After the horrendous misfire known as Cop Out, it looks like Kevin Smith is getting back to what he does best; directing his own scripts. Instead of Hit Somebody, the hockey comedy he recently shopped around, it will be the horror film Red State...
The Judd Apatow-produced and Nicholas Stoller-directored Get Him To The Greek now has its red band trailer thanks to MySpace. The comedy is a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall in that it stars Aldous Snow, Russell Brand’s crude (and hilarious) rock star. The film also stars Jonah Hill, P. Diddy, Aziz Ansari, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney and Elisabeth Moss. ...
I have to give credit to Michael Bay. He actually seems to be trying hard to improve from the abomination that was Revenge of the Fallen. The director has given us an update on Transformers 3 on his site....
George Ratliff (Joshua) has quite a cast lined up for his next feature, Salvation Boulevard. Variety reports that Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear are joining Marisa Tomei, Pierce Brosnan, Jim Gaffigan and Ed Harris in the upcoming comedy-thriller. ...
Warner Bros. have added another manga adaptation to their list of developing projects. We reported a few weeks ago that the Hughes Brothers are attached to the live-action Akira project, now we have word from THR that they are working on an adaptation of Tite Kubo's Bleach ....
Although director Ruben Fleischer was confident in shooting a 3D Zombieland 2 next, it looks like he may have time for another film. Deadline reports he is "serious" about the comedy 30 Minutes or Less, with Danny McBride to star.
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Warner Bros. were correct in ordering a sequel for The Hangover two months before it even hit theaters. The Todd Phillips comedy went on to become the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all-time. We now have a few updates on the sequel thanks to Market Saw and Collider....
Spike Jonze, the director of Where the Wild Things Are, Adaptation and Being John Malkovich premiered a new short film title I'm Here this past January at Sundance. It is now available to view online. ...
One of the biggest (and most secretive) films of the summer was part of Warner Bros. ShoWest presentation yesterday in Las Vegas. Coming Soon was there and has a great report on the show....
Nimrod Antal’s Predators (produced by Robert Rodriguez) has its first trailer via IGN. The film stars Topher Grace, Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne. ...
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