February 2012
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New on-set images of the Coen brothers' Inside...
Inside Llewyn Davis started filming in New York in early February and a series of on-set photos have arrived online. The new Coen brothers film examines the folk music scene of New York in the 1960s with Llewyn Davis played by Oscar Isaac (Drive), whose star has been gradually rising over the past few years.
Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan will also feature as a husband-and-wife ...
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Official synopsis and new image for Byzantium
Byzantium, the upcoming vampire saga from director Neil Jordan, has released a new image online as well as the first glimpse of an official synopsis. The new snap shows stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan huddling together in front of what looks like a seafront attraction, looking less than thrilled with their situation. The pair are vampires you see, and having fled the scene of a...
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Michael Shannon talks General Zod
Man Of Steel might still be more than a year away, but that hasn’t stopped the steady drip-feed of information from the production being pored over in microscopic detail by the geek community. The latest nugget of info comes from star Michael Shannon, who’s dropped a few clues as to what we can expect from his incarnation of General Zod. “He’s actually a not very scary guy,” says Shannon of...
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More Star Trek 2 images online
Star Trek fans rejoice – some more on-set image from J.J. Abrams’ forthcoming sequel have leaked online following the twopreviewed by MTV this weekend. The additional shots are taken from the same sequence in which Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain finds himself in a scrap with Spock and Uhura. However, this time around, it looks like Cumberbatch gets to throw a few shots of his own....
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Guy Pearce's Prometheus role revealed
Prometheus has long been thought to share a connection with Ridley Scott’s previous sci-fi smash Alien, and according to Scott, that connection will be embodied by the character portrayed by Guy Pearce. “When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made,” explains Scott, “I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation...
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New trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation has released a new trailer in which Dwayne Johnson spits out a few more one liners, and a whole heap of stuff gets blown to smithereens. The new teaser is significantly shorter than previous offerings, but it does include some new footage, including Johnson’s character giving a quick pep talk as to what it means to be a G.I. Joe. “G.I. Joes?” he begins. “We’re fists. How do...
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The Artist dominates 2012 Oscars
The Artist enjoyed a triumphant night at the 2012 Academy Awards, scooping five statuettes including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, as well as Best Costume Design and Best Score. The film tied with Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, which also won five awards, albeit in the less glamorous technical categories. Elsewhere, Meryl Streep netted her third Oscar for her performance in The Iron Lady,...
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Sacha Baron Cohen will attend the Oscars as The...
Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator has been causing Oscars 2012 controversy in spades this week, but he finally has his tickets for the tomorrow’s ceremony. Extra has confirmed that General Aladeen will be in attendance, with Oscar producer Brian Grazer confirming that, “We’re thrilled to have him and he’ll be on the red carpet dressed as The Dictator.” The...
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RoboCop lead offered to The Killing's Joel...
Joel Kinnaman, best known for his role in the US version of The Killing, has been offered the lead role in another remake: Jose Padhila’s reboot of RoboCop. Michael Fassbender has been linked to the RoboCop role for some time, although it seems as if he never officially entered talks for the role. Kinnaman recently signed on to Arthur & Lancelot (playing the latter), and he has...
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Star Trek 2 on-set pics give first look at...
Star Trek 2 was an exciting prospect in itself, before it bagged one of the most exciting actors of the moment as its villain: yep,Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch. J.J. Abrams has recently started shooting the sequel to his hugely popular reboot, and some on-set pictures have been leaked online. MTV.com revealed the snaps, which show Cumberbatch’s as-yet unnamed character battling...
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Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator responds to...
The Dictator is the latest character-based comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen, and he’s been causing a bit of controversy with regards to Oscars 2012.
There has been speculation that Sacha Baron Cohen has been banned from this Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, due to fears among academy members that he will use the opportunity to promote the film. Cohen has previous form with award ceremonies, having...
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New Avengers image online
The Avengers hype-machine continues to work itself into overdrive, with a new image of the Hulk cropping up online this morning. Well, we say new, because it actually looks as though it was taken from the film’s recent Super Bowl trailer. Still, it’s the clearest look we’ve had of Bruce Banner’s alter-ego so far, so we thought it was worth sharing with you. He certainly looks imposing, doesn’t...
