Tony DeZuniga 1941 -2012

Neil Marshall Plans The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Neil Marshall is latest name to become attached to The Last Voyage of the Demeter, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter. Last year, David Slade was said to be planning to direct and, before that, both Stefan Ruzowitzky and Marcus Nispel were once in talks.

Set during Bram Stoker's original "Dracula," the script focuses on the ship that transports the vampire from Transylvania. In the original text, the vessel arrives in England with the entire crew missing, save the captain, whose body is found tied to the helm. In the script, screenwriter Bragi Schut is said to take an approach akin to Ridley Scott's original Alien, telling the story from the point of view of the Russian crew and treating the vampire as Scott did the sci-fi terror.

Though he most recently directed an episode of "Game of Thrones", Marshall is best known for big screen films like The Descent, Dog Soldiers and Centurion.

New International Character Posters for The Amazing Spider-Man

Source: Latino Review, ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man is now roughly seven weeks away and the marketing campaign is in full gear worldwide, which is why we now have some new international character posters featuring Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker, Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans' Dr. Curt Connors, which you can see in all their glory below (we've previously seen low-res versions of these posters). The posters also flaunt the fact that other countries will be having a chance to see the movie four days before people in North America.

The Dark Knight Rises Debuts New Bane Image

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

With a little more than two months to go before Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters, Total Film has revealed a brand-new image of Tom Hardy's Bane. Check it out below alongside higher quality versions of the stills we ran yesterday (with thanks to SuperHeroHype Forums user "film4life" for the scans)

Coming to regular and IMAX theaters on July 20, Nolan's highly-anticipated third and final Batman movie stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman.

Sam Claflin Joins Jared Harris in The Quiet Ones

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media and President & CEO of Hammer and Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media, Hammer’s parent company, announced today that Sam Claflin (Snow White and the Huntsman, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) has signed on to star opposite Jared Harris in The Quiet Ones.

Claflin will play Bryan McNeil in The Quiet Ones, a supernatural thriller/horror to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) which James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through the Gift Shop) will produce in association with TPSC Films. With the story and original screenplay by Tom DeVille, revisions by Craig Rosenberg, Oren Moverman and most recently John Pogue, the film is currently in pre-production and will start shooting in June 2012 in the UK.

Inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones tells the story of an unorthodox, but charismatic Professor (Harris) who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist from negative human energy.

Exclusive Media's President of Worldwide Production & Acquisitions, Tobin Armbrust, is overseeing production alongside Director of Development, Shira Rockowitz. TPSC Film's President, Steven Chester Prince, is a producer on the project for the newly formed independent film division of The Traveling Picture Show Company.

Alex Walton, Exclusive Media’s President of International Sales and Distribution, will be selling international rights to the film at the upcoming Marché Du Film in Cannes.

First Official Look at Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Film Nation has debuted, via their Twitter feed, the very first official look at Scarlett Johansson from Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. We've previously seen the actress in unofficial set photos posted late last year.

In the film, Johansson plays an alien on earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerizing woman. She scours remote highways and desolate scenery looking to use her greatest weapon to snare human prey -- her voracious sexuality. She is deadly efficient, but over time becomes drawn to and changed by the complexity of life on earth. With this new found humanity and weakening alien resolve, she finds herself on a collision course with her own kind.

Glazer (Sexy Beast) co-wrote the film with Walter Campbell.

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Danny DeVito Completes Production on Apocalyptic Thriller

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Shangri-La Entertainment announced today that Danny DeVito has wrapped shooting on his apocalyptic thriller and is now in post-production.

Directed by DeVito, the currently untitled project stars William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Black Hawk Down), Lance Reddick, ("The Wire," "Fringe"), and Constance Zimmer ("Entourage").

Confirming the announcement, DeVito commented: "I was truly excited about getting behind the camera on this one. It is my first foray into the thriller genre and I've enjoyed the challenge of making an 89 minute edge-of-your-seater..."

The film revolves around a wounded cop, a wounded murderer and a sultry nurse. The three are thrust together, as war rages outside the only possible safe house, an abandoned City Hospital. With no doctors and only a few poor decrepit souls as witnesses, it becomes a rats' maze as the antagonistic trio get separated, and we find out the real reason they are there.

From Newsarama:

Marvel Teases THE FIRST X-MEN For August 2012

By Newsarama Staff
posted: 11 May 2012 05:19 pm ET

Marvel is back at the teaser game ahead of August 2012 solicitations, with a bit of an eXtreme eXample of what a teaser can be. You see, this is just three words "The First X-Men," teasing a new series coming in August. No image, no creative team hints, and even the official text from Marvel (below) doesn't offer up much more, aside from the fact that the reveal will come next Monday evening.

