Archive for the ‘News’ Category

The film based on the novel The Accidental Billionaires that was based on the founding of the popular social networking website Facebook has received some casting updates.  David Fincher, who is directing the film, has finally decided on most of the leading cast.  Jesse Eisenberg [also from Adventureland and Zombieland] will be playing Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timerberlake [also from Black Snake Moan and Southland Tales]  will be playing Sean Parker – a founding president of the corporation – and Andrew Garfield [also from Boy A] will be playing Eduardo Saverin – another founding president who helped create the project with Zuckerberg and eventually had a falling out with Zuckerberg. (more…)

It’s being reported that FOX has decided to order a presentation order on an untitled medical comedy being Executive Produced by J.J. Abrams [also produced Lost, Alias, Star Trek and Cloverfield] and written by Mike Markowitz [also wrote for Becker].  (more…)

John Hughes is one of the great names in filmmaking from the 80s.  He was the director and writer of beloved films such as: The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Wierd Science and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.  Yesterday it was reported that John Hughes died of a heart attack. (more…)

Rob Marshall, the director of Memoirs of a Geisha and Chicago, is apparently being approached to direct the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.  It was reported last week that Disney is planning to start shooting the sequel next year with hopes of releasing the film in 2011.  (more…)

Steven Spielberg, one of the greatest directors ever, will be directing an adaptation of Harvey.  The original play was written by Mary Chase in 1944, it was then adapted into a film in 1950 starring James Stewart. (more…)

HBO, my favourite cable channel, has renewed True Blood, Entourage and Hung for another season each and they will all return on the air next summer. (more…)

It’s been reported that Ridley Scott [also directed films such as Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down] has been attached to direct the upcoming prequel for the Alien franchise.  The screenplay is currently being written by Jon Spaihts.  It has been three decades since the first Alien film was released, which was directed by Ridley Scott, and with many people curious as to what kind of prequel we can be expecting it is just exciting to hear that Ridley is back on the franchise that he started. (more…)

Ben Affleck [also directed Gone Baby Gone] will be directing his second feature length film, The Town, which is based on the novel “Prince of Thieves” written by Chuck Hogan.  The book is about “a dashing Boston bank robber who falls in love with a bank teller while eluding the unwanted attentions of the FBI.” (more…)

I once wrote a paper on the history of animation in Japan and in research for the paper I sat and I watched a complete season of Astroboy and it was a truely lovable show with great characters.  One thing I definitely said to myself while watching this show was that it would look so awesome today, and here it is finally the way I want it to look.  These images look amazing and I can’t wait for this film.  See the new images below: (more…)

Mila Kunis [from Forgetting Sarah Marshall] has been cast as Natalie Portman’s possibly imaginary rival in Darren Aronofsky’s [also directed Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler] newest film Black Swan. (more…)