Movie News
Game of Thrones Kit Harington Joins THE SEVENTH SON
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow, has landed his next role before has found his feet back in production on the HBO series.
With production on Warner Bros. Arthur and Lancelot being put on hold due to budgetary issues, Harington has joined Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander in the cast of the fantasy film The Seventh Son, formerly known as The Spook’s Apprentice.
O’Connell and Englert Take Lead Roles in BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
Here’s what we know about a big screen adaptation of another popular young adult book series titled Beautiful Creatures, written by Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl. As you might know Oscar nominated Viola Davis was cast last week and now comes word that Jack O’Connell (Skins, This is England, Harry Brown) and relatively newcomer Alice Englert (The Water Diary) will star as the two teenage lovers – a local boy, Ethan Wate and a ‘mysterious new girl who possesses some type of supernatural power and who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town’ Lena Duchannes, respectively.
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Corbijn’s A MOST WANTED MAN
It seems like a new adaptation of John Le Care’s work has landed an A-list lead as Control director Anton Corbijn is looking to cast Philip Seymour Hoffman in his modern day thriller A Most Wanted Man, adapted from le Care’s 2008 novel.
Magnolia Takes US Rights to Kevin Macdonald’s MARLEY
Finally something official about this project! Folks from Magnolia Pictures announced today they have acquired US rights to Marley, a documentary about legendary musician Bob Marley.
We already wrote about this project, so I’m sure you know that it comes from director Kevin Macdonald, it’s produced by Steve Bing and Charles Steel and executive produced by Bob’s son Ziggy Marley and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.
Robert Rodriguez’ MACHETE KILLS Starts Filming This April?
All Machete fans out there are going to love this news: the sequel is definitely coming, and it looks that director Robert Rodriguez wants to begin filming this April!
At this moment we know that the title of the second film in a planned trilogy is Machete Kills, and of course we all expect to see the leading star, Danny Trejo back in the business!
Amy Adams in AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY
It looks that Amy Adams is quite serious about her next project, an adaptation of Steve Martin‘s novel An Object of Beauty.
Not only she’s now set to star as the lead in the whole thing but she will also produce the movie.
Alcon Entertainment Opposed Harrison Ford Blade Runner Rumors
Rumors that Harrison Ford is in talks to star in Ridley Scott‘s new Untitled Blade Runner Project are ‘patently false,’ the film’s producers have said.
Fans of the 1982 sci-fi classic were thrilled about the news that Harrison was in early talks to reprise his role as hunter Rick Deckard. But the film’s producers, who are teaming up with Ridley Scott for the reboot, told Deadline:
Mendelsohn Boards the Cast of Anne Fontaine’s THE GRANDMOTHERS
Animal Kingdom star Ben Mendelsohn along with model turned actress Sophie Lowe, Aussie TV actor Gary Sweet and newcomer Jessica Tovey has come aboard The Grandmothers film, which already stars Robin Wright-Penn, Naomi Watts, James Frecheville and Xavier Samuel.
Eli Roth Stars in His Earthquake Thriller AFTERSHOCK with Selena Gomez
With the success of low-budget genre films like Chronicle and The Last Exorcism, these movies are becoming a license to enjoy monetary success. The earthquake thriller Aftershock, which Hostel director Eli Roth co-wrote with Latin-American filmmakers Nicolas Lopez and Guillermo Amoedo is one of those films.
