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Murphy to bring scary eyes to Dali flick

13 Sep 2007

Owner of the most terrifying eyes in all of Hollywood, and I include Christopher Walken in that, Cillian Murphy has signed on to appear in Dali and I: The Surreal Story. Unsurprisingly it’s a biopic, but focuses on art dealer Stan Lauryssens who…

Meet Quentin Tarantino in Glasgow

7 Sep 2007

The Oscar award winning film director Quentin Tarantino will be signing copies of his screenplay Death Proof at 5pm on Monday 10 September at Virgin Megastore, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The new film from the director behind Reservoir Dogs, Pulp…

Toronto opens with war drama Fugitive Pieces

7 Sep 2007

The Toronto International Film Festival launched on Thursday, opening with Fugitive Pieces, a drama based on a best selling novel about a Holocaust survivor. Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, the film illustrates hope in the face of war…

De Bont and Cusack may not have the Stopping Power

6 Sep 2007

A nation excited by the prospect of John Cusack doing the action thing for the first time since Con Air, may now have to return to their starting positions. It would seem Cusack’s plans to team up with Jan De Bont and Jason Isaacs for the everyday tale…

Predictable video game adaptation #713

6 Sep 2007

At the very least the Joust movie will be odd, the news that a new live action version of Street Fighter is in the works just invokes a wave of crushing ennui. Though it’s going to have to go some to be as appalling as the Jean-Claude Van Damme/Kylie…

Bizarre video game adaptation #146

6 Sep 2007

There’s a few slightly alarming video game adaptations in the pipeline. Hitman you can sort of understand, Halo might be a bit of a stretch and the new Resident Evil just looks rubbish. However, CP Productions have taken the bar, raised it a little…

Cohen lines up less amusing character for new movie

6 Sep 2007

After doing really rather well with Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen has inked to star in the movie version of his ‘not really as good’ character Bruno. Universal will be hoping the fashion reporter schtick will attract the huge audiences that lapped up his…

Fin for filming Finns

6 Sep 2007

In a move unlikely to rock the world of film to its core, Finland’s film-makers have gone on strike. They’ve downed light meters and clapperboards over what they claim is the government’s ‘broken promise’ to raise subsidies for movie…

Jolie to carry Atlas

6 Sep 2007

Angelina Jolie has been lined up to star in the Lionsgate adaptation of Ayn Rand’s 1957 doorstop Atlas Shrugged. It’s a happy-go-lucky tale positing what may happen were the world’s industrialists and thinkers to come out on strike. At the risk of…

Justice League on? Off? Dull?

6 Sep 2007

The continuing saga of Warner Brothers’ proposed Justice League adaptation continues to, well, continue really. There’s no definite word if the film has even been given a lock, but the word on the depressingly geeky street is that casting is being held…

Bourne for Bond

6 Sep 2007

The new Bond instalment, number 22 for the love of god, looks like it’ll continue the gritty action trend started by Casino Royale. Director Marc Foster has signed up Dan Bradley as his second unit director who, as we all know, was the ‘action…

Oscar worthy pitch for Judd

6 Sep 2007

Ashley Judd has signed on to appear in Helen, the latest Oscar-baiting music movie to grace the screens of a weary nation. The story of a music professor who suffers from crushing depression and is only understood by a female student, it’s been written…

I, Leonardo

6 Sep 2007

The rights to the magnificent I, Claudius have been acquired by producer Scott Rudin in a $2 million deal. Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to become attached to the project after he and writer William Monahan failed with a rival bid. There’s no word as…

GI joyride for Mummy helmer

30 Aug 2007

Stephen Sommers, the man who brought us The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, has signed on to direct Paramount’s toy tie-in GI Joe. Like Action Man but with added whizbangery, GI Joe has presumably been partly prompted by the success of this year’s big…

Lucas stays on target for Red Tails

30 Aug 2007

George Lucas has locked down John Ridley to pen the script for his long-cherished World War Two fighter pilot drama Red Tails. Tracing the history of the Tuskagee Airmen who had to battle racism for the right to fight for their country, the movie…

Stone rolls back round to ‘Nam

30 Aug 2007

Oliver Stone is to return to his favourite subject of all with his new project Pinkville. The Platoon director has already signed up Bruce Willis to star in his adaptation of the life story of General William R Peers, the soldier who launched the My…

Belushi is quite the Catch

30 Aug 2007

K9 star Jim Belushi is set to make his directorial debut with Lionsgate’s new American football picture The Catch. The everyday story of a 42 year-old man who returns to college to play football of the American variety, the Catch will, of course…

Goodman to get Bunyan treatment

30 Aug 2007

John Goodman is becoming something of a cartoon voicing veteran and is soon to turn his vocal talents to Bunyan & Babe. The CG animated effort will see, or at least hear, Goodman play legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Well legendary in America but…

Rock to plan further escape from Witch Mountain

30 Aug 2007

Suspiciously quiet of late wrestler turned actor Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson is to star in a new Witch Mountain movie for Disney. The Scorpion King star will play a Vegas cab driver who picks up two children with magical powers in the film which…

Everyone is just not that into you

30 Aug 2007

Ben Affleck has joined the ever-growing cast list for new comedy Just Not That Into You, an everyday tale of very pretty people. Based on a book by Greg Berehndt, the movie will apparently examine the different ways in which men and women perceive…

Keanu stands still for Sci-fi remake

30 Aug 2007

Keanu Reeves is set to star in a big budget remake of the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. The Matrix star will reprise the role of Klaatu, the alien ambassador sent to convince mankind it’s on a path to destruction with the aid of an…

Zellweger to flap about as fish out of water

30 Aug 2007

In the latest high concept romantic comedy thing, Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr are set to team up for Chilled In Miami. Previously called 32 And Single, like that was a bad thing, the movie will see Zellweger play a Miami businesswoman coming…

More Moore in October

30 Aug 2007

Michael Moore’s latest kick against the traces, Sicko, is due to be released in the UK on October 26. The American health care system is the latest subject to catch the documentarian’s hectoring eye and the resulting film has caused something of a…

Dorothy is no longer in Kansas

23 Aug 2007

Warner Brothers are supposedly attempting to remake the Wizard of Oz, but with something of a twist. History of Violence writer Josh Olson is in the process of rewriting the classic fantasy with input from Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The idea appears…

Justice League poses more questions than answers

23 Aug 2007

The news that Warners are pushing ahead with their Justice League superhero picture has raised a few knotty questions. The studio are driving the comic book adaptation forward for a summer 2009 release and are keen to see it launch franchises for Wonder…

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