Chris Pine, the talented young man who took on the daunting task of replacing William Shatner as the famed Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” earlier this year, will likely assume another prominent role, this time as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Variety reports that Pine, nearing final negotiations with Paramount, would get [...]
Controversial Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, known for his graphic and challenging films like “Antichrist” and “Breaking the Waves” has a new trick up his sleeve…Roland Emmerich style. According to Variety, the auteur’s next feature will be a disaster movie with psychological and dramatic elements titled, “Melancholia.” The title is shorthand for Planet Melancholia, a [...]
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means that the Australian Wasikowska is still an unproven property. Though such things have never scared away visionary director, Gus Van Sant, who’s actively pursuing the [...]
The indomitable team that brought us the 1990 cult classic, “King of New York,” is teaming up again for the action thriller, “Game of Death,” reports Variety. Wesley Snipes and director Abel Ferrara will reunite after 20 years apart to bring to life the script penned by James Agnew. Snipes, who’s been conspicuously absent from [...]
Founded in 2003 by the late Timothy Gruver, Wichita’s premiere artistic event, the Tallgrass Film Festival has grown rapidly into a diverse, exciting, and essential part of the state’s fall entertainment season. Last year, more than 8,000 people attended the fest to see approximately 100 independent shorts and features made by some of the finest [...]
Controversial filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino, announced Saturday at the Morelia Intl. Film Festival that he plans on making a ”Kill Bill: Vol. 3.” Variety reports that the eccentric director, attending the fest to support his WWII Jewish revenge flick, “Inglourious Basterds,” wanted Uma Thurman’s character, The Bride, and her daughter Beebe, to have at least 10 years [...]
We reported some time ago that the excellent Swedish vampire flick, 2008′s “Let the Right One In,” was already getting the remake treatment via “Cloverfield” director, Matt Reeves, and would be retitled, “Let Me In.” Grumbles aside, it looks like this project may have something to offer after all. Variety reports that Richard Jenkins, the [...]
Famed and acclaimed director, Roman Polanski, was nabbed by Swiss police as he arrived in the country to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival and will likely face extradition to the United States for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. “There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he [...]
Lots of eye brows were raised when it was first announced that controversial playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet, would be teaming up with the family friendly Walt Disney Co. to adapt “The Diary of Anne Frank.” According to The Wrap, apparently the studio realized their vision was incompatible with Mamet’s after the writer turned in [...]
After 2007′s less than fan pleasing “Spider-Man 3,” loyalists have been pining for a worthy representation of Spidey’s arch nemesis, the symbiotic alien suit that clings to Eddie Brock know as Venom. According to Sci Fi Wire they may just get their wish. Sony is reportedly moving forward with a Venom spinoff movie, although “Spider-Man [...]
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