The talented duo haven’t collaborated together since Four Rooms in 1995, but while promoting his new film Broken, Tim Roth hinted that his next acting project may be with none other than Quentin Tarantino.
If Justin Lin didn’t know chemistry before 2011, by the end of production on his smash hit Fast Five, the Taiwanese filmmaker was an inadvertent master in the area. In casting Dwayne Johnson for the fifth film, the Fast and Furious franchise suddenly became a lucrative and entertaining property for Universal. A property they may wish to build upon with a standalone film based on Johnson’s DDS agent, Luke Hobbs.
Any details that have emerged from the set of Thor: The Dark World have been pretty normal by Marvel’s standards. We know the god of thunder will go up against Malekith The Accursed and we know that Alan Taylor’s sequel will focus on the galactic city of Asgard. However, in a recent interview with Indie Wire, Chris O’Dowd revealed that he will play a small part in the film – now there’s something nobody in the Nine Realms predicted.
Gareth Edwards has continued the recent trend of directly interacting with online fans by releasing a short video from the set of Godzilla. The clip, while brief, still provides a fleeting insight into the extent of the film’s production, which began its first day of shooting yesterday in Vancouver, Canada.
Jon M. Chu is attached to direct the Masters Of The Universe reboot for Sony and this week he has placed Dolph Lundgren in his casting crosshairs by stating that he wants the actor to play a cameo role in the film.
In a strange turn of events, Lynne Ramsay has reportedly walked out on the production for Jane Got A Gun after just one day. The We Need To Talk About Kevin director was a complete no-show for role call on set this morning and her absence has cast a perpetual shadow over the future of the project.
Following the recent debacle surrounding the SimCity launch, video game developer Bungie have stated on their blog that the controversial requirement to be always online when playing won’t be a problem for Destiny when it launches next year.
The industry heads at Paramount have greenlit a follow-up to January’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters after the film recently surpassed $200 million at the global box office. Tommy Wirkola’s reinterpretation of the classic fairytale was greeted with mixed reviews both critically and commercially last month, but the studio is pushing ahead with the film’s sequel regardless.
The hype for Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man Of Steel has soared to a fever pitch following the release of the jaw-dropping trailer late last year. Fans have been promised dark. They’ve been promised gritty and, hell, they’ve even been promised a certain degree of believability when Clark Kent unbuttons his shirt come June 14th. Speaking to TotalFilm, screenwriter David S. Goyer revealed that these subtle marketing hints are only a taste of what’s to come.
By the looks of things, Firefly fans won’t be brushing the dust off their beloved Browncoats anytime soon. In an interview with BuzzFeed, writer and director of the show Joss Whedon reacted to the news of Veronica Mars’s Kickstarter success by ruling out the potential for a Firefly campaign...for now.
