Michael R. Roskam's latest flick, The Drop (originally titled Animal Control), is set to make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Judging by the original trailer and these two new clips released today... boy does it look good.
Seth Grahame-Smith's zombie parody of the classic Jane Austen novel, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, was released five years ago. Granted, time doesn't matter when it comes to adaptations. If the material is strong then it'll last through the flippant fads of the public. With Smith's comedy novel, the same logic applies.
Poor Bran Stark. The little mite's been through the ringer on Game Of Thrones. First he's pushed out of a turret window by deranged incest addict, Jaime Lannister. Second, he survives and suffers a lengthy convalescence which has left him without the use of his legs. Then he loses most of his family in a variety of unpleasant ways at the hands of Lannister's family! To top it all off, he's experienced a hitherto unheard of condition wherein he experiences puberty at a faster rate than anyone else in the world.
When will the zombie craze subside? According to our calculations: never. "If it ain't broke" seems to be the sole reason in the current climate for perpetuating tales of the undead. One such sub-genre which has oddly enough flourished is the zombie comedy - aka the zom-com. First there was Warm Bodies, then Life After Beth, and now we've got the first clip from Burying The Ex.
With the entire eighties serving as a ripe platter for studios to reboot beloved classics, its no surprise that Gremlins has been touted as one such property. For years now an attempted reboot to the deranged mini-monster series has been in development. In fact, back in July, original screenwriter Chris Columbus was rumoured to be producing the alleged remake - but nothing has since been confirmed.
Out of the elderly prosthetics and back in the action comedy saddle once again, Johnny Knoxville has signed on for Skiptrace. The Jackass star will appear alongside Jackie Chan in the globe-trotting action-com.
Looks like Al Pacino is tired of playing Al Pacino. The method actor, whose propensity for big booming soliloquies has made him an icon for budding acting students everywhere, appears to have become an introvert in the new trailer for The Humbling.
George Clooney's directorial efforts are divisive to say the least. For every The Ides Of March, there's a flaccid schmaltz fest like The Monuments Men. While his upcoming roster of projects is hectic, including the Coens' Hail Caesar (nothing to do with tyrannical simians) and production duties on Our Brand Is Crisis and Pioneer, he's announced his next directing gig: Hack Attack.
Jessica Chastain's most excellent soapbox rant about female superheroes has clearly landed her in good stead. Variety reports today that the Oscar-nominated actress and comedy stalwart Kristen Wiig are now in the running for a role in Ridley Scott's The Martian.
Lars Von Trier, a man who's made a lot of suggestive comments at film festivals over the years, used this year's Venice Film Festival to make an announcement. He's returning to TV for the first time in twenty years for his next project, The House That Jack Built. Announced by his long-time producer Louise Vesth, she revealed the title while doing press for the director's cut of Nymphomaniac. She didn't let much slip, except that Von Trier is busy scribbling away this fall and hopes to shoot sometime in 2016:
