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Jack O’Connell and Alice Englert are Beautiful Creatures
Jack O’Connell and Alice Englert are in final negotiations to star in the supernatural love story Beautiful Creatures , Alcon Entertainment announced today. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that Viola Davis had signed on for the book-to-screen adaptation.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 08-Feb-2012 00:04

Interview: Diane Disney Miller Talks About Growing Up As Walt Disney?s Daughter, Inside Walt?s Disneyland Apartment and the Walt Disney Family Museum
The following report was filed by /Film guest writer Reza Lackey: When you’re growing up, there is always something you would look forward to. The holidays, your birthday, the start of summer etc. When I was younger, there was one event I looked forward too more than any other; My yearly family vacation to southern [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 08-Feb-2012 00:00

'We Showed You' - The Oscars' Official Classic Movies Poster Series
"We showed you how to be a winner." The Oscars are trying to boost their promotion and they've kicked off a series of posters, not regular size, featuring classic movies that have won various Oscars. Yahoo has been premiering a couple of them, but the full gallery (with 31 of these) can be found on the official Oscars bsite. The series takes off from the idea originally seen on the official poster for the 84th Academy Awards by "Celebrating the Movies". They all feature the tagline "There's a Little Bit of the Movies in All of Us", which is charming, along with a photo and "We Showed You" quote. There's a bunch of these, our favorites below. Click any for a full gallery on Oscars.com, where they've got all these and more. What are your favorites? As it states, the 84th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26th, in just ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:52

Gordon-Levitt to Team with Johansson for Directing Debut
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to make his feature writing and directing debut with an untitled project that will also star Scarlett Johansson, Deadline reports.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:49

3 art works from Liz Taylor collection snag $21.8M (AP)
AP - Three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at a London auction for nearly 14 million pounds ($22 million), the auctioneer Christie's said Tuesday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:40

The Pirates! Band of Misfits Debuts a New Poster
Sony Pictures Animation has debuted a brand-new one-sheet poster for their upcoming The Pirates! Band of Misfits (which is titled The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists overseas.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:34

Anchor Bay buys North American rights to "Excision" (Reuters)
Reuters - Anchor Bay Films has picked up all North American distribution rights to "Excision," the company said on Tuesday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:30

Casting Bits: Amy Adams in Steve Martin Adaptation ?An Object of Beauty?, Philip Seymour Hoffman in ?A Most Wanted Man?
Amy Adams will make her first foray into producing with An Object of Beauty, Maven Pictures’ adaptation of the novel by Steve Martin. (Yes, that Steve Martin.) Adams will star as Lacey Yeager, an ambitious young woman climbing up the ranks of the art world. Over the course of fifteen years, she travels the world, [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:30

Eastwood: A maverick who does politics his own way (AP)

AP - The plot seemed familiar: A hotshot Hollywood filmmaker shills for a bailed-out car industry, yet another limousine liberal going to bat for big government.

Machete sequel could film in April

Good new for fans of B-movie trashiness, as Robert Rodriguez has set the wheels in motion for action sequel Machete Kills. And what’s more, it could be with us sooner rather than later…

Having seen the first film make a respectable profit (a $44 million take against a $10.5 million budget), a script is reportedly in place for the sequel, with Rodriguez hoping to start filming in April.

Danny Trejo is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as the badass Mexican hit-man, and from the sounds of it, the new plot is even more out there than the original.

Machete Kills will see Trejo’s character attempting to foil the villainous machinations of  a billionaire arms dealer, who plans to spread war across the globe with the assistance of a mega weapon… in space.

How Rodriguez has managed to resist calling this one Machete In Space is beyond us, but if the second film is a success, we could see him complete the trilogy with mooted second sequel, Machete Kills Again.

