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Shaun The Sheep The Movie Teaser – Aardman’s ovine is getting his own film

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Wallace & Gromit have already had their own movie, and now it’s the turn for Shaun The Sheep to get one too. Of course Shaun first showed up in one of the Wallace & Gromit shorts, before going on to massive success with his own children’s series.

Now the first teaser for the movie has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Aardman, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, comes the highly anticipated big screen debut of Shaun the Sheep. When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he baa-rgained for! Shaun’s mischief accidentally causes the Farmer to be taken away from the farm, so it’s up to Shaun and the flock to travel to the Big City to rescue him. Will Shaun find the Farmer in the strange and unfamiliar world of the City before he’s lost forever? Join Shaun and the flock on their hilarious, action-packed adventure in Shaun the Sheep the Movie – only in cinemas Spring 2015.’ [Read more…]

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Lucy Trailer – Scarlett Johansson is a pumped up action hero in Luc Besson’s film

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Scarlett Johansson is doing a great job of becoming an true action hero – something few women in Hollywood are allowed to do beyond the occasional role. Now she’s teamed up with Luc Besson for Lucy, where accidental exposure to drugs turns her into as ass-kicking machine.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history.

‘Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

‘Lucy also stars Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman and is produced by Virginie Besson-Silla for EuropaCorp.’

It’ll be in UK cinemas in August. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman DIRECTORS: Luc Besson FILMS: Lucy

Angelina Jolie Looks Intense In A New Maleficent Banner

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

So does Maleficent actually have horns, or is it just a headdress? We need to know! Either way she look pretty cool and she’s fairly intense in this new banner that has shown up online, which also plays up the fantasy world the film is set in.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land.

‘Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.’

It’s due in cinemas this May.

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ACTORS: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning DIRECTORS: Robert Stromberg FILMS: Maleficent

Holly Hunter & More Up For Superman Vs. Batman

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

With Batman Vs. Superman gearing up to shoot this summer, it’s almost surprising we haven’t heard about more new cast members. However now a new trio has signed on as Deadline reports that Oscar-winner Holly Hunter has signed up, and so have two actors with superhero experience, Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s Callan Mulvey and The Wolverine’s Tao Okamoto.

Unfortunately though there’s no info on who they will be, but to stop people poring through the DC archive for possible characters they might be playing, as Warner has said all three actors will play characters newly created for the film.

Director Zack Snyder comments, “Holly has always been one of my favourite actresses; she has immense talent and is always captivating on screen. I had an opportunity to meet her a while back and knew instantly that I had to work with her, so as we began writing the script I made sure to create a role specifically for her. I just had the good fortune to work with Callan on 300: Rise of an Empire and was very impressed with his incredible talent. He’s a fantastic actor and I’m looking forward to having the chance to work with him again. And, quite simply, Tao is a striking presence whose beauty is aptly rivaled by her amazing abilities as an actress. I’m really excited to have her joining us on this adventure.”

Henry Cavill will return Superman/Clark Kent, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane also returning. Newcomers include Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred.

The film is set to hit cinemas May 6th, 2016.

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ACTORS: Holly Hunter, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck DIRECTORS: Zack Snyder FILMS: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Will Ferrell Will Play Tennis Against Billie Jean King In Match Maker

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Last year the documentary Battle Of The Sexes looked at the 1970s ‘Battle Of The Sexes’ tennis match, which Bobby Riggs take on Billie Jean King to test his theory that even a retired male tennis pro would be better than the world’s best woman. That doc has certainly ignited interest in taking the story to the big screen.

A couple of months ago it was revealed that Danny Boyle was looking into making a movie about the match, but now it’s got some competition as Variety reports that Will Ferrell has signed up to play Riggs in a rival movie called Match Maker.

This one is a comedy with a script by Steve Conrad (Walter Mitty), based on a 2013 ESPN article, ‘The Match Maker: Bobby Riggs, the Mafia and the Battle of the Sexes’.

It follows self-proclaimed chauvinist Riggs, who in the early 70s declared that the female game was inferior and that a top woman player couldn’t beat him even at the age of 55. To prove his point he challenged King to a match, but she declined. Margaret Court, who was then the top female player in the world agreed to take him on. She lost in straight sets, seemingly confirming Riggs’ claims.

King wasn’t going to stand for that and agreed to play Bobby in what became a nationally televised media sensation watched by over 50 million viewers.

Ferrell is a passionate tennis fan, so it wasn’t to tough to convince him to take the role.

