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Ridley Scott's Brave New World Adaptation is Gaining Momentum

Before we even see Ridley Scott take on that Alien prequel that everyone is so excited about, he might be bringing us an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first. Yes, we've heard a lot about this adaptation over the last year or so, but as always, Scott attaches himself to numerous projects and doesn't decide until last minute what he'll actually do next. While we've written about it numerous, this is the first time that an industry blog, THR's Risky Biz Blog, has covered the news. Not only do they say that "the project has more momentum" but they confirmed that Farhad Safinia has been hired to write the script.

⥤ Posted August 5 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 19 Comments

Liam Neeson Joins Orphan Director's 'Unknown White Male'

By Alex Billington

Liam Neeson has been taking on tons of projects recently. Neeson is negotiating to to star in Unknown White Male, the Dark Castle thriller that will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, of Orphan this summer. The script, written by newcomer Karl Gajdusek ("Dead Like Me"), centers on a doctor (Neeson) who, while visiting Berlin with his wife, is in a car accident that leaves him in a coma. He awakens to find that he seemingly has been replaced by another man, one with sinister intentions, leading the good doctor on a frantic quest to uncover the truth. It doesn't sound like the most original idea, but it still could be good.

⥤ Posted August 5 in Casting, Movie News | 2 Comments

Updates from Henson Co. on Fraggle Rock and Dark Crystal

By Alex Billington

The Jim Henson Company is back in business! The beloved studio has been announcing multiple projects over the last few years, including Jason Segel's Muppets movie and a Monster Safari movie most recently, but when will actually see any of these get made? That's just the question that Adam Rosenberg at MTV asked Brian Henson, son of the legendary Jim Henson, who is now running the Jim Henson Company. And the good news is that the Fraggle Rock movie announced many years ago and the Dark Crystal sequel also announced years ago are both very close to starting pre-production. Bring on more Henson!

⥤ Posted August 5 in Movie News, Opinions | 15 Comments

Is James McTeigue Hiding a Wachowski Superman Secret?

By Alex Billington

Are we ever going to get to the bottom of these Superman shenanigans? Earlier this year, a rumor started circulating that the Wachowski Brothers were interested in directing a new Superman trilogy for Warner Brothers. To make a long story short, that rumor was later debunked. And so was the story about Mark Millar pitching a Superman trilogy (it was also recently discovered that Matthew Vaughn was the director who was helping him pitch that - although it never got too far). SlashFilm talked with Wachowski friend James McTeigue yesterday and when asked about Superman, the answer he gave was very interesting.

⥤ Posted August 5 in Movie News, Opinions, Rumors | 50 Comments

First Fun Trailer for Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

By Alex Billington

Universal has debuted the trailer for The Vampire's Assistant today on Moviefone. We also featured the poster for this yesterday. Much to our surprise, the title of this has actually officially change to Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, as I complained yesterday about the original title The Vampire's Assistant being too confusing. This looks good, but it also looks like a vampire movie for kids, with a mix of comedy and creepiness that I don't think will sit well with older horror fiends. That said, much like City of Ember, I'm interested in checking it out because it looks like such a rich world that Paul Weitz is bringing us it into.

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⥤ Posted August 5 in Hype, To Watch, Trailers | 62 Comments

Must Watch: Officially Awesome Red Band Zombieland Trailer

By Alex Billington

Sony has debuted a second red band trailer for Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone. We've seen quite a bit from this so far, including a trailer and even our set visit piece, but there is still plenty more to see, that's for damn sure! This looks vastly more bloody, grotesque, and badass than I thought it would be... And that's a good thing! It's also great to see young Jesse Eisenberg putting that shotgun to use! Oh hell yes, I can't wait for Zombieland, this looks so frickin' awesome. There's nothing better than watching zombies get killed all day and night, in grocery stores and amusement parks, is there?

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⥤ Posted August 5 in Hype, To Watch, Trailers | 61 Comments

Cast for Danny Trejo's Machete Confirmed, De Niro Still In!

