All Movie Information and Reviews, portal entertainment for movie news and reviews, release schedule for coming attractions, download movie trailers, galleries, wallpaper and posters Rs. 10 Crores per film For Kareena Kapoor - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor will turn into the top paid actress if the most recent reports turns correct. It is said that she’s prepared to act in Madhur Bhandarkar’s much-hyped movie, Heroine but only if given handsomely. She’s apparently demanded Rs.10 crore as her remuneration for the movie.Sources says that UTV has assured Bebo that they would pay her handsomely – the top ever paid to a B-town actress till date. It added that the actress has demanded Rs.10 crore for the movie, but neither she nor the producers of the movie have verified it. It may be remembered that |
David R. Ellis Helms Kite Remake - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| David R. Ellis ("Final Destination 2," "Shark Night 3D") is set to direct the live action remake of Yasuomi Umetsu´s 1998 Japanese anime movie "Kite" at Distant Horizon reports Variety. The story is a character-driven actioneer about a young woman living in a failed state, post-financial collapse, where the corrupt security force profits in human trafficking. When her police father is slain, she vows to track the murderer down with the help of her father´s ex-partner - unaware he is the man who had her father killed. Moisés Cosio, Alejandro Saevich, Anant Singh and Brian Cox are producing. Shooting aims to kick off |
Gong Yoo, Jung Yumi in The Crucible - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Gong Yoo and Jung Yumi will in the upcoming film The Crucible, an adaptation of a novel by bestselling author Gong Ji-young, based on a true story about a rape at a school for the deaf.Gong Yoo plays a new teacher at the school who finds that his students harbor a lot of pain and distrust. Over time he slowly earns their trust and discovers the horrifying truth — that they’ve been abused, violently and sexually. Jung Yumi plays a passionate human rights activist who helps him uncover the crimes and try to bring the guilty to justice, against insurmountable |
Steven Soderbergh On His The Hunger Games Involvement - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| When it was revealed the other month that Steven Soderbergh was directing second unit filming on Lionsgate´s "The Hunger Games", it caused a lot of people to wonder WTF? Now, Soderbergh has spoken with Heat Vision about how he came to be a part of the film adaptation of the best-selling teen lit series, and the "Contagion" filmmaker was well aware of all the "crazy-ass speculation" that happened when it was revealed he was involved. Asked how he got involved, Soderbergh says "Back in April, [The Hunger Games director] Gary [Ross] -- who is a close friend of mine [and] I´ve exchanged |
Batman Getting A Swanky New Batcave? - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Get set for a much more elaborate Batcave in Christopher Nolan´s "The Dark Knight Rises" than the one seen in Nolan´s 2005 first chapter "Batman Begins". As previously reported, the exterior entrance will utilise footage shot during a quick two days of filming at a waterfall in Brecon Beacons, Wales. The interior however is being built on a sound stage set in Los Angeles. Today though rumours have emerged via Dark Knight Rises Rumors that extensions to that set will be created using footage shot at the massive Salina Turda Salt Mine in Transylvania, Romania which will double for portions of said |
Kareena Kapoor parties hard with Shah Rukh Khan despite sick health - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Actress Kareena Kapoor has truly become a hectic bee nowadays. She may be over-worked and stressed, but nothing defeats Kareena Kapoor’s professional spirit. For numerous months now the actress has been attempting to accommodate a partner, friends and family within her choc-a-bloc daily activities. But looks like Kareena forced herself a bit too much when she opted to show up for good Shahrukh Khan’s bash at his house Mannat.The actress is presently doing work with Shahrukh Khan in forthcoming movie Ra. One, which is directed by Anubhav Sinha. It may be remembered that they worked before in famous movie Asoka. |
Song Il Kook considers drama with Mawang PD - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Song Il Kook is reportedly in contention as the leading man in a new drama with an interestingly uninteresting title: It’s 발효가족, which means literally Fermentation Family. There’s barely any information about the project in official news reports. Now there’s a title for you: Kimchi and Gangsters. True, that would make it sound much more comedic, but then again, it’s not like fermentation conjures up images of badass gangsters either.One key consideration: Directing it is PD Park Chan Hong, who did Rebirth (aka Resurrection) and Mawang (aka The Devil) — two dark thriller dramas oft-noted for their high-quality storytelling and |
