Filmstalker: February 2007 Archives

Three Hostel: Part II clips leaked online

Three clips from Hostel: Part II have appeared online, strung together they represent a short teaser shown at the New York Comic Con. There's nothing much to grab from the first couple, the audio is pretty poor and you can see it's been filmed over the heads of others in...

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Clips of Boyle's Sunshine online

There are a couple of new clips for the Danny Boyle science fiction film Sunshine online. Starring Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Troy Garity, Mark Strong, Cliff Curtis, Hiroyuki Sanada and Benedict Wong, it's quite a small and diverse cast. The film is about a group of...

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Die Hard 4.0 poster

This is the new poster for Die Hard 4.0, which I think it is now being officially referred to in International territories, thank the lord, rather than Live Free or Die Hard. The poster looks pretty good, and shows us in no uncertain terms what this film is about, John...

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Cameron's Jesus coffins fail to impress

The fanfare on Monday was quite damp after all. James Cameron announced the new documentary that he had narrated to many a waiting ear, and he also showed two small caskets which were said to be those of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and with a few murmurs of opposition, the...

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Planet One Spanish-British CGI

HandMade films are a British company who have produced some excellent British films, particularly in their early years with the Monty Python team. Now they are teaming up with the Madrid-based company Ilion Animation Strudios to create a US$50 million CGI film called Planet One which will be written by...

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Boyle's South African story Ponte Tower

Danny Boyle is getting ready for his next film which will be a joint venture between the UK and South Africa. Called Ponte Tower, it is loosely adapted by Michael Thomas from the book by German author Norman Ohler. The thriller will be set beneath Ponte Tower which not only...

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Stalked: Cabin Fever 2 and Get Smart

Two pieces of casting rumour for you all. The first is about two stars of the first Cabin Fever returning to Cabin Fever 2 and the second is about Alan Arkin joining the Get Smart film. Just a quick warning here, there's a spoiler being discussed in the Cabin Fever...

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Scanners remake by Saw creator?

I find it hard to believe that Scanners was only made in 1981, but it was, and now Hollywood are remaking it. First David Cronenberg's The Fly and now this. The word is that the writer/director Darren Lynn Bousman, one of the creators of the successful and quite inventive Saw...

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Downey joins Stiller's Tropic Thunder

We heard how Ben Stiller wanted Tom Cruise for his comedy Tropic Thunder that copies Three Amigos and Galaxy Quest so well, that wasn't to be though, and today we hear who he has managed to secure for the film. Robert Downey Jr. An announcement out today reveals that Downey...

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Shooter featurette online with Wahlberg and Fuqua

There's a nice featurette online for the new Antoine Fuqua film Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover and Michael Peña. Not only does it have bags of footage from the film but Wahlberg and Fuqua talk about the film a little bit and we hear that it is more character...

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Star Trek XI gets release date

I have been eagerly awaiting the official announcement of J.J. Abrams directing Star Trek XI, but as yet nothing. However today we hear an announcement from Paramount Pictures regarding the release date for the film, Christmas Day 2008. I'll say expected because I think cinema audiences won't be storming into...

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Iron Man finally receives all funding

There's nothing to group this little piece of news with, so I'll try and stretch it out a bit, however it is interesting news. It appears that the funding has just been found for Iron Man, does that explain why the rumour was going round that a script hasn't been...

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The Hills Have Eyes II new trailer

The trailer for The Hills Have Eyes II has been re-released, not for anything other than a date change, but what it has done has given us a new supply of the trailer in various formats and sizes for your viewing pleasure. It is looking pretty freaky, and I really...

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Cage in The Fly remake?

There are more pointless remakes on the way, this one is a remake of The Fly and Nicolas Cage wants to leap into the remake and help destroy it. I remember this story from ages ago and never heard anything about it since the early rumour but now it seems...

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UK Film Council losing internet audience?

There's a new website coming to the UK which will help promote non-mainstream cinema and try to increase cinema attendances for these films. Called myfilms.com, it will combine social networking and a community feel to the site in order to promote new films. It will combine film reviews and information...

