Filmstalker: January 2009 Archives

Angelology latest religious friendly adaptation?

Angelology is the first novel from Danielle Trussoni (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) which has just had a miraculous reception. After being bought up by Viking for a six-figure sum, Sony have bought the rights to the film for a seven figure deal, wow some people are getting rich out of this,...

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Full G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, teaser online

Suddenly, just after the twelve second clip that shows us little was released, the full teaser trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra that will show at the Superbowl, and it shows way more than the silly little short we saw earlier today. This trailer shows us that the...

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Clips 'n' Pics: G.I. Joe, Star Trek and Transporter 3

Marketing departments in studios are going pretty crazy these days, they know that people want early footage, they love it, but what they probably don't quite have the concept of is showing the right footage, or retaining the audience. What's interesting is that out of the pre-teaser footage for G.I....

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Plunkett American Football film

The story of Jim Plunkett, the first Mexican-American quarterback to win the Super Bowl and receive a Most Valuable Player award on the way, is being made into a film which will tell of his rise to fame and the struggles he faced. For those of you not interested in...

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Stalked: Puss in Boots writer, Morgan and Swank, Davis and Butler, Blunt and Segel, Tatum on Brotherhood of the Rose, Uninvited six minutes

Puss in Boots gains a writer… Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined Hilary Swank in The Resident… Viola Davis has joined Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen… Emily Blunt and Jason Segel have joined another Gulliver's Travels… Channing Tatum has joined The Brotherhood of the Rose… You're invited...

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Resident Evil 4/5 details emerge

It seems that the fourth, or fifth if you're counting the CGI Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil is much further forward than we first thought. They have a location for the story and their effects team lined up, obviously they have the writer, but they are still looking for a...

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Stallone talks Rambo V

Sylvester Stallone has been talking about Rambo V again, and while the news isn't anything new as we already heard that he was writing the script and there was talk that Weinstein wanted to try and set it in America, it is a clear update from the man himself. He...

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has a director

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, or Masters of the Universe as it's now being called, has a director, finally, and it's showing the level of investment that's in the film considering that he's co-directed Kung-Fu Panda and directed four episodes of the television series Father of the Pride....

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Downloading Nancy trailer online

I wasn't sure when I first heard about the plot for Downloading Nancy, nor the casting either, but now seeing the finalised cast list in the trailer I'm hooked and I want to see more, in fact it's already on my list of films to see this year. The film...

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Proyas talks Dracula Year Zero and The Tripods

Alex Proyas has been talking about two of his upcoming films, Dracula Year Zero and The Tripods. While we're all interesting in what he has to say about his Dracula project, for me it's The Tripods big screen debut that has me excited. Just what is happening with it? The...

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Predator remake by Rodriguez

There are a couple of big surprises regarding the possible Predator franchise restart, or remake/sequel if you're a little more realistic about it all. First up is the rumour that Robert Rodriguez is set to produce the film, or rather his studio is, but the second big surprise is about...

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Snipes to play James Brown?

What's more is that Wesley Snipes could be playing James Brown in a Spike Lee biographical film. Now is it just me or does that really attack the senses? I'm really not sure that Snipes could pull off the role of the Godfather of Soul, and I'm not just talking...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 10:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Run-DMC biographical film gains writer

The writer of Notorious, the biographical film of the rapper Notorious B.I.G., has moved over to another record breaking black musical icon, that of the trio of Run-DMC, who's song It's Tricky still booms in my car and makes it speed up with me shouting along. Cheo Hodari Coker is...

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Ian Fleming biographical film

It was back in May that we heard that Leonardo DiCaprio was working on getting a biographical film of Ian Fleming, the famous author of all the Bond novels, off the ground, and that seems to be taking a step close to reality as we hear that a writer has...

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Stalked: The Thing confirmed, Narnia saved, Slumdog Millionaire teaches stars

We all heard about The Thing remake and the director, but the press says it's true now... Narnia has been saved, Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be seen... Slumdog Millionaire is teaching the child stars of the film rather than paying them......

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Hush trailer online

There's a trailer online for the British horror-thriller Hush which looks rather intriguing, even if once the story is explained it turns into a collection of quick fire scenes from the film. It's the story of a couple driving late at night on the M1 who are passed by a...

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Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic trailer online

Oh my lord, if you are a fan of the Watchmen I would preapre to gouge your eyes out and run from the screen right now, for the trailer for Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic has arrived and it's terrible. What's Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic I hear you ask?...

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Marshall's Ninth Legion gains cast

Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko (much more than a mere Bond girl as she is being described) have all joined the cast of Neil Marshall's film which tells the legendary tale of the last Roman Legion to enter Scotland and were never heard of again. The film was...

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Stalked: Fry Inn at the Edge of the World, 1066 with Bond, Cohen hypes Mummy 3 Blu-ray

Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton are in Charles Dance's new film... Is this 1066 the one that Daniel Craig was rumoured to be in?... Rob Cohen says Mummy better on Blu-ray......

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New A-Team by Carnahan, Ridley and Tony Scott?

This sounds incredible, it really does, but the news today is reporting that the A-Team project isn't dead and that there are a new crowd in town pitching for the film. You will not believe the list of names involved, really you won't. Well actually you will if you've read...

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Tomb Raider franchise to restart

The Lara Croft series of films is to restart in what's being touted as a reboot of the franchise, and that means one thing, Angelina Jolie won't be playing the character again, and that's a bad idea. Oh, and no, it's doesn't mean that the casting rumours flying around are...

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Catch up: Second McQueen biographical film

It was back in August of 2007 Filmstalker had the story about the first Steve McQueen biographical film in development, then in January of this year everyone start writing about what they thought was the first Steve McQueen biographical film to begin development, no we said, it's the second. So...

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Elite Squad director on Ludlum's Sigma Protocol

A while ago we heard about Robert Ludlum's The Sigma Protocol (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) being bought up to be developed into a film, well now the word is that Universal is in talks with José Padilha, the director of Tropa de Elite or The Elite Squad and the excellent Ônibus...

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Francis Lawrence to direct Samson

It looks like Francis Lawrence won't be starting a prequel to I Am Legend (Filmstalker review) just yet, despite the rumours. Instead he's going to be tackling a project that retells the story of Samson and Delilah, although this one has a little twist to it. The story comes from...

