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‘True Blood’ Throws a Few More into the Fray
5 hours ago
James Frain, Alfre Woodard and J. Smith-Cameron have joined the cast of True Blood. Shock Til You Drop brought us the news. Who are these people, where have we seen them and what’ll they be doing in Bon Temps? Hit the jump for answers…
Frain, who’s best known for his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell on The Tudors will appear as Franklin Mott, Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) newfangled love interest. We’ll see how his superhuman strength and mind-control powers hold up against Tara’s bad attitude.
The two-time Emmy-winning Woodard (who picked up those trophies for her work in The Practice and Miss Evers’ Boys) will star as Lafayette Reynold’s mother, who fans of the show know is therefore Tara’s aunt and her born-again mother’s sister. Woodard brings an undeniable strength to her performances that I look forward to seeing butt up against the established characters, »
- Scott Miller
Mel Gibson Takes A Summer Vacation
5 hours ago
After almost eight years away from screens as an actor and it looks like Mel Gibson is returning to starring roles in a big way.
Following the star’s forthcoming projects Edge of Darkness and the Jodie Foster directed The Beaver (alongside his own directing duties for the forthcoming Leonardo DiCaprio Viking film) comes news that Gibson will write and star in the action drama, How I Spent My Summer Vacation.
According to Variety:
“Summer Vacation centers on a career criminal who gets caught by Mexican authorities and is sent to a drug- and crime-filled prison, where he learns how to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.”
The film will be the third film that the actor-director has written, following The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto – but this will be the first that he doesn’t direct. Vacation will be directed by Adrian Grunberg, who was First »
- Niall Browne
First (Revealing) Poster for ‘Inception’
6 hours ago
Christopher Nolan makes me redefine the word “revealing” when I use it.
Yes, there is a new official poster for Nolan’s upcoming mystery/drama/thriller Inception; yes, it looks like something that was photoshopped together from a Dark Knight poster somebody had laying around; yes, it also looks like Leonardo DiCaprio visiting the set of 2012, but somehow, all of that is somehow more revealing than anything I saw in the Inception teaser trailer.
Did I mention we even have a nice little tagline to go on now? “Your mind is the scene of the crime.”
The poster was “unlocked” by a savvy web surfer who stumbled upon a new viral game for Inception called “Mind Crime.” Our good friends over at First Showing have taken the time to figure the game out, so if you don’t care about the Spoiler here’s what you have to do:
The »
- Kofi Outlaw
Iron Man 2 Viral Headline #3
10 hours ago
A new piece to the Iron Man 2 viral marketing puzzle has appeared, and today it’s the folks over at Chud who are holding it. If you haven’t been keeping up, you can get a look at the first two pieces to the puzzle by going Here and Here.
Iron Man 2 fans have really been digging into these faux newspaper clippings of their favorite hero, dissecting every word and picture in an attempt to discern what surprises Iron Man 2 may yet have in store.
So far, director Jon Favreau and the Iron Man 2 cast have done top-notch work keeping things under wraps – I just hope that there is some sort of legitimate surprise waiting at the end of this little viral game, and not just a ’setup for the mood of the film’ as some of our readers have suggested.
One clue to help you »
- Kofi Outlaw
Carl Rinsch To Direct ‘Black Lagoon’ Remake?
10 hours ago
We reported back in May of this year that Universal’s upcoming remake of the classic monster movie, Creature from the Black Lagoon, was sans a director. At one point Sahara director, Breck Eisner, was rumored to be attached to the remake, but we learned thereafter that wasn’t the case.
So the project has been without someone in the director’s chair for months… until now: Variety is reporting that Carl Rinsch is in early talks with Universal to helm its remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon. Does his name ring any sort of bell with you? A little? Well, that’s because Rinsch was once rumored to be directing the upcoming Alien prequel before Ridley Scott was convinced to helm it himself.
Rinsch was originally a commercial film director (you can check out some of his visually impressive commercials Here), and if he gets this Black Lagoon »
- Ross Miller
New Iron Man 2 Footage to Premiere This Week
10 hours ago
Entertainment Tonight is going to air yet another exclusive look at Iron Man 2 this week. If you didn’t see the previous videos from Et’s set visit, go Here and Here to check those out.
