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Even More Toys - J.J. Abrams Producing a Micronauts Movie?

What is it with all these robot movies? Earlier this week a story on Robopocalypse being adapted hit, and now there's news today that J.J. Abrams is looking at adapting the Micronauts toys from Japan. The Wall Street Journal (via SHH) is reporting that Abrams is looking to take the miniature toys and turn them into a big movie. He even references how actors always get questioned when they're cast in big roles, but then they turn into big stars, and no one questions them anymore. Apparently he thinks Micronauts is going to be huge as well. I've never heard of them until now, but they sound pretty damn cool, so maybe he's right?

⥤ Posted November 5 in Movie News, Opinions | 8 Comments

Watch This: Impressive New World Series Avatar TV Spot!

By Alex Billington

Fox debuted this brand new 30-second TV spot for James Cameron's Avatar during the World Series game just last night. Thanks to our friends at TheMovieBox it's been added online for your viewing pleasure. They obviously cut this as a much more manly trailer for the sports crowd, without all the lovey dovey stuff in it, just a bunch of guns and badass action. I also love that they keep the machine noise going throughout the whole thing. I doubt this TV spot alone will change the minds of those who still thinks it looks terrible, but it is pretty impressive for a TV spot, so check it out! And let us know if you're still excited for Avatar?

⥤ Posted November 5 in Hype, To Watch, TV Spots | 32 Comments

First Look: Adrien Brody & Forest Whitaker in The Experiment

By Alex Billington

Haven't heard of The Experiment? Don't worry, there are always plenty of great indies you've never heard of! Our friends at Bloody-Disgusting got their hands on a few new photos from The Experiment at AFM. The film, which is a remake of Oliver Hirschbiegel's Das Experiment, is about a group of ordinary people who are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that examines how the effects of assigned roles, power, and control affect the participants. Obviously it spins out of control. Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr. and Maggie Grace all star in this.

⥤ Posted November 5 in First Look, Indies, Photos | 11 Comments

'Taken' Director Pierre Morel Will Give Us the Right 'Signals'

By Ethan Anderton

While Pierre Morel's badass action thriller Taken was released internationally almost a year before it hit the US, it didn't hurt it's eventual surprising box office victory and worldwide gross of $226 million. Now that Morel has given Liam Neeson amazing clout in the action arena (his next film being another action heavy story Unknown White Male), THR reports that the director has found his next project in Signals, an original thriller screenplay written by Richard Potter and Matthew Stravitz. While the story is being kept under wraps, it is said to be in the same vein as 1970's-era paranoid thriller Three Days of the Condor.

⥤ Posted November 5 in Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

Mandalay Adapting Online Sci-Fi Thriller Novel Machine Man

By Ethan Anderton

While this is yet another announcement of a project involving an adaptation of a novel, the circumstances surrounding the novel in question are quite intriguing. As part of an interactive literary experiment in which suggestions from readers are integrated into the plot as the story continues to unfold, author Max Barry has been writing the thriller Machine Man by posting one page of the novel online each day. Now Variety reports that Mandalay Pictures wants to build a movie around the pseudo-choose-your-own-adventure novel about a tech engineer who replaces parts of his body with titanium upgrades of his own design. Sounds cool.

⥤ Posted November 5 in Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

Zhang Ziyi's Next Film Will Be Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By Ethan Anderton

Though Zhang Ziyi (or Ziyi Zhang depending on who you talk to) is a huge star in the Chinese box office, her starpower in the United States is still growing. After finding a wide audience as a villainous vixen in Rush Hour 2, and critical and awards acclaim with Memoirs of a Geisha, THR reports she has found her next English language film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Wayne Wang will be directing from a script he co-wrote with Michael Ray, set in 19th century remote China, which revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women.