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li new footage online

There's new footage online for the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, the film starring Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li and co-starring such names as Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Michael Clarke Duncan, Moon Bloodgood, Chris Klein and Taboo. Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak who also directed Doom, Cradle 2 the...

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The Damned United trailer online

Michael Sheen is playing everybody from the ex-British Prime Minister to David Frost and now the famous football manager Brian Clough in a film called The Damned United which chronicles the forty-four days that Clough spent managing Leeds United after his successful run as the manager of Derby. The film...

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Orange BAFTA Rising Star: Michael Cera

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, aka the BAFTA's, have an important award that you can have a hand in deciding who wins, more than a hand in fact, because the vote is made up entirely from the public. I've already written about the awards and how you can vote,...

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Death at a Funeral remake gets worse

Neil LaBute. Okay Lakeview Terrace was miles better than the remake of The Wicker Man, mind you so was Elf Bowling, but the fact remains that LaBute isn't the best of directors. However he's been hired to helm the American remake of Death at a Funeral. The original film was...

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Bonnie and Clyde remake really is happening

If you thought it was a rumour, tough, I'm breaking your bubble right now, and mine along with it. The idea of a remake of the classic Bonnie and Clyde starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway is true, and what's more the rumoured cast replacements could well be too. A...

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Stalked: Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Isla Fisher, Minnie Driver, Brendan Fraser

Orlando Bloom and Laura Linney have Sympathy for Delicious. Isla Fisher is playing a lizard. Minnie Driver is helping Hilary Swank. And Brendan Fraser is bringing us more comedy....

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Update: Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig on Tintin

Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig have both been confirmed for roles in Tintin, the film trilogy from Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and...well...the same two names again! The first film has been officially announced as The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright...

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Burns biographical film with Gerard Butler returns

It's been an absolute age since I heard anything about the planned Robert Burns film that Gerard Butler was being linked with, and the last word was that it was dead due to lack of funding. That may have changed though with this year's Scottish Homecoming, an event made to...

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Screen Actors Guild 2009 Award winners

The winners of the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced, and they're rather surprising in the film categories, not so interesting in the television category which seems to miss out some of the best television I've seen from America this, and previous, years. There are some strong surprises,...

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Carriers trailer online

The first thirty-seven seconds of this trailer for the film Carriers looks like it could be a very low-budget film, using stock footage and simple animations to show the spread of a virus across the world. Then it turns. First it becomes a strong looking paranoid survival film, looking similarly...

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Dakota Fanning on New Moon

Ever been around a group of people who are sharing a joke you're not in on? That's what I feel like with Twilight. I just plain don't get it. Dakota Fanning does though, she has been talking about the rumour that she will be in the sequel, New Moon....

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The Green Hornet stalled?

The Green Hornet film starring Seth Rogen has already had a few difficulties in getting going. It took a while to get the go ahead, and then Stephen Chow left his directing duties. Now it could be that the film is stalled all together, following Stephen Chow's change of heart....

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Matt Adcock: Babes

Well this has been a long time coming, but it's the final Stalker's Top Ten for 2008 and this year I've given the position to Matt Adcock, aka Darkmatters, and that's mainly for his choice of subject, babes in film. Yes, Matt has appealed to the basest part of the...

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Gears of War trilogy?

Len Wiseman has been talking about the Gears of War film he's writing with Chris Morgan, the writer of Wanted (Filmstalker review), and revealed a few interesting facts. Mainly that he'd like a trilogy. While the interview tries to push the idea of 3D on him, his polite denial makes...

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The Great Buck Howard trailer

The Great Buck Howard stars John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt and Tom Hanks. Malkovich plays an illusionist whose career is on the way down. With Colin Hanks playing his personal assistant....

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine reshoots really a problem?

Everyone's been talking about the reshoots that have been reported for X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the news just recently came out that the reshoots are in order to include more of the character Deadpool. Most people are polarised in their view, either shouting about how great it is to have...

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea script reviewed

The second draft of the script for the new McG directed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has been read and reviewed, or rather “blurbed” online, and it's far from good. In fact the write up it receives sounds horribly like some Disney animated musical or some such rubbish. However we...

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Drew Barrymore on Charlie's Angels 3

Drew Barrymore has talked about the possibility of another film in the Charlie's Angels series. And guess what, she's still super excited about it. We've heard this from her before, but it sounds like things might actually be happening this time....

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What next for Underworld?

With Underworld: Rise of the Lycans going back to the beginning of the story, you might be wondering where the films might go next. Len Wiseman has been musing on the subject, and we may see more jumping around the timeline....

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Che: Part Two and second Coraline trailer online

There are a couple of new trailers online today, one Che: Part Two, the second of the two films from director Steven Soderbergh about the famous revolutionary figure Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and the second is another trailer for the animated film Coraline, adapted from Neil Gaiman's story by the man...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and In the Electric Mist trailers online

There's a new trailer online for the long named Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and it's in Japanese, if that excites you any. There's also the trailer for In the Electric Mist which stars a few big names including Tommy Lee Jones in the lead. However while the Harry...

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My Bloody Valentine 3D UK advertising farce

You know I'm getting fed up of the advertising in the UK for My Bloody Valentine 3D, I keep seeing the television advert that features next to no footage from the film, faked footage, and does that awful thing interviewing people straight out of a prearranged viewing. It's all in...

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The Mutant Chronicles red band trailer online

There's a trailer online for The Mutant Chronicles that is going by the moniker of red band trailer, and I have to admit that I couldn't watch it with the sound turned up, but I didn't see anything that was vaguely “red band”-ish about it. Are the MPAA getting lighter...

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Italian Job ending solved...too late

Remember that great ending for The Italian Job? The film starring Michael Caine as the man who leads a gold robbery in Italy escaping with the gold in various Mini's? Well someone has apparently solved how the ending could actually work and allow them to escape with the bullion. However...

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666 trailer online

It was just the other day I was writing about the high definition release of Iron Maiden: Flight 666, the film of their amazing tour where they flew their own branded 757 across thirteen countries to some twenty-three stadiums and arenas. The trailer has arrived online for the documentary and...

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Fincher's Torso headless?

Paramount has let the rights to the novel behind the film adaptation lapse, and that means no Torso film for David Fincher, well not in the current state anyway. It appears that Paramount had an option on the novel and had the rights to extend that option but let that...

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Stalked: New Moon, Keira Knightly, Colin Farrell, Ving Rhames

Could Dakota Fanning be in New Moon? Keira Knightly isn't in a costume drama for once. And Ving Rhames is going where Danny Glover has already been....

