Friday, April 17

• Green Lantern Movie Gets $150 Million Budget and a Studio in Sydney

  The Hollywood Reporter has put a number on the amount of money that Warner Bros will be laying down for the Green Lantern movie. Reportedly, the $150M figure is about the same that they shelled out for their most recent super movie Watchmen.

  We almost had a nerdgasm when script details came out last summer. The proposed storyline is gigantic in scale, and if loyally followed, it won't be your typical earth-bound comic book movie, but a space saga of epic proportions -- complete with cosmic battles requiring tons of sweet SFX. It could clearly be kick-ass, and this budget bodes well for the post-production quality of this movie.

  Also noted in the news is a release date of December 2010, and the filming location confirmation over at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia, where the recent decline of the Australian dollar should help stretch that $150 million budget even further. The studio choice may have also been a part of the Warners/Fox legal settlement over Watchmen -- sheer speculation on our part, but still interesting to note.

  Now everything is nailed down except a lead actor. So, expect an announcement soon of the star who will slip on the power ring. All are rumors at this point, but some names that have been bandied about are Ryan Gosling, Trekkers Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine and ex-90210er Brian Austin Green -- who has a winning name for the role.

  
  

  Posted 04/17/2009 by Jim

  Related: Chris Pine | Ryan Gosling | Anton Yelchin | Brian Austin Green | Green Lantern

Wednesday, March 25

• Chris Pine May or May Not Be The Green Lantern

  Last week, IESB reported that Star Trek actor Chris Pine, Captain Kirk 2.0, is on a short list of candidates for the role of Green Lantern. LatinoReview confirmed the rumor, calling it "LEGIT" but with Pine neither accepting or declining the role.

  Meanwhile, Collider disagrees, saying that their source told them no offer is out to Pine for the Green Lantern role and that their source "would know."

  Well, if it's not Pine, then who is it going to be? So far, the studio's top choices Ryan Gosling and Sam Worthington are either not interested or too busy, and the Anton Yelchin casting rumor was ironically debunked by Collider and Yelchin himself. Who do you think should be cast?

  
  

  Posted 03/25/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Chris Pine | Ryan Gosling | Anton Yelchin | Sam Worthington | Green Lantern

Tuesday, March 3

• Still No One Cast as Green Lantern

  With fan favorite actor Ryan Gosling turning down the role of Hal Jordan, otherwise known as the Green Lantern, and rumored second choice Sam Worthington too busy with Clash of the Titans to accept as well, LatinoReview reported last week that Terminator Salvation and Star Trek star Anton Yelchin was being considered for the role. Fans called for blood over the news, however Yelchin tells SciFiWire that there's no reason for alarm:

  I had no idea about that. I think I'm probably too young. I mean, no one's approached me, no one's said anything to me. So I imagine I'm just too young. I mean, it's a great character, but I don't know anything about it. ... I haven't heard anything about it.

  However, with Green Lantern set for a December 17, 2010 release, a casting decision should be made soon. Producers are apparently going back to Gosling to see if he will reconsider the role. Who do you think should be cast?

  
  

  Posted 03/03/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Ryan Gosling | Anton Yelchin | Sam Worthington | Green Lantern

Wednesday, January 7

• Tron 2.0 Finds a New Lead

  Disney has picked their lead for the Tron sequel, says The Hollywood Reporter, and it is the newcomer Garrett Hedlund (Friday Night Lights). Hedlund may not be a household name at this point, but neither was Bruce Boxleitner back in 1982. Hedlund beat out Ryan Gosling and Star Trek's Chris Pine for the role.

  Like Boxleitner, Hedlund will play a man who gets sucked into a video game and fight the Master Control Program. He joins Boxleitner, Jeff Bridges, and Olivia Wilde (who recently gushed about the project) in the multi-million dollar sequel.

  
  

  Posted 01/07/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Bruce Boxleitner | Chris Pine | Ryan Gosling | Garrett Hedlund | Tron: Legacy | Friday Night Lights

Thursday, October 9

• Sort-of-Famous Actor May Play Sort-of-Famous Superhero

  Ryan Gosling, who deserves to be a bigger deal in Hollywood than he is, may play the Green Lantern, who, according to our calculations, is the third most famous green superhero, behind the Hulk and the Green Hornet. (Correct us if we're wrong.) Playing a superhero may seem like a stretch for Gosling, who's kind of a poor man's Ed Norton (brainy, intense, kind of highfalutin'). But Norton played the Hulk. And apparently one version of the Green Lantern's comic book visage was based on the face of Paul Newman, and when we look at Gosling, we see a little bit of Newman too. Plus, what do you do after you play a guy who falls in love with a life-sized silicone love doll, as Gosling did in Lars and the Real Girl? Obviously, you don some lime-green Lycra muscle-tights and fight bad guys.

  
  
  Next Showing: Green Lantern is scheduled for a 2010 release

  Posted 10/09/2008 by reelz

  Related: Paul Newman | Ryan Gosling | Green Lantern

Wednesday, March 19

• Raimi to re-launch Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise

  After a brief return to his genre roots for the upcoming horror flick Drag Me to Hell, Sam Raimi is set to return to the mainstream once again, this time to take on Tom Clancy's legendary CIA analyst/reluctant hero Jack Ryan. Variety reports that the Spider-Man helmer is in negotiations to relaunch the action franchise that exploded out of the gate with 1990's The Hunt for Red October and ended - rather ignominiously - with 2002's The Sum of All Fears after receiving the Ben Affleck Kiss of Death. According to Variety, Raimi and studio backer Paramount are eyeing a summer 2010 release for the first new Jack Ryan flick.

