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March 31, 2007

The Scarlet Avenger serial online

I've just watched The Scarlet Avenger on YouTube, a three part serial from Scott Clements. Now I know what you might think straight away, oh it's YouTube it must be rubbish, well I thought that too, until I watched it. Scarlet Avenger is a throwback to the days of serial...

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Cinema China Film Festival tours UK

I am kicking myself because I've missed three festivals in Scotland this year that I was trying to attend. Two because of work and one because of a mess up in communication. One I missed that annoyed me was Cinema China. However it's now on the road throughout the UK...

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Transformers TV spots for download

There are two TV spots online for Transformers, and both give a little extra glimpse towards some of the robots, as well as plenty scenes of transformations just starting or finishing, and they look superb. From Michael Bay's blog come the two zipped Quicktime files of the TV adverts. Transformers...

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Roth's Thanksgiving Grindhouse trailer online

Oh lord I am laughing so much at Eli Roth's fake trailer for the film Thanksgiving from between the Grindhouse films I can hardly contain myself. The trailer is both incredibly gross, and yet incredibly funny at the same time. You know, I'm really starting to like this guy. The...

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Exiled is next Hong Kong gangster film for remake

From Infernal Affairs (Filmstalker review) to The Departed (Filmstalker review), and now from Exiled (Fong juk) to...well, Exiled, as the Hong Kong gangster film Exiled is the next to receive the Hollywood remake treatment. The company who were responsible for Infernal Affairs and The Departed, Media Asia, are setting up...

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Luke Goss in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army?

Luke Goss really is kicking into high gear with his acting career, and the latest role that he appears to be taking on is for Guillermo del Toro in the upcoming Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Does anyone remember Bros? Although neither Universal or Goss' agents have managed to be...

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Brett Ratner to direct Wolverine?

The thought of Brett Ratner directing a superhero film isn't as terrifying now that X-Men: The Last Stand (Filmstalker review) has been seen, but then the thought that he might be directing the Wolverine spin off might fill some fans with dread. During a write up of superhero films in...

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Shutter remake begins filming

The remake of the Thai horror film Shutter has just started production, and with the announcement comes the full cast listing. The film tells the story of a couple who discover ghostly images in the photographs they develop after a tragic accident. They consider that the incidents might be connected...

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Bourne Ultimatum trailer in multiple formats

The Bourne Ultimatum trailer was released to the Interflabby the other day, but right here I have the trailer in various formats and sizes for you to enjoy. Quicktime: High, Medium and Low Realplayer: High, Medium and Low Windows Media Player: High, Medium and Low ...and really there's not much...

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Captivity gets MPAA free marketing

There's all this controversy around just now about posters and punishment for the Roland Joffé film Captivity, and it's nothing but a marketing person's dream. What the marketing company have managed to do for the film is perhaps ten times more than the cost of any standard poster campaign, and...

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Grindhouse sees two month European wait

Two Grindhouse stories for the price of one, just like the film itself really. News is that Kurt Russell was not the first choice to play Stuntman Mike and the other two names are no real surprise, also it looks like the UK is set to see the UK audience...

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Anne Rice's Christ the Lord films in Israel

Last year I wrote about Anne Rice and her film of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and the trend of religious themed films coming from Hollywood, now we hear that the film will be shooting in the gorgeous country of Israel this October, a decision that has received the...

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No.1 Ladies Detective Agency helps Botswana

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the film based on Alexander McCall Smith's book, is having trouble casting the leading lady from the local talent in Botswana, however there are plenty of other ways in which the film is helping the local economy. Enrst Engels, the Director of Camelthorn film...

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March 30, 2007

Evan Almighty trailer reveals all

I've just watched the Evan Almighty trailer, and I have to say it's not as disappointing as the first, but it is maybe helped along by the fact that you see the whole film in the short length of the trailer. However the possibilities for complete disappointment are there. The...

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Peckinpah's Straw Dogs to be remade

Straw Dogs seems the next classic piece of cinema to receive a half arsed attempt at a remake and destroy it in the process. For those of you who don't know this highly controversial film, it stars Dustin Hoffman and Susan George as a couple who are repeatedly subjected to...

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Statham to star in Death Race 3000?

