Kevin Smith is never afraid to take risks in his work. He's not what most would call an auteur - yet his filmmaking choices indicate that he fulfils the role (he irks critics). Whether he's alienating the right with foul-mouthed stoner antics (The View Askew Universe) or the left with antagonistic murderous rednecks (Red State), he continues to stir up debate, regardless. This is most definitely the case with his latest effort, Tusk.
TIFF is in full swing and the time hath come for a look at Kevin Costner's latest drama, Black And White, which makes its debut at the film festival tomorrow. The first teaser for the flick has landed online and is available to check out below. Co-starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer, the film explores the dynamics between a bi-racial family in the midst of a child custody battle.
With festival season taking a hold of all things cinema at the moment, the slew of casting announcements is showing no signs of slowing down. Straight out of Toronto, Deadline reports that America's sweetheart Julia Roberts is set to star in a remake of Oscar-winning Argentinian flick, The Secret In Their Eyes. Roberts is on something of a winning streak lately, following on from her killer turn in last year's August: Osage County and HBO's The Normal Heart. That trend looks set to continue with today's news.
Warner Bros. and The Hangover director Todd Phillips are stepping up their game for their joint project, Arms & The Dudes, with Jesse Eisenberg and Shia LaBeouf both being circled for the two leads. Should they sign on the dotted line, the duo will play a couple of stoners... who start dealing guns.
Who can believe it's only two and a half months until the nation goes bonkers for Jennifer Lawrence again? This year's proven a massive win for big-brand franchises, with Marvel knocking it out of the park with their ever-expanding Cinematic Universe and... well, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was alright, wasn't it? Clear your minds folks, 'cause Katniss will no doubt wipe the floor with the lifeless bloody corpses of her cinematic competitors come November. We know because we've seen the new poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
Shooting has started on The Last Witch Hunter, the latest fantasy action skirmish from The Crazies director Breck Eisner. With action star and tree-voiceover artist Vin Diesel in the lead, it stands to reason that he'll take to social media to drip feed fans with tidbits from the set. The first pic snapped of the musclebound actor as posted to his Facebook page today, complete with the caption:
2014 isn't even over yet and already all eyes in the cinema world are focused on summer 2016. Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice continues to snag most of the attention, with Marvel's Captain America 3 a close second. But wait - there's another dark horse in the running that's been suspiciously quiet of late - X-Men: Apocalypse. Until today that is, when it was revealed that the mutant sequel will shoot in Montreal.
Pacific Rim beefcake Charlie Hunnam and The Wolf Of Wall Street's Margot Robbie are both in talks to star in The Mountain Between Us. An adaptation of the novel by Charles Martin, the movie will be directed by Paradise Now's Hany Abu-Assad for Fox 2000 pictures. By the sounds of the synopsis, it reads like a Nicholas Sparks novel mashed together with The Grey. Except there's no wolves, sadly.
Who knew that Kristen Stewart would pull herself up by the bootstraps? Literally. The ex-vamp groupie who came under intense press scrutiny after her private life was made public, seems to be back on track. Since she ended her stint as mopey teen Bella in vampiric dreck Twilight, she's got her act together. She's worked with a stub of accomplished directors (Walter Salles (On The Road) and Olivier Assayas (Clouds Of Sils Maria)) and she's landing rave reviews. For her next project, Camp X-Ray, which debuted at Sundance this year, it looks possible that she's in line for more of the latter.
Hands up if you loved Mama! That sneaky little horror from Universal crept up from out of nowhere, landing a wodge of good reviews and a $146 million worldwide box office. Not bad for a small-time Argentinian director with few credits on his resume, right?
