Cinecast: Josh Brolin for ‘Sin City 2,’ Tina Fey in Talks for ‘Muppets’ Sequel
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, FOCUS, Disney, Miramax, Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Musicals, Noir, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Books, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Distribution, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
+ Josh Brolin has been tapped to replace Clive Owen's character Dwayne in the upcoming sequel to 2005's Sin City, titled Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Brolin joins returning cast members Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, and Jessica Alba, as well as newcomer Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
+ Transformers director Michael Bay announced on his blog that the next film in the franchise will not just be a sequel to 2011's Dark of the Moon, but the first in a new trilogy. Bay also added that 20 year-old Irish actor Jack Reynor will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the new film.
+ The 50 Shades of Grey screenwriter Kelly Marcel has admitted that the film adaptation of the popular book will definitely be slapped with an NC-17 rating. Scandalous!
+ Vulture compares Jessica Rabbit with Emma Stone's character in Gangster Squad.
+ Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis died early yesterday morning in South Africa for unknown reasons. He was 60 years old.
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Josh Brolin Wanted Park’s Blessing For Old Boy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Drama, Mystery, Remakes, Thrillers, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
The actor is to star alongside Elizabeth Olsen in a new version of Park's 2003 violent thriller - which is being directed by Spike Lee - but admitted he did have some reservations beforehand.
"Spike Lee's doing Old Boy and it's different and the same. I wrote an email to Park, who I really love, when I tried to get him to direct Jonah Hex. I was like, 'If you're not completely into this, then we'll find something else to do together.' But then I said, 'I want your blessing to do Old Boy.' He wrote back this beautiful letter and it said, 'I love remakes and I think it's great, just don't do it exactly like we did.'"
Josh, 44, recently revealed the remake of Old Boy will be "severely" violent: "I think we're going to go for it, I think we're going to give 1000 per cent to this one."
Josh Brolin Was Worried About MIB3
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Columbia Pictures, Action, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
The 44-year-old actor plays Young Agent K in the film alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones - who reprised their roles in the sci-fi movie as Agent J and Agent K respectively - but he was concerned about how his co-stars might react to him joining the film franchise.
"I thought, 'Oh, yeah, this could be a career-killer. I could ruin an entire series, because I'm severing this great iconic duo, this great chemistry that people really enjoy.' If someone came to my franchise and said, 'Listen, you're still going to bookend it, but we're going to bring in this younger guy instead,' I can't imagine I wouldn't be like, 'Huh? What are you talking about?' I don't know if he felt like that. And if he did he'd never tell me."
Despite starring in a number of big blockbusters, Josh - who has been married to actress Diane Lane since 2004 - admits he no longer feels he has to "push" himself in life and doesn't mind taking the "boring" approach.
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Men In Black 3 is the ‘Most Action-Packed Movie Yet’
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Columbia Pictures, Action, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Casting, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
Men In Black 3 will have "more action, aliens and magic" than the previous two films in the franchise.
The movie's director Barry Sonnenfeld believes the latest addition to the sci-fi comedy series has "something new and inventive" in the shape of a time travel element that sees Agent J (Will Smith) go back in time to the 1960s to stop an alien from assassinating Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones).
"The relationships are incredibly strong. From Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, between Will Smith and Josh Brolin. And I think we also have more action than in Men In Black 3 than in Men In Black and Men In Black 2' Also, more aliens and more magic. The audiences will be amused, amazed and also moved. I think if we can do all of those three things then we'll have a really successful movie. With Men In Black 3, it's not only a Men In Black movie, it's also a time travel movie. We wanted the movie to be both familiar and different. We wanted to bring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones back together again. But we also wanted something new and inventive, and that came in the time travel element," he said when asked what the chemistry was like between Will and Josh Brolin - who plays a younger version of Agent K.
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Elizabeth Olsen to Star in Old Boy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Horror, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Elizabeth Olsen is expected to take the lead female role in Old Boy.
The 22-year-old actress has been offered the part by director Spike Lee after Rooney Mara and Mia Wasikowska turned it down. The film is a new version of Park Chan-wook's classic movie and if she signs up, Elizabeth will star alongside Josh Brolin, who will take on the lead male role.
The movie focuses on a man named Joe (Dae-su Oh in the original) who is captured and imprisoned in a hotel room for over two decades (15 years in the original) with no understanding as to why. When he is suddenly released, he's told that he has just four days to determine the reason for his imprisonment with the help of Elizabeth's character Marie.
Although there is not a solid start date, shooting is planned to start "soon."
Josh Brolin Joins Oldboy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, Horror, Mystery, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Josh Brolin has signed on to star in Spike Lee's Oldboy remake. The Jonah Hex actor will play a man who is falsely imprisoned for 15 years without knowing why, before one day being released and given the tools to fight those who kidnapped him.
The movie is based on the 2004 movie by Park Chan-Wook, and is being adapted by Mark Protosevich, best known for his work on I Am Legend, who will also co-produce. The Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale is also set to appear in the movie the play the leading villain.
Josh recently finished filming on Men in Black 3 with Will Smith, and will next shoot Gangster Squad alongside Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling.
Oldboy will begin filming in March 2012.
In Theaters This Holiday Week: December 22, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Independent, Music, Remakes, Sequels, Comedy, Lists, New Releases, Trailers,
Here are a few selections in theaters this holiday week:
- Gulliver's Travels (PG): starring Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt (directed by Rob Letterman) **opens on Dec. 25**
- Little Fockers (PG-13): starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson (directed by Paul Weitz)
- True Grit (PG-13): starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin (directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: December 21, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, IFC Films, Sony, Touchstone, Universal, Weinstein Company, Action, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:
- Angel: DVD
- Devil: DVD, Blu-ray
- Easy A: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Matador: Blu-ray
- Orlando: Blu-ray
- Salt: DVD, Blu-ray
- Soul Kitchen: DVD
- Step Up 3: DVD, Blu-ray
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: November 2, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Magnolia, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Animation, Classics, Family, Musicals, Period, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:
- The Bridge on the River Kwai: Blu-ray
- Centurion: DVD, Blu-ray
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: DVD/Blu-ray combo
- The Goonies (25th Anniversary Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- Highlander: Blu-ray
- Highlander 2: Blu-ray
- Once Fallen: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Edition): DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Toy Story 3: DVD/Blu-ray combo
- White Christmas: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Wiz: Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: October 12, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Magnolia, Universal, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Arn: The Knight Templar: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Darjeeling Limited (Criterion Collection): DVD, Blu-ray
- The Hangover (Extreme Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- How to Train Your Dragon: DVD/Blu-ray Combo
- I Am Love: DVD, Blu-ray
- Jonah Hex: DVD/Blu-ray Combo
- Leaves of Grass: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Magician (Criterion Collection): DVD, Blu-ray
- Red Dragon: Blu-ray
- Sex and Lucia: Blu-ray
- Three Kings: Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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