***Adrianne Palicki Joins "GI Joe 2," Bruce Willis in Talks ***"Fantastic Four 2" Writer to Pen "Thor" Sequel ***Keira Knightley: 'Dangerous Method' Trailer! ***James Franco & Freida Pinto: New 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Still! ***Olivia Wilde Goes Old School Glam For LA Times Magazine

Adrianne Palicki Joins "GI Joe 2," Bruce Willis in Talks

Posted: July 2nd, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff






Adrianne Palicki, the star of "Friday Night Lights" and the canceled "Wonder Woman" TV series, has been cast in the upcoming "GI Joe" sequel, called "GI Joe: Cobra Strikes.

She'll be playing Lady Jaye and is joining a cast that includes Channing Tatum as Duke, Dwayne Johnston as Roadblock, Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Byung Hun-lee as Storm Shadow and RZA as Blind Master.

Deadline says that one key role remaining to be cast is that of Joe Colton, the original GI Joe. Several actors are in talks, including Bruce Willis.

The plan is to get the film in front of the cameras as soon as possible, since "Star Trek" has been delayed and Paramount Pictures is in a desperate need to fill the gap with another blockbuster.

Source: Deadline











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"Fantastic Four 2" Writer to Pen "Thor" Sequel

Posted: July 1st, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff










We just reported that Disney and Marvel are planning to release the sequel to "Thor" on July 26th, 2013. Deadline has now learned that the studios already have a writer on board.

That writer is Don Payne, one of the credited scribes on the first film. But he has other experience with superhero/comic book films. He also recently re-wrote "Lobo" for Warner Bros, penned "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" and is behind "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Regarding "Thor 2," Chris Hemsworth is locked to reprise the lead role. Director Kenneth Branagh, on the other hand, will not be returning.

Source: Deadline


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Sat, 02 July 2011

Keira Knightley: 'Dangerous Method' Trailer!

Check out the trailer for Keira Knightley’s new film, A Dangerous Method!

The movie, based on the 2002 play The Talking Cure, also stars Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, and Black Swan’s Vincent Cassel.

The film is a look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gave birth to psychoanalysis. David Cronenberg, who’s best known for his work on Eastern Promises and A History of Violence, directed the new project.

A Dangerous Method will hit theaters on November 10. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/07/02/keira-knightley-dangerous-method-trailer/

Sat, 02 July 2011

James Franco & Freida Pinto: New 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Still!

Freida Pinto holds on to co-star James Franco in this new still from Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

The Rupert Wyatt-directed film is the upcoming Planet of the Apes prequel and follows Caesar the chimp who becomes an object of an experiment. The chimp is raised by a young scientist, Will Rodman (James), who develops a cure for his sick father, and has the responsibility to the conflict.

The sci-fi action drama, which also stars Tom Felton and John Lithgow, hits theaters August 5.

Check out the recently released new trailer below!

Also pictured inside is Freida going shopping with a friend on Wednesday (June 29) in NYC. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/07/02/james-franco-freida-pinto-new-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-still/


Olivia Wilde Goes Old School Glam For LA Times Magazine

Posted July 1, 2011 3:01 am by Molly Goodson

Olivia Wilde transformed into a blond bombshell for LA Times Magazine. The actress and activist posed in a series of sexy sequins gowns for the shoot, though the accompanying interview focuses largely on Olivia's work in Haiti. These days it seems like Olivia's name is in the news being linked to every single man in Hollywood, with the most recent being Ryan Reynolds, but she also has two movies coming out this Summer. Olivia Wildecostars with Ryan Reynolds in The Change-Up and she'll also appear in Cowboys and Aliens, and her director in that film, John Favreau, gushed about her for the article. Here are highlights from Olivia's interview, which is out in full this weekend:

• On balancing work in Haiti and acting: "I was crouched outside this cholera clinic, sitting on a cinder block with my phone [about] to help hand out rice at a refugee camp and figure out how our students can build more classrooms. It was hard for me to be on the ball during that call, but I had to remember that acting is actually my job. Whenever I want to say, 'F--k Hollywood,' I have to remember that the reason I am even useful in Haiti is because I have a job here."


• On helping with a documentary about Haiti: "I don’t throw my weight around, because I don’t think I have the weight to throw around yet. . . . I meekly and politely ask if I can throw in my two cents, and I have been so lucky that they’ve brought me into the writing process. I’m always wandering around on set going, 'Where are the writers?'"


