The Coens’ increasingly incredible-sounding Hail Caesar now has Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes linked to star alongside the previously announced George Clooney and Josh Brolin. We’re not worthy! Variety first revealed the news of Tatum’s involvement – though it’s still being negotiated – while THR jumped on the bandwagon with news of Swinton and Fiennes. It was […]
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George Clooney and Josh Brolin join the Coens’ ‘Hail Caesar!’
June 11, 2014 
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The Coens are recruiting some of their favourite featured players for their upcoming comedy Hail Caesar! According to Variety, Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men, True Grit) and George Clooney (O Brother, Intolerable Cruelty, Burn After Reading) will star in the pic. It was previously reported that Hail Caesar! will be a “comical yarn” concerning a famed 1950’s muckraker who spies on […]
Continue readingHalf baked – Labor Day review
February 4, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas February 4, 2014 American Pie move over, there’s a new awkward pie scene benchmark in Jason Reitman’s unlikely love story Labor Day. Based on Joyce Maynard’s novel of the same name, Reitman’s screenplay feels like an unintentional tribute to a Nicholas Sparks weepy. Single mother Adele (Kate Winslet) has become a recluse […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Labor Day
November 4, 2013 0 Comments
Josh Brolin has another idea what you can use leftover peaches for in the first trailer for Labor Day. Written and directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air), Brolin stars as Frank, an escaped convict, serving 18 years for murder, who latches onto teenager Henry (Gattlin Griffith) and his mother Adele (Kate Winslet) […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin wanted for Jurassic World
October 21, 2013 0 Comments
Universal Pictures want Josh Brolin to star in their upcoming dinosaur thriller Jurassic World. According to Deadline, there’s no official deal in place, but one is close. Colin Trevorrow will direct the fourth instalment to the saga that began with Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park in 1993. There were rumblings the film was going to be […]
Continue readingPoster and Trailer Debut: Oldboy
July 10, 2013 0 Comments
The first official poster for Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy has arrived online. It’s a striking image that replicates the dream-like tone of Park Chan-wook’s 2003 original. Josh Brolin stars here as a man kidnapped and imprisoned – without explanation – for 20 years, before eventually being released back into the world (the scene depicted […]
Continue readingFirst images from Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
February 20, 2013 0 Comments
Robert Rodriguez has revealed some new images from his upcoming Sin City sequel via Twitter, and they are perfectly dark, pulpy, and noirish. The main image features Josh Brolin, who is playing the character Clive Owen portrayed in the first film. (It’s not exactly a traditional recast; we are told there is a narrative reason […]
Continue readingMobster mash – Gangster Squad review
January 9, 2013 0 Comments
Gangster Squad – Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Sean Penn. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Fledgling director Ruben Fleischer must have thought he was living in a dream on the first day of shooting Gangster Squad, like an Ohio girl with big eyes and bigger dreams stepping off the bus […]
Continue readingOut of time – Men in Black 3 review
May 21, 2012 1 Comment
Men in Black 3 – Starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Men in Black 3 comes ten years after Men in Black 2, and fifteen years after the first instalment. In it, Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to 1969, where […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Gangster Squad
May 10, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Ruben Fleischer‘s Gangster Squad, starring Sean Penn as mob boss Mickey Cohen and Josh Brolin as the cop tasked with taking him down, has arrived online. Joining Brolin in the hunt for Penn is Ryan Gosling, Giovanni Ribisi, and Anthony Mackie. Emma Stone plays Cohen’s moll, and winds up in bed with her Crazy, Stupid, Love co-star Gosling (again!). Fleischer is […]
Continue readingDistrict 9 star offered Oldboy villain
April 13, 2012 1 Comment
It’s the part Spike Lee just can’t fill: that of the villain in his upcoming remake of Oldboy. Christian Bale, Colin Firth, and Clive Owen have all passed on the role, though, as anyone who has seen Park Chan-wook‘s South Korean original knows, it’s a juicy one. Variety now reports that an offer has gone out to District […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Men in Black 3
March 6, 2012 2 Comments
The feature trailer for Men in Black 3 has arrived online, giving us a greater glimpse of Agent J’s (Will Smith) trip back in time to the 1960s, and Josh Brolin in action as a young Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). Though the production of the film has been plagued from the get go – Smith […]
Continue readingElizabeth Olsen offered role in Oldboy remake
February 29, 2012 0 Comments
Well, if Rooney Mara won’t take on the lead female role in Spike Lee‘s Oldboy remake, Elizabeth Olsen will do just fine! According to Twitch, the Martha Marcy May Marlene star has reportedly been offered a key part opposite Josh Brolin in the project. Mara previously passed, as did Australian Mia Wasikowska. Though anyone who has seen Park Chan-wook‘s supreme […]
Continue readingClive Owen, Mia Wasikowska offered Oldboy roles
December 19, 2011 0 Comments
Clive Owen and Mia Wasikowska have been targeted to star opposite Josh Brolin in Spike Lee‘s upcoming Oldboy remake. According to Twitch, Owen has been offered the role of primary antagonist. Colin Firth and Christian Bale both turned down the part prior. Meanwhile, Aussie Wasikowska is being courted to take on the lead female role. Rooney Mara was originally suggested to be a contender, but passed […]
Continue readingColin Firth passes on Oldboy
December 9, 2011 1 Comment
Colin Firth has passed on the role of the lead villain in Spike Lee‘s upcoming Oldboy remake, Twitch reports. Christian Bale similarly turned down the part several months ago. Josh Brolin remains set to star in the role originally played by Choi Min-sik in Park Chan-wook‘s 2003 original. He plays a man kidnapped and imprisoned without explanation, and released […]
Continue readingSpike Lee’s Oldboy will have “darker” ending than the original
