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Academy Awards Winners List & Report

The 2011 Academy Awards were not only one of the worst Oscar shows in history based on their decision making process of giving out rewards but also as entertaining awards show. It was boring, celebs/Hollywood too full of themselves and most importantly the Oscars are loosing a bigger gripe on what it is that progress cinema and what stimulates the minds of young and old cinema-goers today.



As a simple awards show it was the worst I have ever seen. The mediocre Whoopi Goldberg hosted shows were nothing compared to Anne Hathaway and James Franco abilities at losing not only Hollywood's elite but TV audiences as well. To host a awards show you need to be funny, confident, graceful, respected, even appalled by few (Ricky Gervais) and maybe most importantly a showman. Hugh Jackman was a risk when he was hired but he played it to the best of his abilities and was well liked. The Golden Globes knew the risk of Ricky Gervais roasting all of Hollywood and the award givers themselves but he created buzz, was funny and  ultimately a hit. Both Franco and Hathaway are great actors but shouldn't be ever hired again as host for a awards show. Being distant, cold, delivering flat jokes and pressuring yourself for people to like you and think your funny our  un-admirable characteristics for a awards show host to posses.



Compared to hosts the award giving was to no surprise once again mess as we had been used to for so many years. The predictions this year were as with last year spot on. Last year they said The Hurt Locker would get it and it did. And this year The Kings Speech was said to be the late front runner and they got it. Same thing with the acting categories. Everyone was predicted and has already been praised to death before they even got the award. And right there is the issue. The Oscars predictability at choosing films that are out of place with the public, critics and films that most certainly will not be remembered by most for many years to come. Kings Speech was a good film but it no way will it be remembered in 50 years as one those films that touched us in any true sort of way. Awards should be given to films that define cinema and take it forward. Not that the Social Network in my opinion deserved it. I was Inception all the way. But films that are remembered, praised, hailed, loved and seen over and over again most of times are the ones that never even got close to a award. People go crazy over the Social Network as if it is a ground breaking film. But when you've already seen David Fincher's Seven and Fight Club then there isn't really that much ground breaking about the Facebook movie.



Overall the show was a failure. Franco and Hathaway were terrible as hosts. The Academy were predictable in there choices of who won, and were tragic in many of there creative choices for the show throughout the night. When the show is supposed to glorify cinema and praise the films of last year whats the relevance of announcing a business deal with the channel showing the awards show. I end on that note and saying the Oscars are on slippery slope and it will be very difficult for them to turn it around and once again get the respect and recognition of fans and many people in the movie business.

Here are the nominees and winners for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

• 127 Hours


• Black Swan


• The Fighter


• Inception


• The Kids Are All Right


• The King's Speech - WINNER


• The Social Network


• Toy Story 3


• True Grit


• Winter's Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

• Javier Bardem - Biutiful


• Jeff Bridges - True Grit


• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network


• Colin Firth - The King's Speech - WINNER


• James Franco - 127 Hours

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

• Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right


• Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole


• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone


• Natalie Portman - Black Swan - WINNER


• Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Christian Bale - The Fighter -WINNER


• John Hawkes  - Winter's Bone


• Jeremy Renner - The Town


• Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right


• Geoffry Rush - The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

• Amy Adams - The Fighter


• Helena Bohnam Carter - The King's Speech


• Melissa Leo - The Fighter - WINNER


• Hailee Steinfield - True Grit


• Jacki Weaver - Winter's Bone

Best Achievement in Directing:

• Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan


• Ethan & Joel Coen - True Grit


• David Fincher - The Social Network


• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech - WINNER


• David O. Russel - The Fighter

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

• Another Year - Mike Leigh


• The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrignton


• Inception - Christopher Nolan


• The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg


• The King's Speech - David Seidler - WINNER

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy


• The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin - WINNER


• Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkirch


• True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen


• Winter's Bone - Debra Granik, Anna Rosselini

Best Animated Film of the Year

• How to Train Your Dragon - Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders


