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Rose Byrne Up For This Is Where I Leave You & Townies

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Rose-ByrneRose Byrne is one of those actresses who always pops up in things – Insidious, X-Men: First Class, Bridesmaids – without ever really hitting the big time. Now she’s got a couple more role she’ll hope will push her towards the a-list, with Townies and This Is Where I Leave You.

Universal’s Townies already has Seth Rogen and Zac Efron attached to star. Rogen will play a man who lives close to a fraternity house, which is led by the raucous Efron, and reaches a breaking point with their wild antics. Byrne is set to play the man’s wife, who’s the sensible adult in the relationship. The film will reunite Byrne with her Get Him To The Greek director Nick Stoller. Shooting is scheduled to begin sometime this spring.

This Is Where I Leave You is based on the novel by Jonathan Tropper, who also wrote the screenplay. Jason Bateman stars as one of four siblings who reunite when their father passes away. They learn that dad had one final wish, for the four of them to spend one whole week in their childhood home together, which they haven’t done in 10 years. Rose Byrne will play an old crush of Jason Bateman’s character. Tina Fey, Kathryn Hahn, Jane Fonda, and Corey Stoll also star. Shawn Levy directs with shooting due to start this June.

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Veronica Mars Movie Gets $2 Million Kickstarter Funding & A Greenlight

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Veronica-Mars-CastEver since Veronica Mars ended on TV in 2007, Kristen Bell and creator Rob Thomas have talked up a movie version, but as the series was never a big hit on television, it didn’t seem like Warner Bros. would ever take a punt of a film. However Thomas & Bell never gave up, eventually striking on the idea of going to Kickstarter and seeing if they could get $2 million to greenlight a Veronica Mars film.

The crowd-funding campaign has been more successful than either Bell or Thomas could have dreamed, raising the full $2 million in less than 12 hours. Many are already calling it fastest and largest fund raiser in the history of crowd-funded movies.

As a result of the success, Bell and Thomas have announced that the film now has the greenlight. While the Kickstarter money will go towards production, it was as much to prove to Warner Bros. that there is enough interest to make it worth them putting up the rest of the cash. The studio is now committed to a summer start date for the movie.

Rob Thomas commented, “My mind is blown. I’ve been fantasizing about this taking big and had to tell myself, ‘Stop it, Rob, you’re being silly. You’re setting yourself up for disappointment. And now today has exceeded the wildest pipe dream I let myself entertain. Holy cow. We better make a good movie. These amazing fans have stepped up. We better deliver.”

Kristen Bell added, “I knew Veronica Mars fans were cool, but I had no idea they could rally with such power. They are unstoppable – just like Veronica. I will have a permanent blush on my face, feeling so lucky to be associated with this entire thing.

The plan is for the movie to get a limited theatrical release as well as a VOD release. Rob Thomas added that the studio was eager to try out this Kickstarter campaign, “Kristen Bell and I met with the Warner Bros. brass, and they agreed to allow us to take this shot. They were extremely cool about it, as a matter of fact. Their reaction was, if you can show there’s enough fan interest to warrant a movie, we’re on board.”

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Crowd-funding Sought For Doc About Gay Man Who Set Himself On Fire At The Vatican

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Self-immolation (setting yourself on fire) can be a powerful political act – such as with buddhist monks during the Vietnam era, or the Arab Spring starting with Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself alight – however Alfredo Ormando’s actions have largely been forgotten. Now a documentary is trying to set that right, and is hoping to raise  $50,000 via KickStarter to tell the story.

The film, Alfredo’s Fire, is ‘a powerful and timely documentary that tells the untold story of Alfredo Ormando, a gay Italian writer who set himself on fire at the Vatican to protest the Church’s condemnation of homosexuality.

‘Shaped by Alfredo’s own writings, as well as rich cinematography, and provocative interviews with his family, friends and intimate companions, the film reveals Alfredo’s longing and struggle to reconcile his faith and sexuality.’

Alfredo set himself on fire in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome on 13th January 1998, and died 11 days later in hospital.

The hope is to raise the money and have the film ready for Italy’s National Pride this June, which this year is in Alfredo’s hometown of Palermo.

Head over to KickStarter to find out more.

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Sir Stirling Moss Doesn’t Want A ‘Poofter’ Playing Him In A Biopic

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stirling-mossSir Stirling Moss is a racing legend of the 1950s and early 1960s, who’s often referred to as “the greatest driver never to win the World Championship”, but it appears he’s not a big fan of the gays.

