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 ….

First photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds surface

JoBlo has posted two of the first stills from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds. The attached pic features Pitt sporting a nifty little moustache, playing Lt. Aldo Raine, who leads the “Basterds”. He’s a Jew from the mountains of Tennessee, that is known to the German army as Aldo the Apache. The “Basterds” ….

Ennio Morricone in talks to score Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Italian music composer Ennio Morricone, whose resume includes some of the greatest action films of the 1960s through today, including such cult classics as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Clint Eastwood, A Dollar a Head with Burt Reynolds, A Fistful of Dynamite with James Coburn, Night Flight from Moscow with Yul Brynner, ….

Jackson in Quentin Tarantino war film and Last Dragon remake

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Samuel L. Jackson is set to star as yet another bad guy in Columbia Pictures’ remake of Berry Gordy’s 1985 cult classic The Last Dragon. Jackson is taking on the role of Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, originally played by the Julius Carry. Gordy’s son Kerry Gordy and Davis Entertainment ….

Nokia-sponsored web film collaboration hinting at future of grassroots filmmaking?

I was contacted a few days ago with a request that Film Fetish play a prominent role in a Nokia-sponsored, Spike Lee-helmed film premiere that’s taking place in a few weeks. WOM World a Nokia-sponsored blog that covers what’s being said online about Nokia devices and projects Nokia gets involved with. With my affinity towards ….

Kill Bill on Blu-ray this week

From the Academy Award winning writer of Pulp Fiction (Best Original Screenplay, 1994), Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown, comes Quentin Tarantino’’s action-packed Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 to Blu-ray™, on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from Miramax. This also marks the first time this wild cinematic rollercoaster ride of furious action, martial arts mayhem and ….

New interviews and footage from Tarantino and Rodriguez’ Grindhouse

Today Yahoo! Movies posted a brand new interview featurette for the Grindhouse double-feature featuring a lot of new footage from Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’ Planet Terror. Grind House will be presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by the directors. Tarantino’s film is a slasher flick where ….

The People Vs. From Dusk Till Dawn

Defending From Dusk Till Dawn Released:1996 Director: Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, Sin City) Writer: Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2) Cast: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Ernest Liu, Salma Hayek Synopsis: Two cavorting outlaw brothers (Clooney and Tarantino) kidnap a preacher and his two children (Keitel, Lewis, and Liu) ….

Grind House, Hitcher Remake, White Noise 2, Resident Evil 3, More Trailers

Those of you in the New York area, looking to get some extended previews of upcoming genre films, can do so this weekend. Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors is taking place in Secaucus, NJ, and attendees will be able to see previews from the upcoming flicks Saw III, Pan’s Labyrinth, Ghost Rider, Grind House, Skinwalkers, Black Christmas, Wind Chill, ….

Tarantino Finalizes Grindhouse Cast

 Quentin Tarantino has cast Michael Bacall (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Eli Roth (Hostel, Hostel 2)and newcomer Omar Doom in his half of GRINDHOUSE, the highly anticipated double feature he is making with Robert Rodriguez, which will include two films joined by faux ads and trailers. Rodriguez’s movie is called PLANET TERROR, while Tarantino¹s movie is DEATH PROOF, a slasher flick. Bacall, Roth and Doom are cast in DEATH ….