• L'llousionist - Sylvain Chomet


• Toy Story 3 - Lee Unrich - WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Biutiful - Alejandro Gonzalez Inaritu (Mexico)


• Kunodontas - Giorgos Lanthimos (Greece)


• Heaven - Susanne Bier (Denmark) - WINNER


• Incedies - Denis Villeneuve (Canada)


• Hors-la-loi - Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria)

The rest of the winners and other nominees can be seen here: http://www.imdb.com/features/oscars/2011/nominations

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Batman 3

The rumors that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, 500 Days of Summer) would join Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Rises have now finally come true. Levitt follows Tom Hardy in being the second cast member that accompanies Nolan from his previous film Inception. No announcement has been made about what role Levitt will be playing. The original rumors were that he was up for the role of the Riddler. But there is another thing possible but is a complete long-shot. Levitt was one of the original considerations for the part of the Joker in The Dark Knight. He lost the role subsequently to Heath Ledger. But maybe he's going to play a small role as the Joker. Would Nolan do that is unknown. He had said that originally the Joker was apart of the third film but with Ledger's death that changed. He also denied using CGI and deleted scenes of the Joker for the third film.

But if its not the Riddler, or the Joker being recast, who could Gordon-Levitt be playing?

Academy Awards Nominations Announced!

Every year the Academy Awards come and go. Brining the ultimate recognition in the form of an annual award to the best films. But if only it was truly the ultimate recognition in fairness and justice for all filmmakers and artists apart of the cinema industry. With the Academy's countless mistakes I think its about time we stopped caring. But its only up to us for things to change but also for the Hollywood elite to change their tune and boycott the Oscars as previous stars had in the past (Marlon Brando, George C. Scott). 

But why am I so critical of the Oscars? Its because its taken me many years of constantly getting riled up with their insane choices over the years. It all started when Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love in 1998. It continued as I was becoming more of cinema enthusiast, when I found out Hitchcock never got a Oscar, nor did Kubrick, nor did Scorsese before the Departed. But it all came down to their decisions of the past years that have shaped my mind. Not giving Eddie Murphy an Oscar for Dreamgirls, The Dark Knight not getting nominated, and their constant policy of being controversial to who gets the awards. There insistence of choosing films with special interests, avoiding unconventional films and always recognizing classic Hollywood genres and stars.

This year was no different with the King's Speech and True Grit getting the most nominations. A Hollywood historical drama and an western remake by the Coen brothers. Am I not surprised by their choices in original genres and films that don't stray away from the norm instead films like Inception fade into the dark when it comes to awards season. When films that are unconventional and groundbreaking come along the Hollywood elite just pat them on the back an say good job but your still of a lower class. Who can forget films like Fight Club and the Matrix which also were never nominated. I could go on and on with similar films but whats the point.

But this years travesty is Inception not getting nominated in two specific categories. The Oscars get literally go boink themselves with their decision of not nominating Christopher Nolan for his directing and for the editing done on the film. Inception the biggest entertainment, blockbuster and one of the most thought provoking films of the year. With incredible ideas, deep scenes within scenes gets no nomination into two integral categories that made the film great. I was expecting no awards for the film but no nominations in those categories is downright cold. In Hollywood directing a remake, a boxing drama, historical drama gets you nominated but not for directing the most climactic, intelligent and one the most original films of the year. I can really say no more.

George C. Scott

"The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it." 