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Jesse Plemons & Juno Temple Up For Black Mass

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A couple of months ago Jesse Plemons’ name was linked with Star Wars, but now he’s landed a different role, as THR reports that he’s up for Black Mass, starring alongside Johnny Depp and a fellow new addition, Juno Temple.

The film is a biopic of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger (Depp), a Boston criminal who ended up becoming an FBI informant, with the help of his longtime friend and FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) and his brother (Guy Pearce), who was the former President of the Massachussets State Senate. However Whitey didn’t completely turn good guy, as his tips to the feds were mainly about getting rid of his mob competition.

When Connolly tipped Bulger off that the feds were planning on double-crossing him, the criminal went into hiding for more than a decade, rising to the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted list before he was eventually caught in 2011 while hiding out in Santa Monica, California.

Plemons will be Kevin Weeks, “a blue-collar tough guy who is part of Whitey’s inner circle.” Temple meanwhile will be a prostitute.

As Black Mass is due to shoot this summer, it suggests Plemons is out of contention for Star Wars, which isn’t too surprising as he was just one of many young actors JJ Abrams met for role in the movie.

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ACTORS: Jesse Plemons, Juno Temple, Johnny Depp FILMS: Black Mass

Zac Efron Takes On John Grisham’s The Associate

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Back in 2008 Shia LaBeouf was set to star in an adaptation of John Grisham’s The Associate. A lot has happened since then, not least LaBeouf going, well, a bit nuts. While the former Transformers star has moved on, the idea of an Associate film is still alive.

Now THR reports Zac Efron has decided star in a film version, but he’s also stepping up into the producers circle for the movie.

So what’s the story about? Well the description of the book on Amazon says, ‘Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have a compromising video they’ll use to ruin him–unless he does exactly what they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world’s largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he’ll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there’s a catch. Kyle won’t be working for the firm but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his own law firm–in a malignant conspiracy not even Kyle with all his intellect, cunning, and bravery may be able to escape alive.’

It’s sounds like typical Grisham fodder (and a bit to close to the recent Paranoia), but it worked for the likes of Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Matthew McConaughey and Matt Damon, so there’s no reason it won’t for Efron.

Things are still at an early stage though, as a screenwriter is currently being sought and it doesn’t seem a director is currently attached.

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ACTORS: Zac Efron

Emily Blunt In Talks For Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Denis Villeneuve has been chatting up some beautiful women in the last few days – and by chatting up of course we mean casting them in his upcoming movie. As we’ve just reported, Amy Adams is in talks for his sci-fi movie Story Of Your Life, and now Variety says Emily Blunt is close to signing on for his movie, Sicario.

The movie is about ‘an officer from Tucson, Arizona who travels across the border to Mexico with a pair of mercenaries to track down a drug lord.’

Taylor Sheridan wrote the script for the Prisoners helmer to direct.

So will he be working with Blunt of Adams first? Well, Sicario should shoot later this summer, with Story Of Your Life set to lens sometime in 2015.

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ACTORS: Emily Blunt DIRECTORS: Denis Villeneuve

Amy Adams May Tell The Story of Your Life For An Alien Thriller

April 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Perhaps Man Of Steel gave Amy Adams a taste for thing verging on sci-fi, as the American Hustle actress is in talks to star in Denis Villeneuve’s thriller Story of Your Life, according to Deadline.

The movie is based on Ted Chiang’s short story about a linguist (Adams) who is recruited by the government after alien spacecraft start to appear all over the world. She must try to determine whether these extraterrestrials come in peace, or whether they have more evil intentions.

However, as she begins to communicate with them, the linguist experiences flashbacks that help unlock the mystery of why they are really here. (It’s a plot that will sound oddly familiar to anyone who’s seen the film, The Arrival Of Wang).

Eric Heisserer (The Thing, Final Destination 5) wrote the script. It’s not clear when it will shoot.

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ACTORS: Amy Adams DIRECTORS: Denis Villeneuve

Ford, Stallone, Schwazenegger, Statham & Jet Li Amongst 16 New Expendables 3 Characters Posters

April 2, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Expendables-3-character-Poster1 The Expendables 3 is coming and to prove that despite losing Bruce Willis this new instalment will still be absolutely chock full of action talent, 16 characters posters from the movie have landed.

They feature returnees Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Randy Couture, young bloods Kellen Lutz, Ronda Roussey, Victor Ortiz, and Glen Powell, and a few added legends such as Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas and Mel Gibson.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In The Expendables 3, Barney (Sylvester Stallone), Christmas (Jason Statham) and the rest of the team come face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables – but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.’

It’ll be in cinemas this summer. Click below to see the other posters.