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Jim Carrey and Carla Gugino Join Mr Popper's Penguins
23 September 2010 9:23 AM, PDT
With shooting for the adaptation of the children's book set to begin in New York shortly it's good news that Jim Carrey and Carla Gugino are both on board. Mr Popper's Penguins will be based on the much loved book by Richard and Florence Atwater in 1938.
Variety gives the following outline of the plot, which is of course slightly altered from the book, .Mr. Popper is a high-powered, New York buisnessman who suddenly inherits six penguins. Taking care of the animals is no easy matter, and he quickly hits major hurdles, both at home and at work. But along the way, he learns the value of family and friendship.human and otherwise."
Gugino will most likely take the lead female role opposite Carrey, in what could be a nice boost for her if the film goes well. Long gone are the days when we thought Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller »
New Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Trailer Released
23 September 2010 4:04 AM, PDT
I'm sure all of you are as excited as we are at any new developments on the Harry Potter front and this newly released Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 trailer won't disappoint. Undoubtedly the darkest book in the series, there's plenty of heart-pounding action scenes and fans of the novels will recognise many significant details. We won't give anything away if there is anyone left out there who hasn't read the book but the Boy Who Lived is in yet more peril and on his most dangerous escapade yet.
One of the biggest problems with the previous Potter films was the shortening and cutting out of many important moments from the book but as this last adventure has been split in two it will be much easier to include some of the more interesting literary details.
The effects look stunning and if the trailer is anything to »
David O. Russell To Go Under Cover With Jim Carrey?
22 September 2010 4:41 AM, PDT
David O. Russell has been made an offer to direct Jim Carrey's latest comedy venture Under Cover, acording to the La Times.
Not too much is known about the production as yet but Carrey will play a man who discovers the cathartic powers of being in a rock cover band, helping him to win back his family. He also re-discovers himself through performing the great classics with his fellow band members.
Other directors are in consideration and nothing has been confirmed as yet but with a track record of I Heart Huckabees and Three Kings as well as his upcoming Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Russell would appear to be a good choice for a wacky comedy such as this.
But what do you think? As ever leave us a comment in the box below...
Rosie Kinsella
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 22 September 2010
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John Goodman Joins Kevin Smith's Red State
22 September 2010 4:01 AM, PDT
Kevin Smith's religious horror movie Red State began filming this week, and just before the first clapperboard was sounded news broke that John Goodman had joined the cast.
Red State centres on a group of kids who encounter a controversial religious group akin to the Westboro Baptist Church, the organisation notorious for picketing Military funerals and for being overtly anti-homosexual. Goodman is co-starring with Michael Parks, who plays a role inspired by Fred Phelps, fundamentalist preacher and leader of the real life Westboro Baptist Church, as well as Kyle Gallner (A Nightmare On Elm Street), Kevin Pollak (Cop Out), Michael Angarano (The Forbidden Kingdom), Stephen Root (Office Space) and Melissa Leo (Frozen River).
Let's hope Smith finds redemption with this experience, after his disappointing previous directorial effort, Cop Out.
Georgine Waller
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Wednesday 22 September 2010
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Rachel Weisz Does A 360 With New Sex Drama
22 September 2010 3:24 AM, PDT
Rachel Weisz, known for choosing varied and challenging roles, will next be starring in the film 360.She will be reuniting with her The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles, for which she won an Oscar in 2005, so it's an exciting prospect that the two will be working together again.
The film is based on the Arthur Schnitzler play Reigen and has been adapted for the big screen before in Max Ophüls' French film La Ronde. The original play consisted of short scenes following characters who sleep with one another, and of their sexual partners, before the promiscuity comes, yes you guess it, full circle. We'll have to wait and see what kind of format the new adaptation takes and just explicit things are going to get.
The screenplay will be written by Peter Morgan, scribe of The Queen, and the role does indeed sound like another challenging part for Weisz, »
Gnomeo & Juliet Trailer Goes Live
22 September 2010 1:55 AM, PDT
William Shakespeare's tale of Romeo And Juliet may have been remade and reimagined more times than we'd care to count, but we'd wager that nobody has attempted to rework the Bard's greatest love story as a romance between two garden gnomes... Until now, that is.
