This is more like housekeeping than actual news, but Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana have officially signed on for all three of James Cameron’s Avatar sequels. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo has finalised their deals to reprise the roles of Jake Sully and Neytiri, respectively. Stephen Lang, who played the villainous Colonel Quaritch in the […]
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Talk Hard – Xavier Samuel (Drift)
May 1, 2013 
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Little hand says it’s time to rock and roll! We talk to Xavier Samuel – the star of cult horror favourite The Loved Ones and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – about his new Aussie surf flick Drift. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo gives his thoughts on that film later in this episode. Vaya con Dios, brah. […]
Continue readingInterview: Xavier Samuel (Drift)
May 1, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 1, 2013 Xavier Samuel is that rare breed of Australian actor; the kind who regularly returns to Oz despite a burgeoning film career abroad. He won an MTV Movie Award for his villainous performance in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, but in 2012 he came back to our shores for local productions Bait 3D and A Few Best Men. He […]
Continue readingAvatar sequel to feature underwater performance capture
April 8, 2013 0 Comments
Avatar producer Jon Landau spoke at the 2013 NAB Technology Summit on Cinema to remind people that a sequel to Avatar is indeed in the works, with claims it will revolutionise cinema just as the first one did in 2009. According to Landau, director James Cameron “will do performance capture in water” this time around, because previously they […]
Continue readingInterview: Cate Shortland (Lore)
September 19, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Cate Shortland (Lore). By Simon Miraudo. Cate Shortland‘s feature debut, Somersault, entered Aussie film lore when it became the biggest ever winner at the AFI awards. With the shadow of its success looming large, she waited eight years to deliver her follow-up, the fittingly titled Lore. And it might similarly enter the record books […]
Continue readingSam Worthington to team up with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Ten
July 25, 2012 1 Comment
Sam Worthington might star opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in David Ayer‘s action flick Ten. According to Variety, Worthington has been offered the role and looks likely to accept, provided the “financial details work.” Scripted by Skip Woods and inspired by Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, the movie concerns a DEA task force that robs a drug cartel, […]
Continue readingDracula: Year One is back from the dead
February 14, 2012 0 Comments
Universal has revived Dracula: Year One from the studio’s graveyard, Deadline reports. The news comes in the wake of rumours Warner Brothers could be looking at Russell Crowe to star in their take on Dracula, entitled Harker. Universal shelved their plans to revisit Dracula – with Alex Proyas directing and Sam Worthington in the lead […]
Continue readingMurder capital – Texas Killing Fields review
January 31, 2012 5 Comments
Texas Killing Fields – Starring Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Ami Canaan Mann. Rated MA. By Hilary Simmons. Based on a real-life string of murders that spanned 28 years and were all perpetrated along Interstate 45 – or I.45 as it’s known – Ami Canaan Mann’s Texas Killing Fields is a […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Wrath of the Titans
December 21, 2011 1 Comment
The trailer for the Clash of the Titans sequel Wrath of the Titans has arrived online, set to the tune of Marilyn Manson’s cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Titans 2 sees a permed Sam Worthington return as Perseus, a decade older since the events of Clash. Although the demigod just wants to […]
Continue readingPrepare yourself for Clash of the Titans 3
November 3, 2011 0 Comments
Wrath of the Titans – the sequel to 2010’s surprise hit Clash of the Titans – hasn’t even hit cinemas yet, yet Warner Bros has recruited two screenwriters to begin work on a third instalment of the franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wrath’s writers Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson will reteam for the untitled […]
Continue readingThey don’t understand – Last Night review
October 18, 2011 0 Comments
Last Night – Starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes. Directed by Massy Tadjedin. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. Last Night is a thoughtful little arthouse film from writer-director Massy Tadjedin, which asks interesting questions about infidelity, relationships and resilience. After attending a cocktail party, Joanna (Keira Knightley) confronts her husband Michael (Sam Worthington) about his […]
Continue readingSam Worthington would do 10 more Avatar movies
September 2, 2011 0 Comments
In an interview with Collider, Sam Worthington has spoken effusively of James Cameron’s plans for the Avatar sequels, saying he’d do “2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10” of them back to back. Good natured exaggeration, sure, but if they keep making billions of dollars, Worthington may find himself locked in to these things for the rest of his […]
Continue readingSee Sam Worthington stand on a ledge
November 1, 2010 0 Comments
The first official image from Asger Leth’s upcoming thriller Man on a Ledge has debuted online. It features Sam Worthington as the eponymous man standing on the eponymous ledge. Yeah, you may want to click that image to get a better look. Here is the film’s official plot synopsis from Summit Entertainment: An ex-cop and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Tourist
September 16, 2010 0 Comments
The trailer for Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck‘s The Tourist has debuted online. This Hitchcockian-thriller stars Angelina Jolie as an Englishwoman who uses an American tourist (Johnny Depp) as a pawn in the manhunt for her criminal ex-lover. The Tourist is a remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer, but there is also a North […]
Continue readingDracula: Year Zero and Mental gear up for production
August 18, 2010 0 Comments
Universal Pictures have announced two big-budget productions that will soon begin shooting in Australia: Alex Proyas’ long-touted Dracula: Year Zero and P.J. Hogan‘s Mental, which the director describes as “The Sound of Music on acid”. According to Encore Magazine, Mental will reunite Hogan with his Muriel’s Wedding star Toni Collette. Mental will arrive in cinemas […]
Continue readingThe Gods must be crazy – Clash of the Titans review
August 3, 2010 0 Comments
Clash of the Titans – Starring Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. Directed by Louis Letterier. Rated M. Originally published April 2. By Simon Miraudo. I should have known better than to look forward to Clash of the Titans, a film that unironically employs the tagline ‘Titans Will Clash’. I can only assume the […]
Continue readingRelease the sequel! Clash of the Titans 2 is go
April 29, 2010 1 Comment
Warner Bros are gearing up for another Clash of the Titans film according to Deadline. No surprise considering the faux-3D first film has so-far grossed $US390 million worldwide (outside of the blockbuster period mind you). Director Louis Letterier will not return to helm the sequel, and can you blame him? He will instead act as […]
Continue readingKing of the new world – Avatar review
April 27, 2010 5 Comments
Avatar – Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by James Cameron. Rated M. Originally published December 21, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. James Cameron’s Avatar may not change your life, but it will likely make your day. The director’s long-gestating opus has finally arrived, nearly crushed by overwhelming hype, nay-saying critics and a […]
Continue readingThe Gods must be crazy – Clash of the Titans review
April 2, 2010 1 Comment
Clash of the Titans – Starring Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. Directed by Louis Letterier. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. I should have known better than to look forward to Clash of the Titans, a film that unironically employs the tagline ‘Titans Will Clash’. I can only assume the same amount of time […]
Continue readingDamon and Gyllenhaal approached to star in Avatar?!
