After almost two years developing the two The Hobbit movies, Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he will not be directing the adaptation J.R.R. Tolkien book. Due to the continuing financial problems at MGM the start date for The Hobbit could not be solidified. Del Toro had been developing The Hobbit with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh [...]
Heat Vision is reporting that Wanted star, James McAvoy has signed on to play the young Professor X in the upcoming X-Men: First Class film. Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) will direct a story conceived by producer and X-Men, Related Stories:
Former child star Gary Coleman died today at age 42. Coleman passed away at 12:05 p.m. at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah, where he had been in a coma after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage at his Santaquin home Wednesday, 55 miles south of Salt Lake City. Coleman starred in the 1970s TV sitcom Diff’rent [...]
So the Shrek franchise has reached its fourth episode, quite a rarity in the movie business. Franchise characters often get played out, become boring and story lines get more ridiculous with each outing past an initial sequel. But on occasion a franchise can manage to keep the crowds excited and returning to the megaplexes time and time again. While Shrek [...]
Orlando Bloom is returning to the type of role he is most loved in, the period piece. Bloom has officially signed on to be a villain in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeers movie, out summer 2011. Heat Vision is reporting that Bloom will play the Duke of Buckingham, the arch-nemesis to the Musketeers who is described as “so cool [...]
Legendary Pictures has picked up rights to Mass Effect, the Electronic Arts-BioWare video game. Mark Protosevich, the scribe who wrote I Am Legend and worked on Thor, is in talks to pen the movie, which will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad as well as Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni. Related Stories:
Gamespot is reporting that the sequel to Sony’s well received Killzone 2, developed by Guerrilla Games will be released in 3D. Sony is planning to update all PS3s to support stereoscopic 3D later this year with a firmware update. This is especially significant since the second title in the Killzone franchise saw great success, this may be [...]
In honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, IGN has posted a list of 100 little-known facts about the most beloved Star Wars film ever. Many of the factoids focus on the action figures released for the movie and an alternate version of the script that was almost used. I [...]
Hit the jump to see the trailer for the Dreamworks film Megamind that hits theaters November 5. Related Stories:
Heat Vision is reporting that Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement is in final negotiations to play one of the villains in Columbia’s Men in Black 3. Clement will join Will Smith who recently signed a deal to return as the alien-chasing government agent. Barry Sonnenfeld will also return to direct. Related Stories:
Empire is reporting that Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of Terry Gilliam’s long-delayed film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Ewan will join Robert Duvall, who’s been attached to the project for some time. Related Stories:
Source: Live Feed It’s official. NBC has cancelled Heroes. Oh how the mighty have fallen. The once great Heroes has dwindled in viewers and story quaility ever since the less than heroic second season. Related Stories:
1up has a video preview of the upcoming XBOX 360 Cops and Robbers MMO, APB, from developer Realtime Worlds. APB(All Points Bulletin) features what is easily the most extensive character customization a game has ever seen. One of my very favorite games, Mass Effect, features a very detailed customization process, but it pales in comparison to [...]
At a party celebrating the series finale of ABC’s Lost, producer Barry Jossen read aloud a letter from George Lucas himself. In the letter he congratulates the Lost writers and producers for making such a great show and for planning it out so well, admitting that he didn’t have everything in Star Wars quite figured out [...]
Hey Twi-hards, here’s the track list for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The album ranges from the obvious Muse to The Bravery to Vampire Weekend. Hit the jump to see the full list and a brand new clip featuring Dakota Fanning and The Vulturi. Related Stories:
