Film News

Dragon Star New Hollywood Darling

20 August 2010 | 0 comments

The Swedish star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace, has been having meetings with some of the top directors in Hollywood about possible future projects.

It's reported that the actress has met with Ridley Scott, McG, Brett Ratner and numerous studios about parts in upcoming projects. According to Deadline.com, the execs and directors thought they were meeting with "a possible female villain," but walked away with her in their thoughts as a lead. Evidently she is nothing like her 'Dragon' part - which is why they call it "acting."

Repace is being sought for a part in Sherlock Holmes 2, while McG wants her for a villain role in This Means War, opposite Tom Hardy and Chris Pine. Ridley Scott just wanted a chat, apparently.

The Star Of The Wire Is New Alex Cross

19 August 2010 | 0 comments

British actor Idris Elba is fast making a name for himself as a credible leading man in Hollywood, so the news that he'll star in a new Alex Cross movie, replacing Morgan Freeman, should really surprise few.

Cross is the main character in a series of novels from James Patterson; two of which were previously turned into movies starring Freeman - Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider. Both were fairly mediocre affairs (the latter was on TV just last night), but writer/director David Twohy aims to change all that with his new take on the series. Him being the man behind Pitch Black, and the (had its moments) more recent The Getaway, we can probably expect something a little darker than the strangely congenial Freeman efforts.

Elba, of course, starred in the as-good-as-you've-heard HBO series The Wire, for a few seasons, and popped up more recently in Obsessed and The Losers; the former a solid box-office performer.

Reynolds And Washington Find A Safe House

19 August 2010 | 0 comments

Ryan Reynolds is attempting to fit the CIA thriller, Safe House, into his already packed schedule, according to Deadline.com, via Empire.

He would star opposite Denzel Washington in the flick, about a low level CIA employee who must keep Washington's nasty criminal alive, after they are among the few survivors of an attack on CIA headquarters. In demand Swedish director, Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash) is calling the shots, from a script by US Weekly magazine editor, David Guggenheim.

Reynolds has Buried due for release next month, is currently shooting The Green Lantern, and has also to find a spot for Marvel adaptation Deadpool - which Robert Rodriguez has apparently agreed to direct. I've been a fan since his Two Guys and a Girl days, so it's good to him find the superstardom his talent deserved.

Exclusive Poster For The Town

18 August 2010 | 0 comments

We have an exclusive new poster for the cracking looking Ben Affleck sophomore directing effort, The Town, for your ocular pleasure below. As well as that, we'll be hosting a premiere screening of the film, which stars recent Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and Affleck himself as a career criminal. If it's half as good as his first film - the stunning Gone Baby Gone - then we're in for a treat.

January Jones Is New Emma Frost

18 August 2010 | 0 comments

The gorgeous star of Mad Men (with a name like a porn star), January Jones, has signed on to replace Alice Eve as Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men reboot, X-Men: First Class.

According to Deadline.com, Eve apparently couldn't fit the film into her current schedule and had to bounce from the project, making room for Jones, who will play Frost, one of the central characters in this new X-Men universe. Vaughn penned the script himself with Jane Goldman, who worked with him on the brilliant Kick Ass and lovely Stardust.

The film is to start shooting in London pronto, with a release planned for June of next year.