Day: September 22, 2006

The Good Shepherd Exclusive Trailer Premiere

What do you get when you put Academy Award Winner Robert DeNiro behind the camera of a spy thriller, starring himself, along with other Academy Award Winners Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, Joe Pesci and Academy Award Nominee Alec Baldwin, and super-duper actors Billy Crudup, Michael Gambonand John Turturro? You get The Good Shepherd. What else are movie theaters made for? If not quality like ….

Flags of Our Fathers Trailer

Academy Award-winner Clint Eastwood adapts James Bradley and Ron Powers’ book Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima for this tale about a man who discovers that his father was one of the six men who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima. With a screenplay by William Broyles Jr., who wrote Jarhead, The Polar Express, and Entrapment) andPaul Haggis, writer and director of Crash (and yes, a ….

Brad Pitt to Star in Next Mission Impossible?

According to The Post Chronicle Newspaper’s online edition, Brad Pitt has been tapped to REINVENT theMission: Impossible franchise’s fortunes by replacing Tom Cruise in the fourth installment. Cruise, who played agent Ethan Hunt in the action films, was axed by Paramount last month, on August 6, following Mission: Impossible III’s less-than-stellar box office and his “unacceptable conduct” off screen. Now Pitt, action ….

More I Am Legend Info

I had reported casting news on Will Smith’s I Am Legend project, and their filming in New York City and the outer boroughs of the island (See Story). Well, Ain’t It Cool News has gotten more great info about the project, from a New Yorker who has seen the flyers from the production company, and they’re going to be filming in ….

Angelina Jolie to be in Atlas Shrugged

According to Variety, Angelina Jolie is going to star in a film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged for Lionsgate films. The novel is a three part story, with the two sections following Dagny Taggart (to be played by Jolie), a no-nonsense railroad executive, and her attempt to keep her company alive despite repeated encroachment by a society falling toward collectivism, ….

Jackie Chan Upcoming Projects (And is Jean-Claude Van Damme in Rush Hour 3?)

Jackie Chan is as busy as ever, having recently agreed to reprise his role as Chief Inspector Lee in the upcoming Rush Hour 3. In the meantime, Chan has a new action-comedy, which recently premered in China, called Bo bui gai wak, a.k.a. Rob-B-Hood. The film, starring Jackie Chan and another popular Hong Kong actor Louis Koo, tells the story of three ….

Animation Vet Tony Leondis to Direct Igor

Award-winning animation veteran Tony Leondis has been attached to direct Exodus Film Group’s CG-animated feature comedy Igor, announced Exodus’ president John D. Eraklis. Leondis’ credits include Disney’s Home on the Range, DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado, and DisneyToon Studios’ Kronk’s New Groove and Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch. A playfully irreverent comedy which brings a new twist to the ….

A New Stranger Than Fction Trailer and Casino Royale in Another Format

Below are links to the NEW trailer for Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell’s upcoming comedy about an IRS auditor (Ferrell) who suddenly finds himself the subject of narration that only he can hear. Narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work, to his love life. See the trailer for Stranger Than Fiction, at the links below. ….