Expect the unexpected - time for an Alfred Hitchcock remake. And oh so perfectly timed with the Oscars coming up, as Hitchcock's 1940 romantic mystery Rebecca is the only one of his films to actually win Best Picture, oddly enough. Variety reports that DreamWorks and Working Title Films, two big studios in town, are developing a feature remake of Rebecca that will feature a screenplay written by Oscar nominated writer Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Amazing Grace, Eastern Promises, Hummingbird), adapting from Daphne DuMaurier's original novel. Justin Lowe appropriately wonders: might this just be "crazy brilliant?" ›››

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"And we'll be bringing you the countdown to the end of days along with all your classic rock favorites." The poster just debuted this week, and as promised, now we have the first official trailer for the fantastic looking comedic drama Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as an unlikely pair who develop a relationship while on one last road trip to find the former's high school sweetheart before the end of days. My only gripe is I'm not sure anyone would work anywhere if the end of the world was so near. But I digress, as it doesn't detract from how great this film looks. Watch! ›››

Continue reading: Must Watch: First 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' Trailer

It's been a point of contention amongst fanboys since 1997 when Star Wars (again, I will not call it A New Hope) returned to theaters in Special Edition form complete with new special effects, creatures and remastered sound and picture. However, one of the biggest changes to the film came in the form of an extra split second of footage in the Mos Eisley cantina in which Han Solo is confronted by Greedo. Now in the original film, Solo blasts Greedo without a second thought, but in the Special Edition, galactic history is rewritten to have Greedo taking the first shot. However, George Lucas never saw it that way. More below! ›››

Continue reading: Wait, What?! George Lucas Asserts That Greedo Always Shot First?

What's up next for Superman after he saves the world? Variety is reporting that British actor Henry Cavill, who is finishing up work on Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, is looking to schedule his next role after Supes and it might be a project called The Great Wall being developed by Legendary East in China. The Great Wall, which is indeed a film about China's Great Wall, is being directed by Edward Zwick (Love and Other Drugs, Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall) from a script he wrote with Marshall Herskovitz. Sounds like an interesting prospect for Cavill, and similar to Christian Bale starring in The Flowers of War. ›››

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After being delayed last month, when shooting was supposed to commence, it sounds like Paradise Lost is going to that big shelf in the sky where the epic Biblical war written by John Milton would've taken place. Deadline has word that Legendary Pictures has scrapped Alex Proyas' developing adaptation about the epic war in heaven between archangels Lucifer and Michael, including the latter's role in Adam and Eve's fall from grace. Talent like Bradley Cooper, Diego Boneta, Benjamin Walker, Casey Affleck and more had been lined up for the project, but apparently it's the heavy visual effects budget that has it dead. ›››

Continue reading: Legendary Pictures Officially Shuts Down Alex Proyas' 'Paradise Lost'

The way this guy speaks about his upcoming projects sounds like he's bringing the second coming of cinema in the near future. We've been keeping tabs on visual effects maestro Douglas Trumbull, aka Doug, for a while as he's been back in the fray since doing the FX work on The Tree of Life. Trumbull was at the VES Awards ceremony this week and our friend Todd at the Hollywood Reporter interviewed him, and it's quite a tremendous piece. He speaks in depth about the state of the industry and FX world, and also goes in depth into his upcoming "120FPS 3D" sci-fi movie we've been hearing about. And it sounds mind-blowing already. ›››

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His booming voice served as the narration to space and the heavens themselves in the Science Channel series "Through the Wormhole," but now Morgan Freeman will be headed into the future. Deadline has word that the veteran actor has landed a critical role in Oblivion, the big budget sci-fi film from Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski with Tom Cruise starring. The film follows the last man (Cruise) on a post-apocalyptic and nearly uninhabitable Earth, who stays behind to repair ships that hunt down and blast a virulent alien species. However, at this time it's not clear what role Freeman has landed in the sci-fi story. ›››

Continue reading: Morgan Freeman Heading to the Future with Tom Cruise in 'Oblivion'

After collaborating on one of the most critically lauded films of 2008 with In Bruges, writer/director Martin McDonagh and star Colin Farrell are together again for Seven Psychopaths. However, this time they're bringing quite the cast with them that includes Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson. Now we have our first look at the film featuring photos of the cast in the film about a screenwriter (Farrell) struggling for inspiration for his script, also called Seven Psychopaths, who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his friends (Rockwell and Walken). See the first photos below! ›››

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Now that he's made quite a splash in the United States garnering plenty of acclaim and awards for his turn as George Valentin in The Artist, the time has come for French actor Jean Dujardin to take on a big blockbuster role. As this video so bluntly, and quite accurately, points out, it's a tradition for a big European actor to play the villain in any number of spy/action thrillers. Thankfully, Dujardin's representatives have set him up on a whole slew of auditions that would see him facing off with the likes of James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne, the Spy Kids and even those pesky Bridesmaids too. Watch below! ›››

Continue reading: Watch: 'The Artist' Star Jean Dujardin Auditions for Every Villain Role

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by James McCormick of The Criterion Cast to go through their Picks of the Week, the newest in DVD & Blu-Ray releases, talk through the new trailers for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man and Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy and much more! The main topic of the night was a discussion on re-releasing films in theaters in honor of Episode I: The Phantom Menace getting a re-release in 3D starting this weekend. The guys go over some notable re-releases of the past and talk over their feelings about Star Wars returning again to theaters near you. ›››

Continue reading: TGB Episode 96: They Re-Release Anything (Guest: James McCormick)

