Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro talking to Scorsese about starring in Silence

Martin Scorsese is negotiating with Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star in his next film directing effort, titled Silence, according to Variety. Gael Garcia Bernal is also attached to the film, which is scheduled to begin production in late 2009 in New Zealand. Silence is set in the 17th century, and ….

Bond creator and British spy Ian Fleming to get biopic treatment

Writer John Orloff, who scripted the acclaimed terrorism drama A Mighty Heart, has been hired to ink the screenplay for the film Fleming, a biopic about the exploits of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company is producing the movie at Warner Bros. The film will look at ….

Scribe ready for live action Ninja Scroll movie

One of my all time favorite Japanese anime films is getting the big-screen, blockbuster treatment from Warners’. I love anime, but especially love the more adult-oriented stories, with purposeful violence. The kid’s stuff well…that’s for kids. According to the report by The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Tse, who wrote the Watchmen adaptation, as well as the ….

James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted

James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, pales ….

Body of Lies film details

Genre: Espionage Thriller Release date: October 10 Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Screenplay by William Monahan Based on the novel by David Ignatius Producers: Ridley Scott, Donald De Line Executive Producers: Michael Costigan, Charles J.D. Schlissel Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon McBurney Synopsis Based on ….

Better Quality Blood Diamond Trailer Online

A better quality Blood Diamond trailer has made it’s way online, over at Apple. You can find the higher quality trailer in multiple sizes RIGHT HERE In the Ed Zwick-directed film, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a South African mercenary who teams with a fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) and an American journalist (Jennifer Connelly) to track down an elusive diamond. Blood Diamond opens December 15.

Blood Diamond International Trailer

From Edward Zwick, director of The Last Samurai, comes Blood Diamond, a film set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990s Sierra Leone. Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in ….

Martin Scorsese’s Departed Trailer

Martin Scorsese’s new film can’t come too fast for me. I am a huge fan of the source material (The Infernal Affairs trilogy) and of both Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. Here’s a brief synopsis of The Departed: Two men are sent undercover within the Boston Police department and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and ….

Andy Lau Directing Richard Gere in Thriller

Andy Lau, director of the seminal Infernal Affairs trilogy, as well as Bullets of Love, and Young and Dangerous, is directing Richard Gere and Claire Danes in a film called The Flock. The psychological thriller revolves around a hyper-vigilant agent (played by Gere) and his female protégé (Claire Danes),who must track down a missing girl. Working against the clock they unravel the twisted details to track the potential killer. ….

Pitt Attacks Zombie Book Deal

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Productions has beaten out Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions in a bidding war over the upcoming zombie horror novel by Max Brooks called World War Z. Plan B and Paramount Pictures won the rights to the story, which tackles the zombie genre, and is set 10 years after a global epidemic. It’s being described ….