Devindra Hardawar

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Stories By Devindra Hardawar
  • Spielberg Leaves Harvey Remake, No Clear Plans For Next Project

    Back in August, we learned that Steven Spielberg had decided to remake the Jimmy Stewart classic, Harvey. We've heard little else about the film since then, aside from the fact that Tom Hanks didn't want the lead role, and today it appears that we won't be hearing much else for some time. Spielberg has apparently…
  • First Pictures Of John Woo's Rain Of Swords, Starring Michelle Yeoh

    It doesn't look like John Woo will be returning to Hollywood anytime soon. After a string of not-so-great Western films, Woo returned to China and delivered the massive two-part epic Red Cliff. I've only seen the first film of the Chinese release (haven't yet seen the condensed most other countries got), and while it certainly…
  • Concept Art For Time Travel Thriller Timeless

    I've been excited to hear more about Michael Bartlett's (The Zombie Diaries) upcoming time travel film, Timeless, ever since reading Quiet Earth's script review a few months ago. The script seemed to have a lot of promise,  and it was also hinted that the film had a very unique approach to time travel---always a plus…
  • Tons Of Details Emerge For Peter Berg's Battleship

    After the reveal that the main villains in Peter Berg's upcoming Battleship (can we even call it an adaptation?) will be aliens, the little enthusiasm I had for the project was almost entirely replaced by increased trepidation. It's tough enough to accept the fact that we're seeing a board game brought to life, but throwing…
  • Sci-Fi Author Harlan Ellison Wants In On Star Trek 2

    Harlan Ellison is a notoriously prickly fellow.  Aside from his many works, Ellison is infamous for his decade-long feud with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry after he rewrote much of Ellison's only Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever." Now that the franchise is in the hands of J.J. Abrams, Ellison is offering…
  • Hangover 2 Script Half-Finished, Moving Out Of Vegas

    Talking to EW, The Hangover director Todd Phillips gave the low down on the status of a sequel. He's currently midway through the script, although no plot details are known yet.  Phillips mentioned that he was thinking of ideas for a sequel while they were filming, and that Warner Brothers asked for a sequel as…
  • Filming For The Hobbit To Start In Mid-Summer 2010

    Consider this another addition to the ever-increasing pile of vague factoids for Guillermo Del Toro's The Hobbit. According to TheOneRing.net, Peter Jackson mentioned to reporters (while doing press for The Lovely Bones) that they hope to begin filming towards the middle of next year, a delay from the film's previous March 2010 shooting plan. See…
  • Daybreakers Extended TV Trailer

    We haven't talked much about Daybreakers, the upcoming vampire film by writer/director siblings Michael and Peter Spierig, but the release of the film's extended TV trailer seems reason enough to shed some light on it. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe in a world where vampires rule, and humans are a minority hunted…
  • The King Of Fighters Promo Trailer, Starring Ray Park And Maggie Q

    This promo trailer for Gordon Chan's upcoming King of Fighters---yes, yet another fighting game film adaptation---is both simultaneously hilarious in its total cheese-factor, and also totally depressing when you remember that this guy directed Fist of Legend. Our friends over at Quiet Earth dug up this trailer, and I agree with them that this looks…
  • Richard Linklater Talks Before Sunrise/Sunset, And Ponders A Third Film

    The prospect of Richard Linklater making a third film in the Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset series is terrifying to me. The first film was a perfect piece of twenty-something romance, and through some sort of miracle, Linklater was able to craft a superior second film that sees the characters ten years later in very different…
  • Ninja Assassin Red Band Movie Trailer

    Advance word on James McTeigue's Ninja Assassin hasn't been too hot, but perhaps this newly released red band trailer can change your mind. Not surprisingly, it's blood drenched and features more gore than in previous trailers---and we also see far more extensive use of CG this time around. We've previously reported on footage of Rain…
  • Judd Apatow Bringing Us Three Movies From Aziz Ansari And Jason Woliner

    Now that must have been one damn successful breakfast meeting. Apparently, comedian Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation, Human Giant) and director Jason Woliner (Human Giant, Players) recently sat down for breakfast with Judd Apatow and pitched him three ideas for future projects. To their surprise, Apatow wanted all three. Having worked together on Human Giant…
  • Avatar Will Make A Profit, $500 Million Budget A Joke, Says Fox

    With an ever-ballooning hypothetical budget, it almost feels as if some are waiting to pull a "toldja!" if Avatar ends up being a massive flop for Fox. But apparently, they're not too worried. According to Reuters, Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos says the $500 million budget predictions are "ridiculous", and he has "no doubt"…
  • The Howling To Be Reborn, And Where Have All The Werewolves Gone?

    It seems that Joe Dante's The Howling is now up for remaking. Tonight we've learned that Joe Nimziki, a former studio marketing executive, will be making his feature film debut with The Howling: Reborn. Nimziki also wrote the script. The original Howling spawned a series of sequels that, from what I can remember, were pretty…
  • Idris Elba Joins The Cast Of Thor

    The casting news for Kenneth Branagh's Thor just keeps on coming. Recently we reported on the casting of The Warriors Three, and tonight we've learned that Idris Elba (The Wire's Stringer Bell, RocknRolla) has joined the cast as Heimdell, "the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from…
  • Judd Apatow On Sequels: No Superbad 2, Pineapple Express 2 Maybe

    The Apatow-verse still hasn't dealt with sequels as of yet, but it's bound to happen eventually. Yesterday Judd Apatow appeared on the Funny or Die Writer's Room and talked about topics ranging from his first project and living with Adam Sandler, to potential sequels for films he's directed or produced. In regards to the latter,…
  • Kevin McKidd Talks Call Of Duty And Rome Movies

    Kevin McKidd deserves to be a bigger star than he is. The Rome and Journeyman star has been on Grey's Anatomy for the past year or so, but even that's not enough to get me watching Grey's again. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players will know him as the voice of Captain "Soap" MacTavish, and…