Fantasy

Hasbro lining up top talent for film adaptations including Brian Grazer producing Stretch Armstrong, Gore Verbinski directing Clue, Michal Bay helming Ouija and Ridley Scott directing Monopoly

Universal and Hasbro jointly announced that the first feature film to be released under Universal and Hasbro’s six-year partnership, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. They also announced Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure ….

Here’s the first image of Jim Carrey as a miserly animated Ebenezer Scrooge

Disney has released the first image of Jim Carrey in the upcoming Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Carrey stars as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in the upcoming film, a multi-sensory film re-envisioned by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. Capturing the essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event, Disney’s A Christmas ….

Guillermo Del Toro joins guest list of Fangoria fest in NYC

Fangoria announced today that superstar director/producer/writer Guillermo Del Toro has joined the guest list headlining the upcoming Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors, which is slashing its way back into New York City on June 5 to 7, 2009 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Guillermo’s incredible work includes directing Hellboy I & II, Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade ….

Clash of the Titans begins lensing today for Warner Bros.

Principal photography will began today (April 27th) on Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ epic action adventure Clash of the Titans, being directed by The Incredible Hulk’s Louis Leterrier. The film stars Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation, the upcoming Avatar) and Academy Award nominees Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler’s List) and Ralph Fiennes (the Harry Potter films, The ….

Quantum actress to play demi-goddess in Clash of the Titans remake

According to Empire magazine, Gemma Arterton – who recently appeared in Quantum of Solace – is attached to play a demi-goddess in Louis Leterrier’s (Transporter 2, The Incredible Hulk) upcoming remake of Clash of the Titans. According to the actress, the new fantasy film differs from the 1981 Harry Hamlin original. “Obviously the story is ….

Amanda Seyfried may take a Sucker Punch for Zack Snyder

Mamma Mia! star Amanda Seyfried is currently negotiating to star in the lead role of Babydoll in Zack Snyder’s action fantasy film Sucker Punch, along with Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Snyder is also producing with his partner and wife Deborah Snyder. Sucker Punch is ….