We’re creeping up on the end of the year, which means the movies that will hit theaters in the dumping ground months of January, February and March will start getting pushed soon. We’ve already seen a trailer for early 2015 horror with Amityville: The Awakening, and now a thriller arriving a bit later in January has received its first trailer. Jennifer Lopez stars in The Boy Next Door, a thriller from ...Read full story
Bill Murray Actually Likes Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Idea, Suggests Names
Though Bill Murray hasn’t been all that interested in strapping on a proton pack again for Ghostbusters 3, he actually likes the sounds of the latest idea for a franchise reboot/sequel. Following the passing of Ghostbusters writer and star Harold Ramis earlier this year, the script for the film was going to be ...Read full story
Brad Pitt Initiates Logan Lerman into the Crew in UK Trailer for ‘Fury’
“I had the best gunner in the entire 9th Army in that seat. And now I got you.” The first trailer for Fury introduced us to the tank crew facing seemingly insurmountable odds of survival in David Ayer’s World War II drama. Now a new trailer from across the pond has surfaced, and this one focuses a bit more on Logan Lerman. As the recent featurette explained, he’s the newest recruit of the Fury tank crew following the death of their gunner. But he’s a young kid, and hasn’t seen all the horror that Brad Pitt, Michael Pena, Shia LaBeouf and Jon Bernthal have seen, so he must be initiated, and it looks… ...Read full story
Toronto: Sandra Oh on U.S. Casting Agents Chasing Rising Canadian Stars
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Radius Nabs Rights to Horror Pic ‘Goodnight Mommy’
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Charlie Hunnam Reflects on His ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Ride at Final Premiere
“It was like going to an Ivy League school with Kurt Sutter being the mad professor”read more ...Read full story
Agent Carter To Appear On "SHIELD" Premiere
Marvel has released the official plot synopsis and guest cast list for “Shadows,” the upcoming second season premiere of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” The big surprise is Hayley Atwell is set to guest star as Peggy Carter. While the “Agent Carter” show is set in 1946, the character has appeared in both points of time in the Marvel Universe so it’s unsure which version we’ll see or how she figures into the plot. The best guess is a flashback tease for the upcoming limited series. Here’s the synopsis: “Coulson… ...Read full story
NBC Plans Anthology Series "Manhunt"
NBC has given out a ten-episode order to Universal Television’s anthology drama series “Manhunt”. Gavin Hood (“Tsotsi,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) will direct the first season which deals with the mounting tension of an entire city on the hunt for a fugitive roaming the streets. Each season will examine the moment an American or international city becomes a police state or a war zone, and the violent consequences that ensue. Whit Brayton and Zack Rice will pen the scripts and executive produce. Hood, Michael Sugar, Alex Goldstone and Nicole Romano will also executive produce. Dustin Hoffman and Casey Affleck were reportedly at one point attached … ...Read full story
New Details On The "Minority Report" Series
Fox is officially moving forward with its TV sequel to Spielberg’s 2002 film “Minority Report”. The drama has scored a hefty put-pilot commitment along with a significant penalty attached. The series will be set a decade after the end of the Precrime division in Washington D.C. One of the three Precogs now struggles to lead a “normal” human life but remains haunted by visions of the future. He meets a female detective haunted by her past who may help him find a purpose to his gift. Max Borenstein (“Godzilla”) will pen the script and executive produce. Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will also executive produce for Amblin Television, Paramount Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Source: The Live Feed ...Read full story
Denzel Washington comments on Black Panther
Denzel Washington has been discussing a couple of the characters his name is often linked to, namely Marvel’s Black Panther, and 007 himself, James Bond. Washington was asked whether he would be interested in playing a superhero, bringing him around to the long-standing rumour that he could play Black Panther… “I’m probably getting too old,” said the star. “They didn’t make the Black Panther yet, though, did they? I heard that they have been talking about it. That’s cool.” James Bond is another character that Washington has been linked to over the years, and when asked whether he would … ...Read full story
Robert De Niro and Zac Efron are going on a road trip
Robert De Niro and Zac Efron are set to form one of the more unlikely big-screen pairings of recent years, with the duo in talks to star in comedy Driving Dick Kelly. According to THR, De Niro is currently in talks to play a former army general convinced that his grandson (Efron) is on the brink of marrying the wrong woman. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, De Niro plans a road trip to Florida to coincide with spring break, in the hope that Efron will decide he’s not ready to give up the single life just yet. Mismatched buddy antic are sure to follow, and while the pairing might look a bit bizarre on paper, there should… ...Read full story
Sean Harris to play the villain in Mission: Impossible 5?
