By Kevin Coll •
June 2, 2010 •
Digital Spy has confirmed that director Antoine Fuqua will make his latest film a biopic on the slain famed/iconic rapper Tupac Shakur.
“It looks like we’re doing Tupac Shakur’s movie next in September, that’s what I’ve been starting up and working on now,” he said. “I’ve been working on that for a while with Morgan Creek…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 10, 2010 •
Early today we reported that John Krasinski was all but official for the role as Captain America/Steve Rogers, turns out that is not true as the insiders at Deadline Hollywood say he is out along many of the other named few, but that there is some considerations and favorites.
The article states that Joe Johnston and…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
February 9, 2010 •
What can only be described as one of the most interesting stories of 2010, it seems Warner Brothers, gold standard director, Chris Nolan may be consulting with the studio on the direction of the next installment of Superman. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Warner Bros. has brought on Christopher Nolan as a “mentor” a new Superman…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 21, 2010 •
Rejoice Stargate: Atlantis fans as your very own Jason Momoa is going from Ronan to Conan. Yes the rhyming lead was inevitable and cheesy but I am cheesy guy so deal with it. Last week we reported the casting of the title role in Marcus Nispel’s remake was down to two actors. Deadline Hollywood Daily…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 14, 2010 •
Stargate Atlantis’ Jason Momoa known for his role on the sci-fi series as Ronin is one of two frontrunners for the role of Conan in the reboot of pulp fantasy character on the big screen.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Momoa and actor Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) are the two actors being considered to…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 7, 2010 •
In what seems like a Top Gun 2, Tom Cruise joins Twilight star Taylor Lautner in a film about rival pilots that happen to be father and son.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Lautner will be joining Cruise for the aerial adventure Northern Lights. The film is centered on a talented aerobatics pilot who tries to balance…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 5, 2010 •
Back in early December there was a story about Spider-man 4 possibly being postponed or on delay due to disagreement over the villain. Now a pretty substantial source is reporting its delay.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Spider-Man 4 no longer has a firm start date and that it was “unlikely” that the film will be ready…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
November 3, 2009 •
The other day on the latest episode of the MixerCast, Alex Billington and I, discussed how Joss Whedon needs to do more feature films. All that said what if he did a big blockbuster franchise like JJ did Star Trek or Singer did X-Men/Superman? What franchise would he be the best at? Well apparently he thinks Terminator…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
September 30, 2009 •
Deadline Hollywood Daily, is reporting that MGM recently held a conference call with its bondholders in a desperate plea for funding. I didn’t know MGM was in financial peril but then again I haven’t been reading a lot of the financial Hollywood news as of late. Turns out the studio is teetering on the edge of…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
June 3, 2009 •
It seems that Shia LaBeouf is getting some Oscar-winning company for a long-awaited sequel. According to Nikke Finke at Deadline Hollywood, who is one of the most reliable sources in the film reporting world, Academy Award winning actor, Javier Bardem will portray the villain in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2.
Finke is also reporting that the…[ more ]
By Vactor •
May 16, 2009 •
According to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood column, Marvel Films and director Kenneth Branagh have signed actor Chris Hemsworth to portray the Asgardian God of Thunder, Thor in the upcoming Thor and Avengers films.
Hemsworth, who earlier this week signed to play the lead in the upcoming Red Dawn remake, can currently be seen in theaters in…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
May 14, 2009 •
Yesterday we wrote about the news of director, Martin Scorsese directing the Frank Sinatra Biopic, now Deadline Hollywood Daily is circulating the news that Johnny Depp maybe in line to play The Chairman of the Board.
Originally it was thought that Scorsese’s golden pony, Leo DiCaprio was going to be the director’s choice for the role…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 16, 2009 •
So last week we heard that Josh Hartnett was the favorite to play Loki due to his similiar performance in O. We also heard that Alexander Skarsgard is the favorite to play Thor.
Now Deadline Hollywood is telling us that Mr. Hartnett is in the running for Thor, not Loki, and that Natalie Portman is…[ more ]