Five teams selected for first round of Female Film Force initiative.
Popular dating application Bumble has awarded grants of £20,000 each to five UK filmmaking teams for short film projects.
The company announced it was launching Female Film Force, an initiative to back female filmmakers in the UK and Ireland, earlier this year. A shortlist of 10 projects was drawn up and the teams pitched at Bumble’s London HQ at the end of July.
The selected teams include first-time filmmakers alongside Tilly Coulson from Working Title, VFX exec Emma Moffat, and Dublin-based female filmmaking trio Alfonso Films.
Five projects have been given the greenlight.
Popular dating application Bumble has awarded grants of £20,000 each to five UK filmmaking teams for short film projects.
The company announced it was launching Female Film Force, an initiative to back female filmmakers in the UK and Ireland, earlier this year. A shortlist of 10 projects was drawn up and the teams pitched at Bumble’s London HQ at the end of July.
The selected teams include first-time filmmakers alongside Tilly Coulson from Working Title, VFX exec Emma Moffat, and Dublin-based female filmmaking trio Alfonso Films.
Five projects have been given the greenlight.
- 8/8/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
A dystoptian thriller about octogenarian eradication, a period drama set during the Battle of Waterloo and a documentary about Japan’s women of the sea are three of the films that are to be funded by dating app Bumble as it moves into the original content game.
The company, which in 2011 launched the eponymous app that only permits women to start a chat with their male matches, has chosen the five projects that it will fund as part of The Female Force. The fund offers filmmakers £20,000 to make a short film, which will be delivered in January 2019.
Ama Divers from Georgina Yukiko Donovan and Yoko Ishitani; A Battle in Waterloo from Emma Moffat, Tilly Coulson and Anna Hargreaves; Hatima from Oluwaseun ‘Shey’ Osibowale, Damilola Babalola, Louise Ogunnaike and Funke Alafiatayo; Pat from Emma Wall, Jo Halpin and Claire Byrne and The Leaving Party are the chosen films. Full details below.
The company, which in 2011 launched the eponymous app that only permits women to start a chat with their male matches, has chosen the five projects that it will fund as part of The Female Force. The fund offers filmmakers £20,000 to make a short film, which will be delivered in January 2019.
Ama Divers from Georgina Yukiko Donovan and Yoko Ishitani; A Battle in Waterloo from Emma Moffat, Tilly Coulson and Anna Hargreaves; Hatima from Oluwaseun ‘Shey’ Osibowale, Damilola Babalola, Louise Ogunnaike and Funke Alafiatayo; Pat from Emma Wall, Jo Halpin and Claire Byrne and The Leaving Party are the chosen films. Full details below.
- 8/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Everyone was expecting Uber to be the next unexpected Silicon Valley start-up to move into the original content game, but it turns out that female-focused dating app Bumble has swiped right first.
The company, which runs the eponymous dating app that only permits women to start a chat with their male matches, is launching a female film fund, offering five filmmakers £20,000 to make a short film.
It has established Bumble Presents… The Female Film Force and has partnered with stars including Guardians of the Galaxy and Elementary star Ophelia Lovibond and Black Mirror star Georgina Campbell, who is currently starring in Syfy’s DC Comics series Krypton.
It is looking to work with writers, directors and producers on the projects, which must be created by all female creative teams. The move is obviously a positive step in the male-dominated business, but there is a hook for its range of apps,...
The company, which runs the eponymous dating app that only permits women to start a chat with their male matches, is launching a female film fund, offering five filmmakers £20,000 to make a short film.
It has established Bumble Presents… The Female Film Force and has partnered with stars including Guardians of the Galaxy and Elementary star Ophelia Lovibond and Black Mirror star Georgina Campbell, who is currently starring in Syfy’s DC Comics series Krypton.
It is looking to work with writers, directors and producers on the projects, which must be created by all female creative teams. The move is obviously a positive step in the male-dominated business, but there is a hook for its range of apps,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
He looks what some might describe as good in a leotard, and already has the curly hair he needs for the role, but comedian Sacha Baron Cohen must be signing up for some emergency singing lessons in light of his casting as King of the stadium belter, Queen front man Freddie Mercury.
Written by Peter Morgan, a man very taken by the concept of Queenhood (having penned Helen Mirren's star turn as Elizabeth II and now this rock biopic), it will follow Freddie from " the band's formative years, leading up to Queen's appearance at Live Aid in 1985." And although the film is likely to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Mercury's passing, apparently the action won't stretch as far as the singer's death in 1991.
But there's plenty of tunes to keep us upbeat about the proceedings, with Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Another One Bites the Dust...
Written by Peter Morgan, a man very taken by the concept of Queenhood (having penned Helen Mirren's star turn as Elizabeth II and now this rock biopic), it will follow Freddie from " the band's formative years, leading up to Queen's appearance at Live Aid in 1985." And although the film is likely to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Mercury's passing, apparently the action won't stretch as far as the singer's death in 1991.
But there's plenty of tunes to keep us upbeat about the proceedings, with Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Another One Bites the Dust...
- 9/17/2010
- Screenrush
This week we learned news of FX's new heavyweight show Lights Out, and also saw boxing legend Micky Hatton in the midst of a drugs scandal... So what better a time for Paramount Pictures to come forward with the new trailer for David O. Russell's knockout drama, The Fighter?
Starring Mark 'say hello to your mother for me' Wahlberg and Christian 'we are done professionally' Bale as brothers in boxing arms, this is basically Rocky in modern day Boston, with a love interest (a gritty Amy Adams) who works in a bar instead of a pet shop.
This film may have gone through some changes - with original director Darren Aronofsky dropping out in favour of The Wrestler and then a dance flick (Ok, so Black Swan isn't your average choreographed number) - but this still looks like one helluva punchy drama, about two half brothers Dicky and Micky...
Starring Mark 'say hello to your mother for me' Wahlberg and Christian 'we are done professionally' Bale as brothers in boxing arms, this is basically Rocky in modern day Boston, with a love interest (a gritty Amy Adams) who works in a bar instead of a pet shop.
This film may have gone through some changes - with original director Darren Aronofsky dropping out in favour of The Wrestler and then a dance flick (Ok, so Black Swan isn't your average choreographed number) - but this still looks like one helluva punchy drama, about two half brothers Dicky and Micky...
- 9/16/2010
- Screenrush
What do you get if you take $20 million, give it to RZA and Eli Roth and throw in Russell Crowe for good measure? Well one would assume that it would be a really expensive horror-themed hip hop video starring a man drinking a tinny and wearing a hat with corks hanging from it.
Or... you get a feature film set in feudal China about a village blacksmith and weapon maker, also starring Robin Hood. Of course you do.
Well it seems that Universal are financing just that prospect, as the Wu Tang man announced his Aussie mate is set to appear in his pet project The Man With The Iron Fist at this week's VMAs: "I won't spoil it for you, but Russell's gonna be the baddest man alive...That man is in fighting shape. That man will knock you out."
We're yet to find out whether Crowe will be...
Or... you get a feature film set in feudal China about a village blacksmith and weapon maker, also starring Robin Hood. Of course you do.
Well it seems that Universal are financing just that prospect, as the Wu Tang man announced his Aussie mate is set to appear in his pet project The Man With The Iron Fist at this week's VMAs: "I won't spoil it for you, but Russell's gonna be the baddest man alive...That man is in fighting shape. That man will knock you out."
We're yet to find out whether Crowe will be...
- 9/15/2010
- Screenrush
Wanted: Actor to play actor who turned President of the United States of America. Yes, there's a Space Race afoot, as Ronald Reagan gets set for a return to the big screen, as a new biopic is planned.
Following on from a controversial 2003 mini-series, this new film hopes to tell the story of Reagan's life - making the big screen idol turned premier as much of a cinema success as he was in his own movie prime.
