Thursday, October 29

• Frank Miller's Sin City 2 and Hard Boiled in the Works

  Film adaptations of comic book visionary Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City graphic novels have generated more than $280 million at the box office, so it's not surprising that more of Miller's ideas will be coming to the big screen soon.

  Back in June, director Zack Snyder announced his interest in making a sequel or prequel to 300, and in September actor Clive Owen, who played Dwight in Sin City, announced that a sequel to Sin City might be in the works. Also in September, it was announced that Sylvain White might be directing a 3-D adaptation of Miller's Ronin graphic novel.

  Now, there's confirmation from producer Stephen L'Heureux of Solipsist Films that production on Sin City 2 will begin in late 2010 from an original script by Miller, who will co-direct with Robert Rodriguez. In a recent interview with Mania, L'Heureux also announced that another of Miller's graphic novels, Hard Boiled, is being developed for the screen.

  We got the project in turnaround from Warner Bros and Frank. It's such a pleasure to work with someone like Frank Miller. He's so smart and passionate about story at all levels from 1940s noir pulp to modern film.

  Miller is expected to direct Hard Boiled, but L'Heureax said that it would have to wait until after Sin City 2.

  With Sin City [2] just on the horizon, I don't think we'd be able to do it with Frank right away. As simple as Sin City [2] seems, it's a very complex scheduling with all these actors and it's a very demanding shoot to be on a sound stage all day long. We have to space it for Frank. There's also talk, of course, of Sin City 3.

  
  
  

  Sin City - Trailer
  

  300 Trailer -- Version 1 (2:28)

  Posted 10/29/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Clive Owen | Frank Miller | Zack Snyder | Stephen L'Heureux | 300 | Sin City | Sin City 2 | Sin City 3

Thursday, October 15

• Clive Owen and Catherine Keener Gain David Schwimmer's Trust

  Variety writes that Clive Owen and Catherine Keener have agreed to star in Trust, an upcoming drama being directed by David Schwimmer. Owen and Keener will play the parents of a 14-year-old girl victimized by an online sexual predator. Liana Liberato, who already has several TV credits, will portray the daughter in her first movie.

  Schwimmer authored the story, which is being scripted by Andy Bellin. This will be Schwimmer's second feature as a director. He also helmed the 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run, which he co-wrote with Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and Michael Ian Black (Michael & Michael Have Issues, The State). In addition, Schwimmer directed the TV comedy series Little Britain USA, as well as several episodes of Friends.

  Trust begins shooting a couple weeks from now in Michigan. No release date has been set.

  
  

  Posted 10/15/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Catherine Keener | Clive Owen | David Schwimmer | Liana Liberato

Tuesday, September 29

• Danny Trejo Says Sin City 2 Is Only a "Thought Process"

  Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City line of graphic novels was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful film, and fans have been clamoring for a sequel since the first one debuted four years ago.

  Just when it started to appear doubtful that a sequel would ever be made, Clive Owen, who starred in the first one as Dwight, said last week that "a very good souce" told him that production could begin next year. Then a few days later, actor Danny Trejo told Punch Drunk Critics there are no concrete plans for a sequel.

  It's kind of in the works ... we're going to do Predator[s] next. So, Sin City [2] is kind of like a, you know, a thought process. We'll be doing Predator[s] in about a month.

  It's unclear what involvement in the Sin City 2 sequel Trejo will have, if any, but he's appeared in a number of director Robert Rodriguez's films in the past so an acting role in SC2 is not unlikely. Most recently, Trejo wrapped filming on Machete, an "expoitation film" based on the fake trailer that appeared in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse. According to Trejo, Machete, scheduled to open in 2010, will be "pretty true to the trailer" in theme and tone.

  
  
  

  Sin City - Trailer

  Posted 09/29/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Clive Owen | Danny Trejo | Robert Rodriguez | Machete | Sin City | Sin City 2

Thursday, September 24

• Clive Owen Says Sin City 2 Could Begin Production Next Year

  Director Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of comic creator Frank Miller's Sin City line of graphic novels may have been snubbed by the Academy, but it won 16 other critical awards, including the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and earned nearly $159 million at the box office, making it a prime candidate for a sequel. However, since its release in 2005, there's been nothing more than talk of that happening.

  Back in 2006, Rosario Dawson, who played Gail in Sin City, said that Rodriguez was considering casting Angelina Jolie in the lead role in Sin City 2, which was rumored to be an adaptation of Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For graphic novel. Subsequent rumors had both Salma Hayek and Rodriguez's then-girlfriend Rose McGowan competing for the role. Then, it appeared Rodriguez was side-lining Sin City 2 in favor of an update of Barbarella. Another rumor had the Weinsteins losing the rights to produce a Sin City sequel, a rumor which was squelched by their attorney in April, when he said their rights "remain intact."

  Just when it was beginning to look like a sequel would never happen, actor Clive Owen gave Sin City fans a little hope. In a recent interview with MTV, Owen said that production on Sin City could begin sooner than anyone thought.

