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Rose Byrne In Talks To Join Jamie Foxx In Annie

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Rose-ByrneAfter a fairly long development process, the revamped movie version of the musical Annie is now coming together. Quvenzhané Wallis is already attached to star as the titular orphan, with Cameron Diaz as the horrible Miss Hannigan, and Jamie Foxx as Daddy Warbucks.

Now they may be joined by Rose Byrne, as Variety reports that she’s in early talks to play Grace, Warbucks’ assistant. Ann Reinking played the role in John Huston’s 1982 film version.

It’ll certainly be interesting to see what they do with the music in this version, as Will Smith and Jay-Z have been working behind the scene to update the score, although it’s not known yet quite how contemporary the tunes will become and whether we’ll get a hip-hop version of Tomorrow.

The plot remains the same though, with orphan Annie having a hard-luck life in the foul orphanage run by Miss Hannigan. She’s then taken in by the filthy rich Daddy Warbucks, who initially doesn’t really want her, but soon falls for the plucky youngster’s charms.

Will Gluck is directing from a screenplay he is currently rewriting, which was originally written by Aline Brosh McKenna and Emma Thompson. Annie is currently set for release December 25th, 2014

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First Look At Christoph Waltz & Co. In Terry Gilliam’s Zero Theorem

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Comic-Con has now officially kicked off, with the first day including the screening of some footage from Terry Gilliam’s upcoming movie, The Zero Theorem. While you had to be in San Diego to see that (although there’s a chance it’ll pop up online), the first two official images from the film have also been released, via Empire.

Zero Theorem is about an eccentric and reclusive computer genius (Christoph Waltz), who is plagued with existential angst while working on a mysterious project aimed at discovering the purpose of existence, or­ the lack thereof,­ once and for all. However, it is only once he experiences the power of love and desire that he is able to understand his very reason for being.

The story, by Pat Rushin, was partially inspired by Gilliam’s own Brazil, so it’s very apt Terry has taken the project on.

Ben Whishaw, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry, Lucas Hedges and Sanjeev Bhaskar co-star. No UK or US release date is currently set.

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Zachary Quinto And Jonathan Groff Have Reportedly Split

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zachary-quinto-jonathan-groffMany had high hopes for Zachary Quinto and Jonathan Groff, partly because they made such a cute couple. However Perez Hilton is reporting that the Star Trek actor and the Glee star have split up, after nearly a year together.

Apparently things did “not end well” well between the pair, although there aren’t any more details. However the fact things didn’t end smoothly doesn’t exactly mean a lot, as the same could be said of about 90% of relationships.

It appears they split a few weeks ago, which may be just as well, as Groff recently had to leave the set of the AIDS drama The Normal Heart to go and comfort his best friend Lea Michelle, who had been dating the sadly departed Cory Monteith. It’s certainly best not to have to handle a rocky relationship and a grieving friend at the same time.

Zach meanwhile has spent much of the last few months travelling the world promoting Star Trek Into Darkness. Perhaps the fact the busy actors can’t have had too much time to see one another put a strain on things.

We wish them both luck for the future.

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New Rush Trailer – More F1 action with Chris Hemsworth & Daniel Bruhl

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There haven’t been that many movies about F1, partly because it’s not that popular in the US and so the rather myopic people in Hollywood don’t see it as a good box office bet.  They’ll make Nascar movies, despite the fact 90% of the world’s population knows nothing about that, but generally ignore the biggest motorsport competition in the world.

However Rush is bucking that trend, with Ron Howard directing and Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl set to star. Now we can get a fresh look at the film with a new trailer.

Set in the 1970s, Hemsworth plays James Hunt with Bruhl as Niki Lauda. Hunt was a dashing playboy with a wild social life, whose exploits off the track filled more column inches than what he did while racing. Lauda meanwhile was a quieter figure, but still an amazing and driven racer. Their rivalry became legendary.

Olivia Wilde, Natalie Dormer and Alexandra Maria Lara also star, with the film set for release in September. [Read more…]

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Jamie Foxx Is Blue In Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro Promo Teaser

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The run up to Comic-Con continues apace with a new video giving us our first look at footage of Jamie Foxx as the villainous Electro in The Amazing Spider-man 2, letting us know that ‘Electro Arrives’ in the convention’s Hall H on Friday.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: ‘In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2,’ for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can’t come quickly enough.

‘Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.’

It’s due out May 2nd 2014. [Read more…]

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The Girl Who Played With Fire Gets A New Screenwriter

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girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-pic1Before David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was released, the plan had been to make movies from Stieg Larsson’s other Millennium Trilogy novels as quickly as possible. However when it didn’t become a big hit, Sony slightly put the breaks on a sequel, hiring Steven Zaillian to write a script for The Girl Who Played With Fire, but with no rush to go into production.

