Final Destination 4 Cast Revealed

Source: Variety

New Line has signed Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo and Hayley Webb as the stars of Final Destination 4, reports Variety. Nick Zano, Krista Allen and Andy Fiscella round out the cast.

David R. Ellis, who helmed the second installment, will direct the horror-thriller. The story kicks off when a teenager's premonition of a deadly racecar crash spares his life and those of a few lucky others. But death continues to stalk those who escaped it.

Eric Bress wrote the Screenplay

New Line is shooting the latest chapter, budgeted at $43 million, in 3-D. The previous three "Final Destinations" have grossed more than $150 million at the domestic box office.

Principal photography begins this month in New Orleans.

Henney is Agent Zero in Wolverine

Source: Variety

Variety says that Daniel Henney has also joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's X-Men-Origins: Wolverine, now filming in New Zealand, Australia and New Orleans.

Henney will portray Agent Zero, a member of the Weapon X program and an expert tracker with lethal marksman skills.

He'll be joining Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (Kestrel), Danny Huston (William Stryker), Dominic Monaghan (Barnell) and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) in the Gavin Hood-directed pic, opening May 1, 2009.

Monaghan is Beak in Wolverine

Source: Just Jared

Just Jared reports that former "Lost" star Dominic Monaghan will play Barnell Bohusk (AKA Beak) in 20th Century Fox's X-Men -Origins- Wolverine. Here's a description of the character:

Beak was a mutant whose bones were light and hollow. His arms had begun to grow feathers, which when fully formed, may have allowed him to fly. He could at the mean time glide and fly for short distances with great effort. Beak also had enhanced eyesight along with talons on his hands and feet. Even though Beak had bird-like qualities, it was extremely difficult for him to fly.

He'll be joining Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (Kestrel), Danny Huston (William Stryker) and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) in the Gavin Hood-directed pic, opening May 1, 2009.

Yates to direct final Potter movie?

David Yates will direct Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, a children's author has claimed.

Speculation has been rife over who will helm the final movie in the franchise, with Steven Spielberg recently rumoured to be in the frame.

However, author Lois Lowry announced on her blog that Yates will take the reins after directing previous instalments Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.

She claimed that he had postponed new movie The Giver to take on the job.

The news has not been confirmed by Warner Bros.

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New Photo From Pixar's WALL•E

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Disney/Pixar has sent us a new photo from WALL•E, the anticipated June 27 release. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), the animated adventure features the voices of Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin and Ben Burtt.

Cloverfield Monster Fully Revealed

Source: Hasbro
You've seen most of the Cloverfield monster in the movie, but now Hasbro has finally revealed its full figure of the creature. The limited collector's edition features 70 points of articulation and incredible life-like detail, authentic sound, is 14" tall, includes 10 parasites, two interchangeable heads and a Statue of Liberty head accessory.

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS NEW PHOTOS

A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall, in a partnership announced today between Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Pictures and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. We have a slew of new stills to get you all excited! Produced by Lucasfilm Animation, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS takes audiences on incredible new Star Wars adventures, combining the legendary storytelling of Lucasfilm with an eye-popping, signature animation style.

Star Trek Pushed Back to May, 2009

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Paramount is pushing back the release of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek from December 25 to May 8, 2009.

This is Wolverine!

USA Today has published this first look at Hugh Jackman as Logan in X-Men Origins: Wolverine ! And some quotes...The film will trace Wolverine's past as he discovers the world of mutants and, ultimately, the ominous Weapon X program, which turns people into living weapons.Jackman is tight-lipped on plot details, though he says the film will hardly be a one-mutant story.Wolverine's nemesis Sabretooth "is going to play a big part in it. And there will be a good bit of cameos" of new and familiar mutants, he says. "But you can't give too much away, because fans are pretty hard-core. Their expectations go up a level every time you come out with a new film."Directed by Gavin Hood and co-starring Liev Schreiber, X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters on May 1, 2009.

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Michael Bay Has Written Transformers 2

Transformers 2 directorMichael Bay told Rotten Tomatoes at the Visual Effects Society awards that he's already written the sequel and will pass on his script to the screenwriters, who are coming off of the strike:"I've been writing Transformers 2," said Bay. "We've got our characters all designed. I always write all my scripts, my movies anyway so at least I've got something to give the writers. It's like a template. We have a really good outline so I worked on that." It might be a tad unorthodox, but Bay has high pressure demands. "We had to because I want to make my date. I'm not going to let the strike take me down."Bay also spoke to IESB, who he assured that we won't be seeing Dinobots in the follow-up. ILM's Scott Farrar also told the site that there will be a lot more robots this time and that the animatics look amazing so far.

