Headlines Saturday Nov 7th 2009
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Stephen Frears lines up Lay The Favourite
High Fidelity's DV DeVincentis is adapting the gambling memoir
BY James White Nov 6th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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Stephen Frears looks to have lined up a possible new directing job, attaching himself to an adaptation of Beth Raymer's memoir Lay The Favourite, Take The Dog.
If he does make the film, it'll make something of a High Fidelity reunion as writer DV DeVincentis, who worked on Fidelity, is the man tackling the script.
The plot would follow the based-on-truth tale of 50-something maths geeks who figure out how to work the sports betting system in Vegas.
Paddy Considine starring in Submarine
Directed by The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade!
BY James White Nov 6th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor are all starring in Submarine, which is being brought to the screen by comedy god Richard Ayoade.
Adapted from Joe Dunthorne's novel, Submarine finds teenaged Oliver Tate (newcomer Craig Roberts) attempting to woo classmate Jordana Bevan (Yasmin Page) and to tell his own story.
That story? Why don't we let Oliver take it: "I have been waiting too long for the film of my life.
New Despicable Me trailer is online
Meet Gru…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
The new trailer for Universal's supervillain comedy Despicable Me is now online and you can watch it below.
It's still slightly teaser-like, but it has a lot more of central figure Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who we find out not only has to deal with a usurper looking to steal his title as top baddie in the area, but faces becoming the surrogate father to three headstrong girls.
The promo is mostly physical comedy as Gru and his nemesis duke it out, and we've got to admit we're not sold yet.
Still, take a look below and let us know your opinion...
Johnny Depp joining The Tourist?
Yet more changes for the thriller…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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Johnny Depp is the latest actor to consider starring in action thriller remake The Tourist.
We're seriously beginning to wonder if the producers did something terrible in a former life as this film has seen more problems on its way to the screen than most recent releases.
Let's run down the list, shall we? First up, the plan was to team director Bharat Nalluri with Tom Cruise for a movie that sees Cruise's everyman visitor to France being caught up in a female Interpol officer's (Charlize Theron) plan to catch her former, criminal lover.
What is 500 Rads?
JJ Abrams' new secret project, apparently…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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JJ Abrams just can't stop being a cinematic trickster, pulling off movies like Cloverfield without people catching wind until later.
But this time, the team at Pajiba got a few, sketchy details a little earlier than usual, including word that the working title is 500 Rads and that it's not related to his other in-development work like Mystery On Fifth Avenue and the untitled earthquake pic.
Sony adapting Risk
Yes, Risk. Another board game…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Just when you thought the avalanche of studios buying board games to make movies from had slowed down, Sony decides to snap up Risk.
Hasbro sold off the rights to the company, which will produce the film with Will Smith's company (doubt he'll star in it, but stranger things have happened).
If you've never played the game, it locks players in a struggle to control all the world's territories through strategic thinking and military deployment.
See Jessica Alba in Machete
A first look at her in Robert Rodriguez' latest...
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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The first image of Jessica Alba playing Sartana in Robert Rodriguez' Machete has arrived on the web.
The lads over at Coming Soon tracked down the image at the American Film Market and snapped a pic.
Rodriguez has just shot the film, adapted from his spoof trailer in Grindhouse that sees Danny Trejo as a renegade former Mexican Federale on the run after he's double-crossed and framed by a crooked politician.
New Sherlock Holmes trailer is here!
"Tomorrow, the world as you know it… Will end"
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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Another new trailer for Guy Ritchie's comedy/action-fueled take on Sherlock Holmes has arrived online and you can inspect it below.
There are a few more story fragments and a snippet or two of fresh footage, but it's largely what we've seen before, albeit with the action ramped up and the music more boisterous - Robert Downey Jr's Holmes being a smart arse, Jude Law's Watson getting infuriated, Mark Strong's villainous Lord Blackwood making ominous threats.
We doubt anyone's mind will really be changed by this one - those who are ready to buy their ticket will still do so, and the haters will have their bile ducts primed.
But however you feel, give it a watch and let us know your thoughts...
Salt teaser trailer online
Now in English!
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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The proper version of the Salt teaser trailer, starring Angelina Jolie, has gone up online.
You may have caught the Russian version, but unless you speak Russian, most of the dialogue would have been impenetrable.
Still, the action played well enough and now we all get to enjoy it with the added bonus of the original voices.
It's being described as Lady Bourne Identity, and we can certainly see that. Jolie knows how to handle action - and it has a solid supporting cast which includes Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Take a look below and let us know what you think.
Chuck Russell reworking Arabian Nights
Scorpion King director wants to make it 3D
BY James White Nov 4th 2009 // 9:09AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Chuck Russell is getting back into swords and sandal-style filmmaking with a new version of Arabian Nights - and he wants it in 3D.
It's been seven years since Russell made The Scorpion King and it looks like he wants to stick with desert tales.
He's nabbed a budget of $70 million for a script he wrote with Barry P Ambrose that puts a new spin on the classic story.
