Canted camera angles abound in the teaser trailer for Tom Hooper‘s Les Misérables. The short clip focuses primarily on Anne Hathaway as Fantine and her sterling rendition of the musical’s signature song, “I Dreamed a Dream.” We also get short glimpses of Hugh Jackman as ex-prisoner Valjean, Russell Crowe‘s policemen Javert, Amanda Seyfried as Fantine’s daughter Cosette, and Samantha Barks as Éponine. Soak it […]
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G.I. Joe 2 delayed to accommodate for injection of more Channing Tatum
May 31, 2012 
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*The following article features mild spoilers for a version of the upcoming G.I. Joe movie that is being drastically changed anyway.* Deadline reveals the reason behind Paramount’s bizarre decision to delay the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation: they are resurrecting Channing Tatum. TV ads had begun and billboards were up, all set for the U.S […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Amour
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The trailer for Michael Haneke‘s Palme d’Or winner Amour debuts online and it’s as powerful and elegant as we expected. After winning the Palme d’Or in 2009 with his previous film The White Ribbon, no one expected Michael Haneke to score another so quickly. But win another he did. Amour premiered at Cannes recently to […]
Read moreAaron Sorkin discusses adapting Steve Jobs’ life for the screen
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Aaron Sorkin has revealed he is making headway on his biopic of late Apple founder Steve Jobs, describing the task as like “writing about The Beatles.” Speaking at the AllThingsD Conference in California, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and creator of The West Wing described his portrayal of Jobs’ life as “a painting, not a […]
Read moreAussie to play Prince in Disney’s Maleficent
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Australian actor Brenton Thwaites has been cast opposite Angelina Jolie in Disney’s upcoming take on the Sleeping Beauty saga, Maleficent. According to Deadline, the former Home and Away star will play the young prince to Elle Fanning‘s Princess Aurora and Jolie’s evil queen. Robert Stromberg will direct. Discuss: Glad to see another Aussie actor break-out?
Read moreFirst look at Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
The first pics from Sofia Coppola‘s upcoming film The Bling Ring have debuted online, featuring Emma Watson looking vastly different from her days as Hermione Granger. Watson stars as the leader of a young gang of teens who burglarized the rich and famous in Los Angeles between 2008 and 2009. Some of their victims included Paris Hilton […]
Read moreBateman, Mann, Efron, and Hawn to Leave You
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Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn are in talks to star in Adam Shankman‘s follow-up to Rock of Ages, entitled This Is Where I Leave You. Departing from the musical stylings of Rock and Hairspray, Shankman’s next endeavour is an adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s novel about four siblings who return home following the death of their father. Stuck […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Lay the Favourite
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The trailer for Stephen Frears‘ adaptation of Beth Raymer’s memoir Lay the Favourite has debuted online. Looking like a less flashy mutation of Ocean’s Eleven and The Cooler, the film tells of a professional sports better (Bruce Willis) who employs a good luck charm (Rebecca Hall) to ensure his gambles a sure thing. There’s a slight telemovie feel to the trailer, and […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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A new trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released by 20th Century Fox and includes some previously unseen scenes. Based on the book of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith – who also wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows – the trailer opens with a voice over: “History prefers […]
Read moreQuentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained fires off new shots
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New images from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained have been released, showing Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio getting their Spaghetti Western on. Foxx stars as Django, a slave who is freed by a German bounty hunter played by Waltz. The pair team up to rescue Django’s wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from plantation owner Calvin Candie […]
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