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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Three
18 December 2009 2:42 AM, PST
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Dinner for Schmucks
Opens: July 23rd 2010
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams
Director: Jay Roach
Summary: A renowned publisher encourages his friends to invite the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. Just as they find the most pathetic man yet, the host is injured and ends up trapped with the man all night long.
Analysis: A remake of director Francis Veber's 1998 César award-winning "Le Diner des cons", 'Schmucks' is one of the highest profile comedies of next year with one of the strongest casts for the genre in recent memory. It also marks the return of "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" helmer Jay Roach who has produced several films in recent years but hasn't directed since 2004's "Meet the Fockers".
The question now lies not in the performers or director but the material itself and whether a Gallic comedy can
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Judi Dench's cool Bond role
14 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST
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Dame Judi Dench says appearing in James Bond movies gives her -street cred''. The 75-year-old actress has played agent M since 1995's 'Goldeneye' and can't wait to reprise the role for the latest movie in the hit spy franchise. She said: ''They're exciting. They give you street cred. Everything is so beautifully made. ''I get to see frightfully cool things and behave in an autocratic way and give Bond a hard time. What could be better?'' The actress recently completed work on musical movie 'Nine' and admits the film gave her her most frightening acting experience as she was so terrified of performing in front ..
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'The Birds' Remake May Take a Trip to the 'Last House on the Left'
3 December 2009 5:45 PM, PST
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Platinum Dunes, the company behind the reboots of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, and the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street, announced they were going to revisit Alfred Hitchcock's classic nature-run-amok film The Birds over two years ago. Though little progress has been tracked since then, the bulk of that time span found Casino Royale and Goldeneye director Martin Campbell the main name attached to the helm. And while one could have assumed the lack of visible progress meant the remake had idled at the studio, Pajiba is now reporting that's no longer the case.
According to their source, The Birds is once again looking to get off the ground, only without Campbell in the pilot's seat. They're told that Dennis Iliades is being courted to take over, a move that should divide fans of the original film. On the one hand, Campbell's experience with grand set pieces would
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Martin Campbell Drops The Birds Remake, Last House on the Left Remake Director Taking Over?
2 December 2009 9:33 PM, PST
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We haven't heard much about the Michael Bay-produced remake of The Birds since Comic-Con, where we were told that Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye) would be directing the film, and that Naomi Watts wanted to star. Now according to the folks over at Pajiba, and their increasingly reliable Hollywood-insider source, Campbell has left the director's chair. In his stead, it appears that the studio has gone with someone else familiar with remakes---Dennis Iliades, director of the recent Last House on the Left.
While news of Iliades getting the job isn't official yet, Pajiba notes that he's the one currently shaping the new direction of the film. Campbell was apparently aiming for a PG-13 release, but apparently Iliades has more extreme plans:
Illiades is more interested in amping up the horror and making it an R-rated affair, although at this point, they’re looking to do another rewrite tailored toward
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Former Disney star Zac Efron wants to be a James Bond “baddie”
24 November 2009 4:14 AM, PST
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High School Musical star Zac Efron is a lot of things: good looking, young, rich , was in a movie in Matthew Perry, but is he Bond villain material?
While promoting his upcoming film, Me and Orson Welles, the 22-year-old said he is a huge fan of the James Bond franchise.
“I’m a huge James Bond fan,” Efron said. “I’d love to be a Bond baddie. I’ve seen pretty much every Bond film. Sean Connery is my favorite and I really like Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan.”
I picture Efron playing Hup-Hup, the Persian rug dealer who dabbles in exotic fur trades. A lovable character, Hup-Hup accidentally becomes involved in the white slave trade while in Estonia. James Bond (Daniel Craig) finds him and the duo fight off the prostitution ring and deadly greenhouse gases.
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Efron Wants To Play A Bond Villain
23 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST
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High School Musical star Zac Efron is desperate to leave his cute Disney image behind - he's eyeing a role as a Bond villain.
The actor is already set to star in a "sexy thriller" from the writer of The Thomas Crown Affair in a bid to shake off his teen idol image, and now he wants to star in the 007 franchise, alongside Daniel Craig's superspy.
He says, "I'm a huge James Bond fan. I'd love to be a Bond baddie. I've seen pretty much every Bond film. Sean Connery is my favourite and I really like Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan."
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Zac Efron Wants to Be in James Bond
23 November 2009 1:44 AM, PST
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Zac Efron is the latest celebrity to jump on the James Bond bandwagon. But he doesn't want to be Bond, James Bond, he wants to play a villain.
Zac admits that he's a huge fan of the franchise and would do just about anything to share the screen with the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
“I’m a huge James Bond fan,” Efron said. “I’d love to be a Bond baddie. I’ve seen pretty much every Bond film.
“Sean Connery is my favorite and I really like Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan.”
