Posted by Kasper on September 2nd, 2010 Filed under: Action, Thriller
So far three actresses has been rumored for the female lead in the upcoming fourth Mission: Impossible flick. Those has been Kristin Kreuk (TV’s Smallville, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li), Paula Patton (Precious) and Lauren German (Hostel: Part II). Now Deadline has confirmed that Patton has come out as the victor and has gotten the role. Not much is known about her part, other than the fact that she’ll play a young operative who has to work together with Ethan Hunt, who, as usual, is being portrayed by the always excellent yet underrated Tom Cruise.
Yet again it’s Wednesday, and although these days it’s a rare occasion; Weird Web Wednesday is back, catching up on some of the most awesome and stupid shit out there. We’re seeing double rainbows, the cyber police, alternative uses of urinals and lots of other good stuff. Enjoy!
People really don’t like her… And so her father has backtraced them!
Posted by Kasper on July 9th, 2010 Filed under: Comedy, Sci-fi
Working Title Films has released the official plot synopsis for the upcoming sci-fi comedy Paul, which re-unites the comedy team of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead fame. The movie, which is being directed by Superbad director Greg Mottola, centers around the two sci-fi geeks Willy and Collings (played by Pegg and Frost) who accidentally come across the alien Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) when he jumps aboard their truck. Chased by the government, they embark on a road trip with Paul which changes their lives forever.
Posted by Kasper on July 9th, 2010 Filed under: Action, Trailers
A new trailer for the movie version of Robert Rodriguez’ faux-trailer Machete, starring Danny Trejo as the title character, has surfaced. The trailer is sadly not up to par with the previously released trailer, but it does earn its keep by bringing something new and awesome to the table: the first proper look at Steven Seagal as the movie’s bad guy!
It’s a pretty weird feeling being excited about a movie starring Trejo and Seagal, but nonetheless that’s what I am — excited about a movie with Trejo and Seagal as the two main stars. I’ve had my doubts about Machete, but with the stellar supporting cast of Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez among others, paired with Seagal’s bad-ass moves with the swords and Trejo’s good one-liners, I think Sylvester Stallone might just have a rival here for the best over the top action movie of the year. Watch the trailer below the break, and share your thoughts on the badassery!
Instead of wasting your money tomorrow by going to the cinema and watching The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, why not stay home, open a box of wine, pop some popcorn and play the 8-Bit version on YouTube instead?
8-Bit Twilight Eclipse Interactive is – as the name suggests – a series of interactive movies linked together, just like the Choose Your Own Adventure books, that promises the grand tale of Eclipse. The game is made by The Station and lets you play through Eclipse in its entirety (or at least what the makers see as the entirety). Don’t fret, they haven’t left out any of the good stuff! There’s Edward looking sad, Jacob looking gay, and lots of cool 1980’s style fighting, midi sound, and graphics that will blow your mind. Check it out below the break, and see if you can beat it!
The comic-based Keanu Reeves starring vehicle Constantine wasn’t a big hit at the box office, and didn’t really have that big of a loyal following, yet a sequel for the hellish thriller has been discussed ever since the movie came out. Talks about it goes forth and back, with some people claiming the project has died and others that it is alive and well, and will probably start shooting soon-ish. It’s been about 5 years since the movie came out now, so a sequel was starting to seem less likely, especially seeing as it has now been quiet on the rumor front for quite some time. Well, until now, that is.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are now attached to direct Warner Bros.’ proposed LEGO feature film, so says The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog. They really don’t have anything else to report about the blocky toys, except for the fact that Lord and Miller’s pitch is for the movie to take the live-action blended with CG route, which really doesn’t make it sound more appealing, but rather less. However, apparently it did impress both Warners and the LEGO people, so game over naysayers, we’re getting another Alvin and the Chipmunks… but with LEGOs!!!
Posted by Kasper on May 26th, 2010 Filed under: Action
Seeing as Journey to the Center of the Earth was complete garbage, I am puzzled as to why Brendan Fraser isn’t keen on returning for the planned sequel. Films that are mediocre or worse are kind of his thing within Hollyvitz. However, he has chosen to skip this one since the director of the first film, Eric Brevig, is unavailable for the sequel because of a schedule conflict with another movie he is attached to direct: Yogi Bear. Apparently it just isn’t worth taking a journey to the center of the earth without having Brevig at your side.
Posted by Kasper on May 25th, 2010 Filed under: Action, Games
After the relative commercial success of the mishmash that was Hitman, Fox is not surprisingly pushing on for a sequel to the action film, which was based on the best-selling videogame series by Danish developers IO Interactive. Urgh. Where the games succeeded, the film failed. Being a professional killer was exciting and nail-bitingly suspenseful at times in the games, where you wondered if the passing guard around the corner was going to catch you before you disposed of the dead body you were currently dragging. In the film, every situation was overplayed and trying to be cool, rather than just letting the situation play out and be cool on its own. That, and the fact that Timothy Olyphant – who is usually brilliant – was horribly miscast as Agent 47, the film’s lead.
Cue Twilight Zone theme. Less than half a year after the death of actress Brittany Murphy, her husband, Simon Monjack, has been found dead. The cause of death has yet to be released, but the only thing known so far is that his mother-in-law found him in his residence in California in the master bedroom around 9:30 PM on Sunday. She immediately called for help, only for the paramedics to pronounce his death upon arrival. Monjack, who died at the age of 39, leaves no children behind.
Posted by Kasper on May 21st, 2010 Filed under: Action, Remakes, TV
First there was MacGyver, it was a golden time, a better time — a time when you could make any technological device out of a piece of wood, a car battery and some strings. Then the dark ages came, and MacGyver went off the air. Time passed, the world was a gray and sad place, then MacGruber came! … and made it all worse. Now things might turn around again however, as MacGyver is about to return! Oh yes, the rumors a few months back actually spoke the truth; MacGyver is returning, cinema-style!
Posted by Kasper on January 29th, 2010 Filed under: Action, Thriller
If these two can learn to stand each other… the bad guys don’t stand a chance.
It’s 1987 all over again! The reformed actor Mel Gibson is in talks to star in a spy thriller from Universal Pictures titled Cold Warrior (now it’s almost 1981 all over again). If things go according to plan, this will reunite Gibson with Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 scribe Shane Black, who has been tapped to direct the flick from a script by newcomer Chuck Mondry, who hasn’t previously written any features. Gibson has spoken out about the film, saying that he hopes to begin production on it in June, segueing into it after the end of filming How I Spent My Summer Vacation, which starts in March.
The movie, which will be produced by Michelle Manning (The Eye), centers around a spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to team up with a younger agent in order to confront a domestic terrorism threat by Russia. No other names have yet been attached to the project, which will be the first studio backed project Gibson is toplining since the M. Night Shyamalan-directed thriller Signs from 2002. Now if they just get Danny Glover and Bruce Spence on board, this will be seriously freaky.
