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Universal Pictures has released a new full-length trailer for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”. This film is directd by Edgar Wright and mark my words going to AMAZING!!! Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book series entitled “Scott Pilgrim”, the film follows jobless Scott Pilgrim who falls in love with Ramona Flowers. Never having problems [...]
Takashi Miike’s latest film is a samurai tale called “Thirteen Assassins”. The film is based on the Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 film. Check out the trailer below. Synopsis: In the era of the Shogun, an evil young lord rapes and kills, assured of immunity by law. But he didn’t count on the Thirteen Assassins. A feared [...]
A new poster for Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Resident Evil: Afterlife” has been released. Milla Jovovich addressed rumors that Sienna Guillory will be back as Jill Valentine via her Twitter account today: “So to answer many of your questions in one fell swoop, yes! The gorgeous and talented Sienna Guillory is back as Jill Valentine in [...]
Look like “The Hobbit” seems to be turning into a cursed project. The film has lost Guillermo del Toro as it director. del Toro has been working on the script and pre-production for the planned two films with executive producer Peter Jackson for close two years. TheOneRIng.net got the following statement from del Toro: “In [...]
Of all the careers out there in the world, it seems to me that being a child star, either in television or film, is the worse. For every success story (Ron Howard and Jodie Foster are the two that spring to mind immediately…I’d like to think that Dakota Fanning is following in their shoes) there [...]
The original Frog Brothers Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander have returned for the third film in “The Lost Boys” series, titled “The Lost Boys: The Thirst. This time out, the notorious vampire hunters are up against an undead Armageddon that could turn the entire world turning into crazed bloodsuckers. The premise is: When veteran vampire [...]
Recently Nickelodeon, part of Paramount, paid $60 million to buy the rights to the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise from New Line. According to Deadline, the studio has brought on production company Platinum Dunes to produce a new live-action film featuring the famous turtles. Platinum Dunes is known for reboot famous horror franchises, such as [...]
Adam Green has to be one of the busiest directors, he released “Frozen” earlier this year. “Hatchet II” is completed and coming out this fall and now Heat Vision Blog is reporting that he is set to direct the new film “Killer Pizza”. Adam Green will write the script based on novel by Greg Taylor. [...]
Look like Ashely Greene cost too much for Wes Craven’s “Scream 4″. Emma Roberts took the role that Greene was looking at and she will play Jill, Sidney’s/Campbell’s cousin and one of the film’s primary heroines facing up against Ghost Face. She’s joining “Scream” vets Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette. Here’s what [...]
James McAvoy will star in “X-Men: First Class” as Professor Xavier. according to Heat Vision Blog. The film is being fast-tracked for a summer filming start in London with a June 3, 2011 release already set. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s: “According to Fox, First Class will, “chart the epic beginning of the X-Men [...]
Guillermo del Toro’s “The Hobbit” seemed to be right on track. TheOneRing.net reported that directly from del Toro’s mouth that the film is in holding pattern despite the fact that both scripts are completed. del Toro also explained that they are not leaning towards 3D either: “On both counts, there are no final answers. It [...]
Bryan Singer supposed to start production on “Jack the Giant Killer”, which was why he left “X-Men: First Class”. THR is reporting that the movie’s production start has been pushed to February 2011 instead of the previously scheduled date this summer. Apparently issues formed when Singer was working on the films complicated visual effects. Singer [...]
Jeremy Renner has signed with Marvel Studios to play Hawkeye most likely in the upcoming “The Avengers”. Harry at AICN has a first-time source who has an “interesting connection” to this and that insider is saying Renner has actually signed on with Marvel for the part. Renner said during an interview: “If I was a [...]
Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” reached a historic milestone today, passing the $1 billion dollar mark in global box office. “Alice” becomes the sixth title to ever join this exclusive list and the ranks third among non-sequels in motion picture history behind only “Titanic” and “Avatar”. Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios announced: [...]
Warner Brothers has already set a December 16, 2011 release date for “Sherlock Holmes 2″, according to Heat Vision Blog. The news of “Sherlock” came from Warner Brothers’ chairman Barry Meyer. The film will be directed by Guy Ritchie. Meyer also revealed that the studio is “nearing” a green light for one of its many [...]
