Orlando Bloom To Be ‘The Good Doctor’
Here's to you, Mr. Bloom. You're definitely done with the Pirates franchise, you made a notable splash in a notable Sundance flick (Mark Ruffalo's Sympathy ...
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‘Frozen’ and ‘House of the Devil’ Get Retro Posters
Here are two old school posters for two films that are very much new school visually. The alchemy works well....
[Review] Edge of Darkness
Mel Gibson's back and he's out for blood. Or for answers. Or for both.
Things get a tad muddled in this film adaptation of the critically-acclaimed 1985 ...
Orlando Bloom Definitely NOT In ‘On Stranger Tides’
This has been assumed for quite some time but not really confirmed or denied. Well, here comes the confirmation from the man himself. Orlando Bloom answered...
Naomi Watts To Occupy ‘Dream House’
Naomi Watts has joined Daniel Craig to headline Jim Sheridan's next project, Dream House, based on a spec script by David Loucka.
The film will follow "a...
‘The Last Airbender’ Gets Posters, Good and Evil
Further supporting the hope that this could very well be a return to form for the slumping M. Night Shyamalan, here are two lush, contrasting posters for the director's next film, The Last Airbender, adapted from the critically-acclaimed animated series. One reveals the evil Prince Zuko (Slumdog Millionaire Dev Patel) looking down on his "fire nation;" the other shows hero Aang (Noah Ringer) and his "air nation."...
[Sundance] Lionsgate Gets ‘Buried, ‘Company Men’ Stock Soars, ‘Catfish’ Hunted
Lionsgate bought Rodrigo Cortes' indie thriller Buried this afternoon, amongst several bids for the film which features Ryan Reynolds as a American truck driver buried alive in an Iraqi desert. These reports come after a palpable amount of midnight screening buzz praising Reynolds' performance and Cortes' direction....
‘Machete’ Gets Foxy
Late Friday night Fox won out in the studio bidding war for Robert Rodriguez's independently-produced Machete, the extension of his faux-trailer that sat in...
[Review] Legion
It is a small wonder Hollywood's never been able to fully tackle the Christian mythos. Sure, there are countless renderings of the Jesus Christ and Moses stories, but other than that? Not much credible product to speak of (The Prophecy's not that credible), despite an abundance of source material....
Scorsese To Invent ‘Hugo Cabret’
A little while back, it was reported that Warner Bros had optioned the children's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret for screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator...
Dan Mecca
Managing Editor
Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.