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Sky Movies Launching An All 007 Channel

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Sky Movies has good news for Bond fans, as on October 5th, they’re launching Sky Movies 007 HD, an entire channel dedicated to the full James Bond film catalogue. For the first time in history all 22 Bond films, as well as two non-EON titles, 1967’s Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again, will be available to enjoy in one place and in HD.

Bond fans will have also the films at their fingertips via Sky Movies’ TV on-demand service Sky Anytime+, with all of the films also available on demand and on the move via Sky Go. In addition, customers who subscribe to Sky Movies via NOW TV, the brand new internet TV service from Sky, will also be able to enjoy entire the Bond catalogue.

The launch comes just a couple of weeks before the 23rf film in the franchise, Skyfall, hits UK cinemas on October 26th. The movie will also be available to rent through Sky Store and on Sky Movies sometime in 2013. The launch date also coincides with the 50th anniversary of the franchise, a the first film, Dr No, was released on October 5th, 1962.

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Nobody Walks Trailer – John Krasinski has relationship issues

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Nobody Walks premiered at Sundance, but it’s only now the first trailer has arrived, ahead of a US release on October 12th. The film follows Martine (Olivia Thirlby), a 23-year-old artist from New York, who arrives in Los Angeles to stay in the pool house of a family living in the hip and hilly community of Silver Lake. Peter (John Krasinski), the father, has agreed to help Martine complete sound design on her art film as a favour to his wife. Martine innocently enters the seemingly idyllic life of this open-minded family with two kids and a relaxed Southern California vibe. Like a bolt of lightning, her arrival sparks a surge of energy that awakens suppressed impulses in everyone and forces them to confront their own fears and desires.

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On The Road International Trailer – Fresh look at the Kerouac adaptation

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There’s been a lot of talk about Walter Salles’ adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s classic On The Road, with many suggesting it shouldn’t be made into a film, others being wary about the cast, while many have been avidly looking forward to it. Now a new look at Walter Salles’ adaptation has arrived, so we can get another hint at the tone of the film and it’s rather sepia colour palette. The film follows Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), an aspiring New York writer who meets Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a devastatingly charming ex-con, who’s married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Sal and Dean bond instantly. Determined not to get locked in to a constricted life, the two friends cut their ties and take to the road with Marylou. Thirsting for liberty, the three young people head off in search of the world, of other encounters, and of themselves. It’s currently due out on the UK on October 12th.

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Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – First look at Kathryn Bigelow’s seeking Osama movie

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Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow-up, Zero Dark Thirty, has already proven controversial due to the supposedly priviledged access President Obama gave the filmmakers to the operation to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Now the first trailer for the movie is here. The film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Mark Strong star.

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George Nolfi May Have One Minute To Midnight

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There have already been a few decent movies about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but it appears few people have watched to likes of the excellent Thirteen Days, as Hollywood is planning another take on the story, as The Adjustment Bureau’s writer/director George Nolfi is attached to helm One Minute to Midnight.

THR reports that Nolfi will also rewrite the adaptation of Michael Dobbs’ 2008 non-fiction novel, One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War. The title refers to the doomsday clock and just how close it came to the end of the world in 1962!

The book is an hour-by-hour account of the events on all sides of the conflict between The United States and The Soviet Union, when the communists attempted to place missiles in Cuba, which was far to close to the States for comfort, and led to a potentially cataclysmic stand-off as the Russian missiles sailed towards the island.

There’s no news on when the movie might shoot.

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Joe Manganiello In Talks For Breacher

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Magic Mike was a big success for Joe Manganiello, who managed to raise his profile far beyond just True Blood fans. Now THR reports that he’s in negotiations for another big project, the Arnold Schwarzenegger thriller Breacher.

The is about a team of DEA agents who pull off a lucrative heist disguised as a routine drug raid. Even though they think their secret is safe, the 10 team members start to get killed off, one by one. Joe Manganiello will play Grinder, one of the DEA agents who wants to come clean and tell the police about their illegal raid. Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, and Dawn Olivieri also star as members of the unit.