Here are the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

• 127 Hours


• Black Swan


• The Fighter


• Inception


• The Kids Are All Right


• The King's Speech


• The Social Network


• Toy Story 3


• True Grit


• Winter's Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

• Javier Bardem - Biutiful


• Jeff Bridges - True Grit


• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network


• Colin Firth - The King's Speech


• James Franco - 127 Hours

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

• Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right


• Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole


• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone


• Natalie Portman - Black Swan


• Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Christian Bale - The Fighter


• John Hawkes  - Winter's Bone


• Jeremy Renner - The Town


• Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right


• Geoffry Rush - The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

• Amy Adams - The Fighter


• Helena Bohnam Carter - The King's Speech


• Melissa Leo - The Fighter


• Hailee Steinfield - True Grit


• Jacki Weaver - Winter's Bone

Best Achievement in Directing:

• Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan


• Ethan & Joel Coen - True Grit


• David Fincher - The Social Network


• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech


• David O. Russel - The Fighter

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

• Another Year - Mike Leigh


• The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrignton


• Inception - Christopher Nolan


• The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg


• The King's Speech - David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy


• The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin


• Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkirch


• True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen


• Winter's Bone - Debra Granik, Anna Rosselini

Best Animated Film of the Year

• How to Train Your Dragon - Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders


• L'llousionist - Sylvain Chomet


• Toy Story 3 - Lee Unrich

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Biutiful - Alejandro Gonzalez Inaritu (Mexico)


• Kunodontas - Giorgos Lanthimos (Greece)


• Heaven - Susanne Bier (Denmark)


• Incedies - Denis Villeneuve (Canada)


• Hors-la-loi - Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria)

The rest of the nominations can be seen here http://www.imdb.com/features/oscars/2011/nominations

Batman 3 Big News!

After months of waiting, Batman 3 has some fresh announcements.,Official news  is out on casting and  some plot elements for the film the Dark Knight Rises. Rumors were going around like wildfire and it shows now with the latest news that some were completely off and others quite close to the truth.

First big news is that Catwoman will indeed be in the film as a vigilante taking the place of Batman in his absence from action. She will be played by Anne Hathaway known primarily from The Princes Diaries (2001) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). This casting is not only a interesting choice for the film but a challenge  also for the young actress. As she will have to dip her feet in the action blockbuster arena after being  well known primarily for her comedic and drama work.

The second big news is about Tom Hardy's casting. Most were predicting that he would play Doctor Hugo Strange from the comics due to his likeness with the character. Others said he would be a vigilante himself. I guess it was more obvious than we thought as his body type after his great performance in Bronson (2008) was exactly the comic book villain Bane. Nobody was expecting Bane to be the choice as  everyone thought the character too simple and mindless for writer-director Christopher Nolan's taste.

Golden Globe Winners!

Awards for 68th Annual Golden Globes are out!

The awards are out and as expected the globes showed us the way of how popularity contests work. The globes had many that deserved praise and a award this year but the Hollywood Foreign Press once again managed to make some of them walk away empty handed.



This year looked already to be the year for the Social Network. Some might disagree with me on believing that film is pretty simple and that its nothing close to a masterpiece. But I believe films with more original ideas and that take advantage of the medium of cinema to great lengths should be rewarded for their efforts before universal story motifs and popularity. Its not a problem with one year there is a fluke decision but it gets tiring when it happens 8 times out of 10.



What am I asking is for and I believe many more is for the popularity contest to end. For films that actually break the boundaries of cinema to be rewarded, for actors that shine to be acknowledged and for more diverse films to be recognized out of the Hollywood system. But how could that be when the Social Networks, the Avatars, the Slumdog Millionaires, the Shakespeare's in Loves take the glory away from films that are leaps ahead from the competition.



P.S. Besides the globes being disappointing with their results, they were a hit with their glamorous host once again. Ricky Gervais was a perfect host by not only being funny but provoking the room at every chance.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

• Black Swan


• The Fighter


• Inception


• The King's Speech


• The Social Network - WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

• Alice in Wonderland


• Burlesque


• The Kids Are All Right - WINNER


• Red


• The Tourist

Best Director - Motion Picture

• Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan


• David Fincher - The Social Network - WINNER


• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech


• Christopher Nolan - Inception


• David O. Russel - The Fighter

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

• Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours


• Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right


• Christopher Nolan - Inception


• David Seidler - The King's Speech


• Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network - WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network


