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The Flash Extended Trailer – Grant Gustin goes fast (and shirtless)

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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One of the most anticipated shows starting this autumn on TV is The Flash, starring Grant Gustin as the classic DC Comics character. We’ve already met his alter-ego Barry Allen in Arrow, but now we can have our first taste of the actual show with an extended five-minute trailer.

In Arrow we saw Allen have an accident that mixed lightning with science, but since then he’s been in a coma. However when he wakes up he realises that he’s the fastest man in the world, and becomes the superhero – The Flash.

You’ll also be pleased to see that while it may be more fantastical than Arrow, it hasn’t dispensed with getting the guys to take their shirts off (and after all, isn’t that the most important thing?).

Take a look at the trailer above and look out for the show this autumn. [Read more…]

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Cinderella Teaser Trailer – Plus a poster for Disney’s live-action fantasy

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Disney has released the first teaser for their live-action take on the classic fairy tale, Cinderella, along with a poster.

If you were hoping for a look at the cast though, you’ll be disappointed, but if you’re into glass slippers, you can really get your fill!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘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.

‘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.’

An April 3rd, 2015 release date is currently set. [Read more…]

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DIRECTORS: Kenneth Branagh FILMS: Cinderella

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Motion Poster – First look at the much anticipated movie

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The excitement for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 starts today with the release of the motion poster and more via TheHungerGamesExclusive.com.

The sites’ ‘Series #1’ features an exclusive look at District 13’s President Coin, along with a video interview with Julianne Moore and a Q&A with director Francis Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and screenwriter Peter Craig. Additionally, get first look images and behind-the-scene stills, an interactive sneak peek at a page from the film’s script, and the official motion poster.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the novel “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PARTS 1 & 2 make up the third and fourth installments of heroine Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) journey as she leads the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical and corrupt Capitol. As the war that will determine the fate of Panem escalates, Katniss must decipher for herself who she can trust and what needs to be done, with everything she cares for in the balance.’

Part 1 is out November 21st this year, with Part 2 coming November 20th 2015. [Read more…]

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New Transformers: Age Of Extinction Trailer – Plus the fresh poster set for the big bot movie

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A new trailer for Transformers: Age Of Extinction is here, which may still be shot through with Michael Bay’s distractive style, but is keen to show off the new robots and humans.

We’ve also got a new poster set too, which you can see below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A new chapter in the Transformers universe, “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION” stars an all new live action cast lead by Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Titus Welliver.

‘“TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION” begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.’

The movie will be out in cinemas in late June in the US and early July in the UK.

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ACTORS: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Pelz, Jack Reynor DIRECTORS: Michael Bay FILMS: Transformers: Age Of Extinction

Mr. Turner Trailer – Take a look at Mike Leigh’s Cannes fave

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Mike Leigh rarely makes a bad movie and that seems to be continuing with Mr. Turner, which is getting some very favourable notices at Cannes.

And now we can take a look with a new trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘‘MR. TURNER’ explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) [played by Timothy Spall]. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Timothy Spall DIRECTORS: Mike Leigh FILMS: Mr. Turner

First Look At Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine & Harrison Gilbertson In Fallen

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While in the last few years young adult adaptations have proven a more miss than hit affair, the fact they often don’t cost a huge amount to make but have potentially massive rewards means Hollywood is still very keen on them.

One that’s coming sometime in 2015 is Fallen, which features a very attractive cast including Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine & Harrison Gilbertson – and now we get our first look at them with the pic above. It certainly doesn’t seem to be shying away from potential Twilight comparisons.

The film is based on Lauren Kate’s young adult supernatural fantasy novel about an alienated teen girl, Luce Price (Timlin), who is drawn to the mysterious and aloof Daniel Grigori (Irvine) from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch their every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce, she can’t let go and has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret. As secrets unfurl, it becomes clear Daniel may not be what he appears, and there could be a reason he seems so familiar. Harrison Gilbertson plays Cameron ‘Cam’ Briel, a bad boy who also has a dark secret.

Scott Hicks (The Lucky One) is directing from a screenplay co-written by author Lauren Kate, Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price. It isn’t clear when it will shoot.

And just in case you were wondering if Jeremy Irvine really was looking that hot, I’ve included a close-up below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson DIRECTORS: Scott Hicks FILMS: Fallen

Lupita Nyong’o & Rachel McAdams Up To Join Jake Gyllenhaal In Southpaw

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Southpaw started out as a vehicle for Eminem and it was sold as a vaguely metaphorical looking at his life through boxing. While that idea fell through the film lived on Eminem’s departure, and last November Jake Gyllenhaal attached himself to the lead role.