Marc Webb Talks Spider-Man´s 3D Shoot - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Director Marc Webb tells Total Film that his upcoming reboot "The Amazing Spider-Man" is being filmed in a way "very specifically for 3D". He says "there’s an experiential component to 3D that’s really fantastic and we’re experimenting with generating that point of view so you feel how Spider-Man feels when he’s jumping over these buildings.We made a conscious effort to do those effects practically and we had an incredible stunt team. We built this whole rig – hundreds of feet long – in Harlem, and we actually swung a man through traffic down the street. I thought that was really exciting, |
Steve Coogan, Stephen Dorff Commit To The Catastrophist - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Steve Coogan, Stephen Dorff and Canadian rapper K´naan are all set to star in British director Nick Broomfield´s "The Catastrophist" for Lafayette Films, Escape Pictures and Blighty´s Channel 4 reports Variety. An adaptation of Ronan Bennett´s romance novel which is set against the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo in 1959 & 1960, the story follows an apathetic Irishman arriving in Léopoldsville to save his relationship with an Italian journalist covering central African politics and committed to Patrice Lummumba´s nationalist movement. Shooting will take place in Tanzanian mining town of Mwanza as the actual Congo is considered too risky to film, and will |
Tom Hiddleston Talks About Thor Sequel - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| At last word it appeared that "Game Of Thrones" director Brian Kirk was looking the likely candidate to replace the outgoing Kenneth Branagh on the "Thor" sequel for Marvel Studios. Now however, one of the stars has shot down that report. Tom Hiddleston, who played Loki in the first film and the upcoming "The Avengers", tells MTV News that "I don’t know that that’s actually confirmed. That’s not me being coy. I spoke to Kevin Feige last week on ["The Avengers"] set and he said, ´Oh no, we haven’t got anyone yet. We’re thinking about people. I think [Kirk´s] name is |
Romancing the Stone Remake Goes To TV? - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Talk recently of remaking 80´s romantic adventure comedy classic "Romancing the Stone" as a Katherine Heigl/Gerard Butler movie sent many a shiver down one´s spine. Now Deadline reports that Fox appears to be ditching the planned remake in favour of something else entirely - a TV series for NBC. "Night at the Museum" and "Date Night" director Shawn Levy would serve as executive producer and will likely helm the pilot of said series which "centers on a successful woman who teams up with an adventurer on weekly missions…her ultimate goal is to find her missing brother". That differs somewhat from the film´s plot |
Brad Pitt Produces HIV Drama Normal Heart - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Brad Pitt´s Plan B has come onboard to produce "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy´s new feature adaptation of Larry Kramer´s 1985 autobiographical play "The Normal Heart". Set in early 80´s New York City at the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis, the story follows gay Jewish-American writer/activist Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo) who founded a prominent HIV advocacy group. Weeks approach to activism was much louder and more public than the calmer and less aggressive tactics of his colleagues, friends and lover Felix Turner. Their arguments soon threatened to undermine all they stood for. Ellen Barkin, Joe Mantello, John Benjamin Hickey, Lee Pace and Jim Parsons |
Daniele Favilli Joins Swelter - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| He left a big impression playing a conflicted gay immigrant on a recent episode of "Torchwood: Miracle Day". Now L.A.-based Italian actor Daniele Favilli tells Torchwood4fans that he´s already involved in three more projects. First up is director Keith Parmer´s new "modern western feature film coming up called ´Swelter´ in which I play one of the bad guys". Parmer helmed the Method Fest Audience Award winning low-budget indie "Mob Rules" (aka. "Tic") which marked Favilli´s first American film. After that he´s doing a "science-fiction film with an Italian director who works internationally" and he´s also involved in a series about the Renaissance |
Stellan Skarsgard Talks The Avengers Involvement - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Stellan Skarsgard recently spoke with I Am Rogue about how his "Thor" character Erik Selvig fits into "The Avengers". Talking about the post-credits "Thor" sequence featuring his character being mentally controlled by Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Skarsgard said "It was shot by Joss [Whedon] about half a year or more after we finished shooting ´Thor´. It was not [in the script] because I don´t think they had the final story for ´The Avengers´ ready at that time. So that developed last fall when they contacted me and asked me if I wanted to be in ´The Avengers.´" He then goes onto say "With |
