Time for
your weekly notable news update! Below you'll find a
slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what's
been going on over the past week in movieland. If
something leaves you desperate for more info then my advice
is to do a little extra research on one or all of the
following fantastic sites:
Latino Review,
Dark Horizons,
Ain't It Cool News,
CHUD and/or
JoBlo. Now, read on!
Movie News
Rundown
Because
everyone didn't already totally know, Casey Affleck
confessed that he and Joaquin Phoenix fabricated I'm
Still Here.
Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale will star in Contraband.
The movie is a remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam, an
Icelandic film about a man who gets sucked back in to a life
of crime.
Now that the Harry Potter series is coming to an end,
Warner Bros. is rumored to be getting ready to really push
its DC Comics characters onto the big screen.
See the trailer for The Fighter
here. Looks solid.
Danny Trejo and Erin Cummings (Bitch Slap) will star
in Tarantula. The movie follows a woman who is
struggling to break away from a biker gang so that she can
start a new life.
It's been confirmed that Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as
Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biopic that's based on the
Queen frontman.
Ron Perlman has joined the cast of Drive. The
film stars Ryan Gosling as a stuntman who also moonlights as
a getaway driver.
The Tourist has a
trailer. Kind of nice to see Johnny
Depp in something other than an elaborate costume.
Malin Akerman (Watchmen) and Lauren Ambrose (Six
Feet Under) will appear in Wanderlust with Paul
Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. The movie follows a couple
who are forced to move from New York City to a hippie
commune in Atlanta.
Russell Crowe has reportedly agreed to co-star in RZA's
The Man With The Iron Fist. No word yet on exactly
why he decided to do this.
Check out Vince Vaughn and Kevin James in the
trailer for The Dilemma.
Seems very bland.
Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Town) is being rumored
as a possible new Superman.
Sandra Bullock is said to be the next preferred choice for
Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity if Natalie Portman turns
down the lead female role.
Warner Bros. is reportedly putting together a live
action Pinocchio.
There's a new
trailer for Tangled. It does
not make the movie look better.
Jennifer Garner will star in The Odd Life Of Timothy
Green and Chemistry. The former follows a
couple and the relationship with their child prodigy, and
the latter is about a woman who introduces a bored man to
the pleasures of prescription drugs.
Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick Ass) is putting the
pen down to direct Miracle Park. The plot
centers around some daring animal activists who accidentally
come across a secret base owned by the US government.
Casino Jack continues to look like a good time.
See the trailer
here.
Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch will star in Killer
Joe, which is about two siblings who decide to kill off
their mother for insurance money.
Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence
Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, John Hawkes, Chin Han,
Josie Ho, Demetri Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Bryan Cranston and
Elliott Gould will all star in Steven Soderbergh's
Contagion. The movie follows a variety of
characters (obviously) after a virus breaks out.
Due Date has a new
trailer. The movie still looks
hilarious.
Mickey Rourke will star in Ice Man: Confession Of A Mafia
Killer. The film will tell the true story of
convicted murderer/assassin Richard "The Ice Man" Kuklinski.
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