However, given that the long-promised Sin City 2 still remains no closer to fruition, we’d advise taking these grand plans with a pinch of salt…

Top 10 at the movies for the week of Feb. 12
1. Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl ad “championing” Detroit. A week later, it’s become a national talking point, a political hot potato and a more buzzed-about appearance from the rasping icon than “Gran Torino.”
Source : www.nydailynews.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:20

CS Video: Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams Talk The Vow
Hitting theaters just before Valentine's Day, The Vow unites Channing Tatum ( Step Up , Dear John ) and Rachel McAdams ( The Notebook , The Time Traveler's Wife ) as Leo and Paige, a young married couple that have built their worlds around one another. When a tragic accident puts Paige in a brief coma, she awakens with signifcant memory loss, unable to remember anything from the past five years. Facing a husband that she doesn't recognize and a career path that she doesn't understand, Paige is torn between her old, familiar world and this strange new one. It's up to Leo to find out if their destiny together can be reforged or if the Paige he knew is gone forever.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:19

?Night of the Living Dead? zombie dies 
One of the most famous zombies in movie history has died. Bill Hinzman, who went from crew member to the infamous 'Cemetery Zombie' in 1968’s 'Night of the Living Dead,' succumbed to cancer at age 75 in his Pennsylvania home, his daughter told the Beaver County Times.
Source : www.nydailynews.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:11

London premiere for 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (AP)

AP - Dame Judi Dench and Dev Patel brought an Indian adventure to a chilly London with the world premiere Tuesday of their new film, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' International Trailer Makes Case For Best Picture Nod
No movie so far this year has made a more convincing case that it is unequivocally, unabashedly awesome than "G.I. Joe: Retaliation." It may be goofy as all hell, but dammit if it doesn't look fun. The new international trailer builds off a solid tradition of badassery that follows generally the same pattern as the first [...]
Source : moviesblog.mtv.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:05

Screenshots From The Avengers Super Bowl Spot and Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
With both the Super Bowl spot for Marvel's The Avengers and new theatrical trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man coming online in just a little over a day from each other, we've grabbed quite a few screenshots from each that you can now check out in our gallery so that you can get a closer look at some of the scenes.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:04

Real-Life Weirdness: The Rock For President?
It doesn’t take a serious student of American politics to take quick stock of men who have jumped from entertainment to politics. Ronald Reagan went from actor to California Governor to being one of the most popular United States Presidents. (Most popular on the conservative side, anyway.) Arnold Schwarzenegger went from bodybuilding to acting to [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 23:00

James Mangold's 'The Wolverine' Now Set for Late July 2013 Opening
Briefly: 20th Century Fox has apparently set a release date for The Wolverine, the back-to-life Wolverine spin-off, with James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Knight and Day) now set to direct. It will hit theaters July 26th, 2013, same weekend as the Dirty Dancing remake, and a week after Joseph Kosinski's Horizons. The update comes from Box Office Mojo (via SlashFilm) and means that Fox is moving forward with this, finally getting things set to start up this summer with Mangold at the helm, since its been a bit off after Darren Aronofsky left. Hugh Jackman is set to star in the story about Logan's adventures in Japan.
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:50

The Wolverine Gets a Release Date
Despite some production delays, the highly-anticipated franchise sequel, The Wolverine appears to be back on track and now has an official release date of July 26, 2013.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:49

Screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe Set to Direct a Comedy for Paramount
Some congrats is in order for one of our favorite up-and-coming screenwriters, and crazy twitterers, Geoff LaTulippe, who broke out in Hollywood with his script for the romantic comedy Going the Distance. He's been doing a lot of various writing work since, but now Deadline reports that he's landed an opportunity to direct a film for Paramount, an "untitled comedy" that they say he'll also write based on his own ensemble pitch. LaTulippe, who's moving up the ladder quickly in the industry, landed the gig after Paramount's president Adam Goodman saw a comedic short he made for agency WME, which LaTulippe directed for fun. The story goes that LaTulippe made a short for WME featuring J.B. Smoove taking over the agency on Yom Kippur (watch that here). Paramount's Adam Goodman saw it, brought him in for a meeting, got a pitch and as the story goes in Hollywood, that's all it ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:49

"Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" surpasses $200M mark (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" passed two milestones on Monday: Sony's movie now has grossed $200 million worldwide and $100 million in North America.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 07-Feb-2012 22:38

Steve Martin Finds An Object of Beauty in Amy Adams
Amy Adams has signed on to headline a feature film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel An Object of Beauty , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter .
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:34

Summit Sets Release Date for Alex Cross
Summit Entertainment has set an October 26, 2012 release date for Alex Cross . The film, previously going by the name "I, Alex Cross," is directed by Rob Cohen and stars Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns and Jean Reno.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:19

