Disney obviously has high hopes for Maleficent, which will examine the studio’s own interpretation of Sleeping Beauty from 1959 from the perspective of its primary villain. Angelina Jolie has been for quite some time attached to play the titular antagonist, but some key roles still need to be cast.
When we heard that Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the stage musical Les Misérables would consist of live singing, there was cause for worry. Last night, we saw some new images from the film; as if those stills weren’t breathtaking enough, Universal unveiled the first teaser for “Les Mis” this morning.
Nine official stills from Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables have emerged. Check out new images of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, and Amanda Seyfried.
Easily one of the biggest new roles to be filled in the film version of The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire — now titled The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — is Finnick Odair, a previous champion of the games who’s popular with the ladies, prefers the use of a trident and has some secrets of his own. Lionsgate has apparently been on the hunt for the man to fill those shoes and three names have popped up.
In other eclectic week of DVD and Blu-ray releases the winner of the Recommendation of the Week goes to the controversial critical hit We Need to Talk About Kevin. The DVD and Blu-ray features includes interviews with the stars and the author and behind the scenes extras. From Shakespeare, to a Western, to two thrillers and a violence sports comedy, there is a little something for everybody with this week’s releases, with the likes of Coriolanus, Goon and two Ingmar Bergman movies.
After a mighty three-week reign, the return of star Will Smith was enough to finally dethrone mega-blockbuster The Avengers, though it still posted the second-best fourth weekend of all time.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s weekly roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have rumors about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Thor 2.
If the first half of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was marked by muted praise, the second was defined by some weird and wild stuff that strongly polarized audiences, but the awards ultimately went to a group of more conventional crowd-pleasers.
Any memory of The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign being subtle and quiet has been destroyed by this last week–with several character banners and posters making their final debut to ramp up the media blitz for Christopher Nolan’s final Batman outing. Now, the week has capped off with the reveal of a “hidden” poster for Catwoman to take center stage.
Jon Favreau will be returning for Iron Man 3 after all, plus tabloid favorite Ashley Hamilton joins the cast as a villain.
