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Hot Pursuit Trailer – Reese Witherspoon tries to protect Sofia Vergara

February 14, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The trailer for Hot Pursuit has arrived. The movie stars Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon, alongside Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara with Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) directing.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In Hot Pursuit, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

‘Fletcher directs from a screenplay written by David Feeney (TV’s New Girl) & John Quaintance (TV’s Ben & Kate) and Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas) & Katherine Silberman (TV’s Ben & Kate). John Carroll Lynch (Crazy, Stupid, Love.) and Rob Kazinsky (Pacific Rim) also star.’

The movie is due out in the UK in May. [Read more…]

Joel Kinnaman May Replace Tom Hardy In Suicide Squad

February 14, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

When the cast for Suicide Squad was announced, Tom Hardy was amongst the throng. However when the filming dates slipped slightly he was out, with his schedule meaning he could no longer play Rick Flagg.

Now they may have found a replacement, as TheWrap reports Joel Kinnaman is in talks for the part. Joel Edgerton and Jon Bernthal were also in consideration, but it’s Kinnaman who’s bagged it.

Assuming he signs on the dotted line, he’ll join Will Smith (Deadshot), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jared Leto (The Joker), Jai Courtney (Boomerang), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller).

The movie revolveds around an array of supervillains, who have all been captured but are offered the chance for redemption by taking on a mission from which none of them are expected to return alive.

David Ayer is set to direct, with an August 5th, 2016 release date already been set.

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ACTORS: Joel Kinnaman DIRECTORS: David Ayer FILMS: Suicide Squad

Gina Carano To Star In Deadpool, With Colossus Featuring In The Film Too

February 14, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago – and after several years in development – the planned Deadpool movie finally got the greenlight from Fox. However with only about a year until the release, there’s still a lot to do, not least pull the cast together.

Ryan Reynolds will return in the title role, with T.J. Miller And Ed Skrein joining him a few weeks ago. Now the female lead has been found, with THR reporting that Gina Carano has signed up for the film. They add that the movie will also feature another X-Men character, Colossus, although it’s not known whether Daniel Cudmore, who played the role in three of the X-Men movies will return (it has been confirmed Deadpool will take place in the same universe as the other movies, so he may well do).

Gina Carano will play Angel Dust, who in the comics is one of the Morlocks, who usually live underground away from the rest of society. Her powers mimic the drug she’s named after, giving her ‘the ability to chemically supercharge her adrenaline levels, temporarily granting her superhuman strength.’

Tim Miller is directing, with the film set to start shooting in Vancouver starting next month. It’ll be released February 2016.

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ACTORS: Gina Carano, Daniel Cudmore, Ryan Reynolds DIRECTORS: Tim Miller FILMS: Deadpool

Global Warming Trailer – Sexy gay short films go international in the upcoming DVD

February 12, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Rather than making one film, director Reid Waterer has come up with four and put them together under the title Global Warming. The gay shorts selection gets its name because it wants to take us around the world – both literally and metaphorically – from India to Greece, taking a look at gay life in various places countries, all in amongst plenty of steamy, sexually-charged shenanigans.

It includes one film about a man who falls in love with an Indian guy while on a business trip, another about a gay man who relationship with his daughter has become difficult, a third sees a man on holiday in Greece getting a crush on the guy he’s bunking with, while the final film is about two straight actors who find themselves having to choreograph their very first gay sex scene.

The film is due out on DVD in the UK on February 23rd, so watch out for our review next week. Before then though you can check out the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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DIRECTORS: Reid Waterer

Aloha Trailer – Emma Stone & Bradley Cooper star in Cameron Crowe’s latest

February 12, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Cameron Crowe sure does like to take his time. There was a six year gap between Elizabethtown and We Bought A Zoo, and while it seemed he was going to quickly follow it with a Hawaii set movie, it’s taken a bit longer than originally planned.

The movie shot back in 2013, but it’s only now it’s finally preparing for release.

Aloha is about a defence contractor (Bradley Cooper) who is overseeing the launch of a weapons satellite in Hawaii. He ends up falling for an Air Force pilot (Emma Stone), and together they secretly plan to sabotage the launch. Giving things a slightly sci-fi flavour, the movie also features mysterious island forces and a talking computer. Rachel McAdams, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel and Alec Baldwin also star.

