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Jurassic Park IV Now Coming 2015 & It Will Be Shot In 3D

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jurassic-park-3d-poster2After years of planning, it looked like Jurassic Park IV was finally going ahead, with a 2014 release date and Colin Trevorrow set to direct. However a few weeks ago Universal put it on hold indefinitely, while they sorted out issues with the script.

However now at the annual Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, it’s been revealed that the movie is still alive and well, and is now slated for a 2015 release. It was also revealed that it will be shot in 3D. Universal hasn’t confirmed an exact release date, but it seems likely they will aim for a summer 2015 debut.

The first inkling that things were back in motion came last week when director Colin Trevorrow tweeted that he was, ‘Back at work today, toys from 20 years ago waiting in my office. Thanks @ledoctor for keeping them in the box.’

Colin Trevorrow is directing from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). No cast members have been confirmed yet.

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Neil Patrick Harris To Star In Broadway Production Of Hedwig & The Angry Inch

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neil-patrick-harrisFans of unusual musicals will know that John Cameron Mitchell’s creation, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, is one of the best out there – and the 2001 film version is simply awesome. Now it’s going back to the stage, with The New York Times reporting that Neil Patrick Harris is set to star.

Hedwig is about an East German immigrant to the US, whose botched sex change operation leaves her with the titular ‘angry inch’. After her relationship with a GI breaks down, she starts to date young hottie Tommy Gnosis, who leaves her behind when he takes her music and becomes a rock star.

The new production is set to premiere in the spring of 2014. While the show started off-Broadway in 1998, this will be the first time it’s been staged in New York’s main theatre district. David Binder has apparently been working on a Broadway version for years, but it’s only now moving forward with NPH in the lead.

John Cameron Mitchell said last year that he was working on a sequel, but there’s been little news on that since last July.

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Matthew Goode Joins Benedict Cumberbatch In Alan Turing Biopic

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I’m sure many out there think Matthew Goode (Watchmen) and Benedict Cumberbatch would make a cute couple, but while it now appears they’ll star alongside one another in a biopic of gay codebreaker Alan Turing, Goode will be staying straight in The Imitation Game.

The Daily Mail has the news that Goode has signed on alongside Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Turing is famed for helping the Allies defeat the Germans in World War II by breaking codes and building machines that were the forerunners of modern computers (which were based on his theories). However, in the 1950s he was prosecuted by the British government for being gay.

Turing made the extreme decision to undergo chemical castration instead of going to prison. In 1954 he died from cyanide poisoning, with many believing he killed himself by dosing an apple with the substance (although there are still some who believe it was accidental).

When Knightley signed on, it wasn’t known who she would play, but now it appears she’ll be Joan Clarke, a mathematician and cryptanalyst who worked alongside Turing, and offered to marry him, even though she knew full-well he was gay. He never took her up on the offer. Goode meanwhile will be another code-cracking, Hugh Alexander, who was also a chess master.

Graham Moore wrote the script for The Imitation Game, based on Andrew Hodges’s book. Morten Tyldum (Headhunters) will direct.

(Oh, and if you do need to see Goode going a little gay, watch Brideshead Revisited or A Single Man).

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Trailer – More teen fantasy tries to tempt us

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There’s a lot of money in the teen fantasy genre, but also big losses if you can catch the attention of that fickle market. One of those hoping to lure in the Twilight and Hunger Games crowds is The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which reaches cinemas in August. Now a new trailer has arrived to tempt us.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Clary Fray (Lily Collins) thought she was an ordinary teenager living in Brooklyn until one night in a downtown nightclub she encounters the mysterious, charismatic Jace.  Upon witnessing Jace hunt down and kill a demon in the crowded club, Clary begins to wonder if she is that ordinary after all. Especially as she appears to be the only one who can see him…

‘Jace Wayland (Jamie Campbell Bower) is a Shadowhunter. Part of a secret cadre of half-angel warriors, he is tasked with protecting humanity in an ancient battle against demonic forces. This battle has been fought secretly in our midst for centuries, but the stakes have just been raised.

‘When Clary’s mother is viciously attacked and taken from their home, she discovers her connections to Jace run deeper than she could ever have imagined and beneath surface of the city exists another world…one she unknowingly belongs to. As both Clary and best friend Simon (Robert Sheehan) are drawn into this dark and dangerous world, Clary realises Jace is both the key to uncovering her past and protecting her future.

‘Based on Cassandra Clare’s bestselling novel, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is directed by Harold Zwart and also stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Lena Headey.’

