Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is one of the hotter projects in development in Hollywood right now, and seemingly everyone wants in on the action—literally, from the sound of things. Variety is now reporting that the Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) project from Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel of the same name, has found its lead villain.
Now it appears that the studio will be getting some help. Sony Pictures officially stated that it would help MGM in the financing of “Bond 23” and several other films in the near future, including a 24th installment. Sony will also distribute the picture. This continues a long-standing relationship between the studios.
Our featured trailer this
week is a crazy, stupid one; Crazy,
Stupid, Love that is, a dramedy starring soon-to-be-leaving-The Office Steve Carell along with Ryan Gosling and
Julianne Moore. We also have a period thriller about the truth behind
Shakespeare’s work directed by Rolland Emerich…wait, let me check that…yes, ok
the man who directed The Day After
Tomorrow and 2012 is indeed
taking on a dramatic offering about the origins of the Oxfordian theory of
Shakespeare authorship. Then, rounding out the top five trailers this week is
the UFC-themed Warrior headlined by
rising-superstar Tom Hardy, the king-of-crazy Lars Von Trier’s latest Melancholia with Kirsten Dunst and
Kiefer Sutherland and finally the teaser for the Daniel Radcliff-starring
horror flick The Woman in Black. It
don’t matter if you’re black or white, it’s Trailer Tracker.
Actor Bradley Cooper looks to fill the vacant shoes of a role that’s already been given an iconic performance by Brandon Lee before his passing. Deadline Hollywood reports that Cooper currently negotiates to play Eric Draven, the man seeking to avenge the his and his fiancée’s death, in an upcoming remake of The Crow to be directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later). This remake currently plans to start production this fall.
We are in the home stretch with the final or “Film” Four of our Sports Movie Madness tournament here at Player Affinity. We started off with 64 sports films from six different major sports regions and one miscellaneous sports region and now we have the Film Four. How are your brackets doing? You mean you haven’t been with us since the beginning? Not too late friends. Here is where your vote really counts as we are just two rounds of voting away from the GREATEST SPORTS MOVIE OF ALL TIME as voted by you.
There are only four new releases and two re-releases this week, but a lack of quantity does not mean a lack of quality. One of Player Affinity’s favorite films of 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, is released this Friday and will be a wanted product for Harry Potter fans. Whilst on the re-release front there is The Incredibles and the classic French heist film Le Cercle Rouge.
According to Variety’s Showblitz, Lively is looking to star in the Sam Raimi-helmed Oz, The Great and Powerful as Glinda, the Good Witch of the East. However, Oliver Stone has her at the top of his list to lead his film Savages. If Lively signs on for that one, she’ll play the shared girlfriend of two kingpins.