  The question before us now is: Who should play Jack Ryan? We nominate Ryan Gosling. Discuss.

  Source: Variety

  
  

  Posted 03/19/2008 by reelz

  Related: Ben Affleck | Ryan Gosling | Sam Raimi | Drag Me to Hell

Tuesday, February 19

• ReelzChannel Awards: Best Performance by a Moustache

  For those looking for a less serious take on Oscar Week, we present ReelzChannel Awards. First up: Best Performance by a Moustache in a Major Motion Picture:

  	Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
  	Ryan Gosling Lars and the Real Girl
  	Phillip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War

  Take the poll and vote for Best Performance by a Moustache.

  
  

  Posted 02/19/2008 by Dack

  Related: Ryan Gosling | Daniel Day-Lewis

Monday, October 29

• Why did Gosling really leave The Lovely Bones?

  Last week we reported that Ryan Gosling dropped out of his role in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones just before filming began.

  The decision was attributed to 'creative differences,' but now the Canadian actor, who is getting raves for his current work in Lars and the Real Girl, is speaking up. It appears as though Gosling and Jackson both had concerns that he was too young for the part he signed on for. "Peter and I tried to make it work and ultimately it just didn't," Gosling explains. "I think the film is much better off with Mark Wahlberg in that role."

  Gosling says it is the media who are trying to spice up the story with aspersions of fighting artistes. Since his role was the father of a murdered 14-year-old girl and Gosling is just a tender 27, it sounds plausible enough to us.

  Source: Parade.

  
  
  

  Lars and the Real Girl trailer

  The search for true love begins outside the box.

  Posted 10/29/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ryan Gosling | The Lovely Bones

Monday, October 22

• Ryan Gosling drops out of The Lovely Bones

  According to Variety, all is not well in the land of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones.

  Actor Ryan Gosling, who was to play the role of grieving father Jack Salmon, dropped out on Friday--after gaining 20 lbs and growing a beard for the movie, which begins shooting today in Pennsylvania. Mark Wahlberg stepped over the weekend to take his place.

  Gosling's 11th hour decision is being attributed to 'creative differences.' That does not sound good.

  
  
  Next Showing: The Lovely Bones begins shooting today.
  

  Gosling at the Toronto Film Festival

  Talking about his current movie Lars and the Real Girl

  Posted 10/22/2007 by reelz

  Related: Mark Wahlberg | Ryan Gosling | The Lovely Bones

Wednesday, October 17

• Gosling out of Best Actor running already?

  There are some nasty rumors floating about the the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) are taking a pass on screening Lars and the Real Girl--the surprisingly well-done little indie about a sad, shy, Midwestern man who orders a Real Doll and then believes she is his living girlfriend.

  If the rumors are true, they mean that actor Ryan Gosling--who was nominated last year for his performance in Half Nelson--can be crossed off your list for potential Best Actor nominees. And we think that is just plain old sad.

  True, it's become fashionable to talk about how terrific an actor Gosling is. But the thing is, he is really great--and if he treats a quirky little ditty about a man who thinks a sex doll is talking to him with as much respect as one about a teacher with a secret drug addition, then don't we think the Academy should, too? 

  Source: Awards Daily

  
  
  

  Exclusive from the Toronto Film Festival

  Ryan Gosling on Lars and the Real Girl

  Posted 10/17/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ryan Gosling | Lars and the Real Girl

Monday, October 8

• Physical transformations: Gosling et al

  Word about town is that Ryan Gosling is beefing up a little bit for his role in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones. Pictures of him looking a touch meatier at the NYC premiere of Lars and the Real Girl have cropped up on the Interwebs.

  He is in good company. Many other actors have had to put on or lose weight for roles. Check out this cool list of Top 10 Physical Transformations for film on DeputyDog.com.

  Anyone you think should be on the list? Email me at hhuntington@reelzchannel.com

  
  
  

  Lars and the Real Girl trailer

  The search for true love begins outside the box.

  Posted 10/08/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ryan Gosling | The Lovely Bones

Thursday, March 15

• Starwatching

  As part of my job, I get to interview celebrities. It's a dirty job, all right, but someone's got to do it. But what I found most shocking was when I started seeing them elsewhere.

  So who have I seen so far?

  Morgan Freeman in the elevator of the Four Seasons, preparing to golf.

  Keanu Reeves waiting for the valet to bring his car at the Four Seasons. I used to stage manage for his sister in college, but I resisted the urge to tell him to tell her I said hello.

  My husband saw Jake Gyllenhaal in his car in my office parking lot. And he saw Giovanni Ribisi getting coffee in Larchmont Village and Ryan Gosling walking downtown.

  Kari Wuhrer with her husband and two VERY cute kids at table next to us at a restaurant in Larchmont. Remember her from Remote Control?

  Alex Kingston (aka Dr. Elizabeth Corday from ER) having Valentine's Day dinner at the same hip restaurant as me.

  Bradley Cooper (Alias) and Jennifer Esposito (Crash) taking in a show at the awesome DeafWest theater in Noho.

  Katherine Helmond(Mona from Who's the Boss) at Suzan Lori-Parks' 365 festival.

   

  
  

  
  

  Posted 03/15/2007 by reelz

  Related: Jake Gyllenhaal | Keanu Reeves | Morgan Freeman | Ryan Gosling