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This is a must watch for a reason - it looks phenomenal. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow morning (I will be seeing it then) is a film called The Artist, a black-and-white silent film from French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius about the silent film era in Hollywood. Most probably haven't heard about this, but I'll be damned if it doesn't look amazing, not just a wonderful homage to these kind of films, but a complete transposition back to 20s and early days of cinema. It stars two French actors - Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo - but also features John Goodman and James Cromwell. I cannot wait to see this!

⥤ Posted May 14 in Indies, Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 18 Comments

Gareth Edwards Not Directing the 'Monsters' Sequel for Vertigo Films

Wait - there's a sequel to to the cult sci-fi hit Monsters in the works? Apparently so. ScreenDaily (via The Playlist) is reporting details on Monsters 2 coming from the Cannes Film Festival, as Vertigo Films is currently working on early pre-sales and financing. Unfortunately, writer/director Gareth Edwards will not be returning, as he has moved on to helm Godzilla for Legendary out in Hollywood. Instead, "emerging hotshots" Brent Bonacorso, of a short called West of the Moon, and Jesse Atlas will take the reigns this time, with Edwards and the film's co-star Scoot McNairy at least executive producing. Very interesting news.

⥤ Posted May 14 in Indies, Movie News, Opinions | 12 Comments

Udo Kier Makes His Debut in Another Teaser for Nazi Sci-Fi 'Iron Sky'

We Come in Peace! Blind Spot Pictures is finally ready to unleash their Nazis-on-the-Moon movie Iron Sky, with funding and filming now complete and the ever-important (and expensive) post-production visual effects work underway. We've been talking about this film for years as its been in the works for a long time, but THR is reporting that it now has an official April 2012 release date, along with VFX being done by Energia VFX, and a spiffy teaser poster as well. They've also debuted an awesome new teaser featuring Udo Kier as Wolfgang Höss and a quick glimpse at some impressive "Meteorblitzkrieg" effects at the end. Enjoy!

⥤ Posted May 13 in Featured, Foreign, To Watch, Trailers | 20 Comments

Ron Howard's 'Dark Tower' Adaptation Staying at Universal After All

Earlier this month we heard that Ron Howard's epic adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower series might be in trouble at Universal, but could end up going into turnaround and get made at another studio. Well, it appears the axe has been avoided this time as THR reports Universal is moving forward with the project that includes three films and two seasons of television to tell the sprawling story of Roland Deschain, the last living member of a knightly order of gunslingers, and humanity’s last hope to save a civilization that will crumble unless he finds the Dark Tower. However, it sounds like the project will be delayed a bit.

⥤ Posted May 13 in Development, Movie News | 7 Comments

Must Watch: Colin Farrell Bares Teeth in First Trailer for 'Fright Night'

We've seen some glimpses at the remake of the original 1985 film, but now a first official trailer for Fright Night has finally arrived via IGN. This modern take on the 80's horror take thrusts Anton Yelchin, Christopher Miintz-Plasse, Toni Collette and Imogen Poots into a sticky situation as they found out Jerry (Colin Farrell), the new resident in their neighborhood is a vampire. This looks like a really cool contemporary update of the original film, but I'm not sure about the need for 3D in such a literally dark toned film. Sadly there is only a brief glimpse of David Tennant, but check out the first full trailer below!

⥤ Posted May 13 in Featured, To Watch, Trailers | 50 Comments

Watch: First Full Teaser Trailer for Rod Lurie's 'Straw Dogs' Remake

"Don't worry about that, we're all going to get what we deserve." ScreenGems has debuted a teaser trailer for the long-awaited remake of Straw Dogs, the 1971 thriller starring Dustin Hoffman. This new version, from director Rod Lurie, stars a fresh new cast, including James Marsden and Kate Bosworth as out of towners who relocate to the deep South and encounter trouble with the locals. Alexander Skarsgård, Walton Goggins and Drew Powell also star. There are some very ominous shots and this trailer has a very unique structure, but I'm not really into it. Looks like something we've already seen many times before.

⥤ Posted May 13 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 41 Comments

Lee Daniels to Direct Tobey Maguire and Zac Efron in 'The Paperboy'

We've heard about his involvement with an adaptation of Anna of the Tropics and a remake of Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (which I'm vehemently opposed to), but now Precious director Lee Daniels has another project in his sights. Risky Biz reports the Oscar nominated director is set to helm a sexual thriller called The Paperboy. In addition, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Sofia Vergara and Zac Efron will all star in the adaptation of Pete Dexter's novel. Apparently Pedro Almodovar (Volver, Bad Education) had also been developing this project for more than a decade up until earlier this year.

⥤ Posted May 13 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 2 Comments

First Look: Badass Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson's New Sci-Fi 'Looper'

Oh hell yes! Empire has debuted the first official photo from Rian Johnson's new sci-fi film Looper, which we've been hearing about and writing about for a year or so. Starring in the film is Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a time-traveling looper named Joe, and Bruce Willis as the older version of the same person. If that casting doesn't intrigue you, I'm sure this photo will at least pique your interest, until we see a trailer that is. I have a feeling they're trying to illicit similar feelings as Inception in terms of badass sci-fi action, but it's pretty damn awesome seeing Willis brandishing a weapon like that in the new Rian Johnson flick. Check it!

⥤ Posted May 13 in First Look, Hype, Indies, Photos | 24 Comments

Lars Von Trier Teams Up with Martin Scorsese for 'Five Obstructions'

This news is going to make a lot of cinephiles quite giddy. ScreenDaily is reporting that it is now official that Danish director Lars Von Trier will team up with none other than Martin Scorsese for a new version of The Five Obstructions. For those that don't know what this is, the original Five Obstructions was made in 2003, and Von Trier challenged his fellow Danish filmmaker Jorgen Leth to remake his short film The Perfect Human five times, while providing him with a different set of "obstructions" each time, forcing Leth to "rethink the history and characters in his original film." What a fascinating film concept to bring back.

⥤ Posted May 13 in Indies, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

'The ABC's of Death' Coming from 25 Established Horror Filmmakers

Last October we heard about a horror take on the series of romantic vignettes from Paris Je T'aime in the form of a collection of horror shorts called Paris, I'll Kill You. Now we have word of a much more ambitious horror anthology from Drafthouse Films, Timpson Films and Magnet Releasing. The companies have announced a project called The ABC's of Death, a twenty-six chapter film that will showcase death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty. Twenty-five established directors will each be assigned a letter from the alphabet that represents a word to act as a springboard for a short story of death. More below!

⥤ Posted May 13 in Development, Movie News | 5 Comments

'Silver Linings Playbook' Reunites Mark Wahlberg & David O. Russell