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Monahan and Scorsese on music industry

Not only is William Monahan working with Leonardo DiCaprio on another Asian remake of a film from the Infernal Affairs (Filmstalker review) director, but he's also working on a new script for the director Martin Scorsese. This film will be called The Long Play and will follow two friends through...

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Darwin film on family and evolution

There's a movie being planned about Charles Darwin, which sounds much more interesting than that little intro would suggest. The film will focus on a difficult time of his life and is based on the biography Annie's Box written by Randal Keynes his great grandson. It tells about his relationship...

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Janet Jackson in Why Did I Get Married?

Janet Jackson is getting her film career into gear again as she stars in Tyler Perry's next film Why Did I Get Married? The film is based on his stage play which carries the same name, he is also set to star in the film. The film will look at...

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Infernal Affairs director unhappy with Departed?

The director of the original Infernal Affairs (Filmstalker review) Mak Siu Fai, on which The Departed (Filmstalker review) was based has spoken out about the film winning an Oscar, and although he is pleased that this reflects well on his film, he does have some rather sharp comments to make....

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Departed writer adapts another Siu Fai film

Not content with adapting Mak Siu Fai's Infernal Affairs (Filmstalker review) as The Departed (Filmstalker review), William Monahan is set to adapt another of his films, Seung Sing or Confession of Pain. What's more is that Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star. Roy Lee's company has bought the rights to...

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New Sunshine trailer reveals some story

There's a new trailer online for Danny Boyle's Sunshine, and it's looking a lot better than the previous one we saw. This one gives us some insight to the story and has some of the character's dialogue, including an opening narration to tell us where the story is. The previous...

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The Ten trailer is online

There's a trailer online for a star studded film called The Ten. I hadn't heard of the film, or the director's previous film Wet Hot American Summer, and despite the trailer failing to intrigue me, the cast certainly does have me hooked. Famke Janssen, Liev Schrieber, Winona Ryder, Ron Silver,...

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New Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer trailer

There's a new TV trailer online for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. This one gives us more of the Four themselves and sketches out a little more about how they fit together with the Surfer and perhaps explains why we aren't going to be seeing Galactus around in...

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Star Trek XI casting rumours - are these Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu and Scotty?

Rumours they may be, but I have to say that the latest casting gossip for Star Trek XI is looking superb. Imagine these names lined up to play Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Sulu. Stop for a moment, have a look, and realise just how good these guys look for the...

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Hot Fuzz

I loved Shaun of the Dead, and it was British too, so heading over to Hot Fuzz I was excited. I had heard it was funny, laughed at the trailers, and was anticipating the start of the film. Knowing I was sitting down to a double billing that day, Hot...

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Eckhart reveals Dent Dark Knight details

Aaron Eckhart has been talking about his role as Harvey Dent and he's revealed a little information about his character's future in The Dark Knight. Now beware, you may consider there spoilers ahead if you don't know much about the Batman story, and in particular the story of Harvey Dent....

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Voice of Wallace speaks about Aardman Dreamworks split

Peter Sallis is the voice of Wallace in the great Wallace and Gromit films, and he's spoken out about the creator's split from Hollywood, he thinks it's the better move for his creations, particularly for Wallace and Gromit. Here's what he had to say about the recent news that Aardman...

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2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Not only have the Oscars and the Razzies been announced, but we also heard about the Film Independent's Spirit Awards, the winners of which follow. There are some great choices in here, and a well deserved Oscar match for someone. Full list over the page or down below......

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Skinwalkers trailer online

There's a trailer online for the promising Skinwalkers, the film that has two packs of werewolves, one following a good path (as good as werewolves can be I guess) and the other following a bad path (I can guess you already caught that) fighting over a boy that is a...

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Roth says Hostel: Part II is the end

It looks like Hostel: Part II might be the end of the road for the Hostal characters as far as Eli Roth is concerned, of course never say never, but in a recent press interview he did say that he'd like it to end with the current film. Roth further...

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27th Razzie results

The 27th Raspberry Awards, otherwise known as the Razzies, have been announced, and they are perhaps more interesting to some than the Oscars themselves. You can see the full list of the awards here, and they make a nice compliment to the Oscars, although this year in the Razzies there's...

