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'Get Smart' Director Peter Segal to Build 'The Machine' with Vin Diesel

Last year, we wrote about how Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel was planning to take a road trip back into the realm of action comedy with a movie called The Machine. Diesel will star as the titular secret government weapon who is discovered and befriended by a little boy 20 years after the project has been shut down, and now Variety reports the project has found a director. Get Smart helmer Peter Segal will take the reins, which seems like a good fit for the family-friendly tone they're aiming for here. Sounds like Brad Bird's The Iron Giant to me, in which Diesel voiced an indestructible robot also befriended by a young boy.

› Posted May 24 in Development, Movie News | 2 Comments

Gary Oldman Lands Scientist Role in MGM's Remake of 'RoboCop'

By Ethan Anderton

It's hard to believe that it was nearly 30 years that Gary Oldman had been acting on the big screen before he received a long overdue Oscar nomination for his turn in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Thankfully, he was given that honor last year, and hopefully there's more to come before his career ends, but until the next Academy Award worthy role comes along, Oldman will still have fun with some supporting roles in genre films. He's already set to play the villain in Motor City, and now Heat Vision says Oldman has landed a pivotal supporting role in MGM's remake of RoboCop starring Joel Kinnaman as the robotic police officer.

› Posted May 23 in Casting, Movie News | 22 Comments

Guy Pearce Spills New Details on 'Like Crazy' Director's Next Project

By Ben Pearson

Director Drake Doremus' Like Crazy blew me away when I saw it at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Doremus and his actors, Anton Yelchin and breakout star Felicity Jones, utilized a mostly improvisational technique that gave the long-distance romance story an organic feel that packed an emotional punch. Now Doremus plans to use that a similar technique on his next film, an untitled romantic thriller that stars Guy Pearce along with Oscar nominee Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby, Gone) and also Felicity Jones again. Pearce spoke with The Playlist and revealed some new information about what we can expect from this new movie.

› Posted May 23 in Development, Movie News | 1 Comment

'Chronicle' Director to Adapt 'Shadow of the Colossus' Video Game

By Ethan Anderton

We already know that Chronicle director Josh Trank is unlikely to come back to direct the gestating sequel to the surprise found footage super powered film, but that doesn't mean he's not busy. In addition to developing a Fantastic Four reboot, a Spider-Man spin-off following Venom, and an adaptation of Red Star, it looks like Trank is heading into the video game world as well. Deadline has word that Trank has signed on to direct an adaptation of the video game Shadow of the Colossus for Sony Pictures. And for those who have played the game, this is an epic story that could very well make one hell of a fantasy action movie.

› Posted May 23 in Development, Movie News | 20 Comments

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Pushed Back to March 2013 for 3D Conversion

By Ethan Anderton

Bad news for G.I. Joe fans out there. In a move out of left field, and one almost as tyrannical as killing off the G.I. Joe's themselves, Deadline reports Paramount Pictures is pushing back this summer's release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which has already made a big marketing push with several trailers and a bunch of posters, not to mention toys already on the shelves. Instead of hitting June 29th this year, the studio is moving back the film nine months to March 29th, 2013 to convert it to 3D. An exec said, "We’re going to do a conscientious 3D job because we’ve seen how it can better box office internationally." That's bologna.

› Posted May 23 in Date Updates, Featured, Movie News | 63 Comments

Hailee Steinfeld is Looking to Tell Her Boyfriend 'Why We Broke Up'

By Ben Pearson

It still bothers me a little that Hailee Steinfeld was nominated for Best Supporting Actress instead of Best Actress in the 2010 remake of True Grit, because she absolutely owned that movie and deserved much more attention for her performance. Still she's done pretty well for herself, trading in cowboy boots for space boots in the upcoming adaptation of Ender's Game and securing the female title role in Romeo and Juliet. Deadline reports that the 15-year-old actress will star in a new comedy called Why We Broke Up, in which she gives her boyfriend a box of random items from their relationship after she dumps him. Read on!

› Posted May 23 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 5 Comments

Lee Daniels Looks to Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy in 'The Butler'

By Ben Pearson

Precious director Lee Daniels seems to have been dominating the world of casting news over the past few months, locking down big name after big name for high-profile cameos and supporting roles in his upcoming historical drama The Butler. The film tells the story of real-life White House butler Eugene Allen (played by Forest Whitaker) as he watches society change while serving under eight different Presidents. In an interview with ScreenDaily, Daniels said he's chosen "Friday Night Lights" star Minka Kelly to play the alluring Jackie Kennedy, but it's unclear if the actress has actually signed on just yet.