Narnia the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Begins Production

According to Production Charts CS Lewis's novel “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” has gone into development. No word on cast, or director since its a bit early. I grew up reading some of the books but never read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The synopsis from Amazon goes like this;
Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true.

Fox Sues Warner Bros. Over Watchmen

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

20th Century Fox has initiated a legal battle against Warner Bros. over the rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on the graphic novel Watchmen, says The Hollywood Reporter.On Friday, the studio sued Warner Bros., claiming it holds the exclusive copyrights and contract rights to Watchmen.Warner Bros. plans to release on March 6, 2009 a big-screen version of the popular graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The film is directed by Zack Snyder (300) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewer.

The trade says Fox seeks to enjoin Warner Bros. from going forward with the project, saying in the lawsuit that it seeks to "restrain (Warner Bros. Pictures) from taking actions that violate Fox's copyrights and which stand to forever impair Fox's rights to control the distribution and development of this unique work."Fox claims that between 1986 and 1990, it acquired all movie rights to the 12-issue DC Comics series and screenplays by Charles McKeown and Sam Hamm. In 1991, Fox assigned some rights via a quitclaim to Largo International with the understanding that the studio held exclusive rights to distribute the first motion picture based on Watchmen, according to the lawsuit.When Largo dismantled, the rights were transferred to producer Lawrence Gordon. Under a "turnaround agreement" between Fox and Gordon, the producer agreed to pay a buy-out price to Fox if he entered into any agreement with another studio or third party to develop or produce Watchmen, among other things.Now, Fox claims that neither Gordon nor Warner Bros. has paid the buy-out price or advised the studio of any other conditions required under the agreement, including procedures necessary to acquire the rights to Watchmen from Fox.

Azaria on Board for Night at the Museum 2

The Hollywood Reporter says that Hank Azaria has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian, playing an all-powerful Egyptian pharaoh named Kah Mun Rah.Azaria also will play Abraham in Judd Apatow's Year One for Sony's Columbia Pictures.Azaria will join Ben Stiller and Amy Adams in the sequel to Fox's blockbuster Night at the Museum. Shawn Levy is directing a script written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. Scott Frank wrote the most recent draft.Year One, Apatow's next comedy project as producer, is set in biblical times and stars Jack Black and Michael Cera. Harold Ramis is directing. Ramis is co-producing and wrote the script with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Owen Wilson is executive producing.

Tolkien Estate Sues New Line

The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing New Line Cinema, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films. Here is today's statement from The Tolkien Trust:The trustees of The Tolkien Trust, a British charity, have filed an action against New Line Cinema for its failure to pay a contractually required gross profit participation in the three films based on the world-famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. The trustees of the estate of JRR Tolkien and HarperCollins Publishers are co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The suit was filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court.The Lord of the Rings films produced by New Line are among the most financially successful films ever created by Hollywood and were released in 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively. The cumulative worldwide gross receipts to date total nearly $6 billion. Notwithstanding the overwhelming financial success of the films, and the fact that the plaintiffs have a gross participation in each of the films, New Line has failed to pay the plaintiffs any portion of the gross profit participation at all.The trustees' UK lawyer, Steven Maier, of Manches LLP, said: "The Tolkien trustees do not file lawsuits lightly, and have tried unsuccessfully to resolve their claims out of court. But in this case, New Line has left them no option at all. New Line has not paid the plaintiffs even one penny of its contractual share of gross receipts despite the billions of dollars of gross revenue generated by these wildly successful motion pictures. To make matters worse, to date New Line has even prevented the plaintiffs from auditing the last two films of the series. The trustees are very aggrieved by New Line's arrogance."The complaint seeks, among other things, in excess of $150 million in compensatory damages, as well as punitive damages, and a declaration from the Court that the plaintiffs have a right to terminate any further rights New Line may have to the Tolkien works under the agreements, including The Hobbit, due to the serious and material nature of the breach of the agreements.Bonnie Eskenazi, the trustees' US counsel who filed the complaint, said, "New Line has brought new meaning to the phrase 'creative accounting.' I cannot imagine how on earth New Line will argue to a jury that these films could gross literally billions of dollars, and yet the creator's heirs, who are entitled to a share of gross receipts, don't get a penny."JRR Tolkien is the world-renowned author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit." The Tolkien Trust is a UK registered charity that has made grants to charitable causes all over the world totaling over $8 million in the last five years alone.

Roy Scheider: 1932 - 2008

Source: Associated Press

"You're gonna need a bigger boat." - Number 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role (and the quote above) as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws died Sunday. He was 75.

According to an Associated Press report, Scheider died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release a cause of death.However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.He was nominated for a best-supporting actor Oscar in 1971's

The French Connection in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best-actor for 1979's All That Jazz, the autobiographical Bob Fosse film.

