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Ashley Tisdale Will Get Left Behind With Nic Cage and Chad Michael Murray

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ashley-tisdale-1The early 2000s adaptations of Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s novel series Left Behind could only muster religious zealot (and former Growing Pains star) Kirk Cameron as its lead, but a planned new version already has Nic Cage and Chad Michael Murray, and now Deadline reports that High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale is in talks to join them.

The story follows a group trying to survive in the aftermath of the Rapture, which has seen all the true Christians being spirited up to heaven, leaving everyone else behind to deal with the end of days. Cage is set to play Ray Steele, a neglectful dad and pilot who finds God too late and so forms the Tribulation Force to cope with the coming carnage. Tisdale will play his daughter Chloe, who has also been left behind and is a founding member of the Force.

Paul Lalonde, who wrote the original Left Behind in 2001, and John Patus, who wrote the last installment of the earlier film series, Left Behind: World at War, are writing the screenplay. There’s no news on whether the overly pious tone of the earlier movies will be changed for this slightly bigger budget remake.

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First Snowpiercer Art Online – Get a feel for Joon-ho Bong’s Chris Evans starring film

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Joon-ho Bong made a big splash with his South Korean movies The Host and Mother, and now he’s going English-language with Snowpiercer. The first art from the movie has now shown up via TheFilmStage, suggesting a dystopian sci-fi look to the film.

Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Kang-ho Song, and Ewen Bremner star in the movie, which is set in a world covered in snow and ice, with a group of characters stranded on a train dubbed the Snowpiercer, who all struggle to co-exist. Ewen Bremner will play a father who helps Chris Evans’ character find his kidnapped son.

Joon-ho Bong is directing from a script he co-wrote with Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead), adapted from Benjamin Legrand and Jacuqes Lob’s graphic novel. Chan-wook Park produces. Take a look at the art above and below, and you can also listen to a sample of Marco Beltrami’s score.

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Star Wars Finally Gets A Little Bit Gay

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star wars old republicWhile I’ve always wondered about Yoda myself, the Star Wars films were set in a pretty heterosexual galaxy far, far away (where it’s okay to inadvertently snog your sister, but now get it on with someone of the same gender). Now, after plans were revealed early in 2012 to add a bit of a gay flavour to the computer game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, it’s finally been announced that this is being added to the expansion, Rise of the Hutt Cartel.

However, while many had presumed the gay option would allow players to pursue a romance with a companion character, initially it’s going to be restricted to characters that aren’t controlled by the player.

The game’s executive producer, Executive Producer, has written on his blog, ‘First of all, I want to apologize that this [same gender romance] is taking so long to get in the game. I realize that we promised SGR to you guys and that many of you believed that this would be with a companion character. Unfortunately, this will take a lot more work than we realized at the time and it (like some other pieces of content we talked about earlier in the year) has been delayed as we focused on the changes required to take the game Free-to-Play. As we have said in the past, allowing same gender romance is something we are very supportive of.

‘Secondly, I want to reveal today that we are adding SGR with some NPCs [Non-Playable Characters] on Makeb [a planet in the Star Wars universe, invaded by the Hutts] and do intend on pursuing more SGR options in the future. More details to come!’

Although not quite what many had hoped, at least it’s something, with Star Wars: The Old Republic joining games such as Mass Effect 3 and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that include gay content. Inevitably same sex options in computer titles have already led to backlash by some conservatives.

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Vehicle 19 Trailers – Paul Walker gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy

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Paul Walker hasn’t generally had a lot of luck outside the Fast & Furious franchise. Despite occasional high spots such as Road Kill (Joyride) and Varsity Blues, most of time people aren’t that interested unless he’s behind the wheel of a fast-paced car.

He’ll be hoping for more from the thriller Vehicle 19, where Walker plays an ex-con who is given the wrong rental car after being released from prison. He discovers a critical piece of evidence in a case against several corrupt cops, as he races against the clock to get the damning material in the right hands.

Now two trailers have been released, one US one and one Japanese, giving us out first look at the film. No UK release date has yet been set.

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First Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Art Hits, Featuring Crystal McCahill

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When Sin City was first released in 2005, Robert Rodriguez said he had plans for two sequels in 2006 and 2007. It’s taken him a lot longer than that to get a follow-up going, but now Sin City: A Dame To Kill For is on its way, with an October release already set.

The likes of Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King are all set to return for the sequel, while one of the newcomers is Crystal McCahill, who’s posted a few shots from the set, including what appears to be out first look at artwork from the film (it’s tough to tell if she’s meant to have released the shots, but they’re here now).

There’s no specific info on her character, but the pic makes it look like the former Playboy Playmate is one of the women on Old Town – nearly all of whom are either prostitutes or strippers. Some have suggested she could be Ava, the Dame To Kill For of the title, although that seems unlikely as she has no acting experience – but then the fact she has a poster-style image would suggest she’s a fairly important character. All should be revealed soon.

