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2010 Oscar Predictions: For Best Picture Nominees

23 December 2009 8:50 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony may be one of the longest with 10 best picture nominees. It is more tough now to guess the contenders for Best Picture Nominations. The predictions will really be interesting this time ! We have sorted out ten movies as the contenders for Best Picture Nominees of 82nd Academy Awards. Our Predictions for 2010 Oscar Best Picture Nominees are:

Avatar

Avatar is centered around the themes of imperialism and biodiversity. The movie had been in development since 1994 by Cameron, who wrote a 114-page scriptment for the film. Cameron explained that the delay in producing the film since the 1990s had been to wait until the technology necessary to create his project was advanced enough. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.

Nine The screenplay of this musical-romantic film is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The star-studded cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, »

- Alice

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What's Next For 'Avatar' Star Sam Worthington?

22 December 2009 1:14 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

Australian actor has 'Clash of the Titans' remake, comic book adaptation and possible 'Avatar' sequel in his future.

By Eric Ditzian

Sam Worthington

Photo: Barry King/ FilmMagic

Now that "Avatar" star Sam Worthington has returned from the distant star system in which the planet Pandora resides, bringing back with him a $77 million opening weekend for the sci-fi action flick, where will the Australian actor go from here? What will 2010 and beyond look like for one of the year's breakout stars?

"Clash of the Titans" After the holidays, Worthington will head back to Britain for reshoots on this remake of the low-tech 1981 flick based on the Greek legend of Perseus. MTV News got a first look at the production when we visited the set this past summer. There, the actor promised us the film would take the original's action sequences and "raise the Richter scale to 11." Early trailers, »

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Worthington Witnesses 'Last Days of American Crime'

21 November 2009 9:14 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Missing out on Mad Max 4 and being replaced in The Tourist by Johnny Depp, Sam Worthington is going back to where his bread is buttered, signing up for the sci-fi thriller The Last Days of American Crime. It comes on the heels of high profile roles in Terminator Salvation and Avatar, both squarely in the science fiction realm, as well as next year's Clash of the Titans.

"Set in the not-too-distant future," writes The Hollywood Reporter, Rick Remender's comic book The Last Days of American Crime "involves the U.S. government's plans to secretly broadcast a signal that makes it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts." »

- Colin Boyd

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Worthington's Crime

21 November 2009 4:47 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

While we continue to await evidence that Aussie actor Sam Worthington is qualified to wear the A-list label, he keeps working on more opportunities to prove it. The impending blockbuster star (Avatar, Clash Of The Titans) is now attached to an adaptation of the upcomig Radical Comics series The Last Days Of American Crime. Worthington would presumably not be playing the character on the cover. The book comes from prolific comic writer Rick Remender (Fear Agent, Punisher) and artist Greg »

- Dave Davis

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Sam Worthington to Star in “The Last Days of American Crime”

20 November 2009 11:22 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation, Avatar, Clash Of The Titans) is set to star in the big screen adaptation of Radical Publishing’s upcoming comic “The Last Days Of American Crime“.

The graphic novel was written by Rick Remender and illustrated by Greg Tocchini, described as a mix of heist thriller and sci-fi.

From Radical’s website, here’s the synopsis:

With one week until the end of all crime in the United States, can the last heist in American history be pulled off? In the not-too-distant future as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans in secret to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. To keep this from the public, the government creates a distraction, installing a new currency system using digital charge cards.

Enter: Graham Brick. A career criminal never quite able to hit the big score, »

- Allan Ford

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Sam Worthington does the 'Crime'

20 November 2009 6:00 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Sam Worthington is attached to star in the sci-fi film "The Last Days of American Crime."The story will be set in the near future where the U.S. government plans to secretly broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit crimes.The film will be based on Rick Remender's comic book of the same name which will be released next month as a bi-monthly, three-issue miniseries. Radical Publishing will publish.According to Variety, Barry Levine of Radical Publishing will produce alongside Michael Schwartz. »

- Adnan Tezer

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Sam Worthington Takes On ‘The Last Days of American Crime’

20 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Because its a Friday and we’re all rushing out to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon right now, we’re going to give you this news because its cool, but it won’t be with our usual flourish and editorialized commentary. Sorry if that disappoints anyone but “Team Jacob” needs us so we’re on the way.

Here’s a cool bit of news from our friends at radical Publishing which is, actually, pretty radical. Check it out from the official (and radical) press release:

Radical Publishing is excited to announce that Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans and James Cameron’s Avatar) has signed on as both star and producer for the film adaptation of The Last Days of American Crime, based off of Radical Publishing’s comic book series, The Last Days of American Crime, created and written by critically acclaimed author Rick Remender (Punisher, Fear Agent »

- Sebastian Suchecki

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Sam Worthington Gets Gritty in 'American Crime'

20 November 2009 10:32 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Few of us have had the chance to read Rick Remender's upcoming series, The Last Days of American Crime, but it's already tapped for the big-screen treatment. To sweeten the deal, American Crime already has a face. An Australian one. Mania is reporting that Sam Worthington has signed on to play the series' star criminal, Graham Brick.

