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Samuel L. Jackson confirms 'neo-noir' indie

Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed his appearance in indie movie The Samaritan.

The actor, who is due to start shooting The Avengers next month, is to take on the role of a man who leaves prison after two decades only to find himself caught up in a life of crime again.

Director David Weaver has said that the project is inspired by British crime thrillers such as Sexy Beast, The Crying Game and Mona Lisa.

He stated: "A master grifter, Foley's world has always been built on a series of carefully-crafted illusions that only he can see behind.

"Of course, it's an irresistible story idea to take such a character, have him decide to go straight, but then gradually reveal he's been surrounded from the very beginning by a scam so devious that it's entirely beyond his imagining."

Jackson will be starring opposite Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga, who have appeared in Law and Order and Misfits respectively.

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Duncan Jones reveals Simon Pegg movie idea

Moon director Duncan Jones has revealed that he wants to make a movie with Simon Pegg inspired by Peeping Tom.

Speaking to Big Fanboy, the BAFTA-winning filmmaker admitted that he would like to make a "tongue-in-cheek" black comedy version of Michael Powell's 1960 thriller.

"I talked to Simon a little bit about something," Jones said. "There's this crazy, really, really dark film from the '60s called Peeping Tom. I was thinking Simon Pegg doing a real tongue-in-cheek version of that could be really funny because it's so dark. We'll talk and catch up and see what happens."

Peeping Tom, about a murderer who films his victims as they're dying, was a critical and commercial failure on its initial release but has since attained cult status and been endorsed by Martin Scorsese.

Last November Peeping Tom was re-released in UK cinemas to mark its 50th anniversary.

Jones's latest movie Source Code opens in cinemas on April 1.

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Billy Bob Thornton in talks for 'Bad Santa 2

Billy Bob Thornton has announced that he is in talks to star in a sequel to Bad Santa.

The Eagle Eye actor played a criminal who poses as a mall Santa Claus in the 2003 comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff.

Speaking at a panel at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas on Friday, Thornton revealed that he is currently in negotiations to reprise his role in the forthcoming Bad Santa 2.

The Weinstein Company announced that it was partnering with Miramax Films to develop a Bad Santa sequel last December. Thornton said in November that he was interested in returning for the follow-up.

"Bad Santa [has] become like a classic Christmas movie... It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and Bad Santa now is sort of the boxset," the actor previously said.

According to The Wrap, a Weinstein Company spokesperson confirmed: "Everyone loves the character and Billy Bob's excited to be in talks with us."

It is unclear if Zwigoff would return to helm the sequel.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt officially joins 'TDKR'

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's upcoming Batman film The Dark Night Rises.

Gordon-Levitt reportedly signed on for the film last month, but Variety has now confirmed that following almost two months of negotiations, the (500) Days of Summer star has officially joined the film.

Warner Bros has yet to announce which role Gordon-Levitt is to play, although rumours suggest that it would be either Robin, the villain Deadshot, or a Gotham City mob boss.

Kaboom star Juno Temple has also joined the film's cast in a supporting role, playing a "street-smart Gotham girl".

Gordon-Levitt will be reunited with Inception director Nolan for the project, as well as his former co-stars Tom Hardy and Michael Caine, who will star as Bane and Alfred respectively.

The Dark Knight Rises is due for release on July 20, 2012.

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Amazing Spider-Man' villain revealed

The Outsiders star C. Thomas Howell has inadvertently revealed the identity of the main villain in next year's Spider-Man reboot.

During a Retroradio podcast, the actor discussed his supporting role in The Amazing Spider-Man, before confirming that The Lizard will indeed be the film's primary antagonist.

"I play a construction worker whose son is caught in the middle of a battle between The Lizard and Spider-Man on the Manhattan bridge," Howell revealed. "Spider-Man helps me get my son back from this perilous situation."

The actor also claimed that the film will focus more on the public's fear and mistrust of Spider-Man than Sam Raimi's original trilogy did.

"Part of the story is the nation thinks he might be a bad guy," Howell explained. "Spider-Man is kind of hurting. I help him when all of the other people won't."

The inclusion of The Lizard in Marc Webb's reboot has been rumoured ever since Rhys Ifans was cast in an unknown role last year, but Sony have yet to make an official announcement regarding the film's villain.

The Lizard, a long-running enemy of Spider-Man in the comic book series, was created when Peter Parker's lecturer Dr Curt Connors injected himself with reptile DNA in an attempt to regrow a lost limb, but instead ends up turning himself into a mindless monster.

The Amazing Spider-Man is scheduled to be released in 3D on July 3, 2012.

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It might only be me but Actors really should sign contracts that tell them not to reveal anything about the movie to the press.

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Liam Neeson back on for 'Taken 2

Liam Neeson is said to have "all but signed on" to star in the sequel to his 2008 hit Taken, despite earlier reports that suggested that he might pull out of the film.

It was believed that director Luc Besson was considering recasting the lead role of retired government agent Bryan Mills, due to Neeson insisting that he be allowed to take the rest of the year off.

However, according to Deadline, Besson has now negotiated with Neeson to delay filming on Taken 2 until early next year.

