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Kick-Ass 2 Helmer Jeff Wadlow Is Going To Go Fast

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Last weekend the news came through that Kick-Ass 2 helmer Jeff Wadlow had signed up to write and possibly direct the planned X-Men spin-off X-Force. However he may fit in another movie before he goes mutant, as Deadline reports that he’s also signed on to helm Go Fast.

It’s essentially Fast & Furious but on the water, with the plot surrounding people racing about in speedboats. There’s not much news on the plot, but it appears it’ll be about the boats DEA agents to thwart drug smugglers. Rich Wilkes (xXx) came up with the script.

Wadlow’s certainly having a busy week, because as well as signing up for two new movies, he’s also heading to San Diego to introduce the cast of Kick-Ass 2 at Comic-Con. The fact he’s so in demand suggests Hollywood likes what he’s done with the unusual superhero movie, which bodes well for audiences when it arrives in cinemas soon.

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Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke & John Hawkes May Go Up Everest

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josh-brolinEverybody in Hollywood is gonna be going up Everest soon – or at least pretending to – with rivals project based on ill-fated assents of the mountain currently in the planning stages. Doug Liman is planning to direct one with Tom Hardy likely to star, while Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns) is helming the other.

Now that latter one is filling out its cast. Deadline reports that Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke are all in talks for the movie. Christian Bale was previously being courted for the film, but he’s no longer involved.

The movie is based on an infamous incident in 1996, and will follow two separate groups who tried to reach the summit of Mount Everest, but the whole thing ended in tragedy. There’s no news on who the actors would play, but Bale had been set to play Rob Hall, the leader of a New Zealand group of climbers, four of whom never returned from the mountain. The plan is to shoot the movie this autumn.

Liman’s Everest film meanwhile is about George Mallory, who may have been the first to reach the mountain’s summit in 1924, but who never made it back to reveal if he had made it to the top or not.

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New Godzilla Comic-Con Poster Arrives Showing Us One Hell Of A Tail

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A couple of days ago we had a Mondo poster for Godzilla to help prepare us for the film’s presence at Comic-Con, and just to ensure we don’t forget, another teaser poster has now been released, giving us our first official look at part of the giant beastie.

And that’s one hell of a tale!

The movie, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins and Juliette Binoche, is said to be closer to the tone of the Japanese originals than Roland Emmerich’s 1990s movie. The Gareth Edwards directed film hits cinemas May 16th 2014.

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Born This Way Trailer – Looking at the pain and joy of gay life in Cameroon

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On Monday, Cameroonian gay activist Eric Ohena Lembembe was found dead, with reports that his hands, arms and face were burned and his feet and neck appeared broken. His apartment was then padlocked from the outside, but the curtains were left open so the body could be found. Many have taken this as a message from his killers that they wanted people to see what would happen to gay people.

As in many other African nations, life is tough for the LGBT community in Cameroon, with people facing harassment as well as legal censure – just expressing gay feelings can get you locked up, such as gay activist Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, who was given three years in prison just for texting ‘I’m falling in love with you’ to a male friend.

The new documentary Born This Way takes a look at gay life in Cameroon, and has now been given extra gravitas in the wake of Lembembe’s murder. As with the recent Call Me Kuchu, which looked at LGBT people in Uganda, it shows that while things are very bad for gay people, in amongst that they’ve managed to create their own community that brings them much joy and love. Take a look at the trailer above. [Read more…]

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The Fifth Estate Trailer – Benedict Cumberbatch does his best Julian Assange

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Julian Assange is certainly a figure who divides people into staunch camps. Some see him as a hero whose Wikileaks has fought for government transparency, while others view him as a villain who’s put soldier’s lives at risk and made life easier for terrorists.

But whatever side you’re on, Assange himself is an interesting if rather strange figure (like many whistleblowers, irrespective of whether he’s right or wrong, he often comes across as a bit of a dick). Now Benedict Cumberbatch is taking him on in The Fifth Estate, which has already caused controversy with some deciding it’s going to be a hatchet job and going on the offensive, while others have attacked it in case it’s an apologia for a man they see as a traitor.

We can get our first feel for the film now that a trailer has been released.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, THE FIFTH ESTATE reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.

‘The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes.

‘Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?”