American Crime is set in a near-future where the government has found a way to kill the criminal impulse in its citizens. That's good for everyone but the criminals, and chaos erupts as the unsavory element goes mad trying to get in one last job. One of these men is Graham Brick, who is in the midst of planning a big heist, and gets to watch all his best laid plans fall apart in a bloody fashion. I read the preview Radical handed out at Comic-Con this year, and like all previews, it »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Worthington Nabbed For The Last Days Of American Crime

20 November 2009 7:58 AM, PST | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

According to Sneak Peek.Ca, actor Sam "Avatar" Worthington will star in The Last Days of American Crime, based on the Radical Publishing comic book series. Premise is set in the future, focusing on government plans to secretly broadcast a signal that makes it impossible for anyone to 'knowingly' commit unlawful acts. Radical's 3-issue mini-series is written by Rick Remender and illustrated by Greg Tocchini. The film will be produced by Radical's Barry Levine and Michael Schwartz. Worthington has recently become the 'genre' actor du jour, starring in Terminator Salvation, Avatar and "Clash Of The Titans.. »

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Sam Worthington To Star In American Crime

20 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Mania.com is reporting that Sam Worthington (”Terminator: Salvation”, “Avatar”, and “Clash of the Titans”) will star in an adaptation of “The Last Days Of American Crime”, the Radical Publishing comic book. Created by Rick Remender, “American Crime” is about low-level career criminal Graham Brick, who is finally working on the big score. Unfortunately, the media leaks a plan by the Us government to begin broadcasting a mind-control signal that will eliminate the mental urge to commit illegal activities. Now Graham and his team don’t have weeks, they have days, to finish off the biggest job of their lives before the signal takes over. Remender himself is writing the screenplay for [...] »

- Costa Koutsoutis

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Sam Worthington Is Going Back To The Future

20 November 2009 2:49 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Looks like Sam Worthington isn't going to be getting a day off anytime soon. According to those fine folks over at Variety, the star of Terminator Salvation, Avatar and Clash Of The Titans has signed up for yet another big-budget flick, this time based on a comic-book called The Last Days Of American Crime.

Set in the not-too-distant future, the story involves the Us government's plans to secretly broadcast a signal that makes it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. It's based on Rick Remender's comic series of the same name and will start shooting just as soon as Worthington has wrapped on John Madden-directed thriller The Debt.

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Sam Worthington goes back to the future

20 November 2009 12:53 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

Avatar's Sam Worthington is clearly not done with science fiction - he's attached to star in near-future tale The Last Days Of American Crime. The Minority Report-esque plot focuses on the Us government's plan to covertly broadcast a signal that would make it impossible for anyone to commit a crime. It's been adapted from Rick Remender's comic book, which is ready to hit the shops as a miniseries next month. There's no word on who might direct the movie yet, but if Duncan Jones wasn't already busy on Source Code and trying to get Mute...

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- James White

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Sam Worthington In Yet Another Sci-Fi Film

19 November 2009 10:50 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Terminator Salvation, Avatar, and now The Last Days of American Crime – Aussie actor Sam Worthington seems to have certainly found his genre in Science fiction!

Based on the Radical Publishing comic, The Last Days of American Crime has a pretty original – if sinister twist on the traditional heist movie, Mania has more:

The comic book, created and written by Rick Remender and illustrated by Greg Tocchini, is a heist thriller told against a sci fi backdrop. In a near-future America, news has broken that, in a matter of weeks, the government is set to roll out mind-control technology that will kill the criminal impulse in all citizens. Chaos descends on America’s cities as the country braces for the new order. Career criminal Graham Brick is forced to accelerate the heist of his career with an untested new crew in order to beat the deadline. What could possibly go wrong? »

- Craig Sharp

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Sam Worthington and Bradley Cooper to Solve the Texas Killing Fields?

19 November 2009 9:13 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

It used to be that I thought Gerard Butler was attaching himself to way too many movies for his own good, and I made fun of him for it. Well guess what? Compared to Sam Worthington, Gerard Butler was an amateur. A scant day after Worthington was attached to the sci-fi “The Last Days of American Crime”, he’s now being rumored to be taking part in another movie — the based-on-true crime film “The Texas Killing Fields” with Bradley Cooper, who is himself on quite the roll after the mega success of “The Hangover”. Apparently the film gained notoriety when Danny Boyle mentioned it earlier this year as one of the scripts he was considering post-”Slumdog Millionaire”, but according to Boyle, the script was so dark and so fantastic that it would never get made unless you got together “half a dozen super megastars” for the studio to even consider footing the bill. »

- Nix

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Sam Worthington Attached To Yet Another Genre Film