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2009 Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars, have been announced and I've been mulling over the nominations and there are some interesting nominations. Yes, Heath Ledger is up there, but he's facing stiff competition, there's a lot for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...

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Eric Bana's Love the Beast trailer and clips

Thinking about the idea for Eric Bana's next film you could be forgiven for walking away, but I urge you not to, especially if you have a passion for cars but even if you don't, give the trailer a chance. I watched the trailer and I was hooked. It's not...

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Dead Snow (Død snø) red band trailer and clips

Død snø (Dead Snow), we've seen the trailer and heard the hype, Nazi zombies in snowy wilderness, sounds great, however there are a number of clips in the trailer that I recognise from a lot of other horror films, and a few that are the usual stock scares. That said...

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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans behind the scenes and cast interviews

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans looks interesting enough and could well provide for some entertainment and action, and watching the behind the scenes footage posted online today, it certainly does look that way. Accompanying the footage are some short cast and crew interviews, nothing too earth shattering and more in...

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Arnold still hoping for True Lies II

I really don't know whether I should believe this or not, but Tom Arnold is talking about getting True Lies II together again, and with Arnold Schwarzenegger on board. Frankly I think the entire story is fishing – you know when a star says something in the hope that the...

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Preacher gains new writer

It does sound as though Preacher is moving forward, we heard recently that Sam Mendes was still not officially signed on to direct the film and was awaiting a script, but we didn't know from whom the script was due, until now. John August, the man behind The Nines, Corpse...

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Stalked: Rockwell on Iron Man 2, Sex and the City stars on sequel, Cruise for Milk

Sam Rockwell signs on for Iron Man 2 and fans are upset... Sex and the City stars apparently are on for the sequel... Gus Van Sant wanted Tom Cruise for the part next to Sean Penn's Milk......

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Stalked: Polanski's Ghost, Whedon's Cabin in the Woods, Apatow's horror, Tom and Jerry adaptation, The Robe Blu-ray

Roman Polanski's next film The Ghost has just gained Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi... Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford join Joss Whedon's horror film The Cabin in the Woods... Judd Apatow and Bill Hader are working on a horror slasher film... Tom and Jerry are set for a film franchise...

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Producers talk The Shadow remake

I'm one of the few who think that The Shadow was a good and enjoyable film, and that Alec Baldwin was a great choice for the character, so although I would like to see a remake as much as the next person I'm not desperate to see it done right,...

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Watchmen news clip online

Not only am I not one for throwing up every marketing clip that comes along, but I'm definitely not one for talking about every piece of marketing that comes along. However the latest one for the Watchmen is rather interesting. There's a site called The New Frontiersman which is running...

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2009 Razzie nominations

The 2008 Razzie nominations have been announced and are right here for your discussion, there are some good ones, and some ones that really don't deserve to be here. I'll give you my opinion and you can argue yours. As always there are plenty of multiple nominations for single films,...

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Boyle attacked over Slumdog Millionaire

Now I do think there are some issues with Slumdog Millionaire (Filmstalker review) and it's not the “feel good film of the decade”, who knows if it could possibly be the “best film of the year”, and it isn't a “triumph of British-India film-making” but it is a good film....

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Jones joins Gainsbourg biographical film

Serge Gainsbourg is having his life story committed to film in France, and one well known American name is set to join the cast, Doug Jones. What's even more surprising is that he's set to be doing his usual prosthetic work on it. He's not playing the famous singer, songwriter,...

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666 documentary

Iron Maiden are set to release a feature length documentary this year about their last world tour, a tour that saw them fly a customised Boeing 757 that carried their entire stage show around the world to thirteen different countries playing to twenty three sold out stadiums and arenas. I'm...

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Vacancy 2: The First Cut DVD extended clip

An extended clip for Vacancy 2: The First Cut has appeared online, and while I don't normally go for these short clips from films, this one is rather interesting as it reveals the genesis of the whole Vacancy scenario, and while the first half of it is an interesting idea,...

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Milk

What I do like about cinema is the power it can have not only to entertain but also to educate and empower, and that is just what Milk achieved. When I read the blurb for the film when it was first announced it didn't connect with any memory of actual...

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Ralph Macchio on Karate Kid remake

With The Karate Kid remake ploughing on, we hadn't yet heard from the star of the first, Ralph Macchio. What did the original Karate Kid have to say? Well he's a little dubious about parts of the remake, join the club mate....

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Murphy's Imagine That trailer online

Eddie Murphy I am not afraid to say I am not a fan. He's basically let his career go down the tubes and taken to making bad comedy films and films for kids (and sometimes both) where he often plays multiple parts in disguise. Great gimmick. However the trailer for...

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The Horsemen trailers online

There are a couple of trailers online for the pretty scary and definitely creepy The Horsemen starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Peter Stormare, Clifton Collins Jr., Patrick Fugit and Eric Balfour. The story? Well that's as intriguing as the trailer is. Quaid plays a detective who is distanced from his...

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Mottola talks Paul

Paul is the next collaboration between Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and the director of the film Greg Mottola, has been talking about the main character and the challenges he faces in bringing the film to life. The biggest challenge appears to be in the requirements for CGI, and the...

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World casting

Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has just gained a few new cast members seriously filling out the main cast, with a number of the ex's already being named. The additions announced today are Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Brie Larson, Mae Whitman, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Mark Webber, Alison...

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50 Cent producing, starring and directing

50 Cent is starting a production company to make his own films called Cheetah Vision. The company has already bought eight scripts and the first to be produced is called The Dance, a film starring Nicolas Cage and strangely, himself. Not only that but in March we'll see his first...

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Stalked: Dushku produces, freestyle basketball, English country horror and Holmes gets Extra Man

Eliza Dushku is set to produce a film about Robert Mapplethorpe starring her brother in the lead... There's a new film coming about urban freestyle basketball... A new horror set in the English countryside is in the works... Katie Holmes is starring next to Kevin Kline in a comedy called...

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Aja's cloned Republican Jesus film

Yes, that's what I thought when I read it, sounds bizarre doesn't it? Well the story is that Alexandre Aja, while talking about the delays in Piranha 3-D, revealed that he's working on an adaptation of the book by Didier Van Cauwelaert called The Gospel According to Jimmy, and it...

