Gary Oldman signs up for “RoboCop” remake

by Dimitris Ioannou

Hollywood loves remakes and when their followed by a big movie star, they're guaranteed success. The classic sci-fi action film “RoboCop” is the next movie to get a new modern version, and Gary Oldman has just signed to play one of the leading roles.

Oldman will play Norton, the scientist responsible for creating “RoboCop”, alongside Joel Kinnaman, known from the US version of “The Killing”, in the role of “RoboCop”.

Kinnaman recently talked about the film and said: “I sincerely hope they’re going for an R rating, because I can’t imagine how RoboCop could be PG-13. That would be a huge mistake. If I have any say in it, I will fight very hard for it. It has to be violent.”

“RoboCop” is scheduled to open on August 9, 2013, although the production hasn't started yet.

“30 Rock” will end after 7th season

 

by Dimitris Ioannou

Today is a bad day for Liz Lemon as NBC's boss Robert Greenblatt officially confirmed that “30 Rock's” 7th season next year will be the last one for the successful comedy TV series.

Last week the network announced that “30 Rock” was picked up for 13 episodes and although yesterday Greenblatt denied that any decisions have been made about the future of the show, today everything changed.

But don't worry “30 Rock” fans, because Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and the entire cast will say goodbye with an hour long last episode. 

And... that's a dealbreaker, ladies!

CBS cancels “CSI: Miami”

by Dimitris Ioannou

CBS has officially canceled “CSI: Miami” and as a result the favorite show wont come back next year for an 11th season. Horatio Cane played by David Caruso and his team should pack their bags and leave the sandy beaches of Miami for good.

This is the first spin-off of the CSI franchise to get off the air, despite the strong international sales and the fresh off-network syndication deal with AMC that would've covered an 11th season.

In an official statement the network said: “CSI: Miami leaves an amazing television legacy - a signature look and style, global popularity and as a key player in CBS’s rise to the top over the past decade. We thank all the producers - led by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and Ann Donahue - and its talented cast, led by David Caruso, for 10 outstanding seasons. Viewers around the world will continue to enjoy rebroadcasts of CSI: Miami in syndication and on key digital platforms for many years to come.”

“Two and a Half Men” renewed for 10th season

by Dimitris Ioannou 

“Two and a Half Men” fans should wear their best smile as CBS has renewed their favourite show for a 10th season. Alan, Jake and Walden will be coming back next year and that's not a surprise if you consider this seasons ratings.

Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones and Ashton Kutcher, who replaced Charlie Sheen in the 9th season after his last year's bad public behaviour, reached new deals with the network and will reprise their roles.

This season, it has averaged a 5.2 rating/13 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, a 27 percent improvement over the previous season, and 15 million total viewers.

The ninth season premiere of “Two and a Half Men” in September featuring Kutcher's initial appearance drew a jaw-dropping 27.7 million total viewers, and a 10.3/24 in the demo.

CBS has also renewed 18 of its other series, including “How I Met Your Mother”, “2 Broke Girls”, “Mike & Molly” and “The Big Bang Theory”.

Scarlett Johansson to play Janet Leigh in "Hitchcock" biopic

 by Dimitris Ioannou

Scarlett Johansson has been cast to play “Psycho” star Janet Leigh in the upcoming “Hitchcock” biopic, opposite Antony Hopkins who will portray the great director Alfred Hitchcock.

Talking to totalfilm.com Johansson says she is very excited about playing that role. “I’m very excited to play her. There was never really an actor I wanted to portray or do a bio of but I do love Janet Leigh. I’ve always loved her. She was such a good actor and sexy. But it never got in the way of her work.” she said and added “She was spunky and her relationship with Hitchcock was famously one of great admiration and affection between them.”

The movie, directed by Sacha Gervasi and also starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, Toni Collette and James D'Arcy in the role of Anthony Perkins is scheduled to hit the theatres in 2013.

Julianne Moore will play “Carrie's” mom

by Dimitris Ioannou

“Carrie” has finally found her mom. Julianne Moore is going to portray the creepy mother in the remake of the classical 1976 movie that Screen Gems and MGM producing. In the original, Piper Laurie was playing the role of Margaret White, while Sissy Spacek was Carrie.

Gabrielle Wilde of “The Three Musketeers” has also been cast as Sue Snell. In the leading role of Carrie we find the talented Chloe Moretz.

The director Kimberly Pierce (Boy's Don't Cry) has taken on the project and the script is by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Glee, Big Love).

First trailer for “The Gangster Squad”

by Dimitris Ioannou

The first trailer for “The Gangster Squad” is out and the director Ruben Fleischer achieves to take us back to a 1950s Los Angeles, where crime, gangsters and dirty cops were ruling the place.

In “Gangster Squad” we find Sean Penn starring as crime boss Mickey Cohen and Emma Stone as his girl. Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin are play the two detectives who try to take Cohen down. In the meanwhile what Gosling is just hoping is to take Stone to bed!

Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick and Anthony Mackie also star in the movie, which is scheduled to hit the theatres later this year. 

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

Russell Brand to host 2012 MTV Movie Awards

by Dimitris Ioannou

Russel Brand is going to host the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June 3 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, and he is more than excited. The English comedian in an official statement said: “This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than The Avengers, and you won't have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out”.

Although Brand work again for the network at the MTV Music Video Awards in 2008 and 2009, this will the first time for him to host the MTV Movie Awards.

