Movie News
Billy Connolly Completes THE HOBBIT Cast as Dwarf Warrior
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly will play a pugnacious dwarf warrior Dain Ironfoot in Peter Jackson‘s upcoming The Hobbit movie.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead to Star in THE DARKNESS
Mary Elizabeth Winstead has signed on to star in the upcoming psychological thriller The Darkness.
The movie comes from The Last Exorcism helmer Daniel Stamm and at this moment we know that the whole thing is actually loosely based on the Henry James novel Turn of the Screw.
Tom Felton to Play Elizabeth Olsen’s Spoiled Husband in THERESE RAQUIN
After frightening Daniel Radcliffe for years, during eight Harry Potter movies, Tom Felton moved on to frighten the poor apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and it seems Elizabeth Olsen would be the next target in a big-screen version of Therese Raquin.
Goodman Joins Baseball Drama TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE
Though it is intriguing they are casting in order of appearance Clint Eastwood first signed on to the baseball drama Trouble with the Curve. After that, Amy Adams quickly replaced Sandra Bullock as Eastwood’s estranged daughter and recently Justin Timberlake was set to star in his first drama since David Fincher’s The Social Network as a former pitcher and current scout who takes a liking to Adams.
Natalie Portman Joins the Casts of Terrence Malick’s KNIGHT OF CUPS and LAWLESS
After a year, the post-baby hiatus is over: Deadline reports Natalie Portman has set up two back-to-back projects with the same director, none other than Terrence Malick, starting with Knight of Cups this summer and then Lawless this fall.
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson Will Star in Shawn Levy’s INTERNS
Reel Steel helmer Shawn Levy is on board to direct the upcoming comedy titled Interns but that’s probably not the biggest thing about this project. Wondering why?
Simply because Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson (yes, well-known Wedding Crashers duo) will star in it!
Jason Statham in Brian De Palma’s HEAT
William Goldman‘s novel Heat is getting a new adaptation. And this time Burt Reynolds will have nothing to do with it.
But Jason Statham will star and Brian De Palma will direct the action film which tells the story of a tough recovering gambling addict who makes his living providing protection in the rough edges of the gambling world. Are we talking about a remake? Hell, yeah!
Denzel Washington Joins Mark Wahlberg in 2 GUNS
This could be interesting. Denzel Washington is apparently in talks to join previously announced Mark Wahlberg for the upcoming action thriller 2 Guns.
Baltasar Kormakur will direct this project from a screenplay written by Blake Masters, and we’re actually talking about an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name written by Steven Grant.
Karate Kid Sequel Gets a New Writer
Zak Penn is a screenwriter who made it big fast. He cut his teeth on the X-Men sequels and has now been tapped to do a rewrite on untitled The Karate Kid sequel, despite original thought that the screenplay would be written by the writers of Kung Fu Panda, Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris.