Besson will once again write the film's script, and is said to have tapped The Transporter 3 director Olivier Megaton to helm the project.

Work on a sequel to Taken has been underway ever since the first film proved to be an unprecedented success upon its release.

Among the actors believed to have been under consideration to replace Neeson were the likes of Sean Bean, Mickey Rourke and Ray Winstone.

Taken 2 will now commence filming in Istanbul in early 2012.

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Last month, NBC's "Wonder Woman" reboot cast its titular superheroine, with "Friday Night Lights" star Adrianne Palicki stepping into Lynda Carter's invisible plane. Today, the production has released its first image of Palicki in costume as Wonder Woman...and here she is!



As James Hibberd notes on EW.com, "NBC promises the project, if picked up to series, will offer a serious, non-campy take on the DC Comics character."

I'm not entirely sure how that pledge jibes with this image. I understand that this take on Wonder Woman's look is congruent with her costume in the comic books, but the only thing less practical for crime-fighting than vinyl leggings is a bustier (and don't even get me started on the high-heeled boots). A "serious, non-campy" vigilante has to be dressed for speed and flexibility — and, one would hope, utility.

So if this pilot — and, with it, this get-up — makes it to series, I guess we should just wish good luck to Palicki's stunt double, and to the NBC censor who's definitely going to have to spend a lot of time pixelating her costume malfunctions.


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WOW....I"m not really sure how this is going to go over.  It's not really representing the original but it is trying to reboot it, so that's somethingl.  GOOD LUCK WW.  I'm in your corner.

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I posted that in the TV Show News thread, but I'm not too sure on the Wonder Woman reboot, I will have to wait for the first promo to see if its any good.

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OH I'm sorry Adam.  Should I delete it??

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no, some people might not look in the TV Show thread so it might as well be in both to reach more people.

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Yours was a MUCH bigger picture though.  ;)   LOL

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José Padilha confirms new 'RoboCop' rumours

Brazilian director José Padilha has confirmed that work on the upcoming reboot of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi classic RoboCop is already underway.

The director, long thought to have been tapped to helm the project, admitted during an interview with Motion TV Online that negotiations with the franchise's parent company MGM have already finished.

"It is about doing a new movie, and we're working on it at the moment, and the negotiations are closed already," Padilha explained. "It's a project I'm developing from the very beginning together with Josh Zetumer, and there's no deadline really.

"When the screenplay turns out good enough, then we will start shooting," the director confirmed.

Padilha, best known for his work on the popular Brazilian Elite Squad series, said that he can bring a new perspective to the '80s franchise.

"I think [MGM] saw my movies and felt there was something there that could bring to the present day this controversial, yet different, violent movie which is RoboCop without misrepresenting it," he added.

MGM shelved the potential reboot in July last year due to financial troubles, but last month announced plans to move ahead with the project.

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Ghost Rider 2' is "pretty much a reboot

The Ghost Rider sequel will be "100% different" from the original movie, its director Brian Taylor has revealed.

The Crank helmer, who took charge of Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance with long-time collaborator Mark Neveldine, described the forthcoming movie as "pretty much a reboot" of the Nicolas Cage-starring series.

Discussing his disappointment with the 2007 comic book film, Neveldine told Total Film: "We basically said, we want to do it, [would] absolutely love to do it, but it's gotta be 100% different from the first movie, everything, except for Nic.

"We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The backstory of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all.

"It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot, I can't decide which one I like better...The first attraction was Nic and the second was the character and just how cool it could be. [I wanted to] kinda make the Ghost Rider movie that I wished I had seen before."

Taylor also dismissed suggestions that the project's $60m (£36m) budget cut would affect the quality of the finished movie, insisting that he and Neveldine are "pretty creative".

He said: "The reports of the budget of Ghost Rider have been greatly exaggerated. We didn't have a lot of money to make this film... but we're pretty creative. It's gonna look f**kin' huge."

Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance will feature an all new-cast to the original film, which includes Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido and Idris Elba. It is due for release in the UK and US on February 17, 2012.

Cage previously claimed that the new Ghost Rider will be more supernatural.

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This is beginning to sound like a pretty good movie now.

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Tom Arnold wants Schwarzenegger for 'Lies 2

Tom Arnold has revealed that he would like to make a sequel to True Lies with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold and Schwarzenegger starred together in the first True Lies film in 1994. Arnold spoke to Movie Web about shooting a potential follow-up, now that Schwarzenegger is returning to making movies.

"I have read a great True Lies 2 script, and I hope we are able to do it. Knock on wood. Arnold Schwarzenegger is excited. I am excited," said Arnold.

He continued: "We have both read the script. There is a script that James Cameron and a guy named Jeff Eastin, who created the TV show White Collar, wrote. It is really great."

Cameron directed the first True Lies film, but Arnold stated that the Avatar helmer can only be involved as a producer in the potential sequel.

"Jim can't direct it. But he can produce it. We hope it gets done. We have a few fun things we want to do. I am supposed to remain cool about this. For me, it would be a lot of fun to work with the guys again," he added.

