The Biblical tale of David and Goliath is heading to the big screen (and no, not just in the form of the scrappy underdog fighting robot flick Real Steel). According to Twitch, Taylor Lautner and Dwayne Johnson have been offered the opportunity to star as David and Goliath in Scott Derrickson‘s upcoming adaptation. Talks with […]
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Archive | August, 2011
Mrs. Carey’s Concert, Shut Up Little Man among first AACTA Award nominees
August 31, 2011 
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has wasted no time in preparing for its first ever awards ceremony in January, announcing the nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film. In an effort to align itself with the United States’ Academy Awards and the United Kingdom’s BAFTAs, the […]
Read moreGemma Ward joins The Great Gatsby
August 31, 2011 0 Comments
Model-turned-actress Gemma Ward has been cast in Baz Luhrmann’s 3-d adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. The news comes from Entertainment Weekly, although the specific role Ward will take on is not yet known. Despite the tale being set in New York, the film is currently being shot in Sydney. The […]
Read moreThe Blues Brothers are getting their own Glee-esque TV show
August 31, 2011 3 Comments
As Aretha Franklin famously sang in John Landis‘ comedy classic The Blues Brothers: “You better think; think about what you’re trying to do to me.” Variety reports Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi – the wife of his late partner John – are trying to set up a new TV show based around Jake […]
Read moreIs THIS the name of the new James Bond flick? (Update: No)
August 31, 2011 1 Comment
Update: Never mind! EON Productions has denied Bond 23 will be called Carte Blanche, nor will it have anything to do with Jeffery Deaver’s novel. Original report below… Did a Serbian cellist reveal the title, and, inadvertently, the plot of the new James Bond flick? Weirdly … maybe! Details regarding Sam Mendes‘ long-gestating Bond 23 have been […]
Read morePlay It Again – Marty
August 31, 2011 3 Comments
Play It Again – Marty. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which classic-film connoisseur Jess Lomas revisits a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up … or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted […]
Read moreA whisper – The Help review
August 30, 2011 4 Comments
The Help – Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. Directed by Tate Taylor. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Finally! A film about the civil rights movement in which the hero is a privileged young white thing instead of the tireless, self-sacrificing politicians or the downtrodden and racially vilified lower class blacks. The Help […]
Read moreClooney pulls out of Soderbergh’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
Although Steven Soderbergh has made no secret of his plans to retire in the coming years – even telling the New York Times earlier this week that he wants to become a painter – he still has plenty of projects in the works before that fateful days arrive. First up is his outbreak-thriller Contagion, followed […]
Read moreDirty Dancing remake scores a screenwriter
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
That Dirty Dancing remake you’re all really excited to see is picking up some speed. According to Deadline, screenwriter Maria Maggenti has scored the coveted role of scripting the film for Lionsgate. Maggenti previously wrote and directed Puccini for Beginners, and transformed the screenplay for Monte Carlo from an adult comedy to a tween adventure. […]
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