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Vote for the BAFTA Rising Star award

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, otherwise known as BAFTA, have an award where you decide who wins. How great is that? It's not just any award either, it's an award for the best new talent that have arrived on screen, and you, the audience, can have a chance to...

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See One Day Removals “reid baund” for free

One Day Removals (Filmstalker review) is a comedy film from the North East of Scotland in the much underused dialect of Doric. It's not only the first feature film in Doric, but it's the film with the most swearing in the English language, ever, and that's an undisputed fact from...

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Spike Lee on Inside Man 2 plot and cast

Last we heard on Inside Man 2, a new script was being worked on. And some of us were wondering what the point was of a sequel. Now Spike Lee has given an update. That script is coming along nicely he says, and pretty much everyone will come back. The...

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500 Days of Summer trailer and clips online

You'd think that the line up of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel would be a great draw, but the trailer for the film is doing it's best to put us off the idea. Yet the idea of the film seems somewhat interesting too, it's being pitched as an offbeat comedy...

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Stalked: Spiderman 4, Cher, Johnny Knoxville

Spiderman 4 has another returning cast member. And Cher and Johnny Knoxville are teaming up....

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Fuqua wants Penn for Scarpa

Antoine Fuqua has recently completed Brooklyn's Finest, starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle. Sounds like he might not be moving too far for one his future projects. And he's hoping Sean Penn will join the cast....

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Jackman on Wolverine reshoots

The other day, we heard that extensive reshoots were required for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Depending on what you think, it was either all about the weather, or all about the director getting his way. Now Hugh Jackman has repeated the party line. It really is all about the weather he...

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Watchmen deal details

So the disagreement between Warner Bros. and Fox over Watchmen is over. With the deal done, and the release date not looking like moving, we can all relax. Some details of the supposedly confidential agreement have been released. And Fox seem to be the main winners....

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I Love You, Man red band trailer

A red band trailer is now online for I Love You, Man. The comedy stars Paul Rudd as a guy who is trying to find himself a best friend. The trailer come across as a kind of more adult American Pie. Head inside for a look....

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Terry Gilliam back on Don Quixote

I don't think we need to doubt Terry Gilliam's determination. Eight years after his planned film of Don Quixote fell apart, he is starting again. He's working on a new script, and hopefully no flash floods in sight....

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Stalked: Roland Emmerich, Chris Evans, Emma Stone

Roland Emmerich is going into outer space. Scott Pilgrim has another ex to deal with. And Emma Stone is helping Woody Harrelson....

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2009: The year in film: Part Three

While we race on with 2009, Filmstalker's selection of films coming up in 2009 continues with the third part in the 2009 release review covering July to September. There are some big releases, a much anticipated sequel, a definitely not needed remake, and some smaller more interesting films too. Of...

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Robert Harris' Fatherland in film

Robert Harris wrote his first novel called Fatherland, a fictional story set in 1964 in a world where the Nazi's had won World War II and invaded Britain. The story isn't just about that though, and the blurb sounds like a political conspiracy story we've seen set in so many...

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Jericho the movie?

The executive producer of the television series Jericho, the series that shows the effect of a nuclear attack on a small town in middle America, has revealed that they are working on a film that will take the idea of the show onto bigger and better things. However at the...

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Reshoots for X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Fox has gotten it's pound of flesh from Watchmen, but now it's having to concentrate on a film it actually has made. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is headed for re-shoots, and not just the odd one either....

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Planet 51 trailer online

We've seen some stills from Planet 51 before, when it was called Planet One and before it was rescued by Sony. This is the story of a planet inhabited with green humanoid aliens that are living in a world not unlike 1950's U.S. who are shocked one day when an...

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Proper Crank 2: High Voltage trailer online

Finally, after the rough footage of the Crank 2: High Voltage trailer was seen on Filmstalker a while ago, now the official trailer has arrived, and it’s looking much better but still much like a direct to DVD film. I’m sure there’s plenty of post-production work to be done as...

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Watchmen will be released

Finally Fox have received their money for deciding not to invest in making Watchmen but paying a lawyer the money to sign a document, and Warner have signed over a percentage of the profits from the film to a company who had no involvement in its development, and with that...

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Stalked: Keanu Reeves, The Thing prequel, Casey Affleck, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Keanu Reeves is in Cowboy Bebop. The Thing prequel may have a director. Casey Affleck is filming Joaquin Phoenix the rapper. And Philip Seymour Hoffman is trying his hand at directing....

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Watchmen court case settled?

Now this is great news, although not entirely unexpected as Warner Bros. would have done anything possible to ensure that Watchmen met the release date and was seen by as many people as possible, however it looks like Watchmen may be out of the courts and onto the screens, although...

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Emily Blunt in Iron Man 2?

Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell were the last two names mentioned as potential cast members of Iron Man 2. Now Emily Blunt could be joining them, and she might be playing Black Widow....

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McG gives more Terminator Salvation details

McG has given a small update on Terminator Salvation, he talks about the potential voiceover by Linda Hamilton. And also the music score, including whether or not they are using the original Terminator theme. Plus he's arranging a screening for the man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger....

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BAFTA 2009 nominations

The nominations for the 2009 BAFTA's have been announced and there are some interesting selections in the full nominations listed in the main article. I am surprised by a few inclusions, and a few categories, Mamma Mia! for Outstanding British Film is perhaps a strange one, but then there are...

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Closing Credits: Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban has died at home yesterday aged eighty-eight. He was undoubtedly best known for his role in the television series Fantasy Island, and he had a great career on television winning an Emmy for his role in How the West Was Won, but he also leaves some mammoth moments...

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Stalked: Verbinski's Black Hole, Sheridan's Black Mass

Gore Verbinski may direct Michael Gilio's Black Hole... Jim Sheridan's Black Mass adaptation – Mobster and FBI informant Whitey Bulger......

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Stalked: Infiltrator, Daemon, The Field, Culkin in Scott Pilgrim

Alex Holmes is set to adapt the novel Infiltrator... Daemon is the story of a computer program taking over the world... The Field is a new thriller about an endless field... Kieran Culkin has been cast as Wallace Wells in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World......

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Closing Credits: Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan, best known for his role in the cult television series The Prisoner, has died aged eighty. He won a BAFTA for Best Television actor for his role in the one off drama The Greatest Man In The World and two Emmy awards for playing characters in Colombo, some...