Looks like one of my favourite action actors could well be taking up another iconic role, well if the talks go to plan. Jason Statham is negotiating to star in Death Race 3000, the remake of Death Race 2000 by Paul W.S. Anderson. Chances are that Statham will be taking...

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Cinema Adverts - What are the best and worst?

There's a part of the cinema experience that is often overlooked, a part that we may complain about whenever we head to see a film, and yet can often provide an interesting, entertaining and insightful moment before the film. I am of course talking about the adverts, or commercials if...

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Ocean's new Thirteen trailer online

There's a new trailer online for Ocean's Thirteen, and although it's not as heavy hitting as the rest of the trailers for the series it still has some nice moments. I really love the closing line and the willingness of all the stars to have the film, and the others,...

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Hostel: Part II trailer online..almost

The trailer for Hostel: Part II is online, but once again the marketing people have committed a huge blunder and given it to the highly restrictive MTV, so if you're outside the U.S. you're going to have to wait for a ripped off version. It really annoys me that every...

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Singer talks Valkyrie and Cruise

Bryan Singer has been talking about Valkyrie, the name now given to his World War II film about the German officer who was part of a plot to try and kill HItler in his bunker before the end of the war, with Tom Cruise playing the role of the German...

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More Hot Fuzz clips

There are some new clips for Hot Fuzz (Filmstalker review) online, and they're all hear for you to see. I honestly can't believe that I saw the film so long ago, roll on more films being released first in the UK! However these clips do affirm one thing, the film...

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Blades of Glory clips and review

I have some new clips for Blades of Glory which feature more thoughts from Chazz Michael Michaels (aka Will Ferrell), one of the lead skaters. There's also a review online which reflects some of the clips. You can see the clips in the main article, but the review is quite...

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Tarantino and Rodriguez talk Grindhouse sequel

Quentin Tarantino is already thinking about a sequel to Grindhouse, and Robert Rodriguez is with him on the same wavelength according to reports. Now we have to remember that Tarantino is fond of being vocal about his projects well before they've even been brought out as a concept. The man...

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Loken hopes Dungeon Siege is good

Kristanna Loken, who is stunning gorgeous, has been speaking about how she really does like In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, and that she hope for it and for Uwe Boll. She does say that she hopes it turns out to be received as a good...

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Stalked: Swank, Mirrors, Cruise, Chow, Murphy

Quite a few updates on the casting and development front, and I thought I'd try and lump them altogether and see if you preferred it that way. Hilary Swank looks set to start on the remake train as she gets into producing a French film made in 2004, Confidences trop...

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March 29, 2007

Shyamalan chooses Wahlberg for Happening

It's been confirmed that Mark Wahlberg is in the new M. Night Shyamalan film The Happening, this confirms the rumour we had earlier this month. The Happening is the story of the planet Earth evolving to fight against the disease that is the human race, and with the release of...

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28 Weeks Later featurette online

There's a featurette online for 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later, and it has some of the major cast members talking about the film as well as Producers and the Director. Together they talk about the story and make it sound like there's a really strong film...

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Anderson hasn't left Castlevania

Okay, I don't know what's going on but the latest turn in the Castlevania story is that Paul W.S. Anderson is back on the film and that he's very much involved in the film and always has been. Apparently what happened was that because he was confirmed for making Death...

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Mortal Kombat franchise gets restart

The long talked about Mortal Kombat sequel, or possibly prequel, just isn't going to happen. It looks like the franchise is set for a reboot like the much more successful series Batman and Bond. The film has been talked about for a very long time, and we've had a Director,...

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Serkis and Ellison in The Cottage

Paul Andrew Williams is the UK Director who picked up accolades for his film London to Brighton is about to direct his next, The Cottage. He's directing Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison and Steve O'Donnell in a black comedy about a kidnapping gone wrong. The story was written by...

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Hoffman and Linney in The Savages trailer

There's a trailer online for the comedy The Savages starring Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman and the gorgeous Laura Linney. It tells the story of two siblings who are pulled back together when they are told that their estranged Father is ill and in need of support. Linney plays the...

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Wristcutter adverts, really that bad?

We already heard that the advert for Wristcutters: A Love Story was causing some stir, well now we can see why. The image shown could well be one of the posters intended for the advertising campaign. The poster shows a cartoon style slashed wrist, much like I said I would...

