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Exclusive Interview: Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar)

10 hours ago | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »

Michelle Rodriguez seems to specialize in playing tough gals. She's done it in Girlfight (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), S.W.A.T. (2003), The Breed (2006), and Fast & Furious (2009). And now, she's back in familiar butt-kicking mode in Avatar (2009), the James Cameron-directed Sci-Fi opus that opens on Dec. 18 and casts her as Trudy Chacon, a pilot who gets deep, deep into the action. ScreenStar recently spoke to Rodriguez for an exclusive interview in which she discussed Avatar, her upcoming projects, including a script she's writing, and life in the public eye. Cameron apparently wanted to work with you for a long time. What did he tell you when Avatar came up? He just mentioned to me that he'd seen some of my prior work and had me in the back of his head. I guess that when he went on a helicopter ride in some very cold place, where there was some female …

- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)

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Review: Avatar

18 December 2009 4:43 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Avatar is a film that’s been on just about every movie geek’s radar for what seems like an eternity. I have to admit, my level of excitement has been somewhat of a roller coaster as the various marketing has come and gone. Before they showed a single frame of footage, I couldn’t wait to see what James Cameron had up his sleeve after Titanic, which was the last feature film that he directed before Avatar. When roughly 20 minutes of footage were screened at Comic Con, I eagerly read everything I could about it, still waiting for my first glimpse of footage. Then, the first teaser came out. Sure, it looked cool, but did it look like the mind-blowing masterpiece that the hype would lead you to believe? Not so much. It looked more like a Final Fantasy cut-scene. Granted, it still looked pretty awesome, just not anything new or game-changing. …

- Matt

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The 20 Coolest Movie Cars of the Aughties

17 December 2009 10:16 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Demi Moore exits a Ferrari Enzo in 2003's Charlie's Angels II: Full Throttle. The Aughties (ugh) were an incredible decade for film—if you like superheroes and comic books, romances based on 19th Century fiction, the apocalypse, brah-com, or fragmented narratives of disparate people crashing into each other.  Personally, I hate most of this shit. But if you’re into the kind of stellar goodbad films that I admire, and you happen to like cars, you’re in luck, because what we have here is a gorgeous slide show of the best vehicles in the bestworst movies of the 2000s. Brett Berk writes Stick Shift, Vf.com's gay car blog. Visit him at brettberk.com 2000 Bring it On, Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The decade got kicked off right with this genius cheerleading movie, a proto-Glee that features a rag-tag bunch of losers united in a love of choreography and personal harmony. …

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'War Birds' to Blow the Lid Off of ... Underground Aerial Combat?

7 December 2009 3:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

I love reading a plot description for an upcoming project that just stops me dead in my tracks. Here I am scanning casually through my RSS feeds when I come across this bombshell of a plot for War Birds at The Hollywood Reporter:

"Birds follows an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat. Shooting is scheduled for the summer in Michigan using all real airplanes and aerial sequences, including authentic P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F4U Corsairs and a B-17 Flying Fortress as well as modern military helicopters and jets."

Yes, you read that correctly. War Birds, which will be directed by a one Michael Chait, is like Top Gun meets The Fast and the Furious. Or Fighting meets Stealth. Or Step up to the Streets 2 meets Hell's Angels. I don't know, there are too many variables there …

- Peter Hall

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War Birds: Extreme Street Racing, in the Sky

7 December 2009 8:20 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Fast and Furious may have done pretty well, but movies set in the culture of illegal street racing are passe. (Note, please that I use the term 'culture' there with the heaviest possible dose of mocking irony.) It's time to push the envelope a bit. I can almost hear the pitch for War Birds in my head: it's like The Fast and the Furious, with airplanes. THR reports on the film, which is about "an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat." Current plans for the film include shooting with real planes (P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F4U Corsairs and a B-17 Flying Fortress, plus modern military helicopters and planes) and doing as much of the action in-camera as possible. All sounds like a good idea, but who's behind it? Directing and producing is Michael Chait, who as …

- Russ Fischer

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It's Time to Kick the Tires and Light the Fires with War Birds!

6 December 2009 11:17 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Never since Top Gun has a film captured the pure adrenaline rush and intensity of fighter jet air combat. Sure sequences in films like Pearl Harbor and Independence Day have been fantastic in themselves, but an entire film has never come close to director Tony Scott's energy rush in the sky. That might all change as THR reports Tmu Pictures is moving forward with a Michael Chait directed action-adventure film War Birds, the story of an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat. It's like The Fast and the Furious but with jets! The script was written by Josh Staman and Bryan Binder but writers J. Todd Harris (Bottle Shock) and Richard Jefferies (Tron Legacy) will be polishing the script and also producing this. And while you might think that this will simply be a lot of …

- Ethan Anderton

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Conspiracy! Greengrass Says No More Bourne And Call Of Duty Director To Now Direct Movies.