Taking inspiration from the likes of Toy Story as much as from the man from Straford, the pun-tastically titled Gnomeo And Juliet finds two groups of outside ornaments coming to life when the humans aren't watching and waging a secret war. Caught in the middle of this ceramic conflict are Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt), two young lovers who, we're assuming, must find a way to be together that doesn't result in poisoning and suicide.
Judging by the new trailer, this is shaping up to be a rather fun take on the classic tale (although how close it's going to stick to the source material, »
Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Animated Feature Frankenweenie 3D Gets Some Voices
21 September 2010 5:04 AM, PDT
Tim Burton's returning to his roots with his lastest venture Frankenweenie 3D. The story is an update of one of his previous short films and now has Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short and Catherine O'Hara providing their vocal talents.
In his usual stop-motion style à la The Nightmare Before Christmas and for those of you who havent seen his black and white 80's short, it will focus on a young boy named Victor who brings his beloved dog back to life after it is hit by a car. Short and O'Hara are to voice Victor's parents, while Ryder and Landau will play the characters of Elsa and Mr. Rzykruski who are new characters to the story.
Burton is working with many of his previous collaborators and all of the above have worked with him before - Winona Ryder in Edward Scissorhands and Beetle Juice (which also starred Catherine O'Hara »
Is Director Gavin Hood Playing Ender's Game?
21 September 2010 4:04 AM, PDT
After his slightly whiffy Hollywood bow, X-Men Origins: Wolverine director Gavin Hood is rumoured to be upping his game by attaching his name to one of Hollywood's longest-gestating projects.
The helmer who made a big impression with Tsotsi but failed to follow it up with any great level of success in Tinsel Town has apparently been linked to Ender's Game, a sci-fi tale based on the novel by Orson Scott Card.
Published way back in 1985, the story is set on a future Earth where mankind is dreading the latest attack from the Formics - an evil insect race. Our last line of defence is a group of promising young children who have been trained in a variety of combat simulations and the most talented of the lot is our hero, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
Since its publication, there have been several literary follow-ups but there's yet to be a successful movie adaptation, »
Plenty More Casting News Flows About J.J. Abrams' Super 8 After The First Leak
21 September 2010 3:56 AM, PDT
We brought you the news yesterday that J.J. Abrams' Super 8 had suffered a major leak when reports broke that Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler had signed on to play major roles in the top secret sci-fi thriller. Now it seems the dam has fully broken as Risky Business is reporting that Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Joel Courtney, Riley Griffiths, Zach Mills and Gabriel Basso are also on board.
Emmerich is a familiar face from the likes of The Truman Show and Little Children and Eldard was in ER back in the day as well as Black Hawk Down and Blind Justice, but what of the other names? Well, Basso stars opposite Laura Linney in the Us TV show The C Word, Courtney just has the little indie 29 Reasons To Run to his film feature CV, Mills has popped up in Changeling and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, while Griffiths »
Emily Blunt Is Attached To Comedy Caper Engagement Games
21 September 2010 2:56 AM, PDT
After recently getting hitched to The Office: An American Workplace star John Krasinski herself, Emily Blunt will be back in the dress playing a bride to be in her next film, Engagement Games.
Pajiba reports that the premise of the film is that three sisters, all unluckily getting engaged at once, are each determined to get their mothers cherished wedding ring for themselves. With none of them willing to back down responsibility falls to their father to choose. His solution is to hold a .Family Olympics' and to let the sisters compete for the ring.
Rachel Specter and Audrey Wauchope wrote the script and Columbia is developing it. Little else has been revealed so far but you can count on us to keep you updated!
Any thoughts? Leave us a comment below...
Rosie Kinsella
>> Real the whole article | on Screenrush - Tuesday 21 September 2010
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Screenrush Visits The Set Of Captain America: The First Avenger
20 September 2010 9:37 AM, PDT
If watching loads of films, interviewing famous people and getting paid for it wasn't sweet enough, life here at Screenrush can occasionally get too cool for words. Take last week for example, here we were pootling around our little Soho office minding our own business and then we got a call inviting us to visit the set of Captain America: The First Avenger. We thought about it for about half a second, said 'Oh, alright then' and very soon found ourselves on a soundstage just outside of London watching some of the most incredible things humankind has ever witnessed.