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Carrey in Me Time and Ripley's Believe it or Not

What has happened to Jim Carrey? He's not having a good run of luck, but perhaps he's found a way to turn that around with news of his new role and the return of an old one. Carrey is set to star in Me Time which tells the story of...

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Hudson in talks for Winged Creatures ensemble

Jennifer Hudson looks set to continue her rise in Hollywood as she is in talks to star in Winged Creatures, the latest ensemble film which is already carrying a huge cast and a strong story. Winged Creatures centers on the events of a murder and suicide in a takeaway restaurant...

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Stalked: More Fireflies in the Garden and MTV wants your sister

MTV wants to do things with your sister and Fireflies in the Garden grabs even more big names. Ensemble films are in just now and Fireflies in the Garden is the latest to pick up a big cast. Joining today are Willem Dafoe, Hayden Panettiere, Shannon Lucio, Ioan Gruffudd and...

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Nanny Diaries delayed five months

The Nanny Diaries starring Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Chris Evans and Alicia Keys is being put back in the schedules by five months. The reason given appears to be to give the film a chance for awards and also not to get lost in the sea of sequels...

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Meet The Robinsons featurette

I've got a nice featurette for Meet the Robinsons for you that looks into the story, hears from the Director and Producer, shows some clips from the film, and also lets us meet the characters from the film. It's not really my usual film, but it might have some laughs...

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March 28, 2007

Bourne Ultimatum shaky trailer online

The trailer is online for The Bourne Ultimatum. So that means cameras handheld, turn to full zoom, and begin shaking. That said the trailer doesn't seem to have too much of the shaking, but it does have plenty of the handheld and hard zooms. It seems to promise more action...

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Boyle teases 28 Months Later?

We've had 28 Days Later, then 28 Weeks Later, now it appears that Danny Boyle is thinking about another sequel, perhaps 28 Months Later? Well apparently he revealed some of the details of how the film would start during an interview with an Irish radio station, and he actually went...

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Roth talks Hostel: Part II story

Eli Roth has been talking about the upcoming Hostel: Part II and what we can expect from the film, as well as his thoughts as it goes to the MPAA for a rating. He says that he was impressed with the poster but he can't claim credit because it was...

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Site breaks hosting limit again, help needed

Exciting news on the Filmstalker front, the site has now broken the top hosting package, and that's not even a year and one month old. This month the hosting company have been kind enough to supply an extra bundle of Gigabytage to the account, and then again today they had...

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Stallone on Avatar and Inglorious Bastards?

How true this rumour is I don't know, but according to reports Sylvester Stallone really is fighting for a longer term comeback. Not only is he in talks for a part in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards, but he's also talking to James Cameron for a role in Avatar. Stallone has...

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Mirren and Harris in National Treasure: The Book of Secrets

National Treasure : The Book of Secrets has some spectacular casting announcements, which is rather strange considering the first film was so poor I can hardly believe such big names are getting involved for the sequel. However apparently both Helen Mirren and Ed Harris are signed for the film which...

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Washington in soldier's harrowing tale

Denzel Washington is to play a heart wrenching tale of a US soldier who left for Iraq before his son was born, while there kept a journal which he hoped would tell his son how to live his life properly and to prepare him for life without his Dad, he...

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Stalked: Whitaker and Reeves, Cusack and Slater, Tiananmen to Palestine

Forest Whitaker joins Keanu Reeves, John Cusack is replacing Christian Slater on Igor, and the Director banned for his Tiananmen Square film turns to Palestine next. Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to star in the film The Night Watchmen alongside Keany Reeves and directed by the very strong Director David...

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Ray Winstone signs for Indiana Jones IV

The superb Ray Winstone looks set to join the cast of Indiana Jones IV, a quite superb casting choice if I may say so. The news today is that he has signed for a major role, the role isn't explained, but we do know that it's a biggie. So we're...

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DreamWorks caveman comedy Crood Awakening

Crood Awakening was set to be a joint venture between DreamWorks and Aardman animation teams, however that relationship has been severed and I had thought Aardman was taking the picture with them, apparently I was wrong as DreamWorks announce Chris Sanders, Director of Lilo & Stitch, is to direct the...

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Redline trailer online, supercars galore

The trailer for Redline is now online, and if you like your racing films like Fast and the Furious, then this one is for you. Even the trailer is jam packed full of high end cars and some pretty cool races. Just yesterday you'll have read that one of the...

