| Minnesota Journalist was on Hand for the Real Big Miracle |
In Big Miracle, a small-town reporter (John Krasinski) and an environmentalist (Drew Barrymore) start a international coalition to rescue a pod of three gray whales trapped under ice off the coast of Alaska. In 1988, Minnesota reporter Jason Davis was on location in Alaska and reported on the rescue mission as it was happening.
Updated: 12:55 PM
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| Battleship Super Bowl TV Spot Preview |
The Super Bowl is only one day away and to make sure you stay tuned during the commercial breaks to see the new TV spots that movie studios are shelling out big bucks to televise during the game, previews of the TV spots have been popping up online all week. So far, we've gotten sneak peeks at the TV spots for The Avengers, John Carter, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and the new Sacha Baron Cohen comedy, The Dictator. Now, a preview of the new TV spot for director Peter Berg's (Hancock) board game-turned-action movie Battleship has been released via Fandango that reveals that Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, and Rihanna will not only have to fight off giant Transformers-style killer robots, but human-sized Terminator-esque robots, as well.
Updated: 11:36 AM
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| New Photos of Daniel "James Bond" Craig on the Set of Skyfall |
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The first official still image of Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd movie based on the the classic British spy created by Ian Fleming, was released online only days ago and now more than a dozen "spy" photos of Craig on the set of the movie also have turned up online.
Updated: 11:08 AM
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| Jane Levy Replaces Lily Collins in Evil Dead |
Well, that was fast. Just yesterday, Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) was cast as the male lead in the upcoming Evil Dead remake, and now the female lead has been filled as well.
Updated: 11:03 AM
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| Russell Crowe Sought for Darren Aronofsky's Noah and Joe Carnahan's Death Wish; RoboCop Rumor Denied |
Russell Crowe seems to be up for every role available lately. Already set to play Inspector Javert in The King's Speech director Tom Hooper's musical version of Les Miserables starting this month, Crow was recently cast in Winter's Tale, which will serve as the directorial debut for Academy Award–winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind). Crowe could add yet another project that would team the actor with Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky.
Updated: 10:54 AM
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| New Snow White and the Huntsman Photos of Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron |
Universal has already revealed the first trailer and a sneak peek at their upcoming, live-action Snow White adaptation, Snow White and the Huntsman. While there's still plenty to be revealed about the movie, lately the studio has been content releasing new photos from the movie, most recently with a photo of Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman, which also offered the first look at the group of dwarves in the movie.
Updated: 10:05 AM
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| Director Ridley Scott to Direct Cormac McCarthy's The Counselor |
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Director Ridley Scott is getting closer to figuring out what he will direct after completing Prometheus, the quasi-prequel to his 1979 classic Alien. Scott is attached to several projects, including a sequel (or prequel) to his other sci-fi classic, 1982's Blade Runner, which producer Andrew Kosove revealed last December was "moving forward aggressively in development." However, Scott could team with author Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road) instead.
Updated: 02:16 PM
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| Portland Man Jailed for Lightsaber Attack |
A Portland, Oregon, man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a psychiatric evaluation after he was arrested at a Toys "R" Us for attacking customers with a pair of toy lightsabers. Police subdued David Allen Canterbury, 33, the would-be Sith Lord, after he entered the toy store and retrieved two plastic lightsabers and proceeded to attack customers in the parking lot.
Updated: 01:00 PM
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| Viola Davis Cast in Ender's Game and Beautiful Creatures |
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Viola Davis (Doubt) has had a pretty good 2012 so far, receiving a SAG Award over the weekend for her role in The Help, which has also earned the actress an Academy Award nomination. Now, she can add two more movies to her resume.
Updated: 12:52 PM
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| The Dictator Launches Republic of Wadiya Website |
In Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen put the real-life country of Kazakhstan on the map. Now he's hoping to do the same for the fictional Republic of Wadiya in the upcoming The Dictator.
Updated: 11:25 AM
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| Shiloh Fernandez Joins Evil Dead Remake |
Late last month, the Evil Dead reboot lost its first and only cast member in Lily Collins (Abduction, the upcoming Mirror, Mirror), who reportedly dropped out due to a "scheduling issue." Perhaps the latest casting will stick, as Variety reports that Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) has been cast as the male lead in the movie, which was reportedly a highly sought after role by young actors.
Updated: 11:02 AM
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| Insidious 2 Headed for a 2013 Release |
Considering the micro-budget horror movie Insidious turned out to be the most profitable movie of 2011 — the movie was made for $1.5 million and earned $97 million worldwide — it comes as no surprise that FilmDistrict would like to turn the movie into a franchise. What is surprising is that it has taken this long to get confirmation that a sequel is in the works. Producer Jason Blum said last year that director James Wan (Saw movies) would only consider making a sequel if screenwriter Leigh Whannell came up "with a story that's inventive" and "worth making." Well, apparently he has because THR reports Wan and Whannell are currently "in talks" with the studio about Insidious 2, and that the movie will likely go into production this year, aimed at a 2013 release.
Updated: 10:07 AM
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| Gary Oldman in Talks for Revenge Thriller Motor City |
For years, actor Gary Oldman was the go-to guy for movie villainy, turning in memorable performances in Bram Stoker's Dracula (creep-adelic Count Dracula), True Romance (skeevy pimp Drexl Spivey), and The Professional (psycho cop Norman Stansfield). After a brief hiatus from acting in the early '00s, Oldman returned as a kinder, gentler version of himself, taking on good guy roles in major movie franchises like the Harry Potter series (Harry's godfather, Sirius Black) and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy (Bat-buddy James Gordon).
Updated: 09:52 AM
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| Sam Worthington Gawks and Rosamund Pike Slays in New Still Images from Wrath of the Titans |
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The first still images from the Jonathan Liebesman-directed sequel to Clash of the Titans have turned up online and — surprise, surprise — they primarily feature Sam Worthington as Perseus, the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) and hero of the first movie. However, while Worthington is featured in two of the three images, he looks far less heroic than when we last saw him. In fact, it's actually a ripped-up Rosamund Pike as the warrior Queen Andromeda who looks like the real badass of this movie.
Updated: 09:40 AM
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| First Still Image from New Riddick Movie Reveals a Battered and Bloodied Vin Diesel |
Who needs a P.R. department when you're Vin-freaking-Diesel, right? That seems to be Diesel's thought regarding the currently-in-production sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick that he is starring in and producing.
Updated: 09:36 AM
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| Back to the Future Possibly Getting Musical Reboot |
Marty McFly may be on his way to the Broadway stage.
Updated: 05:00 PM
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| Jane Goldman Discusses Whether She Will Write the X-Men: First Class Sequel |
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After a long period of silence, 20th Century Fox is moving quickly on the expected sequel to X-Men: First Class. First Class producer and 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand screenwriter Simon Kinberg was hired to write the sequel in November, and earlier this week, Fox officially hired back director Matthew Vaughn. THR reports that the rest of the cast is confirmed to return as well, including James McAvoy, who played Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X, and Michael Fassbender, who played Erik Lensherr, a.k.a. Magneto. Of course, this comes as little surprise since McAvoy has already revealed in November that he was contractually obligated to return, stating "if Fox decides we're doing it, then I don't have a choice," while Fassbender revealed earlier this month that he is actually signed "for two options," meaning two sequels.
Updated: 03:47 PM
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