• Jon Favreau on Olivia: "Someone who’s that attractive and talented and smart? Sky’s the limit for her, because that just doesn’t come around that often." http://www.popsugar.com/Olivia-Wilde-LA-Times-Magazine-Pictures-18095200

**Liam Neeson and Rutger Hauer on "The Dark Knight Rises" **"Hitman" Director Wants to Helm "Daredevil" Reboot **Poster: Sam Worthington's "The Fields" Thriller **Update: Only Three Actors Returning for "GI Joe" Sequel **Ewan McGregor And Andrew Garfield Making Bank Robberies The New Vampires

"Hitman" Director Wants to Helm "Daredevil" Reboot

Posted: March 6th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

While promoting his new "The Divide" film, director Xavier Gens (Hitman) revealed that he would love the chance to helm 20th Century Fox's reboot of "Daredevil."

"If I make a 'Daredevil' movie, I would go in a completely different direction," he explained. "My vision of the character is much more a drama. For me it's important to include the origin of the character like in Richard Donner's 'Superman.' We saw him slowly become a superhero, but I think it's important to take time and stay realistic. It's also very important to let the director make his own vision of the character, not make a studio movie. 'The Dark Knight' is totally the vision of Nolan."

When asked who he would like to star in his movie, Gens replied: "For Daredevil I think Sam Worthington could be great and intense for this character. The villain depends on the story."

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Liam Neeson and Rutger Hauer on "The Dark Knight Rises"

Posted: March 5th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

We recently heard that "The Dark Knight Rises" may revolve around Batman and Catwoman taking on The League of Shadows, which is headed by Talia Al'Ghul. So does this mean that there's a chance that Liam Neeson may return as Ra's Al Ghul?

"In the comic books, Ra's Al Ghul goes into a life bath of some sort and immerses himself to become immortal," he said. "But no-one's approached me with an offer. I'd like to if it happens."

Rutger Hauer was also asked if he would return as the CEO of Wayne Enterprises. "I think not. I would have heard about it," he replied.

Source: DigitalSpy, EW


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Poster: Sam Worthington's "The Fields" Thriller

Posted: March 5th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff,

Today we have a promo poster for the upcoming "The Fields" crime thriller, starring Sam Worthington (Avatar), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass). Check it out below.

In the film Morgan stars as a detective transplanted from New York while Worthington portrays a local investigator probing a series of unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries, where as many as 70 bodies have turned up over the past two decades. Together they wage a war against the unknown assailants.

"The Fields" is directed by Ami Canaan Mann, daughter of Michael Mann (Heat). It is written by former DEA agent Donald F. Ferrarone and is set to hit theaters on July 16th.

Poster: (click to enlarge)



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Update: Only Three Actors Returning for "GI Joe" Sequel

Posted: March 4th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

We recently heard that Paramount Pictures decided to hire "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" director John Chu to direct their "GI Joe" sequel. Now comes word that most of the cast won't be returning.

Rachel Nichols, who played Scarlett in the first movie, posted the following on her Twitter account: "'GI Joe 2' News Flash: The only characters to return in the Jon Chu-directed sequel will be Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Duke."

So that means that Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee and Channing Tatum will all be back, but it sounds like even Nichols herself won't have a part in the sequel, which will begin filming this summer.

Update: Paramount Pictures has just announced that "GI Joe 2" will hit theaters on August 10th, 2012.

Source: Twitter


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Ewan McGregor And Andrew Garfield Making Bank Robberies The New Vampires

published: 2011-03-05 10:29:17 Author: Will LeBlanc
Hollywood is driven by trends. Be it vampires or ensemble rom-coms or superhero movies, there are patterns in the business and two upcoming films are hoping to break the mold a little bit by returning the classic bank robber movie back to the forefront of American cinema, so says the LA Times.

The Robber, a German film released only last year, will be adapted for American audiences and could potentially star one of young Hollywood’s biggest up and comers Andrew Garfield. Of course, we as Americans can already see this movie simply by renting it, but I guess since we’re too lazy to read a movie they’ll spend $50 million remaking it for us.

The film follows athlete Johann Retenberger who starts robbing banks as a hobby to fulfill his need for an adrenaline rush. The original focused more on the mystery behind the real life character, omitting personal details of his life that producer Laura Ziskin will include in the American version. Garfield has expressed interest in playing the lead and with Ziskin, who is also producing Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man, the pairing is likely to take place.

Robber is still in its infancy as producers are on the hunt for writers to take on the project.

The second movie looking to make bank robbery cool again, titled Electric Slide, will examine another real life bank robber, except this time it will be Southern Californian Eddie Dodson. Dodson’s story takes place in the 80’s when he began robbing banks for the money to support his drug habits as well as his antique shop on Melrose Ave.