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79th Oscar results

The Oscars are over and while most people were writing, reading and watching them, I was in my pit sleeping away. Hope you enjoyed it, and just to satisfy your curiousity, if you didn't already know, here are the winners. I was surprised by only a few awards, and there...

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The Oscars, has the magic gone?

So the Oscars are only hours away, and you have probably noticed from the coverage on the site, I'm just not interested this year, but that's not because of lack of quality films to favour, or because the quality films aren't getting recognition, actually they are. So what's the problem?...

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Lord of War

I always wanted to see this film as the story of a gun trafficker and how he views himself, his trade and the world around him. Except it had one worrying factor for me, Nicolas Cage. I've not enjoyed his films for quite some time and I expected him to...

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

This film is one that has always been talked about but I've never actually watched. Mention George Peppard or Audrey Hepburn and in the responses you'll more than likely hear this film title mentioned. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a classic, and I had this impression that it was a run...

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Dawn of the Dead

I don't usually review films I see on television for many reasons. The most damaging being that there are regular interruptions to the narrative throughout the film, and on UK's Freeview these are becoming far more frequent, longer and intrusive. The cuts are less elegant and thrown right into the...

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James Cameron reveals remains of Jesus and family?

James Cameron might just have set himself up for a big controversy as he announces that he's found the remains of Jesus, Mary and Mary Magdalene. He's announced a press conference in New York where he will allegedly be revealing their coffins which still hold their remains. Wow! You have...

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King confirms Abrams has Dark Tower

Stephen King has been talking at the New York Comic-Con about a few things, his Dark Tower comics, the Dark Tower books, and also the possibility of J.J. Abrams directing The Dark Tower film(s). First up the most surprising thing he said that he has plans to rewrite the Dark...

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Rowling reveals Potter's Deathly Hallows secret?

There's a possibly huge revelation made about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh book in the series. Now I say possible because the article has no source for the claimed interview, and the comments also come second hand from Daniel Radcliffe who has a vested interest in the...

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Vacancy trailer with Beckinsale and Wilson online

The trailer for Vacancy, the horror starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson is now online, and it is looking really strong, and actually quite tense. It does look like it has a lot of great ideas and setups, and it has to be said that the replacing of Sarah Jessica...

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300 remixed trailer online

There's a slightly remixed trailer for 300 online and although we've seen most of the footage before, it does give a slightly different take on events. Every time I see clips of the film it takes me back to the special screening I saw a few weeks ago and the...

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Hostel: Part II new poster - nudity and severed heads!

Eli Roth is having fun with the posters for Hostel: Part II. First he gave us that meat poster which has amazingly made it past the MPAA in America, and now he's released a new poster that we'll be lucky if we see anywhere but the InterWeeb. The poster features...

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World War Z adapted by J. Michael Straczynski

J. Michael Straczynski, the man who made Babylon 5 and now writes some superb comic work, is set to write the adaptation of World War Z by Max Brooks. The novel is a very clever one and is written from the perspective of a journalistic look back on a past...

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Details on Millar's The Spirit film

Over at New York Comic-Con The Spirit has been talked about, unfortunately Frank Miller who is up to direct wasn't there but a couple of producers were, and they talked about some of the ideas behind the film. "The basis of the film is the very early Eisner work...If you...

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Russian sci-fi novel adapted by 9th Company director

Fyodor Bondarchuk's 9-ya rota (9th Company) was Russia's highest box office earner a few years ago and was overtaken by Night Watch (Filmstalker review), well it looks like it might be falling back into his hands in the near future as he embarks on a Russian science fiction trilogy. He...

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Has Abrams finally signed for Star Trek XI?

Now let's not get too excited. An unnammed source has spoken to The Hollywood Reporter and stated that J.J. Abrams is going to direct Star Trek XI. An unnamed source. Okay, so the story does come from a reliable news company, but they are still quoting it from a source...

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Stone talks new Alexander cut in 20 minute video

Oliver Stone's Alexander (Filmstalker review) is getting a final release on DVD, and this one is the film that Stone really wanted to make. It's going to be long, and from the sounds of it pretty seriously recut. In the main story there's a twenty minute video with Stone introducing...

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Cussler case shows Producers in bad light

The Sahara and Clive Cussler trial continues, for the running story why not read this article, or this one to catch up. Well now it looks like we could start believing that Cussler was done wrong, especially from the in court comments from the producer Karen Baldwin, who seems better...

