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!
Simon Pegg will
star in Hector And The Search For Happiness. I
will let you guess what the movie is about.
Mark Wahlberg may star in The Disciple Program.
The film is said to follow a man trying to solve the mystery
of his wife's death.
Lionsgate/Summit are looking at possibly bringing in Ryan
Reynolds to star in a Highlander reboot.
Duncan Jones (Moon) is reportedly set to direct a biopic on James
Bond creator Ian Fleming.
Daniel Radcliffe is said to be interested in joining the
cast of Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.
Hampton Fancher, who wrote the original Blade Runner,
has been hired to pen the sequel for Ridley Scott.
Alex Proyas will direct Gods Of Egypt for Summit.
No word yet on an exact plot.
Liam Neeson will star in A Walk Amongst The Tombstones.
The film will follow Neeson around as he beats up a slew of
bad guys.
James Badge Dale (24) has landed a role in Iron
Man 3. The part is rumored to be that of the
character Eric Savin, who is also known as Coldblood.
John Woo is set to direct Day Of The Beast, which is
a remake of Youth Of The Beast. The original
dealt with the dealings of the Yakuza.
Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) has been hired to write
the sequel to Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Aaron Sorkin will adapt Steve Jobs for Sony.
Jay Roach is set to direct El Presidente. The
movie is said to be about a secret service agent that has to
protect a sleazy former president. Tom Cruise and
Robert Downey Jr. are said to be the frontrunners to star.
Channing Tatum will star in Roland Emmerich's White House
Down.
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, and Peter Dinklage will star in
The Angriest Man In Brooklyn. It will reportedly
center around a doctor trying to find a patient that he
mistakenly told only had 90 minutes to live.
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