1 December 2009 10:55 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

If there's one thing I love, it's good old fashioned conspiracy theories. Nothing like making a bunch of stuff up to make yourself feel better and give those around you a reason to think you're even more insane than they had imagined.Two stories broke today that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Or do they?First up, is the so not news of a director not doing a movie he was never attached to direct in the first place. Huh? The trades has more:Paul Greengrass has opted out of helming another installment of Universal Pictures' successful Jason Bourne franchise, and Matt Damon's participation is not sealed. That's a blow for the studio looking to assemble another sequel to one of its most important franchises, but hardly a fatal one. Hollywood's top franchises, including the long-running James Bond series and Warner Bros.' Batman pics, …

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Cast Details for I Spit On Your Grave Remake

26 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

There were rumblings a few months back that shooting had begun on a remake of Meir Zarchi's I Spit On Your Grave with Steven R. Monroe ( It Waits ) behind the camera to direct for CinTel Films. Now, IMDb (via Arrow In The Head) uncovered a list of the full cast for the feature which Anchor Bay Entertainment is co-producing. Sarah Butler, Chad Lindberg, Daniel Franzese, Rodney Eastman, Jeff Branson, Saxon Sharbino, Amber Dawn Landrum and Andrew Howard all star in the update of I Spit On Your Grave . The only recognizable names amongst the bunch are Eastman who played Joey in A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 and 4 and Chad Lindberg who did several episodes of Supernatural and appeared in The Fast and The Furious . Sarah Butler (pictured left) tackles the role of Jennifer …

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Fantastic Trailer for William Kaufman’s Saints and Sinners

13 November 2009 10:02 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

I’ve never heard of William Kaufman, but the boys over at Quiet Earth have, and they’ve been following his latest movie, the action/crime thriller “Saints and Sinners”. The film stars relative unknown Johnny Strong, who has had small roles in some big Hollywood action movies like “Black Hawk Down”, “Get Carter”, and “The Fast and the Furious”, but “Saints and Sinners” will mark his biggest role to date. Besides Strong in the lead, Kaufman has surrounded him with some notable genre names, including Tom Berenger, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Kim Coates. And oh yeah, the Mandylor brothers are apparently both in the film. But never you mind all that, check out this trailer for the movie. Now that is a trailer. In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, beleaguered detective, Sean Riley, is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. …

- Nix

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Rick Yune Interview - Ninja Assassin

27 October 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Rick Yune (The Fast and the Furious) is no stranger to action movies and so you've got to believe when he says the action in Ninja Assassin is going to blow people away, it most likely will. At Spike TV's Scream 2009, Yune talked about what audiences can expect from the film:

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Rick Yune Interview - Ninja Assassin originally appeared on About.com Hollywood Movies on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 08:00:26.

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Rumor Patrol: Vin Diesel Still Doing ‘xXx 3′

19 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

There was a rumor floated recently by CineFools that Vin Diesel had dropped out of xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.  If you heard that rumor and freaked out, you can now turn red ’cause Diesel’s publicist emailed MTV and said it was untrue.  This is exactly what was said in that email:

“I made a few calls on this and I can tell you that it is completely not true.“

 

The action-packed xXx franchise began with Diesel in 2002, when he played the extreme sports athlete-turned government operative, Xander Cage.  xXx: State of the Union (2005) ripped Cage away from us and replaced him with Ice Cube’s Darius Stone. The third installment in the franchise is to be directed by Ericson Core, who brought us Invincible and was the cinematographer on Daredevil.

It was suspected the Deisel had dropped out of The Return of Xander Cage because director Rob Cohen, …

- Scott Miller

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Family mourns Aussie adult film star

30 September 2009 12:56 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Family and friends have been mourning the loss of adult film star Felicia Tang Lee after her murder earlier this month. The Perth model, who had uncredited parts in The Fast And The Furious and Rush Hour 2, is believed to have been beaten and suffocated by her boyfriend Brian Lee Randone, who she lived with in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old's family released a statement saying: "Felicia loved life and lived it to its (more) …

- By Rebecca Davies

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Justin Lin to Direct Highlander Reboot

22 September 2009 3:26 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Last year it was announced that a Highlander remake was on the way, with Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway hired to give a fresh new take on Russell Mulcahy's original 1986 film that would lay the groundwork for a franchise reboot. Considering that the Highlander series had slowly descended into the depths of direct-to-dvd hell over the past 20 years, I don't think anyone was too surprised by this move. The question remains though... can Highlander actually be repackaged and sold to a new generation? This week Summit Entertainment has apparently found a couple of people who they feel can pull it off: director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz, who previously worked together on the last two installments of The Fast and the Furious series. Lin's directing credits also include the crime thriller Better Luck Tomorrow, boxing drama Annapolis, and mockumentary Finishing the Game. Well, I guess …

- Sean

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Gondry starts filming Green Hornet with Seth Rogen & Cameron Diaz

3 September 2009 1:45 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Nothing can spot Green Hornet now! Ok, there’s actually probably tons of things that could continue to interfere with this production going smoothly. At least it looks like Seth Rogen is keeping the weight off! One thing that is interesting is Nic Cage (who Variety reported was signed up …) is still in negotiating to be the villain.