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Scorsese for kiddies The Invention of Hugo Cabret?

Martin Scorsese is keeping quiet about the sequel possibilities for The Departed (Filmstalker review) and despite a buldging schedule of projects to choose from he's just provisionally attached his name. Warner Brothers have bought the rights to The Invention of Hugo Cabret which the screenwriter John Logan is adapting and...

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Transformers producer talks CGI

One of the producers of the upcoming Transformers film from Michael Bay has spoken about some of the processes involved in making the film and how they wanted to stick to live action above anything else. "I think that as much practical photography as you can get is the best...the...

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Downey reveals his thoughts on Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has apparently spoken about his choice to play the lead in Iron Man, and quite frankly he's not pulling any punches about the fact that this is just to keep the career turning over, and perhaps the cash coming in. This is what he said about his...

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Stalked: Clooney and Blanchett in Fox and Elliot in Rambo

George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are looking to sign for The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Sam Elliot could well be in the new Rambo film. George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are in talks to voice the leads in the stop motion film of Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr. Fox directed...

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De Niro's downward trend - The Little Fockers

Robert De Niro - Mean Streets, The Godfather, Taxi Driver, The Dear Hunter, Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, Angel Heart, The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Heat, Cop Land, Wag the Dog and Ronin. Why is he now attached to another Focker's film? The third film in the series, The...

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Stalked: McConaughey, Dorff and Levinson Licks

In this Stalked edition we find that Matthew McConaughey is continuing his lacklustre turn in dripping wet romatic films and pretty poor ones at that, also that Stephen Dorff is returning to the fore of the acting crowd in a Moroccan film, and Barry Levinson has taken on the task...

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Amin's son found Last King of Scotland degrading

The son of Idi Amin, Jaffar Amin, is continuing to speak out against The Last King of Scotland (Filmstalker review), although he does praise Forest Whitaker's performance, slightly. This could be continuing press for his upcoming book about his father, or it could be more from a single interview where...

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Cage's Next trailer online

Now I don't want to build your hopes up, but there's a good chance that Nicolas Cage is set to star in a good film, and the first part of the evidence is online as the trailer for the film Next appears. Problem is I can't see it just now,...

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Disney pushes Prince of Persia for 2008?

The videgoame adaptation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time has been waiting for a long time to see some movement, we've seen some casting rumours through the ever reliable IMDB, and now some new news suggests that the film itself is on the move forwards. Rumour is that Disney...

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Fido trailer online

We've already seen some clips for Fido, now though the full trailer is out and you can see the comedy of life with a Zombie as a pet/slave. The film stars Billy Connolly as the Zombie Fido (I thought I recognised him there), as well as Carrie-Anne Moss and Dylan...

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Hopkin's Fracture trailer online

The trailer for Anthony Hopkins latest film, Fracture, is online. It also stars Ryan Gosling and David Strathairn, in fact there's quite an interesting cast on the film. It tells the story of a man who tried to murder his wife and is set free on some technicalities, he then...

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Justice League film underway?

The next superhero franchise could perhaps be the biggest yet with the news that Warner Brothers have hired two writers to develop a Justice League screenplay. Two writers with no real credited experience have been given the script. Now mostly this wouldn't really be an issue would it? Except this...

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Miller says Sin City 2 script complete

Frank Miller has announced that the script for Sin City 2 is complete and that the film is ready to go. This goes against the previous rumours that the production was in trouble. While being interviewed on a promotion run for 300 he said: "The script is largely done, and...

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Hopkins to play Hitchcock?

We heard some time ago about the plans to make a film about Alfred Hitchcock and the difficult production of Psycho, previously Ryan Murphy was slated to direct with John McLaughlin writing the screenplay called Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, a nice catchy title. Now news has come...

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Peter Gallagher for The Incredible Hulk?

Rumour has it that Peter Gallagher, currently known for his fatherly role in The O.C., has tried out for a part in The Incredible Hulk. According to one of those darned sources, he had to take some time off of O.C. to do the screen test: "Thought you might be...

