Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 by Angie Han
It’s not like we were ever looking forward to Adam Sandler‘s Grown-Ups 2 to begin with, but now I’m wondering if Happy Madison is actively trying to annoy a certain segment of the population. Specifically, the portion of the filmgoing audience that despises both Grown-Ups and The Twilight Saga, which I’m guessing is the vast majority of our readership.
Taylor Lautner is now in talks for a “fun” part in the comedy sequel, joining returning actors Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Maya Rudolph, and Salma Hayek as well as Project X star Oliver Cooper. The exact nature of Lautner’s character has not been revealed, but THR reports that he’ll be going “toe-to-toe” with Sandler’s character.
Like his Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, Lautner’s struggled somewhat to build a career outside of the supernatural romance franchise. His big action thriller Abduction was a commercial disappointment, though it did better overseas, and while his name has popped up in association with a variety of different projects over the years, none of them have really panned out at this point. Still, Latuner seems to be trying to mix things up a bit. His involvement in Gus Van Sant’s next indie could be a nice step forward, but Grown-Ups 2 seems like two big steps back.
After the jump, 007 gets another new lady and we meet the folks who’ll try to beat down John and Jack McClane.
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Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Angie Han
If you were hoping to see more Star Trek: The Original Series stars in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2, George Takei says you’re out of luck. If you’ve been waiting to see Emma Thompson step back into her Oscar-nominated role from In the Name of the Father as real-life human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, on the other hand, things are looking up. After the jump:
- Luke Wilson isn’t sure he’ll be back for Anchorman 2
- … but he wouldn’t mind another Old School
- A new behind-the-scenes video from Skyfall drops
- Producer Jon Landau talks Avatars 2 and 3, briefly
- Emma Thompson will reprise her role as Gareth Peirce
- George Takei says not to expect TOS cameos in Star Trek 2
- Another new Men in Black 3 television spot
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Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Angie Han
Before we launch into the Andrew Garfield era of the Spider-Man movie franchise, Sony would really like it it you revisited the Tobey Maguire age one last time with its upcoming Blu-ray reissues of the Sam Raimi films. Also after the jump:
- Sony drops the first TV spot for Men in Black 3
- Blade 2‘s Blu-ray reissue will feature Guillermo Del Toro commentary
- Damon Lindelof explains why Prometheus isn’t exactly a prequel
- Dumb and Dumber 2 is happening, say the Farrelly Bros.
- James Bond will be sipping Heineken in Skyfall
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A high school student in Turkey dressed up as a train station worker and shot some guerrilla style footage from the set of Sam Mendes‘ entry into the James Bond series, Skyfall. He then gave the footage to CNN Turkey and the result is an interesting behind the scenes look at what seems to be an intricate and dangerous practical action scene.
Unfortunately, the whole thing is in Turkish so we can’t understand a lot of the details. But, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then there is more than enough in this video to go around. I’ll avoid saying exactly what’s happening in the video until after the jump because it could obviously be considered a spoiler. Read More »
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012 by Angie Han
Though Skyfall stars some familiar faces, including Judi Dench and, of course, Daniel Craig, the cast list also includes many more that we don’t know so much about. Some fresh info has just dropped on some of those franchise newcomers — the characters played by Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, and Ola Rapace, to be specific. After the jump, check out new photos of Bardem in villain mode, and read up on details about what Harris and Rapace will be doing in the film.
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Time to tell that poolside image of Daniel Craig as James Bond: sorry, you’ve been disavowed. Early this morning 007.com revealed what EON Productions is calling the real first image of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the new film Skyfall, which is being directed right now by Sam Mendes and photographed by Roger Deakins.
That’s a hint of the new shot, above. Check out the full thing below. Read More »
Briefly: Sometimes I don’t know if EON Productions really gets the whole film promotion thing. Here’s the first official image from The Greg Louganis Story — oops, no, the first image from the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall. It is much like one of the first images of Daniel Craig as Bond, released to promote Casino Royale several years ago. But now that we know Craig as Bond, couldn’t EON drop something more significant? I’m not sure this will even be satisfying to those who are mainly into the current Bond for the Daniel Craig beefcake factor, even though it is a good look at the actor’s impressive physique.
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It’s been a couple years since the last Bond film, Quantum of Solace, and quite a few since the last good one, Casino Royale. Between that and the fact that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Bond film series, expect to see quite a bit of hubbub about the new Bond movie, Skyfall, as this year goes on.
The first salvo comes from the newly re-launched 007.com, which opens its doors with a short video offering a behind the scenes look at Skyfall. Or, more properly, this looks like it offers a behind the scenes look at the creation of the credit sequence for Skyfall. Check that out below, and as a bonus get the tiny nugget of info that Ralph Fiennes offered about his new Bond character. Read More »