‘The Fifth Estate is presented by DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment in association with Participant Media and is produced by Steve Golin and Michael Sugar, with Bill Condon directing. The screenplay is by Josh Singer, based on the book “Inside WikiLeaks” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg and the Guardian book “WikiLeaks” by David Leigh and Luke Harding. The film will be released in U.S. theaters on October 18, 2013. [Read more…]

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The Lego Movie & How To Train Your Dragon 2 Get Comic-Con Posters

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It’s not just sci-fi and action for grown-ups that will be making an appearance at Comic-Con, as the likes of Warner’s The Lego Movie and DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 will also be hoping to cause a stir. New posters for both films have now been released, which you can see above and below.

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.

Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie join Chris Pratt to form the cast of the first-ever full length theatrical LEGO movie, which is set to hit cinemas in 14th February 2014.’

How To Train Your Dragon 2 meanwhile, is ‘The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.’ The film is currently due out June 20th, 2014. You can take a look at the new poster for that, drawn by the legendary Drew Stuzan, below.

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Reese Witherspoon Takes On Wild

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reese-witherspoonReese Witherspoon is going Wild, and we’re not talking about when she got arrested after her hubby was pulled over recently. Nope, Variety reports that she’s signed up to star in Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling novel.

Top author Nick Hornby (About A Boy, High Fidelity) is set to write the script, which is about how Strayed ‘hiked 1,000 miles alone on the Pacific Crest Trail following years of destructive behavior in the wake of the dissolution of her marriage and her mother’s death.’

No director is currently attached, but Fox Searchlight is planning to sort that soon, as they want to film the movie this autumn.

“We are so excited to be working with Fox Searchlight to bring Wild to the screen,” Witherspoon, who will also produce, commented. “It is an extraordinary company that continually strives to bring original, inspirational films to the marketplace. We are thrilled to collaborate with them on Wild.”

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The Conjuring Sequel Already In The Works

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Conjuring-teaser-poster2The Conjuring isn’t due in US cinemas until Friday (and August 2nd in the UK), but New Line Cinema must have a lot of confidence in it, as they’re already putting plans in place for a sequel, according to Variety.

The studio has signed Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes, who wrote the original horror/thriller, to come up with a sequel script. The Conjuring, which as in the way with modern horror is based on a ‘true’ story, stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as paranormal investigators Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren, who investigate the haunting of a farmhouse.

The sequel will move onto some of the other famous cases that the Warrens worked on, some of which have already been turned into movies, such as The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. New Line president Toby Emmerich commented, “We have Lorraine’s permission and support, and we are working on developing another film.”

It’s perhaps not surprising they’re moving forward quickly, as it didn’t cost much to make, but has been receiving rave reviews as the festivals and screenings it’s had in the run up to its release.

It isn’t known if director James Wan will return to direct the follow-up, but it seems unlike as he recently signed up to helm Fast & Furious 7.

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Hunger Games: Catching Fire Quarter Quell Posters Released

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is hoping to take over San Diego this weekend at Comic-Con, and ahead of that a dozen new Quarter Quell (the name for the 75th Hunger Games) posters have been released, showing us the former winners who will be going back into the arena.

Here’s the synopsis: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The film’s due out November 22nd. Click on the images below for larger versions.

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First Look At Sean Penn Looking Dirty & Armed In The Gunman

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Sean Penn may have only just started shooting The Gunman recently, but the first image from the movie has already been released, via USA Today, showing Penn looking a bit stressed, dirty and, as the title suggests, holding a gun.

The Gunman is based on a novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette. It follows an international operative, Jim Terrier (Penn), who is betrayed by his handlers and goes on the run. Penn tells USA Today, “Calling it an ‘action film’ is kind of like calling Meryl Streep a sexy blonde chick. She is. But that really doesn’t tell the story of what she is at all.”

He adds, “I don’t separate this in my mind from anything else I have done. It’s a very human story that deals with the same things exploited in action films, like warfare.”

The film also stars Jasmine Trinca as Terrier’s love interest, Javier Bardem as her husband, Idris Elba as a mysterious operative, Ray Winstone as Penn’s mentor, and Mark Rylance as one of his enemies. It’s currently filming in Europe with Pierre Morel directing.

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