Steven Soderbergh puts out something like two movies a year, and yet each film is always so distinct from the last one in terms of tone and subject that they still manage to generate endless enthusiasm and speculation. Thus, cinema fans of all stripes should be thrilled to see the new photo from Soderbergh's last film, Behind the Candelabra, in the print edition of Vanity Fair (digital version via IndieWire).
Terrence Malick is a notoriously secretive and enigmatic filmmaker, keeping the plot and details of his films pretty close to the vest. So when we get just a single new image from his latest film, To The Wonder, from IndieWire, that is news in and of itself.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is riding high off of the publicity of his central role in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and as the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. Thus, we are now getting word out of Deadline that Hoffman has signed on to star in A Most Wanted Man, the new film by director Anton Corbijn (Control, The American).
World's End, the newest film from director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) starring his creative partners Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is getting a little more populated. That's the news coming from Variety, who are reporting that fellow-Brit actor Paddy Considine has signed on to the coming comedy.
The sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass is just days away from commencing production, and while most of the roles had been filled there were still some question marks left on the roster. Now, though, Screen Rant is confirming that one of those roles, that of 'The Colonel,' is being filled by none other than Jim Carrey.
Jose Padilha had some things to say about the RoboCop remake recently, but despite his feelings of frustration, he was still adament the movie would be great. Thanks to the news coming out of Deadline that Michael Keaton is joining the film, we now have one more solid reason to think he might be right.
Now that the primary casting is done, it makes sense that the next bit of news we would get from Paramount's Jack Ryan would be a release date. We no longer need wonder when the further adventures of Tom Clancy's cornerstone character will continue, as ComingSoon reports that the film will hit theaters December 25, 2013.
Found footage films are growing into quite the subgenre lately, and the proliferation continues with New Line/Warner Brothers' in-production film from the director of Final Destination 5, Steven Quale. The film, currently shooting in Detroit, will be titled Black Sky, according to ComingSoon, and deals with high schoolers surviving a tornado-creating hurricane.
The news that Joe Carnahan would not be directing the new Daredevil film hit fans of his as a minor let down. Luckily, we may not have to wait long for a new project to fill the gap, as First Showing is reporting that Carnahan may helm Mark Millar's comic villain film Nemesis.
The Hangover Part 3, the sequel to the sequel to the movie that didn't need a sequel, is doing its best to justify its own impending existence with casting news. At least that is what can be inferred from IndieWire's report that John Goodman is the newest actor to be joining Bradley Cooper, Zack Galifianakis, and Ed Helms in the upcoming comedy.
