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The casting for “Ender’s Game” continues to heat up. Ben Kingsley is the latest actor to be courted for the upcoming sci-fi adaptation. A new report suggests he’ll be playing Mazer Rackham in the flick. Heat Vision says that Kingsley is in talks to play “a legendary war hero presumed to be long dead.” That’s…
Director Tomas Alfredson‘s last film was the unorthodox vampire story “Let the Right One In,” a title that would also fit Alfredson’s new film, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” This adaptation of the famous John le Carré novel is set in the world of British Intelligence circa the 1970s, but it’s less about espionage than it…
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, it’s no surprise that “The Dark Knight Rises” is heading to IMAX theaters with a bevy of footage native to the ginormous format. Now we have a little more information about exactly how much of the running time will be dedicated to IMAX, and it’s a doozy. At…
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson first got noticed in the United States with his film “Let the Right One In,” a brilliant and boldly original take on the vampire genre (the film was remade, not quite as brilliantly or boldly originally, as “Let Me In” — you can read Alfredson’s thoughts on that film here). He’s…
It’s easy to argue that the “Saw” franchise is the biggest horror film series of our generation. The seventh installment, “Saw 3D” was released in 2010 and promised to be the last in the series, but we never really expected that to last. This past year was the first time Lionsgate didn’t release a new…
Though Benicio Del Toro might be out for “Star Trek 2,” director J.J. Abrams is working quickly to replace him with another strong Latino actor. A new report suggests that “Carlos” star Édgar Ramírez is the front-runner for the villain role, while Jori Molla from “Colombiana” is also a possibility. Variety is reporting that Ramírez…
Not only is “Top Gun 2″ actually in the process of being developed right now, it also has Tom Cruise‘s backing. The actor has been making media rounds promoting his upcoming flick “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” and during an interview MTV News asked him about his commitment to the project. It turns out that…
This is easily the strangest story of the week. Strangest, but not impossible, apparently. Indian newspaper Firstpost published a story Sunday called “Tom Kaun? Junior artists paid Rs 150 to play screaming fans of Tom Cruise at airport!” The gist? That the 200 people who showed up at Mumbai Airport to greet Tom Cruise as…
With Hollywood turning more of its attention to the world of graphic novels for inspiration, I’ll cast the spotlight on a new comic book each week that has the potential to pack a theater or keep you glued to your television screens. At the end of some “Adapt This” columns, you’ll also find thoughts from…
While the trailer for Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” may be coming out around Christmas, you’ll have to wait a little longer to add some cooking to your cosplay. Eater is reporting that Tolkein scholar Astrid Tuttle Winegar has signed a deal to pen a “Lord of the Rings” inspired cookbook beguiling titled, “A Hobbit’s Cookbook:…
After several starts and stops, it looks like production on “The Lone Ranger” is finally ready to go full steam ahead. Disney has officially green lit the film to go into production, and that means all the major cast members are coming back to the project. Deadline is reporting that the film’s major players like…
They’re back! The Stooges! Moe! Larry! Curly! Snooki! Wait, Snooki? Here’s the first teaser for “The Three Stooges.” Just watch. And here’s the IMDb plot synopsis: “While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.” A reality show…
Comedy is the hardest thing to pull off, despite what the Academy Awards would have you believe. If you want proof of that, think of how painful it is to watch an attempt at comedy that isn’t actually funny. If a drama’s not that good, and can still get a cheeky enjoyability by how seriously…
Well, that didn’t last long. Less than two months after she was announced as director, Patty Jenkins has exited “Thor 2.” According to Deadline, Jenkins’ departure had to do with “creative differences,” but the split hasn’t left her on bad terms with Marvel. In fact, the “Monster” and “The Killing” director will likely still end…
Via io9, this hilariously cheesy music video. I literally can’t stop myself from watching this over and over. I’m up to six times now. I’m starting to think this thing is like the video from “The Ring,” and the only way to escape its destructively addictive grasp is to pass it along to someone else…
Great news, “Transformers” fans! The man who brought the robots in disguise to the live-action big screen is in final discussions to helm the fourth installment of the franchise. Sources close to Michael Bay say an official announcement could come as early as next week. Those sources caution Vulture that Bay and Paramount do “not…
With the simultaneous release of Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and Michael Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” in the past two weeks, audiences are discovering a whole world of entertainment that preceded the panoramic, 3D, stereoscopic experience they currently talk and text through: silent film. Apparently, for more than the first 30 years of filmmaking’s existence, Hollywood actually made…
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” isn’t pulling any punches. It’s a film that occurs after 9/11 about a family personally affected by 9/11 in a post-9/11 world. It’s going to be emotional, it’s going to be sappy, and it’s probably going to make you cry. With that out of the way, it’s fair to say…
I’ve heard of fights at weddings, but this is ridiculous. Filmmaker Ian Palmer was hired to shoot a wedding between members of what are called Irish Traveller clans, nomadic families notorious for their longstanding feuds with other Traveller clans. Palmer shot the wedding and was quickly invited to film a bare knuckle boxing match between…
Perhaps you remember my Movie Theater Etiquette Manifesto and Petition which I published earlier this summer. Perhaps you remember its second bullet point, which followed a call for patrons to shut their mouths when the movie’s playing. It was “Turn Off Your Cell Phone When the Movie Starts.” That means no answering calls on your…
Just about every film at Sundance is a world premiere. So why is there a “Premieres” section, and how is it different than the Competition or the Spotlight or the New Frontiers or the NEXT or…okay, I think that’s all of them. Sundance describes Premieres as “a showcase of some of the most highly anticipated…
Depending upon the outcome of the Occupy Wall Street protests occurring across the nation, we’ll likely see Hollywood’s take on the 99 percent’s uprising at some point in the near future. But while films like “The Dark Knight Rises” considered attempting to tap into the civil unrest, at least one upcoming indie has already been…
It looks like the rumors mill might have gotten it backwards yesterday when news hit the web that Benicio Del Toro would not be playing Khan in “Star Trek 2.” Originally we assumed that when director J.J. Abrams said the Khan rumor was “not true,” he meant it was because the beloved “Trek” character would…
After many years of putting it on the back-burner, Martin Scorsese has finally committed to his planned adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel “Silence.” It has been rumored that he would follow up his hit film “Hugo” with an adaptation of Joe Nesbo’s thriller novel “The Snowman,” or “The Irishman” and “The Gambler,” but in a…
How loyal is Tim Burton’s frequent collaborator Danny Elfman? Enough that he’d drop out of one of the most high-profile projects of the year to help finish the enigmatic director’s upcoming “Dark Shadows.” With that film and “Men in Black III” filling his plate, Variety reports that those scheduling conflicts have caused Elfman to ankle…