Vidya Balan married? - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, the woman who is apparently flaunting every curve she has and then some in her latest movie, Dirty Picture, has done the dirty with her reported beau. We are not talking about anything seamy or sleazy here, or anything a respectable family-oriented lady like Vidya (ahem ahem) would do, but the M word itself – marriage.Yes, according to one little birdie, Vidya has wedded her tall, wide and good-looking Siddhartha Roy Kapur, the gentleman she was photographed holidaying in Goa with, the man we think she shyly refers to as “SRK” when she is asked about |
Bruce Willis Set, Breck Eisner Up For RED Sequel? - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Bruce Willis is reportedly confirmed to be onboard for "RED 2", a sequel to Robert Schwentke’s recent action comedy about retired assassins reports Deadline. As of a few weeks ago Summit still hadn’t made deals with any of the stars so no word on which of the previous cast members would return. A director is also required and with Schwentke busy with "R.I.P.D.", it now looks like "Sahara" and "The Crazies" director Breck Eisner has been mentioned as a candidate. Summit and Willis both hope to film the project before Willis flies to Russia to shoot the next "Die Hard". |
John Moore Joins Die Hard 5 - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| It´s now confirmed that "Max Payne" director John Moore is set to helm the fifth "Die Hard" feature for 20th Century Fox reports Deadline. Noam Murro was previously attached to direct but is now committed to "300: Battle of Artemisia" instead. Moore along with Joe Cornish, Justin Lin and Nicolas Winding Refn were all mentioned as potential candidates the other month.. Star Bruce Willis was reportedly sold on John Moore´s love of the John McClane character and his approach to shooting action-heavy shots without using much CG. Filming on the project is expected to take place in Russia, no plot details however |
The Walking Dead Season 2 Details - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| AMC has just issued a press release about the upcoming second season of "The Walking Dead" and it´s a mixed bag. The good news? The season premiere has been expanded to a 90-minute episode for its October 16th bow. The bad news? The season is being split in half with a two month break between segments. Seven episodes (including the premiere) will air over October/November. The remaining six will then kick off February 12th. Meanwhile a recent Vulture article has gone into the various budget issues over at ABC and mentioned that this second season of ´Dead´ is being produced for $2.8 |
Rani Mukherjee breaks ice with Ekta Kapoor - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| There are a number of instances when actress Rani Mukherjee has revealed off her sweet and diplomatic side. This occasion too she has resolved the matter between her and Ekta Kapoor very politely. There were news that Ekta was not so pleased when Rani Mukherjee refused for her forthcoming project “Dayan”. It is informed that the actress called Ekta Kapoor and sorted out all the differences and the so-called misunderstandings.Actress took the plunge to call Ekta and the call helped in ironing out the differences that had crept up between the two. The differences aroused when Rani refused Ekta’s film. |
Johnny Depp´s Ultimatum: No Gore, No Ranger - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| The decision over the fate of Disney´s "Lone Ranger" with Johnny Depp now looks to be in the studio´s court as producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski have essentially agreed to a rigid and reduced $215 million budget according to the trades. A few weeks back the studio demanded budget reductions on the project which at the time was costing anywhere from $240-$275 million and which the Mouse House wanted to reduce to a flat $200 million. Now Verbinski and Bruckheimer have reportedly presented their new budget proposal to Chairman Rich Ross and it appears the studio may go forward |
Amy Adams Takes Lead In The Orphanage Remake? - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Amy Adams is reportedly early discussions to star in the remake of J.A. Bayona´s 2007 Spanish thriller "The Orphanage" at New Line says Bloody Disgusting. If she signs, Adams will play a young woman who returns to the orphanage where she was raised to help turn the facility into a home for mentally-disabled children. Her young son soon stars playing with an imaginary friend and later disappears, at the same time a mysterious child attacks her and she struggles to uncover the truth about the orphanage’s dark past. Belén Rueda starred in the original which Guillermo del Toro produced. del Toro and |
