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Exclusive: Mia Wasikowska & Zoe Aggeliki In The Mix For Johanna Mason In 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'
17 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While much of the casting chatter in recent weeks surrounding "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" has been around who will play Finnick Odair in the highly anticipated sequel, there are still more key characters to be cast. And some names are beginning to emerge for who might take the crucial role of Johanna Mason in the film.
Sources close to the project tell The Playlist that Mia Wasikowska and model/actress Zoe Aggeliki are in the mix for Johanna Mason. The character becomes a strong ally with Katniss and Peeta during the 75th Hunger Games, but has a testy relationship with Katniss who likens her to an older sister who hates you. She's a fierce competitor, who has no family and friends left in District 7 where she hails, with her weapon of choice being an axe. Director Francis Lawrence is keen on finding the right actress to fit the part »
- Kevin Jagernauth
'The Amazing Spider-Man': How could its debut stack up against past superhero box office?
22 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
When Spider-Man debuted 10 years ago on the first weekend of May, it broke through what seemed at the time to be an unbreakable box-office barrier, becoming the first movie ever to earn over $100 million on its three-day opening weekend — $114.8 million, to be exact. That was a whopping 27 percent improvement over the previous record-holder, 2001′s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which banked $90.3 million over its first three days of release. A new really high-water mark for box-office achievement had been set, and as Hollywood began to truly understand the financial potential of comic books, the ensuing decade of blockbuster cinema was born. »
- Adam B. Vary
Casey Afflect To Write And Direct Josh Hamilton Biopic
17 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Baseball player Josh Hamilton's life certainly has all the trappings of a biopic. He was a talented, successful athlete early in his characters, fell victim to addiction, lost it all, only to fight his way back to the top.
It's no wonder that studios would target Hamilton's life for a possible biopic. Deadline is reporting that Casey Affleck will both write and direct a retelling of Hamilton's rise, fall and redemption inside the world of Major League Baseball.
The film would be Affleck's second directorial effort. In 2010, he helmed the faux-documentary with his brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix "I'm Still Here."
Learn more after the jump!
Producer Basil Iwanyk spoke about the inspiration inherent in the story of Hamilton's early career. "It's also tailor-made for a movie: it has the mythic quality of 'The Natural,' the faith-based angle of 'The Blind Side,' and faith is a major part of our story, »
- Kevin P. Sullivan
Comic-Con Under the 'Attack of the 50 Ft. Cheerleader'
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The latest opus from producer Roger Corman, the 3D Attack of the 50 Ft. Cheerleader, is set to make its debut in San Diego next month, at Comic-Con 2012. Corman himself will be on hand to present the film. More after the jump. Roger Corman will appear on a panel alongside fellow legend William Shatner (whose documentary Get a Life! will also debut at the convention), moderated by Kevin Smith, on July 14th. Following the panel, Corman will introduce his Epix Original Movie at a 3D screening at 12Am at Reading Cinemas. Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader will premiere on August 25 at 10 Pm Est on Epix. Here's the official Cheerleader synopsis: "In an update to the great genre pictures of the '50s, Roger »
Tax avoidance, and the secret of bad British film | Marina Hyde
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The abysmal Britflick was one of the mysteries of the modern age. But the whole business may have been a clever wheeze
Is there a more perfect vignette in the recent career of our rapidly oxidising prime minister than his standing next to Aung San Suu Kyi but being quizzed about Gary Barlow? Over the years, many of us will have beheld certain politicians and wondered: "Do they have any idea what plonkers they are?" One hopes the knowledge eats at them in the silent watches of the night, but the suspicion is that everything from ministerial cars to American bilaterals fools them, and they never really put themselves into perspective.
