Leonardo DiCaprio to star in the sci-fi action thriller Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in Inception, the sci-fi thriller that Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan wrote and will direct as his next film, according to Variety. According to the report, Inception will shoot this year and is set to be released in the summer of 2010, with Nolan and Emma Thomas producing. The ….
Slumdog Millionaire coming to DVD and Blu-ray later this month
Slumdog Millionaire, this year’s critical darling about a young boy from the slums of Mumbai who discovers love and fortune, arrives on Blu-ray Disc With Digital Copy and DVD March 31, 2009, from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Garnering top honors at the 2009 Academy Awards including Best Picture – Christian Colson, Best Director – ….
Photo of a scruffy Denzel Washington in the wasteland of Book of Eli
EW.com posted a new photo of Denzel Washington from The Hughes Brothers’ upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller Book of Eli.
New X-Men Origins: Wolverine photos show a gritty, ripped Jackman
XMenFilm.net has posted three exclusive new photos from Hugh Jackman’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is due in theaters on May 1, 2009. Jackman looks ripped and ready for some kind of action. It’s clear this was a photo shoot for the ladies.
Pontypool gives a new spin to the zombie genre – along with a new trailer
Below is the trailer for Pontypool, a psychological thriller about a deadly virus that infects a small Ontario town, and a small radio station whose morning team starts taking reports of extreme, bloody incidents of violence related to the infections. Bruce McDonald (The Tracey Fragments) directs Pontypool, which stars Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle and Georgina ….
Samuel L. Jackson signs a ‘furious’ Marvel deal
Samuel L. Jackson – who just recently was supposedly on the outs with Marvel Studios over reprising his role as Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., has signed a whopping nine-picture deal to play the character in a series of upcoming films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects include Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, ….
Alex Proyas talks Dracula Year Zero and sci-fi epic Tripods
Director Alex Proyas – whose film Knowing is set to open March 20th – recently told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming film adaptation of sci-fi book series The Tripods, is the first of an envisioned trilogy of movies. “We’ve done a draft, we’re basically at the first-draft stage of Tripods, and we’re about to ….
Sean Penn in talks to star in Bourne Identity director’s next thriller
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is officially attached to the thriller Fair Game, which chronicles the outing of former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, who will be portrayed by Naomi Watts, according to Variety. According to the report, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn – who nabbed Best Actor honors last night at the Academy Awards, is ….
Trailer for indie short Beautiful Exposure
I received a message with a trailer for a short-form thriller titled Beautiful Exposure, which follows a depressed photographer that gets back together with his ex girlfriend, who is a model, for one last photo shoot. From the looks of the trailer, it looks like the shoot turns out bad for somebody. Beautiful Exposure was ….
New trailer and poster for international sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer
A new poster and trailer has been released for Alex Rivera’s sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer. Indie distributor Maya Entertainment will release the U.S./Mexico co-production in U.S. theaters this April. The film uses sci-fi elements to deal with issues very relevant in modern society.
Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher look for Five Killers
Katherine Heigl is on board to star opposite Ashton Kutcher in the Lionsgate thriller Five Killers, according to Variety. Robert Luketic is attached to direct ‘Killers’, who recently worked with Heigl on the upcoming romantic comedy The Ugly Truth. The film revolves around a a woman who meets the man of her dreams while vacationing, ….
Mission Impossible writer goes on new mission – two write and direct two novel adaptations for Columbia Pictures
According to Empire Online, David Koepp – who wrote MIssion Impossible and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull – is in talks with Columbia to direct two films for the studio. The first is titled Billionaire’s Vinegar, which is loosely based on a novel by Benjamin Wallace, called The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The ….
Downey, Witherspoon and Wanted director going back in time
Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon and Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov are currently in negotiations to topline (and helm) Warner Bros.’ sci-fi thriller The Days Before, according to an article on Dark Horizons. Chad St. John’s script follows a race of aliens who invade Earth by traveling backward through time and wiping out humanity one day ….
Third Wolverine origins trailer now live (Legends)
The third of three new 60-second ads for X-Men Origins: Wolverine has gone live. The spot is titled Legends, and focuses on Stryker (played by Danny Huston) assembling a team of mutants, including Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), and glimpses of other mutants, including Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and ….
Holly DVD review
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, Holly succeeds in its efforts to stir sufficient emotion to make the viewer ask questions about the inhuman, and sometime brutal world of sex-trafficking. The issue has become a hot topic in the past few ….
