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October 31, 2006

Eli Roth talks Hostel: Part II

Eli Roth has been talking about some of the features of Hostel: Part II, and he's making it sound pretty terrifying. According to an interview with MTV through AITH, Roth says this is going to be even sicker than before, we can expect those scary kids back, and we're also...

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Battle in Seattle gains cast

Stuart Townsend is set to direct The Battle in Seattle, a film he wrote and is also producing, as his first feature and it's already pulling together a surprisingly strong cast, never mind the announcement today. From Production Weekly: Michelle Rodriguez, Jennifer Carpenter, Channing Tatum and Tzi Ma have been...

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Everlost another family fantasy

What's going on with fantasy films with teenagers and children? Everlost by Neal Shusterman is the next that has just been bought up by Universal, although this one has a pleasant twist, no dragons and mystical creatures. Everlost is a film that features two teenagers who crash their cars together...

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Second Charlotte's Web trailer

Quite frankly I'm not sure if I've posted this trailer already, but here it is anyway. It's the second Charlotte's Web trailer, and it gives us more look at the story most of us know and love already. I saw it and I was smiling, even though I hate the...

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The Fourth Inverness Film Festival

Inverness is my place of birth, and that makes me a Highlander. However I haven't lived there for a very long time and I had no idea that the Inverness Film Festival was in its fourth year. Not only that but this year has a stunning line up including The...

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Se7en prequel movie

This news is not to be confused with that of the announcement of the prequel comic as it appears that a prequel film is in development right now, and the title is Virtue. It will look into the events prior to Se7en with the big revelation showing us it is...

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Soderbergh films three Guevara films

Steven Soderbergh is planning to film two Che Guevera films back to back and a documentary. We heard about Guerrilla earlier in the year starring Benecio Del Toro as Guevara, but he's also planning another called The Argentine. According to The Guardian Del Toro will also feature as Guevara in...

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DePalma's Untouchables sequel

There's some news today about Brian DePalma's prequel to his own 1987 film The Untouchables, this is called The Untouchables: Capone Rising. So you can guess who it's about. According to Variety through Coming Soon, the story has a nice US$70million budget and will feature Al Capone's rise to power...

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Li and Chan film details

There are more details out about the Jet Li and Jackie Chan film which may mark the real end of their martial arts careers that they both keep claiming has just happened. According to Variety through Coming Soon, the script is about the legend of the Monkey King and his...

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Halo officially on hold

How idiotic can Hollywood be? Halo has officially been put on hold as confirmed by a statement from WingNut Films, yet here we read about a sequel to Street Fighter going ahead? What is going on in their heads? Here is the statement from WingNut copied in Coming Soon: "As...

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L.A. Confidential sequel underway

The sequel to L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, looks as though it is heading to production. Joe Carnahan, the man behind Narc and the stunning looking Smokin' Aces (see the trailer here), is set to direct after he and his brother wrote the adaptation of the novel. This project has been...

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Black is not Green Lantern

Jack Black has spoken out about the rumours of him playing The Green Lantern in that much talked about film version of the classic comic book character, and basically it's a big fat no. "Well yeah it was true that uh yes someone wrote a script for me, but I...

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King's Gerald's Game for film

Stephen King's next book adapted to film looks set to be Gerald's Game, and this time he's written the adaptation himself. Craig R. Baxley, who has directed a number of films and miniseries of King's, will direct the film. Gerald's Game looks at a woman who has accidentally caused her...

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October 30, 2006

Alpha Dog faces court delay?

The Justin Timberlake starring film Alpha Dog looks set for another protracted delay, and this one is due to the courts and the real life case that the film is based on. Jesse James Hollywood has started a case to sue Universal claiming he's unfairly portrayed in the film. Hollywood...

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Time Bandits remake, Long Good Friday sequel?!

There's a rumour going around that not only is there a Time Bandits, a sequel to The Long Good Friday, and Whitnail and I is to become a stage play. Is someone in the the studio taking drugs?! First up Time Bandits is a classic film, and I just can't...

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The Dead Girl trailer online

Here's another film that came out of nowhere and surprised me with its trailer, The Dead Girl starring Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy, Marcia Gay Harden, James Franco, Giovanni Ribisi, and on, and on...It's one very interesting cast list, and as you watch the trailer you'll catch even more recognisable faces....

