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The Voices Trailer – Ryan Reynolds can talks to animals but in a rather mad way

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

voices-ryan-reynolds-slideThe Voices debuted this time last year at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s taken a while to get it to audiences, partly because while the premise of Ryan Reynolds talking to animals sounds like it’ll be a family-friendly romp, the movie itself is a lot more weird and unusual than that.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush (Gemma Arterton). However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path.’

That sinister path may include killing women.

Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver co-star in the film with Marjane Satrapi directing. The film arrives on VOD and in cienmas on February 6th in the US, while it should arrive in the UK on March 20th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick  DIRECTORS: Marjane Satrapi  FILMS: The Voices  

Fifty Shades of Grey Gets An ‘R’ Rating For Its ‘Unusual Behavior’

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

fifty-shades-trailer2-jamie-dornan-shirtlessMany have been wondering how the film version of Fifty Shades Of Grey would escape a dreadful – and commercially suicidal – NC-17 rating in the US. After all, if it fully showed what the novels are most famous for, it would be hardcore in the extreme.

However ever since Universal bought the film rights it’s been clear they’ve been aiming for an ‘R’ rating. Indeed, Jamie Dornan’s recent statement that his contract even included a clause that his penis wouldn’t be shown suggested it might be even tamer than some had expected (or at least hoped for).

Now it’s been through the MPAA rating system and has come out the other side with it ‘R’ certificate, along with the official warning that it got that classification for, ‘Strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language.’

The ‘unusual behavior’ is presumably some of the film’s BDSM powerplay situations, as the MPAA is famed for issuing warning that are so scared of actually saying what the problem is that they become too vague for anyone to understand (the most famous of these being films that are given a rating due to mysterious ‘thematic elements’).

Before Fifty Shades went into production, there had been talk of the studio making an ‘R’ rated version and then later releasing a much stronger ‘NC-17′ edition, but those plans were abandoned fairly quickly. Indeed that fact the movie seemingly sailed through the MPAA system without too many issues, further suggests that this may not be as near-the-knuckle as the books would suggest it would have to be.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling book that has become a global phenomenon. Since its release, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has been translated in 52 languages worldwide and sold more than 90 million copies in e-book and print—making it one of the biggest and fastest-selling book series ever.

‘Stepping into the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, who have become iconic to millions of readers, are Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. Joining them in the cast are Luke Grimes as Christian’s brother, Elliot; Victor Rasuk as Anastasia’s close friend, José; and Jennifer Ehle as Anastasia’s mother, Carla. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and produced by Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti alongside E. L. James, the creator of the series. The screenplay is by Kelly Marcel, with revisions by Patrick Marber and Mark Bomback.’

It’ll be in cinemas on Valentine’s 2015.

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ACTORS: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson  DIRECTORS: Sam Taylor-Johnson  FILMS: Fifty Shades Of Grey  

Paul Rudd Joins The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

paul-ruddPaul Rudd may be going superhero this summer with Ant-Man, but he’s planning a rather different follow-up, as he’s signed on for the drama The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, according to Variety.

The movie will be based on Jonathan Evison’s 2012 bestselling novel, which ‘follows the touching friendship between Ben Benjamin (Rudd) and a young adult stricken with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The two form a unique bond and gently push each other toward re-engaging in life in an affecting, funny and inspirational tale of broken people coming to terms with difficult lives.’

Rob Burnett, who best known for producing The Late Show With David Letterman will direct from his own script. It’s not 100% clear with Revised Fundamentals will shoot.

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ACTORS: Paul Rudd  

Wes Bentley Is On For Disney’s Pete’s Dragon Remake

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

wes-bentleyDisney’s planned remake of Pete’s Dragon is now fast coming together. The likes of Oakes Fegley, Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and Oona Laurence are already onboard, and now TheWrap reports that Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Hunger Games) has signed on too.

The original 1977 movie was a mix of live-action and animation, about a boy who escapes his horrible adoptive parents and befriends a dragon called Elliott. This time around the dragon with be CGI, and the story will also be rather different (it also won’t be a musical). Here Pete was raised in a forest by the dragon after his parents died in a car accident. He has to take on a group of loggers who are cutting down all of the trees.

Robert Redford is set play a local who tells tall tales involving dragons that no one believes, the equivalent of Mickey Rooney’s Lampie from the original.

It’s not known exactly who Bentley will be, although it is known that the filmmakers have been on the lookout for a mill owner and his greedy brother, so Wes may have scored one of those roles.

David Lowery is directing from a script he co-wrote with Toby Halbrooks. It’s believed the movie will start shooting in the next couple of months.

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ACTORS: Wes Bentley  DIRECTORS: David Lowery  FILMS: Pete's Dragon  

Michael Keaton May Head With Tom Hiddleston To Kong: Skull Island

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

michael-keatonFollowing his potentially Oscar-winning role in Birdman, Hollywood seems to have suddenly remembered the talent that is Michael Keaton. He’s suddenly become far more in demand than he has been for many years, and that includes the makers of Kong: Skull Island, who are finalising a deal for Keaton to star, according to THR.

Assuming that deal comes together, he will star alongside Tom Hiddleston and J.K. Simmons in the film, which is a prequel to King Kong. Not too much is known about the plot specifics, but the movie will be entirely set on Skull Island, the mysterious place full of dinosaurs and monsters, along with giant apes. The speculation is that it will be about how Kong became the last of the giant gorillas, while also giving an explanation for how outsiders knew about the island and so set sail to later find and capture Kong.