Tommy Lee Jones is confirmed for a role in “Captain America: The First Avenger”, according to Hayley Atwell, Captain America’s love interest in the film. She revealed in an interview on Leicester Square TV (via Coming Soon), she is in a scene with Jones, “Which I’m really looking forward to doing.” We do not have [...]
Guys, if you are looking for a fun action movie that provides both action and laughs, head to the theater this weekend.
Keith Coogan, co-star of “Crafty” and Jon Donahue, Co-Writer/Director/Star of “Crafty”
If you’re into a two and a half hour fashion show with a lot of fabulous backgrounds then this is the film for you
Carl Rinsch has signed on to direct a remake of “Logan’s Run” for Warner Brothers, according to Heat Vision Blog. Rinsch is currently looking for a new writer for the film, The original from 1976 starred Michael York and Farrah Fawcett. The film centered on a future society where everyone’s death was pre-determined and “runners” [...]
Weinstein Company is finally going to release Mikael Håfström’s long delayed WWII set drama “Shanghai” this June — in China, but there is still no official release date for the U.S. The film wrapped way back in August 2008 but disappeared from the studios schedule last fall. The film is about “an American intelligence official [...]
Phoenix Entertainment is developing a live-action “Dilbert” with Ken Kwapis attached to direct, according to Pajiba. Kwapis is currently working on “Everybody Loves Whales” with Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. Ken Kwapis also has directed several episodes of “The Office”. Not sure how this will work out, I was a huge fan of the UPN [...]
Director Marc Webb (“500 Days of Summer”) has been trying to find the new Spider-Man for there reboot the list in down to the following five: Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Josh Hutcherson and Andrew Garfield. Jamie Bell is best known for “Billy Elliot”, “Jumper” and the upcoming “the Adventures of Tintin: The Secret [...]
Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is confirmed to replace Megan Fox in “Transformers 3″ and becoming Sam Witwicky’s love interest, according to Deadline. She was up against Sarah Wright (“The House Bunny”) and swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker. Director Michael Bay worked with Rosie on several Victoria’s Secret campaigns. Whiteley already starts filming in the next [...]
Bloody Disgusting has heard from screenwriter Mark L. Smith that his period project “The Revenant” is in development. John Hillcoat is attached to direct with Christian Bale in talks to star. John Hillcoat is known for “The Proposition” and last year’s “The Road”. After “The Dark Knight” and “Termination: Salvation”, Christian Bale is hopefully looking [...]
Read part of press release below, thanks to /Film for posting it: WOODY ALLEN ANNOUNCES FULL CAST OF “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS” New York (May 25, 2010) – Woody Allen announced today the full cast for “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”, his latest film in pre-production. The film stars, in alphabetical order: Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, [...]
Harrison Ford plays a cranky news anchor brought out of retirement by the perky Rachel McAdam to co-host a morning show with Diane Keaton in the comedy “Morning Glory”. The comedy is producing by J.J. Abrams and is set for release Nov.12, 2010.
Rodrigo Cortés who recently directed the Sundance hit, “Buried” with Ryan Reynolds is already working on his next film. According to Bloody-Disgusting, Sigourney Weaver has signed on to star to star in “Red Lights”. Weaver will play Margaret Matheson in the film, which follows, “a para-psychologist who attempts to debunk a very reputable psychic who [...]
In an exclusive interview from Cinemablend, George A. Romero said that he has got some new ideas up his sleeve should “Survival” be a hit. He mentions that he is lucky to have made one sequel let alone five. Romero started planning for the future and came up with not one, but three concepts while [...]
Yahoo! Movies has posted the first trailer for “The Last Exorcism”, which will be released in theaters nationwide on August 27. The film is produced by Eli Roth, directed by Daniel Stamm and stars Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum, Ashley Bell, Jamie Alyson Caudle, Tony Bentley, Shanna Forrestall, Allen Boudreaux.
