Fincher friends Timberlake and Eisenberg 09/22/2009
 Remember hearing about that Facebook movie? You know how you rolled your eyes until you heard Aaron Sorkin was writing it? And then you sat up a little straighter when it was announced David FUCKING Fincher was directing the stupid thing? Yeah, well, The Social Network just got a little more friendly with the addition of Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake. Yeah, you heard right. Eisenberg will play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Timberlake will play Sean Park, Napster co-founder and Facebook's founding president, and Andrew Garfield is set to play Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder who had a falling out with Zuckerberg just as FB became a financial success. Shooting will begin next month. Kevin Spacey is executive producing. The story follows on the evolution of Facebook, which was created in 2004 at Harvad, and how its overnight success changes the lives of the friends who created it. What do y'all think? I'm perhaps a little less skeptical of the flick... That Timberlake can do no wrong in my eyes--minus that whole Love Guru thing, of course. --Darcie Duttweiler "Sherlock Holmes" Gearing up for Sequel? 09/22/2009
 According to Variety Warner Bros. is in talks to set the screenwriting team of Kieran and Michele Mulroney to pen a sequel to The basis for the film is both the But here is where some interesting rumor control comes to play. Apparently Guy Ritchie is currently re-shooting some scenes and many believe it to be a branch to connect the first and second films with none other than Brad Pitt in a cameo role as Moriarty. Now this is pure speculation and nothing has been substantiated, so take it as suc. But imagine a world where Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt, and Guy Ritchie all get to make a movie together. Awesome right? And not totally outlandish as Ritchie likes to work with the same actors a lot e.g. Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones. --Greg MacLennan "A-Team" cast gets larger 09/16/2009
 With the smash hit of District 9, it was only a matter of time before its unknown lead, Sharlto Copley, joined the Hollywood big leagues. It has been confirmed that Copley will play the goofy oddball pilot H.M. “Howling Mad” Murdoch in Twentieth Century Fox’s remake of The A-Team from director Joe Carnahan. Also, joining the cast of Liam Neeson (Col. John “Hannibal” Smith), Bradley Cooper (Lt. Templeton “Face” Peck), and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (B.A. Baracas) is Jessica Biel who will portray an ex-flame of Faceman’s. Watchmen’s Patrick Wilson will also be featured as a CIA operative. Apparently the film will follow the basic premise of the television show with the four war vets being wrongly convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, albeit with a less silly tone--what, no "I pity the fool"?. Production has already begun with the action flick set to release next June. We're excited for Copley, but Jessica Biel? Yawn. Thoughts? --Darcie Duttweiler  Just the other day Greg and I were talking about how The Green Hornet has been plagued with setback after setback, first with Stephen Chow bowing out and then next with Nic Cage leaving as the villain to Seth Rogen's Hornet. But with Chow's replacement of Michel Gondry, which was a definite step up, so is Cage's alleged replacement. It's being rumored that Christoph Waltz is sliding into Cage's now empty shoes in another villainous role on the heels of his super fantastic turn as the Jew Hunter in Inglourious Basterds. For anyone who's seen the film, you know that Waltz is THE one to watch in QT's WWII drama. His acting in the movie is so top-notch that he won the Best Actor statue at Cannes this summer. I'm sure Waltz is getting offers left and right, so it's interesting he's going with Rogen's big-budget super hero movie, but I'm downright excited. I hope he just doesn't get stereotyped as the bad guy for his other movies. The Green Hornet hits theaters December 2010. What do y'all think? --Darcie Duttweiler "Hancock 2" set to take flight 09/11/2009
 Peter Berg just let slip that, "everybody's going to come back for a sequel (to Hancock)", at TIFF. This is exciting news, and I saw the mountain of potential that was Hancock and liked it. Sure it had some short comings, but overrall it was a good time at the theatre and I like Berg as a director. Berg went on to give away some plot details. Theron and Smith are coming back as immortal beings who weaken one another when in their presence. Nevertheless, they must pair up to destroy a third "entity". The movie will also explore their 3,000 year old home world which was only hinted at in the first film. Bateman will play his lovable everyman PR executive. No release date is set, and the script is still in the writing stage. --Greg MacLennan  Okay, I'll admit that's vague considering how many Bond, James Bonds we've had throughout the years. But the most act-y of Bonds is heading to Toyland in Pixar's Toy Story 3. Yes, we mean Timothy Dalton. Apparently Woody and Buzz are getting yet another new buddy: Mr. Pricklepants, which will be voiced by Dalton. Oh, and Mr. Pricklepants is “a hedgehog toy with thespian tendencies.” Details for the upcoming flick are pretty scarce, but the plot has been released and starts with Andy leaving for college and deciding which toys to pack up. The movie then follows our child plaything heroes as they’re “sent to a daycare center, where they are horribly abused by the little kids—and after that it’s time for a break-out attempt to find a safe haven, and hopefully a new owner, in a cruel world,” according to Empire. Who's excited about the new addition? Frankly, Pixar has hardly ever led me astray (cough cough Cars cough), so I'm on board. --Darcie Duttweiler  With Iron Man II sitting in the can, and the studio mulling over whether or not to convert it to 3D for next summer's release, John Favreau has some time on his hands. Well, it appears as though he has been roped in by his iron-clad buddy Robert Downey Jr. to direct the Dreamworks/Universal long gestating property Cowboys and Aliens. The production is set to start shooting next summer with Star Trek scribes Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci hammering out the screenplay for this one. The story takes place in Silver City, Arizona, where Apache Indians and Western settlers must lay their differences aside when an alien spaceship crash lands in their city. Color me excited. You? --Greg MacLennan Don Draper gets "Sucker" punched 08/19/2009
 The suit-wearing star of Mad Men, Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Sucker Punch, an action fantasy Zack Snyder is directing for release in 2011. Hamm joins Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens (in her "big girl" role), Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish and Carla Gugino in the 1950s-set tale of a girl (Browning) confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. She and her friends enter an alternate reality where they begin planning an escape. Hamm is set to play High Roller. No other details were released. Mmmm. We love us some Don Draper. Glad he's finally getting a real shot at the big screen. We wonder if he'll still have the handsome bubble? --Darcie Duttweiler McAvoy is "With Cancer" 08/18/2009
 In his first major starring project since the comic book action flick Character is based on the real experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser, who won his own fight with cancer in his mid-20s. Reiser penned the script for the yet-to-be-titled film and Holofcener will begin shooting in January. What do you guys think? While we love McAvoy and admit he is a super talented dramatic actor, his comedic chops have rarely been seen--and only in little known films such as Starter for 10 and Wimbledon--but we're optimistic he can bring his charm to this so-called funny cancer flick. --Darcie Duttweiler Jackman in "The Greatest Show on Earth" 08/04/2009
 Variety is reporting that: " Jackman will play the showman with a penchant for hoaxing a gullible public as he creates the three-ring circus that made him famous. The musical also focuses on his infatuation with singer Pic will have a contemporary musical score, and the studio is in talks with British singer-songwriter Mika to write music and lyrics. The musical follows the old Hollywood tradition in which tuners were scripted with specific actors in mind. The Lind role is being scripted for --Greg MacLennan |
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