So what else would Zac want
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Zac Efron Wants to Be in James Bond
23 November 2009 1:44 AM, PST
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Zac Efron is the latest celebrity to jump on the James Bond bandwagon. But he doesn't want to be Bond, James Bond, he wants to play a villain.
Zac admits that he's a huge fan of the franchise and would do just about anything to share the screen with the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
“I’m a huge James Bond fan,” Efron said. “I’d love to be a Bond baddie. I’ve seen pretty much every Bond film.
“Sean Connery is my favorite and I really like Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan.”
So what else would Zac want
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Zac Efron Wants To Act As A villain In A James Bond Movie
23 November 2009 1:38 AM, PST
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The ‘Me and Orson Welles’ actor – who is best known for his role as clean-cut student Troy Bolton in the ‘High School Musical’ franchise – loves the series of films about the iconic British spy and wants a role in the next addition in the franchise, which currently stars Daniel Craig as the lead character.
He said: “I’m a huge James Bond fan. I’d love to be a Bond baddie. I’ve seen pretty much every Bond film. Sean Connery is my favourite and I really like ‘Goldeneye’ with Pierce Brosnan.”
As well as playing a villain, 22-year-old Zac also wants to be seduced by an older woman on the big screen, revealing his ideal part would be to star in a remake of ‘The Graduate’.
Asked about his dream movie roles, he told Absolute Radio host Christian O’Connell: “I’m still waiting for that script and that director.
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'UFO' Lifting Off with Joshua Jackson
22 November 2009 9:30 PM, PST
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Actor Joshua Jackson is set to hop on UFO, a feature adaptation of the 1970-71 British cult TV series.
The Vancouver-born Jackson, who currently stars in the Fox television series Fringe, will play Paul Foster, a test pilot for an organization called S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization) which defends Earth from aliens who abduct humans and harvest their body parts. Col. Paul Foster was played in the original ITV series by Michael Billington, which also starred the late Ed Bishop as Cmdr. Ed Straker, the head of S.H.A.D.O.
The UFO movie will be produced by Henri M. Kessler and Avi Haas, from a script by Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek. Matthew Gratzner, who served as visual effects supervisor on such films as Iron Man, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the upcoming Shutter Island, will be making his directorial debut.
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7 Directors Who Could Handle ‘Dune’
28 October 2009 5:38 PM, PDT
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With the riveting news that Peter Berg is hopping off Dune and with Paramount's search for a new director come the names Neill Blomkamp and Neil Marshall being tossed around. Clearly, Paramount is contractually obligated to hire a director named Neil (which explains why Berg probably left).
However, we here at Fsr are never content with the obvious. Instead, we'd like to throw out a few directorial talents we think could turn the new adaptation of Dune and make it something special. Hopefully, a few of the names will surprise, and you should be warned that we haven't consulted the Bene Gesserit with any of these names.
So here they are, in no particular order:
7. Martin Campbell
The Pitch: Despite not being named Neil, Campbell blew everyone away with Casino Royale. So much so that he nabbed the job directing Green Lantern, and people still don't realize he directed GoldenEye. He's
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New Trailer With Mel Gibson On The ‘Edge of Darkness’
15 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT
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Its been some time since I was interested in a movie featuring Mel Gibson. In the past, his work in movies like Mad Max, We Were Soldiers, Payback, Braveheart and the Lethal Weapon franchise showed that he knows how to play someone on the edge who does what’s necessary to get the job done. Plus, those characters weren’t afraid to kick some ass. Now, as seen in this new trailer for Edge of Darkness, it seems Gibson is returning to the kind of role that made me a fan of his in the first place.
In this new film, written by William Monahan and directed by Martin Campbell, Gibson plays a Boston detective whose daughter is killed when a hit targeted at him goes wrong. Of course, he’s not going to let that one go so he starts his own investigation to determine what happened. Once he
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Edge of Darkness Trailer Creeps Into the Light
15 October 2009 7:28 AM, PDT
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It may be that 2010 is the year Mel Gibson returns to the limelight — 8 years after his last on-screen role and following tabloid mania that has shifted his image in drastically negative ways. He’s got two big projects on the way. The first is Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, and the second is Edge of Darkness from director Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale).
A remake of Campbell’s own 1985 U.K. miniseries, the film features Gibson, Ray Winstone and Danny Huston in a script by William Monahan and Andrew Bovell. Check out the trailer below for a great glimpse of what we’re in store for. Edge of Darkness is slated for release on January 29, 2010.
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Edge of Darkness Movie Trailer and Poster
15 October 2009 6:41 AM, PDT
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Warner Bros. has released the trailer for Edge of Darkness, featuring Mel Gibson's first starring role since 2002. Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale) directs the movie, which is a remake of the very highly regarded UK mini-series from 1985 that Campbell also directed. Sadly, the trailer mostly looks like a routine potboiler, but it has a few moments that shine through. Check it out after the break.
