• Despite Bob Hoskins' Retirement, The 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel Is Still Possible

    After years of working in the (self-imposed) motion-capture gulag, Robert Zemeckis returns to live-action with Flight. He's got other live-action work lined up, but one of his next projects may go back to his classic blend of live-action and animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. A Roger Rabbit sequel has been talked up for years and…

    Read More
  • Bob Hoskins Announces Retirement From Acting After Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis

    If you saw Snow White and the Huntsman earlier this summer, you watched what might be the last film performance from the character actor and occasional leading man Bob Hoskins. The actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease last fall, and is now walking away from his profession to spend more time with his family. Hoskins' agent…

    Read More
  • Nick Frost Is The Final Dwarf In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'

    I like it! Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman has already cast a stellar group of British actors to play the seven dwarfs in the action film that will see the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) saving and mentoring Snow White (Kristen Stewart) rather than doing away with her as commanded by the evil queen (Charlize Theron).…

    Read More
  • 'Snow White And The Huntsman' Planned As First Of A Trilogy

    Snow White and the Huntman isn't just Universal's entry in the madcap race to produce a film that updates or otherwise reinterprets the classic story of Snow White. The movie, which stars Kristin Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and a whole host of wonderful actors as the dwarfs, is intended to kick off a series…

    Read More
  • Ray Winstone Is The Latest Dwarf In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'

    Briefly: It's time to stand up and start a slow golf clap for Universal, director Rupert Sanders, and the producers of Snow White and the Huntsman. In the past 36 hours they've locked up a collection of British actors to rival Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for pure 'holy s***' entertainment value on the big screen.…

    Read More
  • Casting Bits: Scott Porter & Christopher Mintz-Plasse Join 'The Hand Job', Keira Knightley To Play Tinkerbell In Mini-Series 'Neverland'

    Last year Maggie Carey's film The Hand Job was announced, in which Aubrey Plaza would play a high school graduate who decides she needs a lot more sexual experience before college, and proceeds to work her way through a checklist of, er, action items. Yesterday many more cast members were announced and today we have…

    Read More
  • Roger Rabbit 2 Update And 1998 CGI Test Uncovered

    Robert Zemeckis has been hinting for years about the possibility of a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel. In April 2009 he said that he had a good idea for the second installment; on July 22nd he said he'd been discussing the film with Bob Hoskins; and later that month he revealed that the original screenwriters…

    Read More
  • Roger Rabbit Sequel Being Written By The Original's Screenwriters

    Robert Zemeckis has been loosening us up for a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel for some months now, letting slip the odd reference here and there that he's been keen to give the follow on a good crack. In April he said that he had a good idea for the second installment; on July 22nd…

    Read More
  • Robert Zemeckis And Bob Hoskins Still Planning A Roger Rabbit Sequel?

    Harry Knowles has today published a telephone interview with Robert Zemeckis at Aint it Cool. For the most part they talk about A Christmas Carol, detailing the shape the film is in today and how it is going to showcase advances in performance capture technology and so on, but the chatter comes around, with seeming…

    Read More
  • Casting Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol

    Robert Zemeckis has signed a bunch of new stars for his upcoming performance capture digital 3-D adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Robert Zemeckis revealed in the official Beowulf podcast that Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth and Gary Oldman have officially joined the cast. Robin Wright Penn also announced that she will also be involved…

    Read More
  • Photos: Neil Marshall's Doomsday

    Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) holds vicious marauder Viper (Leanne Liebenberg) at knifepoint Rogue Pictures just released the first official photo from Neil Marshall's upcoming thriller Doomsday. Many of you may remember Marshall as the guy who made a pretty sweet horror film released last year called The Descent. As always, click on the images to…

    Read More