| |  | | | | | WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS! Feed My Inbox will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday January 8th. No emails will be sent from 8am-11am CST. We appreciate your patience and are so sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. View related blog post for further details. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | | | ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Summit Entertainment bought the movie rights to Night Circus , a manuscript for a young adult novel from first-time writer Erin Morgenstern. According to Heat Vision , "the novel is set at the turn of the 19th century, telling the story of two young magicians, pawns in an age-old rivalry between their mercurial, illusionist fathers, and the enchanted circus where their competition (and romances) play out. Fates of everyone involved – from creators and performers to patrons hang in the duo's balance." The book will be published later this year. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While shooting down some recent casting rumors, The Three Stooges co-writer/co-director Peter Farrelly revealed more details about how the film's story will be structured. He said that you'll be seeing the Moe, Larry and Curly you know on-screen. "They're going to look the same, dress the same, sound the same, act the same, with the same sound effects." While it was know the movie will be divided up into three acts, Farrelly talked more about each part. Most of it will be set in the present day, except for the first act, which begins 40 years ago. "A car whips by an orphanage, throws a duffel bag out its window and keeps going," Farrelly says. "A nun sees the duffel and opens it up, and a little baby hand comes out and — Boink! — hits her in the... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Entertainment Weekly reports that the David E. Kelley-scripted "Wonder Woman" series wasn't able to find a home, as all the major broadcasters have passed on the project: Warner Bros. TV was actively shopping a script from David E. Kelley that updated the period tale about an Amazon princess who battled Nazis and other bad guys during World War II. One source close to the project said the Wonder Woman team won't give up on the project, even though it's "not moving forward at this time." The magazine suggests that one of the deciding factors may have been the cost of the series, which the studio requiring a license fee for its superhero. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Details are spilling out about the currently-in-production The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn and USA Today has had a chance to speak with producer Wyck Godfrey to verify a number of the routes the cinematic adaptation will take in adapting the original novel. Some spoilers apply to the below information In addition to verifying the location of the two-film split shortly after Bella's transformation into a vampire, Godfrey confirmed that the birth sequence will attempt to maintain the extremes of the text but, to avoid an R rating, will be "seen only through Bella's eyes". "She is looking through the haze, " Godfrey says, "experiencing pain and everything rushing around her. We only see what she sees." Also on the ratings... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photos are now online from Andrew Niccol's sci-fi thriller, Now , courtesy of Eyeprime . The film, currently shooting in Los Angeles, stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Sefriend (seen below) as a fugitive and his hostage in a world where eternal youth is possible, but only for the very rich and, as such, time has become currency. Click on any of the photos for more at the original website: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Director Gary Ross has revealed to EW that his adaptation of the bestselling Suzanne Collins novel, The Hunger Games is planned for a PG-13 rating to accommodate the book's teenage fans. "It's their story," Ross says, "and they deserve to be able to access it completely. And I don't think it needs to be more extreme than that." The science fiction novel, aimed at young adults, tells the tale of dystopic future and the annual "Hunger Games", a fight to the death on live television. Ross, best known for Pleasantville and Seabiscuit is currently developing the project at Lionsgate. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ComingSoon.net sister site Shock Till You Drop got a chance to speak with Seth Rogen during the New York promotion for his upcoming The Green Hornet . Among the topics discussed was Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse , a feature based on their comedy short wherein both Rogen and Jay Baruchel would play themselves reacting to the end of the world. Click here to head over to STYD for the full details. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since it was announced, The Hobbit has spawned rumors that characters from the original three films would make an appearance despite their not appearing specifically in the original text of J.R.R. Tolkein's novel. Earlier today, Deadline offered more specific details, indicating that the actors likely to return include Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood in addition to the more obvious potential casting of Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis (whose characters both play prominent roles in the original story). Though nothing is guaranteed at this time, TheOneRing.net suggests that Wood, at least, is a near certainty and offers some spoilers as to how his appearance is planned to play out, which you can read about by clicking here . Two Hobbit films are expected to go into... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eminem is attached to a 20th Century Fox project called Random Acts of Violence , writes Vulture . The rapper-turned-actor would star in the crime thriller, which is said to feature an ex-con caught between his former gang and the FBI, who want him to work as a snitch. The original article also suggests that the writer of the current draft, David Von Ancken, will likely direct after completing work on upcoming episodes of "Californication". Eminem famously made a dramatic turn in 2002's 8 Mile . Directed by Curtis Hanson, that film was inspired by events in the artist's own life. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There's been a bit of back and forth ( see here ) about who is telling the truth about Sony Pictures' big screen adaptation of the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune , but The Fighter star Mark Wahlberg tells Moviehole he's definitely attached: Firstly, Wahlberg is indeed – despite the incessant requests to see Nathan Fillion cast instead – set to play Nathan Drake in the feature film version of Playstation game series "Uncharted". There's suggestion's Wahlberg's not a lock, even talk that the film's nowhere near happening, but according to the actor it's happening… and sometime mid-year. "David O'Russell is writing right now and hopes to direct", Wahlberg says. "It's myself, Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro". There's no word yet on when the movie may hit theaters. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While promoting this week's release of Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage spoke with UKPA and offered a few updates on the upcoming Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance . Cage told the outlet that the sequel would depart from the 2007 original in several major ways, including offering a brand-new origin sequence reinvisioned by the directing pair of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. What's more, Cage promises some "wild" filming techniques. "The director's on rollerblades," he said, "and hanging from wires with the camera, holding on to the motorcycle..." Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is planned for release on February 17, 2012. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TheWrap reports that Carlos star Edgar Ramirez is in negotiations to play Ares in Clash of the Titans 2 , while The Sorcerer's Apprentice co-star Toby Kebbell has been offered the role of Agenor. The site adds that Bill Nighy is being courted to play Hephaestus, while Captain America star Hayley Atwell is on the short list for the role of Andromeda. Other actresses being considered for the role are Georgina Haig, Janet Montgomery, Dominique McElligott and Clemence Poesy. To be directed by Jonathan Liebesman, the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures sequel will again star Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. It is expected to go into production soon for a March 30, 2012 release. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UFC fighter Randy Couture ( The Expendables ) is joining the cast of director Mike Gunther's Set Up , which is shooting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The cast includes Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Jenna Dewan Tatum. The movie revolves around a group of friends who are catapulted into the middle of a diamond heist that turns deadly. Couture will play an enforcer who works for a local crime lord (Willis) tasked to oversee Jackson on an assignment. Gunther co-wrote the script with Mike Behrman. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Paramount Pictures has bought Michael Lerner's pitch Wheeler Dealers , based on the tale of a recent munitions contract gone awry. The studio has set the project up at Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment and Brett Ratner's Rat Entertainment. According to Variety , the movie is based on the story of Efraim Diveroli, "whose AEY company received a $300 million contract in 2007 to supply ordnance to Afghan security forces. Diveroli pleaded guilty this week to plotting to ship prohibited Chinese ammunition to the war and was sentenced to four years in federal prison." Lerner will write the script. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Every time Javier Bardem appears on screen it tends to be something special, but in Biutiful , the new film from Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu, he knocks one out of the park with a performance that's as emotionally dynamic as The Sea Inside and Before Night Falls . This time, Bardem plays Barcelona street hustler Uxbal, who has a lot on his plate already when he learns he's dying and has to find a way of making amends with his chosen lifestyle, spending as much time with his two young kids as possible while contending with a bipolar wife (newcomer Maricel Alvarez) and a number of work-related issues that drive him to feel even greater guilt about his chosen profession. It's another beautiful film from Iñarritu, but there's no question that the movie would not... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While in Chicago promoting his new comedy, The Dilemma , director Ron Howard spoke exclusively with ComingSoon.net and teased a small update on the long-anticipated Arrested Development feature film. "I won't be directing the 'Arrested Development' movie, but Mitch Hurwtiz is determined," he said, "I know we've been saying this for awhile, but I'd be really surprised if we didn't have an 'Arrested Development' movie sooner rather than later." Meanwhile, Howard fans can check out his return to big-screen comedy when The Dilemma hits theaters on January 14th. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Starz confirmed today at the Television Critics Association press tour that the second season of "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" will start shooting this spring for a 2012 premiere. The big question is who will replace the cancer-stricken Andy Whitfield in the title role. Starz says they have not cast the role yet but that the field of candidates is narrowing. The "Spartacus" prequel, "Gods of the Arena," debuts on Friday, January 21. In other TV news, AMC president Joe Stillerman announced today that "Mad Men is definitely coming back for season 5, but don't ask me when, because we're not sure yet." The network is currently negotiating with both series creator Matthew Weiner and Lionsgate. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Director Scott Derrickson ( The Day the Earth Stood Still , The Exorcism of Emily Rose ) will direct Goliath , Relativity Media's new take on the David vs. Goliath Biblical tale, reports Heat Vision . The project is described as a period action movie made with contemporary sensibilities. The trade says the story goes as follows: The story is set in motion when the fierce warrior Goliath is sent to track down a foretold king of the Israelites. A young shepherd David is thrust into an epic chase and adventure fighting for his own life, the lives of his loved ones and eventually the lives of his people. The story climaxes in a battle of literal Biblical proportions between the young man and the giant sent to destroy him. John D. Payne and Patrick McKay wrote the script.... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "When do we get to see 'Ghostbusters 3'?" You know it's the first thing you'd ask director Ivan Reitman. ComingSoon.net got a chance to sit down with the man who brought us Slimer to chat about his new film No Strings Attached . Sure, we talked about the film, (check back for our interview soon) but there was no way we were leaving the room without getting the scoop on whether we'd see the proton packs again. There has been plenty of news, from who's read the script and who hated it to whether Venkman's son would be taking over the business. Here's what Reitman has to say. ComingSoon.net: So, you know we have to ask you what's going on with "Ghostbusters 3," right? Ivan Reitman: [laughs] We have a really good script, but Bill (Murray) has to read it. He... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sienna Miller has joined the ensemble cast of Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve which includes Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Biel, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry and Zac Efron. The movie will be set in New York and follows intertwining stories of characters trying to navigate their way through romance on New Year's Eve. New Line/Warner Bros. has set a December 9, 2011 release date for the thematic follow-up to Marshall's Valentines Day . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | YouTube has announced the premiere of director Kevin Macdonald's Life in a Day and that the film will stream live twice online: Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (State of Play, Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) has completed work on Life In A Day, a cinematic experiment to capture life around the world in a single day. Drawing from 4,500 hours of footage sent in from 192 countries, the film was produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free UK in partnership with YouTube. Contributors whose submissions were chosen are credited as co-directors, and 26 of them have been invited to attend the world premiere of the film on Thursday, January 27, as part of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Viewers worldwide are invited to tune into the live stream on... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A few days before Christmas, 20th Century Fox announced that Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel/rat from the "Ice Age" franchise, was getting his own short film, titled "Scrat's Continental Crack-Up." The short was shown in theaters in 3D with Gulliver's Travels , but you can now watch it online using the player below or in High Definition QuickTime here ! The short sees Scrat still scrambling after the cursed acorn he's been craving since the first "Ice Age" film. Only this time, the chase has world-changing consequences. Forget what you've learned in geology about the continents forming as a result of massive tectonic shifts and volcanic eruptions tearing land masses apart. "Scrat's Continental Crack-Up" reveals that these... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that The Weinstein Company has pushed back the release date for Apollo 18 from March 4 to April 22, just a week after the studio's own Scream 4 is released in theaters. Directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, the "found footage" sci-fi thriller was written by Brian Miller. The film unearths lost footage from Apollo 18's undocumented and covert mission to the moon, revealing disturbing new evidence of other life forms. Does this mean that Scream 4 may move to another date? We'll have to wait and see. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In addition to the origins Tomb Raider game in the works, the PlayStation Blog announced today that "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" is coming to PlayStation 3 on March 22 for $39.99. The set includes remastered HD versions of "Legend" and "Anniversary" as well as the final chapter in the trilogy, "Underworld." "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" also includes an exclusive static theme pack, Lara Croft and Viking Thrall avatars for PlayStation Home as well as trailers that go behind the scenes of all three titles. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Although it's small, here's a first peek at a promo poster for The Courier , the Hany Abu-Assad-directed action thriller starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mickey Rourke, Josie Ho and Til Schweiger. Written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, the film is about a specialist carrier who is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ricky Gervais will voice the lead character of Mole in The Wind in the Willows , reports Variety . The independent live-action/animatronic feature is directed by Ray Griggs. Pre-production will begin this year in New Zealand, where Griggs will be working with Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta. Bill Marsilii ( Deja Vu ) wrote the adaptation of the classic novel by Kenneth Grahame which is described as follows: When Mole ventures out of his lonely home for the first time, he finds a world of new friendships and breathless adventure waiting for him in the land of the Willows. From the joys of boating on the river, to Mr. Toad's unbelievable antics at Toad Hall... from the dark terrors of the Wild Wood and beyond, to the forbidden land of the Humans... Mole, Rat,... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A first look at Fox's "Terra Nova" has come online in the form of four photos, courtesy of Spoiler TV . Starring Jason O'Mara, "Terra Nova" is an epic adventure series that follows the Shannon family as they embark on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a massive experiment to save the human race. Fox will preview the show in May before the premiere in the fall. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Universal Pictures has debuted the new trailer for Paul which you can watch using the player below or in High Definition QuickTime here ! In the March 18 release, directed by Greg Mottola, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ( Hot Fuzz , Shaun of the Dead ) play two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost). Chased by... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lucasfilm has announced that "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" will be available on Blu-ray this September. You can already pre-order the three different sets it will be available in using the links below! You can also watch a trailer for the release here . The most anticipated Blu-ray release ever -- the Star Wars Saga -- emerges from light speed this September 2011. For the first time, all six of George Lucas' epic films (Episodes I-VI) are united in one complete set. Fans worldwide are able to pre-order now with online retailers. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Star Wars in three distinct sets to meet the needs of every Star Wars fan: * Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films) * Star Wars: Prequel... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We're onto Part 2 of the Oscar Warrior's picks for whom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) are likely to honor at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, and we're wrapping things up with our thoughts on the screenplay and directing categories and Best Picture. You can read Part 1 here . Guide: HFPA = Hollywood Foreign Press Association BFCA = Broadcast Film Critics Association NBR = National Board of Review SAG = Screen Actors Guild PGA = Producers Guild of America WGA = Writers Guild of America DGA = Directors Guild of America NYFCC = New York Film Critics Circle LAFCC = L.A. Film Critics Circle Original Screenplay This category is always one of the exciting ones because the Academy writing branch is such a diverse group, including a few directors... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM announced today that Warner Bros. will handle worldwide distribution of The Hobbit films: Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber, MGM Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officers, Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema and Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that MGM and Warner Bros have concluded a deal for Warner Bros. Pictures to handle international theatrical and video distribution responsibilities on MGM's behalf for Peter Jackson's highly anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". This arrangement results in Warner Bros. Pictures handling the bulk of worldwide distribution, while MGM will handle international television licensing for the films. MGM... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Universal Pictures has signed Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann to star in the Untitled Judd Apatow Project . The film will feature an original story with characters created by Rudd and Mann in Knocked Up . Apatow is writing, directing and producing the June 1, 2012 release, produced by Barry Mendel and Clayton Townsend. Universal's Vice President of Production, Erik Baiers, will oversee the project for the studio. Filming is scheduled for this summer in Los Angeles. Paul will next star in My Idiot Brother , which will premiere at Sundance, and Wanderlust , which Rudd and Apatow are producing with David Wain. Leslie will next star in Little Birds , which will premiere at Sundance, and is currently filming The Change-Up . | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
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