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Teresa Palmer Doing A Younger, Sexier Deliverance
By Mike Mariani published
Actress Teresa Palmer has signed on to act alongside Joel Edgerton in Australian film Say Nothing. The film will be directed by multihyphenate actor/writer/director

Russian Trailer For 13 Featuring Mickey Rourke And Jason Statham
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John Woo Will Launch Flying Tigers At IMAX
By Mike Mariani last updated
John Woo is back in the saddle directing another war epic. The Chinese action director, at ease making films in both East and West, is working towards striking a deal with IMAX

Steven Soderbergh's Contagion To Spread Virus In Hong Kong
By Mike Mariani last updated
Contagion features a downright silly collection of talent, with Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Matt Damon all signed on. Soderbergh has also cast Hong Kong native Josie Ho

Scott Speedman And Lily Cole Join The Moth Diaries
By Mike Mariani last updated
Director Mary Harron has added some fresh wings to her upcoming gothic-horror The Moth Diaries. Scott Speedman, Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, and Sarah Bolger

Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson And Ron Perlman Go Nuts In Bunraku
By Mike Mariani last updated
Check out the visually stunning images below, and check for our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival next month to see if a crazy cast and excellent visuals translate to a movie worth watching

Olivia Thirlby Cast As Sidekick In Judge Dredd
By Mike Mariani last updated
In what could be called a maverick casting move, if you were desperate to call it something, Olivia Thirlby has just been recruited to play sidekick to Karl Urban in the remake of Judge Dredd

Noomi Rapace Cast As Female Lead in Sherlock Holmes 2
By Mike Mariani last updated
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star and hot Hollywood property Noomi Rapace has landed her first English-language role in Sherlock Holmes 2. What's more, the Swedish actress has nabbed the female

The Social Network Keeping The Scene With Justin Timberlake And Cocaine
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John McTiernan Returning To The Director's Chair With Shrapnel
By Mike Mariani last updated
John McTiernan, who hasn't made a film since 2003's Basic (back when Travolta played a U.S. Army Colonel twice a year), has just closed a deal to direct Shrapnel, according to Variety.

Matthew Vaughn Regular Cast As Nightcrawler's Father In X-Men: First Class
By Mike Mariani last updated
Jason Flemyng, who has appeared in Guy Ritchie films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake

Max Von Sydow Cast As Henrik Vanger In Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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Jeremy Renner To Replace Colin Farrell In By Virtue Fall
By Mike Mariani last updated
Jeremy Renner has officially reached It Boy overload status. The Oscar-nominated actor, who recently signed onto Mission: Impossible 4 and is rumored

Horror Thriller Transit Casts Jim Caviezel, Harrold Perrineau and More
By Mike Mariani last updated
Caviezel and Rohm will play the father and mother of a suburban family en route to a camping trip. At a rest stop, a group of bank robbers hide a cache of money in the family's SUV

Both Ticket Sales And Revenue Down At The Box Office This Summer
By Mike Mariani last updated

Stephan Collins Is The New Pinhead In Hellraiser: Revelations
By Mike Mariani last updated
Longtime sadomasochist Doug Bradley has been replaced as Pinhead by Stephan Collins in the upcoming sequel, Hellraiser: Revelations. Bradley has become

A Serbian Film Deemed Too Lurid For UK's FrightFest
By Mike Mariani last updated
The film festival has found A Serbian Film to be simply too lurid and graphic, and felt that the amount of cuts required for it to meet their standards would compromise the integrity of the film

Universal Planning A Lord Of The Rings Theme Park
By Mike Mariani last updated
While we wait with no longer bated breath over the fate of the two upcoming Hobbit films, Universal seems keen on going ahead with another Middle Earth venture

Ryan Reynolds Praises Deadpool Script, Instills Movie With Hope
By Mike Mariani last updated

DreamWorks Animation Kicks Off The Oscar Campaign For How To Train Your Dragon
By Mike Mariani last updated
If How to Train Your Dragon doesn't take to the ring fast and hard in this awards race, it'll likely be neatly forgotten amidst all the Toy Story 3
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