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Tarantino to finish writing Inglorious Bastards

Quentin Tarantino has confirmed that Inglorious Bastards is definitely a film he's going to make. He says that he's going to use the time needed to promote Grindhouse worldwide to finish writing the script. "I am going to kind of go on the road with this, around the earth here....

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Cruise gets accused by German Officers family

Sometimes I don't understand people. We heard that Tom Cruise is going to star in a film about the plot to assassinate Hitler by his own Generals, and it sounded like a really interesting project. However the inability of people to disconnect reality from fantasy has caused a little noise...

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March 27, 2007

Duchovny says X-Files 2 signed this week

Stars talk to the press about speculative projects all the time in the hope that it helps push the projects forward, and David Duchovny has been guilty of this for a second X-Files film for some time. Now though he says they're close to signing the deal for the second...

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Redford's Lions for Lambs script review online

There's been a review of a script for Lions for Lambs online, and although it's not negative, it's not as strong as we had hoped. Bear in mind though that there's always a strong chance this is an early revision. The script is from Matthew Michael Carnahan (and you all...

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Roth talks Stephen King Cell film

Eli Roth has been saying how Stephen King has endorsed his film version of King's latest novel Cell. Well that's what the report says, and King's words don't really drip with enthusiasm or passion for the project. "Do whatever you want." That's what Roth said King told him when he...

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Rosario Dawson talks Sin City 2 story

Rosario Dawson has been talking about her role in Sin City 2 and how the plot is put together, apparently this film will be much more of a traditional story rather than the leaping back and forth between different books. She also reveals that she's going to be wearing even...

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Pelé to get film treatment

Despite the recent news that Goal! 3 might not get financed it seems that football (soccer) films aren't all dead, for there's going to be a film about the greatest player of all time, Pelé. Yes for those of you who think it might be David Beckham I have news...

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New Transformers in hi-res from Michael Bay

I'm not usually interested in posters, yeah they're nice to look at, but a few moments later that's it. So the new Transformers posters really didn't excite me, until that is I saw them in hi-res. Wow, they're nice. Of course like all posters this excitement won't last too long....

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Jason Isaacs talks Lucas Malfoy

Jason Isaacs has been talking to fans about his role as Lucas Malfoy in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and they managed to catch him on video. You know Isaacs sounds like a really decent bloke. Isaacs was starring in the play The Dumb Waiter...

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Paul W.S. Anderson leaves Castlevania?

Has Paul W.S. Anderson left Castlevania, and does anyone really care? Also are the figures for the Casino Royale Blu-Ray DVD articificially inflated? The rumour out there now is that Paul W.S. Anderson is no longer on the Castlevania project. He's not writing or directing the film according to the...

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The Hoax and The Lookout gain great reviews

Both The Lookout and The Hoax are doing very well review wise at the moment. The Lookout stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels and Isla Fisher, as well as a few other strong actors. Gordon-Levitt plays a guy who has had a serious car accident which has left him with a...

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Rodriguez courts Depp and Banderas for Sin City 2

Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas are in Sin City 2? Well not quite, Robert Rodriguez has been saying he'd like them and that he is pursuing them, so it might just be. Amazingly Depp was going to be in the first film. "[Depp] was interested in doing the Jackie Boy...

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Ocean's Thirteen photo's online

So often I see pictures and posters on the Intersmeg that might gather a great deal of hype, but they just don't do anything for me. These pictures from the Ocean's Thirteen film are not among those though, they are starting to build some excitement in me for the film,...

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Shatner talks Abrams interview

Although we've heard from William Shatner a few times now about his meeting with J.J. Abrams and his crew about the Star Trek film, there's always been an element of jokiness and sidestepping to his comments. Well now he talks about the meeting and his involvement pretty much in all...

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Branagh's Sleuth gets UK deal

Short but great news for the remake of Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh, it has been picked up for the UK and distribution is to be through Paramount. The film is a remake of the original starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, their roles now played by Michael Caine and Jude...

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Stalked: We knew Dougray is in Hitman and Griffen crashes producer's Enzo

We knew Dougray Scott was in Hitman, and Eddie Griffen crashes his Producer's million dollar Enzo Ferrari. A quick update, it seems to be going round the web that Dougray Scott is in Hitman playing the baddie/goodie chasing after Timothy Olyphant, and if you've been reading Filmstalker you'd have known...