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His Dark Materials picture online

The first picture from the filming of His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass is online featuring Lyra Belacqua and Marisa Coulter. Nicole Kidman plays Coulter and the newcomer Dakota Blue Richards plays Lyra. You can see the image over at BBC's Newsround through Empire. Not that much to see, but...

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Confirmed: Pirates 4, Saw IV, Superman sequel and Street Fighter

It's a day of confirmations with news on Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Saw IV and the Superman Returns sequel all getting the green light, well, just about all. First up, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has almost been given the nod from Jerry Bruckheimer, but I think from what...

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Coltrane and Boyd at Casino Royale

The early showing of Casino Royale across the UK for charity is a wonderful idea, and not only will you be rewarded by giving to charity, if you're attending the Edinburgh screening you'll meet Robbie Coltrane of Cracker and Harry Potter fame and Billy Boyd from Lord of the Rings...

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Oddworld creators on big screen

The creators of the videogame series Oddworld are teaming up with Vanguard Animation to make a computer animated film called Citizen Siege. Lorne Lanning, one of the Oddworld creators, will direct. According to Variety through Coming Soon, the idea is to produce a film and videogame at the same time...

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Cohen sells Bruno

I already reported on the offer of US$42million for Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, well now the news is out that the offer has been accepted and the project is going ahead. Borat is out, and Bruno is in. The story from /Film surprises me slightly as the studio are...

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Horror films on your mobile

There's a series of horror films arriving for your mobile phone called When Evil Calls. Surprisingly the cast is not as small as the screen with Jennifer Lim from Hostel (review), Dominique Pinon from Amélie and Chris Barrie from Lara Croft films and Red Dwarf. The series, according to Time...

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Whitaker steals Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland is currently gaining superb reviews across the board and for one reason, Forest Whitaker. According to reports he steals the film, commanding every shot he's on screen and elevating the film above its flaws. Over at Rotten Tomatoes it's currently carrying a 90% rating, that's...

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Irish Werewolf film Mourne

There's a new film coming out of Ireland called Mourne, and it's all about the legend of a local Werewolf deep in the Mourne mountains in County Down. Casting is currently underway in both the UK and the US. According to the BBC: Set in the fictional village of Mourne...

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October 29, 2006

Catch a Fire trailer online

I am totally convinced I already wrote about the film Catch a Fire which tells of the making of a terrorist in South Africa starring Tim Robbins and Derek Luke, but I can't find it anywhere. Regardless the trailer is now online. The film tells the true story of a...

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Hostel 2 teaser trailer online

The first teaser trailer for Hostel: Part II has appeared online and it's a corker. Brilliantly Eli Roth carries a fun little intro to it and the teaser seems to have a little poke of fun at American society at the same time. It really does look great, and after...

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Dark Knight gets Bat Bike?

Rumour just out suggests that there's a motorcycle being made for the new Batman film The Dark Knight. At first this would seem a camp and poor decision, but when you look at what was done with the first film and the idea of the batmobile, perhaps it might just...

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Bridge to Terabithia trailer online

Following in the trend of magical kingdom films adapted from childrens novels comes Bridge to Terabithia, which is not the first adaptation as Bridge to Terabithia was made from the book in 1982. Beware however the blurb for the 1982 version on IMDB is a plot giveaway. Now though, you...

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October 28, 2006

Scariest characters of all time

We're fast approaching Halloween and with a name like Filmstalker we just have to mark the occasion with a scarily themed feature. We've already looked at The most haunting film scenes, now though it's the turn of the scariest characters on film. What film characters do you think are by...

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October 27, 2006

Films on TV this weekend

If you're going to be able to relax long enough to see some television this weekend then good on you, get a beer or a glass of wine, sit back and enjoy, and just to help you choose here are the Filmstalker picks of Television this weekend. Even if you're...

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Smokin' Aces stunning trailer online

This film has just come out of nowhere for me. The trailer for Smokin' Aces starring a whole host of exciting talent and written and directed by the man who brought us Narc, had me totally hooked into it even before it got a third of the way through. Joe...

