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New Prometheus Trailer Crashes Online

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20th Century Fox have put out another, slightly longer trailer for their upcoming summer blockbuster Prometheus – and it has all the necessary ingredients and more to leave you speechless with a body and mind coated in goosebumps.

Boasting a high profile cast, including Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Logan Marshall Green, Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, the world class storyteller and visionary responsible for Continue reading “New Prometheus Trailer Crashes Online” →

Melissa Leo Joins The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman

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Melissa Leo (Frozen River) has signed on to star in Bona Fide Productions and Voltage Pictures’ The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Deadline has reported.

Leo, who won an Academy Award for her performance in last year’s The Fighter, will star opposite Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia), Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler) and Mads Mikkelson (Casino Royale) in the dramedy.

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman will centre on a man (LaBeouf) who Continue reading “Melissa Leo Joins The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman” →

First Poster For House At The End Of The Street

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Relativity Media have issued the first poster for their upcoming horror-thriller House At The End Of The Street, due for release in the US on September 21.

The film, which marks British filmmaker Mark Tonderai’s second crack behind the camera, centers on a girl who, after moving into a new house with her mother, befriends the surviving son of the family that once live there, and soon learns of their horrifying story.

Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) stars opposite Elisabeth Shue (Hollow Continue reading “First Poster For House At The End Of The Street” →

Lionsgate Acquires The Glass Castle; Jennifer Lawrence Eyed For Lead Role

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Lionsgate have acquired the rights to The Glass Castle, American writer and journalist Jeannette Walls’ tell-all memoir, The Playlist has revealed.

Released to acclaim in 2005, The Glass Castle recounts Walls’ and her siblings’ troublesome, poverty-stricken childhood at the beck and call of their intensely flawed and abusive parents, Rex and Rose Mary.

Marti Noxon, best known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and last Continue reading “Lionsgate Acquires The Glass Castle; Jennifer Lawrence Eyed For Lead Role” →

Penélope Cruz Circling Ridley Scott’s The Counselor

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Penélope Cruz (Volver) is circling a role in The Counselor, a dramatic thriller penned by author-turned-screenwriter Cormac McCarthy, THR has revealed.

Cruz, who won an Academy Award for her role in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, will star opposite Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem and Angelina Jolie in what’s being described as “dialogue-heavy, violent and racy”.

The Counselor centers on an attorney (Fassbender) who finds himself caught up Continue reading “Penélope Cruz Circling Ridley Scott’s The Counselor” →

Magic Mike Poster And Trailer

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Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first official trailer and poster for Magic Mike, an exposé of actor Channing Tatum’s former life as a male stripper.

Directed by soon-to-be-retired Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven), Magic Mike stars Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Riley Keough.

The film, scripted by relative newcomer Reid Carolin (Earth Made of Glass), Continue reading “Magic Mike Poster And Trailer” →

Debut Trailer And Poster For Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister

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IFC Films have debuted an entrancingly heartwarming US trailer for their new romance-drama Your Sister’s Sister.

Directed by Seattle-based filmmaker and mumblecore advocator Lynn Shelton (Humpday), Your Sister’s Sister stars Mark Duplass (Cyrus), Rosemarie DeWitt (Cinderella Man) and Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada).

Struggling to overcome the death of his brother, Jack is sent to a remote cabin by Continue reading “Debut Trailer And Poster For Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister” →

Killer Joe To Open The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Killer Joe will open the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival, artistic director Chris Fujiwara has announced.

The noir thriller, directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist), centers on a young man whose life spirals out of control when he hires an unexpectedly charming hit man to kill his own mother for her life insurance policy.

In the announcement, Fujiwara said, “We’re delighted to be opening this year’s Continue reading “Killer Joe To Open The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival” →

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Michael Haneke’s Amour (Love)

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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American distribution rights to Amour, French filmmaker Michael Haneke’s follow-up to the multi-award winning The White Ribbon, The Playlist have discovered.

Amour, known as Love in English-speaking countries, tells of the struggles felt by a cultivated, retired couple, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva), when Anne unexpectedly suffers a life-threatening stroke. Continue reading “Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Michael Haneke’s Amour (Love)” →

Pedro Almodóvar Assembles Excellent Cast For The Brief Lovers

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Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik and Javier Cámara are set to star in The Brief Lovers, an all-out comedy from Spanish filmmaker extraordinaire Pedro Almodóvar.

Roth, Dueñas and Cámara have all worked with Almodóvar before on previous projects (All About My Mother, Volver and Talk To Her, respectively), while Arévalo and Yazpik are newcomers to the writer and directors trademark Continue reading “Pedro Almodóvar Assembles Excellent Cast For The Brief Lovers” →