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Paul WS Anderson Will Destroy Pompeii
DarrenNews ChatSo, what's next for Paul WS Anderson after his Musketeers flick? He wants Mount Vesivous to erupt and bury ancient Pompeii, that's what... Variety reports: Anderson will direct and produce with Imp...
Lionsgate Might Buy ‘Cabin In The Woods’ off MGM for distribution
DarrenNews ChatThe voices have been heard. Either that, or the hype for Thor has reached a point where studios are willing to make an offer for 'Cabin In The Woods', which features Chris Hensworth. At least Lionsg...
Hammer Wants To Be The Lone Ranger
DarrenNews ChatThere are still some actors who want to play alongside Johnny Depp's Tonto in the planned Lone Ranger movie, and Social Network's Armie Hammer is one of them. The Hollywood Reporter gives us the sto...
Thor 2 News To Branaugh
DarrenNews ChatNot that it's a huge shock of Asgardian lightning or anything, but Marvel does indeed have plans for Thor 2- but that IS news to the first film's director, Kenneth Branagh. Movieline gives the detail...
Director Al Pyun Wants To Remake His Own Cyborg - With Klyn, Not Van Damme
DarrenNews ChatBefore this generation had its Uwe Boll, we had in the 80s and 90s a director named Al Pyun. Once in awhile he'd give out a guilty pleasure, like his debut Sword and The Sorcerer, or the sci-fi waste...
Pandorum Actress Joins Superman Man Of Steel - Now I’m Really There!
DarrenNews ChatThe role of Faora, General Zod's right hand femme fatale, has been cast with Antje Traue, one of my favorite rising actresses. I could not be more surprised, or more happy. Digital Spy reports: V...
Crow Reboot in Trouble
DarrenNews ChatJust as The Crow reboot was picking up momentum with being in talks with actor Bradley Cooper and director Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) being signed to direct - the project has hit a brick wal...
Shane Black Co-Writing Iron Man 3
DarrenNews ChatWell, this bit of film news for the third Iron Man film isn't a huge surprise. Shane Black, aside from directing duties, will also co-write the script alongside Drew Pearce. Cinemablend reports: ...
The Asylum Strikes With ‘Almighty Thor’
DarrenNews ChatFor as cheap and cheesefest as they get, you got to give props to The Asylum. They hear of or see a big Hollywood film, say, Thor, and before you know it, they churn out a low budget flick headed righ...
Texas Chainsaw 3D Gets New Writer and Maybe Director too
DarrenNews ChatMicheal Bay's Platinum Dunes may not be interested in Jason or Freddy as they once were, but Leatherface and his chainsaw are another ballgame. The good folks at Cinemablend serve up this tale of terr...
Fast 6 In The Works Faster Than Fast Five Can Be released
DarrenNews ChatFast Five, the fifth installment of 'The Fast & The Furious' films is almost upon the masses, and wouldn't you know it, someone out there wants Fast Six. The Hollywood Reporter has this to say: T...
Winnie The Pooh and OUIJA too!
DarrenNews ChatThe McG project known as Ouija is getting a new writer. Who is it? Same fella who penned a Winnie The Pooh film, and Lion King 1/2, that's who. Kind of tells you what sort of flavor is being cooked u...
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Int’l Trailer Arrives
DarrenNews ChatThe movie news for the upcoming summer films are mostly about heroes and sci-fi, nothing wrong with that, but one film I am also looking forward to is the new Jim Carrey film, Mr. Popper's Penguins. T...
Odd Story : Your guns to fight Aliens are banned
DarrenNews ChatWhile looking for movie news, I came across this odd news story that I had to share. Seems that even a movie fan's fake model guns based on the Alien films are not legal to carry and take over interna...
More Vampires For Let Me In Helmer Reeves
DarrenNews ChatMatt Reeves, despite having seen his remake of Let The Right One In flop, is being lured back to more bloodsuckers in 'The Passage'. Deadline shares: In The Passage, a group of terminally ill canc...
Black Swan Body Double Controversy continues
DarrenNews ChatHow much dancing did Natalie Portman do in her Oscar-winning role in 'Black Swan'? That's the subject of a controversy that is cropping up again, a near month after the Oscars, between the filmmakers...
Cabin In The Woods Teaser Posters Stick It To Release Delays
DarrenNews ChatThe horror film The Cabin In The Woods has been on the shelf way too long. Part of that delay was due to MGM's troubles, and now the film finds itself without a release date. The troubled studio stil...
Real Steel 2?
DarrenNews Chat"Real Steel', the sci-fi boxing film starring Hugh Jackman, is getting a sequel. That's right. A sequel to film which hasn't opened yet- not until next October.Deadline gives us the lowdown: Di...
Dragonriders Of Pern Flying To a cinemaplex Near You
DarrenNews ChatIt seems Hollywood has decided to give the audience more dragons, this time around, The Anne McCaffery kind. That's right, the Dragonriders Of Pern- the first book of many- is getting adapted. Cinema...
Duncan Jones In Talks for Wolverine
DarrenNews ChatIt is only a bit of curiousity on his part, but Duncan Jones, director of 'Moon' and the recent 'Source Code', might be looking into picking up Darren Aronofsky's tab as the director for 'Wolverine' ...
Zod Is Cast…Kneel Before Michael Shannon!
DarrenNews ChatIs has been officially announced that Michael Shannon (The Runaways, World Trade Center) is playing General Zod in the Superman reboot The Man Of Steel. Obsessed With Film reports: [Zack Snyder...
Oscar Winning Director Sidney Lumet passes
DarrenNews ChatSidney Lumet, the Oscar winning director who ad directed such cinema classics like Network, Fail-Safe and Serpico, is gone.TIME reports: As driven, aggressive and purposeful as any of his film prot...
Ras Al Ghul returns in Dark Knight Rises -Kind Of
DarrenNews ChatHe was a body double for Armie Hammer in 'The Social Network', now Josh Pence has a new role- a young Ras Al Ghul in 'Dark Knight Rises'. Screen Junkies gives us the lowdown: Though the plot of t...
Deadpool Hires Tim Miller
DarrenNews ChatAt one point, it was believed Fox was looking for a "comedy" director for the Deadpool spinoff-retcon film. Today they have named the director, Tim Miller. His background isn't comedy. It's VFX. MTV ...
Hawkeye Spotted In Thor Clip
DarrenNews ChatA recent film clip of the upcoming Thor has generated a bit of buzz. Not because of a scuffle between two characters, but rather who witnesses the fight from up on high- Clint Barton aka Hawkeye.MTV g...
Crow Remake Back On
DarrenNews ChatThe Crow remake has found a director...again. This time it is Juan Carlos Fresnadillo of 28 Weeks Later who is taking on the project.Digital Spy gives us the update on the Boy With His Bird: The pro...
Clive Owen joins the IRA Thriller project once known as Shadow Dancer
DarrenNews ChatClive Owen will be joining the cast of a film once known as Shadow Dancer- which revolves around a one time member of the IRA turned police informant. The fine people over at /Film gives us the story:...
Britney Spears Wants To Be An Action Star
DarrenNews ChatSome pop princess divas like Britney Spears may be good at breathing a little life back into the music, but when it comes to acting, it is mostly another ballgame. Most of them can't act or don't even...
Renner in running for Bourne 4?
DarrenNews ChatWith the reports that Matt Damon, let alone the character Jason Bourne, will not appear in Bourne (4) Legacy, a new name has cropped up in the running to take on the new spy role. It's a good one- but...
Lindsay Lohan offered Manson, Superman roles?
DarrenNews ChatLindsay Lohan has suddenly gotten to be something of a hot ticket in the past weekend, having two film offers come her way. Sadly, both a rumored role in the Superman reboot and the possibility of her...
VOD for Thirty Dollars After Two Months of Theatrical Release- No April Foolin’
DarrenNews ChatStupidity. That's what the owners of several theater chains are saying in response to a (ahem) very bold and "bright" idea brought forth by four major studios. How's this for an April Fool's joke- fo...
First Official Green Lantern Poster is No April Fools (and other GL news)
DarrenNews ChatA number of things happened at the recent CinemaCon the other night regarding the upcoming Green Lantern film, including a presentation of a banner and the first official poster. But first things ...
Giamatti wants to be in Amazing Spider-Man…as The Rhino?
DarrenNews ChatActor Paul Giamatti (Sideways, John Adams) is launching a last ditch effort campaign to be in the upcoming 'Amazing Spider-Man'- as Aleksei Sytsevich., better known as The Rhino. The Toronto Sun rep...
Wolverine delay will be short, says Jackman
DarrenNews ChatBy the way Hugh Jackman talks, someone might think 'Wolverine' is about to be back on track soon. While promoting 'Real Steel' at CinemaCon, the actor gave the update on his next reprisal of the X-Me...
Child’s Play Reboot back on at MGM
DarrenNews ChatHard to believe that once upon a time, MGM/UA dumped the 'Child's Play' franchise because they didn't want horror films. The lackluster sequels got more corny and campy at Universal/Rogue until they ...
Mickey Mouse In The House
DarrenNews ChatDisney's most iconic and beloved character Mickey Mouse may be headed back in a new animated feature on the big screen. Bleeding Cool gives us: We’re rapidly drawing in on the release of the r...
Warren Beatty Gets ‘Tracy’ Rights Back- What Does it Mean and Should We Care?
DarrenNews ChatThere was some nice ambition for 1990's 'Dick Tracy' film, which Warren Beatty directed and starred in. But despite great production design and makeup effects, the film was a modest success. In any ca...
1990 Captain America to be released on DVD as a director’s cut
DarrenNews Chat...Just because two Cap'n America news stories are always better than one! Well, actually, this bit is more about the 1990 DTV cheesefest- but it is a bit of a surprise due to the upcoming DVD-BluRay ...
Paramount Won’t Mine any of Dune’s spice
DarrenNews ChatIt's been a rough road getting made, and now it seems the remake of Dune....will have to wait a little longer. Paramount has decided to pull the plug out of the stillsuits. Worsst Previews reports: ...
Slade on ‘Daredevil’ ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Wolverine’
DarrenNews ChatDirector David Slade has come out to clarify his intentions for Daredevil, which is NOT intended to be a sequel to the 2003 film. In addition, he also twits about his dealings with the Fox planned Dea...
