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).

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 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.

Vampire Johnny Depp in the first “Dark Shadows” trailer

by Dimitris Ioannou

It's been about two years since the last time Tim Burton and Johnny Depp worked together in “Alice in Wonderland”, but now the two friends have something new to show us. “Dark Shadows” is the latest Gothic-horror tale from the brilliant director and the first trailer is already online.

In the two and a half minute video we see Barnabas Collins played by Johnny Depp, transformed into a vampire and buried alive by an evil but sexy witch (Eva Green). Hundreds of years later, he escapes from the tomb and returns to his family home to meet his ancestors.

“Dark Shadows” is adapted from the cult TV show of the '60s with the same name. Though the theme might sound a bit scary, in fact the movie has a lot of funny moments -most of them by Johnny Depp- and seems to be one of Burton's best movies so far.

Besides the trailer a new poster published yesterday, revealing the entire cast of the film, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Johnny Lee Miller and Helena Bonham Carter. The movie is scheduled for a May 11 release.

Take a look at the trailer below and let me know what do you think.