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Grindhouse trailer in HD

The Grindhouse trailers have arrived in HD format, and even a very cool Grindhouse formatted player...although it still plays the same trailer. You can see the two trailers over at Apple Trailers [QT:S:M:L:iPod:480p:720p:1080p], once again plenty of ways to see it, but I'd definitely recommend the HD if you ca...

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28 Weeks Later HD trailer online

The trailer for 28 Weeks Later has (almost) arrived in Quicktime sharpness, however when I went to try and play it I get stuck with the logo for Quicktime and nothing downloading, that's usually a sign that the trailer isn't there yet...so it's just a matter of time. You can...

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Aronofsky to direct The Fighter?

There's a rumour starting about who will be the Director of the Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon starrer The Fighter. The film follows the life of the boxer called "Irish" Micky Ward, played by Wahlberg, a fighter who was doing really well and then suffered a string of defeats. He...

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Stalked: New Hitman casting and Gervais in Ghost Town

Here's a quick bit of stalking for you, Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear join in Ghost Town and more Hitman casting. Olga Kurylenko from Paris, je t'aime, Robert Knepper most recently seen in Prison Break, Ulrich Thomsen and Michael Offei are all joining the Timothy Olyphant starrer Hitman. He plays...

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March 26, 2007

Wanted sequel already?

Talking of comic books, it looks like the fantastic comic book Wanted will be getting a sequel, but in film only, and the first film hasn't even been shot yet. According to the Scottish author Mark Millar, he will never write a sequel, but Universal and the Director, Timur Bekmambetov,...

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War in Heaven comic adaptation

War in Heaven is a comic book that is still in development but is being touted as hot property, so hot the film rights have been in a bidding war this weekend. The story of Lucifer leading an army of Angels in rebellion in Heaven, although most of the details...

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BAFTA's rival awards ceremony

The other major TV channel in the UK, ITV, is set to start their own awards ceremony hoping to rival the BAFTA's which are run by the BBC. The BBC have run the BAFTA's for sixty years now, and it's a surprise that it has taken this long for a...

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Welling as third Teen Wolf?

Tom Welling, you know the young Superman on telly, is apparently about to make a pretty weird career choice and star in a new Teen Wolf film. Yes, apparently they're making another Teen Wolf film. According to some hefty rumours, location scouts have been going round Canadian schools looking for...

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I Want Candy red carpet video

If you haven't seen I Want Candy (Filmstalker review) yet or you have and want to see Carmen Electra, Melanie C and the other stars at the Premiere event then look no further, I have the red carpet interviews and some clips for you. " title="Film Factory hosts the premiere...

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British love in French Film

The British are taking on the French once again, but this time it's in love and on film. French Film is going to be about how our attitudes to love and relationships differ between the French and British. First time Director Jackie Oudney is gaining a cast of some interesting...

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Stalked: Dale not in Dark Knight and Johnson in Prey

Two Australian soap Neighbours related stories. The first is the addressing of the rumour that Alan Dale is going to star in The Dark Knight, as well as news of Natalie Bassingthwaighte, another ex-Neighbours star and now singer with Rogue Traders, appearing on film. The rumour could well be dead...

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Snyder returns to Zombie films

Zack Snyder wants to return to the world of zombies in Army of the Dead, and this time he wants an epic film for the genre. He's written the script and he and his wife Deborah are producing, but it's not yet known if he will direct the film too....

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More Nightmare on Elm Street?

Could there be a new Nightmare on Elm Street film coming? Not a prequel but a whole new film? Well we heard from Robert Englund that he was pushing it once again, and then a source suggested that the studio are actually working on one right now. That said I...

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Scorsese and DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese is set to work on another new film called The Wolf of Wall Street and from accounts he'll be pulling in his oft used actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The story is based on the autobiography of Jordan Belfort, a man who used to be a stockbroker on Wall Street...

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Russell backing off from Snake comments

Seems like Kurt Russell was only joking when he said that he had created Snake Plissken and that no one could carry off that role. Well, that's what he's saying during some Grindhouse promotion. His comments come after those where he said that he winced when he heard who was...

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Boy in the Striped Pajamas moves forward

The Boy in The Striped Pajamas looks set to be pushed forward in development. It's the story of a German family who are moved to the town of Auschwitz to liv