  I'm hearing it might be next year, yes. I'm hearing it might be next year. I heard that from a very good source, recently, yeah.

  While Owen wouldn't say who the "good source" was, he hinted that it could have been either Miller or Rodriguez, and said that he would be interested in reprising the role of Dwight.

  I had a great time on the first one. Great time. Robert Rodriguez was a joy. It was a stunning film. I think it was an absolutely extraordinary achievement, what he did with that film. It's unlike ... it was a genuinely original movie.

  
  
  

  Sin City - Trailer

  Posted 09/24/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Clive Owen | Rosario Dawson | Robert Rodriguez | Frank Miller | Sin City | Sin City 2

Friday, February 13

• The International Review

  This action-thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, and directed by Tom Tykwer, was pushed backed from an August 2008 release to today.

  It's never a good sign when a movie with summer blockbuster potential gets buried in the February movie wasteland. So, is it as bad as the changed release date might lead you to believe? Find out in our review of The International.

  
  
  

  The International - Trailer

  Clive Owen & Naomi Watts Star - Now In Theaters

  Posted 02/13/2009 by reelz

  Related: Clive Owen | Tom Tykwer | Naomi Watts | The International

Sunday, February 1

• Super Bowl Movie Trailer Blog Begins!

  Welcome to ReelzChannel's real-time blog during Superbowl XLIII. As I sit in a comfy chair with my Chinese chicken salad and a can of Coke, country MILF Faith Hill is singing America the Beautiful, which is odd. Isn't it supposed to be the National Anth... Oh wait! Now Jennifer Hudson is doing the National Anthem ... with waaay too much trilling and vibrato. Can't anybody just sing the damn thing normally? That would be a refreshing change.

  Now in the first commercial break, we get the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie trailer -- which you can check out here because we already found it online. It is full of funtastic explosions and stuff.

  The first movie trailer took place just prior to the players coming onto the field, it was an intriguing chick flick called Duplicity starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts.

  After the coin toss, I'll post some of the trailers that have already leaked onto the web.

  
  

  Posted 02/01/2009 by Jim

  Related: Clive Owen | Julia Roberts | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Duplicity

Tuesday, December 23

• Clive Owen Following Daniel Craig to South America

  British thespian and perpetual "next big thing" Clive Owen spent a better part of the early 2000's hounded by rumors that he'd been tabbed to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, largely because the bulk of his star-making turn in 1998's Croupier involved cruising around a casino while wearing a tux. Of course, the role eventually went to the beefier, blonder Daniel Craig, whose two stints as 007 have together earned over a billion dollars worldwide. Owen's films, as you might guess, have earned considerably less.
  

  We'll never know the extent to which Owen lobbied for the Bond role -- or if he ever desired it at all -- but his recent career choices are telling. Next year, he's set to play an Interpol agent in Tom Tykwer's thriller The International and an MI6 agent-turned-corporate spy in Tony Gilroy's thriller Duplicity. And just today, Owen signed on to star in the thriller Cartagena. According to THR, he'll play an undercover agent working in Colombia "who gets caught in a complex plot and must elude drug dealers and international agents if he hopes to survive." Huh. It just so happens that the majority of the action in the latest Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, took place in the South American country of Bolivia.
  

  Coincidence? Perhaps, but if Clive's subsequent film project involves playing a Nazi-hunting concentration camp escapee, it might be time to schedule an intervention.
  

  
  

  Posted 12/23/2008 by reelz

  Related: Clive Owen | Daniel Craig

Friday, July 13

• Acting dealz: Watts, Hines, and Robbins

  Everybody's favorite MILF Naomi Watts has no plans to rest on her laurels (or diaper pails or baby binkies or whatever) after the upcoming birth of her baby-to-be with Liev Schreiber.

  The very pregnant actress has just signed on to star in The International with Clive Owen, says The Hollywood Reporter. The action thriller about an Interpol agent obsessed with investigating a dodgy banking mogul will be directed by Tom Tykwer (Perfume).

  Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines has signed on to the Luke Wilson romantic comedy Henry Poole Is Here, about a man who finds out he only has six weeks to live, says Variety. It will be directed by Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies).

  And finally, Tim Robbins and Martin Landau have joined Bill Murray in the cast of City of Ember, a quirky story about a town where the only light (from streetlamps) begins to fail. Based on the 2003 novel by Jeanne Duprau, the movie is being shot in Belfast under the direction of Gil Kenan (Monster House), says Variety.

  Most importantly, Tom Hanks is one of the producers. Considering that he also executive produced Starter for Ten, Band of Brothers, and Big Love, this can only mean good things.

  
  

  Posted 07/13/2007 by reelz

  Related: Bill Murray | Cheryl Hines | Clive Owen | Gil Kenan | Luke Wilson | Tim Robbins | Tom Tykwer | Martin Landau | Naomi Watts | Mark Pellington | City of Ember | The International