Chloe Moretz to play in “Carrie” remake

 

by Dimitris Ioannou

Chloe Moretz, the talented 15-year-old girl who played a young vampire in “Let Me In”, is about to play the leading role in the new Stephen King's “Carrie” remake by the director Kimberly Pierce, mostly known for 1999's “Boys Don't Cry”. Chloe says it will not remind at all of Brian De Palma's version.

“I'm actually not looking at the original,” she says, “even though De Palma's movie was one of the best movies ever made. It's completely iconic and I'm proud to be able to be doing a retooling of it. We're kind of going off the book.”

“It's darker and much more psychological,” she continues. “More 'Black Swan'. You're really looking into her mind and it really looks into the relationship of Margaret and Carrie. It's set in modern time, so it's a lot different.”

And as for her character: “It's something that's very different from me,” Moretz says of Carrie's appearance. “It's an out of body thing. I'm becoming a totally different person for it. I'm letting go of all of my self-esteem issues and just kind of going into it. You have to.”

“Carrie” is scheduled for a US release on March 13, 2013.

Chloe Sevigny... naked in her New York bedroom

by Dimitris Ioannou

Chloe Sevigny stripes down, covers with a sheet and lays in her pink bed for the new issue cover of New York magazine.

The 37-year-old actress gave the magazine a tour of her New York apartment and talks about it. “I like crosses,” she says (she has several on the walls of her digs). “I was raised Catholic ... I have an affinity.”

The former “Big Love” star explains to the magazine why she only used pale pink, blue and yellow to decorated her apartment. “I wanted this to be more glamorous” she said and describes the first time she walked in: “I walked in and felt transported, like I wasn't in Manhattan anymore. It just felt womb-like."

Chloe is currently filming “Black Dog, Red Dog” alongside James Franco and Olivia Wild, while she is also starring to the Linda Lovelace biopic titled “Lovelace”, with Amanda Seyfried in the leading role and James Franco, Wes Bentley, Eric Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sharon Stone and Hank Azaria among others.

Breathtaking new “Prometheus” international trailer

 

by Dimitris Ioannou

Get ready for the most exciting, almost three minutes of your life! The new international trailer for Ridley Scott's alien movie “Prometheus” has just arrived and it is a pure adrenaline rush. The 2:54 minutes video has a substantial amount of new footage featuring the entire cast, including Charlize Theron and platinum-haired Michael Fassbender.

Most of the scenes are jaw-dropping, making us wonder what more could possibly be keeping for the actual movie. “Prometheus” is supposed to be some kind of a prequel to the 1979 “Alien” blockbuster horror/sci-fi movie starring back then Sigourney Weaver and is set to hit U.S. theatres on June 8.

Until then check out the brand new trailer below and share your thoughts. 

Chris Evans covers the May issue of Details magazine

 by Dimitris Ioannou

“The Avengers” star Chris Evans covers the May issue of Details magazine, looking hotter than ever and proving that he is not the upright, spit-polished superhero that we see on screen. The 30-year-old actor talks to Adam Sachs about the movie, his relationship with his mother, Buddhism and a lot more.

Evans explained to the magazine his hesitation for playing a character like Captain America, not only because with blockbusters like that he losses even more of his remaining anonymity, but mostly because the bigger the movie is, the more nervous he gets. “I get very nervous, I shit the bed if I have to present something on stage or if I'm doing press. Because it's just you.Do you know how badly I audition? Fifty percent of the time I have to walk out of the room. I'm naturally very pale, so I turn red and sweat. And I have to literally walk out. Sometimes mid-audition. You start having these conversations in your brain. 'Chris, don't do this. Chris, take it easy. You're just sitting in a room with a person saying some words, this isn't life. And you're letting this affect you? Shame on you'”.

“I think my daytime person is different than my nighttime person," Evans says. "With my high-school buddies, we drink beer and talk sports and it's great. The kids in my Buddhism class in L.A., they're wildly intelligent, and I love being around them, but they're not talking about the Celtics. And that's part of me. It's a strange dichotomy. I don't mind being a certain way with some people and having this other piece of me that's just for me."

He is very close to his mother, so close that she is the first person to learn everything. Even when he had sex for the first time! “I raced home and was like, 'Mom, I just had sex! Where's the clit?'” he sais, although he admits he never got an answer. “Still don't know where it is, man, I just don't know. Make some movies, you don't have to know...”

The photos are by the photographer Norman Jean Roy. You can read the entire interview at Details.com. 

Chloe Moretz stars in “Hick”

by Dimitris Ioannou

The 15-year-old Chloe Moretz stars in the new film “Hick” by Derick Martini the American director that in 2008 brought us “Lymelife”. In the new red band trailer released yesterday we find Moretz playing with guns, dressed twice her age and more mature than ever, even on “30 Rock”.

The beautiful blonde actress, most known from the movies “Kick-Ass”, “Let Me In” and lately “Hugo”, plays a 13-year-old girl named Luli McMullen who runs from home, trying to escape her mom's alcoholic boyfriends and to pursue fame. In her path she finds trouble when she meets a boy older than her named Eddie (Eddie Redmayne). Fortunately soon comes to her life the troubled but caring Glenda, played by the “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively.

The movie is an adaptation of Andrea Ports novel by the same name and alongside Moretz, we also find Juliette Lewis and Alec Baldwin. “Hick” is scheduled to open in theatres on May 11^th.

Here is the official synopsis of “Hick” and below the trailer, check it out:

Thirteen-year-old Nebraska girl Luli (Chloe Grace Moretz) has been dealt a rough hand. Her mother and father spend their evenings getting obnoxiously plastered at the local watering hole, then go at it like a pair of trashy, drunk teenagers. Worse, they manage to throw down at Luli’s birthday party.

Certain she’s destined for a more glamorous life, Luli packs her things — including her new birthday gift, a Smith & Wesson .45 — and hitches a ride to Vegas. Dressed like a girl twice her age, she’s immediately picked up by a wannabe cowboy named Eddie (Eddie Redmayne, a sensational actor on the rise), who walks with a limp and acts a little too crazy for comfort. The two fail to hit it off and Luli is ejected from the car. Luckily, she soon meets Glenda (Blake Lively), a grifter who acts as Luli’s big sister — albeit one who offers her drugs and uses her as an accessory to a robbery. Just as things seem to be going moderately well for Luli, Eddie makes an unwelcome return and becomes increasingly difficult to evade.

Red-eyed Bella in new “Breaking Dawn: Part 2” stills

by Dimitris Ioannou

We met her as a young innocent girl living with her father at Rainy Forks, later she fell in love, married and even had a baby. Lately we've seen her empowered, running like the wind, and now she has completely transformed. In the new stills from “Breaking Dawn: Part 2” we see the beautiful Bella Swan in the arms of her beloving husband Edward Cullen, with eyes red as blood and skin pale like dead. She is a vampire.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart return for the last time in “The Twilight Saga” franchise, accompanied with Taylor Lautner, the young werewolf Jacob who is in love with Bella since the first time he saw her.

“Breaking Dawn: Part 1” finished with Bella giving birth to Edward's baby, Renesmee. Unfortunately, the Volturi know about the child, and a showdown is inevitable. However Bella is willing to do anything to protect her daughter. 

The first trailer of “Breaking Dawn: Part 2” released a few weeks ago, showing Bella embracing her new supernatural life. The movie is scheduled to open nationwide on November 16. 

The films and jury of the 65th Cannes Film Festival

by Dimitris Ioannou

The jury members of the 65^th Cannes Film Festival announced on Wednesday by the festival director Thierry Fremaux and cover a wide range of the arts and ethnicities.

The Palestinian actress and director Hiam Abbass, the British director and scriptwriter Andrea Arnold, the also British actor Ewan McGregor, the French actress Emmanuelle Davos, the German actress Diane Kruger, the Greek-American director, scriptwriter and producer Alexander Payne, the Haitian director, scriptwriter and producer Raoul Peck and the French designer Jean Paul Gaultier will be the jury, while the Italian director, actor and producer Nanni Moretti is honoured to be their President.

Those nine people will have to decide the winners in the main categories between the 22 films in Competition. This year we find a very strong English-language presence in the lineup, maybe because the festival is dedicated to the 50 years from the death of Hollywood's idol, Marilyn Monroe.

The festival will open on May 16 with the movie “Moonrise Kingdom” by the American filmmaker Wes Anderson, most known for his movies “The Royal Tenebaums” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”. David Cronenberg's “Cosmopolis” starring Robert Pattinson, Andrew Dominik's “Killing Them Softly” with Brad Pitt and Ray Liotta, and Lee Daniels' “Paperboy” with “High School Musical's” star Zac Efron, John Cusack and Nicole Kidman, are some of the most anticipated films.

Among other English-language filmmakers we see “Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols, competing with “Mud” starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey, John Hillcoat with “Lawless” starring Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf, Walter Salles with Viggo Mortensesn, Kristen Stewart and last years winner Kirsten Dunst being “On the Road” and Ken Loach with “The Angels' Share” starring Roger Allam, John Henshaw and Daniel Portman.

International auteurs on the list include Michael Haneke with “Love” (Amour), Cristian Mungiu with “Beyond the Hills”, Sangsoo Hong with “In Another Country” (Da-Erun Na-Ra-E-Suh) and Abbas Kiarostami with “Like Someone in Love”.

The rest of the filmmakers competing for the Palme d'Or prize are: Jacques Audiard with “De Rouille Et D'os” starring Marion Cotillard, Leos Carax with “Holy Motors” starring Eva Mendes, Matteo Garrone with “Reality”, Im Sang-soo with “The Tast of Money” (Do-Nui Mat), Sergei Loznitsa with “In The Fog” (V Tuman), Yousry Nasrallah with “After The Battle” (Baad El Mawkeaa), Alain Resmais with “Vous N'avez Encore Rien Vu”, Carlos Reygadas with “Post Tenebras Lux”, Ulrich Seidle with “Paradise: Love” (Paradise: Liebe) and Thomas Vinterberg with “The Hunt” (Jagten).

The 65th Cannes Film Festival will run from May 16 through May 27 in the South of France.

Whitney Houston shines in “Sparkle”

by Dimitris Ioannou

Whitney Houston returns for the last time to the big screen with the movie “Sparkle” and a brief preview was shown on Wednesday night at the ComicCon conference in Las Vegas, featuring the late singer dancing in a living room in celebration.

Houston who was found drowned in her bathtub on the eve of the 2012 Grammy Awards back on February, starred in the movie which supposed to be her big comeback to show business and also served as executive producer. The filming in Detroit finished before she died at the age of 48.

The film is a remake of the 1976 movie with the same titlee and Houston has been trying for 12 yeas to get “Sparkle” on the big screen. The singer plays a mother of three girls who form a singing group and struggle with fame and drug addiction.

The superstar was very enthusiastic with this project. Alongside Houston, we find Cee Lo Green, Mike Epps and Jodi Sparks in her first notable role after she won on American Idol.

She made her Hollywood debut 20 years ago in the blockbuster “The Bodyguard”, also starring Kevin Costner. The movie is scheduled for release this August. The first trailer came out about three weeks ago. Take a look below...

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” will go into production in 2013

by Dimitris Ioannou

And while the Spider-Man fans from all over the world can't wait for the release of “The Amazing Spider-Man” this summer, Sony in association with Marvel Comics, are already planning the sequel, which is set to go into production at the beginning of 2013, as announced.

The screenwriters of “Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen” Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are the ones with the duty to rewrite a first draft written by James Vanderbilt, according to the studios.

"We grew up as huge Spider-Man fans so, to us, the opportunity to work on this film is akin to being handed the Holy Grail. We love the direction Sony and the filmmakers are taking the Peter Parker / Spider-Man mythology and we couldn't be more excited to be a part of this legendary franchise" the duo said.

"It's a thrill to have Alex and Bob put their stamp on this franchise that we all love so well," said Producer Avi Arad in official statment. "They have an innate understanding of what makes Peter Parker not just a superhero, but a hero for all of us."

The film is currently scheduled to open in the US on May 2, 2014, with the first movie coming out on the 4th of July this year.

Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf in first “Lawless” trailer

by Dimitris Ioannou

Who doesn't love a good, old-fashioned, gangster film, set in the Prohibition-era, full of gunshots, man-to-man fights and illegal activities?

The Weinstein Company and director of “The Road” and “The Proposition” John Hillcoat, present the first trailer of “Lawless”, based on the 2008 historical novel “The Wettest Country in the World” by Matt Bondurant.

In the promiscuous film, starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain, we follow a pair of brothers who are in charge of a bootlegging gang in the South.

The film, which premiers at Cannes Film Festival next month, is scheduled to open nationwide on August 31.

Watch the trailer below...

First poster for “Seven Psychopaths”

by Dimitris Ioannou

Colin Farrell and director Martin McDonagh meet again after “In Bruges” for the new crime comedy movie “Seven Psychopaths”. The first poster, spotted by Collider at this year's CinemaCon festival.

The poster, which reminds us a bit of “Trainspotting”, features all the leading actors numbered from 1-7. First is Olga Kurylenko, followed by Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits and Woody Harrelson.

The film follows Marty (Farrell), a struggling writer who tries to finish his script entitled “Seven Psychopaths”. His best friend Billy (Rockwell) is an unemployed actor and part time dog thief, who is willing to help him by any means. Billy and his crime partner Hans (Walken) steal the beloved dog of the psychopathic gangster Charlie (Harrelson) giving that way to Marty, all the inspiration he needs.

“Seven Psychopaths” are scheduled for a US release on November 2, 2012.

Gary Ross is officially out of “Hunger Games” sequel

by Dimitris Ioannou

We finally have an official answer. Gary Ross announced himself his unwillingness to direct the “Hunger Games” sequel, titled “Catching Fire” and expected to begin filming this autumn in order to come out on 22 November 2013. Although he did a great job for the first part of the hit blockbuster trilogy, he refused to continue working with Lionsgate, giving an end to the last days speculations.

"Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct Catching Fire," said Ross. "As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule."

"Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise," he continued. "They empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results. And contrary to what has been reported, negotiations with Lionsgate have not been problematic. They have also been very understanding of me through this difficult decision." 

Now we only have to wait to see who will take his place.

HBO renewed “Game of Thrones” for a third season

by Dimitris Ioannou

As you might have already suspected, HBO has renewed “Game of Thrones” for a third season, airing next year.

Show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will officially get another season to bring to life the George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels, settled in the mythical Westeros.

The second season, premiered two weeks ago drew 3.9 million viewers, up 74 percent over the series premiere last year. It also jumped 27 percent over last season's finale, which grabbed 3 million viewers with its initial airing.

Gemma Arterton is the “Wright Girl”

by Dimitris Ioannou

Gemma Arterton, the beautiful actress from England, best known for her work in “Clash of the Titans” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”, is currently in negotiations to star in “The Wright Girls”, a dark comedy-thriller from Relativity and Atlas Entertainment.

The film is inspired by the Japanese “2LDK” and it revolves around two young actresses who live together, pretend to be best friends and are co-stars on a successful television show. In reality, they detest each other and go to extreme and violent lengths to do one another in when they end up competing for the same movie role. The role of the other actress has not been cast.

Andy Fickman is also in talks to direct the movie and “Easy A's” Bert Royal wrote the script. There has been rumors that Megan Fox is attached to the movie, but sources say that the actress is not evolved to the project.

Arterton is now filming “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” alongside Jeremy Renner, and “Byzantium” a dark and bloody vampire movie, co-starring Saoirse Ronan, directed by Neil Jordan.

Ben Kingsley to play the villain in “Iron Man 3”

by Dimitris Ioannou

With the release of “The Avengers” less than a month away, Marvel is already planning the return of “Iron Man 3”. Although there is nothing yet known concerning the plot, Marvel and director Shane Black have found their villain. According to Variety, Sir Ben Kingsley will star opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the third “Iron Man” pic.

It is still unknown who Kingsley will play, but one thing is for sure. He isn't playing Mandarin. The previous “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau had been setting up the brilliant and wealthy Chinese scientist to be the villain for “Iron Man 3”, but people related to the movie denied that this will be the role for Kingsley.

In the third “Iron Man”, scheduled for May 3rd, 2013, except Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow and also Scarlett Johansson will all reprise their roles. Kingsley is currently filming the adaptation “Ender's Game”, directed by Gavin Hood, alongside Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld and Viola Davis.

