We've seen a few omnibus films over the past few years where multiple directors sign on to helm a series of what are essentially short films to compile into one ambitious feature. We've had some good ones (Paris Je'taime) and some not so good ones (Movie 43), but from the looks of this first trailer for The Turning, it seems we may have something that falls into the former.
Ellen Page has taken to Reddit to speak out about the striking similarities between herself and the lead female character of Ellie in Naughty Dog's The Last Of Us, going so far as to claim that the makers of the game ripped off her likeness for the character.
Already boasting a rather impressive ensemble cast, the producers of Downton Abbey have added yet another esteemed thespian to their ranks with news today that Paul Giamatti is joining the cast of the hit show. After the shock and saddening exit of Dan Stevens at the end of last season, it seemed that the producers of the show really needed something to boost fans' spirits and this announcement today should be just the thing.
It's been five years since we last saw the monkey rage virus sweep across London in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's 28 Weeks Later. Though fans were hoping for a sequel, it appears that the undead are officially staying dead, according to writer Alex Garland (the man who penned the first film in the series, 28 Days Later).
It seems that Thor is going to have a lot more to deal with than just his meddlesome brother and some pesky frost giants for the upcoming Thor: The Dark World, with news coming from Variety that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has joined the cast, playing the dual roles of Algrim the Strong and Kurse.
It seems that the journey to get Stephen King's epic fantasy series The Dark Tower to the big screen in one form or another is proving just as tumultuous as Roland Deschain's journey to reach the damn thing itself. News from Variety reports that Warner Brothers has decided to pass on Ron Howard's ambitious adaptation of a film series and an interlinking two season television series.
The Western and Samurai genres have a proud history of twisting and remaking each others' stories, thanks mainly in part to films such as The Magnificent Seven and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars remaking Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, respectively. Now that relationship seems set to take another turn with news coming from Variety that Ken Watanabe has signed on to star in a samurai period remake of the western classic Unforgiven, with Watanabe taking on the central role originally played by Clint Eastwood in the original.