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New Fast and Furious trailer online in HD

There's a brand new Fast and Furious trailer online in high definition, and it's looking rather good, until that last scene though, where it just seems like it goes a little too far. The film reunites almost all of the leading names from the previous films, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker,...

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McG wants Smith for Nemo

Earlier this month, we heard that McG was to remake Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Not a straight remake though, it's an origin story of Captain Nemo, which comes before the story we know of already. McG has given the name of the actor he would love to...

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New The Informers unrated trailer online

The previous trailer for The Informers has been taken down unfortunately, so it's great news that there's a new trailer online today, and this one is an unrated trailer, mainly for a little bit of nudity and some drug taking, however it's the rest of the trailer we're after. The...

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Second Steve McQueen biographical film

While everyone raves about a Steve McQueen biographical film that's been announced today, a film to be adapted from the biography by Marshall Terrill called Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, it seems to have been forgotten that there was another McQueen biographical film announced back in August of...

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Jackson not Nick Fury? Ensemble superhero films dying?

Could this be the wind down of the big named ensemble casts for superhero films for some time? The latest character and big name to be hit could be Samuel L. Jackson who we saw as Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man (Filmstalker review). It seems that his...

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Jackie Chan in Karate Kid

Jackie Chan is in negotiations to play Mr. Miyagi in the remake of The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith as the kid who learns the ways of the martial art. There's also a director been signed, Harald Zwart who has just directed The Pink Panther 2. Yes, that's much what...

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Stalked: East of Eden, The Rum Diary, Vanessa Hudgens

East of Eden is turning into a film again. Johnny Depp might finally be in The Rum Diary. But Vanessa Hudgens isn't joining New Moon....

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Trovster

Now onto the penultimate Stalker's Top Ten of 2008, and this clearly shows that I have to rename the whole category next year because it's not just about top, and it's not just about tens! Trovster gives us his top rated films for the year after seeing a fair few...

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Stanton talks John Carter of Mars

Andrew Stanton has been talking about John Carter of Mars, another film that we haven't heard much from of late but we've been dying to hear about, and a project he is both writing and directing for the big screen. The story comes from Edgar Rice Burroughs way back in...

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Sigourney Weaver says no to Alien 5

It's that time again readers, time for Sigourney Weaver to either opt in or out of Alien 5. Last time it was a kind of out, but there was a possibility of a new story for Ripley. This time it's out, but it still kind of links in to what...

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The Good, The Bad, and The Weird International trailer online

Oh look at this, another International trailer online today, and this one's for The Good, The Bad, and The Weird aka Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom, and like the Outlander trailer, this one isn't as good as the previous. Still, it gives us a little more about the story, even if it...

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Outlander International trailer online

There's a new trailer online for the film Outlander, the story of a strange man who arrives from space amidst the reign of the warring Vikings and brings with him a deadly creature which threatens Earth and humanity. Together they must join and defeat the creature. The film stars James...

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Linda Hamilton in Terminator Salvation?

Back in August, we brought you a rumour that Linda Hamilton herself could be involved in some way in Terminator Salvation. With Arnold Schwarzenegger's appearance still a definite possibility, could Hamilton have a small role?...

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Blanchett planning "Cancer Vixen"

I'm quite a fan of Cate Blanchett, she's definitely one of the best actresses around these days. For one her future projects, she's decided to adapt the book Cancer Vixen: A True Story. The story of one woman battling breast cancer in her own way, Blanchett says she is struggling...

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Terminator Salvation confirmations

Secrets from McG's upcoming Terminator Salvation have been revealed at a press junket. Secrets that we'd previously gotten to the bottom of from way back, have now been seen on screen, so what's the big plot twist still to come? There was a press junket just the other night to...

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My Name is Bruce in Edinburgh

A little while ago Bruce Campbell was touring the U.S. promoting My Name is Bruce with a Q&A session before the film. Well the film is showing in only a few UK cinemas to begin with, and one of them is the gorgeous Cameo in Edinburgh. What's more is that...

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Stalked: Mendes on The Preacher, Janssen replaces Headey

The gorgeous Famke Janssen is replacing the equally beguiling Lena Headey on Black Death... Sam Mendes has been talking about the long quiet comic book adaptation Preacher......

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Stalked: Watchmen, Sienna Miller

The Watchmen case could be over soon. And Sienna Miller is no longer Maid Marian...

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New Killshot trailer

Killshot has been playing musical release dates for over two years now. But it's finally due to be released later this month in the US. To commemorate the occasion, a new trailer has been released. Head inside to see Mickey Rourke as a hit man, and Diane Lane running...

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Closed: Win Don't Mess with the Zohan on DVD

Yes that's right, you can win the comedy starring Adam Sandler as an Israeli counter-terrorist agent who decides that he wants to become the greatest American hairdresser that every lived, but his past just won't leave him behind. I have four copies of the DVD to give away, and if...

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Closed: Win £50 of DVD rental vouchers and Longshots T-Shirts

I've got four free three month memberships to major UK DVD rental companies to give away along with two T-shirts for the film The Longshots starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. The DVD rental memberships are full memberships, and that means unlimited rentals for three months, three rentals at any...

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Bonnie and Clyde remake Duff?

Perhaps only some of the UK readers will get that comment, but Duff means something off, something broken, not right, and the idea of Hilary Duff playing the role that Faye Dunaway once did in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde is just that, Duff. Hollywood really is eating itself...

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Scream 4 update

The last we heard Scream 4 was a definite possibility, with a script being written, and atleast one main star coming back. And unfortunately, the premise that it could be setting up a new franchise of Scream films. Only this time with a younger bunch of protagonists. Now we have...

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Full Bronson trailer

A full trailer is online for Bronson, the film based on the life of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson. It follows his journey from being a child, to one of Britain's most violent prisoners. The trailer looks like powerful stuff, and a great performance by Tom Hardy....

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Star talks Tron 2.0

As we know, watching films can be life affirming experience. It can change perceptions and provoke different emotions. Well according to one of the stars of Tron 2.0, it will change film as we know it. That sounds like a tag line they should use. Lets hope it lives up...

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Two-Face could be in Batman 3?

Not so long ago, Aaron Eckhart was suggesting that there would be no Two-Face in Batman 3. The character was dead, and that was pretty much it. Despite what happened to him in The Dark Knight (Filmstalker review), there is still the possiblilty that he will be back. Eckhart has...