• Colin Firth - The King's Speech - WINNER


• James Franco - 127 Hours


• Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine


• Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

• Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland


• Johnny Depp - The Tourist


• Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version - WINNER


• Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs


• Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack

Best Performance by an Actress in Motion Picture - Drama

• Halle Berry - Frankie & Alice


• Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole


• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone


• Natalie Portman - Black Swan - WINNER


• Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actress in Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

• Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right - WINNER


• Anne Hathaway - Love & Other Drugs


• Angelina Jolie - The Tourist


• Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right


• Emma Stone - Easy A

Best Television Series - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire - (HBO) - WINNER


• Dexter - (Showtime)


• The Good Wife - (CBS)


• Mad Men - (AMC)


• The Walking Dead - (AMC)

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical

• 30 Rock - (NBC)


• The Big Bang Theory - (CBS)


• The Big C - (Showtime)


• Glee - (FOX) - WINNER


• Modern Family - (FOX)


• Nurse Jackie - (Showtime)

The Rest of the award winners of the Golden Globes can be seen here:

http://www.imdb.com/features/globes/2011/nominations

First Spider-Man Reboot Pic!

A small pic of Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy had leaked a while back but this is the first official image of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in the new reboot.

New Captain America pic!

Another picture of Captain America is out and keeps on getting better. The suit looks better than expected. Its close to the comic and with minor changes being understandable. What is still a little odd to me is the villains and there get up. But this will probably be explained why there dressed like that in the trailer or the film itself.

Golden Globe Nominations Announced!

Nominations for 68th Annual Golden Globes are out!

The obvious has to be stated. Finally Christopher Nolan and one of his films are nominated for a big award. Me personally I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't the only nomination he will get and that it will continue with the Oscars. Also that at least at one ceremony that he doesn't leave empty handed.



Besides my Nolan fanboy love, its interesting to see that they are no nominations for Shutter Island nor The Ghost Writer some of the best films of this year in my opinion. Also its funny how Hollywood works. David Fincher now being nominated yet again for the Social Network and haven never gotten nominated for Seven nor Fight Club.



This year's awards I only hope for is that they don't make a fool of themselves as they always do. If films like  the Social Network or the Fighter get the best picture award than its just unfair to the people who really deserve it. But what I'm saying is redundant as they always get movie lovers disappointed in the end..

Best Motion Picture - Drama

• Black Swan


• The Fighter


• Inception


• The King's Speech


• The Social Network

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

• Alice in Wonderland


• Burlesque


• The Kids Are All Right


• Red


• The Tourist

Best Director - Motion Picture

• Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan


• David Fincher - The Social Network


• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech


• Christopher Nolan - Inception


• David O. Russel - The Fighter

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

• Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours


• Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right


• Christopher Nolan - Inception


• David Seidler - The King's Speech


• Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

The biggest movie news of the past weeks

1/11/2010 to 21/11/2010



For anyone who has been kept in the loop here's the biggest news of the past weeks.



Batman 3

In Batman news its been already announced that the name of third film will be The Dark Knight Rises. Also Michael Caine who always love to spill something out to the press has mentioned that shooting will begin in May 2011 and finish in November. No mention whatsoever on villains or Tom Hardy role in the 3rd film. And last new is that the Dark Knight Rises will be once again filmed partially in IMAX. So all tech film geeks will be glady happy about this.

Spider-Man reboot News!

Emma Stone was cast in the new Spider-Man film everybody though she got the part of Mary Jane. Guess we were wrong with Sony coming out that she is actually going to play Gwen Stacy and that the actress is a natural blond. So go figure. Also news afterwards came in that Mary Jane wont even be starring in the reboot. Stone wasnt the only one cast. Uncle Ben and Aunt May have been cast and will be played by Martin Sheen and Sally Field. Also Dennis Leary has been cast as well as Captain Stacy, Gwen Stay's father.

Amazon Studios?

The well known and number one internet store Amazon.com is getting in the movie business. There setting up Amazon studios that will reward filmmakers with money for their projects. Filmmakers will have to submit there films and then whichever film wins then will receive a cash prize.