As per usual, Entertainment Tonight has aired a promo ad for their exclusive footage premiere, and we have taken the liberty of snagging that video for you (courtesy of Superhero Hype).
While a preview of a preview might seem like a strange concept to some, I know a lot of you Iron Man 2 fans are going to be drooling in excitement over this promo ad, let alone the actual premiere of Et’s footage, which incidentally airs on Wednesday of this week.
Enough talk, here’s the promo ad. See how many Iron Man 2 gems you can spot in it:
If you’ve been following Iron Man 2 closely, you will »
- Kofi Outlaw
2010 Golden Globe Nominations Announced
12 hours ago
The folks over at Cinematical were good enough to be up early this December morning to update folks in real-time with the 67th Annual Golden Globe nominations. Things are officially gearing up to the Awards season early next year, all leading up to the “big ones” – the Oscars. The Golden Globes are arguably the second-biggest awards out there, and we have this year’s nominations right here.
I’d say for the most part that the nominations are quite predictable. Not that that’s a bad thing – if it’s clear to all what the best movies, performances, scores etc are, then it should result in them getting nominated (that’s the way it Should work, anyway – hey-oh! ). Before I get to some of my thoughts on who’s been nominated, check out the nominations list yourself, again thanks to Cinematical (as well as GoldenGlobes.org):
Best Motion Picture »
- Ross Miller
8 New Sherlock Holmes Clips
12 hours ago
Christmas Day this year brings us the highly-anticipated Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie’s new take on the classic detective character. We recently got a big look at the film with a huge high-res image gallery, and generally we have been getting steadily hit with trailers, posters and other images for the movie since Fall season began. As far as I’m concerned, everything’s looked great so far.
8 clips from Sherlock Holmes have been released by Warner Bros., and thanks to the guys over at Collider, we have all of them back-to-back in the one player for extra convenience. I personally don’t want to watch them all, as I don’t want to see too much in fear it may lessen the impact and enjoyment of the movie itself (which is just less than a couple of weeks away from being released).
However, if you’re keen, check out »
- Ross Miller
Sr Pick [Video]: Terminator Salvation Deleted Scene Spoof
14 hours ago
There’s never been any question on how I feel about Terminator Salvation. If there was a sample of hype-in-a-bottle failure, it had a McG label on it during the summer.
Our most recent Screen Rant Pick features a humorous and intrepid team of filmmakers that have released what I think could have been a significant (but fake and completely unofficial) additional deleted scene from Terminator Salvation.
The only thing more horrifying than the actual film were the plans to release a “Director’s Cut” DVD and Blu-ray, which had terribly thin features, and no viable commentary. What’s worse, the aforementioned Director’s Cut was a mere 3 minutes longer.
Note to McG: If only 3 minutes and boobs makes your film the definitive “Director’s Cut”, I vote for releasing what you showcased in theaters and then heading home to prepare another Charlie’s Angels entry.
When we cast aside the negatives, »
- Mike Wilkerson
Robin Hood Teaser Trailer from the Mind of Ridley Scott
15 hours ago
Someone at Universal picked up the movie stick and whacked the Robin Hood piñata hard, because there have been a lot of film goodies dropping in the past couple of days. Just yesterday, we were able to show you some new pictures from the movie of Ridley Scott’s next epic adventure tale, including the first look of Cate Blanchett as the radiant Maid Marian.
Today the piñata has dropped the first teaser trailer for Robin Hood and we were sure to pick it up for your viewing pleasure. Robin Hood is the story of a nobleman soldier that comes home from a war, only to find that while his King is away, the Sheriff of Nottingham has joined forces with the despicable Prince John to rule with a heavy taxing hand over the people of Nottingham. Robin Hood becomes an outlaw for the people, robbing from the rich and »
- Paul Young
Marvel Movie News Round-Up: Thor & Iron Man 2
15 hours ago
Amongst the bigger news items this week, a few minor updates regarding some of the upcoming Marvel Studios movies have made their way online and I thought we’d gather them together so we can all stay up to date.
