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First Look: Christopher Lee & Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Resident

The Resident

Now these are some photos you need to check out. The Resident is the first Hammer Film in over 30 years. They're the same production company responsible for a lot of the old classic horror films from the 60s and 70s that starred Christopher Lee. And remarkably enough, Hammer has brought back Sir Lee for this film - you can see him below thanks to ShockTillYouDrop. Speaking of that, CNN published a great retrospective on Christopher Lee for Halloween - read it here. In addition to Lee, The Resident stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hilary Swank, and Lee Pace, and will hit theaters in 2010. I know you're curious, so check these photos out.

  Posted October 28 in First Look, Indies, Photos | 10 Comments

Must Watch: Great Trailer for John Lennon Biopic Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy Trailer

I didn't expect we'd see a trailer for this film this quickly, but alas, here it is. The first trailer for Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy, the biopic about a young John Lennon, has debuted on YouTube (via The Playlist). This actually looks fantastic, even better than I was expecting. It definitely seems like Taylor-Wood made the right choice picking Aaron Johnson to play Lennon and I'm also impressed by how quickly the young Thomas Sangster has grown up. He looks a lot older in this as Paul McCartney than he did in Love Actually. Whether you're a fan of The Beatles or not, I suggest you watch this trailer anyway. You'll find it below!

  Posted October 28 in Indies, To Watch, Trailers | 34 Comments

Peter Berg is Off of Dune; Paramount Wants Neill Blomkamp

Dune

As we've known for at least a year, Paramount has been trying to develop another take on Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi classic Dune, originally attaching The Kingdom director Peter Berg. Since then, we've heard off and on from Berg, including this most recent update from September where he revealed that it would be a PG-13 "massive epic," which was a step in the right direction. Movie blog Pajiba is now reporting that Berg has left the project and "his Film 44 production company backed out." Now Paramount is scrambling to find a new director." According to them, District 9's Neill Blomkamp is one of only two alternatives.

  Posted October 28 in Discussion, Hype, Movie News | 38 Comments

Brad Pitt & Josh Brolin Behind the Steering Wheel in Go Like Hell?

Josh Brolin / Go Like Hell / Brad Pitt

Many times an actor will express interest in a specific project, but the union of the two never really comes to fruition. A situation just like that surfaced recently in the choice to go with Clancy Brown for Guy Ritchie's Lobo as opposed to an interested Jeffrey Dean Morgan. A story in the same vein just might be in the works as The Playlist picked up on some info revealed in comedian Adam Corrolla's podcast when producer Lucas Foster (Law Abiding Citizen, Mr & Mrs. Smith) mentioned on the show that Brad Pitt and Josh Brolin have expressed interest in his project Go Like Hell, a fast-paced adrenaline-fueled racing flick for Fox.

  Posted October 28 in Casting, Movie News, Rumors | 3 Comments

New Version of Old Alice in Wonderland Trailer Hits the Web

Alice in Wonderland Trailer

This new trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, presented by SpikeTV, doesn't deserve as much hype as it's getting because it's basically a remix or rehash of the original teaser trailer first put out in July. That said, since it technically is a brand new trailer, I'm featuring it anyway, especially because the hype for this movie is (or rather was in July) through the roof. I'll be much more excited once we get to see an actual full-length trailer with finished visual effects and a shot of Alan Rickman as the Caterpiller - that is what I need to make me go crazy with excitement for this new Alice in Wonderland. So anyway, give this a shot.

  Posted October 28 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 26 Comments

Actor Clancy Brown Might Be Stepping Up to Take on Lobo?

Clancy Brown

Looking at the more recent successful films, it's becoming clear that star power is no longer a guaranteed box office draw for audiences. Unknown actors and actresses are garnering as much attention as their A-List counterparts. It looks like the creative team behind the upcoming Guy Ritchie adaptation of DC Comics' Lobo is paying attention to this trend as IGN says a source close to production told them that actor Clancy Brown might be the man to step into Lobo's shoes. Apparently with the amount of special effects needed to create the character, there isn't too much concern in bringing in a high profile name to lead this project.