Simply called Reagan, it is looking at a quick turnaround, with a release date pencilled in for next year and no lead yet cast. Which opens up the question, who could play him? With Greg Kinnear set to play Kennedy with Katie Holmes as his Jackie, this will need to be a fairly big name billing to attract attention.
Some people we'd love to play the matinee idol in power, would be Thomas Haden Church,...
Following on from a controversial 2003 mini-series, this new film hopes to tell the story of Reagan's life - making the big screen idol turned premier as much of a cinema success as he was in his own movie prime.
Simply called Reagan, it is looking at a quick turnaround, with a release date pencilled in for next year and no lead yet cast. Which opens up the question, who could play him? With Greg Kinnear set to play Kennedy with Katie Holmes as his Jackie, this will need to be a fairly big name billing to attract attention.
Some people we'd love to play the matinee idol in power, would be Thomas Haden Church,...
- 9/8/2010
- Screenrush
Joe Carnahan sure is committed to his A-Team, so much so, that even when he's making a totally unrelated movie, he still calls on their services as his A-List leading men. But that's not to say he should be considering them interchangable, and yet, seemingly Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson are just that in his eyes.
Because, just a few months back, it was announced that buff The Hangover star Cooper would be re-united with the action director for a plane crash disaster movie called The Grey - about some Alaskan pipeline workers left stranded and hunted by wolves when they come down with a bump on the return from their remote dig location.
However, Coops can't make it, so Carnahan has turned to Neeson as his replacement. That's not to say that Hannibal will turn cannibal though -this is really a man versus nature thriller, rather than an every man for himself flick.
Because, just a few months back, it was announced that buff The Hangover star Cooper would be re-united with the action director for a plane crash disaster movie called The Grey - about some Alaskan pipeline workers left stranded and hunted by wolves when they come down with a bump on the return from their remote dig location.
However, Coops can't make it, so Carnahan has turned to Neeson as his replacement. That's not to say that Hannibal will turn cannibal though -this is really a man versus nature thriller, rather than an every man for himself flick.
- 9/3/2010
- Screenrush
We've been on tenterhooks for ages waiting for Sofia Coppola to bring us Somewhere - and here we have our first glimpse.
Starring Stephen Dorff as a slightly dishevelled and over-indulged movie star, whose lavish La life of partying and celebrite is threatened as he discovers his eleven year old daughter who comes to stay.
We don't get to see how sister of Dakota, Elle Fanning, does as little Cleo in this particular clip, which focuses on a frosty exchange between Johnny Marco (Dorff) and his co-star in the film-within-the-film, played by Michelle Monaghan.
Somewhere hits the UK on March 4 2011.
Reading this on your iPhone? Visit www.screenrush.co.uk to watch this trailer
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 27 August 2010...
Starring Stephen Dorff as a slightly dishevelled and over-indulged movie star, whose lavish La life of partying and celebrite is threatened as he discovers his eleven year old daughter who comes to stay.
We don't get to see how sister of Dakota, Elle Fanning, does as little Cleo in this particular clip, which focuses on a frosty exchange between Johnny Marco (Dorff) and his co-star in the film-within-the-film, played by Michelle Monaghan.
Somewhere hits the UK on March 4 2011.
Reading this on your iPhone? Visit www.screenrush.co.uk to watch this trailer
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 27 August 2010...
- 8/27/2010
- Screenrush
Looks like Steve Carell has gone subtitle crazy of late on DVD night, as he's looking to produce and probably star in an English version of an Argentine film called Un novio para mi mujer (A Boyfriend For My Wife), having just released French remake Dinner for Schmucks.
The 2008 rom-com sounds a bit like Heartbreaker (which is being remade in English as we speak), only from the perspective of one of the customers, as the central figure - a wimpy husband - touts for a man to take his wife off his hands so he doesn't have to face the terror of trying to divorce her. Unfortunately for him, the man he finds is an unlikely lothario and needs a little convincing.
Carell will produce the movie under his company Carousel for Warner Bros. and Snow Dogs scriptsmiths Mark Gibson and Phil Halprin are already busying themselves on a first draft of the translation.
The 2008 rom-com sounds a bit like Heartbreaker (which is being remade in English as we speak), only from the perspective of one of the customers, as the central figure - a wimpy husband - touts for a man to take his wife off his hands so he doesn't have to face the terror of trying to divorce her. Unfortunately for him, the man he finds is an unlikely lothario and needs a little convincing.
Carell will produce the movie under his company Carousel for Warner Bros. and Snow Dogs scriptsmiths Mark Gibson and Phil Halprin are already busying themselves on a first draft of the translation.
- 8/27/2010
- Screenrush
There we were, musing on the fact that every well-known comic-book property currently recieving a reboot, and sneaky Marvel Studios have gone and surprised us by lining up an outside ranking member of the superhero clan for a movie.
Iron Fist follows a martial arts expert who punches a dragon (as you do) which transforms his hands to sold iron weapons. xXx screenwriter Rich Wilkes is set to bring the character to life, so could that mean thatVin Diesel might be punching a few people in order to grab the role?
Marvel already have reboots of X-Men, Spider-Man, and The Fantastic Four coming up, alongside sequels to Ghost Rider and Iron Man, not to mention smaller new projects in the shape of Dr. Strange, Runaways and Ant Man in the offing, to go alongside big bucks incarnations of Thor and Captain America which are all well under way and due...
Iron Fist follows a martial arts expert who punches a dragon (as you do) which transforms his hands to sold iron weapons. xXx screenwriter Rich Wilkes is set to bring the character to life, so could that mean thatVin Diesel might be punching a few people in order to grab the role?
Marvel already have reboots of X-Men, Spider-Man, and The Fantastic Four coming up, alongside sequels to Ghost Rider and Iron Man, not to mention smaller new projects in the shape of Dr. Strange, Runaways and Ant Man in the offing, to go alongside big bucks incarnations of Thor and Captain America which are all well under way and due...
- 8/26/2010
- Screenrush
She's been hot on the adult content of late, but as Jessica Alba's little girl grows up, perhaps its time she makes some movies for her progeny to watch. So she's hooked up with her Sin City and Machete director, Robert Rodriguez to go undercover for Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World.
Alba will play a retired spy who is mum to two pre-teens who will play the new leads, since Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara are a little too grown up to be considered Spy Kids now, although they might still appear for a bit alongside Antonio Banderas in a cameo role.
The new heroes' adversary will be the malevolent Time Keeper, out to stop time, as only a kids' film villain could do. But time doesn't stand still for the busy director, who plans to kick off proceedings in Austin, Texas in late September.
Alba will play a retired spy who is mum to two pre-teens who will play the new leads, since Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara are a little too grown up to be considered Spy Kids now, although they might still appear for a bit alongside Antonio Banderas in a cameo role.
The new heroes' adversary will be the malevolent Time Keeper, out to stop time, as only a kids' film villain could do. But time doesn't stand still for the busy director, who plans to kick off proceedings in Austin, Texas in late September.
- 8/25/2010
- Screenrush
If you thought it was only the Americans who could churn out a good Western, then this new thriller from the Outback of Australia could show you something new. Red Hill, stars True Blood's Ryan Kwanten as a police officer shot in the line of duty and posted to the seemingly quiet small town of Red Hill, only to find it besieged by an ex-con with a vendetta against the sherriffs.
The production of the film was a bit of a one-horse town as up-and-comer Patrick Hughes wrote, produced, directed and edited the piece. Red Hill is due in cinemas later this year.
So what do you think of Kwanten losing his Bon Temps twang to go back to his authentic Aussie?
Reading this on your iPhone? Visit www.screenrush.co.uk to watch this trailer
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 25 August 2010...