Now the movie is further coming together as Deadline reports that Rachel McAdams, Lupita Nyong’o and Forest Whitaker are being courted for the movie, which Antoine Fuqua is set to direct.

The film is about a boxer who wins a welterweight title and then suffers a tragedy, forcing him to put his life back together to earn his young daughter’s respect. Nyong’o is set to be a social worker who cares for Gyllenhaal’s daughter, with the presumption being that McAdams will be the love interest as she’s described as the female lead.

Southpaw has certainly been through the Hollywood miller as it first came together at DreamWorks, before moving to Sony, MGM and now The Weinstein Company.

Fuqua is set to direct from a screenplay by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. Production is slated to begin sometime next year.

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ACTORS: Lupita Nyong'o, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal DIRECTORS: Antoine Fuqua FILMS: Southpaw

Tom Hardy Takes On The True American With Kathryn Bigelow Directing

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Hurt Locker & Zero Dark Thirty’s Kathryn Bigelow is leaving war zones behind but she’s sticking with the War On Terror, but this time looking at one of the effects on American soil with The True American.

And now TheWrap reports that Tom Hardy has signed up to star.

The movie is based on the non-fiction book by the New York Times’s Anand Giridharadas, about self-styled ‘Arab Slayer’ Mark Stroman. The Texas born Stroman killed two middle-eastern immigrants in the wakes of 9/11.

He also attempted to kill another man by shooting him in the head while he was working at a Dallas convenience store. However the Muslim immigrant – who was a veteran of the Bangladesh Air Force – survived and ended up trying to let his attacker get spared from the death penalty.

Kathryn Bigelow is directing and producing the film, although it’s not clear when it will shoot.

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ACTORS: Tom Hardy DIRECTORS: Kathryn Bigelow

Drive’s Nicolas Winding Refn Going Supernatural With The Bringing

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Nicolas Winding Refn has been having plenty of success with dark thrillers such as Drive and Only God Forgives, but now he’s heading somewhere slightly different as Deadline reports that he’s in early talks to direct the supernatural thriller, The Bringing.

Sony Pictures snapped up Brandon Murphy and Murphy’s spec script back in February, which is loosely based on the mysterious death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. She was found dead in the water tanks on the roof of the hotel in February 2013, with the added twist that before she died a video popped up showing her exhibiting strange behaviour, seemingly interacting with an invisible entity.

To give things an ever more sinister note, the hotel was previously home to serial killer Richard Ramirez and has been the site of numerous suicides.

While the script isn’t strictly about Lam’s story, it does follow a man who is investigating a death at the Cecil Hotel.

Refn must have loved the screenplay as he apparently actively sought the director’s chair.

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DIRECTORS: Nicolas Winding Refn

Tyra Banks To Produce TransAmerica Docuseries About Chicago Trans Women Including Carmen Carrera

May 14, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Tyra Banks (left) and Carmer Carrera (right)

It’s been revealed that Tyra Banks will be behind the scenes on a new VH1 docuseries about a group of five Chicago trans women, according to THR.

The show, called TransAmerica, will follow the, ‘shared experience of being transgender. The series is described as an earnest look at a group of millennial women — who happen to be transgender — living, loving and building their careers. The series will explore how their sexuality impacts their lives.’

The series will be anchored by Carmen Carrera, who became known to a wider audience as a contestant on the third series of RuPaul’s Drag Race (at that point she still publicly identified as male, but is now a proud trans woman).

Since then she has had huge success as a model and activist, often successfully turning bad situations around. This includes her 2012 appearance on Cake Boss, which she initially agreed to in the hope it would promote equality for transgender people. However it ended up with her being the offensive punchline in a joke where the person she went on a date was later told she was ‘a man’. Carrera wrote eloquently about it on her Facebook page, which garnered a lot of attention, as well forcing apologies and the removal of that part of the Cake Boss episode.

Banks comments on the new series, “TransAmerica is a groundbreaking docuseries that will blow the roof off stereotypes and set the record straight as we experience the lives of these fun, stunning women. I am so happy to be a part of telling their fierce story.”

Other prominent trans people, such as Calpernia Addams, will appear on the show, which is due to air in the US late 2014 or early 2015.

Carrera adds, “Being a woman means everything to me. Before my transition I felt trapped, and now I’ve been set free. Carmen has arrived and I can’t wait to share my story.”

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