Sir Ben Kingsley is touted to be sniffing after the role of King Herod in the prequel to Passion of the Christ, imaginatively-titled, Mary Mother of Christ. If successful in bagging the part, Kingsley would portray evil King Herod in the story which plots Herod and Mary at loggerheads over her son, Jesus.
Director Richard Kelly and Nicolas Cage are combining their talents in the upcoming production Amicus; a crime thriller based on a true story. Cage is set to play Rodney Smolla, a First Amendment lawyer who wound up slap bang in the middle of a bizarre tale involving Lawrence Horn, a motown record producer who hired a hit man to off his family. Filming is set to commence this January in Atlanta.
As filming starts in Hamburg on Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, it has been confirmed that both Daniel Bruhl and Willem Dafoe have joined the cast alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Rachel McAdams.
Darren Aronofsky’s long-time cinematographer, Matthew Libatique, Tweeted a photo today from the set of the director’s latest effort, Noah. The image, alongside Libatique’s caption (“Pre lighting on the holiest day of the year”), showcases a tower of snakes and an alligator aboard the ark.
FX has joined forces with the quirk masters of cinema, Joel and Ethan Coen to bring the Oscar-nominated film Fargo to the small screen. Before you roll your eyes and click back to RedTube at the thought of another reboot, rest assured this crime caper rejuvenation is in the safe hands of its creators. The new series will be loosely based on the original film, with a script written by Noah Hawley (My Generation) and executive produced by the Coens.
An adaptation of a vampire-novel trilogy written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, produced by Lost’s Carlton Cuse and with a new vampire mythology far away from the rainy Northwest? Welcome to The Strain – which come this time next year, could be THE genre show to watch.
It’s been 35 years since John Carpenter’s classic horror flick Halloween first graced the big screen and now Michael Myers returns for a limited theatrical run. To maximize what is guaranteed to be a legendary throwback experience, a new teaser trailer has debuted online and can be seen below.
Star of Bridesmaids and the series Mike and Molly, Melissa McCarthy is the latest addition to the casting line up for The Hangover Part III. In a film franchise sorely lacking in female cast members, McCarthy’s comedic brilliance will be most welcome, although nothing has been revealed yet in regards to her character.
This year’s blockbuster season was given a debate-arousing start with Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, the mythology-linked but unofficial prequel to his 1979 masterpiece, Alien. Despite excelling at the box office – at time of writing it has raked in $386 million worldwide – the film has divided fans and critics due to inevitable comparisons to its predecessor.