The production of the film was a bit of a one-horse town as up-and-comer Patrick Hughes wrote, produced, directed and edited the piece. Red Hill is due in cinemas later this year.
So what do you think of Kwanten losing his Bon Temps twang to go back to his authentic Aussie?
Reading this on your iPhone? Visit www.screenrush.co.uk to watch this trailer
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 25 August 2010...
- 8/25/2010
- Screenrush
He's the man with the most diverse filmography, with both Robocop and nazi drama Black Book under his belt, but it seems Paul Verhoeven has found a new project to pique his interest, in the shape of Dutch East Indies thriller The Hidden Force .
The script, based on the 1900 novel by Louis Couperus, takes us back to the heyday of Holland's colonial empire, and is set in what is now Indonesia (one called the East Indies), where the indiginous population refused to accept Dutch social customs.
Verhoeven described the story on a Dutch TV show, saying it's about "rebellion against colonial rule, the emergence of fundamentalist Islam, the behavior between people, adultery and psychic powers."
He's penning the script with regular writing partner Gerard Soeteman, and this looks to be another history-steeped dramatic turn for the director. But will it be a match for Total Recall, Basic Instinct, or indeed...
The script, based on the 1900 novel by Louis Couperus, takes us back to the heyday of Holland's colonial empire, and is set in what is now Indonesia (one called the East Indies), where the indiginous population refused to accept Dutch social customs.
Verhoeven described the story on a Dutch TV show, saying it's about "rebellion against colonial rule, the emergence of fundamentalist Islam, the behavior between people, adultery and psychic powers."
He's penning the script with regular writing partner Gerard Soeteman, and this looks to be another history-steeped dramatic turn for the director. But will it be a match for Total Recall, Basic Instinct, or indeed...
- 8/24/2010
- Screenrush
Tis the season to reboot things byt the looks of it, because Fox aren't just reawakening X-Men: First Class, while Marvel take Spidey back to school, they are also going to rejuvinate Fantastic Four, just three years after the original franchise left off with Rise of the Silver Surfer . And this of course means a complete cast reshuffle, and two fairly diverse names are in the running for Ioan Gruffudd's Fantastic role.
Having buffed up significantly for Nimrod Antal's Predators, Adrien Brody is getting a bit of a reputation as an action man, so its no surprise that Fox have kept his number on speed-dial. But rumour has it that Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is also in the frame, and this isn't quite so self-explanitory. Obviously Mr Fantastic is more flexible than foxy, but The Tudors star isn't known for his comic-book capers.
But with rumours doing the rounds that The...
Having buffed up significantly for Nimrod Antal's Predators, Adrien Brody is getting a bit of a reputation as an action man, so its no surprise that Fox have kept his number on speed-dial. But rumour has it that Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is also in the frame, and this isn't quite so self-explanitory. Obviously Mr Fantastic is more flexible than foxy, but The Tudors star isn't known for his comic-book capers.
But with rumours doing the rounds that The...
- 8/23/2010
- Screenrush
We were left guessing with the queue of actors ready to slip into the blue and red lycra, and once Andrew Garfield was named as Spidey 2.0, it was only a matter of time until the same rumour mill turned its attentions to his love interest.
Cue every starlet in Hollywood under the age of 25 being tipped as the new go-to-girl for the web-weaving-wonder. But now it seems that Emma Roberts may be getting a little further than just a hollow whisper, as she's been in to read scenes twice for the producers. But she's not alone - even her 4.3.2.1 co-star Ophelia Lovibond has has a Spidey do-see, as has daughter of Phil, Lily Collins, Centurion Scot Imogen Poots and The Sorcerer's Apprentice blondie Teresa Palmer .
But this film takes Peter Parker back to school, so the actresses have to be youthful enough to be convincing in a uniform, so Roberts,...
Cue every starlet in Hollywood under the age of 25 being tipped as the new go-to-girl for the web-weaving-wonder. But now it seems that Emma Roberts may be getting a little further than just a hollow whisper, as she's been in to read scenes twice for the producers. But she's not alone - even her 4.3.2.1 co-star Ophelia Lovibond has has a Spidey do-see, as has daughter of Phil, Lily Collins, Centurion Scot Imogen Poots and The Sorcerer's Apprentice blondie Teresa Palmer .
But this film takes Peter Parker back to school, so the actresses have to be youthful enough to be convincing in a uniform, so Roberts,...
- 8/20/2010
- Screenrush
He's played every type of ghoul, but now Seth Rogen is set to play to type again, but this time from beyond the grave in Boo U..
Dreamworks' latest sees Rogen voice a drippy drop-out ghost who gets sent back to ghoul school to learn the art of the scare again.
Rogen is certainly in good voice, having lent his dulcet tonery to Shrek the Third, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Monsters vs. Aliens and Kung Fu Panda, as well as the upcoming sequel Kung Fu Panda : The Kaboom of Doom .
With all those successful animated incarnations under his belt, this will doubt be a corker, but we won't get to see it til 2012 or 2013, as they haven't even started (dream)working on it yet.
So what do you make of Rogen's ghost? And what are the chances he'll say boo to a goose?
Emily Phillips
>> Real...
Dreamworks' latest sees Rogen voice a drippy drop-out ghost who gets sent back to ghoul school to learn the art of the scare again.
Rogen is certainly in good voice, having lent his dulcet tonery to Shrek the Third, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Monsters vs. Aliens and Kung Fu Panda, as well as the upcoming sequel Kung Fu Panda : The Kaboom of Doom .
With all those successful animated incarnations under his belt, this will doubt be a corker, but we won't get to see it til 2012 or 2013, as they haven't even started (dream)working on it yet.
So what do you make of Rogen's ghost? And what are the chances he'll say boo to a goose?
Emily Phillips
>> Real...
- 8/19/2010
- Screenrush
It's like Groundhog Day for Josh Hartnett and director Paul McGuigan - they just can't wait to work together again, so their latest project is perfect, as it features a guy stuck in a weird timewarp which sees him going through the day of his family's murder again and again.
The thriller, simply named Tomorrow, will see Hartnett going through the events again and again until he learns to control the time-travel he is going through.
McGuigan has guided the young actor through both Wicker Park and Lucky Number Slevin, as well as working out the glitches of sci-fi in the glossy Push. So this could be an awesome match.
Tomorrow kicks off shooting in Louisiana later this year. Should Hartnett be part of it?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 18 August 2010...
The thriller, simply named Tomorrow, will see Hartnett going through the events again and again until he learns to control the time-travel he is going through.
McGuigan has guided the young actor through both Wicker Park and Lucky Number Slevin, as well as working out the glitches of sci-fi in the glossy Push. So this could be an awesome match.
Tomorrow kicks off shooting in Louisiana later this year. Should Hartnett be part of it?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 18 August 2010...
- 8/18/2010
- Screenrush
They're probably feeling quite Lost right now (even if J.J. Abrams does seem to be the busiest boy in Hollywood), but the show creator and now stranded director Jack Bender, are teaming up for a film and much like the existential show, the afterlife will be a massive theme - the thriller being called 7 Minutes In Heaven.
Although sneaky Abrams has attempted to over-shadow the real plot with a few leaked fake ones, the general word on the street (well internet) is that it centres on "two teenagers who slip into a closet to snog as part of the titular party game favourite and emerge to find their friends all dead." We've certainly been to a few parties like that!
Abrams will no doubt leave Bender to his own devices, as he's super focused on Super 8 (so much so that he's sidelining the Cloverfield Sequel and even the Star Trek...
Although sneaky Abrams has attempted to over-shadow the real plot with a few leaked fake ones, the general word on the street (well internet) is that it centres on "two teenagers who slip into a closet to snog as part of the titular party game favourite and emerge to find their friends all dead." We've certainly been to a few parties like that!
Abrams will no doubt leave Bender to his own devices, as he's super focused on Super 8 (so much so that he's sidelining the Cloverfield Sequel and even the Star Trek...
- 8/18/2010
- Screenrush
The rumour mill has been in overdrive these past few weeks, running through a long line-up of Hollywood beauties who were falling over themselves to play David Fincher's Lisbeth Salander.
Speculation had it though, that despite the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman ready to chop off their locks and strap down their boobs for the part, Fincher would buck the celebrity trend and pick an unknown for his Swedish-accented English-language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Oddly however, it seems the quick-moving director has reached a compromise, picking Rooney Mara - an actress from his upcoming The Social Network - who is neither complete unknown, nor A-List starlet.
So what do we think of his A Nightmare on Elm Street actress as Salander, the pierce-lipped cybergoth hacker-cum-investigator in Stieg Larsson's popular book trilogy?
At 25, she is the same age as is given for Salander in the book,...
Speculation had it though, that despite the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman ready to chop off their locks and strap down their boobs for the part, Fincher would buck the celebrity trend and pick an unknown for his Swedish-accented English-language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Oddly however, it seems the quick-moving director has reached a compromise, picking Rooney Mara - an actress from his upcoming The Social Network - who is neither complete unknown, nor A-List starlet.
So what do we think of his A Nightmare on Elm Street actress as Salander, the pierce-lipped cybergoth hacker-cum-investigator in Stieg Larsson's popular book trilogy?
At 25, she is the same age as is given for Salander in the book,...
- 8/17/2010
- Screenrush
Let's face it, film companies do like a sure thing, but it seems like comic-book properties are no longer enough, and the big studios are raiding the classic cartoon coffers for money making opportunities instead now.
Thus we have the upcoming Yogi Bear (hilariously tagged "Good things come in bears") and now a rumoured Bugs Bunny movie in the works.
Warners have tapped Elf writer David Berenbaum to take on the carrot munching wabbit, bringing him right up to date - his last outing having been the lackluster Looney Tunes: Back In Action.
What do you make of the rabbit revival? Will audiences be lapin it up?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 13 August 2010...
Thus we have the upcoming Yogi Bear (hilariously tagged "Good things come in bears") and now a rumoured Bugs Bunny movie in the works.
Warners have tapped Elf writer David Berenbaum to take on the carrot munching wabbit, bringing him right up to date - his last outing having been the lackluster Looney Tunes: Back In Action.
What do you make of the rabbit revival? Will audiences be lapin it up?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 13 August 2010...
- 8/13/2010
- Screenrush
Looks like John Landis has landed one talented son. Because his script-writing progeny Max has sparked interest at Fox with a superpowered teen screenplay called Chronicles.
Having served time under his dad whilst working on Masters of Horror , Max also cut his teeth penning shorts and episodes of NBC horror anthology Fear Itself.
Chronicles - which is expected to be shot Blair Witch style on handicam - tells the story of three Portland teenagers who develop superpowers after a trip into the woods exposes them to a strange substance. The friends soon become nemeses as their enhancements lead to rivalry.
Relative newcomer, online helmer Josh Trank is set to direct, and his teaming with Max Landis is perfect. He also has a famous father - this time Oscar-winning The Long Way Home producer Richard Trank.
So what do you make of the Landis-Trank handicam duo? Will this be like Kick-Ass meets Cloverfield?...
Having served time under his dad whilst working on Masters of Horror , Max also cut his teeth penning shorts and episodes of NBC horror anthology Fear Itself.
Chronicles - which is expected to be shot Blair Witch style on handicam - tells the story of three Portland teenagers who develop superpowers after a trip into the woods exposes them to a strange substance. The friends soon become nemeses as their enhancements lead to rivalry.
Relative newcomer, online helmer Josh Trank is set to direct, and his teaming with Max Landis is perfect. He also has a famous father - this time Oscar-winning The Long Way Home producer Richard Trank.
So what do you make of the Landis-Trank handicam duo? Will this be like Kick-Ass meets Cloverfield?...
- 8/11/2010
- Screenrush
He may be on the promotional trail for vampire horror remake Let Me In, but director Matt Reeves has got an entirely different and much bigger beast on his mind.
When the guys over at MTV chatted to the Cloverfield helmer, the conversation naturally drifted back to the potential gargantuan sequel and while nothing concrete is in the offing, apparently he and producer J.J. Abrams still have the franchise in their mind, despite other pressing projects:
"It really isn't the moment for [the sequel] to go any further than it has, but it continues to be a priority for both of us," Reeves said. "J.J. is very immersed in putting together Super 8. He's... in pre-production and really, really passionately getting that together. And I'm passionately finishing 'Let Me In.'"
So what do you think would prod the two into action to get Cloverfield 2 off the ground? Perhaps the...
When the guys over at MTV chatted to the Cloverfield helmer, the conversation naturally drifted back to the potential gargantuan sequel and while nothing concrete is in the offing, apparently he and producer J.J. Abrams still have the franchise in their mind, despite other pressing projects:
"It really isn't the moment for [the sequel] to go any further than it has, but it continues to be a priority for both of us," Reeves said. "J.J. is very immersed in putting together Super 8. He's... in pre-production and really, really passionately getting that together. And I'm passionately finishing 'Let Me In.'"
So what do you think would prod the two into action to get Cloverfield 2 off the ground? Perhaps the...
- 8/9/2010
- Screenrush
We thought that Christina Aguilera was looking a little 'Life After Love' these days - but now we know why, because this trailer shows that Cher has been passing down her makeup tips to the singer-turned-actress!
And as if that cosmetic co-ordination isn't enough Burlesque pitches Aggy as thankless protege to Cher's hard-nosed cabaret club owner who just won't give her a break. Until she lets that seismic warble loose and proves she's got the talent to make it that is.
This film is pretty damn star-studded (to go with all the spangly set design) with the Agster facing off with little Kristen Bell for her place on stage, and held back by acerbic stage manager Sean, played by Stanley Tucci. Not to mention a few hotties being on her case once she hits the big time with Valentine's Day macho-man Eric Dane heading to the front of the queue.
And as if that cosmetic co-ordination isn't enough Burlesque pitches Aggy as thankless protege to Cher's hard-nosed cabaret club owner who just won't give her a break. Until she lets that seismic warble loose and proves she's got the talent to make it that is.
This film is pretty damn star-studded (to go with all the spangly set design) with the Agster facing off with little Kristen Bell for her place on stage, and held back by acerbic stage manager Sean, played by Stanley Tucci. Not to mention a few hotties being on her case once she hits the big time with Valentine's Day macho-man Eric Dane heading to the front of the queue.
- 8/5/2010
- Screenrush
Way to drip feed us Summit Entertainment! It seems that Twilight fans the globe over will be a whole lot older than they anticipated when they finally get to see the final fates of Bella (Kristen Stewart), Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner), as Breaking Dawn - already split into two parts - will take a lengthy one year hiatus between Bill Condon's films.
Although all the installments have been rushed through in order to keep the stars as fresh faced and youthful as their immortal characters, the distributors obviously want Twi-hards chomping at the bit for their closing chapter, a device being employed by Harry Potter makers with the finale of their franchise.
So now the release dates to scribble furiously in blood in your decade-long diaries are November 18 2011 for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One (it takes us nearly a year to say the full...
Although all the installments have been rushed through in order to keep the stars as fresh faced and youthful as their immortal characters, the distributors obviously want Twi-hards chomping at the bit for their closing chapter, a device being employed by Harry Potter makers with the finale of their franchise.
So now the release dates to scribble furiously in blood in your decade-long diaries are November 18 2011 for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One (it takes us nearly a year to say the full...