Lionsgate has released the trailer for their 3D animated “Alpha and Omega”. The film is about two mismatched wolves who have to travel together for a thousand miles to get back to their pack. “Alpha and Omega” comes to theaters September 17th, 2010 and stars Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Justin Long, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, [...]
Martin Scorsese is currently planning a Sinatra biopic titled “Sinatra”. /Film is reporting that Scorsese wants to have Al Pacino portraying Sinatra, and Robert De Niro portraying Dean Martin. Scorsese mentioned to The Playlist: “[I've] yet to spot the actor who can bring back Frank Sinatra alive on screen. My choice is Al Pacino, and [...]
DreamWorks Animation confirmed today besides Gary Oldman joining the cast of “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom”, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber are all signed up as well The talent above will join the cast with Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and [...]
Legendary Pictures has announced they plan are developing a movie based on Electronics Arts and Bioware’s video game series “Mass Effect”. The studio has has Mark Protosevich writing the screenplay. He previously wrote “I Am Legend”, “The Cell”, and the upcoming “Thor”. The game takes places in the year 2183 and follows a human soldier [...]
Superhero Hype has reported that Dominic Cooper has told Salon.com, he was going to play Howard Stark in Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger. According to Andrew O’Hehir at Salon.com, after Salon’s exclusive video interview, Cooper told them playing Howard Stark in “Captain America” would definitely be his next role. “Iron Man 2″ director [...]
Good news: It was reported that there is a “Jackie Brown” prequel in the works being adapted from Elmore Leonard novel “The Switch, according to JoBlo. Bad News: Quentin Tarantino is not involved, though it has his blessing. The novel “The Switch” follow younger versions of Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) and Louis Gara (Robert [...]
Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii’s space adventure spec “Lightspeed” with Disney, according to Variety. The film’s plot will follow the adventures of a young pilot who wins a place on the Earth Interstellar Racing Team, speeding across a galaxy that is teetering on the brink of war. According to article, [...]
2007′s “Hitman” made nearly $100 million worldwide and only cost $30 million. That is keyword for sequel. According to Deadline Hollywood, Fox has hired Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to take on Hitman 2, with hopes that Timothy Olyphant will return to star. Benmayor is know for shooting commercials in Spain and had his feature directing [...]
Sam Rockwell is in talks to star in “Sweet Baby Jesus”, which is a comedy that takes its own spin on the birth of Christ, according to Deadline Hollywood. Rockwell will be playing Joe and starring as Mary is Pixie Lott, (British equivalent of Lady Gaga). The film follows the expecting couple who arrive in [...]
Orlando Bloom officially joined Paul W.S. Anderson’s reboot of “The Three Musketeers”. One catch he is not playing a Musketeer. Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, and Matthew Macfadyen are set to play the Musketeers. According to Variety, he will be playing the Duke of Buckingham. Christoph Waltz is playing the Musketeer villain Cardinal Richelieu [...]
There are moments that you know you will remember for the rest of your life. This past Friday I experienced one of them. My wife, Juanita, and I were in Omaha, Nebraska to attend a benefit screening of the film “Jaws,” which would feature a special appearance by Mr. Carl Gottlieb, who had not only [...]
David Deluise is the son of legendary comedian Dom Deluise. He is currently starring in Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place”. The show is currently finishing its third season and already has a TV movie in the bag. Movie Mikes had the chance to talk to David about growing up in the business, how he [...]
Directed by: Jorma Taccone Written by: Jorma Taccone, Will Forte, John Solomon Starring: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer Studio: Relativity Media Running time: 99 minutes Our Score: 1 out of 5 stars This movie is the traditional case of displaying the best scenes in the trailer. The rest of the movie [...]
Finally here is a plot synopsis for the upcoming “Predators” “Predators”, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as [...]
The key players from the original cast Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, will be returning in some capacity but will be passing the torch on to the new cast. Ashley Greene (“Twilight Saga”) was offered to be the new lead in “Scream 4″. If she accepts she will be planning the role of [...]
