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J.J. Abrams Is Getting Advice From R2-D2 In The First Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars VII Pic

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If you’re going to create a new Star Wars movie, it’s a good idea to go to a veteran for advice. JJ Abrams has been in close contact with George Lucas, but it seems he’s decided it would be even better to go to someone from a galaxy far, far away.

He’s tweeted the first behind-the-scenes shot from the film, showing the writer/director alongside everyone’s favourite chirping droid, R2-D2. Off to the right is Lucasfilm head honcho Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams also included the message, ‘Hi from the workshop! #StarWarsVII’.

Star Wars: Episode VII is set for release December 18th, 2015, with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher all set to return.

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Lee Pace To Star Alongside Ben Foster In Lance Armstrong Biopic

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Stephen Frears is already shooting his planned (but currently untitled) biopic of Lance Armstrong, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to fit in some new cast members. TheWrap reports that Lee Pace has signed up for the film, although there’s no news on exactly who he will play.

John Hodge (Trance, Trainspotting) wrote the screenplay, which covers the cyclist’s career from his testicular cancer comeback to winning seven Tour De France championships, through to his eventual admission that he used performance enhancing drugs during his record-breaking run.

It’s not the only Armstrong movie in the works. The main rival project comes from Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions. That one has Bradley Cooper attached to star and is based on Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong by New York Times sports journalist Juliet Macur. Warner Bros. is also developing a Lance Armstrong biopic, securing the life rights of Tyler Hamilton, one of Lance Armstrong’s teammates on the United States Postal Service cycling team, and one of the first to testify under oath that his teammate was doping. Jay Roach is attached to direct that movie from a script by Scott Z. Burns.

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Little Yellow People Are Panicking In A New Poster For The LEGO Movie

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The Lego Movie is coming on February 14th, and over the past couple of weeks Warner Bros. has been releasing various character posters for the movie, and to finish it off comes a full poster, showing the brick people running away from some sort of danger – it’s dangerous to be an inch tall, apparently!

Here’s the sysnopsis: ‘The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.’

The movie’s out on February 14th. You can see the main poster above and the character posters below.

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Noah Trailer – Russell Crowe, Douglas Booth & Logan Lerman are gonna need a bigger boat

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Yesterday we had the first poster for Noah, and now it’s time for the trailer, which starts off looking a bit weird, before it gets a whole lot more epic with giant boats, loads of CGI animals and a massive, is slightly backwards flood (where the water comes up from the ground rather than falling from the sky).

Here’s the brief official synopsis: ‘Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe stars as Noah, a man chosen by God for a great task before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.’

Emma Watson, Jennifer Connolly, Ray Winstone and Anthony Hopkins co-star. And who knew Noah had such hot sons, with Logan Lerman and Douglas Booth as Shem and Ham? Darren Aronofsky’s film is due out March 28th 2014. [Read more…]

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Mission: Impossible 5 Set For Christmas Day 2015 Release

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mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-posterIt’s been suggest Tom Cruise is keen to get Mission: Impossible 5 out as soon as possible, with some suggestions we might even get it before the end of 2014. However Paramount Pictures has now announced we’ll be making a little longer, as they’ve dated it for December 25th, 2015, according to TheWrap.

At the moment the only other movie set for that date is Warner Bros.’ Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel. However, it’s still going to have a battle for action fans, as it’s coming just a week after the highly-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII. Warcraft and Kung Fu Panda 3 will also be out not long before it as well.

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, which earned more than $700 million worldwide after it opened just a few days before Christmas in 2011. Tom Cruise is producing and returning as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher) is directing from a script by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3). Production is set to start next February in London.

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Chris Pratt In Talks To Replace Josh Brolin In Jurassic World

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A few weeks ago it appeared Josh Brolin was going to take the lead in Jurassic World, the latest instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise. However it now seems he’s stepped away as Chris Pratt is in early talks to join the movie, according to TheWrap.

The talks between Universal and Pratt are in the very early stages, and the actor would have to iron out any possible scheduling conflicts between the movie and his sitcom, Parks and Recreation (assuming it is renewed for another season). It’d be a boon for the actor, whose star is set to rise massively next summer with Guardians Of The Galaxy. This would ensure he has another huge movie lined up for June 2015.

The movie is also courting Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, The Amazing Spider-Man) for a supporting role, although no details were given for that character either. Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins are also onboard, although Idris Elba has also bee rumoured.

Colin Trevorrow is directing from a script he co-wrote with his Safety Not Guaranteed co-scribe, Derek Connolly.

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Chozen Trailer – Take a look at FX’s animated series about a gay white rapper

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Back in the summer it was revealed that FX had picked up an animated series about a gay white rapper. Now we get our first look at the show with a red-band trailer.

The comedy comes from the creative teams behind Eastbound & Down and Archer, and follows ‘a gay white rapper fresh out of prison with a new message and new skills, which he will use in his quest for redemption and domination’. You can certainly see what that means in the trailer.

The voice cast will include Grant Dekernion, Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), Hannibal Buress (Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell), Michael Pena (Gangster Squad), Nick Swardson (Parks and Recreation), Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down), Kathryn Hahn (Anchorman), and Method Man (The Sitter).

Grant Dekernion will also serve as writer and executive producer, and he will also be writing and rapping the songs. Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green from Rough House Pictures (Eastbound & Down) are Executive Producers. Adam Reed and Matt Thompson of Floyd County Productions (Archer) are Executive Producers and their company will animate the series.

The show premieres at the end of January in the US on FX. [Read more…]

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New Divergent Trailer and Poster – Shailene Woodley & Theo James bid for young adult adaptation success

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Young adult adaptations have been very popular in Hollywood since the success of Twilight, but with the exception of Hunger Games, they’ve nearly all failed. One that many have high hopes for however is Divergent, which seems to be trying to suggest it’ll be a slightly different kind of film, with this new trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Divergent is a thrilling action-adventure set in a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.’ The likes of Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Jai Courtney also star.

Divergent arrives in US cinemas March 21st and UK cinemas April 4 2014.

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Maleficent Teaser Trailer – Angelina Jolie takes on the bad fairy

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After yesterday’s poster comes three new stills and the first teaser trailer for Disney’s Maleficent, which focusses on Angelina Jolie as the wicked fairy who cursed Princess Aurora in Disney’s 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty. And it’s looking pretty cool.

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.’

The film will be out Spring 2014.

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Russell Crowe Watches The World Flood In The First Poster For Darren Aronofsky’s Noah

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Noah-poster1The first trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is expected in the next day or so, but ahead of that comes the poster, which suggests the world is not going to do very well in the movie. But then, a Noah movie without a devastating kill-everybody-in-the-world flood wouldn’t be much of a Noah movie.

The film follows Noah (Russell Crowe), who lives on a vast plain of volcanic ash in the lee of a volcanic glacier (the movie’s being shot in Iceland) and has to trek up a mountain every day to get to work. He is told by God to build an enormous vessel to house both his family and the animals of the world to preserve them from a flood that promises to wipe out a sin-filled world.

Although the plot remains the same, Aronofsky has promised a unique vision, which we’ll hopefully get a look at in the trailer, including the fact Noah’s animals will be tweaked versions that aren’t immediately recognisable. It’s currently due for release on March 28th, 2014.

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