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Ben Stiller and Brett Ratner’s heist movie is happening

Posted 16 years ago

Brett Ratner spent years trying to put together his “black OCEAN’S ELEVEN”, but it apparently took the blackness of Ben Stiller to really get things moving. TOWER HEIST, the heist movie set in a tower, is finally becoming a reality....

Director Doug Liman decides All You Need Is Kill

Posted 16 years ago

After pondering the possibility for a few months, director Doug Liman (THE BOURNE IDENTITY) will direct Warner Bros.’ high-priced futuristic action movie ALL YOU NEED IS KILL. Adapted from Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s tale of tech and death, the story is kind...

Bryan Singer dishes details about X-Men: First Class!

Posted 16 years ago

There has been a whirlwind of casting announcements for the prequel X-MEN: FIRST CLASS lately — over a dozen major characters so far, giving some people unwelcome visions of other superhero movies that felt overpopulated. Producer and X-franchise veteran Bryan...

Jim Carrey may sing other people’s songs in the comedy Under Cover

Posted 16 years ago

We’ve seen/heard rubbery funnyguy Jim Carrey break into song on numerous occasions, but never when it was significant to an entire movie’s plot. Until now, maybe. According to Pajiba, Carrey currently faces that opportunity. He’s in talks to star in...

True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten deals with Aussie outlaws in Red Hill

Posted 16 years ago

“True Blood” co-star Ryan Kwanten is so good at playing a dim Southern hunk, it’s easy to forget he’s Australian. He headed back Down Under (to fulfill Jason Stackhouse’s dream of being a lawman?) for a thriller called RED HILL....

John Woo wants Liam Neeson to fly unfriendly skies in his WWII IMAX epic Flying Tigers

Posted 16 years ago

After a couple of expensive misses, mayhem maestro John Woo ditched America and headed back to China, where his RED CLIFF movies were greeted with success. Now Woo wants to blend his Hong Kong and Hollywood sensibilities with the WWII...

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie gets writers

Posted 16 years ago

Yesterday, The Wrap ran an intriguing document that purportedly contained internal information about Paramount’s planned projects. Those updates included movement on WORLD WAR Z, G.I. JOE 2, Kathryn Bigelow and JJ Abrams projects, and many others. It also mentioned that...

Who’s on the list to play Peter Parker’s love interest in the new Spider-Man?

Posted 16 years ago

The seemingly endless casting process for the new Peter Parker in the SPIDER-MAN reboot ended with the unorthodox selection of Andrew Garfield (THE SOCIAL NETWORK, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS). Now comes the next important question: Who will play the...

Exit Morgan Freeman, enter Idris Elba as the new Alex Cross

Posted 16 years ago

Tireless crime writer James Patterson saw his detective Alex Cross come to life thanks to Morgan Freeman in KISS THE GIRLS and ALONG CAME A SPIDER, but the character is coming back to screens a bit different. After his strong...

Guillermo del Toro talks Hellboy 3

Posted 16 years ago

If you were hoping that Guillermo del Toro’s extrication from THE HOBBIT movies meant that he might eventually have time for a return to the HELLBOY franchise… it doesn’t sound too promising at the moment. While the perpetually busy filmmaker...

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