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Hugo Weaving in talks to play Captain America villain Red Skull!

Posted 16 years ago

Though much of the speculation of late has centered around who will (or who won’t) play Captain America himself, news has now nonchalantly emerged that Hugo Weaving (THE WOLFMAN, V FOR VENDETTA, THE MATRIX) is close to securing the part...

Martin Scorsese talks a little about his forthcoming Sinatra biopic

Posted 16 years ago

Marty Scorsese recently got chatted up by website ShortList.com and was asked several questions regarding his proposed biopic of Ol’ Blue Eyes, SINATRA. On the current state of the project: “…we’re still working on the Sinatra script. It’s very hard...

New Shrek Forever After trailer hits the web, makes one long for liquor

Posted 16 years ago

Why, why, why do these trailers always insist on using such terrible music? The songs might be fine on their own, but I’m talking about in the context of movie trailers. I mean, I know this is being being geared...

Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart rock in “Cherry Bomb” music video

Posted 16 years ago

We not too long ago posted up a whole slew of brand new clips from Floria Sigismondi’s THE RUNAWAYS. The film opens in limited release next week, which is the reason for the sudden influx of rock ‘n roll girl...

Clint Eastwood to direct J. Edgar Hoover biopic

Posted 16 years ago

Award-winning filmmaker and legendary badass Clint Eastwood looks to have found his next critical darling. The director has signed on to helm HOOVER, a biopic covering the life of FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover, from the days when he helped...

Steve Martin to have a Big Year with Jack Black and Owen Wilson?

Posted 16 years ago

A BIG YEAR… bird-watching? Based on Mark Obmascik’s 1998 book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, the avian comedy follows three men “who try to outdo each other in a bird-watching competition to spot the...

Kevin Macdonald to direct the whodunit Murder Mystery

Posted 16 years ago

Kevin Macdonald, who last brought us STATE OF PLAY and THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, has been tapped to direct the descriptively titled MURDER MYSTERY. From screenwriter James Vanderbilt – who you might recognize as the guy behind the upcoming...

Logorama guys tackle Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon video game?

Posted 16 years ago

Filmmakers Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, the guys behind the Oscar-winning animated short film LOGORAMA, are in fact taking a crack at popular video game shooter “Ghost Recon”… but not as a feature-length film. Instead, the duo will be...

Patrick Wilson and Liv Tyler jump aboard The Ledge

Posted 16 years ago

Patrick Wilson (WATCHMEN) and Liv Tyler (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) have joined Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) and Terrence Howard (IRON MAN) in first-time writer/director Matthew Chapman’s THE LEDGE. The film, which just began filming in Baton Rouge, LA on Monday,...

In the Beginning to bring Adam & Eve’s leaf-covered junk to you in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

Would you like to see Eve’s boobs in glorious 3D? I know I would, though I probably won’t get my wish because IN THE BEGINNING, the new film from former Walden Media co-founder Cary Granat (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE...

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