 |  | | 18 November 2009 | | Exclusive: New Daybreakers Poster | | Ethan Hawke vamps it up | | Another day, another animal-biting vampire called Edward - but while this one's still a bit mopey, Ethan Hawke's take on the undead in Daybreakers is very different from Twilight. For one thing, he lives in a world full of vampires. For another, the ...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | 47 Ronin Finds A Master | | Carl Erik Rinsch to direct samurai epic | | It's been almost a year since the news broke that Keanu Reaves would be starring in 47 Ronin, Universal's 18th Century samurai epic. But now the project has finally gained a director, in the form of commercials director Carl Erik Rinsch.This will be Rinsc...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | Lee Daniels To Direct Selma | | Civil rights tale for Precious director | | Lee Daniels, whose acclaimed drama, Precious, may well be a contender for Best Picture at next year’s Oscars, has lined up his next film – and, if all goes well, it could be an Oscar-botherer too.For he’ll direct Selma, named after the A...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | Justin Theroux Plays Space Invaders | | Tropic Thunder writer may also direct | | Sci-fi rom-com Space Invader (nothing to do with the arcade game, you'll be pleased to hear) has been in Development Hell for a while now. In early 2007 it was being talked up as a vehicle for Arrested Development's Will Arnett, with a script by Futurama ...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | Jennifer Hudson To Play Winnie Mandela | | Dreamgirl lines up South African drama | | Jennifer Hudson, Oscar-winner for Dreamgirls and the best thing to come out of American Idol ever, has landed a part as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Winnie, in a film that's practically bound to be as controversial as Mandela herself. Madikizela-Mand...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | Better Living Through Crime For Fuqua | | Thriller to be produced by Spike Lee | | Antoine Fuqua, the director of Training Day and Shooter, has signed on for another crime thriller, called Miss: Better Living Through Crime.The film, based on a French graphic novel, will be produced by Spike Lee.Written by Philippe Thirault, Marc Riou an...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 18 November 2009 | | Eric Dane Loves Burlesque | | McSteamy joins Aguilera | | Eric Dane, lately of Grey's Anatomy and last seen on the big screen in Marley & Me, has signed up to join the cast of Burlesque, the Christina Aguilera-story of a small town girl with a big voice who dared to dream of moving to the city and danci...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | New Nine Trailer Online | | Kate Hudson really likes Italian films | | Has that dreary grey weather got you down? Are you longing for more spangles and diamante showgirl costumes? Well, there is a solution: here's the new Nine trailer, featuring lots and lots of Kate Hudson wearing lots of sparkles and singing abou...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | New Avatar Picture Online | | Zoe Saldana joins the Na'vi | | Only 30 shopping days until Avatar, and, on the off chance your anticipation levels needed a re-up, Fox has delivered with a new pic of Zoe Saldana's blue-skinned Na'vi, Neytiri, looking posed and purposeful, if just a little underdressed in USA Today.&nb...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Two New Alice Posters | | Mad Hatters and White Rabbits | | The Facebook fabulousness continues for Alice In Wonderland, with two more posters going live on the movie's fan page and giving a further peep at the fantastical, foreboding world Tim Burton has created from Lewis Carroll's tale. The first poster s...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Thor Finds His Warriors Three? | | Stevenson, Townsend and Asano? | | With filming on Kenneth Branagh’s Thor set to begin in January, it would seem that the cast of Marvel’s fantasy epic has at last been completed. Variety was reporting this morning that Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and Japanese star Tadanobu ...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Too Much Information For Reynolds | | Rom-com may follow Green Lantern | | We'd hesitate to call it a formula as such, but Ryan Reynolds would appear to have some sort of grand plan to alternate the action / superhero stuff with the romcoms. It's good to have more than one audience in these uncertain times. Reynolds followed X-M...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Stephen Root Digs Up Two More Movies | | The Conspirator and Cedar Rapids | | Stephen Root – one of Empire’s favourite supporting actors – will boost two new movies by at least 27%, after signing on to co-star in Robert Redford’s The Conspirator and the Ed Helms comedy, Cedar Rapids.Root – so good in t...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Hack/Slash Signs A Writer | | Stephen Susco gets the gig | | Cassie Hack is one step closer to the screen this morning, with the news that Stephen Susco is on board to write the screenplay for comicbook horror Hack/Slash. Last we heard, commercials director Fredrik Bond was also attached to lead the project. S...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Joe Wright Will Direct Hanna | | Atonement director goes for teen killer | | After the costumed, Oscar nominated, drama-y successes of Pride & Prejudice, Atonement and to a lesser extent The Soloist*, Joe Wright is taking a very different turn for his next film, Hanna: an action-adventure-thriller story about a teenage as...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Anna Faris Gets Wedding Banned | | She'll play Robin Williams' daughter | | Yes, you wait ages for an Anna Faris news story and then two come along at once. The actress will be starring opposite Robin Williams in Wedding Banned, which (unsurprisingly for Faris) is a rom-com but (surprisingly for Williams) sounds to have a mildly ...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | Shirley Bassey Joins Sir Billi | | Reunites with Sean Connery for animation | | Dame Shirley Bassey is lending her mighty vocal chords to Sir Billi, an animated feature set in the chilly Highlands of Scotland. The movie pairs her up with the monarch of the glen himself, Sir Sean Connery, who's providing the voice for the title role.I...... | | Continue reading » | |
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 | | | 17 November 2009 | | 20,000 Leagues Over, McG | | Disney cancels Captain Nemo | | Disney's watery, literary epic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo has been put in dry dock, leaving director McG looking for a new project.The family-friendly adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, not filmed since 1954 (unless you count The Leagu...... | | Continue reading » | |
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