In our Marvel movie news round-up, we have another casting addition for Thor, a new still from Iron Man 2, new information on a big trailer we’ll be seeing soon and what the writers of Thor are working on next.
Check it out after they jump.
Thor Casting Update
Joheph Gatt, a ripped bald dude who’s done motion capture work on the recent God of War video games (among many other games), has posted on his official webpage and MySpace that he’s currently rehearsing for a “secret” role in Thor and that his current mood is “excited.” Can’t blame him. We knew the rehearsals were happening »
- Rob Keyes
Sanctuary Renewed for a 3rd Season
22 hours ago
Despite offing Ashey (Emilie Ullerup) in the beginning of the 2nd season, the Syfy Channel has renewed Sanctuary for a 3rd season. Syfy has ordered 20 episodes. Cool beans, gang!
Despite the core fan base being pretty upset about Ashley’s death in Sanctuary, not enough folks tuned out. The show averaged around 2.2 million viewers in the 7-day DVR viewing ratings. That was enough to get the show its third season.
Right now they’re filming Sanctuary in Vancouver, and I think it’s time to hold the creative forces accountable.
When they offed Ashley, the fan backlash was pretty volatile. At one point the idea of possibly bringing Ashley back was broached, though it didn’t sound too serious.
As it stands, Emilie Ullerup has already landed a role in a web series called Riese The Series as Aliza. So if somehow the creative forces try to pull Emilie back in, »
- Bruce Simmons
Syfy Renews Stargate Universe For a 2nd Season
22 hours ago
Knowing how everyone is in love with Stargate Universe, I thought I’d share the news that Syfy has given the green light for a 2nd season of Sgu. It’s a 20 episode order… Please, stay calm folks.
Right now Sgu is in a very long mid-season break. It won’t return until April, so you have time to recover from the shell-shock you’ve been put through so far!
Screen Rant readers are not alone in their emotional angst about the show – that fact has been evidenced in previous Sgu articles we’ve posted. Sgu is a controversial issue with fans that have come along for a 15-year ride of Stargate and it has been noted that many aren’t too happy with this dramatic change of pace. (Would that be an understatement?)
Despite the core audience being tossed around by this new approach, it doesn’t sound like »
- Bruce Simmons
New Robin Hood Stills Featuring Maid Marian
23 hours ago
One of the many films I’m looking forward to in 2010 is the next Ridley Scott-Russell Crowe pairing for their production of Robin Hood.
Aside from the early controversy (if you can call it that) over what the film would actually be about – Nottingham vs. Robin Hood and who’s playing whom – most of our updates on the Scott’s warrior-esque take on Robin Hood have come in the form of photos taken on set during filming of the production.
The cast for the film is loaded with talent and today we finally have a look at Oscar winner Cate Blanchett playing Maid Marian. Check out the photos of Marian and more after the jump.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
Robin Hood & Maid Marian
Continue to Page 2 for more Robin Hood Photos…
You Might Also Be Interested In:Will William Hurt Robin Hood? First Look At Russell Crowe »
- Rob Keyes
Extended Lost Season 6 “Grace” TV Spot
14 December 2009 7:01 PM, PST
We’re about a month and a half away from the beginning of the end for one of the coolest and lovable, yet mind-boggling shows on television. That of course, is ABC’s Lost.
The masterminds behind the series have been more careful than ever about keeping things under wrap for this final season and using only scenes from earlier in the series for their promos, but what we do know is that we’ll be seeing a lot of out favorite regulars from earlier seasons making a return in season 6 which is a fantastic way to close out the series.
Check below for the new extended “Grace” TV spot featuring Willie Nelson’s rendition of Amazing Grace as the background music.
Thanks to /Film for the find. Watch and enjoy:
I couldn’t be more excited to see the show return for its final set of episodes although it »
- Rob Keyes
Sam Worthington on Baseless Captain America Rumors
14 December 2009 6:26 PM, PST
MTV Splashpage posted an article about Sam Worthington wearing an Avengers shirt while appearing on MTV’s live Avatar chat nearly two weeks ago and used the event as a link to discuss the budding actor possibly playing Captain America. There was no other basis for the rumor other than him and his cool T-shirt, but it generated an interesting discussion piece nonetheless.
