Idris Elba has been hired as the lead for Universal Pictures' Beast movie, which is being compared to The Shallows, but with a lion instead of a shark.
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In the new Adrift trailer, Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin play a real-life couple caught in what would become the largest storm to ever hit the Pacific Ocean.
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Since most of us will never have the courage to actually climb the tallest mountain in the world, we'll have to settle for watching the new Everest trailer.
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Director Baltasar Kormákur is ready to take audiences to one of the most frightening and mythic places on the globe: Everest. Watch the Everest Trailer
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Production is now underway on the star-studded mountain climbing drama, Everest. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband), Everest features Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes and Jake Gyllenhaal telling the true story of two groups of climbers who attempted to summit the world's highest mountain in what turned out to be a horrible snowstorm. It'll be released…
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Universal Pictures just dated seven major upcoming releases including three in 2015. The biggest titles are Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, which will hit regular and IMAX theaters October 16, 2015 and Pitch Perfect 2, which'll be out May 15, 2015. There's also Baltasar Kormákur's star-studded Everest on February 27, 2015 and the Platinum Dunes film…
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One of the hottest actors in the industry could be headed toward one of the coldest places on the planet. Benedict Cumberbatch is being eyed to star as George Mallory in Doug Liman's Everest, with Joel Kinnaman, James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston, Henry Cavill, Luke Evans, Dan Stevens, Matthew Goode, and Jim Sturgess also in the…
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One of the many projects that David O. Russell's attached himself to and then detached himself from over the past several years is 2 Guns, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Steven Grant. He originally had Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in mind for the lead roles, as two undercover federal agents who don't…
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It's never happy news when a project loses Christian Bale, but on the bright side, Baltasar Kormákur is getting a hell of a consolation prize. His survival drama Everest has just added Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, and Jake Gyllenhaal, with Jason Clarke negotiating to take over Bale's old slot. Hit the jump to get all the…
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2 Guns obviously isn't a thriller, because it gives up the basic mystery right off the bat: apparent bank robbers Bobby (Denzel Washington) and Marcus (Mark Wahlberg) are really undercover agents, each of which doesn't realize the other is also a lawman. Forced to team up after being disavowed in the wake of a messy operation,…
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Three Universal Pictures comic book adaptations are getting shifted around the release schedule. R.I.P.D. will still be released on July 19, but now it's officially in 3D. Kick-Ass 2 moves back from June 28 to August 16 2 Guns moves up from August 16 to August 2. Read the latest plot descriptions for each below. R.I.P.D. Academy…
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Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington have each done their fair share of action thrillers, but they're only now teaming up for the first time in 2 Guns. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur based on the graphic novel by Steven Grant, the film follows a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence agent who are investigating each other. An…
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Mark Wahlberg's 2 Guns might have just gotten a huge boost in the person of Denzel Washington. Deadline reports the Oscar-winner, whose latest action film Safe House opens this week, is in talks to join the Baltasar Kormakur-directed film, based on a graphic novel by Steven Grant. 2 Guns sounds like a cousin of The…
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The trailer for Contraband put me to sleep. How many times have we seen an action movie where a former crook is drawn back into the life he left to save his family? That, coupled with the January release date, usually a kiss of death, had me going into the Baltasar Kormákur-directed film with expectations…
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Briefly: The film 2 Guns is one of the most recent films to line up Mark Wahlberg as a lead actor. The movie is about two undercover law officers who end up investigating each other, with each failing to realize that the other is a lawman. There was a point when Owen Wilson and Vince…
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Here's the trailer for Contraband, the remake of smuggling thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Giovanni Ribisi. Wahlberg plays a guy who escaped his former criminal life, but is drawn back into smuggling when his wife's brother (Caleb Landry Jones, from X-Men: First Class) gets into trouble. Baltasar Kormákur, an actor and producer…
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Add one more to the cast of McG's This Means War, in which Chris Pine and Tom Hardy go to war over the affections of Reese Witherspoon. (Angela Bassett was just cast the other day.) Mad Men's Abigail Spencer has signed on; she'll play Tom Hardy's ex-wife. Personally, I might do more fighting over her…
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This week Universal Pictures got the urge to fill out the company's calendar for the next couple of years. Yesterday we heard that the studio has dated Judd Apatow's as-yet-untitled new film for summer 2012. Now there is a flood of new release dates for the studio, for a diverse array of films. Hit the…
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