by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted: March 21st, 2011
With director James Gunn’s Super opening April 1, I was able to sit down with most of the cast this morning to talk about the film. Next week I’ll be posting the full interviews, but I wanted to get what Liv Tyler said about The Strangers 2 and The Hobbit online today.
As some of you are aware, the first Strangers was made for under $10 million and it went on to make over $80 million at the worldwide box office. With that kind of success, it’s no surprise that Rogue Pictures has been talking about making a sequel. Early reports pegged Liv Tyler returning and that filming could begin this year. However, Tyler told me, “I don’t know anything about…they’ve been talking about it forever and I know there is a screenplay that Bryan Bertino wrote which I’ve read part of but not the whole…I don’t know if it’s ever going to happen. Bryan is not directing it and I’m not really in it. I’d have to decide, but it’s not about me.”
Regarding The Hobbit, with a number of original cast members coming back, and yesterday’s press release saying that more cast members would be announced, I wondered if we might see Arwen (Tyler’s character in Lord of the Rings) return for even a few moments in either Hobbit film. According to Tyler, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today. More after the jump.
.....read more; http://collider.com/liv-tyler-the-strangers-2-the-hobbit/81604/
21 High Resolution Images from Joe Wright’s HANNA
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted: March 21st, 2011
With director Joe Wright’s (Atonement) Hanna opening April 8, Focus Features has released the full press kit and included are 21 high resolution images. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana, the film tells the story of a 16-year-old trained assassin (Ronan) whose perpetual fleeing an intelligence agent takes her across Europe. Hit the jump for all the images and the full synopsis. Also, you can check out the trailer or the international trailer by hitting the links.
........read more; http://collider.com/hanna-movie-images/81622/
New Trailer for THE BANG BANG CLUB Starring Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillipe, and Malin Akerman
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 21st, 2011
Tribeca Film has released the first official trailer for The Bang Bang Club, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of last year. The political drama is based on the true story of a group of four young combat photographers situated in post-Apartheid South Africa in the early 1990s: “This intense political period brought out their best work (two won Pulitzers during the period) but cost them a heavy price.”
Ryan Phillipe, Malin Akerman, and Taylor Kitsch star in the narrative feature debut of writer/director Steven Silver. The Bang Bang Club opens on April 22. Watch the trailer after the jump.
.....read more; http://collider.com/the-bang-bang-club-trailer/81720/
Ian McShane Joins JACK THE GIANT KILLER
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 21st, 2011
Ian McShane has joined the cast of Jack the Giant Killer, singlehandedly upping the badass quotient 30% on this retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. Nicholas Hoults stars as a farm boy who “leads an expedition to free a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) taken hostage by a giant, a situation that threatens the uneasy peace between humans and giants.” According to Heat Vision, McShane will play King Brahmwell, the princess’ father who disapproves of his daughter’s poor choice in poor men. Stanley Tucci will play the villain of the film, a scheming adviser to the king. Ewan McGregor is set as the leader of the king’s guard. Bill Nighy and John Kassir jointly portray the two-headed leader of the giants. (Super cast, if you ask me.)
Bryan Singer (Valkyrie) will direct from a script by Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After). Neal Moritz (The Green Hornet) and David Dobkin (Fred Claus) will produce. McShane will next appear as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which opens May 20.
http://collider.com/ian-mcshane-jack-the-giant-killer/81726/
