I’m sure the children of the world will disagree with me, but I’ve never found the Madagascar films all that entertaining. They keep making money though, so they’ll be getting another sequel. This time however, the (admittedly, very funny) penguin sidekicks will be in the limelight. THR has the scoop that Megamind screenwriters Alan J. […]
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Archive | March, 2011
Bill Murray is the President in Hyde Park on the Hudson
March 31, 2011 
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Bill Murray is set to star as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, in Hyde Park on the Hudson. According to Vulture, “[The film] recounts the quasi-incestuous love affair between the president and his distant cousin, Margaret Stuckley, and takes place on the June 1939 weekend that the British King and […]
Read moreBryan Cranston to play Total Recall villain
March 31, 2011 0 Comments
Bryan Cranston is in talks to play the villain in the upcoming remake of Total Recall. The long gestating retooling of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven flick (itself based upon Philip K. Dick’s story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale) is set to star Colin Farrell as a factory worker who begins to suspect he […]
Read moreAronofsky, Kunis defend Portman in Black Swan controversy
March 30, 2011 0 Comments
In the latest of the battle of the ballerinas – or rather the case of obscure ballerina versus Natalie Portman – Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky and Natalie’s co-star Mila Kunis have spoken out, defending the Oscar winning star. Aronofsky released his statement through studio Fox Searchlight after Portman’s dance double, Sarah Lane, came forward […]
Read moreJennifer Garner is your new Miss Marple
March 30, 2011 1 Comment
Jennifer Garner is set to star in and produce a Miss Marple reboot for Disney, Deadline reports. There are several things wrong with the sentence ‘Miss Marple reboot’ for a start. Following in the footsteps of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes reboot, Garner and her Vandalia Films partner Juliana Janes are looking to transform the elderly […]
Read moreThe title of the Monsters, Inc. prequel is…
March 30, 2011 0 Comments
Disney has revealed the name of Pixar’s upcoming prequel to Monsters, Inc. Ready for it? Monsters University. This means we can expect to see a young Sully and Mike learn the ropes of the kid-spooking game. The Hollywood Reporter, fittingly, reports the news from the studio’s presentation at CinemaCon. Monsters University will feature the returning […]
Read moreNew Justice League movie in the works; will feature rebooted Batman
March 30, 2011 0 Comments
New Warner Bros studio president Jeff Robinov has revealed his plans to finally bring DC’s Justice League to the big screen in 2013. This means we’ll see a new Batman in cinemas one year after Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises arrives. In a profile piece on the L.A. Times, Robinov revealed that Nolan’s third […]
Read moreThe people vs. Matthew McConaughey – The Lincoln Lawyer review
March 30, 2011 1 Comment
The Lincoln Lawyer – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe and Marisa Tomei. Directed by Brad Furman. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. It must be a sad day when an actor or filmmaker realises their name has become a punch line. There is nary an article written in the last few years about M. Night Shyamalan’s […]
Read morePoster Debut: The Tree of Life
March 29, 2011 0 Comments
Geez, make up your mind Terrence Malick. First you don’t want us to know anything about The Tree of Life, and then you release a poster featuring seventy images from the film. Next thing we know, you’ll actually get around to releasing the movie. You’ve changed, man. Fox Searchlight unveiled the first poster for Malick’s […]
Read morePoster Debut: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two
March 29, 2011 0 Comments
Facebook is the place to go for poster debuts, apparently. Not only did Warner Bros decide to unveil the teaser for The Hangover Part II on FB today, but they also shared with us the first one-sheet for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two. Considering the majority of the final (for real this […]
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