Watch: New International Trailer for Jon Chu's 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'
"Let's movie - the world ain't saving itself!" Paramount just posted (via TheMovieBox) this new brand international (French) trailer for Jon M. Chu's new sequel/reboot G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which was also recently teased at the Super Bowl. There's a bit of new footage in this that we haven't seen in the first trailer, but it's the same music and the same crazy awesome action. The huge cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Jonathan Pryce, RZA and D.J. Cotrona. If you're still excited for this movie, take a look! "The G.I. Joe's are no more..." Watch the new international trailer for Jon M. Chu's sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation, via TheMovieBox: G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation is being directed by Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2 & 3D, "The LXD", Justin Bieber: Never Say Never) from a script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick. Channing ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:04

First TV Spot for Mirror Mirror
The first TV spot for Tarsem Singh's Mirror Mirror is now online and can be watched using the player below.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:04

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Black Widow, Green Lantern
What would it look like if other filmmakers took over the Batman franchise after Christopher Nolan? Want to see a new promo shot of the full Avengers team? What are the hidden clues in the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man? How much can you buy a Dark Knight Rises “themed” potato chip for? How [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 22:00

Sundance Diary, volume seven: up all night

In a series of posts, Midnites for Maniacs curator-host and Academy of Art film-history teacher Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports on the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring in Corbijn's John le Carré Adaptation
Some fantastic casting news for the day. FilmNation Entertainment has announced (via Variety) that Philip Seymour Hoffman is confirmed to star in Anton Corbijn's "modern day thriller" A Most Wanted Man, adapted from John le Carré's 2008 novel. FilmNation is shopping the film to buyers in Berlin at the fest starting this week, which is where the news comes from. Photographer-turned-filmmaker Anton Corbijn (Control, The American) is directing from a script written by Andrew Bovell (Head On, Edge of Darkness). Hoffman, who's already set to blow us away in PTA's The Master, is in the cast but no one else was added. For those interested in le Carré's novel, here's a tantalizing tease via Amazon to set the tone of this thriller: New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror as the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 21:52

New Promo Image for Marvel's The Avengers
Harley-Davidson has launched a new contest for Marvel's The Avengers and with it has posted this new promo image.
Source : www.comingsoon.net | 07-Feb-2012 21:49

Oscars Skip Live Best Song Performances, Muppets In Mourning
Did you know "This Means War" could have had two different endings? Turns out McG toyed with the idea at one point. In other film news, Warner Bros. opens a new theater in Washington DC, Bret McKenzie laments not being able to perform at the Oscars and five new "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" images hit [...]
Source : moviesblog.mtv.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:44

?Let the Bullets Fly? Trailer
Over a year ago Peter highlighted the Chinese action film Let the Bullets Fly as one of the better movies of 2010, and the film is finally edging towards a domestic release. Jiang Wen‘s film features the director as a bandit who poses as the mayor of a town in order to bleed the place [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:30

Mel Gibson likely won't testify at deputy's trial (AP)

AP - A civil jury will likely not hear directly from Mel Gibson about the night of his drunken driving arrest because his testimony doesn't appear relevant to a deputy's claim that he was discriminated against because of the traffic stop, a judge said Tuesday.

Harrison Ford Not In Talks To Star In 'Blade Runner'
Fans of the sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" may have gotten their hopes up over the weekend after Twitch reported that Harrison Ford, the star of the original, was in early talks to return for director Ridley Scott's follow-up. Unfortunately, Twitch's scoop didn't pass the Voight-Kampff test. Deadline is now reporting that Alcon, the company producing Scott's [...]
Source : moviesblog.mtv.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:09

Release Dates: ?The Wolverine,? ?This Means War? (Again), and ?I, Alex Cross?
With just days to go until This Means War was scheduled to hit theaters, Fox has shifted its release date yet again. Less last-minute is Summit’s announcement of a fall release date for I, Alex Cross, which sees Tyler Perry ditching the Madea costume for once. But the biggest piece of news, which remains unconfirmed [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 21:00

