Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen to discuss action filmmaking at NAB con in Vegas

Rob Cohen, director and producer of numerous blockbuster films including The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, XXX and The Fast and the Furious, will be a keynote speaker at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a morning session on Tuesday, April 21, Cohen will look at the role of action in motion ….

Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell in talks for Iron Man 2

Variety reports that Mickey Rourke, who is currently enjoying success from his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, is in negotiations to play the main baddie in the upcoming Iron Man sequel, which Jon Favreau starts shooting this spring. Sam Rockwell (Frost/Nixon, Choke) is also in talks to play another villain in the film, which ….

Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard in upcoming Iron Man sequel

Don Cheadle will be replacing actor Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, the upcoming sequel from Marvel Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Howard played Jim Rhodes in Iron Man, Tony Stark’s best friend and soon-to-be metal-framed superhero War Machine. The story says Marvel had no comment about the switch, but hinted that negotiations with ….

Ocean’s 13 Synopsis

Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist—to defend one of their own. But they’re going to need more than luck on their side to break The Bank. Ruthless casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) never imagined that the odds were ….

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 ….