"Glee" pays tribute to Whitney Houston

by Dimitris Ioannou

“Glee” returns tonight with a whole new episode, titled “Big Brother” guest starring Matt Bomer, but on April 24, Glee club pays tribute to one of the greatest voices that ever walked on this earth, the amazing Whitney Houston.

In the “Dance With Somebody” episode, New Directions will cover some of the biggest hits of the late Whitney Houston, who died last month. Brittany (Heather Morris) and Santana (Naya Rivera) are honoured with performing the title song, as we can see from the first still released yesterday.

One week earlier, the McKinley High goes... disco! On April 17 episode “Saturday Night Glee-ver”, the hit series will page homage to the movie “Saturday Night Fever”, covering disco-infused numbers.

We also have a new arrival. “Glee Project” runner-up Alex Newell makes his big debut, making us wonder when Jonathan Groff, Rachels big crush on first season, will return too. Producer Ryan Murphy revealed earlier this season that Newell and Groff would share “many scenes” together.

Nicole Kidman in talks to play Grace Kelly

by Dimitris Ioannou

She was born in 1929 in USA, began her acting career in 1950, became Princess of Monaco only six years later, at the age of 26 and died in 1982 when she was 52-years-old. Today, the graceful Grace Kelly, will live again, according to Variety, as Nicole Kidman is set to portray the great actress, in a new film titled “Grace of Monaco”.

The 44-year-old Australian actress, is in advanced negotiations to play the iconic woman in the Olivier Dahan's (La Vie En Rose) project, which is set after her marriage with Prince Rainier III and will show her life as a mother-of-two and wife to the monarch of Monaco.

This is the perfect opportunity for Kidman to claim the second Oscar in her career. She received her first Academy Award in 2002 for her role of author Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's biopic “The Hours”. Kidman had to change her appearance in order to look like the famous English novelist.

Matt Bomer and Darren Criss cover Gotye on “Glee's” new episode

by Dimitris Ioannou

New troubles for the McKinley High, as Blaine's brother Cooper comes to visit. In “Glee's” new sneak peak that FOX released today, we see the Anderson brothers, perform a very interesting cover of Gotye's big hit “Somebody That I Used To Know”.

In next week's episode, titled “Big Brother”, Matt Bomer is the latest actor to guest star in the series, playing Darren Criss's older brother.

From all we can understand by the video, the two brothers have some unsolved issues, going back to their childhood.

Bomer's first attempt to sing in national TV is quite successful as the “White Collar's” actor has a really great voice.

For anything more, we have to wait until next Tuesday, April 10.

Watch the clip below.

HBO's “The Newsroom” first trailer

by Dimitris Ioannou

HBO sure knows how to make great series, so “The Newsroom” coming this summer is definitely gona be one of them. The network released online the first trailer of the new drama series, created by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network, Moneyball).

Starring Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in the role of an anchorman at a 24-hour cable news network. In the trailer we see McAvoy's desperate attempts to keep his audience, after a very striking and public meltdown.

“The Newsroom”, which premieres on June 24, also stars Emily Mortimer, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, Sam Waterson and Jane Fonda as the CEO of the cable network.

Watch the trailer below. Will you watch it?

Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs

by Dimitris Ioannou

You might be surprised to hear it, but it is actually true. Ashton Kutcher is set to play Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie biopic, titled “Jobs”, by the director of “Swing Vote” Joshua Michael Stern and the writer Matt Whiteley.

According to Variety, we'll follow Job's journey “from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple”. The filming is about to start this May, after this season's “Two and a Half Men” come to an end. For what is worth, Kutcher is not officially set to return for another season.

Steve Jobs died in October after a battle with cancer.

First "True Blood" season 5 trailer

by Dimitris Ioannou

Waiting sucks!

HBO has finally revealed something about “True Blood's” fifth season, scheduled to air this June. The first ever trailer, aired this Sunday before “Game of Thrones” season 2 debut and it is released online too.

In the 32 seconds video we see all the main characters including, among others, Sookie (Anna Paquin), Bill (Stephen Moyer), Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll).

Jessica is also featuring in the first still of the fifth season. She looks a bit older and bolder. What do you think?