- 8/4/2010
- Screenrush
It seems that horror these days has to look as true to life as possible for us to be even remotely scared of it. So new director Daniel Stamm has come over all Paranormal Activity under the watchful eye of producer Eli Roth to give us this clever handi-cam portrayal of an con-man exorcist's grizzly end at the hands of a particularly bendy banshee.
The Last Exorcism follows a man marauding around hillbilly outposts making them believe members of their communities are possessed to extort money from them to save their souls. But when he comes across an actual demonic damsel in distress, this is certainly looking like the last time he'll pull that trick.
Ain't It Cool have been given an exclusive trailer by Lionsgate and we reckon it's definitely worth a look.
So, what do you make of The Last Exorcism? It had us quaking in our boots!
The Last Exorcism follows a man marauding around hillbilly outposts making them believe members of their communities are possessed to extort money from them to save their souls. But when he comes across an actual demonic damsel in distress, this is certainly looking like the last time he'll pull that trick.
Ain't It Cool have been given an exclusive trailer by Lionsgate and we reckon it's definitely worth a look.
So, what do you make of The Last Exorcism? It had us quaking in our boots!
- 8/2/2010
- Screenrush
Here's a cute way to end the week in a golden glow. Disney have released a teaser poster for Rapunzel re-working Tangled (due November this year), and it's looking about as glossy as Cheryl Cole's much coiffeured mane.
Starring the sweet as candy Mandy Moore alongside Chuck lead Zachary Levi, this is an update of the fairy tale where our tower-trapped heroine is now a feisty teen who escapes with a bandit baned Flynn Ryder.
And this is not your average CG movie, with a new painterly technique developed by Disney to give a hand-drawn style to the 3D animation in the style of a painting called The Swing by French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard.
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 30 July 2010...
Starring the sweet as candy Mandy Moore alongside Chuck lead Zachary Levi, this is an update of the fairy tale where our tower-trapped heroine is now a feisty teen who escapes with a bandit baned Flynn Ryder.
And this is not your average CG movie, with a new painterly technique developed by Disney to give a hand-drawn style to the 3D animation in the style of a painting called The Swing by French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard.
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 30 July 2010...
- 7/30/2010
- Screenrush
Hollywood is powering through the existing comic-book proerties on shelves, working their way from the obvious Spideys and Batmans and onto more obscuro works of graphic storytelling like The Green Hornet and Ant Man. So it is only right that it's time to now revisit one of the most heralded comic creators, Will Eisner.
While the most recent Eisner adaptation, The Spirit, wasn't too much of a success, producers are hoping to make a better go of his short-story collection A Contract With God, often misconstrued as the first ever graphic novel.
A merry band of screenwriters will team up to adapt one story each, under the watchful eye of producer Darren Dean. Writer/ Directors include Alex Rivera, (Sleep Dealer); Tze Chun (Children of Invention); Barry Jenkins, (Medicine for Melancholy); and Sean Baker (Prince of Broadway).
It's unclear which scribe will take which story just yet, but Eisner's semi-autobiographical book...
While the most recent Eisner adaptation, The Spirit, wasn't too much of a success, producers are hoping to make a better go of his short-story collection A Contract With God, often misconstrued as the first ever graphic novel.
A merry band of screenwriters will team up to adapt one story each, under the watchful eye of producer Darren Dean. Writer/ Directors include Alex Rivera, (Sleep Dealer); Tze Chun (Children of Invention); Barry Jenkins, (Medicine for Melancholy); and Sean Baker (Prince of Broadway).
It's unclear which scribe will take which story just yet, but Eisner's semi-autobiographical book...
- 7/29/2010
- Screenrush
Two names not necessarily synonymous with rom-coms have got to be Bronson's various-voiced Tom 'hardman' Hardy and Terminator Salvation's minute-monikered director McG.
But the pair are teaming up for an action-romance, and now we come to think of it, perhaps this could be a good thing. Fresh from an outstanding performance in Chris Nolan's Inception, Hardy seems like he can do anything. He's played war heroes, wideboys, straight, gay, bulky, wirey and contrary to initial reaction, has done a rom-com before, in the shape of Brit ensemble flick Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
And hopefully, like Scenes - where he gets him bum out on Hampstead Heath within five minutes of being on screen, and later looks so frisky he's set to have it off with a dog - This Means War will have a little of his contrary charm, which perhaps couldn't be injected by other stars...
But the pair are teaming up for an action-romance, and now we come to think of it, perhaps this could be a good thing. Fresh from an outstanding performance in Chris Nolan's Inception, Hardy seems like he can do anything. He's played war heroes, wideboys, straight, gay, bulky, wirey and contrary to initial reaction, has done a rom-com before, in the shape of Brit ensemble flick Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
And hopefully, like Scenes - where he gets him bum out on Hampstead Heath within five minutes of being on screen, and later looks so frisky he's set to have it off with a dog - This Means War will have a little of his contrary charm, which perhaps couldn't be injected by other stars...
- 7/28/2010
- Screenrush
Organic choclatiers aside, it seems that Green and Black could be a lucky combination for Fox's new film about teenage thief The Barefoot Bandit, as director David Gordon Green and writer/producer Dustin Lance Black get involved.
The Bb, aka 19 year old Colton Harris-Moore, became an outlaw after her swindled money, stole cars and boats and even learnt to fly a plane in order to allude police, committing many of his crimes shoeless.
Oscar-winning Milk man Black has signed on to pen the script, while Green, known best for Pineapple Express, is apparently in late discussions about helming the biopic, based on the book Taking Flight: The Hunt for a Young Outlaw by Bob Friel.
So it all sounds very like a modern day Catch Me if You Can. Do you think this pair can pull it off?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Thursday 22 July...
The Bb, aka 19 year old Colton Harris-Moore, became an outlaw after her swindled money, stole cars and boats and even learnt to fly a plane in order to allude police, committing many of his crimes shoeless.
Oscar-winning Milk man Black has signed on to pen the script, while Green, known best for Pineapple Express, is apparently in late discussions about helming the biopic, based on the book Taking Flight: The Hunt for a Young Outlaw by Bob Friel.
So it all sounds very like a modern day Catch Me if You Can. Do you think this pair can pull it off?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Thursday 22 July...
- 7/22/2010
- Screenrush
He's hairy, he's muscly and he's wielding a hammer. Dripping wet and covered in dirt, this new shot is sounding just a tad porno, but in truth it's just Chris Hemsworth smashing stuff up as Thor.
Kenneth Branagh's epic godly adventure isn't due until May next year, but with every studio bringing their wares to tease us at Comic-Con, Paramount Pictures have released this shot to further pique our interest in the Norse deity.
The film, which follows a modern day incarnation of the mighty thunder-bringer, stars musclebound Aussie Hemsworth alongisde Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins and Idris Elba .
So what do you make of Thor's gratuitous wet t-shirt scene?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 21 July 2010...
Kenneth Branagh's epic godly adventure isn't due until May next year, but with every studio bringing their wares to tease us at Comic-Con, Paramount Pictures have released this shot to further pique our interest in the Norse deity.
The film, which follows a modern day incarnation of the mighty thunder-bringer, stars musclebound Aussie Hemsworth alongisde Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins and Idris Elba .
So what do you make of Thor's gratuitous wet t-shirt scene?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 21 July 2010...
- 7/21/2010
- Screenrush
It's been a long time in the offing, but now it seems that the long-lost Breton-striped comedy Pierre Pierre might just make it to our screens after all.
Having been touted as one of the funniest scripts to watch out for, production ground to a halt back in 2008 when the production company looking after it went bust, leaving star Jim Carrey and hot-off-the-Juno-press director Jason Reitman free to walk.
But Carrey's a granddaddy now, and he's got to pay to keep his daughter's sprog in nappies, so he's ready to come back to the project for a modest fee. And now that some of the original producer bods have gathered their thoughts, and pooled the contents of their wallets to scrape together $20 million in loose change, they can pay the comedy legend and have enlisted none other than Borat and Brüno mastermind Larry Charles to do the honours in Reitman's place.
