Archive for June 8th, 2007
A rumour picked up by IESB.net claims that Fox has narrowed down the list of potential directors for their X-Men spin-off Wolverine to D.J. Caruso and Len Wiseman.
Caruso recently directed Disturbia starring Shia LaBeouf, while Wiseman is best known for his Underworld movies and the upcoming Live Free or Die Hard with Bruce Willis.
David Benioff wrote the script for Wolverine, which delves into the backstory of the mutant before he joined the X-Men. The movie is scheduled for a release in 2008.
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A breakdown of the cast in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming sequel Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (scheduled for August 2008) is up at Slashfilm.
Ron Perlan (Hellboy), Selma Blair (Liz Jones) and Doug Jones (Abe Sapien + three additional characters) all return, as does John Hurt for a cameo as Professor Trevor Bruttenholm. Rupert Evans, who played BPRD agent John Myers in the original, will not be returning. As previously announced Roy Dotrice plays King Balor, Luke Goss will be Prince Nuada and Anna Walton will play Princess Nuala. Brian Steele will also play four characters. Finally John Alexander will provide the body and Thomas Kretschmann the voice of Johann Kraus, a disembodied ectoplasmic spirit with psychic abilities who maintains a tangible form via a containment suit.
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A clip from the upcoming Transformers film soundtrack (a rock reindition of the cartoon theme by band Mutemath) is now downloadable on SectorSeven.org, while the apparent tracklist has been published on Wikipedia:
1 “What I’ve Done” Linkin Park
2 “Dooms Day Clock” Smashing Pumpkins
3 “This Moment” Disturbed
4 “Before It’s Too Late(Sam and Mikaela’s Theme)” Goo Goo Dolls
5 “Pretty Handsome Awkward” The Used
6 “Passion’s Killing Floor” HIM
7 “What It Feels Like To Be A Ghost?” Taking Back Sunday
8 “Second To None” Styles Of Beyond
9 “End Of The World” Armor For Sleep
10 “Retina And The Sky” Idiot Pilot
11 “Technical Difficulties” Julien - K
12 “Transformers Theme” Mutemath
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Warner Bros. Pictures has released the teaser trailer for I Am Legend on Apple.com. The trailer will also play in front of Ocean’s Thirteen in US cinemas starting today.
In the film, Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a scientist who despite his brilliance could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world.
The new movie by Constantine director Francis Lawrence starring Will Smith opens in cinemas December 14.
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According to Variety, GoldenEye and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is in talks to helm Unstoppable, a 20th Century Fox drama about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals.
The drama, written by Live Free or Die Hard screenwriter Mark Bomback, pits an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They’re chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town.
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While doing the press rounds for the upcoming film adaptation of his book Stardust, author Neil Gaiman spoke to ComingSoon.net about the status of his directorial debut, an adaptation of his Death: The High Cost of Living mini-series from Vertigo Comics.
‘Everything is moving, slowly, but it’s moving…’ Gaiman said. ’Guillermo del Toro is executive producing, which is a wonderful thing… and I’m actually planning on going out to Prague very, very soon to do some stuff with Guillermo on ‘Death.’ I think it definitely seems like it’s going to happen.’
Death: The High Cost of Living involves a teenager named Sexton who’s been contemplating suicide. He is rescued by a mysterious teenager who claims she is Death herself, spending one day every 100 years on earth to learn the value of the lives she takes. Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia, Transformers) is rumoured to be in contention for the role of Sexton.
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According to ComingSoon.net, Disney has set 2009 release dates for two of its tentpole pictures - the third Narnia film and the video game adaptation Prince of Persia.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will open in theaters May 1, 2009. It is currently rumoured that Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough, Enigma) will take over the directing duties from Andrew Adamson on the film.
Meanwhile, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will make its cinematic bow two months later on July 10, 2009. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing, with Michael Bay (Transformers) a rumoured candidate for the director’s chair.
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Sin City graphic novel creator and movie adaptation co-director Frank Miller spoke to MTV about the delay of Sin City 2 and expressed his confidence that he would eventually film Sin City 3 aswell.
‘There was just some problems above us that I don’t understand… that I don’t really want to understand,’ Miller said matter of factly about studio delays in pre-production. None of this should bother fans though, as Miller expects not only to film part two, but also a Sin City 3. That film would concentrate on Miller’s To Hell and Back, the story of a hallucinating artist named Wallace. Miller is apprently eyeing Johnny Depp for the role.
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Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D. Moore apparently let slip to Collider.com that he is currently penning a sequel to the Will Smith starrer I, Robot.
Moore remained silent though when questioned about story details. He did, however, allude to the film’s budget and the price tag he was writing for, all of which can be seen in a two part video interview at this link.
The 2004 Alex Proyas film was an adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov.
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Die Hard director John McTiernan is set to helm the the Las Vegas action thriller High Stakes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Written by Ronnie Christensen, the story revolves around two friends who find themselves in over their heads when they realize they are the living collateral of a high-stakes bet. The movie is scheduled to begin shooting this autumn in Shreveport, La., and Las Vegas.
McTiernan’s other credits include Die Hard: With a Vengeance, The Thomas Crown Affair and, most recently, the John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson starrer Basic.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.