Slide has been in development for ages but has just never found the right producer to get it to the screen. Currently, Blue Valentine producer Jamie Patricof, has the job who, according to the LA Times, often makes good on getting problem projects to theaters. With a name like Ewan MacGregor on board to play the lead though, they shouldn’t run into much more trouble.

Of course while it’s true that bank robbery moviesare few and far between and that the more recent among them haven’t really been about the robbery itself, but about the people’s stories surrounding the heist, but that doesn’t make them any less robbery films. The Town and Inside Man are two great recent examples, then of course there's Heat whose bank robbery sequence sparks one of the greatest shootouts ever filmed, but their main focus is elsewhere. Robber and Slide seem to be hoping to return Hollywood to Bonnie and Clyde era, when heist flicks were about the heist.

Stay tuned for more news as this trend picks up steam in the Hollywood hills. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ewan-McGregor-And-Andrew-Garfield-Making-Bank-Robberies-The-New-Vampires-23505.html

***Brian Geraghty, Logan Huffman, and Madeleine Martin Take REFUGE With Krysten Ritter ***Justin Lin in Talks to Direct "Terminator 5" ***Two Directors in Talks to Helm "GI Joe" Sequel ***New Clip And Images From Joe Wright's Teen Assassin Thriller Hanna

Brian Geraghty, Logan Huffman, and Madeleine Martin Take REFUGE With Krysten Ritter

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 15th, 2011

Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Logan Huffman (V), and Madeleine Martin (Californication) have signed on to join Krysten Ritter (She’s Out of My League) in the indie drama Refuge.  Director Jessica Goldberg adapted the script from her own play, about “a young woman, Amy, forced to care for her younger brother and sister after her parents have abandoned the family and fled to Florida for a vacation from which they will never return.”

From the age breakdown, it looks like Ritter will play Amy, Huffman and Martin will play the younger siblings, and Geraghty will play Sam, a drifter that romances Amy.  Hit the jump for the synopsis for Goldberg’s play.

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Justin Lin in Talks to Direct "Terminator 5"

Posted: February 16th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

Soon after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he'll be taking film offers, Universal Pictures got interested in developing a fifth installment in the "Terminator" franchise.

The studio is looking to get Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) to direct and Chris Morgan (Wanted) to write the script. There's no word whether the plan is to bring back Christian Bale to play John Connor (he is not contractually bound), but it's likely that Schwarzenegger will get a chance to be part of the new film. After all, James Cameron has stated several times that it's stupid to make a "Terminator" film without Schwarzenegger.

About a year ago, William Wisher, who collaborated with James Cameron on "Terminator" and "Terminator 2," said that he has written a 24-page treatment for the next film and a four-page outline for the sixth. He said it picks up after "Terminator Salvation" and contains the element of time travel.

Source: Deadline
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Two Directors in Talks to Helm "GI Joe" Sequel

Posted: February 15th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

THR is reporting that Paramount Pictures has narrowed down their list of director to helm the upcoming "GI Joe" sequel to two very different candidates.

The first is F. Gary Gray, the man behind such films as "Law Abiding Citizen," "The Italian Job" and "The Negotiator," and Jon Chu who is known mostly for "Justin Bieber's Never Say Never" and the last two "Step Up" installments.

"GI Joe 2" is a high priority for the studio, which hopes to begin filming in June of next year. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has already met with both directors, who have yet to meet with Paramount executives.

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New Clip And Images From Joe Wright's Teen Assassin Thriller Hanna

published: 2011-02-15 23:01:06 Author: Katey Rich

Hanna is the next film from director Joe Wright, but even though it stars his Atonement actress Saoirse Ronan, don't think for a minute this is anything like a British period piece or even a beautifully photographed film about romance of any kind. This time around Ronan is playing a killer, raised in the woods by her father (Eric Bana) to be ruthless and tough, sent on the run throughout Europe while hunted by the harsh CIA agent (Cate Blanchett) who killed her mother years before. The movie looks great-- it wouldn't be a Wright film if it didn't-- but it also features more violence, action and gritty modern locales than anything we've seen from Wright before.


I saw Hanna tonight at a special screening in New York, though sadly I'm forbidden from saying much more for a while. One my way out of the screening, though, I was given a flash drive that included the first released clip from the film plus some brand new images. You can check them all out below, and see larger versions of the images in our Blend Film Database. Just a few seconds into this clip you'll realize this is not the same Joe Wright we've known before-- and with the music from the Chemical Brothers and the flashing strobe light in the background, that feels like a very good thing. Hanna opens April 8.

................ video and images here; http://www.cinemablend.com/new/New-Clip-And-Images-From-Joe-Wright-s-Teen-Assassin-Thriller-Hanna-23188.html