September 2009

ET Discusses How Great Rourke is in Iron Man 2

Published on: 30th September, 2009

In the second video from the set of Iron Man 2, Entertainment Tonight put aside the smarmy voice over for an almost three minute clip about how great Mickey Rourke is. You’ll hear from director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. Plus answers from Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle who haven’t actually [...]

Hugh Jackman Boxing in ‘Real Steel’

Published on: 30th September, 2009

Hugh Jackman is in discussions to join Real Steel, a futuristic boxing movie for DreamWorks.  Shawn Levy took over the director’s chair after Peter Berg left for Universal’s Battleship movie.
The plot centers on a fighter who becomes a boxing promoter when the sport switches from human contenders to robots.  According to Variety, he then discovers [...]

Halloween 3D Held Up in Weinstein Co. Situation

Published on: 30th September, 2009

Bob Weinstein has shut down pre-production in Halloween 3D just a month after it was announced.  Shortly after the Halloween II lackluster release at the end of August, the Weinstein Company started planning a third installment without Rob Zombie and with Hollywood’s new favorite money-making gimmick.
My Bloody Valentine 3-D director Patrick Lussier was on board [...]

Goldman Sachs Helped Moore’s ‘Capitalism’ Film

Published on: 30th September, 2009

Michael Moore’s latest film Capitalism: A Love Story is expanding its locations this weekend and is poised (ironically) as yet another financial success for the critical documentarian.
In between slices of smug voice over, Moore takes more than a few shots at the bank holding organization Goldman Sachs.  He shows a rhetorical question by Dennis Kucinich [...]

Jessica Alba in Talks for ‘Little Fockers’

Published on: 29th September, 2009

Jessica Alba is in negotiations to join Little Fockers, the third installment after Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers.
Alba will play a pharmaceutical rep “whose looks wreak havoc on male characters in the story,” according to the Risky Business Blog.  The ogling guys are the returning Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, and Owen Wilson, [...]

Three Banner Posters for ‘Twilight: New Moon’

Published on: 29th September, 2009

Summit Entertainment has released three banners for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the vampire sequel quickly approaching on November 20.  The official posters will be used for outdoor advertisements like bus stops and probably hanging from the side of buildings.  I’m sure they’ll be hanging in teenage bedrooms in no time.
The first features Bella (Kristen [...]

Roman Polanski Update, His Latest Film in Limbo

Published on: 29th September, 2009

Following his arrest in Switzerland on Saturday, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has filed an appeal against his extradition to the United States while he remains in a Swiss jail for the “next few weeks,” officials said.
If L.A. prosecutors have their way, Polanski will be transported back to California for sentencing on a 31-year-old charge of [...]

Surrogates Review

Published on: 29th September, 2009

In a Hollywood landscape struggling to find the next big action star, Disney offers the suggestion of simply cloning Bruce Willis.  In Surrogates, a younger-looking, wig-wearing hero bounds after a suspect with such dexterity you almost believe Bruce is back.  Almost.
Instead this super cop is one of millions of surrogates in a virtual reality where [...]

Nightmare on Elm Street Teaser Trailer

Published on: 28th September, 2009

New Line Cinema and Warner Bors have released the teaser trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street, a remake of the 1984 horror classic.  Jackie Earle Haley plays Freddy Krueger, shown clearly here before and after the burn scarring.  Music video director Samuel Bayer makes his feature debut for Platinum Dunes, Michael Bay’s production company [...]

Trejo Joins Predators, Plus a Look at the Script

Published on: 28th September, 2009

Fresh off of working with director Robert Rodriguez on Machete, Danny Trejo has joined the cast of the Rodriguez-produced Predators for Fox.  Nimrod Antal (Vacancy) is directing.
According to the tattooed actor, the film begins shooting in a month.  The likely locations are Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin and a few key shots in the brushy [...]

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