Zack Galifianakis holds a wounded dog for the first DUE DATE poster
Aug 11
Following the mildly funny trailer last month, Warner Brothers have released the first poster for Todd Phillips‘ comedy road movie Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zack Galifianakis (via Yahoo).
Just to make sure audiences realise it’s a quirky comedy, Zack is holding a dog wearing a cone. Something funny must happen to injure that doggy, right? I shouldn’t jab; this will likely be better than the majority of comedy releases this year and Todd Phillips has a garnered some respect after The Hangover.
Due Date co-stars Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Alan Arkin, Juliet Lewis and Danny McBride and hits U.S. screens 5 November, 2010.
Delightful glimpse of the LOONEY TUNES comeback: COYOTE FALLS
Aug 04
My Dad is going to fucking love this. He watched Road Runner as a lad and he’s always going on about how it was the best cartoon, ever. As a result, I was brought up on Looney Tunes on videotape instead of Disney and I have to agree with him, I prefer the Tunes instead of the Mouse.
Warner Brothers are going to make a habit of attaching exclusive Looney Tunes short films to their movies again, just like the good ol’ days. Only now, the animation has improved and, of course, they’ll be in 3D. The first one– Coyote Falls– was attached to the U.S. print of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore over the weekend. The next one will be attached to Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’hoole, and the third will be seen with Yogi Bear.
While this may only be a 26 second glimpse of Coyote Falls, I felt like a kid all over again. Something about watching the Coyote violently cop it puts a smile on my face.
GREEN LANTERN character posters still hide the CGI costumes
Jul 27
After confirmed reports that Ryan Reynolds would not be wearing an actual suit for his lead part in Green lantern and that it would all be created digitally, just about everyone waited anxiously to see how it would look. When they finally rendered some images of the suit on Reynolds the reception was average at best.
To keep us biting at the bit while we wait for a trailer so we can really judge the CGI superhero suit, Warner Brothers have released a series of character posters that continue to hide the goods in question. The posters feature Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond and were released as part of the current promotion at Comic-Con 2010.
Green Lantern arrives on cinema screens in the States on 17 June 2011.
Call Sheet: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Scream 4, Demi Moore, Angela Bassett and someone will finally be Spider-Man
Jul 05
Call Sheet: A weekly run-down of movie casting news and rumours from around the web.
- Undoubtedly the biggest casting news of the week was the appointment of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in the all-new upcoming Spider-Man franchise reboot, being directed by Marc Webb.
- THR revealed the second biggest (potential) casting news of the week: Meryl Streep may be signing on to star in the biopic about Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first and only female Prime Minister to date. The Iron Lady (yeah…) is being developed by Mumma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd. Jim Broadbent is in talks to play Margaret Thatcher’s husband, Denis.
- Scream 4 has so many comings and goings it’s been hard to keep track. It’s even had a complete re-write, which, given production has already started, is ironically scary. Anyway, Adam Brody, Marley Shelton, Erik Knudsen, Alison Brie and Mary McDonnell have all joined the cast over the past week.
- Amanda Seyfried is set to star in Disney’s live action retelling of Cinderella, written by The Devil Wears Prada scribe Aline Brosh McKenna. I’m excited by this news because it also means I get to post a photo of Amanda’s gorgeous face. See:
- The New York Times has it on good authority that Paul Reubens will finally return to his PeeWee Herman character in a feature film being directed by Judd Apatow. I don’t know about anyone else, but ‘Pee-Wee’ sorta creeps me out… and not in an entertaining way. At all.
- There’s a popular comic book (sorry, ‘graphic novel’) called Cowboys & Aliens that is being turned into another comic-book-adaptation-feature-film. People are excited about it because it’s being directed by Iron Man 1 & 2 director Jon Favreau, and currently stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford and Sam Rockwell (which, granted, is a very impressive cast). Anyway, All My Children‘s Abigail Spencer just joined the cast this week.
- Demi Moore will play Miley Cyrus’ mother in an adaptation of the French film LOL. Yep– that’s Laugh Out Loud. Internet talk in movie titles. Brilliant. Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in Twilight, and Thomas Jane are also in negotiations to join the film.
- Deadline is reporting that Colin Farrell and Eric Bana are currently in negotiations to star in By Virtue Fall, which will be directed by Up In The Air co-writer Sheldon Turner.
- Slashfilm reckons Bradley Cooper is no longer interested in M. Night Shyamalan‘s next project. After the bashing The Last Airbender has been getting, I’d say it’s a smart move to get as far away as possible.
- THR broke the news that Angela Bassett will star alongside Paula Patton in Jumping the Broom, a wedding-themed ensemble comedy directed by Salim Akil. She’s a fantastic actress, but every time I see her I always see Michael Jackson’s mother from that 90′s mini-series The Jacksons.
- While everyone was scoffing about how fucking stupid an idea the LEGO movie is, Warner Brothers went ahead and hired Chris Miller and Phil Lord to direct. They were responsible for Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, which was surprisingly good and entertaining. So, now what are we supposed to think, WB? You’ve got some fresh directors but a product with NO PLOT… the screenplay/logline/premise is going to be damn interesting, whenever it is revealed.
- David Fincher‘s The Social Network just got a little more interesting for fans of Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are writing the score for the film.
- And finally, in a rumour that will never go away for a project that will likely never happen, producer Jerry Bruckheimer still thinks Tom Cruise might be up for Top Gun 2. Because that’s what the world needs right now. It’s not the 80′s any more, Bruckheimer… move on, please.
5NAL DESTINATION: it’s not what it looks like!
Jun 30
Maybe I spend too much time surfing the net for unsavory things in my spare time and, as a result, have become accustomed to seeing a certain word whenever associated letters are used… When I first read that Warner Brothers were changing the name of the fifth Final Destination film to 5nal Destination, I honestly thought the franchise was finally going all-out adult erotica.
Surely this is a stupid fucking joke, no? Besides, wasn’t Final Destination 4 cleverly titled THE Final Destination so we wouldn’t have to put up with face-palming decisions like this? The franchise should be over, already! Finished, dead– FINAL.
Anal Destination is due for release sometime in 2011, almost definitely in 3D.
source: Bloody-Disgusting
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