James Franco has joined “Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes”, according to Variety. Franco will star as a young scientist in the film which is schedule for release Summer 2011. “Described as an origin story, “Apes” is set in present day San Francisco and deals with the aftermath of man’s experiments with genetic [...]
Gary Oldman has joined the cast of DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom”. The film is coming to theaters in June 3rd, 2011. The 3D sequel follows Po’s on his search for other pandas and his run-in with a group of bandits. Oldman will voice a character named Peacock who helps Po [...]
Val Kilmer is starring in this summer’s “MacGruber” starring Will Forte, Kristen Wig and Ryan Phillippe. The film is directed by first-timer Jorma Taccone. Val recently sat down and answered a few questions about his role in the movie and how funny it is. Q: How much fun did you have working with this group [...]
Rydell High’s most famous graduating class is going back to school. A newly restored print brings the highest-grossing musical of all time, GREASE (1978), to the big screen as a sing-along. Join Danny and Sandy with your own crew of T-Birds and Pink Ladies for a carnival ride back to those amazing summer nights! Thanks [...]
Robert Rodriguez revealed that he has secured the rights to the 1983 animated film “Fire and Ice”, during an interview with Ain’t It Cool News. Rodriguez also confirmed that this will be a live-action version of “Fire and Ice”. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s interview. “The awesome Ralph Bakshi and I have been working [...]
Check out the new trailer for “Megamind” which just hit Yahoo! Movies. Will Ferrell plays the villain Megamind and Brad Pitt plays the pompous superhero. This summer’s “Despicable Me” also favors the villain. Check out the latest trailer in which in which Ferrell’s character terrorizes the populace, Pitt’s character juggles babies, and Tina Fey’s plays [...]
Wes Craven’s highly anticipated “My Soul to Take” hits theaters October 29th. Today comes news that it will be post-production converted to 3D. Let’s hope that Wes knows what he is doing because he does not want the backlash of “Clash of the Titans”. The story takes place in the sleepy town of Riverton, legend [...]
Chris Showerman is know for his role in “George of the Jungle 2″. He is featured in the upcoming “Complacent” co-starring Cerina Vincent. Chris is also a writer and director and co-partner of a production company with Clint Morris called Shorris Film. Movie Mikes had the chance to ask Chris a few questions about his [...]
Darren Gordon Smith is a composer who is most known for his “Repo! The Genetic Opera”. The film started as a Ten-Minute Opera that Darren created with Terrance Zdunich and since then it has become a cult phenomenon spawning a huge fan base and weekly midnight screenings. MovieMikes has the opportunity to talk to Darren [...]
“Transformers 3″ will not see the return of Megan Fox, Deadline reports. Shia LaBeouf will have a new love interest in the next movie. Michael Bay had the final say in the matter and his decision could have been from Fox’s bather about Bay and comparing him to Hitler, but it is not proven. Fox’s [...]
Romero’s “Day of the Dead” has been had a sequel made in 2005 titled “Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” and remade with 2008′s “Day of the Dead” remake featuring Mena Suvari/Ving Rhames. Taurus Entertainment will release the film, they has also made the horror sequel “Creepshow III”. According to Variety, producer James Dudelson of [...]
New Line Cinema is in talks with Offspring Entertainment to bring “Mean Moms” follow-up to the Tina Fey-penned 2004 hit “Mean Girls” to the theaters. The film be based on Rosalind Wiseman’s 2006 book, “Queen Bee Moms and King Pin Dads”. That novel is a followup to Wiseman’s 2002 book, “Queen Bees and Wannabees” which [...]
Starred in the “Manhunter”, “The Monster Squad” and the recent “The House of the Devil”
Jemaine Clement, star of Flight of the Conchords has signed on to play the villain in “Men in Black III”, according to Deadline. Clement will play a character named Yaz. Not much is known about the character yet but it is assumed that he will be an alien. Both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones [...]
Featured in “Saw III” and “Repo! The Genetic Opera”
It seems that Tim Burton has a new movie he is involved with every week. According to Latino Review, Burton is planning on making a film based on the manga, “Mai, the Psychic Girl”. The film will be called “Mia”. This project has been in the works for years. At one point in the 1990′s [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be shot in 3D, according to Deadline Hollywood is reported by Deadline Hollywood. The film’s already-set release date of May 20, 2011 will not be changed. Disney debunked the current rumors that they were cutting costs on the film. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” directed [...]
