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Jon Favreau may spend time in Disney’s Magic Kingdom for a movie about… Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Posted 16 years ago

As a filmmaker, Jon Favreau’s career has steered toward making big-budget crowd-pleasers, but it sounds like he might be aiming at actual human crowds. Favreau is in talks to slip on his big white gloves and mouse ears to direct...

Jeremy Renner might put on the patch as the new Snake Plissken?

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE: The Wrap claims “with 100 percent confidence that no such offer has been extended” for Renner on the remake (although for the record, the original report didn’t mention an actual offer, just very early talks). The fact remains, however,...

Channing Tatum is Roman around Scotland in the trailer for The Eagle

Posted 16 years ago

Didn’t get enough Roman action from Neil Marshall’s recent CENTURION? Well listen up, son. Channing Tatum is taking it real old school for THE EAGLE (formerly THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH), from director Kevin MacDonald (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND,...

Harrison Ford discusses Cowboys & Aliens, and still hates Star Wars

Posted 16 years ago

While out promoting his new comedy MORNING GLORY, screen legend and occasional grump Harrison Ford is, as expected, getting asked about other movies both past and future. It sounds like he’s pretty happy with COWBOYS & ALIENS, and had a...

Extraterrestrial special effects chase humans in this action scene from Skyline

Posted 16 years ago

If you always wanted to see malevolent aliens drop the shit-hammer on the City of Angels and hunt down familiar-looking TV actors, the Strause Brothers heard your prayers. The directing duo and FX experts unleash their moderately budgeted DIY sci-fi...

Cool Videos: Robert Downey Jr. is a real nut — specifically, Mr. Peanut

Posted 16 years ago

Surely, most of you have wondered how actor Robert Downey Jr. might taste (right?), and here’s your answer: crunchy and lightly salted. Remember that at your upcoming holiday parties, and try not to think of the IRON MAN star the...

Kung Fu Panda director spaces out with Alien Rock Band

Posted 16 years ago

When it comes to movies about talking animals doing martial arts, KUNG FU PANDA is easily in the top 7. Now that surprisingly fun flick’s co-director John Stevenson is venturing into the cosmos with a new project called ALIEN ROCK...

Roland Emmerich makes a new alien invasion movie… for cheap?

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE: Well, so much for that. Heat Vision was informed that Emmerich has pulled the plug on the below project for undisclosed reasons (with the impending abundance of “found footage” movies likely the main suspect). Emmerich will instead return to...

Javier Bardem and James Franco rumored for Clash of the Titans sequel?

Posted 16 years ago

The remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS managed to reel in some impressive talent, so it’s no surprise that Warner Bros. is trying it again with the follow-up WRATH OF THE TITANS (as it’s apparently going by). The sequel to...

Hayden Panettiere and Nikki Reed are into Bret Easton Ellis

Posted 16 years ago

It was way back in February 2008 that we heard Bret Easton Ellis (AMERICAN PSYCHO, RULES OF ATTRACTION) was adapting Michael Hornburg’s novel DOWNER’S GROVE for the big-screen. Now he’s finally getting some teens (who, naturally, aren’t actual teens) for...

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