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Ex-Punisher Ray Stevenson is resilient in gangster movie Kill the Irishman

Posted 16 years ago

PUNISHER WAR ZONE didn’t exactly make Ray Stevenson a household name (hell, I got a kick out of the flick), but he’s getting another crack at a meaty leading role with KILL THE IRISHMAN. The movie comes from writer-director Jonathan...

An update and title for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel reboot thing?

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATES: Fox twitterer Chris Petrikin tweets that the project is only one movie and isn’t called PARADISE (but doesn’t say it’s not a working title or codename), and says there will be “answers soon.” This appears to be a legit...

Now Orlando Bloom is heading back to Middle Earth for The Hobbit

Posted 16 years ago

Peter Jackson definitely seems to be making every effort to ensure continuity of Middle Earth between his LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and the two upcoming movies based on THE HOBBIT. He already reeled in Cate Blanchett to return as...

Jesse Eisenberg is a rare blue computer-animated bird in the trailer for Rio

Posted 16 years ago

THE SOCIAL NETWORK’s acclaimed star Jesse Eisenberg isn’t the first person you might expect to voice the lead character of a CG-animated flick about (you guessed it) talking animals, and yet somehow it seems to work. The 3D Fox movie...

The Wachowskis steal from the rich for a modern take on Robin Hood

Posted 16 years ago

Just last week, Halle Berry made it sound like she’d be making a movie with THE MATRIX makers next year. But the Wachowskis suddenly seem to have a full plate, since they’re also working on HOOD, a “modern, urban take...

Mark Wahlberg wants to turn the short film The Raven into a longer film

Posted 16 years ago

News is getting scarce as the holidays approach and the Hollywood machine slows down, but now it seems like we’ve entered reruns. As we originally heard back in the summer, Universal and Mark Wahlberg want to turn the sci-fi/action short...

American Psycho stage musical is still in the works

Posted 16 years ago

“I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane… for show tunes?” For a couple of years now, we’ve been hearing about AMERICAN PSYCHO: THE MUSICAL, a Broadway production based on Bret Easton Ellis’ horrifying novel of gruesome...

Cool Videos: See all the Inception dream layers in real-time

Posted 16 years ago

INCEPTION is arriving on DVD, so you’ll be able to watch it with the benefit of pause and rewind. But unless you’re proficient with video editing software or you have a ton of home theater equipment, you won’t be able...

Son of Santa gets animated in the teaser for Arthur Christmas

Posted 16 years ago

“Oh terrific,” you may be derisively thinking. “Another 3D computer-animated movie… that isn’t from Pixar.” However, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS is noteworthy in that it comes from Aardman, the people behind the brilliant WALLACE & GROMIT. It’s also got a top-notch Brit...

Mel Gibson hopes a puppet can solve his problems in the trailer for The Beaver

Posted 16 years ago

It hasn’t been an easy year for Mel Gibson. Maybe all along, he just needed to slip his hand into the ass of an adorable fabric critter rather than pick up the telephone… We’ll see if that works for his...

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