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Johnny Depp: 'Dark Shadows is a classic vampire film

Johnny Depp has criticised the modern portrayal of vampires in cinema, and promised a return to their classic image in his upcoming film Dark Shadows.

The Tim Burton-directed feature, an adaptation of the popular '60s soap, sees Depp take on the role of romantic vampire Barnabas Collins.

"The memory that I have of watching that show as a kid, Jonathan Frid and what he did with that character was the main inspiration for sure," Depp told MTV News, regarding his take on the character.

Depp went on to vent about the portrayal of vampires in modern supernatural films and television shows as he feels that "nobody looks like a vampire".

"I adored Dracula, still do. I adore all those wonderful sort-of horror films," he continued. "It was an opportunity to sort of go into what doesn't really exist [on screen] so much anymore, which is classic monster make-up and a classic monster character."

The film also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloe Moretz and Jackie Earle Hayley.

Dark Shadows is scheduled for release in cinemas on May 11, 2012.

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I agree 100% with what he said.

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X-Men: First Class' writers to pen 'Top Gun' sequel

X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are reportedly in negotiations to pen the sequel to 1986 action classic Top Gun.

According to Variety, the duo, who also wrote the screenplay for Thor, have been tasked to begin work on the film's story.

Last year, Top Gun director Tony Scott announced plans for a long-awaited sequel and confirmed his intention to direct the new film.

The sequel will reportedly focus on a "new generation of fighter pilots" and will be more of a "re-thinking" of the original rather than a direct sequel.

The original Top Gun will receive a 3D cinema re-release in early 2012.

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As long as Tom Cruise makes an appearance I will be happy.

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Green Lantern' sequel wanted by DC exec Geoff Johns

DC Comics chief creative officer Geoff Johns has said that he is hopeful for a sequel to this year's Green Lantern.

The film, which starred Ryan Reynolds and Mark Strong, was a relative box office disappointment, having taken a worldwide total of $219.9m on a budget of $200m. As a result of the film's performance, Warner Bros has yet to announce whether it will move ahead with a sequel.

"There is the hope that we will eventually see one," Johns told The Hollywood Reporter. "Obviously you want it to be as big as Titanic.

"I hope that the character gets another film, and it will be live-action again, I guarantee."

Johns also noted that Green Lantern had "a lot of really good stuff" in it, and predicted big things for the Green Lantern franchise moving forward.

Green Lantern was released this weekend on Blu-ray and DVD.

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X Factor' Tulisa offered role in Charlize Theron film

Tulisa Contostavlos has reportedly been offered a role in a Hollywood film opposite Charlize Theron.

Luther star Idris Elba wants the X Factor judge to act in his new film Swift, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Elba is said to have been impressed with Contostavlos's acting skills in British film Demons Never Die, which he produced.

A source ­said: "Idris ­really sees a star quality in Tulisa and believes she can make it in Hollywood. He is going to see Tulisa and ask her to star in his new film which is about a London-based sports agency.

"Charlize will play an American ­sportswoman who will go head to head with Tulisa in lots of scenes and ensure that Tulisa gets noticed by Hollywood."

At this week's Demons Never Die premiere in London, Elba said that Contostavlos "does a really good job" in the movie.

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Avengers' producer Kevin Feige hints at sequel plans

One of the producers behind The Avengers has hinted at the next phase for Marvel Studios' film slate.

Producer Kevin Feige confirmed at New York Comic-Con this weekend that the studio will now begin working towards a potential Avengers sequel.

"[Iron Man 3] will be the first of what we sort of refer to as phase two of this saga that will culminate, God willing, in The Avengers 2," Feige said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Feige also confirmed that the superhero team-up film will likely have a post-credits scene hinting at the next phase, as has become tradition with Marvel Studios films.

"Its a nice tradition, and I like traditions, so I think we'll keep that up," he added.

Marvel released the first full trailer for The Avengers last week, which was downloaded over ten million times in just 24 hours.

The Avengers is scheduled for release in cinemas on May 4, 2012.

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Ghost Rider' features 'huge body count

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have promised a huge "body count" in their movie sequel.