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Golden Globe Winners 2009

I have to admit, and it's been very obvious from the site this year, I've been disinterested in the awards announcements. I've been waiting to write up all the various critics nominations and winners in one post and the Golden Globes snuck up on me, and I'm surprisingly not that...

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Stalked: Brendan Fraser, Vanessa Hugens, The Crazies

Brendan Fraser is putting his trust in Harrison Ford. Vanessa Hudgens could be joining the Twilight sequel. And Timothy Olyphant has some help with The Crazies....

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Cass

I had no knowledge of who Cass was before this film, but I knew about football hooliganism, and while there's a fair bit made of the fact that this film is about the man's involvement in hooliganism, it's more about the man and his life, and how he moves on...

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Jamie King on Sin City 2 delay

Sin City 2 has been slowly making it's way towards production. It has taken alot longer than some of us might have thought though. One of the stars of the first, Jamie King, has been explaining why it's been slow going. While Harvey Weinstein says it will get made at...

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Daniel Woolstencroft: Horror

With just a few more 2008 Stalker's lists to go, we've got another one from Daniel Woolstencroft from istherefood who is looking at one of my favourite genres, horror. Horror is a wide genre and while it can deliver some of the best examples of cinema that actually affects the...

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First six minutes of Valkyrie online

The first six minutes of Valkyrie has appeared online for you to watch. The film is already out in America, and will appearing elsewhere over the next few weeks. Take a peek and see what all the fuss has been about. Meanwhile I'll be commenting on the opening few minutes...

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Franklyn trailer online

We have a trailer for Franklyn, which stars Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green and Sam Riley. The film is set in modern day London, as well as a futuristic metropolis. The trailer looks like something a bit different. You can take a look inside....

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Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon has a lot to build it up, not only is it a huge moment in American political history, but the film carries with it great responsibility. It has to live up to the huge success of the play which featured Frank Langella and the British Michael Sheen playing the...

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Scott Thomas in Beatles biography

Kristin Scott Thomas is a gem of a woman, that's official fact and in the Guinness Book of Records. She's perfectly at home speaking French and appearing in French films, she's been funny, serious and breathtakingly natural in English speaking films, and she's gorgeous and mysterious to boot. Now she's...

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No Terminator music in Salvation?

The composer of the score for Terminator Salvation has been announced, it's Danny Elfman. A name we all probably know from the large list of films he's worked on. I suspect he may have never watched a Terminator film though. Seems it's not a given, that the infamous Terminator music...

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Bullock's All About Steve trailer online

Oh dear me, what is Sandra Bullock doing to her career with this latest piece of rubbish. Not only is she looking far from healthy but she's playing the same character she's always done just ramped up a couple of thousand degrees in the neuroses department. I can say without...

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The Devil's Tomb trailer online

What's happened to Cuba Gooding Jr., remember Jerry Maguire, Outbreak, As Good As it Gets? He won an Oscar for Jerry Maguire and he's had tons of nominations for other awards, and yet here he is doing this rubbish. The trailer for The Devil's Tomb suggests something akin to Doom...

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Beckinsale is in Underworld 3

A little miffed that you won't be seeing Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans? Well it turns out she will be in the third film, just not for very long. If you want to know how they are pulling it off, head inside....

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Morbius in Spiderman 4?

It seemed to take an age, until Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire confirmed they'd be back for Spiderman 4. Details are a while away yet probably, but Raimi has mentioned a potential villain. Could Spiderman be battling with Morbius next?...

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Spread trailer online

Spread is the latest film starring Ashton Kutcher and the trailer seems to take advantage of his Hollywood image. He plays a man who has slept and played his way into the partying elite, using his charm and sexual prowess to gain everything he has. One day at a diner...

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The Young Victoria trailer online

I was considering putting The Young Victoria in my list of films to see in 2009, not that I would want to watch it as I'm fed up with period dramas that go over the same old ground, but that Julian Fellowes wrote it and I'm always impressed with his...

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Fighting trailer online

Well there's Terrence Howard and Channing Tatum, so that's something, other than that I don't really see the appeal of this film. Oh, there's some fighting I guess. Well there are some positives, Dito Montiel is directing and has co-written the script, and you'll perhaps have heard of him from...

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Confessions of an Action Star trailer online

Before I hit the higher budget and truly awful film trailers I've hit upon today, I'm just going to throw something your way which is a lower budget and actually rather interesting looking trailer for a film called Confessions of an Action Star. It's obviously a mockumentary, a look at...

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The Last House on the Left trailer online

Classic horror remakes, you know they’re going to turn out bad or look like some slick MTV style sanitised horror, well from one studio anyway. However the trailer for the remake of Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left is here and you know what? It’s looking rather good,...

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Watchmen Producers talk

Finally the producers are talking about Watchmen, and while the producer Lloyd Kevin has written an open letter about it all, it's the letter from Larry Gordon that is the most interesting, sad thing is we won't get to see it since it's been sent directly to the courts for...

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Boyle directing Aliens 4 and Lady Vengeance?!

I can hardly believe that this is true, but word is that Danny Boyle has been approached for the remake of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and was also close to directing Alien 4, in fact he says that he even met the stars for the film. I know that Boyle...

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Stalked: Minimum Wage, The Way Back, Chloe

Mark Waters is happy with Minimum Wage. Colin Farrell could be playing a Russian prisoner. And Julianne Moore is suspicious about Liam Neeson....

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Studio wants Watchmen case now

Both studios in the battle over profits of the Watchmen film have filed their papers with the courts to debate whether Fox should be allowed to halt the film release – not if they should be able to gain profits, that's yet to come – and Warner Bros. has specifically...

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Watchmen Minutemen video online

The original Watchmen, the Minutemen, are online in a short behind the scenes look at the recreation of that photo taking scene and the people involved in it. While the video itself isn't spectacularly revealing, there are some good moments and the opportunity to see even more how they've worked...

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Rourke and Rockwell for Iron Man 2

Both Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks for Iron Man 2 we hear today, and that should raise expectations for the second film instantly, with Rourke set to play a villain for the film while Rockwell plays a business rival of Stark's, in effect another villain, just not...

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Stalked: DiCaprio's Reaper, Caruso's Jack and the Beanstalk, Sorcerer's Apprentice casting, New Moon casting, Beckinsale in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

A bunch of stories that don't make huge writing points but that you'd probably like to know and perhaps have a wee discussion about. Leonardo DiCaprio is to star in a film called Beat the Reaper... D.J. Caruso is set to direct Jack the Giant Killer... The Sorcerer's Apprentice has...