IMP Awards have released the final theatrical poster for the upcoming summer horror film “Splice”, which will be released in theaters on June 4, the film is directed by Vincenzo Natali.
Director John Turteltaub, recently spoke to Coming Soon and revealed that they plan to start shooting late this fall or early this winter with hopes of getting “National Treasure 3″ in theaters for Christmas in 2011. From the context of Turteltaub’s interview it sounds like the haven’t actually locked up the cast yet and don’t [...]
Eddie Murphy is planning another “Nutty Professor” sequel. The last time Murphy played Sherman Klump , Buddy Love and the whole family was back in 2000′s “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps” made $166 million worldwide Eddie revealed to Access Hollywood saying, “You know what, there might be another ‘Nutty Professor.” Why? He explains, “We kind [...]
Drew Barrymore is considering her next directing vehicle to be “Surrender Dorothy”, a Wizard of Oz sequel that stalled in development back in 2002, when Barrymore was attached to star, according to Pajiba. It is unknown if Barrymore is still starring but she’s is also on board as a producer through her Flower Films. The [...]
Variety has now confirmed that Hamill will be directing “The Black Pearl”. The film will be the first feature directed by Hamill, who directed the direct-to-DVD mockumentary “Comic Book: The Movie” back in 2004. The film will be based on Hamil’s Dark Horse comic series with the same title. Hamill described the five-part graphic novel, [...]
George Romero is in ‘advanced negotiations’ to direct a 3D remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1975 “Deep Red”, according to Variety. The plan is to begin shooting this fall in Canada. Romero collaborated with Argento on “Dawn of the Dead”. Argento is responsible for the European cut of the flick which is longer and features [...]
Kenta Fukasaku (who directed “Battle Royale 2″) of “Battle Royale” is overseeing a 3D conversion of his father’s controversial thriller that will be released later this year in Japan. When Kinji Fukasaku’s original Battle Royale came out in theaters back in 2000. The movie entails a classroom of Japanese students that are sent to a [...]
Walt Disney Pictures will be producing a new adaptation of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”. David Fincher is currently in negotiations with screenwriter Scott J. Burns (“The Informant!”). Last year, director McG had started to develop a new version of the story that focused on an origin story for Captain Nemo, and that version was [...]
Autographed pictures as Jason Voorhees from 2009′s “Friday the 13th”
Check out the first trailer to the new web series “Crafty”. The show is created by Mark Haapala and Morgan Mead Halsted. Jon Donahue is co-director/writer/star of the show. It also features Kevin Connolly, Keith Coogan, Daniel Roebuck and many others. Check it out!! “Crafty” is going to be the hit the web soon and [...]
According to MarvelousNews.com, Nathan Fillion is “pretty much locked to be Henry Pym [in "The Avengers"], and should be announced before any other new additions to the cast (think around Comic Con)”. There is no confirmation from Marvel yet, but if this news is true how awesome would this be!?
“New Year’s Eve” comes Dec. 9, 2011. It’s the follow-up to this year’s Valentine’s Day”, which grossed a successful $110.5 million. The sequel, also directed by Garry Marshall, will follow interconnecting stories set in New York on New Year’s Eve. It will probably feature an almost entirely new all-star cast.
Here is the first poster from the upcoming 3D “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader”, thanks to Narnia Web. The next installment in the series comes to theaters December 10th, 2010 and stars Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Bill Nighy, Gary Sweet, Arthur Angel, Tony Nixon. The film [...]
Dennis Hopper, an original “rebel,” passes away.
It is with genuine regret that MovieMikes pays tribute to Dennis Hopper. The actor-writer-director passed away today just two weeks after celebrating his 74th birthday after a long and brave battle with prostate cancer. Hopper began his acting career with appearances on episodic television in the early 1950′s. In 1955 he appeared with his good [...]