Tuesday, May 13

• Will Nicolas Cage Go Full Frontal in a Bad Lieutenant Remake?

  Boy, the remakes are coming in faster than ever these days. Case in point: Variety reports that Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in an update of 1992's Bad Lieutenant, a film perhaps best known for featuring star Harvey Keitel entirely in the buff. That, along with various other adult-themed elements (two words: nun rape), helped the original earn an NC-17 rating -- instantly making it a must-watch for mischievous junior-high kids everywhere.

  Even more strange than the timing of the Bad Lieutenant remake, however, is its choice of director: Werner Herzog, the eccentric (read: crazy) German filmmaker of Fitzcarraldo fame.

  Seriously, this one's almost too good to be true. Don't expect Cage to repeat Keitel's legendary full frontal nude scene, however. Remember, this is the same guy who turned comic book bad boy Ghost Rider into a jellybean-eating, Carpenters-loving wuss. We'll be lucky if the Bad Lieutenant remake is edgy enough to garner a PG-13 rating.

  Source: Variety

  
  

  Posted 05/13/2008 by Thomas

  Nicolas Cage | Werner Herzog | Bad Lieutenant

Thursday, March 27

• National Treasure 3 coming in 2011?

  Did last summer's blockbuster sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets leave you hungry for more of Nicolas Cage's globetrotting archeological antics? You might have to wait a while for another helping. Said National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub in a recent interview with Cinemablend.com: “I'm guessing that we're a few years away. By the time we come up with a decent idea and develop it into a complicated and intelligent puzzle it's going to be at least 2009. Then to prep it and cast it... it should be three years away.”  Those remarkably complex, multi-layered plots don't write themselves, you know. In the interim, those looking for some alternative history can tide themselves over on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Angels & Demons or any of Oliver Stone's upcoming flicks.

  Source: Cinemablend via JoBlo.com

  
  

  Posted 03/27/2008 by Thomas

  Nicolas Cage | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | National Treasure

Thursday, December 20

• Rollin' with National Treasure's Justin Bartha

  Though it might sound like some kind of wacky Ben Stiller comedy, Holy Rollers, about a group of Hasidic Jewish youths peddling Ecstasy in mid-'90's Brooklyn, is actually based on a true story.

  "I like to call it the Jewish Mean Streets," Rollers star Justin Bartha told ReelzChannel.com last week, referencing Martin Scorsese's gritty 1973 tale. "It's like Jew Streets. Myself and Jesse Eisenberg are gonna play young Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn. If you look at Mean Streets, he'd be the Harvey Keitel character and I would be De Niro."

  Holy Rollers will commence shooting next spring with an eye toward a 2009 release. Bartha can next be seen alongside Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight and Diane Kruger in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which opens tomorrow.

  
  

  Posted 12/20/2007 by Thomas

  Justin Bartha | Nicolas Cage | Jesse Eisenberg | Diane Kruger | National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Tuesday, December 11

• Watch four clips from National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  Can't wait til December 21st to catch the latest exploits of Nicolas Cage and his treasure-hunting pals Jon Voight, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha? We've got four clips from National Treasure: Book of Secrets to help tide you over until next Friday arrives.

  
  
  

  Book of Secrets - Clip 1

  "We're in England"
  

  Book of Secrets - Clip 2

  "Double Decked"
  

  Book of Secrets - Clip 3

  "We Make Our Living on Crazy"
  

  Book of Secrets - Clip 4

  "Heart of the Warrior"

  Posted 12/11/2007 by Thomas

  Nicolas Cage | National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Monday, December 3

• 29 pics from National Treasure: Book of Secrets