For years now, a feature film adaptation of the hot fantasy property ElfQuest has been floating around in limbo. Now, Variety reports that producers Stephanie Thorpe (Shelf Life) and Paula Rhodes (A Good Knight's Quest) have secured the film rights to the cult fantasy comic book.
It seems like forever since Paramount Pictures announced that it was pushing the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation back nine months so that it could undergo a 3D conversion. Now, with almost five months left to go until it hits US theaters, a new international trailer for the film has hit the Web and it still looks like an explosion-filled fiesta.
With roles in five films slated for release next year, the beautiful Imogen Poots has been keeping herself busy, and it looks like she plans to stay that way. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fright Night star is in final negotiations for the lead female role in DreamWorks' upcoming Need for Speed.
Late last week, we reported that writer John Logan, who did some rewrites on Skyfall, had made a deal with the producers behind the Bond franchise to script the next two Bond films, and that those films would feature a two-movie story arc. Now, the man who currently plays the super-spy on the big screen, Daniel Craig, has denied the rumor that the films would be connected in an interview with Filmstarts.
Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman has starred in a number of films over the years and has even tried his hand at producing with his ill-fated TV series Luck. Now, the 75-year-old has taken the next step to directing, and we have our hands on the first trailer for his feature film directorial debut the dramatic comedy Quartet.
The twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, was released in the UK today (you can check out our review here) and already planning is well underway for its untitled follow-up Bond 24.
Marvel film fans around the Web had a collective nerdgasm when it was announced that actor Clark Gregg will return to reprise his role of Agent Phil Coulson in Marvel's upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. Now, Deadline reports that Stargate Universe actress Ming-Na Wen will be joining him as one of the series' leads.
Earlier today we were treated to a pre-trailer for the upcoming Evil Dead remake to whet our appetites. Now we can feast as Screen Gems has brought the film's first Red Band trailer online (via IGN) and it looks deliciously gory.
For those of you who are still reeling from the sheer awesomeness of the first Iron Man 3 trailer that just hit the Web: hold on to your armrests. Marvel employee, and English actor/stuntman, Andrew Lawden was interviewed in a recent episode of the BombadRadio podcast (via ScreenRant) and dropped a boatload of potential spoilers for Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World.
While you wait for the first trailer for Iron Man 3 to hit the Web on Tuesday, why not check out the film's full official plot synopsis? Straight from Marvel Studios via StitchKingdom, it teases a revenge-filled quest for Tony Stark as he hunts down an enemy who has 'destroyed his personal world'.