  Posted October 28 in Casting, Movie News, Rumors | 39 Comments

Check This Out: Teaser Poster for How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

Is everyone excited for the new DreamWorks Animation movie?! Okay, okay, I'm joking, and I know there isn't much to this poster, but I thought it was worth featuring anyway. Our friends at IMPAwards found the first official teaser poster for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon, their next movie due out in March. It's very bland for a teaser poster and I'm a bit confused - is this movie about real people or is it about dragons? As far as I can remember, it's about a kid who must hunt and tame the most fiercest dragon of all, right? Um, something like that. Maybe we'll get a trailer soon? Who knows? Check this out!

  Posted October 28 in Hype, Opinions, Posters | 9 Comments

Adam Sandler Will Play Both Jack and Jill in a Jack and Jill Movie

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler has fallen into a relatively diverse career. After his star-making turn on "Saturday Night Live," I've enjoyed his immature comedic stylings in films like Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, but it's Sandler's performances in Reign Over Me, Punch-Drunk Love (a personal favorite) and recently Funny People which have commanded my respect in showing he can do much more than silly voices and sudden bursts into angry fits of rage. But it looks like Sandler is navigating back into more comedic grounds as Variety announces he will take on twin roles as the twin siblings in the romantic comedy Jack and Jill.

  Posted October 28 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 6 Comments

Casting Tidbits: Ron Perlman, Val Kilmer, January Jones & More

Ron Perlman, Val Kilmer, January Jones

Hot off the presses, we've got a huge load of casting news for you! First up, January Jones (of AMC's "Mad Men") is two-for-two as in this update THR reports that the beautiful actress has nabbed the lead female role opposite Nicolas Cage in the Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job) directed action-thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps. The film tells the story of "a man who, after a crime is perpetrated on his wife (Jones), gets more than he bargained for when he enlists a vigilante group to help him settle the score." Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment, James Stern, and Ram Bergman are planning to begin shooting in early December.

  Posted October 28 in Casting Tidbits, Movie News | 2 Comments

Writer Peter Briggs to Direct Supernatural Thriller 'Mortis Rex'

Mortis Rex

When a good writer decides to step up to the director's chair, I almost always get both nervous and excited. We usually know that they can meticulously craft a story on paper, but do they have the keen visual eye and management skills to bring together hundreds of people and bring those pages to life? Hellboy screenwriter Peter Briggs will take on this task as Variety reports he will be directing Mortis Rex, a story set in 122 AD that "centers on a disgraced Roman war hero who is given a last opportunity to redeem his reputation when sent to a Roman garrison beset by a spate of brutal and unexplained killings." Might be pretty damn cool.

  Posted October 28 in Movie News, Opinions | 6 Comments

Zach Galifianakis and Amy Adams Have a New 'Town House'

Zach Galifianakis and Amy Adams

While the Writer's Guild strike in the later part of 2007 stalled a plethora of productions, many of them were able to get back on their feet once the strike had subsided. However, there are still some that fell through the cracks and have yet to pick-up the momentum they had before the strike. This is no longer the case for one such project as Variety reports that Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Amy Adams (Julie & Julia) have joined Town House, a dramatic comedy (because I hate the word dramedy) from producers Ridley and Tony Scott and Once director John Carney who wrote the script with Doug Wright.

  Posted October 28 in Casting, Movie News | 3 Comments

Official Trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus Debuts Online!

Invictus Trailer

Is this 2009's Best Picture? Warner Brothers has debuted the official trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus tonight on Apple in HD. I think with Eastwood directing you never know what to expect (especially for Gran Torino), but this looks like it promises to be quite an incredible film. Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon (who we also saw earlier today in Green Zone) as rugby player Francois Pienaar. At first glance, it looks like Freeman should be getting an Oscar nomination out of this, as should Eastwood. Let's just hope his pacing isn't off in this one. Without further ado, check out the Invictus trailer!

  Posted October 27 in Hype, To Watch, Trailers | 65 Comments

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