David Ayer (End Of Watch) is set to direct from a screenplay by Skip Woods. Filming will begin this October in Atlanta.

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Kevin Costner Could Be Jack Ryan’s Mentor & Have Three Days To Kill

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For quite a long time Kevin Costner’s career was on the slide largely because he continued to want to always be the leading man, even though audiences weren’t as interested in his movies as they had been. However he now appears to have accepted that supporting roles are a good way for him to keep his profile high, most notably playing Jonathan Kent in the upcoming Man Of Steel.

Now he’s looking to take on two new roles, one a supporting character in a high profile movie and the other slightly smaller but with Costner in the lead. He’s currently being sought to play Jack Ryan’s mentor in the planned reboot of the Tom Clancy franchise. Chris Pine will play Ryan, with Kenneth Branagh directing. Costner’s part would apparently be pretty large, although still second-fiddle to Pine.

The other movie is Three Days to Kill, which would feature Costner as Ethan Renner, an government assassin on the verge of death that takes on one final mission. The script is written by Adi Hasak and Luc Besson. (Source: Deadline)

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Daredevil Seeks Director Joe Carnahan, But Fox May Have To Give Galactus To Marvel

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The clock is ticking on Fox’s planned reboot of Daredevil, as the studio has just only two months to start production before the rights revert back to Marvel Studios. Fox is now in talks with director Joe Carnahan to helm this reboot after David Slade dropped out, although the studio may be able to strike a deal with Marvel for a production extension.

At the moment filming must begin by October 10th on the movie, although Variety says Fox may be able to delay that by exchanging the rights to certain characters from the Fantastic Four world, including the villain Galactus and The Silver Surfer. Fox has the rights to Fantastic Four and all of its characters, and is currently gearing up for a new reboot from Chronicle director Josh Trank. It isn’t known how Marvel plans to use these characters, although it is possible they could show up in their Guardians of the Galaxy movie or Avengers 2.

Since that Variety report, Deadline has come forward saying insiders state that Fox has no desire to give up any Fantastic Four characters to Marvel, as they’re pleased with the direction Trank’s reboot is taking. This may mean Daredevil will revert back to Marvel, as while the studio still has until October 10th, that’s very little time to set things up considering no director is firmly attached at the moment. If Daredevil does go ahead, the current incarnation is described as “Frank Miller-esque hardcore ’70s thriller”, which could be interesting.

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Jennifer Lawrence Heads For The Ends of the Earth

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The Weinstein Company announced today that they will finance and distribute The Ends of the Earth, with Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games) currently in talks to star in what’s described as an epic, based on true events love story.

The Ends of the Earth is about powerful oil tycoon Ernest Marland who loses everything after engaging in a controversial love affair with his adopted daughter Lydie. He eventually annulled the adoption so that he could marry her. It certainly sounds like it’s going to be tough to do this right without making the whole thing seem creepy, although it is true Lydie wasn’t adopted until she was 19, so he wasn’t doing a full-on Woody Allen.

The screenplay comes from Chris Terrio (Argo), although no director has been hired as yet. (Source: Variety)

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Sacha Baron Cohen May Try To Spoof Bond

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Sacha Baron Cohen had a medium success with The Dictator this summer, and now he’s thinking about what he’ll do next, as Variety reports that he’s has sold an untitled spy comedy pitch to Paramount Pictures, which parodies the James Bond franchise.

Cohen will write the screenplay with Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids, Wreck-It Ralph), based on their pitch to the studio. The story follows an 007-like spy, who is forced to go on the lam with his long-lost, idiotic brother.

Although it isn’t confirmed that Sacha Baron Cohen will star, it seems likely that he may play the brother, a moronic soccer hooligan. Sources indicate that the untitled pitch was acquired between the high six-figure to low seven-figure range. Hopefully it’ll be good, although spoofing Bond does seem a rather stale idea.

This is the first project to come out of the actor-writer’s first-look deal with Paramount Pictures from earlier this year, although it isn’t known when it might shoot.

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