Rachel Boston Is Just A Disaster - Hotline News | Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:09 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Rachel Boston ("In Plain Sight") is joining Julia Stiles and America Ferrera in Todd Berger´s new indie comedy "It´s A Disaster" reports The Hollywood Reporter. The comedy will revolve around four couples who meet for Sunday brunch, only to find themselves stranded in a house together as the world may be about to end. Boston will play the role of a whip-smart wildcard named Lexi Kivel. Kevin Brennan, Jeff Grace, and Blaise Miller also star and shooting begins next month in Los Angeles. |
Forever And A Day - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Eugene (Sam Milby) is a shoe designer who takes a leave from his work and heads to Bukidnon to escape problems from work. There he meets Raffy (KC Concepcion), who is a cautious person that teaches him to embrace and appreciate life.They meet at an adventure park where it is love at first sight for both. Soon he starts to fall in love with her, not knowing Raffy is a sick girl who is determined to make the most of her last days. Eugene expresses her feeling for her but got rejected by Raffy. What is the outcome of their |
Karipap Karipap Cinta - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Ali (Gambit Saifullah), a young and ambitious guy works for a company that publish political newspaper and mysterious magazine. His job is to take photograph of horror places and then modify it as it appear the ghost are visible. He falls for a cartoonist, Sarah (Melia Aimellia), who is an university graduate.In order to win Sarah´s heart he lies to her that he too was an university graduate from the same university as Sarah´s. One day he get to know Sarah´s father used to work with Dato Zidan, who is a political rival of Datuk Razali Bunari (Eman Manan), his |
Treasure Inn - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Master Gong (Nicholas Tse) and Old Ba (Nick Cheung) are detectives at Whitehorse City, and their extraordinary skills of catching criminals have not been used. One day there is a robbery inside a well-known family´s home, in which all the family members´ lives are taken away by these robbers. The family´s valuable treasure, White Guanyin statue has been stolen and renowned investigator Iron (Kenny Ho) is assigned to the case. Unfortunately, Master Gong and Old Ba cannot participate in this case due to their low status. However, the duo is determined to track down the culprit on their own.Both happen |
Hantu Bonceng - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Amran (Zizan Raja Lawak) is a motorcycle courier who loves to participate in illegal drag races. One day after winning a race he is given a girl called Maya (Juliana Evans) as reward. However, Amran is rather unlucky when Maya passed away on a road accident while he is being hospitalized.After the incident Maya comes back to Amran´s life as a spirit and asks him to bury her corpse in a grave properly. Feeling scared Amran asks for help from his best friend Kunyit (Taiyuddin Bakar) to track down Maya´s family, which is still unknown to them.Amran´s girlfriend, Halimaton (Jue |
Formosa Mambo - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Ah Zhong (Yang Zong Hua) and Ah Guang (Qu Zhong Heng) are unemployed and struggling to make a living. Ah Guang recently lost his job of selling fried chicken. Both decide to make a living by becoming kidnappers and cooperate with Toro (Chen Yi Wen), who is a fraud chief. They kidnap an elementary school student, George (Dong Yan Ting) and demand three million from his mother (Felicia Huang Jie Fei) for his release. However, his mother mistaken them as the members of fraudulent organization when they ask her for money.Then they decide to lower the ransom price to three |
Cats: Two Eyes That See Death - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| So Yeon (Park Min Young) works as pet groomer in an animal shop. One day one of her customer passes away on the elevator, leaving the cat called Silky behind. The police start their investigation and ask So Yeon to look after Silky. After she brings Silky home strange incident begins to affect her.During her sleep she starts having nightmares and meets a little girl called Hui Jin (Kim Ye Ron), who keeps coming back to haunt her. She decides to investigate the mystery of the cat and also her ex-boyfriend Jun Seok (Kim Dong Wook), who happens also to |