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National Treasure: The Book of Secrets reviewed

The script for National Treasure: The Book of Secrets (title change coming!) has been reviewed and it's supposed to be as good as the original. For me that doesn't bode well as the original was a pretty poor film. National Treasure was a great DVD release, but was filled with...

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DreamWorks apologises for Dreamgirls

The makers of the Oscar nominated and award winning film Dreamgirls have apologised to the legendary recording label Motown in a film page advert from DreamWorks which was posted in The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The advert apologies for any confusion between the fictional film and the Motown label and...

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Talk To Me trailer features Cheadle and Sheen

The trailer for the Don Cheadle starrer Talk To Me is online and it's right here on Filmstalker. Alongside Cheadle are the superb talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Martin Sheen as they tell the story of Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-convict who become an amazingly popular talk show radio host...

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Blades of Glory clips online

Filmstalker has some clips from Blades of Glory, the new Will Ferrell and Jon Heder comedy set in the world of male figure skating, a strange world indeed. Two Olympic skaters are stripped of their medals and permanently banned from men.s single skating in competition after they fought on the...

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24 director talks 24 the film

So where is 24 the film? Here's the director of the TV series to spill the beans and talk a little about what we should expect to see from the film, and more importantly when we should expect to see it. To be fair we know quite a bit of...

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Susco distances from Prom Night remake

It must be hard being a writer, and I'm sure Stephen Susco can attest to that. He's was once attached to the remake of the film Prom Night, and now that the script has been reviewed and received pretty negative responses his name is beginning to come up as having...

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Mary Shelley's The Last Man completes filming

The low budget production for Mary Shelley's The Last Man has completed filming, before the big budget adaptation in the guise of Will Smith's I Am Legend. You must know the story by now as it has been losely adapted for The Omega Man as an advert for Charlton Heston's...

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Idi Amin's son speaks out

We heard the other day that Idi Amin's son was unhappy with his father's portrayal in The Last King of Scotland (Filmstalker review), now he's spoken out about his father. "I'd ask dad, what happened? He'd look at me and say, 'people fought me, I fought them, but I never...

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Co-stars defend Radcliffe in Equus

Co-stars of Daniel Radcliffe in his stage appearance of Equus have been speaking out about his talent, composure, and care for the character, they've also been speaking out about the negative comments that are coming their way from the press. People have been complaining that the Harry Potter star has...

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Bateman joins Garner for Juno

After seeing Jason Bateman in Smokin' Aces (Filmstalker review) and seeing some of his upcoming serious work I find myself wondering why he and Jennifer Garner are teaming up in a dull sounding coming of age comedy. The film is called Juno and tells the story of the aforementioned Juno,...

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Bardem joins Cruz on Allen's Barcelona film

Woody Allen has recruited two big names for his next film, the untitled one set in Barcelona. Penélope Cruz has already signed, and news today is that Javier Bardem has signed for the film. It's growing to be another big name project, and Allen certainly doesn't have any problem gathering...

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Saw V and VI for production?

Already I had written about the rumour for Saw IV and V, and we've seen the fourth come true with Darren Lynn Bousman returning to direct, despite saying no. Now we're hearing that the fifth and sixth films have entered the production slate! According to the comments of a source...

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Roth to sign for Hostel III?

Eli Roth has just finished filming Hostel: Part II, and the rumour has appeared that he's all but signed up for Hostel III already. According to the report next up is Cell and then he's back to his soon to be franchise. There's no real meat to the rumour other...

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The Day The Earth Stood Still remade

The Day The Earth Stood Still is getting a remake. That classic 1951 film has been reported as coming out in the summer of 2008. There's no word yet on director, cast, writer, nothing other than Fox are producing. The classic tells the story of how a space ships lands...

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Bird to direct San Francisco earthquake film

There's a rumour going about that the animation king Brad Bird is actually going to be tackling live action in his next film, and that this film is going to be the adaptation of the novel 1906. The book tells the story of the great San Francisco earthquake and city...

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New cast for King's The Mist

There are two more names attached to the Frank Darabont written and directed adaptation of the Stephen King film The Mist. Both Marcia Gary Harden and Toby Jones have signed up according to Variety through Rope of Silicon. There's some solid acting talent being added to this latest King film....

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February 28, 2007