Things are about to get nasty Clearly Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are going all out to make sure no one forgets that Sin City follow-up A Dame To Kill For will be hitting our cinemas hard later this year. The latest front in the film’s visual assault is a series of character posters spread among IGN , EW , IMDB , MTV and Fandango . {Sin City: A Dame To Kill For character posters} Front...
Exploring the life of the legendary critic The world lost a titan of film criticism last year when Roger Ebert finally lost his life to the cancer that had taken his lower jaw. Hoop Dreams director Steve James and a team of Ebert’s closest acquaintances have put together Life Itself , a documentary that explores his life and his impact on the world of cinema and beyond. The new trailer for the...
Jonathan Demme's new film Robert Redford is currently taking A Walk In The Woods (for his long-planned adaptation of Bill Bryson’s book, not just a quick wander), but a potential new film could see him shoulder the mantle of an evangelical minister. Jonathan Demme is looking to secure Redford’s services for Come Sunday . The film, which was originally called Heretics back in 2010 when...
He'll replace Guy Pearce in the Johnny Depp drama Depending on which report you read, the crime drama based on the real life tale of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger is either still named Black Mass or has returned to untitled status. Still, whatever it ends up as, the film is in production now, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Adam Scott as the latest additions . Cumberbatch is actually replacing Guy...
JK Simmons is the music teacher from hell... Damien Chazelle’s Coming of age – or perhaps, given the subject matter, it should be drumming of age – music film Whiplash already has plenty of positive buzz about it thanks to a multiple award-winning appearance at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Now, to help spread the word further, Sony has put a clip online. Whiplash...
Tate Taylor gives James Brown the biopic treatment James Brown biopic Get On Up already has one trailer out there . And while this second promo for Tate Taylor’s film borrows some of the footage, there’s enough new material here to get more of a feel for the movie. Take a look over at Apple . The Help 's director has recruited some of the cast from that film to assist in telling this story,...
He'll be tightrope walking with Joseph Gordon-Levitt Usually found being funny in Parks And Recreation or any number of film guest star appearances, Ben Schwartz is planning something slightly different for his next role. He’s set to join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Robert Zemeckis’ next project, the Philippe Petit movie working titled To Reach The Clouds . Whether the finished film retains...
Jennifer Aniston's in trouble... Though the world lost crime writer Elmore Leonard last year, his legacy lives on via adaptations of his work. The latest to arrive on the big screen is a version of his 1978 novel The Switch, which, thanks to the presence of a previous Jennifer Aniston film bearing that name, is now called Life Of Crime . The story finds criminals Ordell Robbie (Yaslin Bay) and Louis...
Something's lurking in the treeline... Short film and music video prodigy Corin Hardy is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut feature The Woods at Roger Corman's old studio in Galway, so now seems like a good time to debut the film's first poster. The Irish folk horror stars Joseph Mawle (Game Of Thrones) and Bojana Novakovic ( Edge Of Darkness ), with Michael McElhatton ( Shadow Dancer...
Tom Hanks still attached to star As if the true-life, untitled Cold War tale about a downed U2 plane didn’t have enough high-profile talent circling with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg interested, it will now benefit from the attentions a couple of very well known writers: Joel and Ethan Coen have been hired to write a new draft . Matt Charman wrote the original version of the story, which...
JK Simmons is the music teacher from hell... Damien Chazelle’s coming-of-age – or perhaps, given the subject matter, it should be drumming-of-age – music film Whiplash already has plenty of positive buzz about it thanks to a multiple award-winning appearance at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Now, to help spread the word further, Sony has put a clip online. Whiplash...
The Help director Tate Taylor brings us the Godfather Of Soul James Brown biopic Get On Up already has one trailer out there . While this second promo for Tate Taylor’s film borrows some of the footage, there’s enough new material here to get more of a feel for the movie. Take a look over at Apple . The Help 's director has recruited some of the cast from that film to assist in telling...
He tightrope walk with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Reach The Clouds Usually found being funny in Parks And Recreation or any number of film guest star appearances, Ben Schwartz is planning something slightly different for his next role. He’s set to join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Robert Zemeckis’ next project, the Philippe Petit movie working titled To Reach The Clouds . Whether the finished...
Jennifer Aniston's in trouble... Though the world lost crime writer Elmore Leonard last year, his legacy lives on via adaptations of his work. The latest to arrive on the big screen is a version of his 1978 novel The Switch, which, thanks to the fact that lead Jennifer Aniston already made a film of that name, is now called Life Of Crime . The story finds criminals Ordell Robbie (Yaslin Bay) and Louis...
This time it's war for The Artist's director For his follow-up to breakout international hit The Artist , director Michel Hazanavicius has chosen a project that could not be more different. Chechen war drama The Search does, however, once again star Berenice Bejo, with support this time from Annette Bening. Tying in with its debut at Cannes, the first trailer has just arrived. The Search takes as...
There's something out there... A new name to watch out for in the independent horror world, one-man-band Matthieu Ratthe has just unveiled his found-footage debut feature The Gracefield Incident in the form of this not-quite-safe-for-work trailer. Ratthe drummed up the financing, wrote, produced, and directed the film, from a studio he built in his parents' basement. Budding indie filmmakers take...
Something's lurking in the treeline... Short film and music video prodigy Corin Hardy is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut feature The Woods at Roger Corman's old studio in Galway, so now seems like a good time to debut the film's first poster. The Irish folk horror stars Joseph Mawle (Game Of Thrones) and Bojana Novakovic ( Edge Of Darkness ), with Michael McElhatton ( Shadow Dancer...
And the cinematographer will be one S. Soderbergh... Though he’s been happy to confirm for a while that he’s working on a sequel to hit stripper pic Magic Mike , currently called Magic Mike XXL , Channing Tatum has largely stayed quiet about the plot. All that has changed, however, and from the sounds of it, the new movie will live up to that size-does-matter title, though not quite in...
The actor promises a 'really intelligent' re-imagining J.K. Simmons is in Cannes at the moment with Whiplash , a film that already had a warm reception at Sundance and for which there's a new clip online here . But when we spoke to him about that, we asked a few questions about one of his upcoming roles, in 2015's Terminator: Genesis . “I was leery of it when it first came my way, when...
Has the Cannes Guru cooked the Baby Goose? Ryan Gosling’s directing debut, Lost River , became the biggest non-stunt media event of the festival so far. The excitement was palpable, and queues began forming for its 2pm premiere a full 90 minutes before, with crowds stretching for hundreds of yards in all directions. Afterwards, however, there were quite a few puzzled faces; Lost River , formerly...