⥤ Posted November 5 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

Casting Tidbits: Alan Cumming, Zach Galifianakis & Many More

By Ethan Anderton

Alan Cumming, Zach Galifianakis, Juno Temple

Casting Tidbits Activate! First up, THR reports that Zach Galifianakis is continuing his hot hiring streak, but this time only his voice will be needed as he's entered negotiations to provide the voice for Humpty Dumpty in the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots at DreamWorks Animation. He joins Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in a story about the events leading up to the feline assassin's first meeting with Shrek in the second installment of the DreamWorks franchise. Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) will be directing from Tom Wheeler's script, but I'm hoping that there's still some remnants of Brian Lynch's earlier draft of the script.

⥤ Posted November 5 in Casting Tidbits, Movie News | 3 Comments

Danny Boyle Confirmed for '127 Hours' Mountaineer Project Next

By Alex Billington

As is the case with any director who wins an Oscar, their next film is always a hot topic. Variety has finally confirmed today that the next film from Danny Boyle will be 127 Hours, the story about the mountaineer Aron Ralston who had to amputate his own arm back in 2003. The title obviously pertains to how long he was stuck pinned beneath a boulder in Utah. I think the title actually ups the intensity, too, even just a little bit, because now we know this guy was sitting there hanging on to life for that long. Fellow Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the Slumdog Millionaire script, is in talks to write the script for 127 Hours.

⥤ Posted November 4 in Movie News, Opinions | 9 Comments

Alfonso Cuaron Might Direct The Tourist with Johnny Depp!

By Alex Billington

Johnny Depp / Anthony Zimmer / Alfonso Cuaron

Just switch out a few key players, and it becomes an entirely different film. We've been reporting on The Tourist, the Hollywood remake of the 2005 French spy thriller Anthony Zimmer, for more than a year now. Originally Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise were attached to star, but both eventually dropped out. As of a few weeks ago, Angelina Jolie was attached to star along with Sam Worthington. However, there's been yet another change, as THR is reporting that Worthington is now off the project, being replaced by Johnny Depp. But best of all, they're saying Alfonso Cuaron (of Y Tu Mamá También) may end up directing.

⥤ Posted November 4 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 14 Comments

Another Awful Trailer for Steve Carell's Despicable Me Movie

By Alex Billington

Okay, so in the first unfunny teaser trailer for Despicable Me, we were never shown the main character. Now in this second trailer released today on Apple, we finally get to see what he looks like (that's him, the cheerful fellow at the top) and, well, it's not that exciting (and he kinda looks like Steve Carell, go figure!). Worst of all, this trailer doesn't explain any of the plot or story, as far as I know. It's supposed to be about Gru (the guy above) stealing the moon, not a villain rivalry. Instead, all we get is another two minutes of unfunny Looney Tunes antics that probably won't even be in the movie. All I can say is screw this crap!

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⥤ Posted November 4 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 56 Comments

J.J. Abrams' Next New Super Top Secret Project: 500 Rads?

By Alex Billington

Can you remember back to July 3rd, 2007? You were probably sitting in a theater, and some random trailer started playing that had footage from a surprise birthday party for some guy named Rob. That was the start of Cloverfield. They hadn't even shot any real footage, it was a super secret project, and that first trailer captured everyone's interest. Jump ahead a few years and now J.J. Abrams is done with Star Trek. We don't yet know if he's directing the sequel and his go-to guys from Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, Drew Goddard) are both off doing other projects. So could he be working on another secret project? One called 500 Rads?

⥤ Posted November 4 in Hype, Movie News, Viral News | 30 Comments

Scoop: Toby Kebbell Cast as John Wilkes Booth in The Conspirator

By Alex Billington

Last night, a friend of mine at a Hollywood party ran into Toby Kebbell, the very talented British actor who some of you may remember seeing in RocknRolla as Johnny Quid or in Control as Rob Gretton. His career has taken off recently, as Disney has given him two key roles in two of their big movies - Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. My friend said that Kebbell told him that he is getting ready to shoot Robert Redford's The Conspirator, in which he plays the role of John Wilkes Booth. The film already has an impressive cast lead by James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn, but Kebbell wasn't listed anywhere.

⥤ Posted November 4 in Casting, Movie News | 6 Comments

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