› Posted May 23 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 3 Comments

'ALF' Creator Paul Fusco Hopes Sitcom Puppet Gets a Feature Film

By Ethan Anderton

For children of the late 80's and early 90's, a TV staple was that of ALF, a sitcom that featured a puppet alien, voiced and created by Paul Fusco, who crash landed in the garage of a suburban family. While trying to repair his spaceship, the Tanner family hides the alien in their house where he becomes a strange but eventually important component of their everyday life. Now with the revival of plenty of other TV properties from the past like The A-Team and Dark Shadows, Fusco thinks the time is now to bring ALF back in the form of a big screen feature film, and he's actually preparing to pitch it to studios as we speak. More below!

› Posted May 23 in Development, Movie News | 13 Comments

James Bobin to Direct Zach Galifianakis in 'Confederacy of Dunces'?

By Ethan Anderton

Confederacy of Dunces / Zach Galifianakis

Hot on the heels of his nostalgic return of The Muppets, director James Bobin is already working on a sequel. However, it sounds like he might be putting his talents to use getting a long gestating adaptation off the ground after decades of various attempts. Vulture has word that Bobin is currently negotiating to direct an adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces. A script is coming from Cedar Rapids writer Phil Johnston and apparently Zach Galifianakis, who has been a favorite to star in the project amongst those who have read the book, is apparently attached to the project.

› Posted May 23 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 3 Comments

Paul Dano and Scoot McNairy Join McQueen's 'Twelve Years a Slave'

By Ben Pearson

After tackling the difficult subject of sex addiction in 2011's Shame, writer/director Steve McQueen isn't shying away from taboo subjects for his next project. He's co-writing and directing Twelve Years A Slave, based on Solomon Northrup's 1853 account of being born a free black man and detailing his capture and time as a slave later in life. The project already has an extremely impressive cast, including Serenity star Chiwetel Ejiofor, Shame's Michael Fassbender, and Brad Pitt, and now Deadline says indie favorite Paul Dano is joining the cast and Variety says Monsters star Scoot McNairy has also signed on. More below!

› Posted May 22 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 2 Comments

James McAvoy Replacing Joel Edgerton in Two 'Eleanor Rigby' Films

By Ben Pearson

Earlier this year, we wrote about a double feature called The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers where each film will tell the story of a couple, Conor and Eleanor, during a difficult time in their marriage from each of their perspectives. Joel Edgerton was set to play restaurant owner Conor, but Deadline reports James McAvoy has replaced him and he'll star opposite Jessica Chastain, whose character goes back to college. Also, each film is now titled The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him & The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her. Read on!

› Posted May 22 in Casting, Movie News | 7 Comments

Disney Pulls the Plug on Snow White Themed 'Order of the Seven'

By Ben Pearson

Once upon a time, the "alternate take on a classic story" was still a fresh idea in Hollywood. But that concept has been crowding the field a bit as of late, and fairy tale movies have been all the rage since Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland kicked the global box office in the teeth and joined the Billion Dollar Club. So it's not much of a surprise that THR reports Order of the Seven (formerly known as Snow and the Seven) has been given the boot at the Mouse House. It's a shame, too, considering that one sounded like it had the most promise among the recent Mirror, Mirror and Snow White & The Huntsman competitors. More below!

› Posted May 22 in Development, Movie News | 6 Comments

Natalie Portman is Heading into the Wild West for 'Jane Got a Gun'

By Ethan Anderton

In the past couple years, Natalie Portman has been genre jumping from the twisted horror drama of Black Swan to the raunchy romantic comedy of No Strings Attached and the fantasy stoner laughs of Your Highness and the Marvel comic book action of Thor (with a fleeting mention in The Avengers). Now she's going to head into the western genre for the first time (unless you consider Cold Mountain to fit in that classification) in a film called Jane Got a Gun, which she'll also produce. The script from Brian Duffield was on the Black List and now We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsey is attached to helm.

› Posted May 22 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 11 Comments

Timberlake to Score 'Devil in the Deep Blue Sea' Starring Jessica Biel

By Ethan Anderton

In the real world, singer turned actor Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel are engaged, but now in Hollywood, the two will also have a professional relationship as well. THR has confirmed that Biel and Chloe Moretz will star in The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, a new drama from Bill Purple, an assistant director on films like Green Lantern and Bad Teacher, making his feature film debut. In addition, Timberlake is venturing into a new job in film as he will compose the soundtrack for the film and act as the music supervisor as well. Could we be looking at a whole new career for Timberlake yet again? More below!

› Posted May 22 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 1 Comment

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