Captain America Costume

Many photos have come out for Captain America's costume. By the looks of all the pics things are looking pretty good. Evans seems to be fitting into the role. Earlier pictures initially hadn't seem very good but if things look like they do now then Captain America might surprise us and be a pretty good film.

Lincoln Biopic

For all historian nuts, Spielberg fans and Daniel Day-Lewis fans a Abraham Lincoln film is happening. Daniel Day Lewis is going to play the 16th President of the U.S.A. that abolished slavery and ended the U.S. Civil War. The film will be directed by Steven Spielberg. Liam Neeson was originally going to play Lincoln but dropped out of the project.

The biggest movie news of the past week

18/10/2010 to 24/10/2010





The Hobbit Casting

The Hobbit (2012) seemed like one of those films that wasn't going to make it to the big screen. Due to MGM's many problems the Hobbit had been pushed back a number of times. Now finally that everything is back on track and Peter Jackson has committed himself to directing the Hobbit casting has begun. Martin Freeman has been already cast as Bilbo Baggins. The role that was previously played by Ian Holm in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Freeman is know for his role as Tim in the British TV series the Office and as Arthur Dent in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Besides Freeman also many of the Dwarves have been cast but by unknown actors to the mass.

Stephen Norrigton of the Crow Remake

The Crow (2011) remake seems to have gotten into little of a speed bump by losing it's director Stephen Norrigton. Norrigton has directed the films Blade and The League of Extradoniry Gentlemen. His departure from the Crow remake is due to studio demands and lack of creative freedom on the project. As always studios never disappoint on not letting directors have creative control over there films.

Mel Gibson no longer has cameo in The Hangover 2

The Hangover 2 (2011) production has dropped Mel Gibson from his cameo role due to lack of full support from cast and crew. His role would have been of a tatoo artist.

The biggest movie news of the past week

11/10/2010 to 17/10/2010





Bourne without Matt

As this isn't news we weren't expecting. Due to the Jason Bourne franchise being a cash cow. The studio has decided in continuing the franchise without Jason Bourne himself Matt Damon. But instead of doing the obvious in rebooting the franchise or just changing the actor like the Bond films. The studio has decided in just continuing the franchise with another character similar to Bourne but within the same universe.

Aronofsky Dreaming of Wolverine 2

Beloved filmmaker Darren Aronofsky after years of being connected to genre films like Robocop and Batman is very close to being the director of Wolverine 2. This is great news if it actually happens, as it will be a more interesting in depth look into Wolverine compared to the first film. Aronofsky has directed many great film like Requiem for a Dream and the Fountain but still hasn't made the jump to a big budget studio film.

Tom Hardy in Batman 3

Tom Hardy has been officially casted in Batman 3. He is known for his roles in Inception as Eames the forger and in Bronson as the criminal boxer Charles Bronson. His role is still kept secret, but rumors circulating is that he either playing the Riddler or even the Penguin.

Rhys Ifans in mystery Spider-Man villain role

Like with Tom Hardy, Rhys Ifans also has been casted in a mystery role in the reboot of Spider-Man. Ifans is recognized for his roles in Notting Hill and the Boat that Rocked. He also has an upcoming part in the new Harry Potter film. The role that he's going to be playing in the Spider-Man based on rumors is pointing to the Lizard or Mysterio.

The biggest movie news of the past week

27/09/2010 to 3/10/2010



The Hobbit in Eastern Europe?

I believe everybody already knows that the Lord of the Rings films were are all filmed in the beautiful country of New Zealand. Everybody presumed that the prequel the Hobbit would follow suit. But due to some developments things might change location to some Eastern European country. In New Zealand now many crew unions and workers have gone on strike categorizing Peter Jackson for bad payments and other things which I personally didn't understand. Also the Actors union of New Zealand said they will not act in the new film if wages aren't the same as their counterparts in Australia. Seems to me that they should have asked these things closer to a production date to squeeze Peter Jackson and MGM into giving in. Now with what they've done I'm afraid they wont be accomplishing anything.

