When they first added I AM IRON MAN to the soundtrack of the big screen adaptation of Iron Man, we all figured that was a match made in heaven. It just made sense.
Well now we get more matching of the Rock Legends AC/DC and Iron Man, and now we have an AWESOME giveaway contest [...]

Looks like Rob Cohen is dusting off a movie he once produced in hopes of directing a remake of Monster Squad!
Deadline shares:
Rob Cohen, who produced the original, hopes to direct the remake. Cohen will produce with Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, and they’re meeting with writers.
A group of kids who [...]

I have been looking forward to the Expendables for a while now. This ensemble cast is gathering all the biggest action stars of the 80s and littering the list with some big name action stars of today.
So what can we expect from this film? ACTION!! And it looks like the flavour of [...]

I am REALLY liking the look of this. Predators is hoping to stand out as a valid addition to the franchise and not just a remake.

It is interesting that this group of misfits, mercenaries and killers are brought together on an alien planet and not earth. It adds just one more [...]

Now this looks downright creepy. Cillian Murphy always does a great job playing someone a little unhinged so he works great in this role, but who would have guessed that his other talent is that he would make a wonderful cross dresser?
Peacock is a psychological thriller where a quiet small town man has a [...]

An update on the live action adaptation of The Smurfs has hit the net announcing that Hank Azaria will be giving voice to Gargamel. Wait? Voice?

The story follows a couple expecting their first child who find their lives turned upside-down when they meet the miniature blue creatures in New York City’s Central Park.
Neil [...]

The Greatest is a story about a girl and a boy who fall in love and when he is tragically taken from her in a car accident she reveals to his family that she is pregnant with their dead son’s baby. They take her in and get to know her while they deal with [...]

Jason Statham was suspected to be taking over as the next big action hero, but then he quietly slipped away while Sam Worthington took that job. But now he appears to be back with a vengence his this hard and gritty remake of Charles Bronson’s The Mechanic.
Check out the Trailer:

Interestingly enough its not Statham’s [...]

Scott Pilgrim vs The World has a cult like following that are just drooling to see the stylized comic book come to life on the big screen. So far its all been positive news to the fans, including this new poster:
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The epic poster of epicness, has been making the rounds today paying solid [...]

Looks like Papa Smurf is at it again, and is starting to develope a Muppet Babies take on Star Wars. George Lucas is gearing up to transport the iconic characters of the franchise into baby versions of themselves all interacting in a day care… or something.
io9.com says:
George Lucas beginning pre-production on another animated SW [...]

Julia Roberts just oozes with appeal. She is a beautiful woman, a bold presence and her greatest trait isn’t that goose laughter… its her vulnerability. And that is why I want to see this movie.
Based on a true story (Based on the memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert) about a woman on a [...]

Just like it is speculated that Ghost Busters 3 will have the old team passing the torch to a new younger group of Busters, so art imitates life. The studio wants Reitman to step away from directing Ghostbusters 3 in favour of a younger newer director.
Bloody Disgusting says:
“The studio’s strategy is to revitalize the [...]

Recently in an interview with Bryan Singer and producer Lauren Shuler Donner with the LA Times they got to talking about X-Men First Class, and the possibility of X-Men 4.
ComingSoon shares:
“Just doing younger mutants is not enough. The story needs to be more than that. I love the relationship between Magneto and Xavier, these two [...]

Seems that Disney has been in a re-naming frenzy and the tipoff comes from a flurry of recent website and Trademark registrations to do the confirming for us instead of asking those untrustworthy marketing PR folk!
Seems that The Bear and the Bow will be retitled as Brave.
TradeMork tipped me off:
On March 12, 2010, Disney Enterprises, [...]

As all holidays tend to, each one strays from its intended purpose and finds itself revolving around some sort of food or object. Thanksgiving is about a turkey and shopping, Easter is about a bunny and chocolate, Christmas is about Santa and Presents. But St Patrick’s Day – originally a Catholic observation to [...]

This generated a little geeky squee from me this morning (then I looked around to make sure no one heard that) as it is a small detail but it means it is coming.
RamaScreen shares:
THE HOBBIT’s, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los [...]

Rose McGowan has signed on to the new Conan reboot. While the knee jerk reaction is that she would be playing Red Sonja since the Conan spinoff character’s film that she was slated to star in was stalled to oblivion. But that is not the case. She will be playing a halfbreed [...]

Back after the comic book movie recession (thanks Schumacher) a number of franchises were being looked at for feature films. One approach was to bring back Batman and Superman in a single film where they faced off against each other. On the final shortlist for Superman in that film?
Christian Bale.
MTV Splashpage [...]

