Flushed Away, and they give a glimpse of some of the characters in the film. You can see them over at MoviesOnline. I'm not so sure about this film, it's by the right team anyway so we...

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Crayons come to life

The Hero of Color City is a CG animated film that will come out of Magnolia Pictures and promises the story of a group of crayons who are striving to save their world from an evil tyrant, presumably an evil tyrant who wants to rid their world of colour. The...

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New Pulse clip online

There's some new footage of Pulse online, the US remake of the film Kairo. It's actually rather good and continues to reassure that the feel of the movie is going to be very much like the original. You can see the clip over at the official site through Sci Fi...

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Gyllenhaal to play Lance Armstrong

Jake Gyllenhaal has been spotted hanging around with the amazing Lance Armstrong with an eye to playing him in an upcoming movie. Armstrong is famed for winning the Tour de France bike race seven times, even after beating cancer. According to Deadline Hollywood through CinemaBlend they've been hanging around together...

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Cuthbert is My Sassy Girl

Elisha Cuthbert is set to star in the American remake My Sassy Girl, from the massively popular Korean film, Yeopgijeogin geunyeo. If the movie translates across the water literally then it's definitely marking a particular career move for Cuthbert. She's been taking roles that are darker and more horror of...

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July 24, 2006

EIFF 2006 to watch list

The madness is about to begin again for the 60th year of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and I've got an incredibly packed schedule. I've taken two weeks holidays and the plan is to see almost fifty movies...yes, fifty, and I am mad. The list of films I am going...

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First Venom picture from Spider-Man 3

Venom has been unleashed at Comic-Con, and reports are that it looked just like the comic version with full CGI. Unfortunately the Spider-Man 3 team haven't released the image yet, however there are images of Sandman and Eddie Brock in mid change, and the latter looks as cool as anything....

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Iron Man villian and poster revealed

Jon Favreau talked at Comic-Con about the Iron Man movie and revealed that the villain is going to be...Mandarin. Not only that but he's released an early poster for the movie. The poster comes from Rope of Silicon who grabbed a shot of it at Comic-Con. It looks pretty cool,...

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Russell leads Tarantino's Grind House

Kurt Russell is a god, and a superb actor and looks great on screen, so the news from Comic-Con that he will play the slasher in Quentin Tarantino's half of Grind House. He's set to play Stuntman Mike in Death Proof and Tarantino had some exciting things to say about...

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Two Kill Bill sequels

More news from Comic-Con and Quentin Tarantino, apparently once he has the Grind House Death Proof film out of the way he's returning to Kill Bill for not one, but two sequels. Don't get too excited just yet, they're going to be animated films. One will most likely be a...

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Marshall confirms The Descent II

Apparently at Comic-Con Neil Marshall let slip that a sequel to The Descent (review) is coming soon and is a definite. The news comes from Bloody Disgusting, and there's not much to it other than the statement that he's working hard on it already. In a way it's a bit...

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Grudge II video feature online

Ghost House Pictures have released the second in their "webisodes" as they are calling them. The first was a short video on a bunch of movies they have coming up, and this one is behind the early production of The Grudge 2, and it's quite interesting. Most of the production...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 8:16 AM | | Comments (0)