Occasionally, though, the gods of staging chuck us a bone. And the experience of standing beside the Burmese pro-democracy paragon while reporters asked about his mate from Take That must have brought home to David Cameron his essential smallness. »
- Marina Hyde
Pixar Does It Again! ‘Brave’ Opens Big #1 With $25M Friday And $70M Weekend; ‘Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Gets Lost
5 hours ago | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Friday 11 Pm: My sources tell me that Pixar’s heroine-in-the-highlands Brave will open to around $70M this weekend and $25M for today. So it’ll be an easy #1 this weekend – incredibly, Pixar’s 13th straight first place finish. That’s just about where DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted opened two weeks ago for distributor Paramount ($60.3M). Looks like concerns that Brave would only appeal to girls and their mothers may have been overplayed. Then again, every Pixar 3D movie has opened to at least $60M. Plus, this is a giant release into 4,164 theaters, 2,790 of which are 3D shows. This is the first anti-princess toon bringing Disney into the 21st Century and audiences responded with CinemaScores of straight ‘A’s. Also just as interesting is the untested mash-up genre. ButtTwentieth Century Fox’s R-rated Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (in 3,106 theaters) only came in 3rd behind DreamWorks »
- NIKKI FINKE
Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talk Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
6 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Now playing is director Timur Bekmambetov‘s (Wanted) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Based on the book of the same name from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith and produced by Tim Burton, the film imagines that Lincoln’s mother and grandfather were killed by a vampire and that the president’s resolve to end slavery was due in part to the “fact” that vampires were involved with the slave trade. Playing Lincoln is newcomer Benjamin Walker and he stars alongside Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. For more on the film, here’s all our previous coverageand three clips with twenty minutes of behind-the-scenes footage. Last weekend I got to speak with Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in New York City. We talked about their reaction when they first heard the title and how their characters changed from when they first »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Christopher Meloni Joins They Came Together
9 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Although he's currently playing a big bad vampire on HBO's True Blood, Christopher Meloni is now set to play a big, bad CEO in David Wain's rom-com spoof, They Came Together. The picture reunites the Wet Hot American Summer director with stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler. Poehler's character runs a small knick-knack shop that is about to go out of business thanks to Rudd's company. THR reports that Meloni will star as Rudd's boss, the CEO of CorporateCo Coporation and Co, Inc. Written by Wain and Michael Showalter, the picture plans to wrap up casting and shoot this July. They Came Together also stars Ed Helms, Michael Ian Black, Jason Mantzoukas, Cobie Smulders and Noureen DeWulf. »
- Dave Trumbore
Rob Reiner Returns To The Thriller Genre With You Belong To Me
9 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Back when Rob Reiner was directing movies like The Princess Bride, Misery, When Harry Met Sally... and A Few Good Men, it was amazing not just because he was producing instant classic after instant classic, but also because he was beholden to no genre. Such has not been the case for the most recent stretch of Reiner's career, however. For the last decade the filmmaker has made only dramedies, with most of them containing some element of romance. It's been hard watching a once great director get stuck in such a deep rut, but now it seems he is finally ready to emerge. Just a few days after it was announced that Reiner will be playing Leonardo DiCaprio's dad in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, THR is reporting that the director is now attached to direct the new thriller You Belong To Me. Described as being »
Keanu Reeves Shows Behind-the-Scenes Camera Work for Directorial Debut, Man Of Tai Chi
10 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
After Keanu Reeves enthusiastically professed that he knew kung-fu back in the days of The Matrix , the actor is finally getting back to the martial arts. Reeves has already wrapped on 47 Ronin, a retelling of the legend of a band of samurai who set out to restore their master's honor. But Reeves is also working on his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi, a story revolving around a young martial artist's experiences in Beijing. The contemporary picture stars Tiger Chen (who worked on the stunt team in The Matrix) as the protagonist with Reeves himself as a villain. Casting notes aside, Reeves commented on the revolutionary camera work he's using with Man of Tai Chi to both provide a new perspective on the fight scenes while keeping the cast, crew and camera from suffering any damage. Hit the jump to check out the proof-of-concept videos. The Matrix brought us "bullet time" and "wire-fu, »
- Dave Trumbore
Brave Looks Certain To Slay Vampire-Hunter Lincoln
10 hours ago | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The latest animated spunky princess is virtually certain to assassinate Abraham Lincoln at the box office over the weekend. According to industry pundits, Disney/Pixar’s Brave is likely to earn $60-65 million in its debut, while the 3-D thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is expected to come away with about $15-20 million. A third newcomer, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, will be opening in far fewer theaters — around 1,600 –and will probably earn about $7 million, tracking surveys indicate. Opening in just five theaters — three in New York and two in Los Angeles — will be Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love, which will likely challenge the major releases in per-theater receipts. Allen’s last movie, Midnight in Paris, opened in six theaters last year and earned an astounding $100,000 in each. It’s due to open wide on July 6. »
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Kristen Schaal Lends Her Voice to Cloudy 2: Revenge Of The Leftovers, Dylan O’Brien Hired for The Internship, Ron Livingston Joins The Pretty One
10 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Three bits of casting additions to finish your week off. Here they are in brief: Kristen Schaal (30 Rock) will lend her voice to an animated character in Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, along with original returning cast members Anna Faris, Bill Hader and Andy Samberg. Dylan O'Brien (Teen Wolf) will join Shawn Levy's The Internship alongside Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Ron Livingston (Office Space) is set to star in writer/director Jenee Lamarque's The Pretty One. Hit the jump for more on each picture. Heat Vision reports that Schaal will join the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs sequel. The follow-up will be directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. Though the plot details are limited, Schaal is reportedly voicing an orangutan in the picture. Look for Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers to open February 7th, 2014. Here's the official synopsis: In the wake of the disastrous »
- Dave Trumbore
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