Johnny Depp?s Company Options Death Row Memoir From Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three
There are four documentaries about the West Memphis Three (three Paradise Lost films and the new West of Memphis) and The Devil’s Knot, a dramatic re-telling of the trio’s story in development with Atom Egoyan set to direct. Now there is one more film about to go into development. Damien Echols, the young man convicted [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:30

New ?Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? Photos
Two of Tim Burton‘s projects for 2012, Dark Shadows (which he directed) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (which he produced, with Timur Bekmambetov directing) have yet to show any footage to the public. But both are slowly rolling out new images. We’ve got four new pics today of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which is a [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 20:00

Mark of the Spider-Man - Viral Site for 'Amazing Spider-Man' Found
He's back! Now that everyone has been watching the second official trailer for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man over and over, we're all getting excited for the summer to come. I was watching the trailer in high def and at the end, noticed something very odd hidden quickly in the lower left of a frame, linking to an actual website. Spider-Man is getting a viral or ARG? Awesome! The phrase and website hidden is Mark of the Spider-Man, which I definitely think is the start of something bigger and I'm glad they're using the "mark" of the Spider-Man, because I'm loving the logos and spray-paint imagery from this movie (like this). The words were found at around 2:28 into the new trailer in the lower left of the CG, which links to the site: As of now there's nothing there on MarkoftheSpider-Man.com except some static video boxes and that Spider-Man logo that ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 19:55

Animal-centered movies nominated for Genesis Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "War Horse" and the documentary "Buck" were among the films nominated for the 26th Genesis Awards by the Humane Society of the United States, the HSUS announced on Tuesday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:45

Denzel Washington Takes 'Flight' On A Tight Budget
With names like Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis attached to the upcoming film "Flight," you would normally expect big budget thrills along the lines of the director's previous work "Back to the Future." But according to Washington, the action will be there, but the budget may not be. Washington told MTV News that he and Zemeckis [...]
Source : moviesblog.mtv.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:40

Danny Trejo in Talks For Robert Rodriguez?s ?Machete Kills,? April Start Possible
The end credits on the Robert Rodriguez film Machete made a big promise: “Machete Will Return in Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again!” The first sequel has been the subject of speculation ever since the 2010 release of Machete, and now it is financed and getting ready to shoot. Producer Alexander Rodnyansky is behind the [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:30

Amy Adams Starring In & Producing 'An Object of Beauty' Adaptation
Now here's an interesting team-up! THR is reporting that Oscar nominated actress Amy Adams is set to star in and produce an adaptation of comedian/actor/author Steve Martin's novel An Object of Beauty, first published in 2010. Maven Pictures' Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray are producing, along with Adams, who has a lot of other big starring roles in the can already, and is prepping for Trouble With the Curve. "We couldn't be happier to be working with the brilliant Amy Adams on this adaptation of Steve Martin's smart novel," said producers Styler & Rattray. This sounds like it could be good, but no director was chosen yet. Here's a synopsis from Amazon for the novel, that follows fifteen years of a young art entrepreneur's life. Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 07-Feb-2012 19:21

Best Song Nominees Won?t Perform at This Year?s Oscars
It’s been a rough awards season for the Oscars’ Best Original Song contenders. Not only did the complicated new rules lead to just two out of thirty-nine eligible songs getting nominated, we’re now learning that the songs that did get acknowledged — “Real in Rio” from Rio and “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets — [...]
Source : www.slashfilm.com | 07-Feb-2012 19:00

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Make Directorial Debut with "Sexy Comedy" Opposite Scarlett Johansson
He also wrote the script for the untitled laffer.

Sir Geoff Hurst makes movie debut in Payback Season
WORLD Cup legend Sir Geoff makes acting debut in Brit footie flick Payback Season
Source : www.thesun.co.uk | 07-Feb-2012 18:55

Video: Get Schooled on ABC's 'The River' Before Tonight's Premiere
So it's found footage-style, but what is this show actually about?

'Machete Kills' Again For Robert Rodriguez This Spring
If you loved Robert Rodriguez's 2010 action campfest, "Machete," you're in luck: Deadline reports that he's signed on for a sequel titled "Machete Kills," the second in a planned trilogy. Star Danny Trejo is expected to return, as is most of the original cast. The first "Machete" made loads of money on a tiny budget [...]
Source : moviesblog.mtv.com | 07-Feb-2012 18:29