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 of
scheduling issues that are keeping him from doing a
re-shoot, Liam Neeson's cameo in The Hangover: Part II
will reportedly not make the final cut of the film.
Hesher is going to be crazy and awesome. Here's
the
trailer.
Josh Pence has joined the cast of The Dark Knight Rises.
You didn't actually see him in the film, but he essentially
played the Winklevoss twins with Arnie Hammer in The
Social Network.
Jessica Biel is said to be interested in a part in the
Total Recall remake.
You're going to need a snuggle buddy for Crazy, Stupid,
Love. Check out the
trailer.
Newcomer Tim Miller will reportedly direct the Deadpool
movie. Miller has previously done FX work on
Daredevil and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.
Sylvester Stallone has supposedly changed his mind and will
now direct Expendables 2.
Melancholia looks like a trip. Check out the
trailer.
In addition to his cartoon The Governator, Arnold
Schwarzenegger is said to be looking at two films. One
is called Last Stand and follows a sheriff trying to
stop the leader of a drug cartel. The other is titled
The Tomb and is said to be about an engineer who gets
wrongly convicted of a crime and then gets put in a prison
he designed.
An Invisible Sign does not look good. Here's
the
trailer.
Javier Bardem is said to have landed the lead role in Ron
Howard's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.
Andy Serkis will be the 2nd Unit Director for The Hobbit
movies.
"We've All Been Played" This line alone makes me not
want to see Anonymous. Here's the
trailer.
Hugh Jackman is said to be interested in joining the cast of
Snow White And The Huntsman.
Keanu Reeves recently said that he's about six weeks out
from seeing the first draft of Bill And Ted 3.
Will and Jaden Smith are set to star in M. Night Shyamalan's
new movie. It doesn't seem to have a title yet, but
the plot is said to follow a boy trying to navigate an
abandoned Earth in an effort to save his father.
Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right) and Liam
Hemsworth (The Last Song) have joined the cast of
The Hunger Games. The former will play Peeta
Mellark, and the latter will portray Gale Hawthorne.
Warrior seems to be the only kind of awesome that a sports
flick can be. Here's the
trailer.
Due to scheduling issues, Zack Galifianakis has left RIPD.
Ryan Reynolds is still set to star.
Ben Affleck is said to be considering a part in Baz
Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. However, if does
agree to join the film, he would not be able to direct
Argo.
There's a rumor floating around that Duncan Jones (Source
Code, Moon) has been contacted about directing
The Wolverine.
Tobey Maguire has joined Ang Lee's adaptation of the Life
Of Pi.
The 300 prequel will no longer be called Xerxes.
No word yet on what the new title will be.
Snowtown looks pretty good. Check out the
trailer.
- John Laird
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