Thrillers

Full trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra features sword-wielding ninjas, metal-eviscerating bombs and guns – lots of guns

Allocine has posted the full trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the Stephen Sommers-directed adaptation based on the Hasbro toyline. The upcoming film stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid. The trailer debuts in theaters ….

Bruce Willis up for mob pic Scarpa, video game adaptation Kane & Lynch, and a bunch of other action films

Bruce Willis is currently in discussions to appear in three new action films, including a thriller titled Inventory, an espionage film called Red and the mob biopic Scarpa, according to The Risky Business Blog. In Red, the actor would play a former black-ops agent now in retirement, who’s forced back into action when a high-tech ….

New shots and storyboards from Terminator Salvation

Sci-Fi Wire has posted an exclusive behind-the-scenes image and storyboards from Terminator Salvation, which opens May 21st. The new images include storyboards and a new set image, as depicted in the Terminator Salvation: The Movie Companion book, due in stores on May 1, 2009. The storyboards illustrate key action from the initial attack by a ….

Denzel Washington and Tony Scott may be Unstoppable

Denzel Washington is in talks to top-line the thriller Unstoppable, which Tony Scott is directing for Fox this fall, according to Variety. Washington would play an experienced engineer who boards an unmanned locomotive with a young conductor, to chase down a runaway train carrying a cache of combustible liquids and poisonous gas. Mark Bomback (Live ….

Tempe, Arizona wins hometown premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Tempe, Arizona’s residents, schools, businesses, and a major cinema emporium are pulling out all the stops to prepare for the World Premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, on April 27, at Harkins Temple Marketplace 16. The Tempe Hometown Premiere will have all the trappings of a mega-Hollywood event including red carpet arrivals, klieg lights, screaming fans, ….

Rodriguez directing Predators, Machete, Sin City 2, Nervewrackers and live-action Jetsons at home in Austin

IESB today confirmed a previously reported story by Bloody-Disgusting, that Sin City director Robert Rodriguez will reboot the Predator franchise for Fox. The new film is titled Predators, and Rodriguez will apparently direct and produce the new project. He discussed Predators and other high-profile projects he’s developing at a news conference earlier today at Troublemaker ….

Indie action film Damages gets additional financing

Production services provider Affinity Mediaworks announced recently that it has completed a production financing agreement with Insight Film Studios to provide support financing for the film Damage starring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. The bare-knuckles fight film is directed by Jeff King and also stars Walton Goggins (The Shield), Laura Vandervort (Smallville) and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar ….

30 Days of Night director taking on third Twilight film titled Eclipse

According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Slade, who directed 30 Days of Night, is attached to helm Eclipse, the third adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight series of books. Summit Entertainment has just signed Slade to the project, which is expected to hit theaters on June 30th, 2010. Twilight and New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, ….

Third Da Vinci Code being prepped before release of Angels and Demons?

While fans await the May 15th Columbia Pictures’ release of Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons, Variety reports the studio is already working on the third pic in the franchise. Author Dan Brown announced that his next installment in the Da Vinci Code series will be The Lost Symbol, which Doubleday will publish on September 15, ….