Spiderman vs. Venom

With the Spider-Man reboot coming close to production rumors have already begun about plot elements. This might be fact or rumor but reports suggest that the reboots first villain is Venom. First of all let me say that it is a terrible idea. It's not really starting fresh after Spider-Man 3. Second if this is a origin story then Venom is a terrible choice once again and bad for fans of the comics and third it's just a plain dumb choice. Starting over with a new Green Goblin would be best for all.

Star Wars 3D

After many rumors of this happening it's been finally announced. Star Wars 3D will happen. If seeing Star Wars one time wasn't enough and the second time with a special edition cut wasn't enough still, now we will have the chance to see a 3D theatrical release of Star Wars. Yuppie!

Sally Menke Passes Away

I don't believe many people to know this name but she was one of cinema's best film editors. Sally Menke may not have worked on many films, but she did on all of Quentin Tarantino's directed films. She passed away this past week at the age of 56.

Confirmation of Nolan directing Batman 3

This is not news that we didn't expect to hear. But final confirmation was announced that Christopher Nolan will be directing Batman 3. The same thing had happened with The Dark Knight and everyone panicked. Now we can go back to sleep at night safe and sound.

Tony Curtis Passes Away

I'm going to end on a sad note. Famous Hollywood actor Tony Curtis passed away. He was known for his famous roles in the films in Some Like it Hot and Operation Petticoat. He passed away at the age of 85. One of his daughters is famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis of Halloween fame. 

The biggest movie news of the past week

20/09/2010 to 26/09/2010

Comic Book News..

Edward Norton in a recent interviewed for his new film Stone revealed how he loves Nolan and how he would want to be the villain in the third Batman. The New Hulk Mark Ruffalo said also in a interview that the Hulk will be done with live via motion capture and the film the Avengers will be in 3-D. Last news for comic book movies is rumors on who will be directing the Nolan controlled Superman reboot. The list of candidates  are Danny Aronofosky, Tony Scott, Jonathan Liebsman, Duncan Jones, Matt Reeves and Zack Snyder

Inception the game and Underworld 4 rewrite

Underworld 4 is getting a rewrite by famous comic book writer John Michael Strazinski or otherwise known by his intial JMS. He also wrote the script of the Clint Eastwood film the Changeling. The first draft was written by the Shield's John Hlavin. Also the weirdest news of last week is Inception the game. Christopher Nolan thinks it's a good idea and will play in the world of Inception. Lets see how that goe..

Expendables 2 casting buzz!

The new expendables crew might be these guys. Lorenzo Lamas, Jeff Speakmen, Olivier Gruner and Chuck Norris. Dont know anybody but Chuck Norris? Thought so. Neither did I. The good thing is they all know how to kick ass. Which will come in handy to kick the villain of the Expendables 2 Bruce Willis. Also for people not to get to excited. Chuck Norris role will probably be a small cameo.

The biggest movie news of the past week

13/10/2010 to 19/10/2010

Borat as Freddy Mercury?

Well it seems that the rumor became deal. Sasha Baron Cohen will play Freddy Mercury in a film about his life. The script will be written by Peter Morgan known for his great job on the The Queen (2005).

Joaquin Phoenix gone loco!

Casey Affleck brother of Ben Affleck has just made a documentary on his brother in-law Joaquin Phoenix for the past two years. Footage that was shown threw events and the trailer show a very different and odd side to Phoenix. Many fights, drug taking and other crazy occurences happen in the documentary. Rumors had come out that it was all fake. It seems not that has been confirmed in a recent interview with Casey Afflekc. My question is why do it? Is his rap career also fake? and the man is a great actor what a waste of time.

MGM gets things back on track or so we hope..

