[Brian] Singer and 20th Century Fox have formalized his move from director to producer on X-Men: First Class. That is the bad news for X-Men die-hards who love the first two films Singer directed. Here’s the good part: he is leaving because Fox liked the script that Jamie Moss wrote from Singer’s treatment so much that the studio wants the film right away, envisioning it as the first leg of a trilogy. The hope is to have it ready for 2011 release.
Singer will join Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg as producers. He’s not available because Warner Bros and Legendary are locked into a summer production start on Jack the Giant Killer. They’ll begin casting shortly. It is a big CG project, and they are likely to either shoot 3D or convert it later.
New album title: “WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST”
Release date: TBA
JOEY JORDISON on how a MURDERDOLLS reunion came about:
“It’s been an ongoing conversation between Wednesday and I from 2006 until now. We were bored with everything out there, and thought we had something to piss people off and shake things up. Everything is such a product or a fucking formula these days… Fuck formula! Fuck the norm!”
The expected band lineup?
“Much like the way Darkthrone or Satyricon make records, Wednesday and I are doing the record ourselves with a couple of very special guests.”
Dimension Films has given the green light to Scream 4, which will start shooting this spring for a release on April 12, 2011 (a Tuesday interestingly).
Chris Evans (“Fantastic Four” films) has accepted Marvel Studios’ offer for him to play Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Joe Johnston-directed The First Avenger: Captain America.
The deal calls for Evans to star in at least three “Captain America” movies, with the first hitting theaters on July 22, 2011.
He would reprise the role in The Avengers, which will united Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the Incredible Hulk (Edward Norton) in one film. That film is scheduled for May 4, 2012. The character also will likely make cameo appearances in Marvel’s other films.
Hugo Weaving will play the villain Red Skull in THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA.
Chris Evans played Johnny Storm (AKA The Human Torch) in the FOX produced (and completely forgetable) FANTASTIC FOUR movies from a few years ago.
CHRIS EVANS will be THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA due in theaters July 22nd, 2011
CHRIS EVANS will be 'THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA' due in theaters July 22nd, 2011
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The latest from TRANSFORMERS director MICHAEL BAY
“We are going to shoot in LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow, and China. On the talent front, we just locked in Frances McDormand and John Malkovich.”
also:
“…the newest Autobot to join Transformers: the Ferrari 458 Italia.”
Source: IGN.com
The cast to date includes; Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX Trilogy), Topher Grace, Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (THE 4400), Walt Goggins (THE SHIELD), Danny Trejo (HALLOWEEN, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, HEAT) and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov.
The basic premise is that a batch of human “predators” (in their own right) are yanked from Earth and dropped on the Predator planet to provide some predator challenge.
Release date: July, 7th 2010.
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ posing with friends on the set of 'PREDATORS' due in theaters 07.07.10
ADRIEN BRODY (left) stars in 'PREDATORS' due in theaters on 07.07.10
Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton has found a new 3D project. He will direct a stop-motion animated film [a la THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and CORPSE BRIDE] based on Charles Addams’ original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
INSANE CLOWN POSSE, KITTIE, COOLIO, NECRO and KOTTONMOUTH KINGS tour dates:
May 09 – Memphis, TN @ The New Daisy Theatre
May 10 – Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
May 13 – Louisville, KY @ InnPlace Hotel and Conference Center
May 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
May 16 – Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
May 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
May 20 – Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Concert Pavilion
May 21 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
May 22 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
May 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Nautica Pavilion
May 26 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
May 27 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Westfair Amphitheater
May 29 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Cap Fed Park at Sandstone Amphitheater
May 31 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks
Jun. 01 – Magna, UT @ Saltair
Jun. 03 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Jun. 07 – Anaheim, CA @ Grove of Anaheim
Plot synopsis: A coming-of-age biopic about ’70s teenage band The Runaways.
Directed by Floria Sigismondi, ‘THE RUNAWAYS’, hits theaters today (March 19th, 2010) and stars; Kristen Stewart (TWILIGHT, NEW MOON) as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning (WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, NEW MOON, CORALINE) as Cherie Currie, and Scout Taylor-Compton (HALLOWEEN) as Lita Ford.
“It’s very exciting, we have a fantastic story. And we feel we can do it right. We know the milieu, if you will, we know the genre and how to get it done right.”
On working with Superman screenwriter David Goyer (screenwriter for THE DARK KNIGHT, BATMAN BEGINS, JUMPER, and all three BLADE movies as well as director of BLADE: TRINITY):
“[Goyer] basically told me, ‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman. I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get [Supermand producer (and Nolan's wife)] Emma [Thomas] and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way.”
On the new Batman sequel:
“Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third [Batman] film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story. And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story.”
Actor Corey Haim died this morning of an apparent overdose — possibly accidental — according to LAPD. He was 38.
[Police] were called to St. Joseph’s hospital in Burbank, CA shortly before 4 AM PT to investigate.
Haim shot to fame in the 80s — when he co-starred in a number of films, including “The Lost Boys” with Corey Feldman.
COREY HAIM (center) and COREY FELDMAN (right) in 'THE LOST BOYS'
Haim reportedly suffered a drug-induced stroke in 2001 and was rushed to UCLA Medical Center. Haim also reportedly was in and out of rehab 15 times, but cleaned up in 2004 after moving to Toronto.
MICHAEL MANN (left) and DAVID MILCH (right) on the set of DEADWOOD
Source: HollywoodReporter.com THRALL WORLD is keen on anything by Michael Mann (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) and David Milch (DEADWOOD) separately – so to say we’re pretty damned hot on this new collaboration would easily be the understatement of the day.
Kevin Dunn has been tapped to co-star on HBO’s drama pilot “Luck,” with “Rome” alumna Kerry Condon and Tom Payne also set and Nick Nolte in talks for the horse drama starring Dustin Hoffman.
“Luck,” from Michael Mann and David Milch, takes a look at the worlds of horse racing and gambling through a diverse group of characters surrounding a racetrack.
[Viggo] Mortensen will star as [Sigmund] Freud opposite Michael Fassbender as Jung. Keira Knightley will play Sabina, a disturbed young woman brought to see Jung by her father.
Based on the play by Christopher Hampton, the pic is about the conflict between Freud and his pupil Jung.
April 30 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
May 1 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle
May 2 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head
May 4 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
May 5 – Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
May 7 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
May 8 – TBA @ TBA
May 9 – Tulsa, OK @ Diamond
May 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
May 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
May 14 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
May 15 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA (no Airbourne)
May 16 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center Ballroom
May 18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Great Salt Air
May 19 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
May 21 – St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
May 22 – Chicago, IL @ Rivera
May 23 – Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range
May 25 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
May 26 – Minneapolis, MN @ 1st Avenue
May 28 – Grand – Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
May 30 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Source: BulletForMyValentine.com
New album title: “FEVER”
International release date: 04.26.10
U.S. Release date: 04.27.10 (both via Jive/Zomba)
“FEVER” track listing:
1. Hit And Run
2. Corridors
3. These Days Are Black
4. Your Betrayal
5. Numbers
6. I Am Not Alone
7. The Fever
8. Reason To Hide
9. Begging For Mercy
10. Reverse This Curse
11. The Last Fight
Rome creator/executive Bruno Heller — who went on to create CBS’s hit The Mentalist — has finished a script for Morning Light Productions, which financed the development and will produce the film. Series stars Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus) and Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo) will likely sign onto the movie, which picks up in Germany four years after the series ended.
Does that mean the proposed movie will cover that ground? THRALL WORLD doubts that as Heller was also keen to point out, “There’s certainly more than enough history to go around.”