November 29, 2011 1 Comment
That’s a big call. Producer Roy Lee has told Collider the ending of Spike Lee‘s Oldboy remake will be darker than that seen (and that which can never be unseen) in Park Chan-wook‘s South Korean original. When asked if screenwriter Mark Protosevich would maintain the ending of Park’s flick or if he had returned to […]
Continue readingColin Firth offered villainous role in Oldboy
November 14, 2011 0 Comments
Colin Firth has been offered the part of the villain in Spike Lee‘s upcoming remake of Oldboy, Twitch reports. Though Christian Bale was once said to be considering the role, it seems Oscar winner Firth is now the lead contender. Twitch must have a decent source close to the production, having previously broken the news […]
Continue readingRooney Mara wanted for Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake
September 29, 2011 4 Comments
After years in development hell, that English-language remake of the South Korean revenge thriller Oldboy is picking up some steam. Last month it was confirmed Josh Brolin would star and Spike Lee would direct, while Christian Bale is still rumoured to appear as the villain. Twitch now reports The Social Network and The Girl With The […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin confirmed to star in Oldboy
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
Last month it was revealed that Josh Brolin was Mandate Pictures’ first choice to star in Spike Lee‘s remake of the South Korean revenge flick Oldboy. Deadline reports: it’s official! Brolin will star in the role originally played by Choi Min-sik in Park Chan-wook‘s 2003 original. He plays a man kidnapped and imprisoned without explanation, […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin to star in Spike Lee’s Oldboy?
July 13, 2011 2 Comments
Josh Brolin is said to top Mandate Pictures’ wishlist for the lead in their upcoming remake of Park Chan-wook‘s Oldboy. According to Twitchfilm (who broke the news of Spike Lee nabbing the director’s job), no formal offer has been made to Brolin. It is also unknown if he is Lee’s lead choice, or merely the […]
Continue readingHow the west was fun – True Grit review
June 7, 2011 0 Comments
True Grit – Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Rated M. Originally published January 18, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Standard Coen Brothers Review Template: [Insert movie title] is the latest opus from the supremely talented writer/director/producer/editor duo. They reach into the annals of movie history to toy […]
Continue readingInterview: Barry Pepper (True Grit)
June 1, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Barry Pepper (True Grit). By Simon Miraudo. Barry Pepper’s role in the Coen brothers’ remake of the classic western True Grit is a small but pivotal one. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) is on the hunt for the man responsible for her father’s death, with Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) and Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin to take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame
March 2, 2011 0 Comments
Josh Brolin has gone from man-dancing at the Oscars to developing a Hunchback of Notre Dame film with Warner Brothers Pictures, Latino Review reports. Brolin will act and produce the film under his banner Brolin Productions but has his sights on the revered King of Macabre Tim Burton to take the director’s chair. Burton’s last […]
Continue readingTheatrical Trailer: The Coen Brothers’ True Grit
October 5, 2010 0 Comments
Last week we were treated to our first glimpse of the Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit, via a short teaser trailer. However, a longer and more comprehensive look at the film was making the rounds in U.S. cinemas. Now, we measly Australians can see it, thanks to the wonders of the interwebs! Here is […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Coen Brothers’ True Grit
September 28, 2010 0 Comments
The first teaser trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen‘s remake of the classic western True Grit has debuted online. What, are you waiting for me to tell you it’s incredible? It’s the Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit. Watch this eerie, beautiful teaser below! Previously: After auditioning more than 15,000 teenage actresses for the role […]
Continue readingThe game is the game – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps review
September 21, 2010 0 Comments
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Starring Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan. Directed by Oliver Stone. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Greed may be good, but excess kills films. And Oliver Stone is about as excessive as filmmakers come. He’s a passionate writer/director who lets nothing stand in the way of his point-making: […]
Continue readingFirst look at the Coen Brothers’ True Grit
August 18, 2010 0 Comments
The first official image from Joel and Ethan Coen‘s upcoming remake of True Grit has debuted online, featuring Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross (courtesy of Slashfilm). Previously: After auditioning more than 15,000 teenage actresses for the role of the bloodthirsty orphan Mattie, the Oscar-winning brothers selected 13-year-old Hailee […]
Continue readingConchords’ Clement cast as baddie in MIB 3
May 19, 2010 0 Comments
Jemaine Clement, one half of the folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, has been cast as the villain in Men In Black 3. According to Deadline, Clement will play the film’s primary antagonist, an alien named Yaz. Sacha Baron Cohen was also being considered for the role. (The Hollywood Reporter are calling the villain Boris […]
Continue readingJonah Hex trailer and poster debut
April 30, 2010 1 Comment
The first official trailer for Jonah Hex has debuted online, featuring Josh Brolin as the scarred wild-west gunslinger, Megan Fox as his squeeze and John Malkovich as a dastardly villain. It’s a little unusual that we’re only seeing the first footage from the film now – a mere month and a half before it hits […]
Continue readingSmith and Jones to return for Men in Black 3
April 21, 2010 1 Comment
After months of speculation, director Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed that Men in Black 3 will indeed go into production … wait for it, in 3D! What a unique and interesting novelty! Sonnenfeld broke the (barely surprising) news to Showbiz 411. Will Smith has signed on to reprise his role as Agent J in Men in […]
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