Even more new pics from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
Entertainment Weekly nabbed even more photos from the J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie last night and posted them on their website. The new Star Trek will kick off next summer’s blockbuster season on May 8, 2009, and explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers, and presents a new vision of Star Trek, featuring ….
Road Warrior director and Brad Pitt team up for Odyssey
Brad Pitt turned Homer’s epic poem The Iliad into the 2004 film Troy. Now Warner Bros. is hoping to team Pitt up with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet’s other masterwork, The Odyssey. Their intention is to transfer the tale to a futuristic setting in outer space, if you can believe that. Both Homer poems ….
Italian Job director Gray takes over Citizen film directing duties
The Italian Job director F. Gary Gray is replacing Frank Darabont on the legal thriller Law-Abiding Citizen, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Darabont, who co-wrote the script, recently left the film over creative differences with producers. John Singleton showed interest in the project, but Gray has contracted for the job. Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler ….
Paley Center and SnagFilms team to offer new outlet for doc filmmakers and enthusiasts
The Paley Center for Media, formerly called The Museum of Television & Radio, and SnagFilms announced today a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a leading cultural media institution and an Internet start-up to help documentary producers break down the barriers to reach fresh audiences for their films. Through a shared passion for expanding access to documentaries, the ….
Comic series Sleeper to hit big screen
Writer Brad Ingelsby will pen a script for the film adaptation of the comic book series Sleeper for Warner Bros., reports Screenhead. Originally created by Ed Brubaker, the series told the story of an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact made him impervious to pain. He was also able to pass on his ability ….
Warner Bros. nabs rights to 1990’s serial killer story
Warner Brothers has acquired the film rights to John Leake’s non-fiction book Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer, according to Screenhead. The book told the story of Austrian Jack Unterweger, a journalist who led a double life strangling prostitutes in Vienna and Los Angeles. He used to act on and then cover ….
Viggo Mortensen post-apocalyptic thriller and Kate Winslet Oscar hopeful release dates get dicey
According to The Hollywood Reporter, two highly anticipated films being distributed by The Weinstein Company are in jeopardy of being pushed to 2009. The first, Viggo Mortensen’s dark thriller The Road, which is being shuttled through the Weinstein’s Dimension unit, was originally was prepping for a November 14th 2008 limited opening and a November 26th ….
Hulk may fight The Avengers and a clip from a Captain America fan film?
According to an interview on MTV’s Splash Page, Iron Man writers are throwing around the idea of making The Hulk the villain in the highly anticipated The Avengers epic. According to story, the Iron Man scribes are pushing for The Avengers’ ultimate superhero team to battle a fellow hero, rather than a straight up villain. ….
Seven Pounds official trailer online
The official version of the Seven Pounds trailer is now online. The movie follows Will Smith as he reteams with The Pursuit of Happyness director Gabriele Muccino and co-stars alongside Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson and Michael Ealy in a story centering on a guilt-ridden man (Smith), who is depressed about mistakes from his past, who ….