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Dwayne Johnson to play Brett Ratner's Hercules
Hercules will be the next project for political correctness expert Brett Ratner, with the director in line to bring an adaptation of Steve Moore’s comic-book series Hercules: The Thracian Wars to the big screen. And the man in line to play the hulking Greek demigod? None other than musclebound man-mountain Dwayne Johnson, who Variety reports is currently in talks with MGM to take the role. The...
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Two new TV spots for The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games has released a pair of new TV spots ahead of the film’s release next month, and both give us a welcome look at Woody Harrelson’s character Haymitch Abernathy. A hard drinking former tribute, Abernathy serves as a mentor for his District 12 successors Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). The first new spot show him doling out a bit of coaching,...
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New Wrath Of The Titans trailer arrives
Wrath Of The Titans has released a new trailer giving audiences a closer look at some of the terrible Titans Sam Worthington’s Perseus will be squaring off against, and it has to be said they look bigger and more fearsome than ever. The new teaser outlines the same plot points we saw in earlier teasers (Liam Neeson’s Zeus informing Perseus that the Titans have broken free and Ralph Fiennes’ Hades...
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Edgar Wright to direct Johnny Depp in The Night...
Disney has recruited Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright to helm a remake of The Night Stalker, a 1972 television horror, and Johnny Depp’s in position to star. It appears Depp and his producing partner Christi Dembrowski have had their hearts set on getting the remake developed for some time. The 1972 show, penned by I Am Legend novelist Richard Matheson, saw a Las Vegas reporter...
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Skyfall will be the first IMAX Bond film
Skyfall will become the first Bond film ever to be converted to IMAX format, according to a new press release from Sony and MGM. The film will be released in IMAX cinemas worldwide, although it has not been shot using IMAX cameras, so we won’t be treated to any of those Nolan-esque scenes in which the screen appears to expand. “Skyfall will be the cool, must-see event release of the...
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New trailer for Pixar's Brave
Brave, the latest offering from Pixar, has released a new teaser trailer, in which Kelly Macdonald’s feisty princess Merida shows off her skills with a bow and arrow. The new trailer takes the shape of a single scene, rather than the usual hotpotch of dialogue and action, and focuses upon an archery contest to determine who will win Merida’s hand in marriage. Fed up with the saps and show-offs...
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American Pie: Reunion gets a new trailer
American Pie: Reunion has released a new theatrical trailer crammed full of new footage, as Jim, Finch, Stifler and co celebrate their high-school reunion in time-honoured style… by getting wasted and sleazing on girls. The new trailer introduces a few new plot points, including the arrival of the girl Jim used to babysit for. Naturally, she’s turning 18, and is going to test sex-starved Jim’s...
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New images for Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror has released a new batch of on-set images featuring what looks like the first clinch between Lily Collins’ Snow White and Armie Hammer’s dashing Prince Andrew. The image in question shows Snow White looking rather dishevelled as she swoons in the arms of the prince. Perhaps she’s just been doing a spot of brawling? She has been trained in combat, after all… Elsewhere, there’s a...
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Men In Black 3 gets a new poster
Men In Black 3 has released a new poster, and it finally gives us an opportunity to see all three of the film’s stars together in one place. Chances are this will be the only place you’ll see the three MIBs in one picture, given that both Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin are playing the same character, Agent K. It looks as though there’s been a fair bit of airbrushing here though, because Brolin...
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Scrat parodies The Artist in Ice Age featurette
Does Ice Age icon Scrat rival the silent-era greats? Apparently he does, according to this new featurette that parodies awards-magnet The Artist. The new featurette arrives just ahead of this weekend’s Oscars ceremony, with The Artist the hot favourite to sweep the board. Check out the video now:
Ice Age: Continental Drift opens in the UK on 6 July 2012. Fans can keep up-to-date with...
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Ryan Reynolds talks Safe House
Safe House is currently sitting at the top of the US box office, and it’s making its way to the UK soon. If you fancy watching a video interview with charming lead Ryan Reynolds, you’ve come to the right place. In the video below, Reynolds talks about working with the “living, breathing, walking masterclass in acting” that is Denzel Washington. Swedish director Daniel Espinosa also talks about the...
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New Avengers image released online
The Avengers arrives in UK cinemas in just a matter of months, and Marvel have whetted our appetites still further with the release of a shiny new image featuring three of the team preparing for action.
