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Saturday, March 13
Production on director Marcus Nispel's as-yet-untitled Conan reboot is set to begin in only a few days in Bulgaria and, while the lead actors have all been hired, there are still a number of supporting roles yet to be filled. Now, one supporting role that can be crossed off the list is that of Conan's father, Corin, rumored to have been initially offered to Mickey Rourke.
According to New York magazine's Vulture blog, the role of Corin has gone to Ron Perlman, most famous for his portrayal of the title character in director Guillermo del Toro's two Hellboy movie adaptations. The official cast description for the role, as posted on Moviehole, reads:
[ CORIN ] He's in his 30s to 40s, Caucasian, powerfully built, intelligent, graceful, master swordsman, skilled blacksmith, de facto leader of Cimmerians and Conan's father. He resolves to answer the terrible request of his dying wife and cuts Conan out of her so she can see him. He then shoulders the burden of raising Conan, which proves to be daunting given the boy's savage nature. Corin teaches his son the meaning of the sword: a hot blade must be cooled and tempered. When Khalar finally corners him and tortures him to death, he shows no regret nor pain, hiding his concern for his son's safety from the eyes of the enemy. SUPPORTING
Jason Momoa will lead the cast of Conan as the Cimmerian barbarian created by fantasy author Robert E. Howard. The cast includes Leo Howard as young Conan, Rachel Nichols as Conan's love interest, Tamara, and Bob "The Beast" Sapp and Stephen Lang as the movie's antagonists, Ukafa and Khalar Singh, respectively.
Posted 3/13/2010 by BrentJS
Related: Ron Perlman | Rachel Nichols | Marcus Nispel | Stephen Lang | Bob Sapp | Jason Momoa | Conan | Leo Howard
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According to Deadline, Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in director Alfonso Cuarón's (Children of Men) 3-D space thriller, Gravity. This would be a coup for the project, which was picked up from Universal by Warner Bros. in a turnaround deal, only to have the only star attached to the movie, Angelina Jolie, abruptly drop out.
Written by Cuarón and his 28-year-old son, Jonás, Gravity was originally described as the tale of the lone female survivor of a team assigned to a remote space station desperately struggling to return to her daughter on earth. However, the Deadline article describes the plot as having two survivors: the female role that Jolie would have played, and a male role that Downey, Jr. is in talks to fill. It's unclear if the original plot description was inaccurate or if the second survivor was added to the script to accommodate Downey, Jr. No other actors are attached to the movie at this time.
David Heyman (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) of Legendary Pictures is producing Gravity for Warner Bros. Production is expected to begin this summer in London.
Posted 3/13/2010 by BrentJS
Related: David Heyman | Angelina Jolie | Alfonso Cuaron | Robert Downey Jr.
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The third and final Kick-Ass poster exclusive to the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, has been posted online by MTV. As predicted, the new poster continues the war propaganda poster theme by featuring Hit Girl (played by Chloe Moretz) in an homage to Rosie the Riveter.
The three posters — the first two featured Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) and Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) — were released to promote last night's world premiere of the movie at the opening of SXSW. To help further promote the event, Lionsgate representatives cruised the streets of Austin yesterday in a Kick-Ass SUV, offering free rides.
Today at the festival, MTV's Joshua Horowitz will host a Kick-Ass panel discussion that will include director Matthew Vaughn; the creators of the comic book that inspired the movie, writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr.; and stars Johnson, Moretz, and Mintz-Plasse. Get more information about SXSW and the Film Festival Schedule.
Kick-Ass also stars Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy and Mark Strong as mob boss Frank D'Amico.
Next Showing: Kick-Ass opens April 16
Posted 3/13/2010 by BrentJS
Related: Aaron Johnson | Nicolas Cage | Mark Strong | Chloe Moretz | Matthew Vaughn | Kick-Ass | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Mark Millar
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Marvel may still be searching for the right actor to fill the red, white and blue uniform of the lead role in The First Avenger: Captain America, but they are one step closer to finding their villain. THR reports that Hugo Weaving is in negotiations to play the Red Skull, Captain America's lifelong nemesis and Adolph Hitler's right-hand man. While their battle begins in World War II, Captain America is frozen in ice and Red Skull is suspended in animation and both end up in modern day times to continue their battle. The Red Skull was also the nemesis in the 1990s version of Captain America.
Should the role go to Weaving it would reunite him with The Wolfman director Joe Johnston, and add to his list of on screen villains such as Agent Smith in The Matrix trilogy, V in V For Vendetta, and the voice of Megatron in both Transformers movies. Marvel is notoriously frugal with their salaries for actors — at one point almost losing Mickey Rourke for Iron Man 2 and Samuel L. Jackson for all the Marvel movies because the salary was too small — and also require multi-movie commitments, all of which may eventually ruin the negotiations.
At this rate, chances are the decision over Weaving's casting will be answered before a final decision is made on who will play Captain America.
Posted 3/13/2010 by Ryan
Related: Hugo Weaving | Joe Johnston | First Avenger: Captain America
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Friday, March 12
Korean director Joon-ho Bong may have created the ultimate image of matriarchal generosity for his new movie, Mother. Determined to prove her mentally challenged son innocent of murder, the woman (played indelibly by Hye-ja Kim) will do anything to rescue him from incarceration. If that means crossing a few moral boundaries in the process, so be it.
Not all mothers are so selfless, though. Some, in fact, are downright hellacious. And while watching parental sacrifice can be an uplifting and occasionally thought-provoking experience, the sight of a mom warping filial devotion to her own ends — with the kids sometimes getting their own back in return — can be downright fun. So it was no trouble for us to come up with a list of Top 10 Toxic Movie Moms.
Posted 3/12/2010 by reelz
Related: Notorious | Carrie | Mommie Dearest | Throw Momma From the Train | The Manchurian Candidate | The Grifters | The Little Foxes | Aliens | Coraline | Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire | Mother
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Jason Bateman has pleaded patience in regards to the Arrested Development movie, based on the cult favorite sitcom, but MTV couldn't help but ask for an update at last weekend's Oscar ceremony. Bateman said that the new TV series that Arrested creator Mitchell Hurwitz is creating for Will Arnett will likely delay the start of production.
His show with Arnett has pushed it another few months. [Arrested is] still coming. We're hoping for the end of the year.
An Arrested Development movie has been in development for a few years now, with producer Ron Howard claiming that progress on the project was "looking good" at last year's Oscars.
As for those curious about Hurwitz's new show, Wilde Kingdom, it will feature Arnett as another brash and self-centered rich guy, not unlike his Arrested character GOB. Keri Russell will play his love interest.
Posted 3/12/2010 by Ryan
Related: Jason Bateman | Keri Russell | Will Arnett | Arrested Development | Mitchell Hurwitz
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Ignoring the standard Tuesday release schedule, Summit has queued up a Saturday, March 20, sale date for The Twilight Saga: New Moon DVD. Perhaps because Twilighters love to turn out for a good midnight release party?
But how would you like to be one of the first to own the two-disc special edition? We've got 5 copies of the DVD that we're giving away — and we'll announce the winners on our website on Friday the 19th, the day before they go on sale. You can enter the sweepstakes daily — limit one entry per person/email address per day.
Then come back Friday afternoon to find out if you're one of the lucky five.
Posted 3/12/2010 by reelz
Related: Taylor Lautner | Robert Pattinson | Kristen Stewart | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse