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September 29, 2007

Genre defining: Western

Welcome to the start of a new series of features which we'll step in and out of called "Genre Defining" where we'll explore what we think are the definitive films for whichever genre we're discussing. In other words if I say “westerns”, what comes to mind first and why. Of...

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Weekend Films to Stalk: 28th - 30th September

Once again I'll try and resurrect this feature, and keep it here. Hopefully churning it out on a Friday before the weekend starts. For those of you who don't know, this is a quick look at some of the films to catch this weekend on general release and on publicly...

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Huge Star Trek plot rumours

There's more rumour about J.J. Abrams Star Trek coming out, and some of it, if true, confirms the previous rumours about the time travelling Spock and Romulans. One thing for sure is that the story is going to be epic. There's also another casting rumour, the rumours for which are...

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The Eye remake reshot

Back in August I wrote about the Hollywood remake of The Eye getting the ending reshot by another Director, which was disappointing as the original Director's, David Moreau and Xavier Palud, had showed so much promise from their films film Ils (Them) (Filmstalker review). Now it seems that we know...

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Indiana Jones warehouse film set

Remember the warehouse from the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the crate containing the Ark was taken into a huge warehouse filled with other similar crates being hidden away by the U.S. Government? Well it's coming back for the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the...

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Stalked: New Wolverine writer, Biel not Wonder Woman

Jessica Biel has turned down Wonder Woman, so who's next, and there's a screenwriter change on Wolverine. IGN has the story that a new scriptwriter has been brought in for the Gavin Hood directed Wolverine. Previously David Benioff had written the script, now Skip Woods has been brought on board...

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September 28, 2007

44 Inch Chest stars Winstone, Hurt and Roth

I haven't heard anything about the British film 44 Inch Chest until today when I read the cast list, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Tim Roth and Ian McShane. Sounds fantastic doesn't it? Just that combination seems very powerful. The plot delivers an even more interesting punch....

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Concentration camp refuse Kidman's film

You know really I'm not surprised that the curators of the Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen have refused the makers of The Reader permission to film there, even though this is a love film, set after the war, starring Nicole Kidman and Ralph Fiennes. You know, after all it is a Concentration...

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Justin Lin still considering Oldboy remake

Previously we had heard that Justin Lin didn't want to remake the superb Oldboy unless it was perfect, and that was pretty much final on the project. However just yesterday he's reiterated the same comment, so perhaps it's not dead. Oldboy (Filmstalker review) is a superb film which tells the...

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Goyer to direct Vampire film

David S. Goyer is to direct a film adaptation of Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com), an illustrated novel (is that a comic book?) by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. The story tells of the awakening of supreme evil on Earth, well there's an...

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Stalked: LaPaglia in East Timor film and Coppola's script stolen

Francis Ford Coppola's script for his new film is stolen at gunpoint, and the uber-cool Anthony LaPaglia is set to go missing from missing and head to the political thriller Balibo. Francis Ford Coppola's latest film script, Tetro, has been stolen in an organised armed raid on his Argentinian offices....

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Stalked: Gone Baby Gone and Darjeeling Limited clips online

There are five clips online for Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone, so for those of you in the UK who, like me, aren't going to get to see this film for some time, this is a small glimpse of what is to come. Also there are some clips for The...

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Justin Lin unsure of Fast and the Furious 4

Previously we saw the studio list of films they wanted to try and get filmed before the big Hollywood strike action, and in one of those slots was The Fast and the Furious 4 with Justin Lin attached as Director. Today Justin Lin reveals that he's not actually signed up...

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Jet Li and Jackie Chan film plot revealed

Finally we get some serious information on the film The Forbidden Kingdom starring the legendary figures of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Appearing online today is the official synopsis from Lionsgate themselves. The synopsis tells us who the major characters are, including Jackie Chan and Jet Li, as well as...

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Karate Kid remake?

Hollywood's desire to remake everything is incredible, and the rumour that they could be eyeing a Karate Kid remake sounds bizarre but not unbelievable with today's money making studios. After all the film is looking a bit dated, and the original actors have all moved on enough from these roles,...

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September 27, 2007

Liman reveals Jumper most ambitious project

Doug Liman has been talking about his latest film Jumper and has revealed that this is his most ambitious project to date. He's also discovered a little about himself and his own style of film, saying that a Doug Liman film has no baddie, an interesting morsel to consider for...

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British comedian's supernatural thriller

I'm not being cruel, but I never thought the creator of Dennis Pennis, British comedian Paul Kaye, could write a supernatural thriller script that not only attracts Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly to star, but also Guillermo del Toro to produce. Yet that's exactly what he has done, and his...

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Scorsese directing George Harrison

Following on from his Rolling Stones musical documentary, Martin Scorsese is set to direct a documentary about the life of the Beatles singer and solo artist, George Harrison. Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, is joining Martin Scorsese as a producer on the film and will supply materials from the extensive family...

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Mulcahy from zombies to Vampires

Russell Mulcahy directed Resident Evil: Extinction and is working on The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian, will direct Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires (Amazon.com). The film is adapted from the Steven-Elliot Altman novel, the first in a series of three surprisingly enough, by the novelist himself....

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Stalked: Anderson confirms Fox cast, Elfman in Six Wives

Wes Anderson has confirmed the cast for his upcoming The Fantastic Mr. Fox based on the Roald Dahl novel about some angry chicken farmers who try to get rid of the fox stealing their livelihood. Meanwhile Jenna Elfman has joined the cast of The Six Wives of Henry Lefay. The...

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Winstone turns down Sweeney?

According to a quote from Danny Dyer, who is set to appear in the Nick Love directed film adaptation of The Sweeney, Ray Winstone is far too busy to appear in the film but that Paul Bettany is being sought for the role. The Sweeney was a seventies television show...

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Another Scot for Scotty?

Paul McGillion is an actor who is probably most recognisable for being in Stargate Atlantis, if you stuck with the Stargate franchise that long, and today the rumours are around the Interflab that he has auditioned for the role of Scotty in the new Star Trek. Instead of being a...

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First four minutes of The Kingdom online

The first four minutes of Peter Berg's The Kingdom have appeared online and can be seen through Filmstalker. The film stars a host of talent and tells the story of a terrorist attack on a U.S. base and on U.S. personnel which results in an FBI team heading to Saudi...

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Natalie Portman naked online

I never realised what the fuss was all about on Wes Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier which is a kind of prequel to the upcoming film The Darjeeling Limited, until I caught the fact that Natalie Portman is to appear naked in it. Well as naked as her modesty would...

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James T. Kirk found for Star Trek?

There's a heavy rumour around that the actor to play James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams Star Trek has been found, and although there's nothing but those pesky "sources" to go by, it seems as though there are a few of them saying the same thing. With Zachary Quinto cast...

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Barker's Midnight Meat Train trailer online

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the title Midnight Meat Train and the writer of Clive Barker might not produce the best material on screen these days, and I don't think that's an unfair thought. However that means one thing, you haven't seen the trailer for Midnight Meat Train. There...

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X-Files 2 to start filming

It seems that X-Files 2 is on for definite as David Duchovny says that after years of rumours and uncertainty, X-Files 2 is finally going to happen and will start filming in December – yes there's now a filming date, really! He also says that the script is finished, which...

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Uwe Boll on Zombie Massacre

It seems that Uwe Boll is going to continue adapting videogames for the big screen, and there's no real improvement on their depth of plot. Zombie Massacre could be next, the first person shooter on the Wii. The funniest thing is that the game's producer apparently approached Uwe Boll!...

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Knight Rider returns to television

It looks like the famous Knight Rider starring that superb talking car K.I.T.T. is not getting a big screen outing and will instead return to the small screen, and with a really big name to direct the pilot. David Hasselhoff probably won't be appearing, and they look to bring in...

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Redford directs Against All Enemies

Robert Redford becomes the latest big name attached to the project of Against All Enemies (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com), the memoirs of Richard A. Clarke who was the counterterrorism advisor to three U.S. Presidents. His memoirs say that he continually pushed for more concentration on Al Qaeda attacks before September the...

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September 26, 2007

La Scorta gets remade by Asger Leth

For those of you who didn't know, myself included, Asger Leth is the Dane who Directed Ghosts of Cite Soleil which you may well have heard of, and he's set to remake the 1993 Italian thriller La Scorta. Peter Craig has been assigned to adapt the story and produce the...

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Aniston and Eckhart in love

Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart are playing together in a new romantic comedy called Travelling, and frankly I couldn't care a jot. I mean it's just what we need from both these actors isn't it? Another dullard romantic comedy of errors built on misunderstandings to stretch out the inevitable get...

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Stalked: D-War 2 and 30 Days of Night photos

The Director of D-War, that's the Dragon Wars film, is already talking about a sequel even though it didn't set the U.S. alight, and there are quite a few 30 Days of Nights photos online today....

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Stalked: 3-D filmed Moon, girls group Sex and the City photo

There's a photo of Sex and the City filming that shows all the girls back together, and a new animated film called Moon which will feature Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry and Robert Patrick is to be filmed in 3-D from the beginning, rather than being converted....

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Terminator 4 producer updates

There are a few updates from the consulting producer on the new Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles about the new Terminator film, and while most aren't any big surprise, one is rather interesting. We actually already heard that The Halcyon Company owns the franchise rights, and that they were looking...

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We Own the Night new trailer

We Own the Night is the upcoming film starring Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes, and it looks really powerful. I previously wrote about the trailer as soon as it appeared online, but this one has been recut and is now in Quicktime. The story is of...

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Snyder posts Watchmen video

Okay so it's Watchmen and deserves a little more hype than required, but really, if this were any other film the write up of this video release would be much, much less and perhaps a little more critical. I don't want Zack Snyder in a short piece to camera sitting...

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Mirren, McAdams and Wright Penn join State of Play

Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams and Robin Wright Penn are all joining State of Play, the American film version of the British television political thriller mini-series. The film already stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Jason Bateman, and is set to be directed by the British Director, Kevin Macdonald – see...

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September 25, 2007

Justice League of America spoilers...well not really

Apparently there were spoilers galore all over the Interflab for Justice League of America, and so when I struggled with myself to open the window you can imagine my disappointment when I read what looks more like the average plot line than spoilers. The good news is the guy that...

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Raiders of the Lost Ark spoilers...again no.

There's another batch of alleged spoilers online for the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film today, although when you read them you see that these are all plot aspects that have already leaked out bit by bit to date. One of the extras on the film...

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Ang Lee says Lust, Caution not for U.S.

Ang Lee has been talking about his new film Lust, Caution with young directors in Hong Kong and has said that he is unsure of it's suitability for the U.S. market. In fact Ang Lee's gone so far as to say that it isn't really the subject matter for that...

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Stalked: West in Punisher 2 and Paulson joins The Spirit

Dominic West is in negotiations to play Jigsaw, the baddie in Punisher 2: War Zone, and Sarah Paulson is joining Frank Miller's The Spirit. I can't help but feel this is a bit of a step backwards for Dominic considering his role in 300, however perhaps this sequel is going...

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Damon and Eastwood to join Mandela film?

Nelson Mandela is to be played on screen by Morgan Freeman, a role we recently saw taken up by Dennis Haysbert was playiing Mandella in Goodbye Bafana, in the film The Human Factor which the news tells us today that Clint Eastwood is in talks to direct and Matt Damon...

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Kite Runner rape scene raises controversy

It seems that there's another film child rape scene controversy on the rise, although this time round it is coming from the family of, and the actor himself, who star in the film The Kite Runner. Twelve year old Afghan Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada stars in the film and, as per...

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Spacey to play Al Gore's aide

Kevin Spacey it to play Al Gore's chief of staff Ronald Klain in the film Recount, joining John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern, Denis Leary and Ed Begley Jr. Ronald Klain was not only the chief of staff to Al Gore during the Florida farce where he clearly won as...

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Biel for another Wonder Woman?

The rumour that Victoria Hill was being eyed for the Wonder Woman role in the Justice League of America was just the other day, so is it any surprise that there's another casting rumour just appeared? This new rumour is that Jessica Biel is in talks, and it actually makes...

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Weisz and Sevigny for Terminator 4?

Huge amount of salt for this rumour I think, well with one actress at least, but the story is that both Rachel Weisz and Chloe Sevigny approached the producers for the new Terminator 4 film, Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, during a Hollywood party and enquired about the role. Okay,...

