Crime

H.I.V.E. For Criminal Education Goes to Big Screen

Paramount has nabbed the rights to the young-adult novel H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden, for a film that will be produced by Lynda Obst, Variety reported. The title stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, which is a school where kids with extremely high criminal tendencies are educated to become super-villains. Lida Obst is also producing the film Can You Keep a Secret?, which Kate Hudson may star in.

Rogue Gets Moving

Production is about to begin on Rogue, the screenplay Lionsgate acquired in January, written by Lee Anthony Smith and Gregory J. Bradley, with Jet Li and Jason Statham to star and music video director Philip G. Atwell set to direct with Cory Yuen as the Martial Arts Action designer. Filming will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Here’s the plot: After his partner is killed by “Rogue” (Li), the infamous assassin ….

Ocean’s 12 Plus 1 is Ocean’s 13

Warner Bros. announced yesterday that George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon will star in Ocean’s 13, the third installment in their crime/comedy franchise about a gang of crooks. The rest of the cast, including Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould, will also most likely return. Joining the cast of the new film, will be Ellen Barkin. The story revolves around ….

Inside Man Preview

Four people dressed in painters’ outfits march into the busy lobby of Manhattan Trust and place the bank under a surgically planned siege. The 50 patrons and staff become unwitting pawns in an airtight heist. NYPD hostage negotiators Detectives Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are dispatched to the scene with orders to establish contact with ….

Spacey and Luketic Go to Vegas

The Book Standard reports that the planned adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s bestselling nonfiction book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a.k.a 21, is moving forward once again in development. Director Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde) is in negotiations to steer the Columbia film. 21 revolves around a group of young men who become experts ….

The Brick Trailer

Brick revolves around a teenage loner dives into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. The cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Meagan Good, Lukas Haas, Lost’s Emilie de Ravin (recently seen in The Hills Have Eyes remake), Nora Zehetner, Noah Segan and Noah Fleiss. Focus Features is releasing Brick on March 31, 2006 in New York and Los Angeles, ….

Basic Instinct 2 Info

To start with, the web site for Basic Instinct 2 has launched. More sex, lies, beaver and blood. Sounds perfect. The film stars Sharon Stone and David Morrissey, and hits theaters on March 31, 2005. We have a page dedicated to the film, where you can see the trailer, find out the plot line, see photos (hopefully of beaver, if she ….

V for Film Clip

Moviefone has an exclusive clip from the Wachowski Brother’s V for Vendetta. In an alternate future, Britain has lost World War III, and a murderous totalitarian regime reigns. Only a masked terrorist known as V (played by The Matrix’ Hugo Weaving) and young Evey (Star War’s Natalie Portman) have the balls to start a revolution. ….

Domino film synopsis

Smart. Daring. Defiant and dangerous. As well as beautiful. This is Domino Harvey and this is her real life story…well, sort of. The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey, and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn, Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) was born into a life of wealth and privilege – a lifestyle that ….

Vendetta Pushed Back to 2006

“The V For Vendetta story was written in the late 80’s and takes place in a society in an alternate world and the recent events in London does not affect this scenario. At first, we wanted to release the movie in November but the principal shooting was finished just a few weeks ago and considering ….