Having been touted as one of the funniest scripts to watch out for, production ground to a halt back in 2008 when the production company looking after it went bust, leaving star Jim Carrey and hot-off-the-Juno-press director Jason Reitman free to walk.
But Carrey's a granddaddy now, and he's got to pay to keep his daughter's sprog in nappies, so he's ready to come back to the project for a modest fee. And now that some of the original producer bods have gathered their thoughts, and pooled the contents of their wallets to scrape together $20 million in loose change, they can pay the comedy legend and have enlisted none other than Borat and Brüno mastermind Larry Charles to do the honours in Reitman's place.
- 7/20/2010
- Screenrush
He's a busy boy of late, but nothing can stop Sam Raimi getting a fistful of great films, and it sounds like he has done just that with his latest project Earp: Saints and Sinners.
Taking from the legendary gunslinger Wyatt Earp, this graphic novel property sets the stage in a dystopian future USA instead of the wilds of the Old West.
Put together for Radical Publishing by Matt Cirulnick (who has also penned the script), M Zachary Sherman and David Manpearl, the three-part series will be launched at this weekend's Comic-Con, and the news that Raimi is set to direct a film of it will no doubt give it a further massive push.
The comic sees Las Vegas as the one remaining beacon in an otherwise ruined world, with lawman Earp countering the attacks of outlaws and bandits in the wilds outside. However, his faith in justice is left...
Taking from the legendary gunslinger Wyatt Earp, this graphic novel property sets the stage in a dystopian future USA instead of the wilds of the Old West.
Put together for Radical Publishing by Matt Cirulnick (who has also penned the script), M Zachary Sherman and David Manpearl, the three-part series will be launched at this weekend's Comic-Con, and the news that Raimi is set to direct a film of it will no doubt give it a further massive push.
The comic sees Las Vegas as the one remaining beacon in an otherwise ruined world, with lawman Earp countering the attacks of outlaws and bandits in the wilds outside. However, his faith in justice is left...
- 7/20/2010
- Screenrush
He's a man with a plan, and it seems that there is nothing that Noel Clarke can't do, having made dramas, heists, historical epics, films about urban youth and tv shows about Timelords. And now, just to push those boundaries a bit further, he's fusing two genres and extending a sci-fi noir short into a full-length feature film.
Having brought home some bigger bucks with his lady-thief-filled 4.3.2.1, the Kidulthood Adulthood actor/director/writer/producer is looking for new ways to get more fingers to stick in pies and the extension his recent pairing with young director and graphic concept artist Matthew Savage for Reign Of Death seemed like the ideal opportunity to turn his hand to a bit of Blade Running.
Savage, who worked on the storyboarding for now modern classics Kick-Ass and The Dark Knight (as well as this Summer's Prince of Persia) told Empire Online:"The feature takes...
Having brought home some bigger bucks with his lady-thief-filled 4.3.2.1, the Kidulthood Adulthood actor/director/writer/producer is looking for new ways to get more fingers to stick in pies and the extension his recent pairing with young director and graphic concept artist Matthew Savage for Reign Of Death seemed like the ideal opportunity to turn his hand to a bit of Blade Running.
Savage, who worked on the storyboarding for now modern classics Kick-Ass and The Dark Knight (as well as this Summer's Prince of Persia) told Empire Online:"The feature takes...
- 7/19/2010
- Screenrush
The weather outside might be looking a tad miserable after weeks of sunshine, but Tim Burton sure knows how to brighten our days even if it is with a further injection of shadowy gloom.
It's been announced that the legendary director has signed Pride And Prejudice And Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith to adapt the late '60s horror-soap-opera for Johnny Depp to star in.
The movie reinvigoration of the cult vampire show will now look to kick off production in January. Apparently the scribbler was offered the job because Burton enjoyed his lesser known zombie-history novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Depp is set to play the lead Barnabas Collins who throughout the show's 1200 episodes experienced storyarcs including time travel, parallel universes, and various monsterly beings.
So is the Ppz author the right man to bring this to screen? And will the pairing of Burton and Depp once again served up another gory treat?...
It's been announced that the legendary director has signed Pride And Prejudice And Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith to adapt the late '60s horror-soap-opera for Johnny Depp to star in.
The movie reinvigoration of the cult vampire show will now look to kick off production in January. Apparently the scribbler was offered the job because Burton enjoyed his lesser known zombie-history novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Depp is set to play the lead Barnabas Collins who throughout the show's 1200 episodes experienced storyarcs including time travel, parallel universes, and various monsterly beings.
So is the Ppz author the right man to bring this to screen? And will the pairing of Burton and Depp once again served up another gory treat?...
- 7/16/2010
- Screenrush
Master of the twist-and-turn thriller Christopher McQuarrie looks like he may well be working himself up to jump back in the directors chair, as he has signed on to re-write the script for One shot, one of Lee Child's explosive Jack Reacher novels.
And although The Usual Suspects' McQuarrie provides safe hands for a big-screen incarnation of the ex-military policeman turned drifter, apparently rights to Child's various books in the series all rest in the hands of different studios, meaning that if One Shot had a shot at being a franchise, there might be a wrangle to get licenses all to the one place.
In the meantime though, this book has been bought up by none other than McQuarrie's Valkyrie star and friend Tom Cruise. However, there is no intimation that the Knight and Day actor would attempt to make the role his own, unless he planned on leg extensions,...
And although The Usual Suspects' McQuarrie provides safe hands for a big-screen incarnation of the ex-military policeman turned drifter, apparently rights to Child's various books in the series all rest in the hands of different studios, meaning that if One Shot had a shot at being a franchise, there might be a wrangle to get licenses all to the one place.
In the meantime though, this book has been bought up by none other than McQuarrie's Valkyrie star and friend Tom Cruise. However, there is no intimation that the Knight and Day actor would attempt to make the role his own, unless he planned on leg extensions,...
- 7/16/2010
- Screenrush
She's blonde, gorgeous, funny and sweet as cherry pie - and now Elizabeth Banks has the greatest affirmation of all those qualities - being cast as Tinkerbell in Disney's live action rom-com Tink.
The starlet earned her wings on the back of playing an elf in Fred Claus, as well as comedy performances in the much more adult likes of Zack and Miri Make a Porno and The 40 Year Old Virgin. The Apatow favourite has also showed us her more serious side as First Lady Laura Bush in W.
The film will apparently "play with the mischievous nature of the Tinkerbell character" which has appeared in numerous screen incarnations - including Julia Roberts' sweet and playful turn in Hook, and Ludivine Sagnier's sexier version in 2003's Peter Pan.
Banks will also act as producer for the film, having learnt the trade on Disney's recent genre-breaking Surrogates, as...
The starlet earned her wings on the back of playing an elf in Fred Claus, as well as comedy performances in the much more adult likes of Zack and Miri Make a Porno and The 40 Year Old Virgin. The Apatow favourite has also showed us her more serious side as First Lady Laura Bush in W.
The film will apparently "play with the mischievous nature of the Tinkerbell character" which has appeared in numerous screen incarnations - including Julia Roberts' sweet and playful turn in Hook, and Ludivine Sagnier's sexier version in 2003's Peter Pan.
Banks will also act as producer for the film, having learnt the trade on Disney's recent genre-breaking Surrogates, as...
- 7/15/2010
- Screenrush
With Edward Norton and Kevin Feige now at logger-heads over the role reprisal of Hulk in The Avengers, the rumour mill has gone into overdrive as to who will fill those distressed denim shorts as the not-so-jolly green giant.
