Tim Burton’s latest collaboration with Disney, the animated comedy Frankenweenie, has finally had its first poster released via Facebook and it’s nothing shy of what we expected.
Bullying is a hot issue these days and director Lee Hirsch is capitalizing on that trend in his new documentary Bully. His inspirational film about the realities of bullying of adolescents was made with the hope that when students saw it, they would have a change of heart.
A couple of weeks back, it was announced that Ridley Scott had attached himself to The Counselor, an original script by the acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy with Michael Fassbender circling the lead role. Well Deadline now confirms for us that Fassbender has landed the lead role in the picture, which is set to go before cameras on May 1st.
Last year it was announced that Sydney would follow in the footsteps of Paris and New York to do an anthology in the vein Paris, je t’aime and New York, I Love You. THR have now announced that the project that it will in-fact get underway this year and it will be called Sydney Unplugged.
As expected, the R-rated Wanderlust previews have been watered down, with Universal holding back on the real raunchy stuff. That all changed though as a new red band trailer features more than just a scantily clad Jennifer Aniston. It showcases most of the supporting cast from Role Models barely covered as well.
Gael Garcia Bernal has been cast as the new Zorro in Fox’s upcoming reboot of the vigilante tale, Zorro Reborn. The Mexican actor’s portrayal of Zorro will that of an anti-hero and a revenge-seeking rebel, as opposed to earlier versions of the character that presented him as the protagonist.
For some time now there have been rumblings regarding a sequel to 2007′s I Am Legend and now, we finally have confirmation that Warner Bros. is moving ahead with it and it will likely be starring Will Smith. Deadline tells us that Warner Bros. has hired up-and-comer Arash Amel to pen the film’s initial draft. Better yet, the film is being set up to allow Will Smith to reprise his role as Robert Neville, if he so chooses.
News for Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming hunt for Osama Bin Laden film has been swirling. The latest casting addition, according to Deadline, is that of actor Kyle Chandler, who you may know from Friday Night Lights and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8.
The Playlist (via Screen Daily) have reported that Michael Fassbender has signed on to star in a new film titled Irish Myths, which Fassbender is developing with Public Enemies writer Ronan Bennett, who is penning the project.
Writer/producer Simon Kinberg recently spoke out about the sequel to X-Men: First Class, sharing ideas that the team has for the film. Now that director Matthew Vaughn is on board to direct, pre-production isn’t too far off and ideas are starting to take shape.