In the grand tradition of summer block-blustering, the new trailer for Battleship is ditching the family drama elements and instead sheds light on just how you go about spending $200 million dollars making a board game movie. Take a look.
Fans of Orson Scott Card‘s 1985 novel Ender’s Game have all kinds of probable cause to be worried about how the upcoming film adaptation will turn out, but on cast alone it’s well worth at least temporarily feigning optimism. Ben Kingsley has just become the newest addition to the group.
Marvel Studios’ search for a new director for Thor 2 is well underway. After Thor director Kenneth Branagh and the studio agreed to part ways, Monster director Patty Jenkins signed on early this fall, but she left earlier this week due to creative differences.
The cast of Les Misérables continues to grow as comedian and transformational character artists Sacha Baron Cohen has agreed to take on the story’s major comic relief role, Monsieur Thenardier.
We recently learned that slowly retiring director Steven Soderbergh had left The Man From U.N.C.L.E. because of casting and budgetary issues. Now, Warner Bros. has tapped another of its favorite directors for job, Sherlock Holmes helmer Guy Ritchie,
How to make effective use of kids in movies in preparation for The Sitter. Recommendations include keeping them out of the spotlight when they aren’t plot relevent, and making sure they don’t spoil supporting roles with overly perceptive behavior. For leading roles, kids need to be treated with respect so as to make them identifiable characters.
As Paramount and J.J. Abrams gear up for filming to start in January, casting is in high gear and updates seem to be coming daily. In the last week, the film has landed starlet Alice Eve and Robocop himself, Peter Weller, but talks with Benicio Del Torofor the villain role have broken down.
Despite budget concerns that threatened to derail it completely, Disney gave Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp the go-ahead to make The Lone Ranger. Now that the necessary concession have been made, the reboot of the Western, where Armie Hammer will star alongside the aforementioned Depp, has roped Tom Wilkinson in to play the villain.
The director’s throne has been suddenly vacated for Thor 2. Patty Jenkins, known for directing the dramatic thriller Monster, which won Charlize Theron an Oscar, has exited production on the film due to creative differences.
Not a studio to let abysmal reviews stand in the way of a sequel, Sony Pictures is reportedly in talks with screenwriter Fred Wolffor a follow-up to last year’s Adam Sandler vehicle Grown Ups.
