Kristen Stewart is Not the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Sony, Adaptation, Drama, Mystery, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
Kristen Stewart is the fan pick for the next Girl With the Dragon Tattoo film project, which has already snagged Daniel Craig in the role of Mikael Blomkvist. The Girl of the title is a brilliant, troubled bisexual - and the role seems to fit K-Stew like a glove. Unfortunately, it looks like the girl better known as Bella Swan can’t possibly do the movie due to a scheduling conflict.
In a bitter twist of irony, Twi-hards won’t get to see K-Stew in Dragon Tattoo because they’ll be enjoying her in Breaking Dawn, which begins production at the same time as the aforementioned flick. Both films are scheduled to begin shooting in the fall; Breaking Dawn in Louisiana, Dragon Tattoo in Sweden.
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Daniel Craig Joins Dragon Tattoo Remake
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sony, Adaptation, Drama, Mystery, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Daniel Craig is now officially attached to the remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The Casino Royale star will play journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel. He’ll begin work on the film in Sweden after wrapping up Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens.
Director David Fincher and producer Scott Rudin have not yet announced which actress will play opposite Craig as Lisbeth Salander. Possible names have included Ellen Page, Mia Wasikowska and Rooney Mara.
The U.S. version of Tattoo is expected to hit theaters in December 2011, with possible sequels - The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest - to follow.
Craig has plenty of time on his hands since production on the 23rd James Bond film has been suspended indefinitely due to financing problems at MGM.
Read More | Deadline
Cinema Scene: Joss Whedon Helms Avengers, Del Toro’s Haunted Mansion
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Remakes, Comedy, Thrillers, Distribution, Filmmaking, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Joss Whedon officially announced at Comic-Con that he will be directing The Avengers. The superhero film is scheduled for a May 4, 2012 release.
-According to Will Arnett and show creator Mitch Hurwitz, the Arrested Development movie is still going to happen. I guess I’ll believe it when I see it?
-Lionsgate finally blinked. Saw 3D, originally scheduled to debut on Oct. 22, has been pushed to Oct. 29 - one week after Paranormal Activity 2 premieres.
-A Hobbit-less Guillermo del Toro is focusing on his next project. He is now planning to produce, write and possibly direct a scary version of Disney’s The Haunted Mansion.
-Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, has been chosen to open the 67th Venice Film Festival. The festival opens September 1.
Elizabeth Taylor Movie Role Up for Grabs
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Biopics, Romance, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Rumors,
The tumultuous, romantic relationship between film icons Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (who were wed twice) will be the subject of a new film based on the book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century.
Some of the material for the book was offered by Elizabeth Taylor herself, who provided love letters written to her by Burton and an unpublished first draft of Taylor’s 1965 autobiography.
The part of Taylor is one of the best movie roles to come along in a long, long time - and all of Hollywood is chomping at the bit to get involved. Sources say that Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones are both interested in the role. Clive Owen, Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe are all eager to play the part of Richard Burton.
Read More | Entertainment Tonight
Mr. T Angry Over A-Team Remake
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: 20th Century Fox, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Political, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, New Releases, Rumors,
Mr. T has blasted The A-Team movie for being too graphic.
The actor claims the big screen adaptation is not family-friendly like the cult series he starred in as B.A. Baracus - who is played in the new film by Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson - from 1983 to 1987 and turned down a cameo role because he was unhappy with the plot.
“They offered me a cameo role but I turned it down because I knew what was coming. People die in the film and there’s plenty of sex but when we did it no one got hurt and it was all played for fun and family entertainment. These seem to be elements nobody is interested in any more. It was too graphic for me. I’ve no doubt it will do big business at the box office but it’s nothing like the show we turned out every week.”
Actor Dirk Benedict has previously spoken out about feeling “insulted” at being a handed “three second” role in the film because the producers wanted to say they had used the original cast. Dirk - whose role of Templeton “Faceman” Peck has been taken on by Bradley Cooper - said, “If you blink, you’ll miss me. I kind of regret doing it because it’s a non-part. They wanted to be able to say, ‘Oh yeah, the original cast are in it’, but we’re not. I’m on for a mere three seconds and I find that kind of insulting.”
The film comes out in theaters this Friday, June 11.
Casting Corner: Ashley Judd, Jeremy Renner and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Paramount, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Science Fiction, Sequels, Casting, Celeb News, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:
Ashley Judd: The actress will return to the big screen in Flypaper, an indie project being helmed by The Forbidden Kingdom‘s Rob Minkoff. Judd replaces the originally-cast Liv Tyler in the bank heist film. The movie written by The Hangover‘s Jon Lucas and Scott Moore also includes Patrick Dempsey and Tim Blake Nelson.
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Remake News: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Judge Dredd and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Horror, Music, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Books, Casting, Celeb News, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos,
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: David Fincher is in talks to dive into 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Disney’s retelling of Jules Verne’s science fiction novel. The Oscar nominee, who is also linked to a Dragon Tattoo remake (see below), may work from a script from Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum). No possible start date has been announced.
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Getting Into Character: Naomi Watts Poses Like Marilyn
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Believe it or not, this isn’t an archive photo of an anorexic Marilyn Monroe—it’s Naomi Watts.
As reported previously, Watts is set to play the iconic blonde in an upcoming biopic based on the “imagined memoir” titled Blonde, by Joyce Carol Oates.
She’s got the hair, lips, expression, pose, and wardrobe to a T, but can she pull off portraying Monroe’s complex, tortured character?
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First Look: Watch Julia Roberts Eat, Pray, Love in New Trailer
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Columbia Pictures, Sony, Adaptation, Drama, Romance, Casting, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
Most women would probably say that if they ever met Billy Crudup, James Franco or Javier Bardem, they would feel pretty content. But in Julia Roberts’ case, it takes all three.
In Eat, Pray, Love, an adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s popular memoir, a discontented Roberts (Gilbert) sets off on a global adventure in hopes of discovering herself.
Get caught up in the journey when the movie unfolds on August 13.
Read More | New York Post
Angelina Jolie to Play Kay Scarpetta on the Big Screen
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: 20th Century Fox, Adaptation, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
If you don’t recognize both the headlining names, you haven’t been reading Patricia Cornwell. The extremely popular, death-themed books that make up the Kay Scarpetta series (which totals a staggering 17 novels over a span of 20 years) could finally be coming to the big screen after numerous attempts to make it happen. The actress who’s making it all possible? Possibly, the last one you would ever expect to play the doctor-lawyer-heroine that is Kay Scarpetta: Angelina Jolie.
The statuesque actress does not at all fit Cornwell’s description of Scarpetta, who is a petite ash-blonde. A medical examiner, Kay is a workaholic, oft-unattached female who uses her death investigation skills to track dangerous serial killers. Commonly, Scarpetta herself becomes a target for the very killers she’s determined to catch. The books originally debuted in pre-CSI ages when crime scene and death investigation felt fresh again (memories of Quincey, ME had long since faded).
Jolie’s interest has breathed new life into the flick, which has been an on-again, off-again project since the books were first published. The movie will not be based upon a specific Cornwell novel. Instead, it will feature a younger Dr. Scarpetta in the years before she becomes the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia - though, oddly, the film will be set in the present day instead of the 1980s (which would fit the chronological order of the books).
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