Inception, “King’s Speech” Top Awards Poll
On the eve of the Toronto Film Festival, David Poland's just relaunched The Hot Blog has posted up the first 'Gurus o' Gold' list...
Ronald Reagan Gets A Biopic
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is set to get a $30 million biopic which will be rather reverential in tone according to The Hollywood...
Liam Neeson Sinks Berg’s “Battleship”
Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Peter Berg's "Battleship" for Universal Pictures reports the trades.Based on the Hasbro board game, the story centers...
Spider-Man To Go Up The Duff?
With the new "Spider-Man" cast, attention has turned towards who might be playing his love interest - a character whose name even hasn't been...
Portman Not So Booked Yet
A report emerged late yesterday in The Hollywood Reporter that Natalie Portman was offered the lead role in Alfonso Cuaron's upcoming sci-fi drama "Gravity".A...
News Shorts: September 7th 2010
Photos of Rooney Mara's new look for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Taylor Kitsch with a new haircut for Battleship, and Justin Timberlake...
Freeman Skips “Hobbit” Due To “Sherlock”
Beloved British actor Martin Freeman ("The Office (UK)," "Love Actually") is rumoured to have turned down a formal offer to play Bilbo Baggins in...
Natalie Portman Caught In “Gravity”
Natalie Portman has been offered the lead role in Alfonso Cuaron's 3D survival sci-fi thriller "Gravity" for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures says...
Gilliam’s “Don Quixote” Dies Again
Nearly ten years after the disastrous first attempt, Terry Gilliam's second chance at filming "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" has fallen apart it...
Garfield Comments On “Spider-Man”
British actor Andrew Garfield has finally spoken about scoring the role of Peter Parker in the planned "Spider-Man" reboot for Sony Pictures. Speaking...
Directing Trio Consider “Hunger Games”
Gary Ross ("Seabiscuit," "Pleasantville"), Sam Mendes ("American Beauty," "Revolutionary Road") and David Slade ("30 Days of Night," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse") have emerged as...
Ridley Scott Talks “Alien” Prequel
Ridley Scott is now firmly looking at his 3D "Alien" two-part prequel as his next project, the "Robin Hood" director telling UK paper The...
Cameron Makes 3D Amazon Tribe Doco
James Cameron ("Avatar," "Titanic") will return to Brazil this year to make a 3D doco about indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose construction...
de Bont, Zhang Team For “Mulan” Biopic
Filmmaker Jan de Bont ("Twister," "Speed") has signed up to direct an independently-produced, English-language live-action biopic about legendary Chinese young heroine soldier Hua Mulan...
Thirlby, IM Make Judgement About “Dredd”
Olivia Thirlby ("Juno") has scored the role of Cassandra Anderson in the upcoming 3D reboot of "Judge Dredd" for DNA Films reports Variety.The character...
Microsoft Still Pursuing “Halo” Film
Despite reports of its apparent demise, Microsoft is still hard at work developing a film spin-off of its highly successful video game franchise "Halo".Talking...
Todd Philips On His John Belushi Biopic
"The Hangover" director Todd Phillips has talked about the John Belushi biopic he was reportedly linked to last month, telling MTV News the project...
Wigutow Rewriting “Osterman Weekend”
Jesse Wigutow ("The Ruins," "Eragon," "8 Mile") has been hired to rewrite the script for "The Osterman Weekend" remake at Summit Entertainment says The...
Hardy Replaces Fassbender In “Tinker”
One rising Irish actor is being replaced by a British one as Tom Hardy ("Inception," "Bronson") has stepped into the role of Ricky Tarr...
McAvoy Or Cruise To Descend Into “Madness”
Both James McAvoy and Tom Cruise are said to be in contention for the lead role in Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P....
Jamie Bell Goes Out On A “Ledge”
Jamie Bell has joined the cast of the crime drama "Man on a Ledge" for Summit Entertainment reports Deadline.Aussie spunk Sam Worthington plays a...
Unbreakable 2 Broken Up For “Night”
M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that the third film in his "Night Chronicles" horror anthology film series will cannibalise elements from the early...
Liam Neeson Replaces Cooper In “Grey”
Liam Neeson is in negotiations to reteam with his "The A-Team" director Joe Carnahan for survival drama "The Grey" for Inferno Entertainment and Scott...
Emma Bell Is Fifth “Destination” Lead
Emma Bell ("Frozen," "The Walking Dead") has scored the lead role in horror sequel "Final Destination 5" according to Arrow In the Head.The major...
Pan Prequel “Neverland” Comes To Syfy
Having tackled L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" with 2007's "Tin Man" and 2009s' "Alice", Syfy and...
Meyers Turns French For “Belle”
"The Tudors" star Jonathan Rhys-Meyers has joined the cast of the French romantic drama "Belle Du Seigneur" reports Deadline.Based on Albert Cohen's bestselling novel,...
Hawkes, Paulson Date “Martha Marcy”
John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy, Brady Corbet and Elizabeth Olsen will star in the indie drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene" for BorderLine Films...
Han, Ho Help Spread The “Contagion”
Bleeding Cool reports that Chin Han ("The Dark Knight") and Hong Kong actress Josie Ho ("Exiled," "Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li") have joined the...
Oscar Isaac To Go For A “Drive”
Rising actor Oscar Isaac ("Robin Hood," "Balibo") has joined the cast of Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller "Drive" reports Showbiz 411.Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood...
Bennett Helps Uncover “Zahara” Skeletons
Ronan Bennett ("Public Enemies") will pen an adaptation of Dean King's non-fiction bestseller "Skeletons on the Zahara" for Independent reports Deadline.The story follows a...