It’s getting a bit witchy in the Deep South in Beautiful Creatures, with a young woman (Alice Englert) knowing that she’s a ‘caster’ and that on her 18th birthday she’ll be claimed for either the powers of dark or light. Based on Kami Garcia’s novel.
Beautiful Creatures is about two star-crossed teenage lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a local boy, and a mysterious new girl, Lena (Alice Englert), who uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town, which could result in a power shift towards the forces of darkness. Beautiful Creatures is the first of a five book series, so the Warner Bros. will be hoping the movie is a success so they can line up some sequels.
The cast also includes Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons and Viola Davis. It hits cinemas on February 13th 2013. It certainly looks like it could be pretty good, with a strong cast who can sell the more far-fetched aspects of the plot.
Animation is such a long and expensive process it’s normally only the big boys such as Disney and Pixar who can take on feature-length projects, but a few others do manage to get made, and that’s just what Peter Lepeniotis is doing with The Nut Job.
John Herzfeld (2 Days In The Valley, 15 Minutes) has certainly pulled together a great cast for Reach Me, with the production company behind the film announcing that Kyra Sedgwick, Kelsey Grammer, and Terry Crews are amongst new additions to an ensemble that also includes Tom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Sylvester Stallone, Nelly, Danny Aiello, David O’Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstridge, Cary Elwes, and Ryan Kwanten.
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Aaron Sorkin is one of the few writers in Hollywood who can currently write a screenplay that seems unusual and risky and still get it made, thanks to the success of The Social Network and Moneyball, as well as his TV show, The Newsroom. He certainly seems to be doing that with his planned biopic of Steve Jobs, which he’s suggested will consist of just three scenes.
Scott Derrickson is a busy man. In the last few weeks it’s been announced the Sinister director is planning an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Breathing Method and has added Eric Bana to his movie Beware The Night. Now he’s got another film up his sleeve, as CBS Films has announced that Derrickson will take on a screen adaptation of the Square Enix video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Jane Goldman used to be best known as Jonathan Ross’ wife, but thanks to Stardust, Kick-Ass, The Debt, X-Men: First Class and The Woman In Black she’s now one of the hottest screenwriters in Hollywood. 
It appears development of Transformers 4 is now running at full steam. Last week it was revealed Mark Wahlberg was attached to star in the movie and now Michael Bay is looking to get him some company, as