The pair revealed at New York Comic Con that they had managed to insert plenty of violence into the PG-13 rated film, which stars Nicolas Cage.

"Do you really need to have t*ts and f-bombs in a Ghost Rider movie?" Neveldine told The Playlist.

"We got a couple of f-bombs, and our body count is huge in this movie. It's just that you don't see blood, because this guy kills you with Penance Stares and he tears you apart into ashes."

"There's a lot of fire," said Taylor. "That's a really good trick for directors who are trying to make really violent PG-13 movies. You can burn people all you want!"

Neveldine and Taylor reiterated that the movie is a complete reboot, ignoring the much-maligned original but keeping Cage as the star.

"It's more of a re-quel, where we can abandon everything about the first movie, except for Nic," said Taylor.

"There's no continuity. He did a deal with the devil, but it's a different guy, different devil."

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Die Hard 5': Paul Walker to play Bruce Willis's son?

Paul Walker could star in A Good Day to Die Hard as John McClane's son.

The Fast and the Furious star is in the running to take on the role in the fifth Die Hard film, reports Variety.

Walker, Ben Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand), Paul Dano (Where the Wild Things Are), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) are all said to be meeting Bruce Willis next week to audition for the part.

At 38, Walker is the oldest of those in the running for the role.

The latest instalment in the franchise centres on McClane and his son's involvement in a prison escape.

Max Payne's John Moore is attached as director. The A-Team's Skip Woods is drafting a script for the film.

Shooting is scheduled to begin in Russia in January 2012.

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I would of gone for like a 23 or 24 year old actor but If I had to choose one of them it would be Paul Walker he has more movie pulling power.

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Hugh Jackman: 'I could have played James Bond'

Hugh Jackman has revealed that he could have played James Bond.

The actor - best known for his roles in X-Men and Real Steel - said that he had to turn down the role due to a busy schedule a few years ago but he still "thinks about playing" the part in the future.

Jackman told PA: "I got a call from my agent saying, 'There's some possible interest in you for Bond, are you interested?'"

"At the time, I wasn't. I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing in my life. But I think every male at some point thinks about playing Bond. So it was not right then, but it may be right if it comes back."

Daniel Craig was later announced as the sixth actor to play James Bond, following speculation that Dougray Scott, Ioan Gruffudd or Colin Farrell could secure the role.

Jackman recently revealed that he wants to make The Wolverine the definitive movie adaptation of the X-Men character. He told Digital Spy that the script for the movie is the "best" written so far in the series.

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That's a shame because he would of made quite a good Bond.

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Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay in talks for 'Transformers 4', '5'

Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay are in talks with Hasbro and Paramount on the future of Transformers.

Transformers owner Hasbro is considering filming the fourth and fifth instalments of the series back to back, reports Variety.

Shia LaBeouf will not be returning for the new films.

Jason Statham is rumoured to be under consideration for the lead role, but no offer has been made yet.

Bay had previously said that he would not return for Transformers 4. He will executive produce alongside Spielberg, but has reportedly also expressed an interest in directing the latest sequels.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon earned $1.1 billion (£700 million) at the box office, making it the fourth top-grossing movie of all time.

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Anne Hathaway Joins Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe In ‘Les Miserables

BREAKING: Anne Hathaway has closed a deal to join Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in Les Miserables, the Universal Pictures and Working Title Films adaptation of the stage play and classic novel. Hathaway will play Fantine, and her participation had been rumored for some time. Crowe plays Inspector Javert and Jackman is Jean Valjean. The film’s being directed by Tom Hooper, who helmed the Oscar-winning The King’s Speech.

Universal has set the picture for release in the center of next year’s Oscar race with a December 7, 2012 date. Cameron MacKintosh is producing with Working Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Debra Hayward. William Nicholson wrote the script. Hathaway is currently playing Catwoman in the Chris Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises for Warner Bros.