Originally Robert De Niro was cast as the character now played by Ray Winstone, so my first viewing of this trailer was all about reconciling how I'd once imagined De Niro working that role in comparison to Winstone's work. I like Winstone a lot, and he gets a couple of my favorite moments in this clip.
And, really, things are going pretty well in this trailer as it sets up the story of Gibson's murdered daughter, a possible conspiracy and presents what looks like
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Edge Of Darkness Trailer Goes Live
15 October 2009 3:41 AM, PDT
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Watch out sugar tits, Mad Mel Gibson is back with a bang and he's out for vengeance in Martin Campbell's hotly anticipated thriller, Edge Of Darkness.
Shocking recent real-life behaviour aside, it's good to see Gibbo back on the big screen and, with a director who reinvigorated the James Bond franchise not once but twice with GoldenEye and Casino Royale at the helm, we're expecting great things from this remake of the critically lauded 80s television mini-series.
As you can see from the brand new trailer posted below, the movie is set to be a dark tale of vengeance and conspiracy as Mel's veteran cop investigates the murder of his only child (Bojana Novakovic) and unearths a world of corporate cover-ups and government collusion.
The film, which also stars the likes of Ray Winstone, Danny Huston and Shawn Roberts, is due for release early in 2010 and you can see the trailer below or here.
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Famke Janssen
12 October 2009 12:14 PM, PDT
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She may have captured the world’s attention as a Bond girl in 1995’s GoldenEye, but Famke Janssen is determined to break the stigma attached to such. Yes, she Can act, yes, she does have brains to match her beauty, and has proven so many times over since her rise to fame.
Famke Beumer Janssen was born on November 5th, 1965 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Though her name is often mispronounced in the U.S., growing up in Amsterdam she was known as Fahm-Kuh Yan-Sun -- in her native language of West Frisian, her first name means 'little girl.’ Besides the Dutch she grew up speaking, Famke also speaks English and French.
Prior to moving to the United States, Famke attended the University of Amsterdam where she studied economics. She later called this “the stupidest idea I ever had.” After moving to the U.S. in 1984, Famke began
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Pattinson Not Working On Pedrero Film
1 September 2009 9:16 AM, PDT
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Twilight actor Robert Pattinson has dismissed reports he's lending a helping hand to movie stuntman Peter Pedrero for his directorial debut, insisting he has nothing to do with Vauxhall Crossed.
The Hollywood hunk was alleged to be joining singer/actress Dannii Minogue and The Full Monty star Hugo Speer in Pedrero's new British spy film.
But Pattinson is baffled by the claims - because he hasn't signed up for anything with his two-time Harry Potter pal, according to GossipCop.com.
Asked whether Pattinson will be starring in the movie, his representative simply told the website, "No."
Pedrero performed stunts in all the Potter films, as well as James Bond movies Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough.
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Stuntman Makes Directorial Debut With Potter Pal Pattinson
31 August 2009 3:01 PM, PDT
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Blockbuster stuntman Peter Pedrero is to make his directorial debut an all-star affair after landing his two-time Harry Potter pal Robert Pattinson and Dannii Minogue among the familiar faces in Vauxhall Crossed.
Pedrero, who has performed stunts in all the Potter films as well as James Bond movies Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough and Braveheart and The Mummy, will direct the British spy movie at Pinewood Studios in England, where the 007 movies are shot.
The film, about American and MI6 agents who team up to take down a psychotic dictator, also features The Full Monty star Hugo Speer.
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Profiling Hogwarts' Teaching Staff In 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'
16 July 2009 10:30 AM, PDT
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Before Bill Nighy confirmed he was going to be joining the cast of “Harry Potter,” he wasn’t being facetious when he complained that he was the last big British actor to not be involved in the series. With heavy hitters like the late Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes weaving in and out of the series, who can blame him for feeling left out?
The professors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in particular possess acting talent which comes from the upper echelons of British celeb royalty. Young Americans might not recognize all of their faces outside of "Potter," especially those who are masked behind beards and more extensive makeup. So we've decided to profile the top Hogwarts talents for you here; not their fictional professorships, but rather the reasons you should look for them in roles outside the "Harry Potter" universe.
Michael Gambon: Michael Gambon,
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Ryan Reynolds Takes the Lead in 'Green Lantern'
10 July 2009 7:41 PM, PDT
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Variety brings word the decision has been made and Ryan Reynolds will take the lead role in the Warner Bros. superhero feature Green Lantern based on the DC Comics hero. Just this morning the report was Reynolds was competing with Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake for the part in the film which will be directed by Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) with production expected to begin in January. Reynolds obviously came out on top.
In the past Reynolds has been rumored as the lead in an adaptation of the comic "The Flash" and just recently played the part of Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and is expected to star in a spin-off film of his own with that character as well.
Green Lantern is already set for a June 17, 2011 release and Greg Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. "Green Lantern" began at DC in 1940, telling the story of Hal Jordan,
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