The film is due out in the US in May, while it currently looks like the UK will have to wait until September. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel, Alec Baldwin DIRECTORS: Cameron Crowe FILMS: Aloha

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Trailer – Henry Cavill & Armie Hammer are classic spy cool

February 12, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt that Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer are great-looking guys, but both are still in the making as movie stars with real staying power. Cavill has Superman but he’s yet to have any other major hits, while Hammer has appeared in the likes of Lone Ranger and Mirror Mirror but his a-list star status hasn’t quite stuck.

However they’ve both got a great chance of success this summer with The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. Now the trailer for Guy Ritchie’s movie has arrived and it’s got plenty of style and looks like it could be pretty fun.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Henry Cavill (“Man of Steel”) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”) as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie’s action adventure “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series.

‘Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.’

It’s due out in August. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Eric Bana Will Be Charlie Hunnam’s Father In Knights of the Round Table

February 12, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Guy Ritchie’s take on the legends of King Arthur – Knights Of The Round Table – is slowly coming together, and now one more member had signed up, with Variety reporting that Eric Bana will play Arthur’s father, Uther.

He joins Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur, Astrid Berges-Frisbey as Guinevere, Djimon Hounsou in negotiations to play a character the king’s Merlin-like mentor Bedivere, and Jude Law playing the villain.

Joby Harold (Edge of Tomorrow) wrote the script, which is the first part of a planned six-movie franchise, which presumably will concentrate on different knights surrounding Arthur with each film. There’s still no news on the exact plot and direction the first movie will take.

Warner Bros. has had been trying to make an Arthurian movie for years. Indeed Ritchie was previously attached to a completely different King Arthur movie, which was written by John Hodge (Trainspotting). Another project, Arthur & Lancelot, even got to the point where Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) had been hired for the lead roles and the sets were ready to be built. However the studio backed out just a few weeks before production was due to begin.

Hopefully they won’t get cold feet with this version, which already has a July 22nd, 2016 release date set.

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ACTORS: Eric Bana, Charlie Hunnam DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur

Daniel Craig Goes Skiing In The First Image & Footage From Spectre

February 12, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and now we get to take our first look at latest James Bond adventure, Spectre, with the image above and the behind-the-scenes footage below, featuring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista and Director Sam Mendes.

It’s not too revelatory, but if you were wondering of 007 will be skiing in the movie, it certainly clears that up.

However Associate Producer, Gregg Wilson says that the Austrian mountains will provide the backdrop for a massive action sequence, “We have to deliver an amazing sequence and this is going to be one of the major action sequences of the movie, a jewel in the crown so to speak. It’s going to be spectacular and Austria seemed to offer everything that we needed to pull it off.”

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.’

Spectre will be released on November 6, 2015. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista DIRECTORS: Sam Mendes FILMS: Spectre

Hitman: Agent 47 Trailer – Rupert Friend is the shaven headed spy

February 11, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Rupert Friend in Hitman: Agent 47

It’s only a few years since we had a Hitman movie starring Timothy Olyphant, but as it didn’t leave much of an impression, Fox has decided it’s time for another movie version of the popular video game, this time with Rupert Friend in the title role.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research – and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.’

The movie hits cinemas this August (as you can see from the banner, it was supposed to be out this month, but got pushed back). Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Rupert Friend FILMS: Hitman: Agent 47

New Cinderella Trailer – Lily James & Richard Madden only have until midnight

February 11, 2015 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

In a few weeks time Disney will be unleashing it’s live-action take on Cinderella on the world, and it’ll be hoping it can really build some hype following an underwhelming response to the first couple of trailer.

To help with that, they’ve unleashed a new promo.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella” brings to life the timeless images from Disney’s 1950 animated masterpiece as fully-realized characters in a visually-dazzling spectacle for a whole new generation.

‘The story of “Cinderella” follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella’s father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother’s dying words and to “have courage and be kind.” She will not give in to despair nor despise those who mistreat her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an apprentice at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul. It appears her fortunes may be about to change when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a ball, raising Ella’s hopes of once again encountering the charming Kit (Richard Madden). Alas, her stepmother forbids her to attend and callously rips apart her dress. But, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand, and a kindly beggar woman (Helena Bonham Carter) steps forward and – armed with a pumpkin and a few mice – changes Cinderella’s life forever.’

The movie is due out on March 27th, 2015. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter DIRECTORS: Kenneth Branagh FILMS: Cinderella