New posters are out for Oliver Stone's W, Wall-E, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Outlander.
Despite extensive re-writes by Edward Norton, original "The Incredible Hulk" scribe Zak Penn has received sole writing credit. Early reviews of the film, like this one or these paint a very good picture.
- Further filming on Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie" kicks off shortly with three scenes from the WW2 thriller to be shot in North Africa within the next three weeks.
- Hogwarts Divination professor Sybill Trelawney (Emma Thompson) will NOT be appearing in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".
- Christopher Lee has said that he's very interested in the upcoming movies based on "The Hobbit" and that he would "return to the role [of Saruman] if I was asked".
- Brett Ratner has unfortunately confirmed that, sadly, his fourth "Beverly Hills Cop" film will go the way of "Die Hard" - turn an R-rated franchise into a PG-13 action film safe for kids.
- "Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman has his eyes set on Russell Crowe to play Joe Wilson, the husband of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame in the feature about the recent political scandal.
- Rope of Silicon speculates that the sci-fi project that Ridley Scott was referring to the other day will be based on Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World".
- Filming on the "Hannah Montana" movie was spotted taking place this wee at the Cool Springs Galleria mall in Franklin, Tennesse. Miley Cyrus, Tyra Banks and Vanessa Williams were in attendance.
A thoroughly detailed and exciting review of Justin Marks' script for the He-Man "Masters of the Universe" live-action film is now online.
"Transformers" scribe Roberto Orci says that Paramount already wants to lock him and Alex Kurtzman, the pair behind J.J. Abrams upcoming "Star Trek" film, to pen a sequel.
After long and drawn out negotiations, the voice cast of "The Simpsons" has signed a four-year deal. Meanwhile, Seth Rogen has confirmed that he's co-writing an episode for next season.
- Miramax's new film version of "Brideshead Revisited" starring Matthew Goode and Emma Thompson is set to open in limited release on August 1st in the US.
- Production was temporarily halted on Martin Scorsese's "Ashecliffe" due to a driver sustaining serious leg injuries.
- Approximately 200 theatergoers walked out of a free screening of Uwe Boll's "Postal" in New Jersey last Friday.
- Keira Knightley period drama "The Duchess" has finally been set for a September 1st release date, whilst the full trailer will debut sometime next week.
- Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury are in discussions with Dimension Films about directing the follow-up to Rob Zombie's "Halloween".
- A full cast list is online showing off who's voicing whom in the upcoming "Madagascar" sequel.
- Christian Bale has talked about working with the late Heath Ledger on "The Dark Knight".
- The Steven Spielberg-produced, Diablo Cody-penned, Toni Collette-starring single camera comedy "The United States of Tara" has just been picked up by Showtime for 13 episodes.
- Quentin Tarantino has re-iterated plans to have his war film "Inglorious Bastards" ready for Cannes 2009 - highly unlikely.
The Random Spiel: June 5th 2008
By Garth Franklin
Thursday June 5th 2008 07:15AM
- "New Moon" Scores $72M Opening Day
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Dustin Hoffman Out Of "Fockers"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- Wasikowska, Fassbender Join "Jane Eyre"
- Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast
- Universal Releases "Kick-Ass" Globally
- Mike White Pens "Santa Wars" Comedy
- Fessenden Not Directing "Orphanage" Remake
- Warners Develops Marine Dog Tale "Nubs"
- Brad Pitt Fills A "Dark Void"
- "Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld"
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- "American Gladiators" Movie Planned
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Murphy Terrorized By A "Caller"
- Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- Tait, Todd, Kirkland Die "One By One"
- Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy"
- Simon Baker Takes A Surfing "Breath"
- Angryfilms Picks Up A "Cycler"
- di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel"
- Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"?
- Mandalay Picks Up "Unthinkable" Rights
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- "Precious" Director Takes On "Selma"
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- Jennifer Hudson Joins "Winnie" Biopic
- Justin Theroux Heads Into "Space"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- Eric Dane Dances To "Burlesque"
- Antoine Fuqua Adapts "Miss" Thing
- Murphy, Stiles, Carbonell, Worthington Talk
- Bichir Joins "Hidalgo" & "Scarface"
- "New Moon" Scores $72M Opening Day
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Dustin Hoffman Out Of "Fockers"
- Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- Brad Pitt Fills A "Dark Void"
- Universal Releases "Kick-Ass" Globally
- Mike White Pens "Santa Wars" Comedy
- "Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld"
- "American Gladiators" Movie Planned
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- Wasikowska, Fassbender Join "Jane Eyre"
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Fessenden Not Directing "Orphanage" Remake
- Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy"
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- Warners Develops Marine Dog Tale "Nubs"
- Murphy Terrorized By A "Caller"
- Tait, Todd, Kirkland Die "One By One"
- Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco
- UA Wants To Date "Teenage Girls"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Angryfilms Picks Up A "Cycler"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- No McAdams In "Spider-Man 4"
- TV News: Prisoner, Burn, V, Delta
- Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"?
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel"
- "Nemo" Canned, Marshall Helms "Pirates"
- Brian Cox Goes Short For "Hobbit"?
- Simon Baker Takes A Surfing "Breath"
- "Doctor Who" & "Torchwood" Updates
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- Mandalay Picks Up "Unthinkable" Rights
- Bichir Joins "Hidalgo" & "Scarface"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- "New Moon" Scores $72M Opening Day
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- Murphy, Stiles, Carbonell, Worthington Talk
- TV News: Prisoner, Burn, V, Delta
- Townsend, Stevenson, Asano Join "Thor"?
- No McAdams In "Spider-Man 4"
- "Nemo" Canned, Marshall Helms "Pirates"
- Joe Wright In Talks For Focus' "Hanna"
- "New Moon" Tops Pre-Ticket Sales
- "Doctor Who" & "Torchwood" Updates
- Gambon, Pearce, Jacobi Join "Speech"
- "Thor" Production Sets Its Dates
- Franco Soap Stint Helps Next Film
- TV News: Angels, Smallville, Rex, Chuck
- Release Changes: November 13th 2009
- First Trailer For Sandler's "Grown Ups"
- "Paranormal Activity" Passes $100 Million
- "Leap Year" Gets A Trailer
- Exclusive Interview: John Cusack on "2012"
- News Shorts: November 12th 2009
- Vultures Circling MGM's Remains?
- "Dollhouse," "Hank," "Eastwick" Cancelled
- Oscar Animated Film Nominee Contenders
- "Monopoly" Movie Story Details
- Exclusive: Chris Weitz Talks "New Moon"
- Elfman Replaced On "The Wolfman"
- McAdams Becomes Cat For Spidey?
- First "Clash of the Titans" Trailer Out