Here’s the news release …

A classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up) as the vigilante crime-fighter. Production is underway on the Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) helmed film, which is produced by Neal H. Moritz (I Am Legend, The Fast and the Furious) and executive produced by Michael Grillo (The Accidental Tourist), Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), Ori Marmur (Evan Almighty) and George W. Trendle, …

- Jeff Bayer

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Green Hornet Starts Production

3 September 2009 6:49 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

It seems that Michel Gondry’s perpetually stalled Green Hornet film has finally started production. Several new names have been added and confirmed in the cast by the film’s press release. The first is Tom Wilkinson, from Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Michael Clayton. The second is David Harbour, of Quantum of Solace and Brokeback Mountain.

Also confirmed to be in the cast are Edward James Olmos and Nicolas Cage. The details of the press release, as revealed by Slashfilm, are as follows:

Culver City, Calif., September 2, 2009 – A classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up) as the vigilante crime-fighter. Production is underway on the Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) helmed film, which is produced by Neal H. Moritz (I Am Legend, …

- John Cooper

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Green Hornet Production Start & Casting Additions

3 September 2009 4:25 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Over the weekend, news broke that the upcoming adaptation of The Green Hornet was being pushed back to allow for more post-production time. The five-month delay, which moves the film from its original Summer release to a holiday opening a week before Christmas, sure isn’t slowing down production of the film.

In recent weeks, we’ve heard about several casting decisions for the Seth Rogen-starrer including that of Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) and Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou taking over the role as Green Hornet’s side-kick, Kato. More recently, there’s been two more additions to the growing cast of talented and recognizable stars: Tom Wilkinson and David Harbour.

The official press release is as follows:

 

Culver City, Calif., September 2, 2009 - A classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, …

- Rob Keyes

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The Green Hornet Begins Filming!

3 September 2009 12:08 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Given the trouble this production has had finding it’s director, Kato and struggling to reach pre-production, film fans will be thrilled to hear that production has now commenced on The Green Hornet! Check out the press release below, and check back for further updates!

Culver City, Calif., September 2, 2009 – A classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up) as the vigilante crime-fighter. Production is underway on the Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) helmed film, which is produced by Neal H. Moritz (I Am Legend, The Fast and the Furious) and executive produced by Michael Grillo (The Accidental Tourist), Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), Ori Marmur (Evan Almighty) and George W. Trendle, Jr. The screenplay is by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, based upon “The Green Hornet …

- Craig Sharp

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12:

2 September 2009 2:29 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 72. Country singer David Allan Coe is 70. Country singer Mel McDaniel is 67. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 66. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 65. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 62. Country singer Buddy Miller is 57. Country drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 52. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 51. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") is 51. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 48. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 46. Actress Rosie Perez is 45. Singer Macy Gray is 42. Singer CeCe Peniston is 40. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 40. Singer Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) is 38. Actor Dylan Bruno ("Numb3ers") is 37. Actress Anika Noni Rose ("Dreamgirls") is 37. Actor Justin Whalin ("Lois and Clark") is 35. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 35. Actress Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest") is 33. Rapper Noreaga is 32. Rapper Foxy Brown is 31.Sept. 7: Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 79. Singer …

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XXX 3 Lands a Director

1 September 2009 4:20 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The third installment in the XXX opus is on its way, and Columbia Pictures has hired Ericson Core to direct it. Titled XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, relative newcomer Core (Invincible) will need to be approved by Vin Diesel, though Core and Diesel have worked together previously on The Fast And the Furious where Core acted as cinematographer.

XXX director Rob Cohen was originally supposed to reunite with Diesel. When Cohen backed out to direct Medieval, he called the decision to leave "tough" and hoped the production would wait for him. Apparently, it hasn't.

The script for The Return of Xander Cage was written by Terminator Salvation writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and will follow Cage's return to the National Security Agency after an absence of eight years.

Next Showing:

Link | Posted 9/1/2009 by Ryan

Ericson Core | Rob Cohen | Vin Diesel | Michael Ferris | John Brancato | XXX | Invincible …

- Ryan Gowland

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xXx 3 Gets a New Director

26 August 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

News has surfaced, by way of The Hollywood Reporter, stating that a new director has been found for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, the third installment in Columbia Pictures’ action series. Last year both star Vin Diesel and Rob Cohen (director of the first installment) agreed to join forces for a third film, but in June this year Cohen bailed to direct Medieval. The new director is Ericson Core (Invincible), who’s worked with Diesel before as the Cinematographer on The Fast and the Furious.

Diesel starred in the original xXx back in 2002, but both he and director Cohen skipped the second film, xXx: State of the Union, starring Ice Cube and directed by Lee Tamahori.

 

Diesel was somewhat of a hot name at the time of xXx, but for some reason he thought it best to skip both the sequel and two of the Fast and the Furious …

- Ross Miller

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