Mission: Impossible 5 might just have found itself a villain, with British actor Sean Harris thought to be in discussions to play the film’s chief antagonist. According to Deadline, Harris has been offered the role by the studio, although the deal has not yet been completed, with negotiations ongoing. Should he sign on the dotted line, Harris will line up alongside fellow newcomer, Alec Baldwin, as well as series regulars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames. Jeremy Renner is also set to return, with Paramount hoping this latest outing proves as popular as the last instalment, which took a whopping $695 million worldwide, the most Cruise has ever accrued as leading man. Directed by Chris McQuarrie from a screenplay… ...Read full story
Jennifer Lopez Has Trouble In The Boy Next Door Trailer
It’s an affair to regretIll-judged love affairs rarely end well in the movies. Especially when one party decides to break it off and regret it ever happened. That’s the situation that Jennifer Lopez faces in the first trailer for new thriller The Boy Next Door. Lopez stars as a teacher whose husband has been cheating on her – and who has walked out on the family at least once. When she’s at her most vulnerable, she meets the hunky Noah (Ryan Guzman), who has moved in with his uncle next door. One thing quickly leads to another and the pair is falling into bed. And … ...Read full story
New Fury Trailer Rolls In
Brad Pitt and his crew fight the good fightFor his return to the World War Two arena for the first time since Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt is working with End Of Watch director David Ayer, who has another men-on-a-mission drama to deliver via Fury. Check out the latest trailer for the film. Pitt’s Sergeant ‘Wardaddy’ Collier is the tank commander on a mission behind enemy lines. He has kept his crew alive through the War, but in the final push into Germany things are about to get tougher. Logan Lerman’s the new guy … ...Read full story
Pierre Morel Targets The Killer
He’ll direct a new action filmTaken director Pierre Morel is showing no signs of moving away from action, at least for his big screen career. He’s just made a deal to direct The Killer for Studiocanal, based on Tom Wood’s book series.Wood’s tomes, which are collectively known as the … ...Read full story
Jessica Chastain Wants to Be in a Superhero Movie
Superhero movies are where it’s at in Hollywood right now, and not just because they’re more popular at the box office than ever. Filmmakers are starting to recognize more and more something that comic book authors have known (and put to practice) for years – that the superhero genre is a… ...Read full story
‘The Leftovers’ Season 1 Finale Review
[This is a review of The Leftovers season 1, episode 10. There will be SPOILERS.] – If nothing else, the first ten episodes of The Leftovers have proven the show to be unpredictable and emotionally moving in ways that are pleasing to some, and unbearable to others. It is a show that doesn’t merely seek to push people’ ...Read full story
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 2 Premiere Details; Hayley Atwell to Guest Star
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. begins its second run later this month and during its next mid-season break, ABC will fill S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s time slot with another Marvel Studios TV series – Agent Carter. It’s not clear yet how much (or how little) direct connectivity there will be between the events of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s second season and the debut season for Carter (the latter will… ...Read full story
Penny Dreadful Season Two Adds Broadway’s Patti Lupone
Two-time Tony Award winner and Emmy nominee Patti LuPone (“American Horror Story,” “Life Goes On”) has signed on as a recurring guest star for the second season of the hit Showtime drama series “Penny Dreadful”. Lupone will play a mysterious character of great importance in Vanessa’s (Eva Green) past. In addition, award-winning British actors Helen McCrory (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, As You Like It), and Simon Russell Beale (“MI-5,” Uncle Vanya) have been upped to series regulars. McCrory returns as Evelyn Poole (a.k.a. Madame Kali), the seductive spiritualist who will pose a unique threat to our protagonists this ...Read full story
Taken Director Pierre Morel Targets The Killer
Plans are underway to bring to the big screen the world of author Tom Wood’s “Victor the Assassin” novels. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that Taken helmer Pierre Morel is set to direct The Killer, based on the first entry in the series (titled The Hunter in some territories). Published in 2010, it is officially described as follows: ...Read full story