As a retort the the “news” of Worthington’s potential “hint,” Peter Sciretta at /Film put up a post showing a variety of celebs sporting fun pop culture apparel including one of Megan Fox wearing a classic Star Wars T-shirt and saying that she therefore must be in the running to play Leia in a remake. It was a joke of course, in response to the MTV post.
Despite there being nothing to this, several sites seemed to pick up on it for no real reason other »
- Rob Keyes
Para(mount’s Ab)normal Activity: $1Mm Yearly for Microbudget Films
14 December 2009 2:16 PM, PST
The undeniable financial success of Paranormal Activity got the folks over at Paramount thinking. By undeniable financial success, I mean a little more than $107Mm in box office on a $15,000 budget (that’s a rate of return of about 666,666% – perfectly appropriate for a film about a haunting). Paramount appears to be defining microbudget films as those with a budget of less than $100K. Seems like a no-brainer from the money end, right?
Let’s assume the future microbudget films use the full $100K: the studio could still finance 1,000 movies (!) off the revenues of Paranormal Activity alone. Expenses including overhead, marketing, etc. etc. and the relative rarity of Pa’s fiscal success notwithstanding, but the point remains. The studio said $1Mm annually, not “whatever we make will go into producing more microbudget films,” but at least we’re looking at ten “micro-movies” every year. Paramount intends on utilizing this initiative to »
- Scott Miller
Tobey Maguire In Talks for The Hobbit?
14 December 2009 1:39 PM, PST
Our friends over at Latino Review have broken an exclusive saying that they have it from reliable sources that Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire, is in talks to star as Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson’s upcoming adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
Latino Review isn’t one to simply toss out some random rumor, either; those guys do their journalistic homework. In this case, they’ve linked together a nice string of circumstances and events, which all point to Maguire being on the short list of Hobbit candidates (see what I did there? ).
Alright, here’s the situation as presented by Latino Review. I’m going to take the extra-simplifying step of laying it out in bullet points for you:
Latino Review got a tip last month while Maguire was in NYC promoting his new film, Brothers, that the star had answered “Guillermo del Toro »
- Kofi Outlaw
Dexter: Season Finale Questions Answered
14 December 2009 12:54 PM, PST
[Be Sure to read our Season 4 Finale Review & Discussion Post First!!!]
Wow, I knew last night’s season finale of Dexter was controversial, but I didn’t know it was going to be this controversial. The comments in the review & discussion have been going crazy since the show ended. Hopefully, with executive producer Clyde Phillips stepping in, it will help answer some fan questions regarding what may or may not have happened.
While talking with Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello, Phillips lays it all out.
[Huge Spoiler Alert!!!!]
Is Rita really dead?
Clyde Phillips: Yes.
Is Trinity really dead?
Phillips: Yes. Cut up and drifting in the Gulf Stream.
Did Trinity kill Rita?
Phillips: Yes he did. That’s partly what he meant when he said: “It’s already over.”
Well, there you have it. Straight and to the point. While I may have screwed up some of the spoilers and myth debunking, most of them were correct and the “it’s not »
- Anthony Ocasio
Kick-Ass: New Big Daddy Poster & Movie Clip (Featuring Hit-Girl!)
14 December 2009 12:36 PM, PST
If you haven’t heard, Mathew Vaughn’s (Layer Cake) adaptation of Mark Millar’s (Wanted) comic book Kick-Ass is building up to be a major hit in 2010. Those lucky enough to have seen the film (which made a major splash at this year’s Comic Con) are already calling it (in some cases) “the most entertaining comic book movie of all time.”
That’s a big statement! And large part of what viewers have liked about Kick-Ass have clearly been the performances of Nicolas Cage and young Chloe Moretz, who play the daddy/daughter duo known as Big Daddy and Hit-Girl.
Moretz as Hit-Girl has been a particular crowd favorite, some even ranking her amongst the top echelon of onscreen comic book characters.
Courtesy of Ugo, we have a clip of the young actress opposite Nic Cage in a hilarious clip from the film. In this scene, Cage’s »
- Kofi Outlaw
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