Category Archives: Casting

Jonah Hill’s ’21 Jump Street’ Movie Gets ‘Cloudy’ Directors

Posted on December 21, 2009 by John Muth

Jonah Hill (Funny People, Superbad) who has been working on an update of the 80’s television show 21 Jump Street for Sony, has announced that the movie is in negotiations to sign it’s directors. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bacon Joining Cast of ‘Super’

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Matt Raub

Not many people know director James Gunn by name, but most can pick his work out of a lineup. He’s had a pretty eclectic career behind the camera. He got his start working with the people such as Lloyd Kaufman … Continue reading →

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Laurence Fishburne Joins ‘Predators’

Posted on December 18, 2009 by John Muth

Sci-Fi Wire reports that while visiting the set of the new Nimrod Antal (Armored) directed film, Predators, they discovered another person joining the already amazing cast. Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus in The Matrix films), has joined Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo and … Continue reading →

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Tobey Maguire Is Going To Be On ‘Jeopardy’

Posted on December 16, 2009 by John Muth

Or, more precisely, he’ll be making a movie about a man on the long-running game show. The story, written by William Wheeler (who also penned The Hoax), is based on a true story called “Prisoners of Trebek.” The plot is … Continue reading →

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Gibson And DiCaprio Possibly Teaming For Viking Movie

Posted on December 14, 2009 by John Muth

According to Variety, the movie likely to be Mel Gibson’s next directorial effort will be a viking story, written by William Monahan (The Departed, Kingdom of Heaven), and starring once and future heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s really early in the … Continue reading →

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Ray Stevenson Talks Volstagg in ‘Thor’

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Bob Starr

When I first saw The Punisher: War Zone I pretty much hated it.  Yet another Punisher reboot that simply didn’t work.  However, upon further reflection over subsequent months I realized War Zone wasn’t bad. Actually, it was Ray Stevenson’s performance … Continue reading →

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Mickey Rourke Looks Angry in New ‘Iron Man 2’ Poster

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Sebastian Suchecki

It looks like Paramount has been stepping up their marketing over the past few weeks in preparation for next May’s release of Iron Man 2. Just last week, we received two new teaser posters, showing off both Tony Stark and … Continue reading →

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First Trailer For ‘Kids In The Hall: Death Comes To Town’

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Sebastian Suchecki

A few months ago, we first reported that the Kids in The Hall, Lorne Michael’s bastard Canadian comedy troop, would be making it’s return to (Canadian) TV with an all new series entitled Death Comes To Town. It looks like … Continue reading →

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