Many has assumed that with little heard about the film for months, all hope had been lost of ever seeing the movie. But now ThePlaylist reports that Andrew Kevin Walker has been hired to rewrite Zaillian’s script. Walker is best known for writing Seven, and also worked with David Fincher on his now-dead take on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Walker has apparently been working quietly on the project and is now nearly done with his draft. Of course, that doesn’t mean Sony is immediately going to give the movie the greenlight, especially as David Fincher is now busy putting together Gone Girl, while Daniel Craig is on Broadway from October to January, and will also be shooting the next Bond movie next year, which means it’ll be a few years before we see a Dragon Tattoo sequel if it does happen.

It still looks like The Girl Who Played With Fire is a long way from becoming a reality, but it’s certainly the best news we’ve had on the project for a long time.

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Rodrigo Santoro Gets A 300: Rise Of An Empire Xerxes Poster

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One of the few members of the original 300 cast to return for the follow-up, 300: Rise Of An Empire, is Rodrigo Santoro, who will once more play the nefarious Xerxes. In the run-up to the film’s appearance at Comic-Con, a poster featuring the villainous god-man has been released, which you can see above.

Rise Of An Empire sees Sullivan Stapleton as Themistokles, who tries to unite all of Greece in battle against the massive Persian army lead by Xerxes and the cunning Artemisia (Eva Green). As the poster suggest, Xerxes wants Athens to burn.

Noam Murro directs the movie, which was recently delayed from an August release to March 2014.

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Ben Whishaw & Frank Dillane Up For In The Heart Of The Sea

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ben-whishawRon Howard is pulling together a pretty good cast for In The Heart Of The Sea, his planned movie based on the story that inspired Moby Dick. Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson are already onboard, and now TheWrap reports that Ben Whishaw and Frank Dillane are also likely to sign up.

Charles Leavitt wrote the script, adapted from Nathanial Philbrick’s non-fiction book of the same name. The story revolves around a Nantucket whaling ship that was destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Only eight crew members were rescued alive, after being lost at sea for 90 days – by which point they’d turned to cannibalism. Benjamin Walker will play first-time Captain, Pollard, with Hemsworth as his first mate, Owen Chase, and Murphy as the second mate.

Whishaw is in talks to play Herman Melville, who it appears will be part of a framing device, where Brendan Gleeson plays one of the aging survivors of the whaling disaster, who tells Herman what happened to them.

Dillane, who’s best known for play the young Voldemort in Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince, is set to play Coffin, an insubordinate crew member who’s also the cousin of Walker’s George Pollard.

The hope is to shoot the movie this September in order to fit the film into Hemsworth’s busy schedule.

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Clint Eastwood Eyes Musical Theatre Stars For Jersey Boys Cast

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Clint Eastwood really wants to make a musical. When plans to make a new version of A Star Is Born were put on the back burner, he moved onto a film version of the Broadway hit, Jersey Boys. Now he’s eyeing a cast, with Variety reporting that he’s mainly looking at actors who may not be well known, but have a strong musical theatre background.

Frontrunners at the moment are John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Boardwalk Empire star Vincent Piazza for the musical biopic of Frankie Valli and his group The Four Seasons. No offers have gone out yet, but Young would play Valli, Bergen would be Bob Gaudio, Piazza is being eyed for Tommy Devito, while Lomenda would play Nick Massi.

All the actors except Piazza have appeared in the stage version of Jersey Boys, so they should certainly know what they’re doing.

Warner Bros has apparently okayed the actors, so offers will be going out soon.

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David Fincher Eyes Rosamund Pike To Star Opposite Ben Affleck In Gone Girl

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rosamund-pikeA week or so ago we reported that Ben Affleck was circling the lead role in David Fincher’s Gone Girl. Now he may have some company, as THR reports that Rosamund Pike is the director’s top choice for the female lead.

The film is based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, following the husband (Affleck) of a woman who goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance. Pike is up to play the wife, who initially seems like a pretty average person, but things change as we learn more about her and her husband’s relationship.

Emily Blunt, Natalie Portman and Charlize Theron were apparently also in the running for the role, but at the moment Jack Reacher star Pike is the frontrunner.

Things are still coming together for Gone Girl, with the major sticking point at the moment being the budget. Fincher’s very particular style doesn’t tend to be cheap to achieve, so 20th Century Fox and New Regency are trying to find a budget where they can get a Fincher movie, but not giving him completely free reign to spend the Earth on the film. Hopefully it’ll all work out though.

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