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Brad Pitt to Star in World War Z
JosephNews ChatIt's been a while since we heard anything from Max Brooks's World War Z camp, but Comic Con changes all things. Author Brooks announced this morning that Brad Pitt is officially set to star in the...
Aronofsky’s Black Swan to Open Venice Film Festival
JosephNews ChatIt's been confirmed that Darren Aronofsky's next film, ballet-themed psychological thriller Black Swan will debut in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival Indie Wire reports: Darren ...
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Poster
JosephNews ChatThanks to Comic-Con, we've got our first poster for Gruillermo Del Toro's newest project, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, which will feature Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes, and Bailee Madison directed by ...
Branagh to play Olivier in My Week With Marilyn
JosephNews ChatKenneth Branagh might have his first relevant year in nearly a decade. Once he completes directing Thor Branagh will immediately play (in)famous shekespearian actor of stage and screen Lawrence O...
First Picture of Reynolds as Green Lantern
JosephNews ChatThe cover of next week's Entertainment Weekly will feature the first official picture of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern, which made its way online today along with some tidbits on the making of the fi...
Trailer for It’s Kind of a Funny Story
JosephNews ChatYahoo has a trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story, the new comedy/drama starring Zach Galifianakis, Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham, Viola Davis, and Jim Gaffigan. Looks like peopl...
First Picture From Thor, Now in 3D
JosephNews ChatThis morning Marvel Studios released a photo from Thor showing Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom Hiddleston in Asgardian battle attire. The photograph accompanied an official announcement that...
Dwayne Johnson Joins “Fast Five”
JosephNews ChatGearheads and fans of screwball comedy rejoice, former professional wrestler and all-around funny strong man Dwayne Johnson has joined the fast of the fifth Fast and Furious movie. Dark Horizons Re...
Sequel and Spin-offs for Despicable Me
JosephNews ChatAfter some considerable box office success, Despicable Me already has a sequel and spin-off shorts in the works. Deadline reports: The film was made for $69 million with little or no gross out the...
Caleb Landry Jones Joins X Men: First Class
JosephNews ChatMore casting news from the X Men: First Class camp. Relative unknown Caleb Landry Jones will play Banshee in the Matthew-Vaughn directed prequel to the film franchise. Deadline reports:Newcomer C...
Rumors of James Bond’s Demise: Greatly Exaggerated
JosephNews ChatYesterday, the cancellation of James Bond 23 was the talk of the internet. Apparently the blogosphere is mistaken and Bond will, in fact be returning to theaters as portrayed by Daniel Craig and direc...
Meryl Streep to Play Margaret Thatcher
JosephNews ChatPhyllida Lloyd, the director of Mama Mia!, is trying her hand with politics after fumbling with Scandinavian pop music. She's putting together a movie called Iron Lady about (in)famous British Prime M...
Scream 4 Has Been Rewritten
JosephNews ChatI was hoping this would not happen, but I can't say I'm surprised. Scream 4's script has been given a rewrite by Ehren Kruger. Supposedly, the new rewrite is radical enough that it resulted in the dep...
Fox Will Bring Us The Martian Chronicles
JosephNews ChatAn adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic short story collection The Martian Chronicles is making its way to the big screen courtesy of 20th Century Fox. Geeks of Doom reports:John Davis, in associat...
Lake Bell Leaves Scream 4 Days Before Shooting Begins
JosephNews ChatJust a few days before shooting was set to begin, Lake Bell has left the long-awaited fourth installment in Wes Craven's Scream series. According to JoBlo:Just four days before filming was set to b...
Red Trailer Released
JosephNews ChatI've been waiting for this for a long time. Yahoo has just released the first trailer for Red, an action comedy about retired CIA agents causing mischief and mayhem based on the graphic novels of the...
Cronenberg’s Next Project is a Black Hole Love Story
JosephNews ChatPsychological thriller and body horror master mind David Cronenberg's next film will be an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel As She Crawled Across the Table. The plot revolves around a love triang...
Pinto and Lithgow Join Rise of the Apes
JosephNews ChatJohn Lithgow and Freida Pinto have joined James Franco in 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes. Cinematical reports:As Peter Hall reported last month, Franco is playing t...
Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides Story Details
JosephNews ChatDisney has just posted some interesting details on Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides via a press release. Comingsoon.net has posted the details. Beware, there may be spoilers below Accord...