Schwarzenegger has not yet decided on his next film, though he has said that he will make a choice in the near future.

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Julian Fellowes to make Agatha Christie film

Julian Fellowes is to make a feature-length film based on an Agatha Christie murder mystery.

The Oscar-winning writer, whose most recent hit was the TV drama Downton Abbey, will be adapting the crime author's novel Crooked House.

He told The Independent: "It's one of those things that never go stale; murder in a genteel setting appeals to audiences in Britain and around the world.

"I first read them as I was growing up. We had a holiday cottage in Ireland, and when I was 16 I discovered my first tranche of Agatha Christie novels."

The novel is set in the house of the title, in which the millionaire owner is murdered with his own eye medicine. His death prompts his granddaughter's fiancé to solve the mystery, only after which will he be able to marry her.

Fellowes, who recently took his seat as a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, received his Academy Award for the screenplay of Gosford Park, which starred Helen Mirren and Dame Maggie Smith.

It was revealed earlier today that Fellowes's new drama series based on the Titanic has been greenlit by ITV.

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Katie Price 'wants Megan Fox for biopic

Katie Price has reportedly said that she would like Megan Fox to play her in an upcoming biopic.

Speaking to journalists at a dinner to mark the launch of her new Sky Living show Katie, the glamour model confirmed that plans for the movie were proceeding.

According to The Mirror, Price said: "My movie is definitely on. I'd love Megan Fox to play me. She's stunning. As for the rest of the cast, I'm not too worried. As long as they're good-looking."

Price had previously suggested that Julia Roberts would be a suitable actress to portray her on the big screen.

Of other plans for US-based work, she added: "There is so much happening for me in America - I'm sworn to secrecy about it really, but it's not a case of if, it's a case of when I'll go out there.

"I know people say you have to move to the States to break the States but I don't need to do that. It's already happening for me. So I don't need to move there. I've got my horses over here, I can't leave them."

Price also told the reporters that she had decided to leave ITV for Living because the broadcaster did not do enough to promote her during her time there.

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That makes me laugh

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David Slade: 'Daredevil a true reboot

David Slade has confirmed reports claiming that he has signed to direct a new Daredevil movie.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse helmer announced his attachment to the 20th Century Fox reboot on Twitter.

"So without breaking confidentiality, yes Daredevil, we have a great outline for a very strong character driven take on Mr Matt Murdock," Slade tweeted on March 19.

Slade also revealed that his Daredevil film would "bare no relation to the previous Daredevil movie in any way".

He added: "We are at early planning stages and have not yet discussed any cast."

It was rumoured that Robert Pattinson was in talks to star in the project as Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil, but a source close to the actor recently denied those claims.

Ben Affleck starred as the title character in the 2003 Daredevil movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson.

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Sienna Guillory returns for 'Resident Evil 5'

Sienna Guillory will reprise her role as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 5.

The British actress, who made a cameo appearance at the end of last year's Resident Evil: Afterlife, revealed that she has started training for the sci-fi horror sequel.

Guillory wrote on Twitter: "RE:5 alert! Training begins! I aim to mostly put less in the big hole on the front of my face than comes out of the little one on my a**e. (sic)"

Valentine, the protagonist in the first Resident Evil video game, debuted on the big screen in 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Milla Jovovich has also been confirmed to return for the latest sequel.

Resident Evil 5 will be released on September 14, 2012 through Sony's Screen Gems distributor

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24' movie for summer 2012 release?

Kiefer Sutherland has claimed that a movie version of 24 will be released in cinemas next year.

Speaking on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the actor suggested that the film adaptation is "slated for the summer of 2012".

"[That] would mean that we'd have to start shooting in January," he explained. "We're moving everything towards accomplishing those dates."

Sutherland, who played federal agent Jack Bauer from 2001 to 2010, also confirmed that the movie will unfold as a "two-hour representation of a 24-hour day".

"What is really helpful for us, certainly from the writing point [of view], is that it won't be in real time," he said. "[Jack could] get on a plane to go somewhere. All of those things are possible now which were not possible in the show."

Former 24 producer Howard Gordon recently claimed that a movie version of the Fox drama is currently on hold.

A script for the film written by Flightplan scribe Billy Ray was rejected by Fox executives late last year.

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This better happen soon or they might as well forget about it.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt not Falcone in 'TDKR'?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt will not play Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises, it has been reported.

According to Entertainment Weekly, an inside source has claimed that the actor, who joined the project earlier this month, will not portray the gangster.

Gordon-Levitt's role in the Christopher Nolan movie has been the subject of much speculation. Previous rumours have linked him to the roles of Robin, Hugo Strange and Deadshot - none of which have been confirmed to appear in the film.

The actor will reunite with Inception co-stars Tom Hardy and Michael Caine on the project, as well as lead actor Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway. Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are expected to reprise their roles as Jim Gordon and Lucius Fox respectively.

The Dark Knight Rises is expected to follow the Caped Crusader's battle against The League of Shadows, who first appeared in 2005's Batman Begins.

The film arrives in theatres in July 2012.

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I wish they would just confirm who everyone will be playing.