True Blood star suits up for modern western thriller Red Hill
Sherlock Holmes 2 nabs its first Dragon
THR exclusively reports that Swedish star Noomi Rapace, who recently appeared in the first screen adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has booked her first English-language role, as the female lead in Warner Bros.’s Sherlock Holmes 2. The Sherlock Holmes sequel reunites most of the team from the original hit, including Robert Downey ….
New image and poster for thriller Next Three Days
A new one sheet and image has been released for Russell Crowe’s next thriller The Next Three Days, which also stars Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Jonathan Tucker, Brian Dennehy, Lennie James, RZA, Jason Beghe, Moran Atias, Sean Huze, Tamara Gorski, Nazanin Boniadi, Ty Simpkins, Tyrone Giordano and Cristina Aloe. The film hits theaters ….
John Cassavetes’ crime classic Machine Gun McCain comes to Blu-ray
Two new video clips online from part one of the Mesrine crime epic plus angry stills from part two
First trailer for Russell Crowe’s prison escape thriller Next Three Days
Idris Elba seeks indie music tracks for Takers mixtape
Idris Elba just announced on his blog that he’s looking for music to include in the upcoming Takers mixtape. The mixtape will be released in conjunction with the action film Takers, which Elba is also a star. Directions on the actor/musician’s website are to send complete songs to Big Nif at bignif@gmail.com with your contact ….
Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver take on kidnap thriller Cold Light of Day
Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver are set to star with Henry Cavill (The Count of Monte Cristo, Stardust, Tristan + Isolde) in the kidnap thriller The Cold Light of Day, according to HeatVision. Mabrouk El Mechri, who directed the faux Jean-Claude Van Damme documentary JCVD, will helm the movie, with Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy and ….
Sequestro (Kidnapping) trailer now online
Trailer for Ben Affleck crime thriller The Town
First look at Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern plus other characters from the adaptation
Screencrave has posted the Ryan Reynolds cover for next week’s San Diego Comic-Con 2010 issue of Entertainment Weekly. It features Reynolds as the Green Lantern with his mask and power ring at the ready. According to the report, the costume will be completely CGI, which which was gleaned from photos of Reynolds on set wearing ….
Gritty crime thriller Mesrine: Killer Instinct finally gets U.S. release plus new poster and photos
I posted clips for Mesrine a year ago and wondered when, or if, the 2-part crime epic would ever get a U.S. release of any kind. Well it looks like Music Box Films won out, and will release the gritty crime thriller Mesrine – which is actually two movies; Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public ….
Dare Comics to unveil concept art from The Hunter film adaptation at SDCC 2010
Dare Comics is set to unveil concept designs for The Hunter feature film at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 next week, to give fans a sense of how the comic will translate to film. Australian director Shane Abbess, noted for directing feature film Gabriel, has been instrumental in shaping the strong aesthetic. Dare Comics writer and ….
Warner Bros. nabs film adaptation rights to post-war Japanese crime novel
Warner Bros. has nabbed film rights to author David Peace’s Japanese crime thriller, Occupied City, according to RiskyBusiness. Occupied City depicts the shifting perspectives of people involved in the post-war case of Hirasawa Sadamichi who, in 1948, was accused of poisoning and killing a dozen employees in a Tokyo bank, then robbing it.
A new Spider-Man has been chosen for Sony’s 3D reboot film
Young Andrew Garfield (Red Riding, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Lions for Lambs, Boy A) is the new Spider-Man, according to HeatVisionBlog. Garfield has nabbed the lead in Sony’s reboot of its Spider-Man franchise, which is being helmed by (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb. The studio will release the film in 3D on ….
