The Hobbit was stuck in development limbo for most of this year but after getting the green-light October 15th, casting of the key roles is now underway. There’s been much speculation as to who would play the lead role in the Rings prequel story, though U.K born Martin Freeman (39) was always the front-runner. His […]
It was quite the talk last week when embattled movie star Mel Gibson was said to be appearing briefly as an opinionated Tattoo Artist in the Hangover 2. All seemed to be going well for the star to get his career back on track until news broke that his role has since been axed. Director […]
The show that turned the ambitious nature of American Idol and the classic film Grease into a well scripted TV show that ‘s become a cultural phenomenon, continues it’s second season with it’s next ep airing on the 26th Oct with the Rocky Horror Pictures Show as it’s theme. With no sign of letting up […]
Some new images over at Just Jared from the set of Guy Ritchie‘s sequel to his mega-successful Sherlock Holmes. These set pics show a scene where the crime deducing sleuths Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are catching a ride on a horse and carriage. Not much in the way of spoilers just these images […]
Here’s the biggest clue that Bill Murray is on board for the third installment of Ghostbusters which is still in development and final script rewrites are said to be in progress. Bill Murray came up on stage for the 2010 Scream Awards for last years Zombieland which won the award for Best Horror Movie in […]
The Lord of the Rings trilogy were an incredible accomplishment in film making featuring an exceptional ensemble cast, dazzling visual effects and a narrative continuity that was a testament to the magnitude of the production with each film being shot back to back over 2 years. The development time of the films was considerably longer and […]
The last few months have been full of speculation about Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-man franchise with many names being considered for the pivotal roles. With production scheduled to commence in December, casting decisions are being made for the various characters. A big surprise was Emma Stone who was presumably in the running for […]
Planet of the Apes is one of the most enduring film franchises with the 1968 original starring screen legend Charlton Heston spawning 4 sequels and a short lived TV series. The film was based on the 1963 book La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with John Chambers […]
It was all the buzz when it was announced earlier this week that the Bourne franchise was moving ahead with the main writer of the series taking over the reigns from Paul Greengrass who left the series after the studios reportedly developed scripts to get the next film on track sooner. Now it seems the […]
The highly anticipated sequel / reboot to the Mad Max series has hit a snag with production being delayed yet again until the year 2012. It was delayed once before with shooting scheduled to have commenced this year then it was pushed back with word that George Miller was planning another sequel which called for […]
Universal studios have signed Tony Gilroy one of the acclaimed writers of the Bourne series to direct and write a fourth movie entitled The Bourne Legacy. Gilroy made his directorial debut with the flick Michael Clayton which earned a best actor Oscar nod for George Clooney. He was signed back in June to write a […]
For the last few weeks it was all the buzz that Emma Stone was in the running for a part in the new Spider-man Reboot, now Sony has confirmed that she has been signed though not as the character we expected. It was assumed that she was in the running for the role of Mary […]
The Spider-man reboot is getting ready to commence shooting this December with director Marc Webb helming the latest take on the webslinger. His credits are not that impressive with his recent directorial effort – TV ‘s Lonestar bombing abysmally and show his inexperience could be an issue with this genre flick. With production revving up, […]
It was all a buzz when Ridley Scott announced he was returning to the Alien Franchise for not one, but two films set to be prequels to the original 1979 movie. Pre-production had begun with Lost writer Damon Lindleof recently hired to re-write John Spaits original script to achieve maximum narrative effect. The latest 3d […]