Zack Galifianakis does this series called Between Two Ferns on Funny or Die, and his best one yet is online today with Ben Stiller.
In the series he basically does the WORST possible interviews, messing up actors names, doesn’t see their movies, etc. Its a web produced celebrity nightmare.

I love the “Did you ever wish [...]

If there was anything more terrible than Rena Riffel’s attempt to create a Showgirls sequel, it was the German filmmaker (I use the term loosely) who did it first and is causing an internet phenomenon about just how bad it is.
But when Rena Riffel (an actor who played one of the dancers in [...]

Amanda Seyfried will be lending her beautiful looks and charm to a Glenn Close produced period film set in 19th century Ireland called Albert Nobbs. I hope she can do a convincing Irish accent!

Seyfried is becoming the new it girl, and Variety reports that she’s just joined the cast of Albert Nobbs, based [...]

The Incredible Hulk owes any of its success to the portrayal of Dr Bruce Banner by Edward Norton. Well on the tip of everyone’s lips with Marvel rolling out the big films is when, if ever, are we going to see Norton as Banner. I would have thought with the Super Soldier Serum [...]

Still looking for a Director to handle Twilight’s anticlimactic 4th chapter Breaking Dawn, speculated to be filmed at once but released as two films, Summit is now rumoured to have approached Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant and Bill Condon.
Entertainment Weekly says:
Sources tell EW that the studio has reached out to at least three top-notch directors, [...]

Akiva Goldsman has been a writer for such hits as Batman Forever, Batman and Robin and Lost in Space, but also I am Legend, and the DaVinci Code films and has directed some TV (Fringe and Kings) but if things go well for him his first feature film could be Paranormal Activity 2.
Shock till you [...]

Jason Segel is writing The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time with James Bobin directing, so its time to start the music, and its time to light the lights.
The Muppets are getting out of the mothballs, but as with any Muppet film there are live actors as well. And it looks like [...]

This week looks like a mediocre one, and I wonder if DVD releases are affected the same way that big screen releases are, or is it just cyclic timing.
A studio will select a weekend for their release comparing it to when other big films are coming out and how it will fare under competition. [...]

The chapter that I feel is the last chapter for Twilight is upon us (the fourth is a 350pg anticlimactic epilogue), and I know this dropped a few days back but I thought I would share it anyways.
The new teaser trailer for Twilight Saga’s Eclipse:

This trailer is terrible. It does NOTHING to [...]

Now before you think I am some sick pervert who goes out of his way to find things like this, a conversation broke out (there may have been beer involved) where some buddies and I mentioned how somethings are just unreal in films. Like when people order food at a restaurant and dont eat [...]

Sometimes brutal honest is the best policy. Sometimes you hear it and you still don’t care.
This video illustrates exactly how movies are crafted to be a success. You call it a cliche, but they call it ka-ching! And you will still eat it up!

Very clever little video, and very well done. [...]

During the Oscars one thing I commented on was how Short films were all things that we just have no venue to enjoy. Sure we could see them online, but we wont.
Now if we had ensemble films that collected stories of a similar types into a series of films. Well that would be [...]

Looks like Green Lantern is getting some Australian supporting cast as Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur, and Taika Waititi as Hal’s Pal.
Cinematical says:
Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi have joined the cast in minor roles.
Morrison, probably best known to American audiences as Jango “Father of Boba” Fett, will be playing Abin Sur. Abin Sur is a [...]

I have to say I do have a soft spot for the Predators franchise, and tying it in with Aliens had so much potential as an Easter Egg brought to life was a fanboy’s dream. But that didn’t work out as well as the video game did.
But anyways, there is a NEW Predators film [...]

This week I didn’t get out to the movies at all, having too much family stuff to take care of. I am sure that my absence was completely at fault for the lack of boxoffice results from anyone who was NOT Alice in Wonderland this week.
Alice of course, continues to woo people to Wonderland, [...]

They still haven’t picked a Captain America, and I worry that they just might pick that guy from the Office, but it looks like they might be close to getting their Red Skull.
Hugo Weaving is in talks for the role, so its not final but I hope it does go this way!
THR Heatvision says:
Marvel [...]

Pixar is just packed full of goodness, and is part of your complete breakfast. With every delicious release Pixar lets float down from the heavens, we also get an animated short. Just for fun.
Pixar’s next animated short will be called Day and Night, and we get our first look at the characters and [...]

Paramount has released a new trailer for Shrek Forever After for Dreamworks and I have to say its looking a lot better than Shrek 3 ever did, so I have a shred of hope.

Either way, they are hedging their bets and calling this the last chapter. So this is it for the big green [...]