Quentin Tarantino’s next film, DJANGO UNCHAINED, releases Christmas Day 2012
Jun 16The Weinstein Company have officially announced Quentin Tarantino‘s spaghetti western homage Django Unchained will arrive on screens Christmas 2012. Casting is still ongoing, with A-listers such as Will Smith and Jamie Foxx being ‘in talks’ at various stages.
Already confirmed are Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz.
NOT taking the piss: Darren Aronofsky wants Christian Bale to star in biblical film about Noah’s Ark
Jun 16Alright, so we normally shy away from “this might happen, but it’s just a trade rumor right now with no green light” stories, because they’re usually a waste of time… but this one is pretty damn interesting.
Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Black Swan) has been trying to get a film adaptation of Noah’s Ark off the ground for a while, an idea he’s had since he was a kid. To get the film the backing it needs (apparently in the ballpark of $130 million, as you do…) the script needs a ‘star’ attached, so he’s in talks with Christian Bale. Nothing is signed, but it’s an interesting project, to say the least.
I trust Aronofsky– he’s yet to make a film I haven’t enjoyed. He’s undoubtedly a proficient and talented director, but Noah’s Ark? I hope it gets off the ground (geddit?) because the trailer alone would be fascinating.
Arnie does something: everyone pays close attention
May 06
A script based on a 1975 novel about an alcoholic who bonds with some rich jerk’s son, a $12.5 million payday (plus 25% first dollar gross), the internet aflurry with anticipation–it can only mean one thing: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in town.
He’s signed on for Cry Macho, to be directed by The Lincoln Lawyer‘s Brad Furman and produced by The Godfather‘s Al Ruddy. The plan is to shop the project around at Cannes for distribution.
Meanwhile, no one gives a fuck about that Governator cartoon thing.
Elizabeth Banks will star in THE HUNGER GAMES
May 02
After scooping up the rights to the 2008 young-adult science fiction novel The Hunger Games some time ago, Lionsgate have just announced that Elizabeth Banks will play Effie Trinket– a flaky fashion consultant who escorts her district’s contestants into the battlefield… Wait, a battlefield? WTF?
The Hunger Games is set in the undetermined future where, every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from are selected at random and forced to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised event in which the participants must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena until only one remains.
The books wound up as a trilogy. No doubt Lionsgate are hoping they can franchise them into film adaptations, success of this first one pending. The Hunger Games is scheduled to hit screens in 2012.
How very clever: Johnny Depp to cameo in 21 JUMP STREET movie
Apr 27In the most news coverage the seemingly silly project has seen to date, Johnny Depp today confirmed he’ll be making a cameo in the film adaptation of the cheesy TV series that launched his career back in the 80s. Yep, Johnny Depp will be in 21 Jump Street — The Movie, more than 21 years after the fact.
I can hardly contain my excitement… can you tell?
The flick stars that formerly chubby dude from Superbad, Jonah Hill, and Channing Tatum. Expect it to grace your megaplex in March 2012.
M. Night Shyamalan somehow convinces Will and Jaden Smith to star in his next movie
Apr 05Fresh off creating one of the worst movies of all time, once-great writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is turning to star power to fuel his next project. One Thousand A.E. (working title) is about a father and son (Will Smith and his son Jaden) who crash land on Earth a thousand years after the human race abandoned it, or something; it’s described as a “scary science-fiction film,” so it might herald Night’s return to his roots. Let’s just hope it makes more sense than The Last Airbender.
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