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September 24, 2007

The cars of The Fast and the Furious 4

The Fast and the Furious 4 has been confirmed with a 2009 release date and Justin Lin as Director, anything else you may have heard is rumour and speculation, but the film is definitely going into pre-production and will hopefully be filmed pre strike. So with it definitely going ahead...

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Pitch your ideas at Raindance and see films online

The Live!Ammunition competition costs just a five pound note to enter, and the best pitch to the panel wins the money in the hat as well as the possibility of the panel liking your film and just maybe, picking it up to develop. The panel are quite a surprising...

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American Gangster

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Once again one of my regular readers Ramchandra Solanki has decided to help me out by heading into London and attending a press screening of American Gangster, and he's brought back a great review for us all. You know I can't attend the London press screenings since I'm in Edinburgh,...

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New Line falters in Jackson court battle

New Line has just been dealt a blow in the ongoing court case with Peter Jackson regarding revenues that the Director claims not to have received which were rightfully his. In a court ruling last week a U.S. Magistrate ordered New Line to pay US $125,000 over their failure to...

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The Rock confirms Shazam role

The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that he's in the Shazam! film, although he's clear to point out that he hasn't been chosen for a specific role as yet, and that's something I find very strange. He says that he's either going to be Shazam aka Captain Marvel or...

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Strieber confirms Bay interesting in 2012

The author of 2012: The War for Souls (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com), Whitley Strieber, has revealed that Michael Bay has expressed an interest in Directing the film adaptation although he hasn't actually signed up for the job as yet. His production has bought the rights and Michael Bay will produce the...

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Gatchaman plot

A little more of the plot has been given out on the upcoming Gatchaman CGI film adapted from the popular television cartoon series which you might also know as Battle of the Planets or G-Force. While talking about the casting of Gabriel Casseus who appeared in Black Hawk Down, we...

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Kinglsey to play Shakespeare on screen

Ben Kingsley is to star as William Shakespeare in an adaptation of the novel Will by Christopher Rush (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com). The novel tells the story of the meeting between Shakespeare and his lawyer as the famous author prepares his last will and testament on his death bed....

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JLA looking for Wonder Woman

Although there's not a Wonder Woman cast yet for either the main Wonder Woman film or the Justice League of America, there's a rumour out of someone who has been auditioning for the role of Wonder Woman in the JLA film. Victoria Hill, the woman who played Lady Macbeth in...

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Bateman joins State of Play

Jason Bateman has joined the American remake of the British television series State of Play alongside Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Kevin Macdonald, The Last King of Scotland (Filmstalker review), is directing the adaptation of the political thriller that follows a newspaper investigation of the murder of a congressman's girlfriend,...

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Jackson and Mac as soul singers

Samuel L. Jackson continues a great career of diversity with the film Soul Men, starring alongside Bernie Mac as two backup soul singers for a very famous group. Neither have spoken for some twenty years but they agree to get together for a tribute performance in honour of their lead...

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Liotta and Garcia in drug cartel

Ray Liotta and Esai Morales have signed to La Linea, a crime film which is based on the story of the infamous Arellano Felix drug cartel. Andy Garcia is also in talks to play the role of an ill Kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel whose violent lieutenant, played by...

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September 23, 2007

Carnahan scripting another Zodiac

Matthew Michael Carnahan is working on a new script that tells of another San Francisco serial killer, in this case a group of six serial killers who in the 1970's terrorised the city through twenty three separate attacks. African American men from the Nation of Islam temple began attacking people...

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Scott and Washington in Pelham 123

Seeing the unbelievably long pre-strike release list for the Hollywood studios production list is incredible, they've got more films scheduled on there than they can surely cope with, but one looks like it will definitely get made, the remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Director Tony...

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Lincoln gets a cast update

We haven't heard that much from the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln starring Liam Neeson as the famous president, until now. There's an announcement that tells us that Sally Field, who I'll always remember for Smokey and the Bandit but is more commonly known for Brothers and Sisters, has signed up...

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Filmstalker's Week: 17th to 23rd September 2007

Here are the best stories of the week from Filmstalker, and there are some interesting snippets to be had. They are all presented with quick bullet point blurbs so you can instantly see what the story is about and catch up on the week that just passed. Are there any...