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No ‘Expendables’ Sequel For Mickey Rourke; He’s In Talks For Martin McDonagh’s ‘Seven Psychopaths

EXCLUSIVE: Mickey Rourke is negotiating to star with Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken in Seven Psychopaths, the next film by In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh. That means Rourke will not be reprising his role in the Simon West-directed The Expendables 2. Rourke did the first film as a favor to director Sylvester Stallone, but  it doesn’t sound like there was a big financial incentive to return for a reprise on the surprise hit.

Rourke, who next stars alongside Henry Cavill in Relativity’s big ticket Tarsem Singh-directed Immortals, will instead spend the fall joining McDonagh and his In Bruges star Farrell, who plays a screenwriter in Los Angeles who struggles to find the handle on his script, called Seven Psychopaths. The screenwriter gets drawn into the dognapping escapades of his friends (played by Rockwell and Walken). Once the beloved Shih Tzu owned by a psychopathic gangster goes missing, the screenwriter finds himself fueled with all the drama he needs for his screenplay, if he can stay alive long enough to write it all down. The ICM-repped Rourke is trying to get back to the awards season form he found himself in a couple of years ago when he got Oscar-nominated for The Wrestler. McDonagh got nominated for his In Bruges script.

CBS Films acquired the rights to distribute Seven Psychopaths in the United States. The film is produced by Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin, with Tessa Ross executive producing.

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Nicolas Cage to star in remake of Eric Cantona's 'Black Butterfly

Nicolas Cage will star in Black Butterfly.

The Trespass actor will appear alongside Veronica Ferres in German production group Bavariapool's forthcoming psycho thriller, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Cage will play Paul, a reclusive author who befriends a drifter called Jack, with deadly consequences.

The film is the first English-language project from Bavariapool. It is based on the French TV movie Papillon Noir, which starred Stephane Freiss and former footballer Eric Cantona as Jack.


Actor Brian Goodman will follow up his directorial debut in What Doesn't Kill You on Black Butterfly.

Bavariapool will co-produce the film with the Los Angeles-based Paradox Entertainment.

Shooting on Black Butterfly is scheduled to start in early 2012 in Eastern Germany.

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Don Johnson cast as villain in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'?

Don Johnson is reportedly in negotiations to play a villain in the upcoming Django Unchained.

The Miami Vice actor has been offered the role of plantation owner Spencer Bennett by director Quentin Tarantino, according to Deadline.

In the film, the newly-freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx) and bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) meet Bennett while searching for a bounty, before being double crossed by him.

Django Unchained will also star Leonardo DiCaprio, Kurt Russell and Samuel L Jackson.

Don Johnson was cast in new NBC comedy series A Mann's World earlier this year.

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Jason Statham: 'I haven't been offered Transformers 4

Jason Statham has addressed rumours that he will be starring in the Transformers franchise.

The Expendables actor has been mentioned as a potential series lead, taking over from the departing Shia LaBeouf.

Speaking to MTV, the British action star claimed that rumours of his involvement sprung from online chatter.

He said: "You know, I don't know how those things start. You read them. Someone told me about it. [But] the internet is a dangerous place. There's a lot of stuff out there."

However, Statham refused to distance himself from a potential role in Transformers 4, adding: "I've got a lot of stuff in front of me, but Michael Bay is a talented man. This last one just made a billion dollars around the world, so people like his films. He's a talented man."

Transformers director Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg recently met with Hasbro and Paramount to discuss filming the fourth and fifth instalments back-to-back.

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James Franco pulls out of mafia biopic 'The Iceman

James Franco has pulled out of mafia biopic The Iceman.

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes actor left the project due to contractual issues, reports Just Jared.

"James pulled out because he couldn't come to an agreement on key contractual issues that didn't involve financial terms," a source told Just Jared. "Now it looks like this project might fall apart."

The biopic is based on Anthony Bruno's book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer, which tells the story of mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski, nicknamed 'The Iceman'.

Michael Shannon was in line to play Kuklinski while Franco was set to play the hitman's mentor assassin named Robert Pronge.

In August, Franco also pulled out from another project, a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's 1959 play Sweet Bird of Youth.

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Russell Crowe reveals 'Superman: Man of Steel' fight scene

Russell Crowe has revealed that he will fight Michael Shannon's character in the upcoming Superman picture Man of Steel.

