Nicolas Cage to star in The Wrestler
Hi, and welcome to another lovely week here at Moviemind News. Today I’m gonna bring you news about something a bit… unusual. A wrestling movie! Sounds interresting? Follow me then… The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in screenwriter Robert Siegel’s indie drama “The Wrestler.” The film, now in development at [...]
Simon Pegg to play Scotty in Star Trek
I don’t know why but right now it’s all about “Star Trek“… I’m pulling a double here folks. It’s Star Trek news. Again. Yesterday I posted that Eric Bana had signed on to play the villian Nero in the upcoming Star Trek movie. Today I got another casting update: Simon Pegg. Variety.com reports that Paramount [...]
Eric Bana has signed on for Star Trek
Yesterdays theme was Hong Kong action and today, I’m thinking… sci-fi. Ok? Here we go: Dark Horizons reports that Eric Bana has officially signed on to play the villian Nero in the J.J. Abrams-directed reinvention of the “Star Trek” film franchise for Paramount. Chris Pine is also in discussions to star as Captain Kirk, joining [...]
The Killer being remade
It’s time for some serious action news. Dark Horizons reports that legendary action director John Woo’s 1989 Hong Kong classic “The Killer” will be remade in Los Angeles with a Korean star replacing Chow Yun Fat as the hard-boiled hit man. Korean-American Director John H. Lee will move the action through L.A.’s Koreatown, Chinatown and [...]
Everquest – the movie
Monday, monday, monday… great… Ok, so I will kick start the week with some computer-game-to-movie-adaptation-news: IGN.com reports that Sony Pictures and Avi Arad are teaming to bring the 3D online fantasy game “EverQuest” to the big screen. The studio is apparently setting up the project for a 2009 or 2010 tentpole release. Michael Gordon (“300“) has been [...]
The big studios are scrabbling over Scorsese’s next project
Even though I wouldn’t necessarily label this as a typical “Moviemind News” (I don’t think that scrabbling over a potential movie qualifies as movie news) but… it’s Scorsese. What can you do? I have to write something. Anyway, Dark Horizons reports that Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. are scrabbling over a suitable co-production arrangement for [...]
Diesel and Walker to reunite in the 4th Fast ‘n Furious
Today I have som good news for all you ”Fast ‘n Furious” fans out there. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are in negotiations to reunite for the fourth installment of Universal’s “The Fast and the Furious” franchise. Justin Lin, Neal Moritz and Chris Morgan are returning to directing, producing and writing duties, [...]
Adam Sandler wants to work with gay-rights groups
When I woke up this morning I realized that today I have to post something about Adam Sandler. I just felt it… It was like a voice, deep inside of me, begging me to do a little Sandler-post… So, I just went online and BANG! What do you know? It turns out that The Hollywood Reporter just published a piece on [...]
Will Smith to produce The Karate Kid remake
Guess what folks? It’s monday! Jippi… Yeah… well I was jut like you but then suddenly, I caught a glimpse of the following news… It’s not often I read something that makes me choke on my hot tea but this one made me cough. Dark Horizons reports that a reliable source has informed them that Sony Pictures is [...]