MGM with its great number of finicial problems seems to be getting back on foot. Better for us as Bond 23 and the Hobbit will see light of day at some point. Bond 23 is said to be back in pre-production phase with The Hobbit to start shooting next year.

Dark City director to make Paradise Lost

Alex Proyas director of film likes Dark City, I Robot and the Crow will now direct Paradise Lost a adaption of the book of John Milton. The book is of the decsent of Dante threw 9 levels of hell to find his love. A recent game adaptation of the novel has already been made in Dante Inferno it will be quite interesting to see the film version of the novel.

The biggest movie news of the past week

06/10/2010 to 12/10/2010

Nothing too big in my opinion happened this past week.Too many announcements can call this week interesting enough. First off is the announcement that the movie the team of Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman known for the films A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code will be handling the adaption of Stephen King's book series the Dark Tower. Me personally knowing the team I'm not that confident for the adaptation but King is alright with it so be it.

Other announcements is that Clash of the Titans 2 and the Expendables 2 is well on its way. And as we didn't expect it that also Machete 2 has been announced from Robert Rodriguez. To finish with the movie announcements is that Green Lantern that is in production now has already its sequel green-lighted with another DC property the Flash being prepped for pre-production.

Last for the news but not really news but personally the most interesting of the bunch is Clint Eastwood's interview in the Los Angeles Times. In his interview he mentions that he was offered James Bond after Sean Connery left and Superman. I love Clint but could the people be more wrong. Thank God or Science for him declining those offers. An American Bond and a tough guy Superman. Sometimes as unlucky we are with film decisions there are times that we are also too lucky for not seeing things on screen.

Captain America: The First Avenger Set Pics

First set photos from Marvel Studios new film Captain America: The First Avenger. From the photos we can get a good look at the costume and some look at the villains tech. I'm going to keep my mouth shut on the Captain America suit as I haven't seen it action and there it will pass the test for every comic book geek like me. My only complaint by the pics is the very futuristic tech the villains have. But that's minor and not serious while we still haven't seen any footage for the film yet.

Release Date: 22 July, 2011

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The biggest movie news of the past week

 30/09/2010 to 05/09/2010

Jan De Bont the man who brought us Speed and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is set to make his new film be about Chinese legend Mulan. Starring as Mulan will be famous Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi

Microsoft seems to be still interested in making a Halo movie. Martin O'Donnel one of the heads in creating Halo has said that there still developing screenplays by known screenwriters Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine), Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral), D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones) and Josh Olson (A History of Violence). So let's how that goes..

Terry Gilliam unlucky streak never seems to stop. His new film Don Quixote financing has collapsed before any shooting could be taken placed. Robert Duvall was to be Quixote and Ewan Mcgregor also is to be in the film. Gilliam is still looking to finance the film as it should have been already in production by now.

 

The biggest movie news of the past week

23/08/2010 to 29/08/2010

This past week was a bit light and also worth to mention the absence of comic book news. First Dustin Hoffman will be appearing in the new film Little Fockers. Initially he was not going to be in it but with change of mind from Hoffman came re-shoots as the film is already been prepped and done.

Jeremy Renner of Hurt Locker fame is going to co-star with Tom Cruise in the new Mission Impossible film. And the scoop is that his role is to be equal to Cruise and that M.I. maybe is changing its action tempo, style and budget due to Cruise declining popularity.

Financially this has been a great year for Disney. As of  a few days ago Disney became the first studio to ever to have two billon dollars films in the same year with Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland.

The most interesting news of the week was that John Cusack (High Fidelity, The Grifters, Grosse Point Blank) will play Edgar Allan Poe in the Raven adaptation by director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin).

And final news is that Jessica Alba will most likely play in Spy Kids 4. Which means that Spy Kids 4 is in the works. Which means Robert Rodriguez once again after making one of the bloodiest film ever with Machete will make again a kids film with Spy Kids 4. For fans of Rodriguez work in Sin City or Once Upon  a Time in Mexico you should also see his other masterpieces in Spy Kids 3 and Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D. Just Kidding!