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Paul Walker Wants To Make A Skyscraper

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After a series of flops, the Fast & Furious franchise has become ridiculously important to Universal, which puts the stars of the films in a very good position with the studio. As a result and despite the fact Paul Walker doesn’t really have much of a career outside the fast-car films, he’s signed a two-year first look deal with Universal to develop other movies.

According to Variety, the first project under this agreement is the action thriller Skyscraper, based on an original idea by Mike Sobel. There’s no news on the plot though, but Paul Walker will executive produce and star.

The action star said this about the relationship with the studios: “I’ve had a long and successful relationship with Universal so it’s the obvious and ideal home for Laguna Ridge Pictures [his production company]. I’m excited to expand my relationship with them.”

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Guillermo Del Toro Producing Animated Day Of The Dead

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We may not have had a new movie directed by Guillermo Del Toro since 2008’s Hellboy II, but he’s a very busy man producing movies for other people and preparing his next directorial outing, Pacific Rim. Now he’s teamed up with Reel FX to produce a CG-animated film that’s going by the working title, Day of the Dead.

The movie will be directed by Emmy Award winner Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre) based on a script by Gutierrez and Douglas Langdale, with a release planned for fall 2014. You’ll be pleased to hear though that it has nothing to do with George A. Romero’s zombie flicks, and is instead a Romeo and Juliet style love story set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop. There’s now a huge amount more info about the plot.

It represents the first time in almost twenty years – since 1993’s Cronos – that del Toro has collaborated on a feature project set in Mexico. Reel FX’s Brad Booker says “We’re thrilled to have Guillermo on board for Day of the Dead. As individuals, Guillermo and Jorge share a cultural background and love for Mexican folklore, which brings a palpable authenticity to our project; however, as artists, each brings to the picture a vastly different aesthetic sensibility. Working together for the first time, we feel that they bring a truly unique balance to the style and story of the film.”

Del Toro himself adds, “I have admired Jorge’s work for a long time. He has a unique aesthetic and sense of humor. Day of the Dead offers a perfect opportunity for his sensibilities to shine. This is a colorful, vibrant, vital fable that utilizes the animation medium in an incredible way. The object of the tale is not only to talk about life but to dazzle us – jolt us – into living to the fullest.”

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First Poster For Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie

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The first poster for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie has popped up online over at Facebook.While it’s a motion poster with lightning over there, unfortunately we can only get a more static version here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From creative genius Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas) comes Frankenweenie, a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life – with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous. A stop-motion animated film, Frankenweenie will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.’

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Cherry Trailer – James Franco gets involved in porn!

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Cherry looks like a potentially interesting indie flick, with a great cast including Dev Patel, Heather Graham, James Franco, Jonny Weston and Diane Farr, all getting involved in porn! Cherry is about Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw), an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing high school. Angelina’s family life is difficult. Her mother (Lili Taylor) is an alcoholic and her step-father is violent and unpredictable. One morning her boyfriend (Jonny Weston) suggests she take naked pictures for money. She balks at first but then does the photo shoot, using the money to run-off with her best friend (Dev Patel) to San Francisco. In San Francisco, while cocktailing in a strip club, Angelina meets Frances (James Franco) a well-off lawyer who offers to introduce her to a different kind of world, a place full of expensive dresses and fancy parties. But that world is not as perfect as it first appears and Frances has problems of his own. At the same time Angelina, using the moniker Cherry, has begun exploring the San Francisco porn industry under the direction of Margaret (Heather Graham) a former performer turned adult film director.

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Antonio Banderas To Play Picasso in 33 Dias

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Last time Picasso was the main subject of a movie he was in the form of Anthony Hopkins in Surviving Picasso, but now he’s getting a younger and more handsome filmic outing with Antonio Banderas signing up to play the artist in 33 Dias, according to Variety.

The film will concentrate on the period around the Spanish Civil War, when Picasso found himself in a personal crisis during his relationship with the French artist Dora Maar. He then set out to create the epic painting Guernica, his defining anti-war statement that he hoped would bring attention to the bombing of the Basque town by Franco-supporting German forces. The painting is considered one of his greatest achievements and currently resides at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Banderas says, “He’s a character that has pursued me for a long time. I am from Malaga, and he was born four blocks from where I was born.” Indeed if you look a pictures of the artist in the 1930s and 1940s, Banderas is a very good fit. Writer/director Carlos Saura will start shooting in the summer on an $8 million budget (which is considerably less that what the painting it’s about is worth).

