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Avary still on Silent Hill 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:54 +0000

Silent Hill 2 has been on the go for a very long time, and with the recent news that Roger Avary, the man tasked with writing the film, has been sent to prison, it would seem that there's little chance of the film happening. Well that might not be true as the producer Don Carmondy has been talking about the film and about Avary's involvement....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Underworld 4 gets Shield writer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:31 +0000

This could be huge news for the fourth in the Underworld series as word comes out that the a writer of The Shield, John Hlavin, is set to write the script for Underworld 4. Although that spells good news for the series, let's put this in context, there's no director and no lead actress, but there is an idea of where the film would be placed in regards the time-line of the others....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Spielberg developing King's Under the Dome

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:04 +0000

It was good news for Stephen King fans when we heard that his latest story, Under the Dome, was coming to the big screen, but news today brings great and not so good news for the film. Great news first? Steven Spielberg is one of the executive producers on the project, so that's got to be good and looks like it might go the same way as The Talisman, and that's the not so good news, it's going to become a mini-series....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Stalked: Nicholas Flamel, Jekyll and Hyde, Orphange remake dead

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:15:00 +0000

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel to be adapted... Jekyll and Hyde moves forward... The Orphanage remake dead?... 47 Ronin with ex-Alien prequel director......Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Stalked: Gibson talks Mad Max, McKidd on Call of Duty film, Connery's acting again, Murphy in Caller

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:52 +0000

Zack Snyder's Guardians of Ga'hoole gains cast... Kevin McKidd is hoping to be in the Call of Duty film... Sean Connery returns to voice animated character... Mel Gibson has been talking about that Mad Max role... Brittany Murphy is joining a supernatural thriller......Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

The Flying Scotsman for free in Edinburgh

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:48:19 +0000

I've been a huge supporter of The Flying Scotsman (Filmstalker review) since it was released, I loved that film, and it really touched me on a very personal level and struck me as a great Scottish film. It's just a shame that a lot of people who held purse strings for the film didn't think so. Still, it got made, got released and found a huge audience, and we're all glad of that for it's a superb film and Scotland should be proud of it. So it's superb news to hear that the Filmhouse is showing it for free as...Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Gibson suggests Braveheart gave Scotland independence

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:38:06 +0000

Let's face facts, the Scottish people have always wanted some form of independence and autonomy from the UK, like Wales and Ireland, there's a strong sense of who we are and a strong place in our hearts for our history. What I can say is that I don't believe that Braveheart made Scotland independent at all. In fact, if anything, it did highlight how we lost our country in the first place, and it's not as clear cut as some poetic views of history might like us to think....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

The Black Hole trailer online

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:52:35 +0000

This is a little bit of nostalgia here, and nothing like a recent release, but it's a film that I think is one of the many that really could benefit from a remake, whereas so many of the Hollywood films that are remakes just now aren't needed or wanted, The Black Hole is one that could work. You can see from this extended trailer just how dated it looks, and if you've seen the film you know that even now it still packs a powerful story, some great characters, and tons of adventure - Vincent and Old Bob? I had...Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Ten Best Days of My Life shows a bad side to the afterlife

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:28 +0000

While some are suggesting this is a remake of Defending Your Life, the Albert Brooks written , directed and starring film, although to me it sounds like it owes more to A Matter of Life and Death from 1946 starring David Niven. However the story of Ten Best Days of My Life has something a little different to it and portrays the afterlife a bit like a company with a hierarchy and a promotional system. Sounds a bit odd doesn't it?...Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Cycler teenage girl-boy swap story

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:04 +0000

Wow, I really struggled writing a title for this that could explain what the film was about and wasn't five hundred words long! Cycler is the story of a teenage girl who for four days every month turns into a teenage boy, and I mean completely, even with full male anatomy, and after the four days turns back to a girl. The successful book series is to be adapted into a film, and I find that fascinating because there's a huge scope for this project and how it could turn out on screen....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

More Spider-Man 4 casting rumours

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:48:27 +0000

There are some films that just attract casting rumours like flies round something very smelly. They just pour out one after the other. Hey, did you know I've actually auditioned for Spider-Man 4? I can't tell you what part it is yet, and that's nothing to do with the fact it isn't written yet, but never mind. No the latest rumour is that Anne Hathaway is “being approached” to star in the film. Now what that means could vary from some executive sitting in their office musing over the idea to a lawyer actually talking to her lawyer, but that's...Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Crazy Heart trailer online

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:46:32 +0000

I missed this trailer when it popped up, it's the trailer for Crazy Heart, a new film starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell and the superb Robert Duvall. It tells the story of an aged country music singer whose life has really broken him down and through his many marriages he now finds himself drinking too much and travelling from small time gig to small time gig. Then a journalist arrives and tries to bring out and document the real man and we follow him through redemption....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief new trailer online

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:41 +0000

There are four things that strike me about the new trailer for Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and here they are – more action, product placement, and two gorgeous women, one a goodie and one a baddie. The new trailer for the film looks pretty spectacular, and there's a little bit of darkness in there too, and with the strong cast behind it I wonder if this is the new franchise to rival the rest?...Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Girl Number 9 trailer online

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:46:10 +0000

Girl Number 9 was released at the end of October in the UK but I must admit to not noticing it, mainly because it's a web series and my experience of them aren't great, but there are a number of recognisable British television actors in here, and the writer of Severance writes and co-directs. There's Gareth David-Lloyd from Torchwood, Joe Absolom from Eastenders, and also Tracy-Ann Oberman from Eastenders, all three recognisable faces and it's Absolom who walked out of the British soap and started to prove he could really act....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

Jennifer Hudson playing Winnie Mandela

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:13 +0000

Jennifer Hudson looks set to play Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela, the first black President of South Africa, and a controversial voice against apartheid in the country prior to that, holding the post of head of the African National Congress Women's League. The film, Winnie, is set to tell her story adapted form the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography Winnie Mandela:A Life which has been adapted into a screenplay by Andre Pieterse, Roodt and Paul L. Johnson....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.