published: 2011-03-08 12:51:11 Author: Eric Eisenberg
Courtroom dramas used to be one of the greatest sub=genres out there, producing great titles like 12 Angry Men, The Firm, The Verdict, and A Few Good Men, but they have been seriously lacking in recent years. Fortunately Matthew McConaughey has strapped on his lawyer suit for the first time since A Time To Kill and is going to try and bring it back.
We've just received a new clip, TV spot and six stills from the upcoming thriller, based on the book by Michael Connelly. In the film, McConaughey plays Mick Haller, a defense attorney who is given what appears to be a simple case: a rich young man (Ryan Phillippe) has been accused of assaulting a prostitute. While figuring out the case, however, Mick slowly learns the real and horrifying truth.
Check out all of new goodies below. For more on The Lincoln Lawyer, due out on March 18, head on over to our Blend Film Database.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/New-TV-Spot-Clip-And-Stills-From-The-Lincoln-Lawyer-23546.html
Denzel Washington Doesn't Look Very Scary In First Safe House Set Photos
published: 2011-03-08 12:08:22 Author: Eric Eisenberg
When he wants to, Denzel Washington can cut a pretty intimidating figure, particularly when playing a villain. With his swanky suits in American Gangster and police swagger in Training Day, the actor had no problem sending a clear message to the audience: "I am the bad guy here." The first set photos from Safe House don't really send that same message.
Posted over at Pop Sugar, Washington is supposedly playing a hardcore baddie known as Tobin Frost, but he looks as though he wouldn't hurt a fly in these pictures. I don't know if it's the gray in his hair, the un-tucked shirt or the baggy pants, but this doesn't look like the character that was announced last July. The site has also posted a couple images of Ryan Reynolds riding a motorcycle, so at least that's kind of cool.
Check out a couple of the photos below and head over to Pop Sugar for the rest.
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http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Denzel-Washington-Doesn-t-Look-Very-Scary-In-First-Safe-House-Set-Photos-23545.html
Trio Joins Amanda Seyfried Thriller Gone
Source: Variety March 9, 2011
Variety reports that Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter will co-star in Gone opposite Amanda Seyfried. Heitor Dhalia will direct the thriller from a script by Allison Burnett.
In the Summit Entertainment release, Jill Parrish (Seyfried) returns home from the night shift to find her sister's bed empty and she is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job. But the police do not believe her and Jill knows time is running out. With no one to turn to, Jill sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are producing alongside Sidney Kimmel, Chris Salvaterra and Dan Abrams.
Shooting is scheduled to start in April.
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75066
Companies Vie for Voltron Rights
Source: Vulture March 8, 2011
The rights to the long-anticipated adaptation of the animated series Voltron appear to now be the subject of a bidding war. Vulture has the update, which says that a number of studios are vying for the rights and are interested in developing the robot-series for the big screen.
Voltron's post-apocalyptic tale takes place in New York City and Mexico, where five survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron, defense against would-be invaders.
At one time planned for a feature at Atlas Entertainment, one company now interested in obtaining the rights is said to be Relativity Media (responsible for a great deal of genre fare, including Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Zombieland, among many others). The article also suggest that Relativity could team with Paramount, the studio behind the similarly-themed Transformers franchise.
Regardless of the direction the rights take, Vulture notes that a feature will most likely be fast-tracked to hit by 2013 or 2014 to take advantage of the property's 30th anniversary.
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75049