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Struck By Lightning Trailer

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Chris Colfer made a huge splash playing the camp and loveable Kurt on Glee, and now despite only being 21, he’s showing off a whole new talent by not only starring in Struck By Lightning, but writing the script too. Christina Hendricks and Dermot Mulroney also star in the indie flick, which sees Colfer as a young man who, after being struck and killed by lightning, recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

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Safe House Tops President’s Day Weekend Box Office

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Despite being a four day weekend in the US, it wasn’t a good time for new releases, although last week’s overperformers continued to impress. The top two movies swapped place compared to last weekend, with Safe House pipping The Vow to the post over the Presidents Day weekend.

The Ryan Reynolds & Denzel Washington movie took another $28.4 million from Friday to Sunday to top the chart, just outperforming The Vow, which grossed $26.6 million. The top new entry was Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, which only reached fourth spot on the chart with $25.7 million. It’s less than half what the first Ghost Rider movie made on its first weekend and is likely the result of some truly abysmal reviews.

This Means War also battled bad press and ended up in fifth spot with $20.4 million. It’s definitely a disappointing start for a movie with three hot young actors and a huge marketing push, but fairly well in line with the likes of other action/rom-coms like The Tourist, Knight & Day and Killers.

The final new entry in the top 10 was The Secret World Of Arrietty, the Studio Ghibli movie released in the UK last year simply as Arrietty. Despite not being the studio’s most acclaimed title, it more than doubles the best previous opening for a Ghibli movie, suggesting the studio is finally finding traction in the US, as it’s already done elsewhere in the world.

Take a look below for the top 10 for Presidents Day weekend, February 17th-20th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Safe House $28.4 $82.6
2 The Vow $26.6 $88.5
3 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $26.4 $59.5
4 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance $25.7 $25.7
5 This Means War $20.4 $22.0
6 Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D $10.1 $36.0
7 Chronicle $9.2 $52.6
8 The Secret World Of Arrietty $8.1 $8.1
9 The Woman In Black $7.9 $46.5
10 The Grey $3.7 $48.6
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Orlando Bloom And Djimon Hounsou To Star In Zulu

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Orlando Bloom hasn’t really been up to much lately – or at least nothing particularly high profile – but he’s now scored a new job taking one of the lead roles in Zulu, opposite the always excellent Djimon Hounsou.

You’ll be pleased to hear the film isn’t a remake of Michael Caine’s excellent Rourke’s Drift movie, and instead is a contemporary cop drama from director Jérôme Salle (Largo Winch, Anthony Zimmer). The two actors will play Cape Town police officers who investigate the murder of a 18 year-old girl, the daughter of a member of the championship winning Springboks rugby team, a job that ultimately reveals ties to the country’s apartheid past.

The film is based on an acclaimed novel by Caryl Férey and is due to start shotting in South Africa this July. (Source: Screendaily)

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Jim Caviezel Enters The Tomb Opposite Sly and Arnie

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It’s gonna be Rambo vs. The Terminator vs. Jesus himself in The Tomb, as with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been joined by Jim Caviezel in the prison drama. Producer Mark Canton revealed on The Matthew Aaron Show that Caviezel has signed on to play the Warden.

Here’s what the producer had to say below about his growing cast, “It’s a big deal, because I always wanted Sly and Arnold together. The Expendables is fantastic, but where they’re really mono y mono, like in Heat, or a movie of that quality. We have this great director in Mikael Håfström, and yesterday we signed Jim Caviezel to play the Warden. It’s going to be a great cast. For me, it’s a very big thing to work with those guys together.”

The film is about Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), a security expert who designed the most secure prison known to man. When he’s framed for a crime and sent to the prison he designed, he must outsmart himself to escape. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Church, an inmate who helps his fellow prisoners stay in touch with their own humanity.

Shooting is scheduled to begin this spring in Louisiana.

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First Amazing Spider-man Clip Surfaces

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The first clip from the Amazing Spider-man has arrived, via the viral site markofthespider-man.com. If you were hoping for an effects filled fight scene you’ll be disappointed, as it simply features Peter Parker trying to get into Gwen Stacey’s apartment building, but having trouble with a snotty, overly security conscious doorman. Here’s the synopsis: ‘Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.’ The film’s out July 4th.

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