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September 22, 2007

Filmstalker on your mobile

Want Filmstalker on the go? Finding reading the latest news and reviews difficult on your mobile? Well now you can keep up to date with Filmstalker easily on a mobile device. You'll see an icon on the sidebar in the Subscribe With... section just like the one below: Selecting that...

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Extraordinary Rendition

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The term Extraordinary Rendition has been seen quite a lot recently in the media as it has been used in reference to the alleged transfer of terrorist suspects to countries with less stringent human rights in order to interrogate them for longer periods and with the use of psychological and...

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Exclusive Studios losing money in Blu-ray HD-DVD battle

The high definition DVD battle continues, but with more in the industry saying that both formats are going to survive for a might long time, if not forever, there's a growing concern for those studios who are opting to back one format alone, whichever format they back. It makes sense...

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Ribisi in Cameron's Avatar

Giovanni Ribisi has signed on to James Cameron's Avatar, his animated futuristic epic, and all those other words that suggest grand scale, film. Not only is he starring alongside names such as Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington, and Zoe Saldana, but he will be alongside six computer generated actors....

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Report warns studios on downloads

According to a Screen Digest report, the film download market will be worth an estimated US $1.3 billion in 2011, a date that's really not that far away. As well as pointing out some startling figures for the potential revenues from this emerging marketplace, it also warns studios that if...

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September 21, 2007

Sex and the City spoilers

Well if you see the title of the story from the site I'm quoting then you'll already have had the storyline spoiled for you whether you wanted to or not, I hate when sites do that. So I'll keep this huge plot spoiler hidden from you until later on in...

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Resident Evil: Extinction plot revealed?

The red carpet première for Resident Evil: Extinction has just given away a huge plot twist that has been kept out of all the trailers and clips to date. Well, it's been hinted at very subtlety, but here it's blasted right in front of your eyes, and if you hadn't...

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Southland Tales trailer

The trailer for the newly redited Southland Tales is online and I finished watching it with my mouth aghast wondering just what I'd seen and how I was feeling about it. It's really difficult to judge the trailer since it seems almost impossible to grab the idea of the story,...

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Pitt to join Wahlberg in Fighter

Brad Pitt is being touted as close to joining Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter, the film from Darren Aronofsky, and would be replacing the character which was formerly going to be played by Matt Damon. According to scheduling issues Matt Damon can't appear in the film as he just had...

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Jan de Bont's Stopping Power restarted

Okay, I'm confused. Not long ago we heard that Jan de Bont's thriller Stopping Power starring John Cusack was cancelled, and now we're hearing that it has started up again. Previously the problem with Jan de Bont's film was that a major financier had pulled out of the production and...

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Ryder and Rourke in The Informers

Winona Ryder and Mickey Rourke are joining the cast of The Informers, which we knew was already puffed out with Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Brandon Routh, Austin Nichols, Ashley Olsen, Jon Foster and Lou Pucci. The Informers is a Bret Easton Ellis story which is set through a week...

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Pathology trailer online

There's a trailer online for the horror Pathology starring Milo Ventimiglia - yes we all know that name now - and more importantly written by the duo who wrote and directed Crank (Filmstalker review). The film looks rather interesting, a group of pathology students bet each other that they could...

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Stalked: Hot Fuzz team's new script and Justice League Director

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are working on a new script together, that's one of their own in the style of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and George Miller finally gets the announcement for Justice League Director, almost two months after the story broke....

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Stalked: Phillippe, Green in British sci-fi, Mexican Sea of Dreams

A new British science fiction film is announced with Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green on board, and the Mexican English language film Sea of Dreams is released in the U.S. today. Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green and Sam Riley are joining the film Franklyn, a futuristic thriller which is set in...

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Stalked: Resident Evil and Kingdom featurettes

There are two featurettes online for The Kingdom and Resident Evil: Extinction. While we've seen most of the latter already it is sitting at seven minutes running time, and The Kingdom featurette has some behind the scenes footage of the cast weapon training for the film. You can see the...

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Thai horror Body trailer online

There's a new Thai horror coming called Body, and although the trailer has no titles in it, there's no denying it is looking both scary and rather disgusting at the same time. There are a couple of scenes in there that I really did struggle to watch, you'll know them...

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