And so the casting begins! Only a few days ago we announced that Ethan Hawke would reteam with Hamlet director Michael Almereyda for yet another adaptation of Shakespeare. This time the play is Cymbeline, and the cast has already begun to grow. Ed Harris was just announced for the choice role of the titular character.
The Mission: Impossible franchise seems to be one of those franchises that just keeps coming back, mostly due to the power and prestige of Tom Cruise and his apparent inability to anchor any other franchise. He made a go of it with Jack Reacher, but that didn't exactly fly. The guy who directed Jack Reacher is coming on board for Mission: Impossible 5 now, proving that Cruise sticks with his friends.
This is not a teaser trailer. This is more like a trailer that has been cut off at the thirty-second mark in order to make us all go 'ARGH!' But because I had to go 'ARGH', then so do you. What I'm referring to is the first not-really teaser trailer for the upcoming Kill Your Darlings, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Beat poet Allan Ginsberg.
Tell me, Whovians, are you excited? Are you? ARE YOU? Well, you better be, according to the BBC. Scottish actor Peter Capaldi was announced as the new Doctor Who lead has been announced via BBC One.
TV series based on films are few and far between, but every once in awhile one pops up that looks like a good idea. With the Coen Brothers gearing up for a Fargo TV series to air on FX, it was only a matter of time before they began announcing cast details. For Fargo, the first up is Coen mainstay and ex-Mr. Angelina Jolie: Billy Bob Thornton.
I am not certain how many different ways I can say that I'm excited for Machete Kills, except to do the Internet equivalent of a happy dance. The latest trailer for Machete Kills, meanwhile, is just so cool I cannot possibly handle it.
The Academy Awards organizers are really on the ball this year. Avoiding speculation, rumor and debate, they've gone ahead and announced the host for the 86th Academy Awards: Ellen DeGeneres.
File this under films to start paying some serious attention to. Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou is circling Quasimodo, the Josh Brolin vehicle based on Victor Hugo's classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Things just keep going up and down for Universal. With their highest grossing film to date continuing to make a mint at the box office and their partnership with Legendary set to get underway, you would think that the studio was sitting pretty. Apparently not so much, at least on the reboot front. Len Wiseman has walked away from Universal's reboot of The Mummy, that popular franchise that began with Boris Karloff in 1932 and ended with The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor back in 2008.
All those who liked Pacific Rim, rejoice! Despite concerns over domestic box office, the robots vs. monsters movie has opened solidly in China, paving the way for a potential Pacific Rim 2.