The Gladiator star tweeted that his character Jor-El will face off against Shannon's General Zod in Zack Snyder's highly-anticipated superhero reboot.

"15km bike ride,umpteen hours fighting Michael Shannon (sic)," Crowe wrote. "He's very hard to put down."

Shannon recently confessed that he is nervous about his role in the film, insisting that he does not want to imitate Terrence Stamp's performance as Zod in 1980 film Superman II.

In September, it was reported that Ayelet Zurer had replaced Julia Ormond in the film as Superman's Kryptonian mother Lara Lor-Van.

In addition to Crowe and Shannon, Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburne.

Man of Steel opens in cinemas on June 14, 2013.

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Johnny Depp, Matt Damon turn down 'UNCLE', Bradley Cooper offered lead

Bradley Cooper has been offered the role of Napoleon Solo in Steven Soderbergh's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Matt Damon and Johnny Depp have both turned down the part once earmarked for George Clooney, according to Variety.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. will be based on NBC's '60s espionage show, which starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as agents working for the United Network Command For Law Enforcement intelligence agency.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling and True Blood's Alexander Skarsgård have reportedly been shortlisted for the McCallum role, that of Russian agent Illya Kuryakin.

The Hangover star Cooper has upcoming roles in The Place Beyond the Pines and will play Lucifer in an adaptation of Paradise Lost.

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I cant wait for this movie.

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Bryan Singer's 'Battlestar Galactica' remake hires writer John Orloff

Battlestar Galactica has found a screenwriter.

Universal Pictures is closing a deal with John Orloff for Bryan Singer's movie remake of Glen A Larson's original 1978 television series.

"I have wanted to write this movie since I was 12 years old, and built a Galactica model from scratch out of balsa wood, cardboard, old model parts and LEDs," Orloff told Deadline. "I love BSG, and I would pass on the job rather than frak it up."

Orloff's most recent project was the Roland Emmerich-directed Anonymous, which he scripted and executive produced.

He also wrote the screenplays for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Angelina Jolie's A Mighty Heart. He received an Emmy nomination for HBO's Band of Brothers miniseries.

Orloff is also attached to write Truckers for DreamWorks Animation.

Singer recently revealed that the cancellation of his Excalibur remake meant that he would now be focusing on Battlestar Galactica.

The show was most recently adapted by Ron Moore in the acclaimed television series that ran between 2004 and 2009.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to join Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to join Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Django Unchained.

Django Unchained tells the story of a slave-turned-bounty hunter on a quest to rescue his wife from a Mississippi plantation owner.

Gordon-Levitt has not yet been attached to any role, reports Variety.

The 50/50 actor was reportedly spotted kissing Scarlet Johansson recently, sparking rumours that the two stars are dating.

Meanwhile, co-star Anna Kendrick revealed that an on-screen kiss between her and Gordon Levitt in 50/50 was ultimately decided against.

"The studio wanted to see us kiss at the end, actually," Kendrick said. "We were thinking about just trying it as an option. Joe very wisely stood up and said, 'If we give it to them as an option, they will use it'."

"So we just decided not to do it, because it really just didn't feel right. And I was relieved, because I had known Joe for too long at that point. It's too weird once you think of someone as a friend to be like, 'OK, I guess we make out now?'"

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Kim Kardashian To Co-Star In Tyler Perry’s ‘The Marriage Counselor

EXCLUSIVE: In what amounts to her most substantial acting role so far, Kim Kardashian has signed on to costar in The Marriage Counselor, the Lionsgate film Tyler Perry will next direct, based on his stage play. Shooting begins October 26 in Atlanta. The film tells the story of Judith, an Ivy League-educated relationship expert who makes her living dispensing marital advice, but is so bored with her own marriage that she breaks her professional code and cheats with a smooth talking client only to realize she has made a huge mistake. Jurnee Smollett plays the marriage counselor and Kadashian will play Ava, a co-worker who gives Judith a big city makeover and new confidence as she struggles with her personal issues. Kardashian previously played roles in the films Deep in the Valley and Disaster Movie.

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