By Alex Billington

We heard rumors previously that the cast of Danny Trejo's Machete would include some pretty crazy names, both big and small. Who knew it would all turn out to be true? Hidden in this Variety article is a list of the complete supporting cast for Machete, which just started shooting down in Texas this week. In addition to Trejo, it stars: Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey. As we discovered back in July, De Niro will play Senator McLaughlin whom Trejo is after, but as for the rest of the cast, I really don't want to know who they play!

⥤ Posted August 5 in Casting, Movie News | 26 Comments

Bob $tencil: King of Comic-Con 2009 Final Extended Video

By Alex Billington

As a his final wrap-up of Comic-Con this year, Bob $tencil has delivered one final King of Comic-Con 2009 extended video for your viewing pleasure. Think of it as the "Director's Cut" with a bit of extra footage and new scenes sprinkled in amidst some of the content you've probably already seen previously as featured at: firstshowing.net/bobstencil. Additionally, there is some new never-before-seen footage from Wednesday night that involves Bob $tencil flirting with some of the girls who were camping out for Twilight. This may be a long video, but it's certainly worth watching, every last second of it. Fire this bad boy up one last time!

⥤ Posted August 5 in Bob $tencil, Comic-Con 09, To Watch | 19 Comments

Must Watch: Trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones

By Alex Billington

Paramount has debuted the trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci. The somewhat controversial story centers on a young girl who has been murdered that watches over her family, and her killer, from heaven. This looks like a very interesting mix of beautiful heavenly imagery and an emotional drama about the loss of a loved one. I still think this looks phenomenal, but I guess that all just threw me off a bit at first. It reminded me of the trippy imagination scenes in Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Anyway, watch it below!

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⥤ Posted August 5 in Hype, To Watch, Trailers | 75 Comments

First Look: Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci in After.Life

By Alex Billington

There are always a few horror movies that seem to creep up out of nowhere, and After.Life is one of those. After.Life stars Liam Neeson as Eliot Deacon, a funeral director who holds the fate of young woman caught between life and death in his hands. Christina Ricci plays Anna Taylor, the woman who has a chance of living again until she discovers that Deacon has the gift of transitioning the dead, and he might just be intent on burying her alive. Thanks to Bloody-Disgusting we have some photos from this. In addition to Neeson and Ricci, the cast includes Justin Long, Alfred Molina, Josh Charles, and Chandler Canterbury.

⥤ Posted August 5 in First Look, Opinions, Photos | 6 Comments

Korean Pop Star Rain Set to Star in Awaken the Dragon

By Alex Billington

A few years ago, it was announced that Warner Brothers was remaking Enter the Dragon. This updated version, being directed by "The Shield" producer Kurt Sutter, will be called Awaken the Dragon and is be a contemporized drama about a lone FBI agent who pursues a rogue Shaolin monk into the bloody world of underground martial arts fight clubs. Sutter has been looking an established American actor to play the FBI agent and to discover a "fight star" for the role of the monk. Well, according to Latino Review, they've found their monk - Rain - the Korean pop star and actor who stars in Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin.

⥤ Posted August 5 in Casting, Movie News | 17 Comments

Larry Fessenden Directing New Line's Remake of The Orphanage

By Alex Billington

This guy does everything - act, write, edit, produce, and direct. Larry Fessenden has signed on to direct New Line's remake of The Orphanage, the highly praised 2007 Spanish thriller produced by Guillermo del Toro. Fessenden previously directed the horror film Wendigo and the thriller The Last Winter. Del Toro and Fessenden know each other from the horror circuit, with del Toro's admiration of his work leading him to handpick him. Del Toro saw in him a filmmaker who understood the conventions of the horror genre and could develop a movie that would be as scary and disturbing as the original but in an American context.

⥤ Posted August 5 in Movie News, Opinions | 15 Comments

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