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Indiana Jones Trailer Coming Next Week

Source: Variety

Variety has confirmed what we hinted at in early December, 2007, the first trailer for Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be hitting theaters and online next week.

Paramount will attach the first teaser for "Crystal Skull" to fantasy pic "The Spiderwick Chronicles" on Feb. 14, with the spot to hit the Web shortly thereafter.

Reason for the delay is that the film only recently wrapped, so much of the material that would go into a memorable trailer just wasn't ready until now.

Awareness and anticipation also is already high for the pic, so producers didn't feel the need to show too much too soon."In the case of Indiana Jones, he's such a well-known character that it's not like you have to get out there and introduce something new," said Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy. "You tailor the campaign to the material. We also want to keep a lot of the surprises. That's part of the fun."

Quantum of Solace Poster

Sony Pictures has released this new teaser poster and a behind-the-scenes clip for Quantum of Solace the 22nd James Bond installment opening in theaters on November 7. Directed by Marc Forster, the action-adventure stars Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench , Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christensen and Joaquin Cosio.

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Val Kilmer Replaces Arnett as KITT in Knight Rider

Source: Variety

A carmaker conflict has caused NBC to hire Val Kilmer to replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT on its "Knight Rider" revival, reports Variety.Arnett ("Arrested Development") had already completed his part for the pilot, which is slated to debut on NBC on Sunday, February 17 at 9/8c. Producers Doug Liman, Dave Bartis and Dave Andron -- along with the network and studio -- were all fine with his performance.For the better part of a decade, however, Arnett has done voice-over work for General Motors -- as the voice of GMC Trucks. NBC's new "Knight," however, is "played" by a Ford Mustang.Not surprisingly, when GM found out about the Ford connection, it asked Arnett to pull out."I was very excited at the prospect of playing the part of KITT in the new 'Knight Rider' movie," Arnett said. "However, because of a long relationship with General Motors as the voice of GMC Trucks, I had to respectfully withdraw from the project."

M. Night Shymalan's The Happening Trailer

The Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's thriller The Happening, hitting theaters on June 13, 2008. In the 20th Century Fox release, starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley, a couple goes on the run from an apocalyptic crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.

Robert Englund Directing

Robert Englund Directing The Vij

Today Variety announced Robert Englunds next endeavor would be directing a new dark gothic fantasy, The Vij. Based on an eponymous novel by Russian writer Nikolaj Gogol, "The Vij" revolves around an evil genie who conditions the actions of a young priest, leading him to commit murder and fall in love with an old witch who is actually not what she seems.
Christopher Lee will star as a "God-like" character called The Father. Rome-based Russian actress Olga Schuvalova will play Alina and Englund plans to jump in front of the camera from time to time as well. The casting process is still under way including the role for the wayward priest called Khoma.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in April in the Lazio region of Italy. Most of the shooting will be done in the uninhabited medieval village of Civita di Bagnoregio.

He has ventured into directing before in 976-Evil and recently Killer Pad.

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Sylvester Stallone Signs for Two More Pics

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Sylvester Stallone has signed lucrative deal to direct and star in two action films with his "Rambo" producers Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner and Trevor Short of Nu Image/Millennium Films, says The Hollywood Reporter.Stallone also will produce the films with Kevin King-Templeton and Lerner. Dimbort, Short and Boaz Davidson will serve as executive producers.Several scripts are being considered for follow-ups to his surprise hit sequels to First Blood and Rocky. With Nu Image/Millennium's new WGA interim deal speeding up the process, the first script is expected to be locked and loaded by the fall, with production set to begin shortly thereafter.

Englund Not Among New Nightmare Plans

Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com

Last week, it was announced that Platinum Dunes and New Line are re-launching the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger. The character was originated by Robert Englund, but it doesn't look like the actor will reprise the role once again. ShockTillYouDrop.com reports:A number of industry sources recently phoned in to shed some light on the early discussions going on behind-the-scenes regarding "Nightmare"...and none of them include Englund starring as Krueger.

SuperBowl Iron Man Trailer Photo

In preparation for SuperBowl we have been given a photo from the upcoming Iron Man SuperBowl trailer. Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment’s prime Super Bowl XLIII advertising spot will air on Sunday, February 3 during the face-off between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.

Nicolas Cage Bangkok Dangerous Poster

The poster for Bangkok Dangerous the new crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage . Nic plays a contract killer who runs into trouble in Bangkok, its directed by the Pang Brothers and yes kids.. its a remake of an Asian film.

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AIRPLANE! director David Zucker is back with another spoof movie, with his sights firmly set on the superhero genre this time around.