It isn’t known who Keaton will play, although it’s believed the three actors currently cast will be the core of a group who set out to explore the island..

Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer), will direct from a script by John Gatins and Max Borenstein. A March 10th, 2017 release date is already pencilled in.

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ACTORS: Michael Keaton, Tom Hiddleston  DIRECTORS: Jordan Vogt-Roberts  FILMS: Skull Island  

Reese Witherspoon Will Be Downsizing Alongside Matt Damon

January 8, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

reese-witherspoon-wild-slideReese Witherspoon has been slightly in the filmic wilderness for the past few years, but coming off her well received performance in Wild she’s circling for a new film from a director beloved by the Academy, as she’s in talking Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, according to Deadline.

It’s her second time round on the project, as she was previously attached way back in 2009, before Payne but the project on the backburner.

The slightly odd sounding film is about a man (Matt Damon) who decides that his life would be much better if he shrunk himself. It’s previously been described as being a social satire.

It’s not 100% clear who Witherspoon will play, although she was previously set to play a woman who met the shrinking man (who at that point was set to be played by Paul Giamatti).

The main sticking point with Witherspoon’s involvement is scheduling, as it’s believed Damon will shoot the new Jason Bourne movie before Downsizing, and so it’s difficult to pin down exactly when it will go in front of the camera at the moment.

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ACTORS: Reese Witherspoon, Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Alexander Payne  FILMS: Downsizing  

The Lazarus Effect Trailer – Olivia Wilde is back from the dead alongside Evans Peters & Mark Duplass

January 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

lazarus-effect-olivia-wildeThe plot for The Lazarus Effect sounds a bit like a rehash of Flatliners, but the first trailer thankfully shows that while there are echoes of Joel Schumacher’s 1990 movie, it does want to be something in its own right too.

The very short synopsis simply says ‘The film follows a group of medical students who discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.’

The movie centres around Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde, who discover how to resurrect people. After she dies, he decides to use the technique on her, but as you’d expect in a horror movie what returns isn’t quite the same as what left.

Evan Peters and Donald Glover also star in the movie, which is out in the US at the end of February, although it’s not clear when it’ll arrive in the UK. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Donald Glover  FILMS: Reawakening  

Ant-Man Trailer – Plus the first poster for Paul Rudd in Marvel’s movie

January 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

ant-man-paul-rudd-shirtlessWhile Marvel’s cinematic universe has been wildly successful, it’s not resting on its laurels and is now in expansion mode, with films about various new characters in the works. The first of those to arrive will be Ant-Man, which is due to arrive in UK cinemas July 17th, 2015.

Now to get us excited, the first trailer and ‘ant-sized’ poster for the movie have arrived, which you can see below, along with a bit of a close-up on Paul Rudd in the poster from the latest cover of EW (click on the pics for larger versions).

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s “Ant-Man” stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Tip “Ti” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Wood Harris as Gale, Jordi Mollà as Castillo and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” delivers a high-stakes, tension-filled adventure on July 17, 2015.’ [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Douglas  DIRECTORS: Peyton Reed  FILMS: Ant Man  

Good Kill Trailer – Ethan Hawke turns drone pilot with an ethical dillema

January 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

good-kill-ethan-hawkeThere’s been an increasing uncertainty amongst the public about the use of unmanned drones, both in military and civilian life. The film Good Kill takes is into the world, where people far from a warzone have control of drones able to kill those thousands of miles away.

Now the first trailer for the Ethan Hawke movie has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film tell the story of a Las Vegas fighter-pilot turned drone-pilot (Ethan Hawke), wo fights the Taliban via remote control for half of his day, then goes home to his wife (January Jones) and kids in the suburbs for the other half. But the pilot is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he’s killing? Is he fighting a war without end? One soldier’s tale with epic implications.’

Andrew Niccol (Lord Of War, Gattaca) directs, with an April 10th 2015 UK release set. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz  DIRECTORS: Andrew Niccol  FILMS: Good Kill  

T.J. Miller And Ed Skrein Up To Join Ryan Reynolds In Deadpool

January 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

tj-millerPoor old T.J. Miller didn’t last too long in Transformers: Age Of Extinction, quickly going from major character to dead in the first half hour, but hopefully he’ll last longer in Deadpool, as he and Ed Skrein are both in talks for the film, according to TheWrap.

Ryan Reynolds will return in the title role, which is part of Fox’s attempts to expand their X-Men world, which also includes a Channing Tatum Gambit movie. It’s not known exactly which role either of the new actors will play, but Miller is said to be ‘an additional comic voice to compliment Deadpool’, while it’s speculated that Skrein may be the main villain.

Fans of Deadpool have been watching the development of the movie carefully, especially as most felt X-Men Origins: Wolverine got him wrong. Deadpool in the comics is far funnier and sarcastic than most film superheroes, and often ‘breaks the fourth wall’ by directly addressing the audience. While it’s not know exactly what Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick’s screenplay contains, its believed they’re trying to keep the comic’s tone while still allowing it to exist within the X-Men film universe.

The film is expected in cinemas in 2016.

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ACTORS: T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Ryan Reynolds  FILMS: Deadpool  
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