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Fright Night remake killed

The planned remake of Fright Night has been cancelled, thank the lord. The eighties horror film which I remember featuring the immortal line "oh, you're so cool Brewster" was to receive a modern day remake with some drastic changes in storyline. It seems that the project has been going on...

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Ender's Game too clever for cinema?

It seems that the film version of Ender's Game (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) isn't going to happen, and that's according to Orson Scott Card himself, apparently it was just too clever for cinema, or rather it was just too clever for the studios to invest in it. Card has revealed that...

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Quantum Quest gets big cast

Quantum Quest is a 3-D animation film, being made with the help of NASA. The cast list though, sounds like a joint Star Wars and Star Trek convention. Original and new stars of both are providing their voices, along with one of the few people to have walked on the...

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Headey to direct vigilante film

Lena Headey, the star of 300, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and worth watching out for The Brøken and The Red Baron, is set to direct her first film. She's not leaping into the deep end though and is tackling a lower budget British thriller, but it still sounds good...

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McG directing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

While Terminator Salvation is starting to look rather strong but has yet to be released, McG is already cashing in on the notoriety and has his next directorial job lined up, that of directing a remake of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Well when I say remake the...

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The Hurt Locker trailer online in English

The trailer for Kathyrn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker appeared some time ago, but only in Italian, and we were struggling to find an English version, until now. The trailer has appeared in English and adds a fair bit to the feel of the story and how it is going to...

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New Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li trailer online

We've already seen a trailer for Street Fighter film, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, and boy did that appear quickly, but now there's another online which contains the same footage and then some, and looks far more polished than the previous. You know what? I'm thinking that this little...

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Watchmen Japanese trailer online

The Japanese trailer for the Watchmen has arrived online with some great new footage from the film, with some amazing shots recreated from history in the early moments, particularly that of President Richard Nixon and President John F. Kennedy's assassination which has a reveal moment that does surprise. Even though...

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Rourke joins The Expendables

Wow, the good news for Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables keeps coming, and I really honestly believed that the line up of Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Forest Whitaker just couldn't get any more cool names added to it. I was wrong. The report is in that Mickey Rourke...

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Tron 2.0 gains lead, changes title

Thankfully, and perhaps this is the better news, Tron 2.0 aka Tr2n and Tron 2, has changed it's title to simply Tron. While that's great to remember it does suggest they are thinking less of a sequel and more of a remake, or is that what they are wanting us...

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The Thaw trailer

The Thaw stars Val Kilmer as a climate change expert, who uncovers a secret in a polar ice cap. A secret which could threaten the human race, if it's allowed to escape. The trailer is now online for you to watch. And it doesn't look like this is a return...

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Brass Eye makes suicide bomber comedy

You may remember Chris Morris from the controversial Channel 4 satirical investigative show Brass Eye and The Day Today, and probably more so for the incredibly close to the bone show that saw him investigate the state of paedophilia, a show that resulted in enough complaints to put an end...

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Jordan Raup: Comedies

Next up in our Stalker's Top Tens is Jordan Raup of The Film Stage who is about to give us his top ten of his favourite comedies in 2008. I think that comedies are perhaps the most subjective and contentious film genre there is, and Jordan is going to wade...

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Clips 'n' Pics: The Descent 2, [Rec] 2, ...of the Dead, Taken

There's a bunch of clips online for films as well as a one set of photos, none of which are particularly exciting on their own, but enough for a quick round up and to have a dig at for lack of content. First up there are some production photos for...

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Kingsley in The Expendables?

I know there are casting rumours galore, and they can often turn out to be false, but to be honest I'm more than excited about Sylvester Stallone's new film The Expendables, I won't start going on about the choice of cast of Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Stallone...

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Shazam! dead

You know when you hear "a reliable source" from a site or a media outlet and instantly groan as you read the latest rumour about someone appearing as Catwoman or some other rubbish? Well this is really is a reliable source. From the writer of Shazam! comes the news that...

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Tintin rumours of twins casting

It seems that there's rather an unlikely pair of actors being picked for the Thompson twin characters, no not the eighties pop group but the twin comic detectives in the story. Although this is very much a rumour at this time and could well turn out to be completely untrue,...

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Stalked: Jonah Hex, Law Abiding Citizen, Bye Bye Birdie

Jonah Hex has a new director. Law Abiding Citizen has some new cast members. And Adam Shankman has a new musical to adapt....

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Wanted writers on The Courier

The Courier is a new action film that carries some exciting names behind it. The writers are Michael Brandt and Derek Haas who wrote Wanted (Filmstalker review) and 3:10 to Yuma. The director is Russell Mulcahy, the man who directed Highlander, the hugely underrated The Shadow and Resident Evil: Extinction....

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Director talks Hairspray 2

Hairspray 2 is still in development, but the director has given a few more details about what you'll be seeing. Adam Shankman tell us about a potential title for the film, and also a big name star who may not be appearing....

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Stalked: Halloween 2 casting call spoilers, Strangers 2 and Craven's 25/8 saved

Halloween 2, aka H2, has some of the kills revealed in the casting call... 25/8 by Wes Craven and The Strangers 2, as well as plenty of other horror films, have been saved along with their studio Rogue Pictures......

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Terminator Salvation toys confirm spoilers

Well before the Terminator Salvation trailer showed John Connor screaming at Sam Worthington and people started putting two and two together, I wrote about that very same plot reveal, discovering it in an early comment about the casting. Mind you it's something I thought about way back when the casting...

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Whitaker in Stallone's Expendables

The news is confirmed that Forest Whitaker is in negotiatons for a role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, but with that news comes the calming of the rumour that Sandra Bullock was to join the team as well. The Expendables is Stallone's ensemble cast film that sees a group of...

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Knightley as F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife

The news that John Curran is set to direct The Beautiful and the Damned starring Keira Knightley is just that, news, and something I'd usually rather leave to the news outlet channels or just drop into a Stalked article. However when I read this blurb I instantly thought, "hasn't she...

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Back to the Future in Bollywood

Bollywood is set to remake a classic Hollywood film series, of course there have been a few in the past, but this one looks set to be the most ambitious so far. The remake is of Back to the Future and will be called Action Replay starring two big stars,...