Thanks to those lovely folks at Marvel Studios and Paramount, we got to see some truly awesome footage, costumes and concept art from Joe Johnston's Second World War-set comic-book caper and even got to talk to star Chris Evans and Hugo Weaving while they were in full costume (Squee!!!). We »
Sherlock Holmes Scribe Anthony Peckham To Pen The Script For The Untitled Jack Ryan Project Starring Chris Pine
20 September 2010 4:11 AM, PDT
Paramount has brought Anthony Peckham on board to work on the script for its upcoming spy thriller, the next in the Jack Ryan series based on the Tom Clancy novels. The film is untitled as yet, but presumably with Peckham's skills the least he can do is come up with a few suggestions...
Hossein Amini and Adam Koxac previously worked on the script, which will tell the story of intelligence officer-turned-action hero Jack Ryan's early career, as a reboot of the franchise after the first four movies. The action will be based in Russia, with terrorist acts as a backdrop. Chris Pine (Star Trek) is playing Ryan, Jack Bender (Lost) is attached to direct, and Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld are producing.
As well as Sherlock Holmes, Peckham has also worked on Invictus and The Book Of Eli, and when he's done tweaking this latest project, shooting will begin »
Mark Strong To Star In The Adaptation Of John Le Carré's Novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
20 September 2010 4:04 AM, PDT
The cast for the adaptation of John Le Carré's novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy seems to become more impressive by the day. Already attached are Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch and now it has been announced that Mark Strong will also be starring.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, producer Tim Bevan confirmed that the film would not be updated and still be set in the 70's, focusing on the Cold War, and that Le Carré is keen for them to change as little as possible and wishes screenwriters Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan to remain faithful to his novel. The story will revolve around Oldman playing a retired British spy who is called back to service to investigate a high-ranking official suspected of being a mole.
Filming is due to start soon but it is unknown what role Strong will play or »
Friday Night Lights' Kyle Chandler And Somewhere's Elle Fanning Cast In J.J. Abrams' Super 8
20 September 2010 3:53 AM, PDT
Someone's head will undoubtedly be on the chopping board by the end of today at the Super 8 headquarters, because casting news on J.J. Abrams' upcoming film has been leaked... but we couldn't be happier! What's one little head when we get to feel smug that writer/director/producer Abrams hasn't been able to control the universe as competently as he would like!
Our friends over at Vulture had the news first that Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning are to star in Super 8, which we don't know much about except for the brief trailer released in May and the rumours that Bad Robot and Paramount's production is about three siblings who discover footage of an alien in some Super 8 footage they shot.
Chandler will be familiar to some from playing Coach Taylor in the soon-to-end DirecTV/NBC football drama Friday Night Lights, while Fanning, the younger sister of Dakota, »
Leighton Meester Goes All Single White Female On Minka Kelly In The Roommate...
20 September 2010 3:34 AM, PDT
If you've been hankering for an update of Single White Female filled with pretty young things with unpronounceable names, then the moment you've been waiting for has almost arrived.
Today we've been given our first glance at The Roommate, a psycho-babe thriller starring the likes of Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet, Minka Kelly and Alyson Michalka, and the trailer gives us pretty much everything you would expect from this sort of thing.
The story of a college student named Sara (Kelly) who finds her life in danger after moving in with a new dorm buddy named Rebecca (played by Gossip Girl's Meester), it's shaping up to be another one of those glossy Hollywood flicks where no boundaries are pushed but everyone looks pretty and stuff. If that's your sort of thing, well, more power to you.
Reading this on your iPhone? Go to www.screenrush.co.uk to check out the trailer. »
The Trailer For Ron Howard's Comedy The Dilemma Goes Live
20 September 2010 3:15 AM, PDT
Universal has released a trailer for Ron Howard's latest film The Dilemma, starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly. The story centres around Vaughn's character discovering his best friend's wife is cheating on him. He struggles with deciding whether to tell him or not, not wanting to ruin their friendship.
Connelly plays the wife of Vaughn's character and Winona Ryder plays James' wife who is cheating on him with Channing Tatum. Ryder has had rather a low profile these past few years but fans of hers will be pleased to hear she seems to be set for somewhat of a comeback with The Dilemma, and she also has a small role in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming ballet thriller Black Swan. Check out the trailer below from Apple Trailers and let us know what you think.
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