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
Tim Hill (Alvin
And The Chipmunks) has been hired to direct a remake of
Short Circuit and an adaptation of the book Walter
The Farting Dog.
Mark Ruffalo and Amanda Seyfried are in talks to join the
cast of Now You See Me. The movie is said to
follow FBI agents who are trying to catch a group of bank
robbing illusionists.
Killer Elite has a new
trailer. It features Whitesnake.
Awesome.
Gore Verbinski (Rango) is reportedly close to signing
on to direct a big screen adaptation of the game Clue.
Mark Steven Johnson (When In Rome) will direct
Autobahn, which is about an ex-racecar driver who has to
deliver a package in 90 minutes in order to save his family.
Hopefully The Sitter turns out to be a fun one.
Here's the
trailer.
Laurence Fishburne has signed on to play Perry White, the
Daily Planet's Chief Editor, in Man Of Steel.
Zack Snyder (Sucker Punch) has replaced Niels Arden
Oplev (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as the
director of The Last Photograph. Christian Bale
and Sean Penn are reportedly still set to star in the movie
about two men traveling through Afghanistan because of a
picture.
Coppola's Twixt now has a
trailer. Sort of. The movie
looks weird.
Die Hard 5, which is said to be taking place in
Russia, reportedly has a short list of directors that
includes: Joe Cornish (Attack The Block), Justin Lin
(Fast Five), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) and
John Moore (Max Payne).
Cameron Crowe recently said he'd be interested in doing a
sequel to Say Anything.
Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon will star in
Mud. The movie is said to follow a criminal who strikes
up a relationship with a young boy.
Not sure what to think about the
trailer for The Darkest Hour.
David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises) may direct an
adaptation of As She Climbed Across The Table.
The book is said to follow a love triangle between a man, a
woman and a lab-created black hole.
The
trailer for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
is intense. Watch it.
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven) has been spotted
directing the second unit for Hunger Games. The
film's director, Gary Ross, reportedly brought him in to
help make the March release date.
Brian Kirk (Game Of Thrones) is said to be in talks
to direct Thor 2.
Ben Foster will play John Gotti Jr. in Gotti: In The
Shadow Of My Father.
Who wants some drama!? Here's the
trailer for Like Crazy.
Russell Brand has been offered the lead male role in Diablo
Cody's directorial debut Lamb Of God. The movie
is said to follow a woman who moves to Las Vegas to live the
life of a sinner. Brand would play a bartender.
Image Of The Week:
The poster for Drive.
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