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Riddick International Trailer – Vin Diesel’s eyes shine once more

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Riddick is due to hit cinemas latest this year, and now we’ve got a new look at it, courtesy of an international trailer. It all looks pretty moody and thankfully not as grandiose and portentous as The Chronicles Of Riddick.

Here’s the plot synopsis: ‘In the film, the infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

‘The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.’
It should hit cinemas this autumn.

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Matt Damon Sought For Paedophile Priest Movie

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matt-damon-pic1There’s been a lot of scandal surrounding paedophile priests, but Hollywood has generally steered clear of the subject. However that may be changing, as TheWrap reports that Matt Damon is being sought to star in an ‘All the Presidents Men’ style thriller about it.

Tom McCarthy’s is behind the movie, which is about the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reportage, which uncover a decades-long cover-up by the Catholic Church of dodgy priests in Massachusetts.

‘The scandal was uncovered following a year-long investigation by the Boston Globe’s spotlight team, which interviewed victims and reviewed thousands of pages of documents. Their reporting eventually led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, who hid years of serial abuse by other priests, and opened the floodgates to other disturbing revelations around the world.’

Damon has yet to say how interested he is (he apparently hasn’t even been shown the script yet), but the filmmakers want the Boston born actor to play investigative journalist Mike Rezendes, who led the charge on behalf of the Globe.

There’s no news on when it might shoot, which may be some time off, as while DreamWorks had been developing the film, they’ve recently pulled out (which is believed to be because of the potential controversy surrounding the movie). The makers are now hoping to attach Damon so they can seek other funding.

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Morgan Freeman Joining Scarlett Johansson in Luc Besson’s Lucy

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morgan-freemanBack in April, Scarlett Johansson signed up to kick some ass for director Luc Besson in Lucy. Now she has some company as TheWrap reports that Morgan Freeman is in talks to join her.

Besson also wrote the script for Lucy, which is about a woman who is forced to become a drug mule. However, things go wrong when the drugs start to leak into her body, transforming her into an ass-kicking machine. Miraculously she can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can’t feel pain and other discomforts.

So it’s like a superhero movie meets Crank (which was also produced by Besson).

Freeman will be back in wise old man mode asy a professor who has studied evolution and the chemistry of the brain, which Lucy thinks could help her. There’s no news on when the film might shoot.

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Iain De Caestecker On For Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut, How To Catch A Monster

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Iain-De-CaesteckerIain De Caestecker is certainly doing well for himself, jumping from UK TV in the likes of The Fades to America with the upcoming Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD. Now he’s found the time to fit in the male lead in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, How to Catch a Monster.

Gosling has been after the young Brit for quite a while, but it took a while to sort out timings, due to the fact he has to fit it around his SHIELD commitments, which is currently getting episodes in the can before it’s early autumn TV debut.

Variety reports that How to Catch a Monster is ‘set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city and centered on a single mother of two who is swept into a macabre fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town.’ Christina Hendricks is set to play the mother, with De Caestecker as her son. Matt Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele and Eva Mendes also star.

The film has already started shooting.

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Frozen Teaser Trailer – First look at Disney’s take on The Snow Queen

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Frozen hits cinema on December 6th,  2013, and now Disney has released our first look at the film in the form of a trailer (and five images), which suggest they’re going for a look very similar to Tangled.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind “Tangled” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” presents “Frozen,” a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

‘The film is directed by Chris Buck (“Tarzan,” “Surf’s Up”) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, “Wreck-It Ralph”), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (“Winnie the Pooh,” “The Princess and the Frog”). Featuring music from Tony® winner Robert Lopez (“The Book of Mormon,” “Avenue Q”) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (“In Transit”), “Frozen” is in UK cinemas in 3D on December 6, 2013’

Take a look at the images below (click on them for larger versions) and the trailer above.

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Prometheus 2 Gets Transcendence Writer Jack Paglen

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There’s been a lot of umming and ahing about Prometheus 2. The original plan had been to get it going as soon as possible after the first film, but it’s taken a while to get things moving, apparently due to differences over where the story should go.

However, now TheWrap reports that Transcendence screenwriter Jack Paglen is in negotiations to pen Prometheus 2.

it had initially been believed Damon Lindelof would be back to write part two, but it was revealed that due to his many commitments, he had stepped then. Then in February, actress Noomi Rapace revealed that the sequel was moving forward with an unidentified scribe.

Paglen is rumored to have been involved for a number of weeks, and now director Ridley Scott has signed off on his take. Unsurprisingly, no story details have been revealed at this time, but it’s believed Prometheus stars Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender will both return.

It’s not known at this time when it will shoot.

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