While it would be hilariously controversial to imagine Eric Bana taking the role back, it's obvious that all the thirty-something actors in Hollywood would get straight on the protein shakes if they thought they could be part of the ensemble cast with Iron Man Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans' Captain America and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.
And the latest name to come up in the Bruce Banner banter is the eternally underrated Mark Ruffalo. Having turned in stellar performances in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island and David Fincher's Zodiac, it seems Ruffalo has the emotional depth to change him from normal guy to pea-coloured seething...
While it would be hilariously controversial to imagine Eric Bana taking the role back, it's obvious that all the thirty-something actors in Hollywood would get straight on the protein shakes if they thought they could be part of the ensemble cast with Iron Man Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans' Captain America and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.
And the latest name to come up in the Bruce Banner banter is the eternally underrated Mark Ruffalo. Having turned in stellar performances in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island and David Fincher's Zodiac, it seems Ruffalo has the emotional depth to change him from normal guy to pea-coloured seething...
- 7/15/2010
- Screenrush
Ok, so they're both hairy, but apart from the obvious hersuit comparisons, Peter Jackson probably isn't turning Simon Cowell to host X-Factor style open-auditions just yet to fill the furry feet of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Hell, the producer and The Lord of the Rings helmer hasn't even admitted he'll be directing the film since Guillermo del Toro walked recently.
But he has been doing a tour of duty (which is quite a big deal for a Kiwi who doesn't travel gladly) 'quietly meeting' with various actors in London, New York and La for the hallowed role, and no doubt furiously scrabbling round to find a surprising Andrew Garfield type for the part.
So does this mean that the long-awaited Lotr prequel films are actually getting made now then? And will Jackson continue his role as overlord and rescind the directing duties to another furry friend following Del Toro's departure?...
But he has been doing a tour of duty (which is quite a big deal for a Kiwi who doesn't travel gladly) 'quietly meeting' with various actors in London, New York and La for the hallowed role, and no doubt furiously scrabbling round to find a surprising Andrew Garfield type for the part.
So does this mean that the long-awaited Lotr prequel films are actually getting made now then? And will Jackson continue his role as overlord and rescind the directing duties to another furry friend following Del Toro's departure?...
- 7/14/2010
- Screenrush
While we might imagine that making a 3D film to revive a long resting classic and to rival Jim Cameron's Avatar phenomenon might take up all of your time, Tron Legacy director Joe Kosinski has still found time to sign himself up for a few future projects. And he's not straying too far from the sci-fi glow, as his next project will be a thriller called Archangels.
And there will be plenty of action and adventure (alhough few neon bikes, it seems) as the project is described as a mix of Men in Black and Bourne - with an elite agent who acts as an illegal immigrant hunter tracing aliens who have made it to earth.
Newcomer Andrew Will has penned the script, which will join the pile on Kosinski's desk, along with Disney's next big budget revival, The Black Hole and probably some intitial scribblings of Tron Legacy...
And there will be plenty of action and adventure (alhough few neon bikes, it seems) as the project is described as a mix of Men in Black and Bourne - with an elite agent who acts as an illegal immigrant hunter tracing aliens who have made it to earth.
Newcomer Andrew Will has penned the script, which will join the pile on Kosinski's desk, along with Disney's next big budget revival, The Black Hole and probably some intitial scribblings of Tron Legacy...
- 7/14/2010
- Screenrush
And there was us thinking that Moneyball was a Cold Case, but it looks like Kathryn Morris has the chance to re-examine the remains as she joins the long-in-production baseball drama as Brad Pitt's wife as it kicks off shooting next week.
Morris, best known for her Cold Case TV role, but who also starred alongside Tom Cruise in Minority Report as well as Ben Affleck and Aaron Eckhart in Paycheck, will play the baseball loving spouse of Pitt's Billy Bean, the enterprising manager to Oakland A who invented a new system of team picking to counteract the side's low budget.
Now it might not seem a rivetting script idea, and it may have been on hold for a good while now, but it seems that Moneyball is rebounding back now that the stellar cast of Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, not to mention Ms Morris are...
Morris, best known for her Cold Case TV role, but who also starred alongside Tom Cruise in Minority Report as well as Ben Affleck and Aaron Eckhart in Paycheck, will play the baseball loving spouse of Pitt's Billy Bean, the enterprising manager to Oakland A who invented a new system of team picking to counteract the side's low budget.
Now it might not seem a rivetting script idea, and it may have been on hold for a good while now, but it seems that Moneyball is rebounding back now that the stellar cast of Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, not to mention Ms Morris are...
- 7/12/2010
- Screenrush
He's a very popular boy right now, and A-Teamer Bradley Cooper is showing no signs of letting go of his new found A-List status, signing on for Tmi (that's Too Much Information to you, me and finger-clicking Americans) with Anna Faris, a comedy originally set for Ryan Reynolds' roster.
As we all know, Cooper came to light mainly through his role in The Hangover, but he set aside the straight comedy for a spot of action this summer. But Tmi seems to be his way back to the laffer - with a story based on two platonic friends who get the skeletons out of the closet for eachother during one drunken night and end up wanting to jump eachother's bones.
There's little wonder Reynolds shyed away from this project, having already starred alongside Faris in Just Friends where he played the platonic school friend of Amy Smart who comes...
As we all know, Cooper came to light mainly through his role in The Hangover, but he set aside the straight comedy for a spot of action this summer. But Tmi seems to be his way back to the laffer - with a story based on two platonic friends who get the skeletons out of the closet for eachother during one drunken night and end up wanting to jump eachother's bones.
There's little wonder Reynolds shyed away from this project, having already starred alongside Faris in Just Friends where he played the platonic school friend of Amy Smart who comes...
- 7/7/2010
- Screenrush
As if Cowboys & Aliens isn't a crazy enough concept as it is, Jon Favreau has gone and got himself one of those Mad Men to spice it up a little more. And his retro casting choice comes in the fine form of Don Draper's mistress Miss Farrell, played by Abigail Spencer.
The TV actress, made famous by shows such as All my children and , is now getting her chance on the big screen, having made waves with her sultry performance alongside Jon Hamm in the slick award winning 60s advertising drama.
Spencer is set to whore it up, playing Alice, a prostitute and "former lover of Daniel Craig's character who makes him change his ways."
So Spencer could be merely a bit part, or an integral role in Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof's script - as when Craig wafts into the Arizona Desert town of Absolution,...
The TV actress, made famous by shows such as All my children and , is now getting her chance on the big screen, having made waves with her sultry performance alongside Jon Hamm in the slick award winning 60s advertising drama.
Spencer is set to whore it up, playing Alice, a prostitute and "former lover of Daniel Craig's character who makes him change his ways."
So Spencer could be merely a bit part, or an integral role in Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof's script - as when Craig wafts into the Arizona Desert town of Absolution,...
- 7/5/2010
- Screenrush
So, are you a bit of a heartbreaker in real life?
Not at all. It's work. It's a character.
Did you find it hard to become the lothario?
Without being a bastard, yes. It was hard to find a way to play this guy who can seduce, or can pretend to seduce anyone without being a bastard, yeah.
And Alex has his lines he uses to seduce the girls...
He's more of an actor in this way. But I don't use lines myself. I don't like strategy. I like to just be myself.
And Alex very much isn't himself, like you said, he's an actor really, so was it weird being an actor playing essentially an actor in the film?
It was funny. At the beginning of the film, it was weird, but when he's with Juliette, he is being himself. Even when he puts on his "dickhead face" in the car.
Not at all. It's work. It's a character.
Did you find it hard to become the lothario?
Without being a bastard, yes. It was hard to find a way to play this guy who can seduce, or can pretend to seduce anyone without being a bastard, yeah.
And Alex has his lines he uses to seduce the girls...
He's more of an actor in this way. But I don't use lines myself. I don't like strategy. I like to just be myself.
