Thursday, November 20

• Are Werewolves the New Vampires?

  Although vampires have been the creatures on everyone's lips lately due to the Twilight phenomenon, New York Magazine is taking stock of an overpowering wave of werewolves on Hollywood's horizon. The pack of cinematic lycanthropes will be led by the January 23 release of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (check out the movie's new poster) to be followed on April 3 by the remake of the Wolf Man starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. And there are a litter of lower budget films and not yet finalized projects -- including a rumored werewolf project with Ridley Scott at the the helm --nipping at their heels. The clincher though for NYM, is the prominence of werewolves in the next two Twilight novels, which Summit Entertainment is making moves toward turning into movies as well, starting with New Moon.

  
  

  Posted 11/20/2008 by reelz

  Related: Benicio Del Toro | Ridley Scott | The Wolf Man | New Moon | Twilight | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Saturday, July 26

• New Info on Green Hornet and The Wolf Man Footage Revealed at Comic-Con.

  

  Fresh from Comic-Con are precious few details surrounding Green Hornet, as provided by Seth Rogen.

  Also present at Comic-Con were Benicio Del Toro and co-star Emily Blunt, showing off new footage of the upcoming old-school thriller, The Wolf Man

  
  

  Posted 07/26/2008 by reelz

  Related: Benicio Del Toro | Emily Blunt | Seth Rogen | The Wolf Man | The Green Hornet

Monday, May 26

• Awards handed out at Cannes

  The The French film, The Class (Entre les murs), has won the top prize -- the Palme d'Or -- at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The Class, which is about contemporary society from the perspective of a French junior high classroom -- is the first French film to win Cannes in 21 years.

  Second prize went to Gomorrah, an Italian film about the mafia in Naples. Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the director prize for a family drama called Three Monkeys. Paolo Sorrentino won the jury prize with Il Divo, Benicio Del Toro won best actor for playing the title role in Che (about Che Guevara), and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne won best screenplay for Lorna's Silence.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 05/26/2008 by Heather

  Related: Benicio Del Toro | Il Divo | The Argentine | Lorna's Silence | The Class | Gomorrah | Three Monkeys

Thursday, March 20

• New Wolf Man pix!

  Director Joe Johnston's (Hidalgo, Jumanji) remake of the 1941 horror classic, The Wolf Man, is under way.

  The first pictures of Benicio Del Toro in full Wolf Man kit are out--and they're killer.

  For a look at Del Toro in some truly amazing Wolf Man make up, check out the photo gallery on our The Wolf Man page.

  
  

  Posted 03/20/2008 by Heather

  Related: Benicio Del Toro | The Wolf Man

Saturday, October 20

• From Hannibal the Cannibal to Sir Anthony the Wolf Man   

  Our friends over at MTV movies are reporting that Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of Universal's The Wolf Man, a remake of the monster movie classic.

  Hopkins joins Benicio Del Toro, who will actually portray the inflicted wolf man. Hopkins will play his father, according to MTV. The Wolf Man is slated for a 2009 release and will be helmed by music video director Mark Romanek.

  
  

  Posted 10/20/2007 by Jeff

  Related: Anthony Hopkins | Benicio Del Toro | Mark Romanek

Saturday, July 21

• Che gets a chica

  Director Steven Soderbergh just signed another castmember for his two-film series about Che Guevara.

  The Argentine and Guerrilla, which will star Benicio del Toro as the Latin American revolutionary, will now be rounded out by Columbian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno, who was nominated for her work in Maria Full of Grace.

  Julia Ormond, Benjamin Bratt, and Franka Potente are also contributing their talents. The films, which will be in Spanish, begin shooting next week in Spain.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 07/21/2007 by Heather

  Related: Benicio Del Toro | Benjamin Bratt | Steven Soderbergh | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Julia Ormond | Franka Potente | Che | The Argentine