The Mirror reports that at an event at the Motor Sport Hall of Fame, he responded to the fact Chris Hemsworth is due to play James Hunt in Ron Howard’s F1 movie Rush, that if there’s a biopic about him, “I hope the actor would be masculine – not a poofter or anything like that. Perhaps the guy from Skyfall.”

Some Gay rights campaigners have understandably called the ex-driver’s words “offensive” and “homophobic”.

Moss has since tried to defend himself, although in many eyes will have made things worse. He added, “I think it would be difficult for someone of the other persuasion, who is homosexual, to take on the part, as I have spent my life driving cars and chasing girls.

“I’m sorry I’ve caused offence, but I’m disappointed anyone could be so narrow-minded as to take offence. It was not meant to cause any.

“I have homosexual friends. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s the way things are nowadays.”

Perhaps he needs some sensitivity training, as he seems to still be stuck in the mindset that all gay people mince around like Kenneth Williams on acid, and that no gay actor could possibly convincingly play a straight man (even if they were quite camp in real life). What say we put together a Kickstarter to fund a Stirling Moss biopic starring RuPaul, just to see the expression on the driver’s face when he finds out?

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New Scary Movie 5 Trailer Hits – Do we need another one? Charlie Sheen thinks so

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I can’t imagine there are many people who’ve spent the last six years praying we’d get another Scary Movie film, but it’s coming anyway, with an April 12th release set and a second trailer to try and win us over to more horror spoofery.

Mainly based around Paranormal Activity, with plenty of other movie reference chucked in, the film stars Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Jerry O’Connell and Terry Crews, among others.

I’m ready to bet already that this won’t win next year’s Best Picture Oscar.

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The Lone Ranger International Trailer – Exploding even bigger in Japanese

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The voiceover and text in this new international trailer might be in Japanese, but you don’t really need to translate special effects and explosions, so it’s definitely worth taking a look.

There’s plenty of new footage to give us a taste of the big budget take on the classic western.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero  is brought to life through new eyes.  Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.’

The film hits cinema on August 9th 2013.

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Director Miguel Arteta Takes On Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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miguel-artetaA movie version of the classic children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has been in the works for quite a while, with Steve Carell attached to star. Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) was set to direct back in October, but after Fox dropped the project and Disney picked it up, she decided to step aside.

Now Deadline reports that Miguel Arteta (Cedar Rapids) is in talks to take her place behind the camera.

The book focuses on Alexander, a young boy who wakes up with gum in his hair, and as the title suggest, his day gets progressively worse and worse. Steve Carell is set to play Alexander’s father.

The plan at the moment is to start shooting sometime this fall.

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Leslie Mann & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Join Cameron Diaz In The Other Woman

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leslie-mannA few weeks ago it was revealed that Cameron Diaz had signed on to star in The Other Woman. Now she’s got some company, as THR reports that This Is 40’s Leslie Mann and Game Of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau have joined her in the comedy.

The film is about, ‘a woman (Diaz) finding out that she is “the other woman” in an affair. She teams up with the wife (Mann) to get revenge on the cheating cad of a husband (Coster-Waldau).’

Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) is set to direct the project, which was written by Melissa Stack. It will shoot late spring/early summer in New York.

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New After Earth Poster Melds Will & Jaden Smith Together

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One of the most intriguing major releases of this summer is After Earth, which look a little bit like Avatar and has had a couple of very good trailer. Now a new poster for the movie has landed, which you can see above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.’

The film hits cinemas on June 7th.

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Robert Pattinson Gets Bloody At Guy Pearce’s Hands In First The Rover Pic

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The pic above isn’t an example of hatred of The Twilight franchise that’s gotten completely out of hand, it’s actually the first image of Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce in The Rover (via EW). And as you can see, R-Patz isn’t having a great time.

The movie is Australian director David Michod’s follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Animal Kingdom. Guy Pearce stars as Eric, a drifter living outside normal society. When his car is stolen by a gang of thugs, he enlists the help of Reynolds (Robert Pattinson), a gang member who was abandoned during the chaos.

The film is set in Australia after a massive financial crisis that sent many heading for desert mines in the hope of finding their fortune. David Michod commented, “It’s like a new gold rush. Where people from all corners of the world have come out to the desert to scrape out an existence. Petty criminals and miscreants and hustlers. The basic story is really quite elemental. You’ve got a really dark, dangerous, murderous person in Guy’s character, and in Rob’s character you have a quite troubled and damaged, but beautiful and naïve, soul.”

He’s adds, “You put cars in the desert in Australia and people are going to think of Mad Max. And with all due respect to that film – and I stress that – I think The Rover is going to be way more chillingly authentic and menacing.”

We’re not sure about Pattinson as a gangster thug, but perhaps he’ll surprise us. The movie should hit cinemas later this year.

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