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British Independent Film Award nominees

Yesterday I mentioned about Red Road, Last King of Scotland and The Queen receiving BIFA nominations, now the full list of nominees are available on the official site, and I've listed them over the page. What I am impressed at is the amount of talent and the great films on...

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Halo pitched to WB and Paramount

Since Halo was dropped by Universal and Fox, Microsoft and Bungie have been spending this week looking to Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures in an attempt to find other backers. According to Variety and Coming Soon they don't really have an option with Sony or Disney as both are direct...

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Bousman and Whannell Saw III interview

There's a quite indepth interview with Darren Lynn Bousman and Leigh Whannell of Saw fame online, and despite the odd spoiler here and there (particularly if you haven't seen the second film) it makes for some interesting reading. They talk about the future of the Saw series, and perhaps the...

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Jackson is The Cleaner

I got excited when I read the title too, thinking that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be a Cleaner from Pulp Fiction/The Assassin/Nikita/Harvey Keitel fame. However it's close, but slightly different, he's actually going to play a cleaner of crime scenes who carries out a cleaning job that was...

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Bernal says no to Bourne Ultimatum

Recently we heard that Gael Garcia Bernal was offered the baddie role in Bourne Ultimatum, however today we hear that he's turned down the role due to his own directorial commitments. According to CHUD through Coming Soon Bernal says that he is rewriting his film in the editing room and...

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Kingsley joins Hitchcocks lost film

Ben Kingsley is to join Ewan McGregor, Emily Mortimer and Dan Fogler in Number Thirteen, the film which will fictionalise the never completed and utterly lost Hitchcock film Number 13. According to Production Weekly, Chase Palmer is set to write and direct, a role he has so far only played...

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Irvine Welsh story filming in Edinburgh

A new Irvine Welsh story is being filmed in Edinburgh this week, and although details are scarse the film is set to star Shauna MacDonald, from The Descent, as a crack smoking former model. The story, Wedding Belles, tells the tales of four female friends who grew up in Leith...

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Dreamworks to film Navajo nation's war?

There are many untold tales, or indeed mistold tales, of our past, and perhaps one of the greatest is that of the taking of America and the destruction of the American Indians and their way of life. Now Dreamworks looks set to try and tell that story after acquiring the...

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$42 million for Cohen's new Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen is already lining up his next film with his next bizarre character, and this film is peaking interest in Hollywood with Universal offering over US$42million for the worldwide rights. According to The Hollywood Reporter through Coming Soon Dreamworks, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers are all...

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Watch Severance with live directors commentary

The UK horror comedy Severance is showing at the Fanomenon Horror Weekend in Leeds next weekend, and as part of it the director will give a live audio commentary of the film. According to the official site of the festival, through I Spit on Your Movie, Christopher Smith will give...

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October 26, 2006

Spider-Man 3 fourth villain debunked?

Apparently the rumour of the fourth villain in Spider-Man 3 is kind of right, and kind of wrong. There are spoilers in this post so for all of you who don't want to know, please look away now. Appearing in the film itself is a short skit where a filmmaking...

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Rambo IV filming news

Rambo IV: In The Serpents Eye is to start filming in Thailand early next year, and word of the lawsuit filed by the Weinstein's is nowhere to be heard. According to Charlotte Observer 70-80% of the film will be shot there bringing a large influx of cash into the region....

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Superman Returns sequel with big baddie?

We already heard that Superman Returns had broken the magical barrier of US$200million which was said to have been imposed by the studio as the level after which a sequel would be made, well now word comes that the studio themselves have announced that there will be a sequel. According...

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First photos of Letters from Iwo Jima

The first photos from the Clint Eastwood film Letters from Iwo Jima, the other side of the story of Flags of Our Fathers, have arrived online and they do look beautifully shot. You can see the photos over at Filmbyen.net through Cinematical where there are a couple of Eastwood in...

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Two Spider-Man 3 trailers announced

I'm not sure if the news of the two Spider-Man 3 trailers and what films they are playing before is for the worldwide releases or just the US, I would tend to think worldwide, however the news is that there are going to be two different trailers shown before Casino...

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Ken Russell directs Kings X

Ken Russell is to direct Robert Carlyle, Kevin Spacey, Ray Winstone and none other than Twiggy aka Leslie Lawson, in a film called Kings X. The blurb, from Production Weekly, runs like this: The King of "Kings X" is Colin Manks a sharp, smooth talking up-market low life whose narcissism...

