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Jack Black Is Turning Porn Baron Opposite Jason Segel & Cameron Diaz In Sex Tape

August 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Jack-Black Jack Black is reuniting with his Orange County director, Jake Kasdan, as he’s signed up for a cameo role opposite Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz in Sex Tape, according to TheWrap.

The film is about a married couple (Segel and Diaz) who decide to spice up their marriage by making a sex tape. As this is a movie, things go horribly wrong when they lose the tape the next morning, setting in motion a chaotic search to find the tape before anyone else can watch it.

Jack Black has signed for a ‘scene-stealing cameo; as the CEO of a porn company. Rob Corddry has also joined the cast, playing the couple’s trustworthy friend who helps them look for the video.

Jake Kasdan is directing from a screenplay by Kate Angelo (The Back-Up Plan). Filming is set to begin this autumn, with Diaz set to slot the film in before she goes off to make Annie.

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ACTORS: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz FILMS: Sex Tape

Ellen Degeneres Is Coming Back To Host The Oscars For A Second Time

August 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The next Oscars is going to be a very gay place. It’s been announced that Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars, with the actress, comedian and talk shot host taking on the duties for a second time when the 86th Annual Academy Awards arrive on Sunday, March 2, 2014.

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron – who are also gay – commented, “We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars. As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen’s gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre, and in homes around the globe, will be as excited by this news as we are.”

Ellen DeGeneres also released her own statement saying, “I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time’s the charm.”

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (we don’t know her sexuality, but she must be an ally at least) added, “I agreed with Craig and Neil immediately that Ellen is the ideal host for this year’s show. We’re looking forward to an entertaining, engaging and fun show.”

DeGeneres hosted the 79th Annual Academy Awards in 2007, for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. However she suggested afterwards it wasn’t a gig she was particularly looking to repeat. Now she’s changed her mind.

Now we just need a few gay winners and we’ll have completely taken over.

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ACTORS: Ellen DeGeneres

Samuel L. Jackson To Play The Villain In Matthew Vaughn’s Secret Service

August 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

samuel-l-jackson Matthew Vaughn signed Colin Firth months ago to play the lead role in Secret Service, but it’s only now he’s pulling together the rest of the cast. Taron Egerton joined last week and now Variety reports that Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play the villain.

Firth is set to play a veteran MI6 spy who takes his nephew Gary (Taron Egerton) under his wing. He hopes that mentoring the young man in the ways of covert affairs will put him on the straight and narrow. There’s no word on exactly how Jackson fits into the plot.

Vaughn is eyeing Emma Watson and Bella Heathcote for the female lead, although no official decision has been made yet.

aughn is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jane Goldman, which is adapted from the comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Production is slated to begin sometime this fall.

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ACTORS: Samuel L. Jackson

New We’re The Millers Red Band Trailer – Jason Sudeikis’ gets Jennifer Aniston as a fake wife

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Jennifer Aniston obviously didn’t have enough of fake relationships in Just Go With It, as she’s having another one in We’re The Millers. A new red band trailer for the movie has arrived, featuring Aniston alongside Jason Sudekis, Emma Roberts and young British actor Will Poulter.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘David is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Having been jumped by a trio of gutter punks who steal his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to a drug lord. In order to wipe the slate clean, David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad’s latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbours including a cynical stripper, a wannabe customer and a tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen, he devises a fool proof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny campervan later, the “Millers” are on a roadtrip that is sure to end with a bang.’

It hits US cinemas on August 7th and the UK on August 23rd. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis FILMS: We're The Millers

Alec Baldwin Joining Bradley Cooper In Cameron Crowe’s Next

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Mel Gibson’s racist rants may have essentially scuppered his career, but it appears Alec Baldwin isn’t going to be too badly affected by his recent homophobic tirade, where he lashed out at a gay journalist who’d said Baldwin’s wife was tweeting during James Gandolfini’s funeral. But then, his screaming that his daughter was a ‘thoughtless little pig’ was barely a blip either.

Now he’s in the process of booking a new role, as Deadline reports that he’s in talks to join Cameron Crowe’s currently untitled next movie. Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams and Danny McBride are all signed up for the movie, which is about a defence contractor (Bradley Cooper) who is in Hawaii to oversee the launch of a weapons satellite. However, he ends up falling for an Air Force pilot (Emma Stone) while they work together to sabotage the launch. The story also features a talking computer and supernatural island forces, so there’s a bit of everything thrown in there.