The new shot shows Captain America striding purposefully towards the camera, flanked by SHIELD operatives Hawkeye and Black Widow. Pretty badass, we think you’ll agree. It’s particularly nice...
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First poster arrives for Frankenweenie
Frankenweenie, the new stop-motion animation from Tim Burton, has received a first official poster and it’s every bit as charmingly gothic as we had hoped. The poster shows a tombstone bearing the moniker “Sparky”, but wait a minute… isn’t that Sparky the dog peeking out from behind it? Well yes it is, because the film will tell the story of a pet pooch brought back from the dead by a...
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First Skyfall videoblog lands online
Skyfall has received a new videoblog on 007.com, in which Sam Mendes gives an insight into what attracted him to the 23rd Bond film and the particular challenges that face a director on a film of this magnitude. Mendes comes across as a supremely affable chap, and there’s a palpable sense of excitement on his part during this brief but intriguing video-diary. Take a look at the new video, below…...
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Antonio Banderas to play Pablo Picasso
2011 was a year of variety for Antonio Banderas, from the creepy,The Skin I Live In to the Shrek spin-off, Puss In Boots, and it doesn’t look like work is going to slow down for the prolific Spanish actor. Alongside the persistent rumour that he’ll play Fidel Castro comes confirmation of his casting as the much celebrated artist Pablo Picasso in33 Dias [33 Days]. The biopic will...
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Orlando Bloom to star in adaptation of Zulu
Orlando Bloom has starred in a few duds since leaving the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise (The Three Musketeers anyone?), but he may have a promising new project in the form of Jerome Salle’s adaptation of Caryl Férey’s novel, Zulu. Not to be confused with the Michael Caine classic, Zulu is set in post-apartheid South Africa, the story revolves around the Cape Town police...
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Robert Downey Jr. would have played Lex Luthor in...
Back when Warner Bros were toing and froing over how best to bring Superman back to the big screen in the early noughties, there was a stage at which McG was poised to direct his take on the Man Of Steel.
The director recently gave an interview to The Playlist, in which he elaborates on his vision for the project, which apparently involved Robert Downey Jr. as Lex Luthor.
The Charlie’s...
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New poster for Eddie Murphy's A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words is the new film from Eddie Murphy. You might recall us putting the boot into the trailer at the end of last year. Well the first poster has arrived online, and it’s not exactly filling us with confidence. Boasting the kind of hotch-potch layout that suggests it was knocked together by the work experience kid, the new one-sheet shows Eddie in a variety of “humorous”...
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Watch three Safe House clips online
Safe House, the action thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, has been performing strongly at the US box office, and you can get a taste of it by watching 3 new clips. Ryan Reynolds’ rookie CIA ‘housekeeper’ is based in South Africa, and his mundane role gets all shaken up with the arrival of wanted rogue agent, Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington). An intense cat-and-mouse...
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Benjamin Walker talks Abraham Lincoln: Vampire...
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter recently released a first teaser trailer and now star Benjamin Walker and Timur Bekmembatovhave fanned anticipation still further by dropping a few nuggets of info on what we can expect from the historical horror. “What’s great about it is we can re-examine Abraham Lincoln as a human being,” says Walker. “He’s an idol, we put him on a pedestal and see him as a a...
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Jim Caviezel joins The Tomb
The Tomb will see Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone reunited on the big screen, but interestingly, the next piece of casting has not involved another musclebound beefcake, but character actor Jim Caviezel. The film is set in a maximum security jail, designed by Stallone’s wrongly-imprisoned architect. Using his knowledge of the building’s inner workings, Stallone sets about trying to...
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Two international posters for Piranha 3DD
Piranha 3DD has released a new pair of posters promoting the horror sequel’s schlocky wares, and they’ve got us ruing afresh that the film has been unable to negotiate a UK release. Whilst director John Gulager has reassured US audiences that the film will reach Stateside cinemas, the UK plan is for the film to be released direct to DVD. Now while the original was no masterpiece, it was a dopily...
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd WANDERLUST...
In the hilarious new comedy Wanderlust, over-extended and over-stressed Manhattanites George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) leave their over-priced micro-loft in the West Village and stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by very colorful, sexually adventurous characters. While the couple embraces a refreshingly different way of looking at things, they begin to question...
