More on Fincher’s adaptation of Dragon Tattoo
Dark Horizons reports that pre-production on David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s international mega-hit novel “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is in full swing with the director currently in Stockholm going over locations. Fincher wants a “European look” for the film and is planning to shoot all the exteriors in Sweden. Due to [...]
Steven Spielberg on the making of Tintin
Los Angeles Times had a little chat with director Steven Spielberg about the upcoming film “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.” Spielberg says there was only one reason to make “Tintin” with the cutting-edge performance-capture technology that James Cameron used on “Avatar.” “It was based on my respect for the art of [...]
Pattinson and Penn are circling Water for Elephants
Movie hunk Robert Pattinson is taking a break from the teen vampire trilogy “Twilight” and is according to Variety circling Fox 2000′s Depression-era drama “Water for Elephants.” He’ll possibly by joined by Sean Penn who’s also shown interest in the project. Reese Witherspoon has already boarded to the film, which will be directed by Francis [...]
Marc Webb to helm the new Spider-Man
I know many of you have been wondering what will happen to “Spider-Man 4” now when director Sam Raimi and all the stars walked away. I’ll tell you – they hired Marc Webb. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Webb has finalized a deal to helm the new “Spider-Man” movie for Columbia. As most of you [...]
Jonah Hill talks 21 Jump Street
I was just over at ComingSoon.net and read about Jonah Hill’s upcoming film adaptation of the popular 1980s television show, “21 Jump Street” (first aired in 1987). Personally I always thought the adaptation would follow more in the footsteps of the original, more of action/drama. But then again, it has already been done and although [...]
King and Spielberg team up on Dome
This is a very intriguing match up I must say. Never really saw it coming but reading about it makes you wonder why these two giants never worked toghether before? Ah, correction apparantly they have – I just didn’t know about it. Steven Spielberg and Stephen King developed a screen adaptation of King’s 1984 novel [...]
Let Me In
I was thinking, let’s hang on to the horror genre today. At least in the outskirts of horror. This is a bit more subtle, but I don’t think we’re ready to change the subject completely just yet. I have little treat with strong Swedish connections and as you all know, so have we… Anyway, Dark [...]
Jones and McConaughey in The Lincoln Lawyer
Today I bring you news all the way from Risky Biz Blog. I check in once in a while to keep an eye on what Steven Zeitchik is posting. Today this little story caught my attention. Good actors. Especially Tommy Lee Jones. He has done some nice work over the years… Anyway, apparently Jones is [...]
Robert Rodat is tackling the Warcraft script
I don’t know how long we’ve been reading (and posting) about the adaptation of the online computer game “World of Warcraft.” It seem like forever… Anyway, things are finally starting to happening and director Sam Raimi shared some very interesting news with MTV Movies Blog in a phone interview last week. Among the revelations Raimi [...]