February 24, 2010 0 Comments
source: latimesblog.com Did you know that Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal were approached by James Cameron to star as Jake Sully in Avatar? You didn’t?! In a recent report by the L.A. Times, it is revealed that Cameron’s first choice for the role of Jake Sully was always the relatively unknown Sam Worthington. However, the […]
Continue readingSam Worthington to play Dracula?
January 27, 2010 0 Comments
source: latinoreview.com Avatar star Sam Worthington is in negotiations to play The Great Fanged One in fellow Aussie Alex Proyas‘ upcoming flick Dracula: Year Zero. The film explores the origin of Dracula, combining traditional vampire mythology with the history of notorious Prince Vlad the Impaler (pictured above, kinda). Dracula will be the flawed hero of […]
Continue readingWould you like to see yourself as a Na’vi?
January 21, 2010 0 Comments
source: mcdonalds.ie It made Sam Worthington blue. It gave Sigourney Weaver dreadlocks. Now you can find out what YOU would look life if you had your own Na’vi Avatar. McDonald’s Ireland have a funky little app in which you can upload a photo of yourself onto the face of an Avatar. Click the image below […]
Continue readingKing of the new world – Avatar review
December 21, 2009 1 Comment
Avatar – Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by James Cameron. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. James Cameron’s Avatar may not change your life, but it will likely make your day. The director’s long-gestating opus has finally arrived, nearly crushed by overwhelming hype, nay-saying critics and a price tag the equivalent of […]
Continue readingTerminated – Terminator Salvation DVD review
December 7, 2009 0 Comments
Terminator Salvation – Starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin. Directed by McG. Rated M. Originally published June 2, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. This is not the future James Cameron told us about. He promised us a sci-fi franchise that was as thoughtful as it was action packed. I’ve seen the new Terminator film […]
Continue readingNew Avatar trailer debuts!
November 2, 2009 2 Comments
source: traileraddict.com The international trailer for James Cameron‘s Avatar has landed online. It gives us a greater glimpse at the film’s story and is, frankly, far more impressive than the teaser trailer that debuted a few months ago. The marketing materials for Avatar up until this point haven’t really been concerned about informing audiences of […]
Continue readingWill Clash of the Titans be the most beautiful movie of 2010?
October 6, 2009 3 Comments
source: empireonline.com.au Louis Letterier‘s upcoming film Clash of the Titans is shaping up to be one of the most visually striking films of 2010. Empire have a whole batch of new images from the film for their upcoming cover story on the project. We’ve been teased over the past few months with a couple of […]
Continue readingThe Avatar Experience – thoughts on Avatar Day!
August 21, 2009 1 Comment
It’s a ballsy move to market your film as a ‘revolution in filmmaking’, but James Cameron is a ballsy guy. His upcoming sci-fi film Avatar is his first in twelve years. His last picture was Titanic. Previously he has brought us The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss. This is not a dude that does things […]
Continue readingAvatar trailer debut! It’s actually here!
August 20, 2009 8 Comments
source: traileraddict.com The trailer for James Cameron‘s long awaited sci-fi epic Avatar has debuted online – meaning that everyone going to see it on the big screen tomorrow will now be among the LAST in the world to see footage from the film! This is killing me. I haven’t watched it yet and I don’t […]
Continue readingFirst pic from Avatar!
August 17, 2009 0 Comments
source: slashfilm.com Slashfilm have the first official picture from James Cameron‘s highly anticipated sci-fi epic Avatar. Look! Wow! It certainly fits in with the blue motif that’s been popping up in the marketing material. So what are we seeing? Well, up front is Jake Scully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic war veteran who has signed up […]
Continue readingGet your tickets to Avatar Day!
August 12, 2009 7 Comments
20th Century Fox have announced how you can be among the first people in the world to catch James Cameron‘s Avatar on the big screen! On Friday the 21st August, fifteen minutes of exclusive footage from the long-awaited sci-fi epic will screen at selected cinemas in three glorious dimensions. The locations are as follows: SYDNEY: […]
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