>On Sunday evening in the United States, families gathered around their televisions to learn which products they should consume and which movies they should buy tickets to in the coming weeks and months. It was intermittently interrupted by a football game and a performance by the Black Eyed Peas. They call it the Superbowl. A […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides
>The trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides has debuted online. Although original director Gore Verbinski has walked the plank (replaced by Rob Marshall), Johnny Depp returns as the flamboyant Captain Jack Sparrow for a standalone adventure separate from the original POTC trilogy. My level of anticipation for a new Pirates film […]
Continue readingVerbinski saddling up for The Lone Ranger with Depp
Hi-Yo Silver, away! Deadline is reporting that Gore Verbinski will saddle up and direct The Lone Ranger for Disney. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp have also signed on, with Depp set to play the role of Tonto. Wait, Tonto? The Lone Ranger, set in the Old West, is a masked Texas Ranger who rides […]
Continue readingBioshock movie still on the way
Gore Verbinski has confirmed that he is still working on a film adaptation of the acclaimed video game Bioshock. Movement on the project stalled late last year, when Universal Studios supposedly balked at the projected budget. Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) spoke to IGN regarding his upcoming production: “We’re working trying to make it. The […]
Continue readingPirates of the Caribbean 4 to be shot in 3D
In a move that is certain to shock absolutely no-one, Disney chairman Rich Ross has revealed that Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will be shot in Disney Digital 3D. The report comes from Deadline, who state that the film’s release date will remain May 20, 2011. Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides will […]
Continue readingKirsten Dunst to be punished by Lars von Trier
Sharpen those scissors! Danish funnyman Lars von Trier has found the leading lady of his next feature film, entitled Melancholia – Ms. Kirsten Dunst. No doubt she will be treated with the modesty Lars bestows upon all his actresses. The report comes from Mike Fleming at Deadline, although the nature of Dunst’s role is unknown. […]
Continue readingPirates 4: Knightley and Bloom out! Ian McShane in!
source: slashfilm.com Everyone’s favourite saloon keeper, Ian McShane, is in talks to play Blackbeard in the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. McShane will join Johnny Depp (once again reprising his role as Jack Sparrow) and Penelope Cruz (who is playing an unknown character that is “Sparrow’s foil and equal in many […]
Continue readingPenelope Cruz to star in Pirates 4?
source: thr.com Penelope Cruz is currently in talks to star alongside Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It is unknown what role Cruz will play, but The Hollywood Reporter claim that “she is to be [Captain Jack] Sparrow’s foil and equal in many ways.” The fourth installment of the Pirates of […]
Continue readingCruise signs up for Mission: Impossible IV
source: variety.com Ethan Hunt will ride again! Paramount Pictures have announced that Tom Cruise will star as the legendary super-spy in a fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. Mission: Impossible IV will hit cinemas May 31st, 2011. It will go up against The Hangover 2 and the 2nd weekend of Pirates of the Caribbean: […]
Continue readingPirates of the Caribbean 4 to be helmed by Rob Marshall
source: aicn.com Oscar nominated auteur Rob Marshall has confirmed that he will direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for Disney. The Chicago director had long been rumoured to be taking over from Gore Verbinski, who helmed the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. At an early screening of Marshall’s […]
Continue readingPrince of Persia trailer debut!
source: traileraddict.com The trailer for Mike Newell‘s adaptation of the popular video game Prince of Persia has debuted online. Just kidding. Here’s a better look. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Dastan, a street urchin who becomes the heir to the Persian throne. He teams up with Princess […]
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