19 November 2009 4:38 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

Man, Sam Worthington is getting a lot of work as of late. He has signed to appear in a filmed adaptation of the upcoming Radical Publishing title 'The Last Days of American Crime'.The comic book, created and written by Rick Remender and illustrated by Greg Tocchini, is a heist thriller told against a sci fi backdrop. In a near-future America, news has broken that, in a matter of weeks, the government is set to roll out mind-control technology that will kill the criminal impulse in all citizens. Chaos descends on America's cities as the country braces for the new order. Career criminal Graham Brick is forced to accelerate the heist of his career with an untested new crew in order to beat the deadline. What could possibly go wrong?Worthington, seen recently in 'Terminator: Salvation' and returning next month in James Cameron's 'Avatar' will take the role of Kevin Cash, »

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Sam Worthington Will Witness The Last Days of American Crime

19 November 2009 3:44 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Even though Terminator Salvation was a lackluster installment in that franchise, no fault could be placed on Sam Worthington who, in my opinion, showed up Christian Bale on screen. And with the starring role in Avatar later this year, he's quickly becoming one of the most demanded actors in Hollywood. And we can add another project to his roster as Mania reports Worthington has signed on for an adaptation of Rick Remender's upcoming comic series, The Last Days of American Crime, a futuristic story where the government is set to roll out mind-control technology that will kill the criminal impulse in all citizens. Of course chaos descends on America's cities as the country braces for the new order, and career criminal Graham Brick (Worthington) is forced to accelerate the heist of his career with an untested new crew in order to beat the deadline. I'm hooked already. Series writer Rick »

- Ethan Anderton

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Sam Worthington To Star In ‘American Crime’

19 November 2009 9:56 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Rising star Sam Worthington continues to build quite a career for himself: he’s already starred in Terminator Salvation, and has both James Cameron’s Avatar and the remake of Clash of the Titans on deck, two huge properties I think you’ll agree. Now, adding to that ever-growing list of Worthington movies is The Last Days of American Crime, an adaptation of an upcoming comic book/graphic novel of the same name from Radical Publishing.

Comic creator Rick Remender created and wrote The Last Days of American Crime, and Mania reports that he will also pen the script for the big-screen adaptation. The comic is described as, “a heist thriller told against a sci-fi backdrop.” From Radical’s website, here’s the synopsis:

 

In the not-too-distant future as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans in secret to broadcast a signal making it impossible »

- Ross Miller

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Sam Worthington Signs on for Adaptation of Upcoming Comic Series The Last Days Of American Crime

19 November 2009 9:02 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Here’s hoping that Sam Worthington is the real deal.  He was good in Terminator Salvation (although he had some trouble nailing down an American accent and occasionally lapsed back into his native Australian) but he’ll have to win over audiences in a big way with his leading performances in Avatar and Clash of the Titans if he wants to lessen the inevitable backlash towards him for having the audacity to be a rising star in Hollywood.

Thankfully, Worthington is playing it smart and not trying to be the biggest star in every upcoming blockbuster.  He’ll just be one of the biggest co-stars in the upcoming adaptation of the upcoming comic book series The Last Days of American Crime.  Hit the jump for details.

Here’s how Mania.com describes the plot of the sci-fi crime thriller:

In a near-future America, news has broken that, in a matter of weeks, »

- Matt Goldberg

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Sam Worthington Celebrating The Last Days Of American Crime

19 November 2009 7:06 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

If every casting announcement that comes out daily is to be believed, Sam Worthington will be starring in every movie between now and 2015, and at the rate he's going, will probably be cast as Bilbo in The Hobbit. Just as Zach Galifianakis was seemingly everywhere this summer, so Worthington is now-- and it's really hard to know exactly which among these projects is destined to pan out. Today Mania.com is reporting that Worthington will star in an adaptation of The Last Days of American Crime, a graphic novel about the final weeks before a new mind-control device wipes out the criminal impulse in all Americans. Worthington will play a member of a team of career criminals pulling off one last score before the big change. According to the book's creator Rick Remender, "It's really motivated by Mamet's Heist film and James Ellroy's [novel] American Tabloid." Michael Schwartz and Barry »

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'Avatar' Star Sam Worthington Signs On For 'Last Days Of American Crime' Adaptation

19 November 2009 6:01 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

“Terminator: Salvation” star Sam Worthington has signed on to appear in the film adaptation of Rick Remender's upcoming miniseries “The Last Days of American Crime."

Created and written by Remender with artist Greg Tocchini, “Last Days” takes place in the near future where the U.S. government is about to implement a new technology that will make it impossible for anyone to commit a crime. Following the revelation of this plan, a downtrodden career criminal named Graham Brick is forced to quickly assemble a team to help him pull off what may be the last heist in American history.

According to Mania.com, Worthington will portray Kevin Cash, a safecracker recruited by Brick who may be a dangerously unstable sociopath.

After his turn as the Human/Terminator hybrid Marcus Wright in last summer’s “Terminator: Salvation”, Worthington’s next film will be the hotly anticipated “Avatar” by director James Cameron. »

- Blair Marnell

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