And Alex very much isn't himself, like you said, he's an actor really, so was it weird being an actor playing essentially an actor in the film?
It was funny. At the beginning of the film, it was weird, but when he's with Juliette, he is being himself. Even when he puts on his "dickhead face" in the car.
- 7/2/2010
- Screenrush
Noomi Rapace's award-winning representation of Aspergers-suffering computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is a hard act to follow, but it seems that David Fincher (who is set to direct the English-language re-do of Stieg Larsson's book adaptation) has found his muse. And an unlikely inspiration it is too.
South Africa - currently the centre of the world owing to some game involving a bunch over-paid men chasing a ball - has attracted Fincher's eye, bringing a be-mulletted punkish looking girl called Yo-Landi Vi$$er - one half of internet sensation rap group Die Antwoord - to his attention
And while the most common casting rumour is that Daniel Craig is to pick up the lead as investigative financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, a fair few starlet names have been bandied about for the role of his kick-ass sidekick Salander, including hack-haired Twilight lip-biter Kristen Stewart, and equally bad-barneted Carey Mullligan.
South Africa - currently the centre of the world owing to some game involving a bunch over-paid men chasing a ball - has attracted Fincher's eye, bringing a be-mulletted punkish looking girl called Yo-Landi Vi$$er - one half of internet sensation rap group Die Antwoord - to his attention
And while the most common casting rumour is that Daniel Craig is to pick up the lead as investigative financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, a fair few starlet names have been bandied about for the role of his kick-ass sidekick Salander, including hack-haired Twilight lip-biter Kristen Stewart, and equally bad-barneted Carey Mullligan.
- 7/1/2010
- Screenrush
There hasn't been a character so immersed in shadows since Alec Baldwin donned a false nose and a cape back in 1994, but the casting of Guy Ritchie's Professor Moriarty is proving to be just as illusive as the villain himself.
Although the machiavellian figure made his presence known in the first film, it seems that the second installment will see him step up as main adversary for Robert Downey Jr.'s wildcard detective, and this means bringing in a big name to fill his mallevolent boots.
During shooting of the first film, it was rumoured that Ritchie's pal Brad Pitt would do the honours, but the unidentifiable voice used for the character so far gave no clue as to who will portray him in the flesh. But now it has come to light that some of the names being bandied around within Guy's camp include Sean Penn, Javier Bardem...
Although the machiavellian figure made his presence known in the first film, it seems that the second installment will see him step up as main adversary for Robert Downey Jr.'s wildcard detective, and this means bringing in a big name to fill his mallevolent boots.
During shooting of the first film, it was rumoured that Ritchie's pal Brad Pitt would do the honours, but the unidentifiable voice used for the character so far gave no clue as to who will portray him in the flesh. But now it has come to light that some of the names being bandied around within Guy's camp include Sean Penn, Javier Bardem...
- 6/24/2010
- Screenrush
They may be an odd pairing for a sunny Wednesday morning, but zany 3rd Rock from the Sun actor John Lithgow and beautiful Slumdog Millionairess Freida Pinto will be hopping on board for the Rise of the Apes alongside James Franco.
The prequel and re-reinvigoration of the franchise comes courtesy of The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt and will ground the origins of the story in a current day San Francisco, where Franco's young scientist is experimenting on the animals in search of a cure for Alzheimers, which his father (played by Lithgow) is suffering from. The testing, on an ape called Caesar, sparks a mutated evolutionary process which leaves the subject highly intelligent and aware, and brings Franco to take him home to live alongside him, away from other doctors in the facility who wish to bring him harm.
Pinto is due to play Franco's primatologist love-interest and co-lead, who...
The prequel and re-reinvigoration of the franchise comes courtesy of The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt and will ground the origins of the story in a current day San Francisco, where Franco's young scientist is experimenting on the animals in search of a cure for Alzheimers, which his father (played by Lithgow) is suffering from. The testing, on an ape called Caesar, sparks a mutated evolutionary process which leaves the subject highly intelligent and aware, and brings Franco to take him home to live alongside him, away from other doctors in the facility who wish to bring him harm.
Pinto is due to play Franco's primatologist love-interest and co-lead, who...
- 6/23/2010
- Screenrush
This new international trailer cut for the release of Cyrus may be similar in parts to the original American version, but there's new clips to be witnessed of John C. Reilly's depressed divorcee attempting to get it on with Milf Marisa Tomei whilst her seemingly derranged son Cyrus (Jonah Hill ) throws a spanner in the works.
The indie stylings of the Duplass Brothers is evident in this Sundance-stormer of course, but there is perhaps just a little hint of Reilly's Step Brothers too about this kids-in-the-way-of-romance flick - although it might be because we always get Catherine Keener (who co-stars in Cyrus) and Sb's Mary Steenburgen mixed up.
Although the film is due in Us cinemas on June 18, sadly it won't reach these shores until September 17. So do you think it's worth the wait?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 18 June 2010...
The indie stylings of the Duplass Brothers is evident in this Sundance-stormer of course, but there is perhaps just a little hint of Reilly's Step Brothers too about this kids-in-the-way-of-romance flick - although it might be because we always get Catherine Keener (who co-stars in Cyrus) and Sb's Mary Steenburgen mixed up.
Although the film is due in Us cinemas on June 18, sadly it won't reach these shores until September 17. So do you think it's worth the wait?
Emily Phillips
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Friday 18 June 2010...
- 6/18/2010
- Screenrush
Depending on who you talk to, this film idea could sound like a multi-million dollar disaster-in-the-making, or the most awesome attempt to reign in a franchise ever. We fall into the latter category, and the news that Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor might assume the directorship of the up-'til-this-point completely un-needed Ghost Rider sequel, has piqued our interest massively.
It seems that Sony need to get a wriggle on if they are to keep the franchise alive, so things are getting frantic behind the scenes to get a director and script in place (with David S. Goyer and his scribblers Scott Gimple and Seth Hoffman working on drafts), whilst simultaneously keeping Nicolas Cage on board.
The film will now be titled Ghost Rider: The Spirit Of Vengeance, and although it was rumoured Cage was being cagey about whether to return, the story will continue to center around stunt bike demon Johnny Blaze.
It seems that Sony need to get a wriggle on if they are to keep the franchise alive, so things are getting frantic behind the scenes to get a director and script in place (with David S. Goyer and his scribblers Scott Gimple and Seth Hoffman working on drafts), whilst simultaneously keeping Nicolas Cage on board.
The film will now be titled Ghost Rider: The Spirit Of Vengeance, and although it was rumoured Cage was being cagey about whether to return, the story will continue to center around stunt bike demon Johnny Blaze.
- 6/16/2010
- Screenrush
There's not much metal between these three new cast members for the brand new robo-sports drama Real Steel, but Hugh Jackman's supporting cast is shaping up to test their strength. In Treatment Hope Davis , The Talented Mr. Ripley star James Rebhorn and model-turned-actress Olga Fonda have signed on the dotted line to join the already announced line-up of Evangeline Lilly and Kevin Durand (now to be found wandering Hollywood searching for work post-Lost), as well as The Hurt Locker's Anthony Mackie.
Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy, will be helming the sci-fi boxing movie, which sees Jackman's retired fighter train a battle-bot to compete in the ring against gladiatorial machines. Just think a big-screen starry version of Robot Wars.
Add to Jackman's challenging mix a son (Dakota Goyo ) that he's had little contact with over the years, and you got yourself a drama. But this should...
Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy, will be helming the sci-fi boxing movie, which sees Jackman's retired fighter train a battle-bot to compete in the ring against gladiatorial machines. Just think a big-screen starry version of Robot Wars.
Add to Jackman's challenging mix a son (Dakota Goyo ) that he's had little contact with over the years, and you got yourself a drama. But this should...
- 6/2/2010
- Screenrush
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.