So, what will this series entail? Well, historically the first X-Men are Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, and Angel, but chances are this isn't quite that simple. After all, those five and their origin has been told and retold several times, including in the recent X-Men: Season One.

The only hint available at this point is that Marvel's email to the press about a 5 p.m. conference call this coming Monday — the same time The First X-Men is set to be revealed — said that both "an industry legend and fan favorite creator" would be on the line. Betwen X-Men and "industry legend," we're going to go ahead and guess that this possibly could mean a return to Marvel from long-time writer Chris Claremont.

Tune in right here Monday for the answers, and until then speculate away!

The First X-Men

Coming this August.

Find out more this Monday @ 5PM EST.

Who are The First X-Men? Join the conversation on Twitter with #FirstXMen

Julianne Moore Confirmed As Carrie's Mom, Actress Circles Sue Snell

by ShockTillYouDrop

May 11, 2012

When the question of: Who will play Carrie's mom in the Carrie remake? came about, it was reportedly down to Julianne Moore and Jodie Foster. Not long ago, we told you Moore was offered the part and, today, Deadline has confirmed that Moore is, in fact, going to co-star alongside Chloe Moretz, who is playing Carrie White. The site adds one more name to the mix - a potential actress to play Sue Snell.

According to Deadline, Gabriella Wilde of The Three Musketeers is in talks to take on the role.

Amy Irving played Sue in Brian De Palma's film and Kandyse McClure (Battlestar Galactica) took on the part in the 2002 made-for-TV flick. Shooting begins on Carrie next month under the direction of Kimberly Peirce.

Michelle Monaghan Joins The Coup

Source: ComingSoon

May 11, 2012

Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Gone Baby Gone) has joined Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Wedding Crashers) and Pierce Brosnan (The Thomas Crown Affair, GoldenEye) in The Coup, a thriller centered on an American family which moves to Southeast Asia and finds themselves entangled in a violent coup with merciless rebels attacking the city. John Erick Dowdle (Devil, Quarantine) will direct from a script he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle.

Monaghan will play Wilson’s wife, Annie, in the action thriller, which is scheduled to begin production in October.

The Dowdle brothers said: “Michelle is an exceptional actor who always brings a depth of compassion and warmth to her characters. She and Owen Wilson will be the kind of screen couple you just can't help but root for.”

Crime Scene Pictures’ Adam Ripp and Rob Paris are financing and have teamed up with Steve Alexander and Drew Dowdle to produce.

Check Out Six New Stills from Prometheus

by SuperHeroHype

May 11, 2012

There seems to be a steady flow of new material from director Ridley Scott's Prometheus as, following this morning's debut of an extended featurette and yesterday's 17 new images comes, via the film's Facebook page, another six brand-new stills in honor of the page's 200,000 likes. Check them all out below!

Mike
(61 Days Until SDCC 2012!)

The Avengers Will Cross $300 Million and Claim 2nd Weekend Record

by SuperHeroHype

May 12, 2012

With Walt Disney Pictures reporting another $29 million estimated gross for Marvel's The Avengers for Friday, the movie has grossed $299 million to date domestically and is looking to cross the $300 million mark sometime today.

It's also looking to destroy the current second weekend record for a movie, currently held by James Cameron's Avatar with $75.6 million as well as The Dark Knight's second weekend take of $75.2 million as projections have it bringing in as much as $100 million in its second weekend, down roughly 51% from its record opening.

Worldwide, the movie has grossed $854 million through yesterday, which should put it among the Top 20 all-time global blockbusters by weekend's end, placing it in the realm of Jurassic Park and some of the "Harry Potter" movies after a little over two weeks.

Check back later this weekend for updated numbers for what's turning out to not only be the biggest hit of 2012 but also one of the biggest blockbusters of all time.

Mike
(60 Days Until SDCC 2012!)

The Avengers Passes $1 Billion Mark Worldwide in 19 Days!

by SuperHeroHype

May 13, 2012

Walt Disney Pictures reports that Marvel's The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 billion global box office mark today on its 19th day of release! It will be the first Marvel film and fifth Disney release to reach $1 billion.

Domestically, the Joss Whedon action adventure added $103.2 million, which is the first time in history a film has crossed the $100 million mark its second weekend. Last weekend, the film set the opening weekend record with $207.4 million. Internationally, "The Avengers" earned $95.4 million this weekend. The film has earned an estimated $373.2 million now in North America and $628.9 million overseas for a worldwide total of $1,002,100,000.

That means in just 19 days, the $220 million-budgeted film has surpassed The Dark Knight's $1,001,921,825 and has climbed to the 11th spot on the all-time worldwide list. It's also the fastest film to reach the $200 million mark domestically in three days, the fastest to reach $300 million in nine days, it has the highest Saturday ($69.5 million) and Sunday ($57 million) totals of all time, and the second-biggest single-day gross of all time ($80.8 million).