The first image from Iron Man 2
USA Today has posted the first image from director Jon Favreau’s upcoming Iron Man sequel. The new film started shooting three weeks ago and opens May 7, 2010. According to reports, Iron Man 2 takes place six months after Stark revealed his identity as Iron Man.
The Soloist film review
Here’s a review of the new Jamie Foxx/Robert Downey Jr. film The Soloist, by long-time contributor Sir Charles Maye. Ok, so this is pretty tricky. This review is kinda like Lindsay Lohan – it goes both ways, so bear with me. The Soloist is about homeless, Julliard-trained cellist/violinist Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) who’s suffering from ….
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 ….
Zodiac: The Two Disc Extended Director’s Cut Blu-ray review
On January 27th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release an Extended Two-Disc Director’s Cut of David Fincher’s (Se7en, Panic Room) poignant suspense thriller Zodiac on Blu-ray. The film, which quickly became one of the most talked-about and critically-acclaimed movies of 2007, is a triumph of craftsmanship, set design, acting and cinematography, fully stocked with a double-barrel ….
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 ….
Twilight 2 release date and director confirmed
Summit Entertainment has set Friday, November 20, 2009 as the release date for New Moon, the next film in the Twilight teen vampire film series. That’s according to a story by The Hollywood Reporter. Twilight had a huge opening on the November 21st weekend slot this year, and distributors hope a return to that frame ….
Tropic Thunder Blu-ray disc review
Riotously funny comedy Tropic Thunder just arrived on DVD and Blu-ray disc this week. If you weren’t one of our lucky contest winners, this is a must have film anyway. I watched Tropic Thunder in theaters twice. The first time was at a special advanced screening at San Diego Comic-Con in July, at a midnight ….
DreamWorks moves ahead with Motorcade, Cowboys and Aliens, comic adaptation Button Man and much more
Now that DreamWorks is officially an indie again, The Hollywood Reporter writes that the studio has prioritized a number of long-in-development projects. According to the reports, they haven’t greenlit everything, but are in the midst of making deals and finalizing scripts. Below is a partial list of projects that are on the front-burner. Button Man ….
Win one of two Tropic Thunder 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs
On November 18th, will release the outrageous comedy Tropic Thunder on DVD and Blu-ray. Tropic Thunder includes a star-studded cast and this Director’s Cut DVD has enough bonus material to keep you “in the shit” for days. To celebrate the release, Film Fetish has gotten our hands on two of the 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs, ….
Gangster Squad being adapted by Warner Bros.
According to Variety, Warners’ has nabbed the rights to a seven-part series by the L.A. Times, called Tales From the Gangster Squad, and has attached Dan Lin to produce the upcoming film. The series begins coverage in 1946, in a corrupt Los Angeles where gangsters flagrantly engaged in shootouts and drive-by shootings. In response, the ….
Tropic Thunder lands on DVD in November
Tropic Thunder deploys on November 18, 2008 in a Unrated Director’s Cut on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as in a single-disc DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller (Zoolander) and featuring an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda), Danny McBride (Foot Fist Way), Nick Nolte ….
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 ….
Spielberg eyeing British sci-fi novel for feature
In addition to just closing a major deal to go independent from Paramount Studios, DreamWorks has acquired the screen rights to the 1968 sci-fi novel Chocky, by late British science fiction writer John Wyndham, who is famous for writing The Day of the Triffids, which was also adapted in a film in 1962. According to ….
The Soloist film trailer
Robert Downey Jr. plays Steve Lopez, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, who stumbles upon Nathaniel Ayers, played by Jamie Foxx, a gifted and schizophrenic, homeless musician that lives in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, who was a child prodigy, and still dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Joe Wright, who directed last ….
Cowboys and Aliens to feature Iron Man Downey Jr.
Fresh off his success in Marvel’s Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. is negotiating to star in the long-in-development Cowboys and Aliens, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The DreamWorks/Universal co-production is based on a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley. The companies may set Cowboys and Aliens up as a 2010 tentpole ….