“Bridesmaids”, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, “The Help”, “Breaking Dawn: Part 1” and “The Hunger Games” are some of the big nominees, while Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, are expected to attend the event.

“The Amazing Spider-Man” new trailer released

by Dimitris Ioannou

Sony released a brand new, full-length trailer for “The Amazing Spider-Man” and it is jaw-dropping. For an entire 2 minutes and 35 seconds the video is full with action scenes, a lot of fighting and exploding.

In this new reboot, starring Andrew Garfield in the leading role of Peter Parker, Spidy's alter ego, the director Marc Webb is trying not only to show us the hero as it is today, but also take us back to the past and his search for the truth to what happened to his parents.

The Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans is going to make Spider-Man's life difficult and we finally get a better glimpse of him in this third, and probably the last one, trailer. A blonde-haired Emma Stone is also starring as Gwen Stacy.

Check out the trailer below and share your thoughts.

Kellan Lutz to play Tarzan

by Dimitris Ioannou

“The Twilight Saga” actor Kellan Lutz has just signed to play Tarzan in a new film by the German production company Constantin Film. For the role of his love interest Jane, the young actress Spencer Locke, mostly known for “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and TV series “Cougar Town”, is currently in talks.

What's the catch? The film will be fully animated using performance-capture technology, like the one used in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” last summer. Reinhard Klooss will sit at the directing chair, while the script is written by himself, Jessica Postigo (The Mortal Instruments) and Yoni Brenner (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs).

Until the release of the movie, which is yet unknown, you can see Kellan in the upcoming grand finale of “Twilight” titled “Breaking Dawn: Part 2”, scheduled to hit the theatres on November 16.

The Lizard in new “Amazing Spider-Man” stills

 

by Dimitris Ioannou

Only a day before a new trailer of “The Amazing Spider-Man” hits the internet and the production company released two new official stills showing the movies villain, The Lizard, played by English actor Rhys Ifans.

The two stills that were uploaded to the film's iTunes movie page, give us one more hint from the upcoming blockbuster, coming out on July 3. At the first one, we see The Lizard gripping somebody's neck, while on the other he is holding inside his claws a camera with the words “Property of Peter Parker”.

In the movie directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer), Andrew Garfield is in the leading role of Spider-Man, and also starring Emma Stone as Peter Parker's love interest, Sally Field and Martin Sheen.

Robert Pattinson to hunt down Saddam Hussein in “Mission: Blacklist”

by Dimitris Ioannou

“The Twilight Saga” star Robert Pattinson is joining the army, but only for the movies. The young actor has signed for the leading role in the movie “Mission: Blacklist” where he'll play military interrogator Eric Maddox, the man who spearheaded the investigation to find out where former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hiding.

The film is based on Maddox's book “Mission: Blacklist #1”. The director of “Johnny Mad Dog” Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is leading the project, while the adaptation for the screen and the production is by Erik Jendersen, mostly known from HBO's TV mini-series “Band of Brothers” in 2001.

“Mission: Blacklist” is scheduled to be sold at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Robert Pattinson will be at Cannes Film Festival for David Cronenberg's “Cosmopolis” which is competing for the Palme d'Or prize.

Tom Cruise to star in “Van Helsing” reboot

by Dimitris Ioannou

Universal is about to give another try to the “Van Helsing” project after the 2004 box office big disappointment, starring Hugh Jackman in the leading role and Kate Beckinsale, but this time with the help of a “special agent”.

Tom Cruise is reportedly on board to produce the film and also star in it, while the “Transformers” screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are currently developing the script for the upcoming reboot.

Cruise is also in talks to return to two of his previous roles, first as agent Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible 5” and second to the role that shot him to stardom as Maverick in “Top Gun 2”. The talented duo of the screenwriters have also agreed to give a new breath to “The Mummy”.

Amanda Seyfried in new “Lovelace” poster

by Dimitris Ioannou

Amanda Seyfried grew up and from the innocent girl of “Mamma Mia” now she stars in “Lovelace”, a biopic about “Deep Throat's” porn star Linda Lovelace, who later in her life turned into a woman's rights activist.

The movie, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, will tell her life story from when her brutal husband Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard) pussed her into the porn industry, till the infamous and controversial “Deep Throat” and then her work as an activist.

A new poster of the film has released yesterday showing Seyfried sexier than ever, wearing a red bra and a cardigan combo. In the all star cast we also find Wes Bentley, James Franco, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sharon Stone.

“Lovelace” is not the only movie about Linda Lovelace's life coming out in the next year, as the director Matthew Wilder is currently filming “Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story”, his approach to the famous porn star. “Watchmen's” Malin Akerman is in the leading role, while Matt Dillon is going to play her husband.

In both movies is not yet known a release date.

New “Dark Knight Rises” trailer has arrived

by Dimitris Ioannou

The third and probably the last trailer for “The Dark Knight Rises” has just arrived and it has a lot to offer. It is dark, epic and with a lot of new footage including more of Anne Hathaway in the role of Catwoman, Tom Hardy as Bane and even Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

In the 2:20 minute video we find Christian Bale's Batman into a very difficult position. Bane seems to be the toughest villain he ever had to deal with. But will he be able to stop him?

“The Dark Knight Rises” is Christopher Nolan's big finale to his Batman universe and hopefully the best one. Among the cast, we also find Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Marion Cotillard. The movie is set to hit the cinemas on July 20.

Check out the new trailer below and share your thoughts.