Fake Woody Allen Trailer Looks Real
If you just can’t wait for To Rome With Love to hit UK cinemas and you urgently need a quick fix of neurotic intellectual ramblings set to a jaunty jazz soundtrack, you may enjoy this affectionate Woody Allen tribute courtesy of Funny Or Die. It’s just a shame that the nasal whining and matching Gap wardrobe of Woody, Jesse Eisenberg & Owen Wilson won’t actually be a big screen reality.
Electrick Children UK Trailer
Indie film festival hit Electrick Children arrives in UK cinemas on 13th July, starring Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken and Billy Zane. Check out the official synopsis and brand new UK trailer below.
Electrick Children is a visceral journey through a young girl’s discovery of a new world. Having grown up in a fundamentalist Mormon community in Utah, 15-years old Rachel discovers a forbidden tape, with an ironic rock song on it that has a profound effect on her. So much so that she becomes convinced it is in some way responsible for her ambiguous pregnancy 3 months later. To avoid subsequent arranged marriage and search for the man on the tape, who she persuades herself will be her modern salvation she escapes to the nearest city, Las Vegas.
We’ll be talking to director Rebecca Thomas later in the week so check back for our exclusive interview.
Hunger Games Catching Fire Casting News
Casting rumours surrounding blockbuster sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire continue to gather pace with production set to start straight away in efforts to hit an ambitious release date of November next year.
Hunger Games Director Gary Ross already declined to return to helm the highly anticipated sequel, due to the demanding schedule imposed by Lionsgate. But Water For Elephants director Francis Lawrence quickly stepped into his shoes, prompting reports that Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson might be in line for the role of Finnick Odair. Pattinson himself was quick to throw cold water on that speculation, but more credible rumours have Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman under strong consideration for the role of new gameskeeper Plutarch Heavensbee.
New reports have Alice In Wonderland star Mia Wasikowska and model Zoe Aggeliki battling it out for the part of Johanna. The character is an intimidating former games contestant who squares off against Katniss.
Mia Wasikowska might not seem best suited to the physically imposing role, given her recent rack record of playing meek demure characters in Jane Eyre and Restless. But it would certainly give her a chance to prove her range and reunite her with The Kid’s Are Alright co-star Josh Hutcherson.
Zoe Aggeliki seems to be the current front runner with the model less well known but set to become more familiar thanks to forthcoming roles in Percy Jackson sequel Sea Of Monsters and Ryan Reynolds supernatural flick R.I.P.D.
For now the speculation and fan debate wages on.
Hugh Lauire might join RoboCop Cast
The big screen reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s cult 1980’s action flick RoboCop looks set to add yet another surprisingly credible cast member in the shape of Hugh Laurie, the surly star of TV’s House. MGM are courting the wry British actor to star as the villainous mega-rich CEO of the company that transforms deceased cop Alex Murphy into the titular cyborg RoboCop.
The growing cast list already includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish. RoboCop will be arriving in UK cinemas next summer, August 9th.
The Woman In Black Sequel Details
After becoming the most successful British horror film of the last 20 years and revitalising the fortunes of classic horror studio Hammer, it’s probably unsurprising that The Woman In Black now has an inevitable sequel.
The Woman in Black hauled in over £80 million pounds worldwide on theatrical release alone, proving that audiences are quite happy watching man-boy Daniel Radcliffe battle scary ghost women instead of dark wizards.
Hammer announced plans for a second film in early April and are now working with author Susan Hill and story editor Jon Croker on a screenplay for The Women In Black: Angels of Death. There’s no director or cast yet, but check out the official synopsis below:
“Seized by the government and converted into a military mental hospital during World War II, the sudden arrival of disturbed soldiers to Eel Marsh Harsh has awoken its darkest inhabitant. Eve, a beautiful young nurse, is sent to the house to care for the patients but soon realizes she must save them from more than their own demons. Despite Eve’s efforts to stop her, one by one they fall victim to the Woman in Black.”
Hammer clearly missed the opportunity to use the title Woman in Black 2: Back In Black with an accompanying AC/DC soundtrack. But it’ll be interesting to see whether or not they try to get Emma Watson cast for the sequel. If Harry can’t kill that evil ghost lady maybe Hermione can get the job done.
In the meantime Hammer and Alliance films have also recently announced two more films going into production during 2012 called Gaslight and The Quiet Ones.