Love Is The Only Answer - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Bo (Charmaine Sheh) decides to cancel her wedding with Cheong (Alex Fong Lik Sun) at their wedding reception when a video clip of Cheong getting intimate with a girl shows up. Although their wedding is off, Bo still maintains her good relationship with Cheong within a year. One day Cheong brings Bo to a swingers party. Initially Bo feels uncomfortable and wants to leave, but Cheong manages to let her stay on. At the party they meet Kit (Law Chung Him) and his wife Man Lai (Kelly Fu). Then the four of them start to develop a romantic and intimate |
Andalucia: Goddess Of Retribution - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (Yuji Oda) is required to investigate a Japanese investor, whose life has been taken away, and is connected to a money laundering case. He meets two people related to the case: Yuka Shindo (Meisa Kuroki), a clerk from Victor Bank and Makoto Kotari (Hideaki Ito), an Interpol investigator.Makoto dislikes Kosaku´s involvement in the case and tries to make him stay away from the case but failed. The three head to the Japanese consulate in Barcelona where diplomat Kanae Adachi (Erika Toda) works in order to protect Yuka. Along the way they are attacked by an unidentified group |
Mysterious Island - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Jiang Peng Fei (Jordan Chan), Yi Lin (Yang Mi) with six other young men and women head to a secluded island for a survival game. They are unfamiliar with each other, but has only one purpose: to be rewarded millions of dollars if they can survive the hardship throughout the competition.The participants has to endure bizarre shipwreck, fog shrouded beach, jungle full of traps, and numerous signs indicating that death is not a scary game. Despite finding a map to unlock the mystery of the island, it actually leads them to a cemetery. Soon their lives are taken away one |
Twisted - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| The movie consists of three different stories with fates intertwined and how their paths clash. The first is about a drug dealer who raped a young girl, second a pair of swindler who wants to reform and begin again, and finally four cabin crews whose lives were ruined overnight after excessive drug use. Director: Chai Yee WeiWriter(s): Not AvailableCast: Mark Lee, Joey Leong, Randall Tan, Vincent Tee, Zhu Mi Mi, Linda Liao, Alvin Wong, Brandon Yuen, Calvin Soh, Candy Lim, Tracy Lee, Josh LaiRelease Date: July 28, 2011Country: Singapore, MalaysiaDistributor: Clover Films, Way OnNet Group, Primeworks Studios, PMP Entertainment, Passion Entertainment, |
Tumbok - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Grace (Cristine Reyes) and Ronnie (Carlo Aquino), a young married couple move to a condominium unit that used to belong to Ronnie´s deceased father. The unit happens to be in a building located in the intersection of three roads, and according to feng shui is supposed to bring bad luck for anyone living there.Strange things start to occur inside the building: baby crying inside a cabinet, noise of young children running inside the room, an explosion at the students’ room, Ronnie developing wound where worms crawl out and Grace dreaming of being taken advantaged by Mark (Ryan Eigenmann), the building |
Small Ru Gu Naew - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Five ambitious teenagers dream about being musicians. They form a band and enter an audition but are not successful. As a result of this some members are leaving to form a new band. The old band then recruit another two new members. However, everything is not easy for the new band.Piakpun (Wanida Termtanaporn) inherits a bakery store from his father (Anna Chuancheun) who is a baker. She is required to improve the bakery´s operations and to train with her band members at the same time. The members train so hard until they become successful. Now she must choose between the |
KL Gangster - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Malek (Aaron Aziz) and Jai (Ady Putra) are siblings and got involved in gangsterism. Malek is an ex-convict and was imprisoned for 5 years after being betrayed by his own gang member called Shark (Syamsul Yusof). Shark is a step son to King (Ridzuan Hashim), leader of the most influential secret societies in KL. Malek wants to start a new life after his release from prison and King offers to help him out. Meanwhile, Jai leads a luxurious life and will do anything for money and power. Jai works for Shark and his boss feels threatened with the emergence of |
Temptation Island - 2011 | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Four beauty pageant contestants: Serafina (Lovi Poe), Virginia (Heart Evangelista), Pura (Solen Heussaff) and Cristina (Marian Rivera) are vying for the coveted title of Miss Manila Sunshine got stuck on a deserted island when their ship caught on fire.They manage to get into a wild romp with an attractive young stud (Aljur Abrenica), a maid (Rufa Mae Quinto), yacht waiter (Tom Rodriguez) and a gay pageant director (John Lapus). Together, these beauties seek for fun and survival in the island. Director: Chris MartinezWriter(s): Not AvailableCast: Marian Rivera, Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe, Solen Heussaff, Rufa Mae Quinto, Aljur Abrenica, Tom Rodriguez, Mikael |