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Has The Justice League Superhero Lineup Been Revealed?

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justice-leagueLast month rumours emerged that the villain in Justice League would be Darkseid, and now a new report via Comic Book News has what they say is the full line-up of supheroes for the movie. While we knew Batman and Superman would be included, the report includes various others who should be part of the movie.

Perhaps most intriguingly is that if the report is correct, it’s our clearest suggestion yet that DC wants Henry Cavill in the Superman role and may also try to get Ryan Reynolds back as Green Lantern.

Here’s what CBN says:
• Superman is essentially the same character from Man of Steel, and Zack Snyder is consulting regarding the writing of the character.

• Batman: The strategist of the group. Batman doesn’t really want to be involved with these super powered beings he considers too powerful. Easily the most complex written.

• Wonder Woman: She has only been in man’s world a few short months. The Wonder Woman script Michael Goldenberg is developing will be set before the Justice League movie.

• Green Lantern: Will be Ryan Reynold’s character from the Green Lantern movie, but will be freshly written with a more serious tone.

• Flash: The most popular hero in civilian eyes who loves media attention, but when called upon is very serious.

• Martian Manhunter: Alien who has lived on Earth in secret for over a hundred years who has knowledge of Darkseid and his reign.

• Aquaman: Will be the King of Atlantis who has a key role in the film.• There will also be a heavy military presence in the film which in future rewrites could include characters featured in Man of Steel or even Amanda Waller (Angela Bassett) of which neither are included in the first draft.

• Alfred Pennyworth is in the film in a minor appearance.

• Lois Lane is also in the film in a cameo.

• Darkseid’s Elite will be featured who go up against the Justice League early on in the film.

Will Beall (Gangster Squad) is writing the film, which is currently being planned for a 2015 release (the same year as Avengers 2).

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Also Up For Guardians of the Galaxy Lead

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight RisesJust before Christmas we reported that Jim Sturgess and Chuck star Zachary Levi were the frontrunners for the the lead role in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and now there’s another name to add to the list, according to Deadline, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is also in the mix for the role of Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord.

It may seem a bit soon for Gordon-Levitt to jump from DC’s The Dark Knight Rises to a Marvel property, but Joseph is a comic book lover, and while some have suggested he could follow up his Dark Knight role to become Batman in Justice League, there’s been little indication either he or DC is actually planning to do that.

Peter Quill is a NASA astronaut who learns that his true father is actually an alien, which leads him on a journey into outer space. With a sentient space ship, he becomes the Star-Lord, an intergalactic cop who serves as the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

James Gunn is directing from his own screenplay, a release date of August 1st, 2014 is already set.

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Mama Short Film – Guillermo Del Toro introduces the short that inspired the upcoming horror

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The short Mama may only be two and a half minutes long, but that was enough to suggest to Guillermo Del Toro it would be worth backing director Andrés Muschietti to turn it into a feature length film. That’s partly because it contains what Del Toro says is one of the scariest scenes he’s ever seen.

Now the short has popped up online, complete with an intro from Guillermo, to help prepare us for the release of the movie version – which reaches the US on January 18th and the UK on February 22nd.

Here’s the synopsis for the feature-length movie: ‘Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. Five years ago, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace. Since then, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home.

‘As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, she grows convinced of an evil presence in their house. Are the sisters experiencing traumatic stress, or is a ghost coming to visit them? How did the broken girls survive those years all alone? As she answers these disturbing questions, the new mother will find that the whispers she hears at bedtime are coming from the lips of a deadly presence.’

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Monsters University TV Spot – Fancy joining Mike & Sully at monster school?

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A new US TV spot for Monsters University has arrived, giving us a fun intro to the movie, which follows Mike & Sully from Monsters Inc. during their time at college. The spot is put together like a short promo for the University itself, although with more monstrous students than normal colleges.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: ‘Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends. Screaming with laughter and fun, Monsters University stars the vocal talents of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray and Peter Sohn and is directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae.’

The film reaches UK cinemas on July 21st.

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Pixar Concept Art From Good Dinosaur & More Upcoming Films Appear

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The Good Dinosaur concept artPixar always has a lot of movies in the works – usually because each one takes so long to get from the bud of an idea to something ready for cinemas. Now Pixar has given us a look at concept art for several of their upcoming films, courtesy of a holiday card.

The images gives us our first real view of anything from Bob Peterson‘s The Good Dinosaur (due out 2014), which sees massive dinos living alongside humans, Pete Docter’s film that takes place inside the mind (possibly called The Inside Out and due out 2015), and Lee Unkrich’s untitled movie takes place on the Mexican Day of the Dead. There’s also a concept art shot from the upcoming Monster’s University, which will reach cinemas this July.

Click on the gallery below to enlarge the images.

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