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Thunder God versus emergency room in this new clip from Thor

Posted 15 years ago

So far, the clips that Marvel has unveiled for THOR haven’t exactly shown the Thunder God at his Asgardian best. He’s had trouble with a single S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (a large one, granted), and a girl half his size took him...

Sylvester Stallone will direct The Expendables 2 after all?

Posted 15 years ago

After the physical punishment he put himself through while making THE EXPENDABLES, director/star Sylvester Stallone had implied that if the gang returned for a sequel, he wanted to hand directing duties off to someone else so he could just concentrate...

The non-Hammer Winklevoss is the non-Neeson Ra’s al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises

Posted 15 years ago

You saw actor Josh Pence in THE SOCIAL NETWORK and didn’t even realize it — at least not until the behind-the-scenes clips and discussion revealed him as the second Winklevoss twin, whose face was digitally replaced by Armie Hammer’s chiseled...

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to acting with a border battle against the cartel? A prison thriller? A horse drama?

Posted 15 years ago

After much speculation and anticipation, we found out that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first post-political role turned out to be a caricature of himself (no small feat) in a cartoon called “The Governator”. But he is also gravitating back to live-action features,...

The Crow will now be reborn by 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Posted 15 years ago

A new movie version of the indie comic THE CROW has been in the works for a few years now, with people like Stephen Norrington (BLADE) once attached to direct, Nick Cave (THE PROPOSITION) taking a shot at the script,...

Things get actors: Taken 2, The Dark Tower, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Posted 15 years ago

If you were hoping that Viggo Mortensen left SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN to fulfill fan dreamcasting as gunslinger Roland Deschain in the big-screen adaptation of THE DARK TOWER, prepare to decipher a dense accent instead. After months of consideration,...

Gollum’s human half Andy Serkis is helping direct The Hobbit

Posted 15 years ago

Actor Andy Serkis spent loads of time on the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy but barely got his actual face seen. And Peter Jackson is giving him a chance to make more effort with even less screen time. Between portraying...

Danny McBride wants to make a movie about a real-life hick heist

Posted 15 years ago

Comic/stoner Danny McBride seems to be showing up in more and more movies (and more “Eastbound & Down”), but what he really wants to do is… write? “Honestly, at the end of the day, I fuckin’ love writing the most,...

Hugh Jackman: Snow White’s new Huntsman? Or The Wolverine finds new director?

Posted 15 years ago

Since Viggo Mortensen decided to ditch the enchanted forest, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN is in desperate need of that Huntsman. And Universal is hoping Hugh Jackman will dance on in for the role (he is a helluva dancer, after...

Your Highness director David Gordon Green wants to remake Cold War sub thriller Ice Station Zebra

Posted 15 years ago

Director David Gordon Green has had an interesting career that went from a pair of acclaimed small-scale dramas (UNDERTOW and SNOW ANGELS) to a pair of pot-centric action-adventures (PINEAPPLE EXPRESS and this week’s YOUR HIGHNESS). Green certainly keeps himself busy...

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