Red Dragonflies - 2011 | Monday, August 22, 2011 11:08 PM | TBMR Pictures |
| High school students Rachel (Oon Yee Jeng), Tien (Yeo Shang Xuan) and Jun (Ong Kuan Loong) explore an abandoned railway track that runs through a dense forest and then an accident happens. Many years later, the adult Rachel (Ng Xuan Ming) returns from New York and reconnects with an older Tien (Jason Hui) and talk about how things have changed since she left Singapore, and visits the same old locations.The movie explores the vanishing side of Singapore due to development, and brings the nostalgic memories and friendship together. Time flies quickly, the youth fades but the friendship and the memories |
Rose Byrne Replaces Gerwig In The Place Beyond the Pines - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Rose Byrne is set to replace Greta Gerwig in Derek Cianfrance´s suspense crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines" reports Vulture. Byrne will play the wife of Bradley Cooper´s police officer turned politician character who finds himself in a showdown with a motorcycle-riding bank robber (Gosling). Gerwig, who was never officially signed on to the part, has a film-promotion scheduling conflict. Shooting began two weeks ago in Schenectady, New York. |
Walden Media Set To Adapt Flat Stanley Books - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Walden Media has acquired film rights to Jeff Brown´s children´s book series "Flat Stanley" about a two-dimensional person stuck in a 3D world says Deadline. The adventures follow Stanley Lambchop, a kid who is given a bulletin board by his father to put above his bed. One night it falls off and flattens him. He´s fine other than the fact he´s now two-dimensional. He can now can slip under doors, pose as a kite, and solves an art heist by posing as a wall painting. The film will be shot live action, with visual effects being employed to turn the lead character into |
Call Keanu Reeves As Man Of Tai Chi - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Keanu Reeves is in negotiations with China Film Group and Village Roadshow Pictures to score funding for "Man of Tai Chi" reports Reuters. Reeves penned the film and if it goes ahead he will both star as the villain and make his directorial debut on the Mandarin-and-English-language project. Tiger Chen, a member of the kung fu team in "The Matrix", will also star in the project which features some "serious fighting scenes". Further plot details are being kept quiet. |
Mark Wahlberg Joins Two Guns ? - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in the comic adaptation "Two Guns" for Universal Pictures reports Deadline. Based on Steven Grant´s graphic novel, the story follows a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence officer who unwittingly investigate each other as each steals mob money. Blake Masters penned the current script which Marc Platt, Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie are producing. Previously Wahlberg´s "The Fighter" director David O Russell was attached to helm. |
Imogene, Road to Nardo, Gay Dude - Casting | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Imogene Matt Dillon is joining the indie comedy "Imogene". Kristen Wiig plays a playwright who stages a fake suicide attempt and is consigned to return to the home of her gambling addict mother (Annette Bening). Dillon plays the eccentric love interest of Bening´s character and claims to be in the CIA, though his behavior suggests he´s crazy. Shooting commenced this week in New York City. [Source: Deadline] Road to Nardo Thomas Middleditch ("Splinterheads") has scored the title role in the comedy "Road to Nardo" at Sony Pictures. Scribe Scot Armstrong ("The Hangover") makes his feature directing debut on the film which follows two |
Milla Jovovich, Paul W.S. Anderson Return For Resident Evil: Retribution - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Paul W.S. Anderson is returning to both write and direct "Resident Evil: Retribution", the fifth installment of the popular video game adaptation reports Bloody Disgusting. Star Milla Jovovich is also back as Alice for the Tokyo-set entry in the franchise which will also see the return of Jill Valentine, though it looks like that part may be recast rather than having actress Sienna Guillory reprise the role which was a major character in the second and made a brief appearance in the fourth. Other new characters include Barry Burton, a member of S.T.A.R.S., and Leon Scott Kennedy, a U.S. Government agent. Shooting |