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2009: The year in film: Part Two

The celebration of films coming up in 2009 continues with the second part in the 2009 release review by Filmstalker, and I'm now looking at April to June. Now we're still looking at some more intelligent releases during this period, but we're also into blockbuster and sequel territory too. While...

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Firebug Productions: The worst

So onto the third of Firebug's Stalker's Top Tens of 2008, or should I say bottom tens. For this is his list of the worst films he's seen in 2008, a list which includes a film I'm about to review and give away copies for! I'm sure some of you...

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Aaden Black: The worst

Aaden not only gave us his top ten favourite films of the year, but also his least ten favourite films of the year, and I think there are a few that are going to cause a little controversy on this list, for instance Iron Man, Hellboy II and The Bank...

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Frost talks Frost/Nixon

David Frost, the man whom half of the film Frost/Nixon is based on, has revealed that the story in the film does take liberties in order to make him an under dog for the purposes of the plot, and with that I find the question being raised of what else...

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Thor details revealed

Some details have been revealed about the planned Thor film which is written by MM and helmed by Kenneth Branagh, and while some aren't that surprising, like Branagh taking a part in the film, but others are a little more surprising and reveal that there's going to be a bit...

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French courts ban copyright protection on DVD

Yes this sounds bizarre but at the same time so right, but a French court have decreed that film companies must remove the copyright protection from DVD's as it violates the basic rights of the owner to copy the film for their own purposes. The decision was actually a reversal...

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Red Dwarf the film?

No chance I say, but it would appear that at one time there was talk of a Red Dwarf film, probably when Red Dwarf was a well watched show and wasn't relying on fans watching the many repeats while the stars went off to other projects. Craig Charles, one of...

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Ramchandra Solanki: Bollywood

Ramchandra is a regular reader of Filmstalker, and has been for a very long time, and is also a damn fine guy online - I've yet to meet him in real life - and it's his turn for a Stalker's Top Ten. His list is going to be visiting Bollywood,...

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Case 39 dropped by studio?

Christian Alvart is responsible for the film Antikörper (Antibodies) (Filmstalker review) which I thought was a superb horror and thriller. Obviously others did too because he leapt over to Paramount to make Case 39 with Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Adrian Lester and Bradley Cooper. In December we heard that the...

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Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground trailer online

Well, take a good film with something to say and see how you can sequel it and in the process forget everything the original was about. Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground is the sequel to Green Street, a film which looked at some of the reasons behind organised football...

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Scream star and writer talk Scream 4

It's hard to believe that there could be room for a fourth Scream film, and some of the stars seem to think that too, but Bob Weinstein is holding out hope for it, so much so that there's a script and stars are being courted. According to Jamie Kennedy and...

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Stalked: Hugh Jackman, Inglourious Basterds, Zack Snyder

Hugh Jackman has dumped Cleopatra. Inglourious Basterds has a release date. And Zack Snyder has found some owl voices....

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Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Firebug Productions

Well the new year has begun, the first day is almost over here and pretty soon we'll be into the normal routine and thinking about the year ahead. However there are still quite a few Stalker's Top Ten's to get through, and Firebug returns with another of his excellent lists...

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January 31, 2009

Angelology latest religious friendly adaptation?

Full G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, teaser online

Clips 'n' Pics: G.I. Joe, Star Trek and Transporter 3

January 30, 2009

Plunkett American Football film

Stalked: Puss in Boots writer, Morgan and Swank, Davis and Butler, Blunt and Segel, Tatum on Brotherhood of the Rose, Uninvited six minutes

Resident Evil 4/5 details emerge

Stallone talks Rambo V

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has a director

January 29, 2009

Downloading Nancy trailer online

Proyas talks Dracula Year Zero and The Tripods

Predator remake by Rodriguez

Snipes to play James Brown?

Run-DMC biographical film gains writer

Ian Fleming biographical film

Stalked: The Thing confirmed, Narnia saved, Slumdog Millionaire teaches stars

January 28, 2009

Hush trailer online

Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic trailer online

Marshall's Ninth Legion gains cast

Stalked: Fry Inn at the Edge of the World, 1066 with Bond, Cohen hypes Mummy 3 Blu-ray

New A-Team by Carnahan, Ridley and Tony Scott?

Tomb Raider franchise to restart

Catch up: Second McQueen biographical film

Elite Squad director on Ludlum's Sigma Protocol

January 27, 2009

Francis Lawrence to direct Samson

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li new footage online

The Damned United trailer online

Orange BAFTA Rising Star: Michael Cera

Death at a Funeral remake gets worse

Bonnie and Clyde remake really is happening

Stalked: Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Isla Fisher, Minnie Driver, Brendan Fraser

January 26, 2009

Update: Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig on Tintin

Burns biographical film with Gerard Butler returns

Screen Actors Guild 2009 Award winners

Carriers trailer online

January 25, 2009

Dakota Fanning on New Moon

The Green Hornet stalled?

January 24, 2009

Stalker's Top Ten 2008: Matt Adcock: Babes

Gears of War trilogy?

The Great Buck Howard trailer

X-Men Origins: Wolverine reshoots really a problem?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea script reviewed

Drew Barrymore on Charlie's Angels 3

What next for Underworld?

Che: Part Two and second Coraline trailer online

January 23, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and In the Electric Mist trailers online

My Bloody Valentine 3D UK advertising farce

The Mutant Chronicles red band trailer online

Italian Job ending solved...too late

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 trailer online

Fincher's Torso headless?

Stalked: New Moon, Keira Knightly, Colin Farrell, Ving Rhames

January 22, 2009

2009 Oscar nominations

Eric Bana's Love the Beast trailer and clips

Dead Snow (Død snø) red band trailer and clips

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans behind the scenes and cast interviews

Arnold still hoping for True Lies II

Preacher gains new writer

Stalked: Rockwell on Iron Man 2, Sex and the City stars on sequel, Cruise for Milk

Stalked: Polanski's Ghost, Whedon's Cabin in the Woods, Apatow's horror, Tom and Jerry adaptation, The Robe Blu-ray

January 21, 2009

Producers talk The Shadow remake

Watchmen news clip online

2009 Razzie nominations

Boyle attacked over Slumdog Millionaire

Jones joins Gainsbourg biographical film

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 documentary

Vacancy 2: The First Cut DVD extended clip

January 20, 2009

Milk

Ralph Macchio on Karate Kid remake