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Casting: Kevin Bacon and Heather Graham

A couple of casting updates this evening, Heather Graham and Dylan McDermott have signed up for A West Texas Children's Story and Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden are in talks to star in Rails and Ties. A West Texas Children's Story tells the tale of two twelve year olds...

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Borat screenings axed

Apparently Borat isn't going down as well as we'd been told, particularly with Kazakhstan officials. Now the film has been cut from more than two thousand cinemas in the US because of fears that the film won't be well received - isn't it a bit late in the day to...

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Faces of Death by Transformers producer

There was once a series of videos made called Faces of Death, horrific "documentaries" that apparently showed real executions from around the world. The idea behind these were that they would deter people from committing crimes in these countries. Now Don Murphy, one of the producers on the original Transformers:...

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Fountain images online

There's a bunch of images online for The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's much anticipated epic starring Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman. You can see them over at Coming Soon. With a few bumpy previews to begin with, early comments are becoming more and more positive. I'm really keen to see this...

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Scottish thriller Red Road gets five nominations

The Scottish thriller Red Road took the Jury Prize at Cannes and has now been nominated for five British Independent Film Awards pitching it against The Last King of Scotland and The Queen which are also up for five awards. The film is a thriller set in a Glasgow block...

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Young Houdini tale

Magicians seem to be the latest trend in Hollywood at the moment, when there's one film there's always a glut as the studios leap onto the bandwagon. Latest to appear is the idea of a film about a young man who discovers that he is a descendent of the great...

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Fantastic Mr Fox to showcase animations

The story that another Roald Dahl story is being adapted into a film isn't really a surprise. Fox Animation have picked up The Fantastic Mr. Fox to animate to life for the big screen. What is interesting is the style they're going to choose. According to SciFi Wire they will...

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Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards pictured

Yesterday I had the story that Denise Richards and Pamela Anderson were teaming up together in a film called Blonde and Blonder, and I said to take it with a pinch of salt, well that warning has just been blasted away by pictures of the two of them onset dressed...

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Casino Royale soundtrack online

There's a lengthy review of the soundtrack for Casino Royale online and it includes excerpts of each of the tracks for you to listen to. Over in the main article I've listed all the track names so as not to give you any spoilers. There's nothing amazingly spoiler-esque and if...

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October 25, 2006

Advertising, Feeds and Filmstalker Community

Hello everyone. Just wanted to drop you a note about a few things that are happening just now, the first is the most obvious one, advertising. You'll see from the site that banners are now appearing on almost every page. These should be non-obtrusive adverts, without pop-ups or downs, sliders,...

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Scott reveals Blade Runner 25th Anniversary release

There's a Ridley Scott interview online and in it he talks about the new version of Kingdom of Heaven that he's about to release and talks about some of the additions to the film. However the most interesting thing is talking about the new Blade Runner cut for the 25th...

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Rocky Balboa reviewed

There's a very early review for Rocky Babloa appeared online after a closed screening of the film, and the review has turned out very well. Although bear in mind that the viewer is already a big Rocky fan. You can read the slight spoiler peppered review at AICN, however if...

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Kirsten Dunst as Debbie Harry?

There's a rumour going about that Kirsten Dunst is thinking about taking up a role as Blondie, aka Debbie Harry. According to Variety through JoBlo, there's no word on a director or studio, but the project is very on the go after Harry's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall...

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Statham in Britain's biggest bank job

Jason Statham, who I think is a stonking actor, has signed up for a new film which depicts the biggest bank raid in British history where no arrests were made, no money was recovered, and rumours of scandals and secrets in the vault were rife. It has all the makings...

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Marilyn Manson in Rocky Horror Picture Show remake?!

Marilyn Manson has allegedly announced that he's been approached by Fox to appear in a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Although this is still quite unconfirmed it's racing across the Internet, and since I'm such a huge Rocky fan I couldn't let this one go. According to a...

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Eragon final trailer online

The final trailer for the fantasy epic Eragon has been released, and I have to say I'm totally taken in. It looks superb from the opening image. The film stars such names as Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich and Robert Carlyle, and promises much through the visually rich trailer....

