14 Aug
Fox International has released two more photos from Avatar , coming to theaters on December 18. The photos, which you can make bigger by clicking on them below, feature Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and his avatar, plus James Cameron filming. Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms.
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Two New Avatar Photos
14 Aug
GreenWomb Productions has alerted ComingSoon.net that Russell Means and Wes Studi will star in the upcoming production of Terra Infirma , a modern eco-thriller set in New Mexico. The feature tells a story of a battle between nature, government, industry and a Native American Pueblo facing the consequences of mysterious toxic peril, and conflicts between financial exploitation and cultural existence.
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Means and Studi to Star in Terra Infirma
14 Aug
Director Rod Lurie ( The Contender , Nothing But the Truth ) is well into rehearsals on his version of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs , which is scheduled for release on February 25, 2011. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard were announced as the principal cast over the last few months and recently, Walton Goggins from “The Shield” was announced as having joined the project. Over the past month, Lurie has been posting random, somewhat vague updates on his Facebook page about progress on the project, the most recent one revealing two more of the cast: “Beginning stunt rehearsals today with James Woods and Dominic Purcell.” Dominic Purcell was the star of the popular Fox show “Prison Break” and legendary actor James Woods last…
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Dominic Purcell James Woods Join Lurie’s Straw Dogs
14 Aug
Empire magazine has debuted the new international poster for Dorian Gray , starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall. Based on “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the story centers on Gray (Barnes), a young man who becomes the subject of a painting.
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New International Dorian Gray Poster
14 Aug
Production Weekly says that director Nimrod Antal is scheduled to beging filming Predators on September 28 at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. Produced by Rodriguez, the new film is said to involve a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors – that are not always from outside their group
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Predators to Start Filming Sept. 28
14 Aug
Screen Gems has acquired rights to turn comedian Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” into a feature, reports Variety . Harvey wrote the humorous book of advice for women seeking to better understand their male counterparts, an exercise inspired by a segment on Harvey’s syndicated morning radio show
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Harvey Will Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
14 Aug
Kate Winslet will star in “Mildred Pierce,” a miniseries adaptation based on the James M. Cain novel that Todd Haynes is writing and directing, reports Variety
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Kate Winslet to Star in Mildred Pierce
14 Aug
Alex Holmes has been hired to direct a biopic of car designer John DeLorean that Time Inc. Studios and XYZ Films will produce. Holmes, who most recently wrote and directed the HBO and BBC miniseries “House of Saddam,” developed the DeLorean script with co-writer Rob Warr.
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Alex Holmes Steering DeLorean Biopic
14 Aug
Universal Pictures has acquired “Criminal Macabre,” the Dark Horse Entertainment comic book miniseries created by Steve Niles. Variety says that Kyle Ward has been set to write the script. The story centers around a supernatural detective who doubles as hitman, taking out all the vampires, ghosts and other unsavory monsters who live among humans, hiding in the shadows by day and emerging at night
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Universal Pictures Acquires Criminal Macabre
14 Aug
ABC is developing “St. Elmo’s Fire,” a contemporary take on the 1985 movie that launched the filmmaking career of Joel Schumacher, says The Hollywood Reporter . The network landed the dramedy series project, executive produced by Schumacher, Topher Grace, Dan Bucatinsky and Jamie Tarses and to be written by Bucatinsky.
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St. Elmo’s Fire is Coming to ABC