Uh huh. Steve Carell is attached to star as real life chemical fortune heir and paranoid schizophrenic John du Pont in Bennett Miller‘s upcoming biopic Foxcatcher. According to Variety, the project has been in the works for the past four years. No doubt the recent success of Miller’s Moneyball helped push forward production. For those unfamiliar with […]
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Archive | September, 2011
Mortal Kombat returning to cinemas
September 30, 2011 
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“Finish him!” Not so fast, say New Line Cinema, who have recruited Kevin Tancharoen – the intrepid filmmaker who produced an unauthorised Mortal Kombat short – to make a feature adaptation of the classic video game. When Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat: Rebirth debuted online (starring Michael Jai White as Jax and Jeri Ryan as Sonya), he was […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Contraband
September 30, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for Mark Wahlberg‘s Contraband has debuted online, featuring Marky Mark as a retired smuggler forced to get back into the game for one. last. job. So, it’s not going to win any awards for originality, but Contraband has a few intriguing elements going for it. Firstly, it’s been helmed by Icelandic director Baltasar […]
Read moreThe 10 most evil children in movie history
September 30, 2011 33 Comments
The 10 most evil children in movie history. By Simon Miraudo. This week we were treated to the super-creepy new trailer for Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, in which Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly play parents who must come to terms with the fact that their son might be pure evil (dead giveaway: […]
Read moreWhat’s crazy got to do with it? – Crazy Stupid Love review
September 30, 2011 1 Comment
Crazy Stupid Love – Starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore and Ryan Gosling. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Crazy Stupid Love (or, in its official and confusingly punctuated form: Crazy, Stupid, Love.) often feels like the American version of Love Actually (or should that be Love, Actually; this is […]
Read moreJon Hamm doubts Bridesmaids 2 will happen
September 29, 2011 1 Comment
Jon Hamm has his doubts about a sequel to Bridesmaids ever coming to fruition. Speaking to E!, Hamm revealed that his close friend and the film’s screenwriter/star Kristen Wiig may no longer be interested in continuing the Bridesmaids saga. As to whether he would reprise the role of Wiig’ character Annie’s jerk boyfriend in a […]
Read moreWes Craven prepares for Scream 5
September 29, 2011 0 Comments
Scream 4 may not have been quite the gangbusters box-office success story like its predecessors, but director Wes Craven firmly believes another film in the series will eventuate. Speaking with MovieWeb, Craven revealed that he is intrigued by the idea of a fifth Scream flick: “The odds are that there will be [Scream 5]. It […]
Read moreRooney Mara wanted for Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake
September 29, 2011 4 Comments
After years in development hell, that English-language remake of the South Korean revenge thriller Oldboy is picking up some steam. Last month it was confirmed Josh Brolin would star and Spike Lee would direct, while Christian Bale is still rumoured to appear as the villain. Twitch now reports The Social Network and The Girl With The […]
Read morePoster and Trailer Debut: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
September 29, 2011 2 Comments
The poster and trailer for Stephen Daldry‘s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has debuted online. And, boy oh boy, you may want to keep the tissue box handy for this one… Child genius Thomas Horn stars as Oskar Schell, an inventive kid whose father (Tom Hanks) dies in the World […]
Read moreLars von Trier appears in character poster for Melancholia
September 28, 2011 0 Comments
Classic Lars. Note the “persona non grata” badge he earned after getting kicked out of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. We only hope the Lars von Trier collectable action figure is around the corner! Check out the rest of the character posters (featuring actual characters from Melancholia) over at Empire. You can read […]
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