The movie was previously in the works under the name Deep Tiki back in 2008 with Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon attached. It’s since been reworked and will be going into production soon.

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ACTORS: Alec Baldwin, Bradley Cooper DIRECTORS: Cameron Crowe

Elizabeth Debicki Joins Henry Cavill & Armie Hammer In The Man From U.N.C.L.E

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Elizabeth-Debicki After impressing as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, Elizabeth Debicki has booked another high profile role, joining Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill in The Man From U.N.C.L.E, according to Variety.

The film is based on the 1960s The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which followed two agents from United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.), who try to stop the evil-doers from Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.).

Cavill will be Napoleon Solo (played by Robert Vaughn in the TV series), with Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Alicia Vikander is also set to star, with Guy Ritchie directing. There’s no news on exactly who Debicki will play, but she’ll be some sort of femme fatale role.

A film version of the series has been mooted for decades, with just this latest attempt taking over 10 years to get from conception to the point where it’s ready to go in front of the cameras (it’ll shoot in September), with various writer and directors coming and going in that time. Everyone from Steven Soderbergh to George Clooney has been involved, but it’s only now that it’s actually happening.

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

A Third Avatar Sequel Is Announced With New Films Coming 2016, 2017 and 2018

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Just yesterday we reported that James Cameron has hired Josh Friedman to help with the script for Avatar 2. Now we know why he’s keen to get a hand, as while we knew he was working on Avatar 2 & 3, Variety reports that it was revealed today that Avatar 4 is also being planned.

It’s not just Friedman who’s been hired to help with the screenplay though, as Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planets of the Apes), and Shane Salerno (Savages) have also been signed to collaborate with Cameron on the screenplays for Avatar 2, 3, 4.

While a 2015 release for Avatar 2 had been bandied about, for a long time that’s seemed optimistic. Now it’d been revealed that part 2 will hit cinemas December 2016, with the other two coming December 2017 and 2018.

Filming on the live-action and motion-capture parts of the film will start early next year, with all the movies being shot at once (so that’s a hell of a lot of screenplay to cover, explaining why so many writers are needed).

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DIRECTORS: James Cameron FILMS: Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4

Harry Potter Helmer David Yates May Take On Scarface Reboot

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

David-Yates Thanks to Harry Potter, David Yates has become one of the most in-demand directors in Hollywood. However after making four Hogwarts movies in as many years, we haven’t had a movie from him since. He’s signed up for a lot of things, such as a new take on Tarzan, but nothing’s worked out.

Now Deadline reports that Yates in in final talks with Universal Pictures to direct the remake of Scarface that has been in development since September 2011.

Little is known about this fresh take on the story, although it will apparently be set in the modern day and follow the quest to attain the American Dream. David Ayer signed on to write the script in November 2011, which has since been rewritten by Paul Attanasio. Little has been heard about the movie cine them, but Universal has apparently been developing the script with a number of other writers since then.

An insider is quoted as saying,”Universal has been through a couple of drafts and now is very high on the current draft. The first stop is the director. This is before any conversations on talent or timing.”

Both the original 1932 Scarface, starring Paul Muni, and the 1983 Scarface remake starring Al Pacino, are considered classics, so the studio has big shoes to fill for this second remake.

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DIRECTORS: David Yates FILMS: Scarface

Chris Hemsworth Strikes A Heroic Post In An Ace New Thor: The Dark World Poster

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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I’m not sure whether Natalie Portman will be that impressed by her rather subservient Princess Leia pose on this new poster for Thor: The Dark World, but it’s still a rather cool image. It brings together Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston and more, letting us know that this film will be exploring Asgard far more than Earth.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.’

The film’s due out October 30th, 2013.

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ACTORS: Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston DIRECTORS: Alan Taylor FILMS: Thor: The Dark World

Lone Survivor Trailer – Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch & Taylor Kitsch are under fire in Afghanistan

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Lone Survivor looks like it might be an interesting one and Universal obviously agree, as they slotted it in for a prime Oscar push, with a limited US release around Christmas before it goes wide next January. Now we get our first look at the Peter Berg movie, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Alexander Ludwig.

The movie is based on a failed 2005 mission, Operation Red Wing, which tasked four members of SEAL Team 10 (Wahlberg, Hirsch, Foster, Kitsch) to kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. However they were quickly compromised and came under attack. As the title suggests, it didn’t go well.

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, Mark Wahlberg DIRECTORS: Peter Berg FILMS: Lone Survivor