Names Floated For Dirty Dancing Remake - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Its only been a day since the director was announced but already potential favourites have emerged for who might be playing the lead roles in the remake of "Dirty Dancing". The Sun reports that Cheryl Cole´s ex-beau and "Dancing with the Stars" professional dancer Derek Hough is heavily pursuing the role of Johnny Castle which Patrick Swayze played in the original. "The Devil´s Double" actor Dominic Cooper, "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford and to a lesser extent "Glee" teacher Matthew Morrison are also said to be under consideration. "Glee" actress Lea Michele is reportedly being pushed to play Frances "Baby" Houseman which |
Bruce Willis Joins G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation - Hotline News | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| Bruce Willis in talks to join the cast of "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" for Paramount Pictures says Heat Vision. Willis is in talks to play General Joseph Colton, the man who created and commands the elite covert special forces unit which shares the same codename as his own - G.I. Joe. Jon M. Chu is directing the Lorenzo di Bonaventura-produced action flick which also stars Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson and RZA. Shooting kicks off later this month in New Orleans |
NBC: Frankenstein Reborn On Television - TV Update | Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 AM | TBMR Pictures |
| NBC has given a script order for "Frankenstein", a modern-day take on Mary Shelley´s classic novel says The Live Feed. No further details on the layout of the show and how the concept will be expanded into a series-long version. There´s been numerous cinematic and TV takes on the property since the first adaptation in 1910. "House" executive producers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner will produce for Universal Media Studios and BermanBraun. |
The Avengers Shooting Details - Hotline News | Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:08 PM | TBMR Pictures |
| Marvel Studio´s "The Avengers" is still in full production and The Sandusky Register reports that filming began on Monday at NASA´s Plum Brook Space Power Facility in Ohio. A giant vacuum chamber at the facility is being employed and is expected to last the rest of the week according to a NASA spokeswoman. Samuel L. Jackson is said to be the only big star from the film at the facility. Meanwhile shooting on the project is about to overtake much of Cleveland the way "The Dark Knight Rises" is currently occupying Pittsburgh. Various parts of the city are being converted to resemble |
Robert Rodriguez Set For Sin City, Machete Sequels - Hotline News | Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:08 PM | TBMR Pictures |
| Robert Rodriguez says things are almost ready to go on both the "Machete" and "Sin City" sequels which he would both direct. Talking with We Got This Covered, he says "Sin City 2" is "going good, we’re just finishing the script for that, we already got the money. We have everything we need so we can just start shooting as soon as we get the pages. He adds that "it’s the same thing for Machete 2. We’ve already got the budget, just waiting for the script. As soon as we’re finished writing we get to start the shoot." |
Oren Moverman Sets Up The Terrorist Search Engine - Hotline News | Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:08 PM | TBMR Pictures |
| Oren Moverman ("The Messenger") is set to pen a script based on the New York Magazine article "The Terrorist Search Engine" for Sony Pictures says Deadline. The article was about a young counter-terrorism expert witness named Evan Kohlmann who had a skill for culling through jihadist videos, communiques and websites to unearth terror threats. His testimony led to the conviction of nearly two dozen defendants on terrorist charges, but has also lead to claims of him making his living being a "convenient witness" for government lawyers after convictions. Scott Rudin will produce the film which is being setup as a vehicle for "The |
Bewitched Gets New Screen Reboot - Hotline News | Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:08 PM | TBMR Pictures |
| Despite the failure of the 2005 film reboot with Nicole Kidman, CBS is pursuing a small screen remake of classic sitcom "Bewitched" says The Live Feed. The original starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, a witch who marries a mortal named Darrin (Dick York, later Dick Sargent) and attempts to become a typical suburban housewife. The network has ordered a script from Sony Pictures Television which "Miss Congeniality" scribe Marc Lawrence has been hired to pen. Lawrence will also executive produce. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, who produced Nora Ephron´s 2005 film, will also produce this which is expected to be a more straightforward |
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