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Russell Crowe Set To Play ‘Noah’ And Build an Ark While At It

Written on April 22, 2012 – 11:27 pm | by Seth Quillen |

HOLLYWOOD, CA (April 22, 2012) – Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions jointly announced today that Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe has been cast as Noah in Academy Award®-nominated director Darren Aronofsky’s feature film of the same name. Paramount will release the film on March 28, 2014. Said Aronofsky, “I’d like to thank Paramount and Regency [...]

‘Ender’s Game’ Release Date Moved and a Teaser Photo

Written on April 10, 2012 – 3:23 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Summit Entertainment has pushed back the release of Ender’s Game March 15, 2013 to November 1, 2013. The film is based on the beloved sci-fi novel wrtten by Orson Scott Card and it had long been in the adaptation stage. Ender’s Game is being directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugo‘s Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, [...]

‘Lockout’ — Watch the First Five Minutes Right Here

Written on April 9, 2012 – 6:58 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here’s the first five minutes of the sci-fi action-thriller Lockout starring Guy Pearce. The film is about a man (Pearce) who’s been wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. He is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter (Maggie Grace) from an outer space prison that’s been taken over [...]

Everyone Can Relax — ‘Bully’ is now rated PG-13

Written on April 5, 2012 – 11:50 pm | by Seth Quillen |

April 5, 2012 – New York, NY – The Weinstein Company (TWC), aided by the guidance and consultation from attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson, announced today that the MPAA has lowered the R rating, given for some language, for BULLY to a PG-13 in time for the film’s April 13th expansion to 55 markets. [...]

The 90 Minute ‘Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones’ Video Review That I should’ve Posted a Year Ago

Written on April 5, 2012 – 9:21 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Mike from Red Letter Media has created a video review of Attack of the Clones that will have haters cheering and Lucas crying. MIke is the same guy who put together the 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace. I’ll just say that this guy does not like Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the [...]

‘Avatar 2′ May Not Hit Theaters Until 2015

Written on April 4, 2012 – 10:35 pm | by Seth Quillen |

It looks like those of you already on Zoloft due to the depression caused by not living on Pandora are going to have refill those prescriptions. Empire has a little exclusive on the Avatar 2 release date and it’s looking like it may not be hitting your local megaplex until 2015. Empire caught up with James Cameron’s production [...]

‘Atlas Shrugged: Part 2′ Began Filming Yesterday

Written on April 3, 2012 – 1:58 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Principal photography of Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 began yesterday and the producers were kind enough to provide us with some production photos via their facebook page. Despite the fact that the first the first film grossed just under $5 million the producers are apparently moving forward with the sequel as planed. Many of the actors [...]

New Super Sweet The Amazing Spider-Man Photo

Written on April 3, 2012 – 1:33 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here’s a new photo from The Amazing Spider-Man. It’s really simple but super cool at the same time. You get a really close-up shot of the web-slingers which are new to director Marc Webb’s reboot of the franchise. It’s probably not Andrew Garfield under the mask but I like it anyway. The Amazing Spider-Man Official [...]

New Superman ‘Man Of Steel’ Logo Revealed

Written on March 30, 2012 – 11:00 pm | by Seth Quillen |

A couple days ago the new logo for Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot was unveiled. The color palette from the logo is consistent with Snyder’s previous films and the first official image of Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel. Warner Bros. unveiled the image on it’s Facebook Page earlier this week. Amy Adams will play [...]

News Team… Assemble — ‘Anchorman 2′ is Back On

Written on March 29, 2012 – 11:46 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Last night on Conan, Will Ferrell drop the news that he and Paramount have finally reached an agreement for the Channel 4 News Team to assemble once again. In his full Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy attire and Jazz Flute, Ferrell officially announced that Anchorman 2 is a go! Anchorman is probably Ferrell’s best [...]

‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ Trailer Teaser

Written on March 20, 2012 – 5:48 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here’s the teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which is obviously the final installment in the Stephanie Meyer mega blockbuster book and film series. It’s really just a quick preview of the full trailer that hits on March 26 which is attached to The Hunger Games film. “I didn’t expect [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Aliens – What, You Didn’t Know? UPDATED: Title Drops Mutant

Written on March 19, 2012 – 3:31 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Oh Michael Bay, why do you exist???? Apparently it’s to make crappy remakes with the sole purpose of pissing of the very fans that fueled the popularity of the original source material in the first place. And he’s doing it again with the great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film that the Transformers director is producing. In [...]

A ‘Garbage Pail Kids’ Movie Is On The Way

Written on March 15, 2012 – 1:12 am | by Seth Quillen |

Looks like more of my childhood memories are heading to the big screen. This time with a feature film adaptation of the Garbage Pail Kids. Deadline does not mention if the film will be animated or live action. But they are reporting that Michael Eisner’s, The Tornante Company will finance and produce a Garbage Pail [...]

Colin Farrell May Sign On For ‘Arthur and Lancelot’

Written on March 14, 2012 – 3:01 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Looks like after several years of just kinda floating around, Colin Farrell is prime to make his Hollywood comeback. The actor recently wrapped production on the big budget remake of Total Recall and now it looks like he may be primed to pick up a sword and head back in time for another period piece. [...]

New ‘The Avengers’ Trailer – OK, I’m Excited!!!

Written on February 29, 2012 – 12:09 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Admittedly, I’ve not been that excited about The Avengers movie. And a thousand fanboys just gasped in shock from that sacrileges superhero statement. Well they would have if they read this site. Anyway, I can’t quite pinpoint my “take it or leave it” attitude about the this ultimate superhero romp. Is it the fact that both [...]