Keanu Reeves set for ‘Bebop’
Keanu Reeves is taking on another sci-fi mission for 20th Century Fox. Reeves will take on the role of Spike Spiegel in an adaptation of the Japanese anime TV series “Cowboy Bebop” – as an adventurous bounty hunter traveling through space in 2071. The television series first aired on Tokyo TV and Wowow in 1998. […]
‘Karate Kid’ Remake Casts Jackie Chan As Mr. Miyagi
Jaden Smith has found himself a mentor. Jackie Chan will take on Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi role in Sony Pictures’ remake of The Karate Kid. The movie stars 10-year old Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), who is the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and will be directed by Harold Zwart (The Pink […]
Leonardo DiCaprio Will ‘Beat the Reaper’
Add yet another possible acting job to Leonardo DiCaprio’s slate – New Regency wants him to star in novel adaptation Beat The Reaper. The protagonist in the novel penned by Josh Bazell is a Manhattan emergency room doctor, whose life becomes complicated when a mobster recognizes the doc from his former life as a hitman […]
Mickey Rourke Signs as Russian Villain in Iron Man 2
Mickey Rourke is moving on from being a washed-up professional wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson in “The Wrestler” to portraying a super villain in “Iron Man 2”. Script is still being written by Justin Theroux, and Marvel has been trying to keep a wrap on details leaking out to fanboys. Rourke was said to have […]
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Confirmed for Spielberg’s Tintin
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will play bumbling detectives Thompson and Thomson in Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg’s two-pic “Tintin” project. The 3-D performance-capture films, based on Georges Remi’s comicbooks and co-financed by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures, will center on Tintin’s adventures as a fearless reporter. Captain Haddock will be played by Andy […]
John Curran on for ‘The Beautiful and the Damned’
John Curran is set to direct “The Beautiful and the Damned,” a Film Department period drama that will star Keira Knightley. The film begins production in March. The epic revolves around the Jazz Age icons F. Scott Fitzgerald, famed for writing “The Great Gatsby,” and Zelda Sayre known for living large, soaring high and crashing […]
Maggie Q To Star In King Of Fighters
A big-screen adaptation of the popular Japanese video game King of the Fighters has a femme fatal in Hong Kong action star Maggie Q, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Recently seen in the Hollywood sequel Live Free or Die Hard and the ping pong farce Balls of Fury, the limber actress also lent her voice […]
The Terminator Will be Back for a Fifth Film
Terminator Salvation (trailer) scheduled to open on May 22, is the first of three planned films that will star Christian Bale (of “The Dark Knight”) as John Connor, a human freedom fighter battling the robot forces. The Halcyon Company, which owns the rights to the “Terminator” series, announced the fifth film at the Dubai International […]
Luke Perry and Lauren Holly join ‘The Storm’
Luke Perry and Lauren Holly have signed on to star in Uwe Boll’s apocalyptic thriller, The Storm. In the apocalyptic thriller, Holly plays a dedicated wife and mother who must deal with the end of days scenario – all heightened by the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Silas (Perry) who holds the key to […]
Shia LaBeouf to star in ‘Associate’
Paramount Pictures has named Shia LaBeouf as the lead in the studio’s adaptation of the forthcoming John Grisham legal thriller The Associate. According to Variety, the 22-year-old actor will play a student who’s about to graduate from Yale Law School when he’s manipulated into accepting a job at a prestige law firm and given privileged […]
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