First Trailer for Romanek’s Never Let Me Go
JosephNews ChatApple has released the trailer for Mark Romanek's second feature film, and adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go. Jo Blo gives us some background:While Romanek has had a number of p...
Liman Courted to Direct All You Need Is Kill
JosephNews ChatAccording to Heat Vision, Doug Liman is being courted to direct a film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's graphic novel All You Need Is Kill for Warner Brothers. This may mean bad news for WB's adapta...
Writers Attached to The Monster Squad
JosephNews ChatAccording to Heat Vision cousins Mark and Brian Gunn are attached to write Paramount's remake of 1980's cult classic The Monster Squad. Heat Vision reorients us to the original:The 1987 original, w...
Spielberg Casts Eddie Redmayne in Warhorse
JosephNews ChatAccording to Screen Rant the lead in Steven Spielberg's next film, War Horse, is a young British man with a background in indie film, Eddie Redmayne Screenrant reports:War Horse tells the story of ...
The First Trailer for Disney’s Tangled
JosephNews ChatCollider has just posted the trailer for Disney's next stab at parental wallets: Tangled, a comedy-oriented take on the Rapunzel story. What's most interesting about it is how oriented it is toward...
Three New TV Spots for Inception
JosephNews ChatThings are beginning to really amp in the Nolan camp as the ad campaign for Inception prepares for its July 16th release. Warner Bros. has released three TV spots for the film, which have made their w...
Transformers 3 Shoot Distrupted by the US Government
JosephNews ChatThe shooting schedule for Transformers 3 has changed recently due to the National Park Service. Bay had planned to shoot an explosion-heavy sequence on Pennsylvania Avenue before governmental authorit...
Voltron Found Dead this Morning
JosephNews ChatNobody saw this one coming, right? according to WorstPreviews plans for a Voltron film have been aborted in favor of re-invigorating the franchise elsewhere. WorstPreviews reports:For the last coup...
First Pictures of Darabont’s Walking Dead
JosephNews ChatI was only recently informed about Frank "the Shawshank Redeemer" Darabont's AMC adaptation of The Walking Dead. This isn't precisely film news, but it's just the kind of thing you readers love to see...
Thor Concept Art Leaked
JosephNews ChatRight now somebody at Marvel is either very excited about 2011 or very fired. thanks to Empire online and Collider we now have images of Thor's concept art as well. According to Collider:Thor's get...
Hesher Still Called Hesher
JosephNews ChatSpencer Susser's Hesher, an angst-ridden teenage drama starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt that made a splash at Sundance, will retain its original title for nationwide distribution. Thi...
Dustin Lance Black to Write and Direct 3 Story
JosephNews ChatDustin Lance Black, the talented and academy award-winning screenwriter of Milk, has been signed on to write and direct 3 Story. Based on the graphic novel by Matt Kindt, 3 Story will revolve around t...
John Hillcoat to Remake Melville Thriller
JosephNews ChatWe were under the impression that John Hillcoat (The Road) was planning a film called The Revenant with Christian Bale set to star. The Film Stage disagrees; they announced earlier that Hillcoat’s n...
Lionsgate Release Alpha and Omega Trailer
JosephNews ChatLionsgate are dipping their toes into the Pixar-dominated animated children's film market. Today they released the trailer for their first animated film starring Hayden Panetierre and Justin Long; Alp...
New Jonah Hex Trailer Online
JosephNews ChatA new trailer for Josh Brolin's supernatural westerner Jonah Hex is Online. Screen Crave has the trailer and this to say:The film centers on a disfigured gunman (Brolin) who travels through the Old...
Lionsgate to Bring Pick-up Artists Onscreen with The Game
JosephNews ChatAccording to JoBlo.com Lionsgate plans to adapt The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists into a movie. The book, by Neil Strauss, details the perks and dangers of the seduction commu...
Mark L. Smith to write Hillcoat’s The Revenant
JosephNews ChatScreenwriter Mark L. Smith will pen The Revenant, John Hillcoat's next feature film. Collider reports: During an interview, writer Mark L. Smith (Vacancy) revealed that he had been tapped to pen th...
Woody Allen Announces Midnight In Paris Cast
JosephNews ChatWoody Allen has announced the cast for his next film after You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, Midnight in Paris. The film will star Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel Mc...
Ray Liotta to Star Alongside 50 Cent
JosephNews ChatRay Liotta will join the cast of rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's newest film project, a sports film titled Things Fall Apart. The story centers around Fiddy's character, a college football player wh...
