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Guillermo del Toro-produced horror flick Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark gets delayed

Posted 16 years ago

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s CABIN IN THE WOODS isn’t the only upcoming horror movie that’s completed but caught in limbo because of studio problems. Now the remake of DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK has been bounced from its...

Al Pacino wigs out to play producer/murderer Phil Spector, from writer-director David Mamet

Posted 16 years ago

Al Pacino is no stranger to made-for-cable productions lately, but at least he’s making some intriguing choices (“Angels in America”, YOU DON’T KNOW JACK). Now according to the NY Times, the screen legend is heading back to HBO to portray...

David O. Russell decides to make the Uncharted movie after all

Posted 16 years ago

Who can keep up with filmmaker David O. Russell? Earlier in the year he was linked to an adaptation of the hit PS3 videogame UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE, but departed when he couldn’t come to terms with Sony. Recently he left...

Tron Night will let you witness 20 minutes of IMAX 3D footage from Tron Legacy

Posted 16 years ago

Remember last year’s “AVATAR Day”, when Fox and James Cameron theatrically previewed 16 minutes of 3D footage from his sci-fi epic in an attempt to build buzz? The response at the time was lukewarm… and the movie went on to...

David Fincher talks The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and adds cast members

Posted 16 years ago

As the original trilogy adaptation’s star Noomi Rapace takes Hollywood by storm, filmmaker David Fincher has headed to her home country for his own English-language take on Stieg Larsson’s bestseller THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. While talking to Sweden’s...

Karl Urban stalks Amber Heard and Odette Yustman in the trailer for And Soon the Darkness

Posted 16 years ago

This one somehow slipped by me until now, despite featuring cool genre guy Karl Urban (STAR TREK, etc.) and the divine frames of Odette Yustman and Amber Heard. Looks like another example of the downside of vacations (aside from the...

Noomi Rapace and Carey Mulligan are hunted for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel

Posted 16 years ago

ALIEN VS. NOOMI… has kind of a cool ring to it. We’ll see if it ever happens, but Deadline says the in-demand star of the “Millennium Trilogy” (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, etc.), Noomi Rapace, is currently being pursued...

The Tiger is yet another possible Darren Aronofsky project – with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

Posted 16 years ago

Darren Aronofsky is one hell of a busy filmmaker — at least on the internet. In the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen his name supposedly associated in some way with PREACHER, SUPERMAN, TALES FROM THE GANGSTER SQUAD, WOLVERINE 2,...

Tom Hanks may see action with Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow

Posted 16 years ago

Oscar-winning actor plus the Oscar-winning director of an Oscar-winning movie? Not necessarily a winning equation, but definitely intriguing in this case. Tom Hanks is currently eyeballing next project from THE HURT LOCKER director Kathryn Bigelow, now finally getting appropriate opportunities...

Idris Elba talks about playing Marvel characters

Posted 16 years ago

Now that British actor Idris Elba is deservedly starting to land some high-profile parts (including the new Alex Cross), could he someday headline a comic book movie? Elba (Stringer!) is playing Asgardian god Heimdall in the THOR movie, but he...

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