Headlines Saturday Nov 7th 2009
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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.
Bradley Cooper off to Dark Fields
He's replacing Shia LaBeouf in a twisty thriller
BY James White Nov 6th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Bradley Cooper has signed on to star in Dark Fields, the new film from The Illusionist's Neil Burger.
Yes, you know you've moved up in your career when you nab roles that Shia LaBeouf turned down and Cooper has certainly hit a higher gear thanks to The Hangover and his starring role in The A-Team.
Fields sees him venturing into darker territory, as a down-and-out writer finds a secret experimental drug that makes you super smart.
Dan Aykroyd voicing Yogi Bear?
And Justin Timberlake is Boo Boo?
BY James White Nov 6th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris have all signed on to roles in Warners' new live-action/CG take on Yogi Bear.
It's true- no matter how much we all try to avoid the fact that this film is on the way, it somehow finds a way to remind us.
And this time, it's through the casting the voices for the leads, with Aykroyd signed on as Yogi and Timberlake playing sidekick Boo Boo.
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
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.
Ashley Greene considers Apparition
Twilight co-star up for some real horror...
BY James White Nov 6th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Ashley Greene - currently better known to the world as Twilight's Alice Cullen, is looking to star in Dark Castle's Apparition.
If she locks in a deal, she'll be playing one half of a couple who get seriously haunted by an evil supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment.
We're guessing it's not a beer monster, though we would probably watch that.
Salt teaser trailer online
Now in English!
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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.
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
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...
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
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.
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.
What is 500 Rads?
JJ Abrams' new secret project, apparently…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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.
Johnny Depp joining The Tourist?
Yet more changes for the thriller…
BY James White Nov 5th 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
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.
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...
Steve Martin will host the Oscars!
With Alec Baldwin as sidekick
BY James White Nov 4th 2009 // 9:09AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Steve Martin has agreed to host the Oscars for a third time, and he's bringing... er, Alec Baldwin along with him.
Martin has previously taken hosting duties to solid acclaim in 2000 and 2002.
But Baldwin is a first-timer, so it makes a certain sense that he's been paired with an old hand.
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” Martin said in a statement, while Baldwin fired back with, “I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime.
Win tickets to an exclusive Twilight event!
The New Moon UK Fan Party ballot is open...
BY James White Nov 4th 2009 // 9:09AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Attention, Twilight fans! Want to put a question to your favourites in person?
Yes, the Twilight Saga: New Moon UK Fan Party is happening on November 11th and the chance to win tickets via ballot is now open!
The event, which will take place live at Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park, London, will feature appearances by Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and director Chris Weitz, who will all be wearing scream-resistant ear protectors throughout.
DreamWorks unleashes the Robopocalypse!
The machines are rising. Again.
BY James White Nov 4th 2009 // 7:07AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Another day, another plot by malicious mechanicals to take over the world.
This time, it's Robopocalypse, which DreamWorks is planning to adapt from writer Daniel H Wilson's book. A book, we might add that isn't aiming for the shops until 2011.
The company plans to fast-track the project, which will look at the idea of machines plotting against humanity from a more scientific point of view than, say Transformers or even Terminator, since the author has a Ph.
Sigourney Weaver off to Cedar Rapids
She's joining the new Ed Helms comedy
BY James White Nov 4th 2009 // 7:07AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Sigourney Weaver has signed on to Cedar Rapids, nabbing a part in the comedy alongside The Hangover's Ed Helms.
The movie sees Helms as a dull insurance agent who sees a chance to save his colleagues' jobs at an industry convention.
Weaver has agreed to play his former high school teacher.
John C Reilly, Anne Heche and Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat are also aboard, and Miguel Arteta is busy directing…
[Source: Variety]
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.
Prince Of Persia trailer arrives
See Jake jump. Jump, Jake, jump!
BY Total Film Nov 3rd 2009 // 9:09AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
The first promo for Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time has arrived online.
Despite the fact that it has already aired on TV, there's no official UK trailer yet, so we're making do with this unofficial release until it arrives.
And how is it? Very much like a video game, which is not all that shocking considering that it's been adapted by one - Jake Gyllenhaal's (British-accented) warrior finds the dagger doohickey that lets him turn back time with magic sand, and must get it to its guardians before the villain (Ben Kingsley) uses it to DESTROY THE WORLD.
How To Train Your Dragon promo is here!
DreamWorks' latest fantasy trip…
BY Total Film Nov 3rd 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
The new, full trailer for DreamWorks' CG 'toon How To Train Your Dragon is now online and you can see it below.
Featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson (hooray!), Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig, it's the tale of Hiccup, a lowly blacksmith's assistant who manages to down one of the dragons that habitually attack his Viking town.
But when he sets out to slay the beast, he discovers that it's a young, largely unthreatening creature and they become friends.
Helen Mirren joins Red
She's signed on for the Bruce Willis film…
BY James White Nov 3rd 2009 // 10:10AM FILED UNDER: Movie News
Helen Mirren has joined the cast of Red, the DC Comics adaptation that already features the likes of Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.
Flightplan's Robert Schwentke is directing the story of a retired CIA agent who must rouse himself when a high-tech killer threatens his life.
There's no word on who exactly Mirren will be playing - though we'd love to see her as the assassin (doubt it).
Schwentke will gather his cast in January to start shooting with Summit Entertainment planning to release the result next November.
[Source: Screen Daily]
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