Archive for March, 2009
Brand New Terminator Salvation Hi-Res Pics
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Check out the latest hi-res pics for the sci-fi action film “Terminator Salvation.”
Set in post-apocalyptic 2018 the film picks up the story of hero John Connor, played by Bale. The rebel leader has a personal vendetta with the Terminators who killed his mother (originally played by Linda Hamilton) and his father. And he is the man fated to be the leader of the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators.
And the future he was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past.
The film which will be released on May 22nd 2009 stars Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood and Common.
Leonardo DiCaprio Is No “Button Man”?!
Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly set his sights on the comic book movie “Button Man,” Production Weekly claims DiCaprio will star in the film as hitman Harry Exton.
Contrary to this reports trickling through the web today, representatives of Leonardo DiCaprio and DreamWorks Pictures confirm that the Revolutionary Road star is not set to star in DreamWorks’ “Button Man.”
“Button Man” is based on a “2000 AD” graphic novel of the same name by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson. The movie will reportedly be adapted from the first installment, subtitled “The Killing Game.”
Hers is the plot synopsis from “2000 AD”:
“Harry Exton is a professional killer — a former soldier, he left the military to offer his services as a mercenary in various Third World engagements, But soldiers-for-hire were a dying breed and the work was drying up. So Harry returned to England, and civvy street. Until a friend tells him about The Killing Game. Modern-day gladiatorial contests – man against man, usually to the death. A game of murder played for high stakes. The games are arranged by mysterious backers known as the ‘Voices’; disembodied voices on the other end of a telephone, telling you where to go to, who to meet. A player can either become very rich or very dead, very quickly. Harry decides to become a player. A Button Man. For a professional killer like Harry, the rewards are plentiful – but once the game begins, will he be able to walk away?”
Emily Browning Stars In Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch
Emily Browning has replaced Amanda Seyfried in Zack Snyder’s next movie “Sucker Punch.” Seyfried wasn’t able to take on the role due to a scheduling conflict.
Browning, the Australian actress who can next be seen in horror film “The Uninvited,” will take on the lead role of Baby Doll, an insane asylum inmate who loses herself in a fantasy world where she dreams about escaping with her fellow inmates. So, Snyder likes to call the project “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns“.
“Sucker Punch” is set in 1950’s and follows a girl who is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before she is deflowered by a vile man.
The action-fantasy film is the first project at Snyder’s new production company Cruel and Unusual Films. Snyder will co-write it with Steve Shibuya, from his own short story, and produce with his wife Deborah Snyder.
“Sucker Punch” which also stars Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood, and Emma Stone is set to be released October 8, 2010.
Drag Me to Hell First Poster
Alison Lohman, who replaced “Juno” star Ellen Page in the cast, now stars as Christine Brown in Sam Raimi’s new movie “Drag Me to Hell.”
Guys over at ShockTillYouDrop premiered the first poster for “Drag Me to Hell” featuring Alison Lohman (White Oleander (opposite Michelle Pfeiffer), Matchstick Men, Big Fish, Beowulf and Things We Lost in the Fire).
Written by Sam and Ivan Raimi, “Drag Me to Hell” centers on a loan officer (Lohman) who is ordered to evict an old woman from her home and soon finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a psychic to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
Hitting theaters May 29, 2009 the film also stars Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer and Dileep Rao.
Jamie Campbell-Bower Joins New Moon
15-year-old Dakota Fanning, confirmed to take the part of Jane, has some company in the Volturi clan for “New Moon.”
British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has been cast as Volturi leader Caius for the upcoming “Twilight” sequel. This casting news comes after the revelation of the wolf pack.
The 20-year-old actor who has appeared in “Sweeney Todd” and “RockNRolla” confirmed his casting to BBC News, saying being involved in the movie is “very exciting.”
“You’re the first people I’ve told. Shooting has already started, and I’m going over in June. I hadn’t read the books before,” he said.
“But it’s a great thing to be a part of, and it did very well last year.”
Campbell-Bower will work alongside heartthrob Robert Pattinson but doubts he will get the same reception.
“I doubt I’ll get the same sort of adulation as Robert, but it’s always nice when people recognize you for your work.”
Star Trek Sequel In The Works
Before JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” premiere on May 8, 2009, Paramount studio, so confident in success of the movie, is already moving forward with a sequel.
Screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and “Lost” producer and writer Damon Lindelof will pen the screenplay.
J.J. Abrams is onboard to produce the follow-up alongside Bryan Burk but no decision has been made yet on whether Abrams will return behind the camera for the sequel.
Story is still in the early stage but Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof will wait to hear from the fans before deciding which way to go next. They are aiming to deliver their script by Christmas for what would likely be a summer 2011 release.
“There’s obviously a lot of hubris involved in signing on to write a sequel of a movie that hasn’t even come out yet. But we’re so excited about the first one that we wanted to proceed.”
“Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month. With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We’ll be ambitious about what we’ll do,”
said Damon Lindelof.
Scorsese’s Shutter Island Teaser
Guys over at RopeOfSilicon give us our first look at a peice of teaser art from the pages of the Berliner Zeitung newspaper for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming thriller “Shutter Island.” The film is Laeta Kalogridis‘ adaptation of the Dennis Lehane’s novel.
The film takes place on a small island in Massachusetts’ Outer Harbor, where U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner (Ruffalo) are sent to find a murderous patient Rachel Solando who escaped from the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
“Shutter Island” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Teddy Daniels), Mark Ruffalo (Chuck Aule), Ben Kingsley (Dr. John Cawley), Michelle Williams (Dolores Chanal), Emily Mortimer (Rachel Solando), and Jackie Earle Haley (George Noyce) is scheduled to hit theaters on October 2nd, 2009.
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