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Behind the scenes of Postal

I've just watched the behind the scenes video from the set of Uwe Boll's latest film Postal, and you know what, it's quite funny, and eye opening. The scene where Boll is so busy talking to the behind the scenes camera and petting his dog to realise that they have...

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Jesse Owens gets cast

The character of one of the most famous black atheletes of all time, Jesse Owens, has been cast. Anthony Mackie is set to play the runner who entered the 1936 Berlin Olympics and took four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler. The film will follow Owens as he builds...

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Redford joins Robinson baseball film

Robert Redford is reported as being signed up to play Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey in an as yet untitled film about the baseball legend Jackie Robinson's struggle against racism in America and the baseball circuit in 1947. According to Production Weekly through Empire, despite earning his place on the...

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Mirren joins fantasy Inkheart

The amazing Helen Mirren has just joined Inkheart alongside Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Fraser in a fantasy tale about a man who can bring characters from books to life simply by reading about them, and his daughter who must save his life. Kathy Bates is also...

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Sarsgaard joins Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon

Rendition is a film fast growing a strong cast and great potential, and this has just been expanded with the announcement that Peter Sarsgaard has signed up for the film alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon. The film is being directed by Gavin Hood who gave us the superb Tsotsi...

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Parker continues comedy run

Sarah Jessica Parker hasn't really had a run of success since ending the show Sex and the City, and recently Failure to Launch lived up to its name. Now she's set to continue the romantic comedy streak with Smart People, starring alongside Thomas Hayden Church, Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page...

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Dark is Rising for another teen franchise

The Dark is Rising is a film adapatation of a novel of the same name. Written by Susan Cooper it's the tale of an eleven year old who discovers he belongs to the last group of immortals who are charged with defending the world against the dark forces. Amazingly, according...

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October 24, 2006

Superman Returns sequel a go?

If you remember back word was that there would be no Superman Returns sequel unless the takings broke US$200million domestically, despite Bryan Singer saying that he wanted to do it, this was the studio requirement before a sequel would be greenlit. Well it's happened, and just. It took second runs...

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Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards together on film

Yes this seems hard to believe, and I think bucket of salt is required, but according to a celebrity gossip site, Denise Richards and Pamela Anderson are joining forces in a comedy called Blonde and Blonder. The film is to be directed by Bob Clark who brought us...ermm...I'm searching...ermmm..Porky's! The...

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Saw creators leave franchise

The people behind the Saw series, screenwriter Leigh Whannell, Director Darren Bousman, and the creator of the first film James Wan have all announced that they will not be present for a fourth film in the series, this despite recent rumours that writing teams are already at work on the...

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Entire Death of a President film online

The entire film of Death of a President is now online and viewable. Now I haven't watched the whole film online, although I have seen it on TV and you can read my review here, but the amount I've zipped through seems to be the actual film. Go and see...

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Casino Royale TV spot online

There's a new TV spot for Casino Royale online. It has a few extra cuts and some extra footage, and although it's nothing earth shattering, it does give is some more action than we've seen before. The posters are popping up all over town just now and we're definitely about...

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Cruise's three new films

As much as it was proclaimed the death of Tom Cruise's career, the parting from Paramount seems to have been nothing but good news for him as word is out that he has three films in negotiations with names like Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Spike Lee. The first is...

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Bana and Howard chase X Factor

No, there's no Simon Cowell in this one! Eric Bana and Terrence Howard are starring in Factor X, a film about the true and harrowing story of the BTK killer. The film is to be produced by Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free, and could well become a directing project...

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The Persuaders gains writer

The Persuaders is a 1970's show that starred Roger Moore and Tony Curtis and there's been talk of a film version for some time, now it appears that a writer is assigned and the project is going ahead. Here's how IMDB describe the show: English Lord Brett Sinclair and American...

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Borat to be killed off?

I think perhaps I may be the only one on the planet that doesn't find Borat funny, so the news that Sacha Baron Cohen is planning to kill the character off after the film is released fills me with a feeling of apathy. Roll on the next I say. Word...

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Cabin Fever 2 starts casting

According to an anonymous source, casting has begun on Cabin Fever 2 and the film will take the same plot as before. From "Sandy" over at Moviehole comes the news that the start date is January and that auditions have begun. According to their source the film will have a...

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