Last week we reported that Academy Award nominated actor Jeremy Renner had joined Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4. Today, we have more casting news with the addition of Paula Patton joining the Impossible Mission Force. Deadline is reporting that actress Paula Patton (Deja Vu’, Hitch) has been cast in the film which also stars [...]
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Mark Millar Claims KICK-ASS 2 Greenlit ; Wants Depp and Pitt for NEMESIS
Comic book writer Mark Millar, the guy behind Wanted and Kick-Ass is more or less running his mouth about upcoming projects. Millar is notorious for talking about “news” that has yet to be confirmed to take this as speculation and probably nothing more. So what is the big news? Millar claims that a sequel to [...]
David Slade or Darren Aronofsky to Direct WOLVERINE 2
20th Century Fox keeps adding and dropping names from it’s list of who they want to direct Wolverine 2. Deadline is now reporting that the choice for director has been narrowed down to David Slade who recently directed the third Twilight film, Eclipse. Or director Darren Aronofsky, who has directed movies like The Fountain and [...]
Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper to Star in Buddy Cop Film
Ryan Reynolds has more on his schedule than any other working actor in Hollywood. To add to that busy agenda is new casting news that he will join The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper in a new action-comedy. Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper are becoming Hollywood elite with several high profile roles over the last year and [...]
Box Office: TAKERS and LAST EXORCISM Duke it Out for Top Spot
Summer is quickly coming to an end and the quality of movies is heading downhill just as fast. Labor Day is next weekend and that represents the official end of the summer movie season. Next weekend we will wrap up the summer with a box office report of the biggest films of summer 2010. For [...]
TOY STORY 3 Second Disney Film this Year to Cross $1 Billion Worldwide
With summer winding down next week Disney has came out as top dog in box office tickets for not only the summer but for all of 2010 so far. Toy Story 3 is this summers highest grossing movie (and the highest grossing movie of the year to date.) Disney and Pixar beat Marvel’s Iron Man [...]
John Cusack to play Edgar Allan Poe in THE RAVEN
John Cusack took to his Twitter account to announce his casting as the famed poet in James McTeigue’s film The Raven. A while ago, news came out that both Jeremy Renner and Ewan McGregor were both attached to the project. Now, with Cusack being cast as the lead, there is some uncertainty as to whether [...]
Jeremy Renner Joins Tom Cruise in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE IV
Academy Award nominated actor Jeremy Renner has been cast alongside Tom Cruise in Paramount’s Mission: Impossible IV. The Hurt Locker star will join Cruise in the fourth installment of the franchise which is scheduled to begin production this fall with an intended release date of December 16th 2011. No word yet as to who Renner [...]
Marvel Planning IRON FIST Movie
According to Deadline, Marvel Studios is planning a big screen adaptation of the Marvel character Iron Fist. The character was created in 1974 by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane as a martial arts superhero in the Marvel universe. You may not have heard of Iron Fist before if you aren’t a comic book reader, but [...]
Dimension Films Announces PIRANHA 3D Sequel
More graphic violence, blood, and boobs will be returning to the big screen in the near future. After this weekend’s stronger than expected opening of Piranha 3D, the studio behind the film, Dimension Films, is looking to make a sequel. Critically and financially speaking, Piranha 3D was a success, bringing in $10.1 million over the [...]
Ryan Reynolds Joins Denzel Washington’s SAFE HOUSE
This may be yet another indicator that Ryan Reynolds will not be starring as Deadpool anytime soon. According to Deadline, Reynolds will join Safe House, a new thriller starring Denzel Washington which is about a young CIA agent (Reynolds) who must transport a dangerous criminal (Washington) to safety after both are attacked at a safe [...]
Warner Bros Doesn’t Want Ryan Reynolds Playing Deadpool
Last year we reported on multiple occasions about DC’s Green Lantern project as well as Marvel’s Deadpool movie. Both films cast actor Ryan Reynolds to play their titular character, respectively. Green Lantern sprung into production first, gearing up for a 2011 release date and Warner Bros is already writing a sequel. That is exactly the [...]
Stallone Already Interested in EXPENDABLES Sequel
The ensemble action-star flick The Expendables finally opens in theaters everywhere tomorrow (or midnight tonight, depending on where you are at.) Sylvester Stallone is directing the movie that unites some of the biggest action stars of past and present including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, and Bruce Willis. [...]
THE AVENGERS Starts Filming in February for 2012 Release
Marvel plans to begin shooting their new superhero ensemble movie The Avengers in February for a 2012 release. SuperHeroHype is reporting that Marvel and Paramount are planning to release the star-studded movie on May 4, 2012. If for some reason you missed the big news from Comic-Con last month, The Avengersis a hugely ambitious project [...]
Stephen Sommers Will Return to Direct G.I JOE Sequel
G.I Joe: Rise of Cobra opened in theaters August of 2009 and made over $300 million worldwide. Widely panned by critics, G.I Joe was a hit among audiences, and with that kind of money in the bank Hollywood typically wants to push out a sequel. It is being reported (via TheWrap) that Stephen Sommers, who [...]
Robert Rodriguez May Direct DEADPOOL
Machete director Robert Rodriguez is in talks to direct the movie adaptation of the Marvel comic book character Deadpool. A spin-off from last summer’s Wolverine movie, Deadpool already has a star (Ryan Reynolds) but is yet to confirm a director. There has been speculation for sometime now that Rodriguez may be interested in the project. [...]
Len Wiseman to Direct TOTAL RECALL
Director Len Wiseman is now attached to direct the reboot of Total Recall, the 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzengger will now have a more modern look and tone to it. Wiseman was chosen by Colombia Pictures to helm the new movie based on the short story by Phillip K. Dick. Wiseman’s previous films include Live [...]
MGM Tosses Out ROBOCOP Reboot
With the financial woes that MGM has been hit with, this doesn’t come as too much of a surprise. Reports are coming out that the studio has canceled plans to reboot the Robocop franchise with director Daron Aronofsky (The Fountain) on board to direct. No doubt that Aronofsky would make it one hell of a [...]
Rihanna Cast in Universal’s BATTLESHIP
According to Variety, pop singer Rihanna will make her big screen debut in the upcoming movie Battleship which is based on the Hasbro board game. Directed by Peter Berg, Battleship will be a live-action adaptation of the game which puts opponents against each other in an attempt to sink their battleship by guessing the correct [...]
Comic-Con: THE AVENGERS Movie Confirmed; Mark Ruffalo to play Hulk; Whedon to Direct!
The big news of the day at San Diego Comic-Con waited until the last moment of the night during Marvel’s panel. Featuring Captain America and Thor footage, Marvel surprised the audience at the end of the panel with a special announcement. The lights went dark and on screen came a logo for The Avengers. We [...]