Though the project was just announced this week, Machete Kills has been making the rounds at the Berlin Film Market. That means aside from the attached cast, including Danny Trejo as the titular bad-ass Mexican, there had to be something tangible to help sell the film. Enter a sales promo poster that ComingSoon has discovered with a familiar face and a whole lot of blood. It's pretty self-explanatory what this film is going to be, and if you haven't seen the original, then you wouldn't probably be interested anyway. There's no cast or credits listed yet, so deals are probably still being closed, but check it out below! ›››

Continue reading: There's Already a Promo Poster with Danny Trejo for 'Machete Kills'

Last summer we got the potentially exciting news that a follow-up to the 2001 Sundance selected comedy Wet Hot American Summer just might be happening. Though the chances were slim, director David Wain said that it was being developed. Now it sounds like dreams are coming true as Wain's longtime friend and comedic collaborator Michael Showalter stopped by the Bravo talk show "Watch What Happens Live" (via HuffPo) and when asked whether the sequel would be happening, he simply said, "Absolutely yes. 100% yes. The whole gang. Everyone's back. We're doing it." That's the best news I've heard this year. ›››

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Inititally, the hardest working actress of 2011, Jessica Chastain, had been lined up to play the late Princess Diana in a new biopic called Caught in Flight, which is said to chronicle her secret two-year love affair with heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Kahn that wasn't revealed until 2008. However, a press release from Ecosse Films now reveals that Naomi Watts, last seen in J. Edgar, has landed the role instead. Perhaps director Oliver Hirschbegel thought it better to have a native o the United Kingdom play the Princess of Wales, or maybe Chastain's schedule was just too full for a deal to pan out. Either way, it's still a good casting choice. ›››

Continue reading: Naomi Watts is Replacing Jessica Chastain in Princess Diana Biopic

What is The Aggression Scale? Wow, I am very impressed, I really want to see this now! THR posted the first promo trailer for The Aggression Scale, directed by Steven C. Miller, which was just announced as a world premiere in the SXSW Film Festival's midnight category next month. The original description states: 4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = WAR. It basically looks like a home invasion meets crazy teens, and more, horror but I love this trailer, I love the music, it looks great. The cast includes Fabianne Therese, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds and Ray Wise. Highly suggest watching! ›››

Continue reading: Watch: First SXSW Trailer for Midnight Film 'The Aggression Scale'

Right now Joel and Ethan Coen have Justin Timberlake and John Goodman lined up for the 60's folk music centric film Inside Llewyn Davis, but the actors from two different generations will be together on another film as well. Variety has word that Goodman has just joined the cast of Trouble with the Curve, the baseball drama starring Clint Eastwood as a baseball scout with vision problems who takes a road trip to Atlanta with his daughter to take a look at a hot prospect. Amy Adams has already signed to play Eastwood's daughter and Timberlake is playing a former pitcher who now works as a scout for the New York Yankees. ›››

Continue reading: John Goodman Lined Up to Have Some 'Trouble with the Curve' Too

So are they still on Earth or somewhere else? I'm not normally a fan of set photos, but these images come straight from the source(s) themselves - Will Smith and director M. Night Shyamalan (yea I know, give him a chance), plus screenwriter Gary Whitta always tweets plenty about it as well. They're all currently making a movie called After Earth, a new science fiction movie starring Will Smith and his son Jaden, who crash land on a "planet", which I'm sure is just Earth, many years in the future. They're getting ready to start shooting, and the photos (via Collider) include shots of Smith on location in beautiful, tropical Costa Rica. ›››

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They're not done with The Hobbit yet! Still shooting, still casting, until today! Deadline reports that Peter Jackson has cast Billy Connolly in the role of Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. Jackson announces the news: "We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the stanchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself. With Billy stepping into this role, the cast of The Hobbit is now complete. We can't wait to see him on the Battlefield!" Me either! This is great news to round off their casting, as Connolly is a fan-favorite character actor and fine addition. ›››

Continue reading: Billy Connolly Joins 'The Hobbit' Cast as Dwarf Warrior Dain Ironfoot

Whoa. Calling Mr. Incredible! While we've heard from Brad Bird himself that it's very unlikely, at least for a while, that we'll see The Incredibles 2, one fan has taken on the massive of challenge of possibly hinting at what a sequel could be like. I was a sent an email from Edwin Rhemrev, a "visual development artist", who linked me to his own blog post featuring some Incredibles 2 concept art he created. But he reminds me "it's a fanproject though, so be aware these are not official Pixar images or anything" - indeed. All I had to do was take one look and was stunned, these are amazing, you've got to see them anyway, just to dream... ›››

Continue reading: Check This Out: Amazing Fan-Made 'The Incredibles 2' Concept Art

The Untold Story? "People don't know what to expect, and I think it's really important for us to establish exactly why we believe it's an important thing to do," director Marc Webb tells THR, trying to explain their position with the new trailer. We all just saw the rather awesome second trailer for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man, which looks darker, more realistic, but still emotional, and that's due in large part to Webb. Hollywood Reporter was the first to catch up with him following the highly successful preview event, and got him to talk briefly about their status and his thoughts on the Lizard, now that we've seen 'em. ›››

Continue reading: Marc Webb Briefly Chats 'Amazing Spider-Man' Trailer & The Lizard

Though Rodrigo Santoro brought Xerxes to life in Zack Snyder's comic book adaptation 300, it looks like a different actor will strap on the gold chains for the gestating prequel 300: Battle of Artemisia. Deadline has word that Animal Kingdom star Sullivan Stapleton has landed the villainous role in the film that will follow the Battle of Artemisium, which is where the Persian leader Xerxes fought the warlord named Themistocles (a role that was rumored to go to Joel Edgerton but is not yet cast). The story takes place over several years, but the focal point is the Battle of Artemisium and learning why "Xerxes is the way he is." ›››

Continue reading: Sullivan Stapleton to Play Xerxes in '300: Battle of Artemisia' Prequel?