Spy and Espionage

More info on the Get Smart movie

Filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ comedy Get Smart, starring Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada). Inspired by characters from the classic television series Get Smart, the film stars Carell as secret agent Maxwell Smart; Hathaway as his partner, Agent 99; Dwayne The Rock ….

Release dates/synopses for Hotel Transylvania, Tonight He Comes, Bond 22 and more

Sony has sent along an updated release schedule, starting from this Friday, right up through 2009. Some familiar titles and some new material, including the animated Hotel Transylvania, about a group of classic monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Werewolf, who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now ….

Breach Trailer

Breach is based on the true story of FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for the Soviets. Young FBI upstart Eric O’Neill (played by Ryan Phillippe) is promoted to a job inside FBI headquarters working for Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Then O’Neill learns his true mission; finding proof that Hanssen has been selling American secrets to the Soviet Union for years. Breach hits ….

The Good Shepherd Exclusive Trailer Premiere

What do you get when you put Academy Award Winner Robert DeNiro behind the camera of a spy thriller, starring himself, along with other Academy Award Winners Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, Joe Pesci and Academy Award Nominee Alec Baldwin, and super-duper actors Billy Crudup, Michael Gambonand John Turturro? You get The Good Shepherd. What else are movie theaters made for? If not quality like ….

Brad Pitt to Star in Next Mission Impossible?

According to The Post Chronicle Newspaper’s online edition, Brad Pitt has been tapped to REINVENT theMission: Impossible franchise’s fortunes by replacing Tom Cruise in the fourth installment. Cruise, who played agent Ethan Hunt in the action films, was axed by Paramount last month, on August 6, following Mission: Impossible III’s less-than-stellar box office and his “unacceptable conduct” off screen. Now Pitt, action ….

Move Over Bond

Rider… Alex Rider, makes his swashbuckling first appearance on film on October 6, 2006. The spy thriller Operation Stormbreaker, looks like a fun rider, too. The new trailer has been released online and adds to its credibility as a family-friendly, action-adventure. Check out the new trailer RIGHT HERE

NEW Casino Royale Trailer Hits Net

What a rush. Every time I see a trailer for a solid-looking action film. The new trailer will probably hit theaters today, probably attached to The Covenant or Hollywoodland. But it’s already hit the net. It’s much more bang for your buck, than the first trailer, and also spills some plotline elements. Casino Royale hits theaters on November 17, 2006, ….

What’s Next For Daniel Craig

After Daniel Craig completes his first Bond assignment in Casino Royale, he’ll tackle the role of Lord Asriel in New Line Cinema’s “The Golden Compass,” the highly anticipated adaptation of the first installment in author Philip Pullman’s bestselling “His Dark Materials” trilogy. The film is scheduled for a Sept. 4 production start in the UK. Craig, who will star as James Bond in the upcoming “Casino ….

Update Cinemas, Not Just Shows

So why didn’t Mission Impossible III live up to the hype. I don’t believe it was hype at all. I think Mission Impossible III fell victim to the same problems as many quality films released today. As film-goers become more saavy, and jaded by bad filmmaking, good films are being mistaken for “just another action movie”. People see explosions ….

Casino Royale film trailer

Bond’s blonde amibition seems to be taking hold, as the trailer for Casino Royale hits the net. I would bet my secret decoder ring the trailer will be attached to a release or two this weekend (MI:III perhaps). For now, sink you teeth into this kinetic, very different looking trailer for the new James Bond flick,Casino Royale. CLICK HERE FOR ….

Kidman and Kinberg Team Up for Spy Thriller

Screenwriter Simon Kinberg and Nicole Kidman are teaming up on a spy thriller for Fox and Regency Enterprises, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The as yet untitled project is described as being in the vein of The Bourne Identity, but with a female protagonist. Kinberg will pen the script, Nicole Kidman will star, and Jonathan King will produce. Other upcoming projects for Kidman include The Visiting, where she plays ….

New Mission Impossible 3 Photos

We have posted over 30 new images from Mission Impossible 3, certain to be one of the biggest films of this year. There’s a great shot of Maggie Qabout to kick ass, with a rifle bigger than she is. M:I 3 is directed by J.J. Abrams, from a screenplay written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci andJ.J. Abrams, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. The ….

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 ….