Robert Downey Jr. will reunite with his original Iron Man director, Jon Favreau, on the indie dramedy Chef, Variety reports. Favreau is set to star in the flick as a chef who loses his job and begins working in a food truck. He will direct from his own screenplay. Favreau helmed the first two Iron […]
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Jon Favreau wanted for Jersey Boys
June 6, 2012 
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Jon Favreau is about to separate the men from the boys. The Iron Man helmer is the front-runner to direct the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Variety reports. Oscar-nominee John Logan (Hugo) is adapting the rags-to-riches tale of the singing sensations for the screen. GK Films acquired […]
Continue readingUniversal head admits Cowboys and Aliens, The Wolfman and Land of the Lost “stunk”
November 4, 2011 2 Comments
Honesty! Don’t you love it? Universal chief Ron Meyer spoke about his studio’s recent misfires at the Savannah Film Festival, with refreshingly foul-mouthed candour. Movieline captured his headline quotes, the most significant of which relate to his disappointment over studio flops The Wolfman, Cowboys and Aliens, and Land of the Lost. “We make a lot of sh**** movies. Every […]
Continue readingThe Wilde bunch – Cowboys and Aliens review
August 16, 2011 1 Comment
Cowboys and Aliens – Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. Directed by Jon Favreau. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There’s not all that much going on beneath the surface of Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, which is probably too much to ask of any movie actually called Cowboys and Aliens anyway. Still, it […]
Continue readingLearn How To Defeat Your Own Clone
July 6, 2011 0 Comments
As we speak, Hollywood producers and screenwriters are developing films in which zombies battle robots, robots take on robots, dinosaurs duel with aliens, and cowboys fight ninjas and aliens (not to mention upcoming feature Cowboys and Aliens). There is only one fantastical foe left to mine … clones. Dimension Films has revealed that they have […]
Continue readingMichael Bay to produce Zombies vs. Robots
February 23, 2011 0 Comments
It started with Monsters vs. Aliens; a cool-sounding film that primarily appealed to teenage boys. Then, we learnt of the comic adaptation Cowboys and Aliens. That was followed by Cowboys and Ninjas and Vikings. Hollywood then turned their eyes to the world of robots, green lighting How To Survive a Robot Uprising, Real Steel and […]
Continue readingCowboys and Ninjas and Vikings, oh my!
November 8, 2010 0 Comments
Zombieland screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have sold a pitch to Disney that is sure to entice teenage boys much in the same way as their Zombieland did last year. According to Deadline, Wernick and Reese will adapt the graphic novel Cowboy Ninja Viking by AJ Lieberman and Riley Rossmo for the big screen. […]
Continue readingAlien prequel gets Lost
July 29, 2010 0 Comments
Lost show-runner Damon Lindelof has been recruited by 20th Century Fox to rewrite the script for their upcoming Alien prequel. It will be his first solo stint since Lost wrapped up earlier this year. An artist’s rendition of Lindelof (left) with fellow Lost show-runner Carlton Cuse (right) and a polar bear (center). According to Deadline, […]
Continue readingFirst look at Cowboys and Aliens
July 25, 2010 0 Comments
The first image from Jon Favreau‘s comic book adaptation Cowboys and Aliens has debuted online, featuring star Daniel Craig as one of the titular characters (I’ll leave it to you to guess which one). Despite only having begun shooting four weeks earlier, Favreau cut together a short sequence to show Comic Con attendees over the […]
Continue readingSam Rockwell’s sweet dance moves – a tribute!
May 17, 2010 1 Comment
It is certainly no exaggeration to call Sam Rockwell one of the greatest actors working today, if not one of the best actors of his generation. He has given us stirring lead performances in films such as Moon and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He has also cemented himself as one of the most interesting […]
Continue readingSam Rockwell to be a cowboy; battle aliens
May 5, 2010 0 Comments
Sam Rockwell has joined the cast of Jon Favreau‘s upcoming comic book adaptation Cowboys and Aliens. He will star alongside Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Harrison Ford. Rockwell starred in Favreau’s Iron Man 2 as villainous arms manufacturer Justin Hammer. According to HeatVision Blog, in Cowboys and Aliens he will play a barkeeper named Doc […]
Continue readingHarrison Ford to star in Cowboys and Aliens
April 8, 2010 1 Comment
Harrison Ford will star in Jon Favreau‘s upcoming comic book film Cowboys and Aliens. The director confirmed the rumoured casting announcement on his Twitter page earlier this morning. Latino Review first scooped the fact that Ford had been cast in a “a huge comic book movie to be directed by a director coming off a […]
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