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New Bettlejuice

News has surfaced that Warner Bros. are making a new Beetlejuice movie.

As part of a two-year first-look feature deal, David Katzenberg along with Seth Grahame-Smith have both signed on with the studio and one of the first projects they have been attached to is apparently Beetlejuice.

According to Deadline.com the film will not be a remake of the classic 80s black comedy created and directed by Tim Burton, but will instead be a reboot of the original.

Warner Bros. production president Greg Silverman told Deadline “We first got to know Seth through his fantastic work on Dark Shadows and it immediately became a priority to expand our relationship with him.”

“Seth introduced us to David, who greatly impressed us with the vision for KatzSmith from the very first meeting. We firmly believe in their talents and are extremely excited to welcome them to the Warner family.”

Well lets just hope that this is a good reboot and doesn’t completely ruin Beetlejuice altogether. Fingers crossed.

Abigail Breslin To Be Virgin Mary

Abigail Breslin has signed on to star in new indie comedy A Virgin Mary.

The news come a just a short while after Breslin was confirmed to star in another indie comedy, The Class Project, which will see her playing a murderous sister who decides to bump off her abusive mother.

It looks as though Breslin is trying to break away from the sweet and innocent child roles that made her famous and is taking advantage of her teenage years to establish herself as a true actress. A little Drew Barrymore, minus rehab.

The new film that will be written and directed by Beth Schacter, will see Breslin play a teenage Mary, who makes an agreement with her best friend that if they are both virgins by the time they reach 18, then they will have sex with each other.

The film which will also star Carter Jenkins as Mary’s best friend, Keke Palmer and Daryl Sabara.

The aim is to get the film shooting early next year.

Tucker To Star in The Silver Linings Playbook

Chris Tucker has nabbed himself a role in David O Russell’s The Silver Lingings Playbook.

The star is also considering another role in the Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn comedy film Neighbourhood Watch.

This is a quite an unexpected move and looks to be a bit of a comeback, as Tucker hasn’t been seen in a movie since Rush Hour 3 and since 1998 his only acting roles have been in Brett Ratner franchise.

According to Variety, he’s pretty much locked into a deal to star in the drama film, which will see Bradley Cooper star as a former high school teacher who is institutionalised for depression. After his release he goes into the care of his mother and attempt to win back his ex-wife, with little success, all this goes on whilst he becomes involved with his equally troubled neighbour.

Tucker is in talks to play the role of Danny, who has been described as a friends of Cooper’s from the mental institution who breaks out on numerous occasions to visit him, and provide some fun and guidance.

As for Neighbourhood Watch he’s in talks to play Jamacrus, a recent divorcee who most likely signs on to the neighbourhood watch.

Nothing is in stone for either films at the moment but hopefully Tucker is finally making his movie comeback.

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John Carpenter developing a Western

John Carpenter, famous for introducing the world to the infamous Michael Myers and the Halloween franchise has revealed that he has always wanted to make a western, and he may be recognising his dream.

The Escape from New York director told the Fright Night Festival in Louisville, Kentucky; “I'm right now working on a little gothic western, we'll see if we can get it set up.”

He later added “I got into this business to make westerns. And I got typecast as a horror director after Halloween. My dream was to have a career in directing movies and so I went where they wanted me to go.” 

The director also revealed that it might not have happened after giving up on the idea a few years back. He told Den of Geek, “I kind of stopped believing in that. You can’t get a western made now. I had a western come along that I liked, but they wanted to turn it into a science-fiction movie.”

“They don’t believe that they can sell a western.”  

Yes a western movie these days does sound rather daring, but with Carpenter at the helm and with a gotchic twist lets hope he goes for it and pulls it off.

David R Ellis To Take On Kite

Snakes on a Plane director David R Ellis is attached to take on Kite.

The director is set to turn Yasuomi Umetsu’s 1998 anime movie and turn it into a live action film. This is the latest anime film set to be turned in a live action movie as Warner Bros.’ are currently trying to do the same to iconic anime movie Akira.

The film is set in the future in a state where the economy has completely collapsed and crime is rife, it concentrates on a young woman who goes looking for the person who killed her policeman father with the help of his ex-partner, but doesn’t suspect for a second that he could be the one behind it. During all this there’s also a corrupt security force making money from trafficking girls.

Well known for its graphic displays of sex and violence, it is not known yet just how much of this will be transferred to the live action film.

Lets just hope Ellis doesn’t go the same way as Jorge and Javier Aguilera, who were previously attached to the movie, which saw it go nowhere fast.

So lets just hope.

Ed Helms To Star In Le Mac

Star of The Hangover  and the US version of The Office has agreed to star in a remake of a 2010 French Comedy Le Mac.

The film by Pascal Bourdiaux saw Jose Garcia star as a mild mannered banker who is forced to impersonate a gangster and pimp. Sounds interesting to say the least.

The script for the remake is being written by Johnny Rosenthal, who brought up the idea of a remake to film backers Media Rights Capital, which then led to a partnership deal with Red Hour Films, owned by Ben Stiller.

With backing from a company owned by one of the funniest men in Hollywood and with Helms’ track recorded for side splitting comedy roles this could be one to look out for.

There’s has been no confirmation regarding shooting details or who else will be staring, but I’m sure we will be hearing more news on this one soon.

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New Thriller in Affleck's Line of Sight

Ben Affleck is looking to direct, produce and star in new thriller film Line of Sight.

Affleck who is currently shooting his latest film Argo, a drama film based on a real life hostage situation, is currently in talks with film studio Warner Bros. about the film.

The film’s plot follows an elite commando squad who, whilst transporting cargo have to deal with a huge global threat. The film is currently being back by Joel Silver and was originally written by F Scott Frazier.

So far the film sounds like your traditional type of thriller movie, but the film’s unique selling point and a major hook for this film is that the story will mainly be told from the point of view of one of the main characters, almost in the first person. Which I’m assuming may not being Affleck considering he’s in talks to produce and direct the feature film.

There has been no confirmation yet about when the film will be shooting, but considering Affleck is only in talks at the moment then it could be some time, and it may not even be Affleck in the movie when all comes to fruition.

Hill Joins Neighbourhood Watch

Sci-fi comedy Neighbourhood Watch just entered a whole new realm of funny, as Jonah Hill has been confirmed as the latest cast signing.

Already on board for the comedy feature are Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Rosemarie DeWitt.

The comedy will see Stiller moving form the city to the quiet suburbs hoping to find some peace and quiet, and hoping hat everything will now become more dull. But things soon change when he joins a group of bored married men to form a neighbourhood watch group. Thing turn slightly weird and Stiller gets much more than he bargained for when the newly formed group discover an alien invasion plot. Expect some laugh out loud moments there then!

The new film is being overseen by the director of Hot Rod Akiva Schaffer and the script has been written by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.

From the sound of the cast and the writing team behind the film, this is a sure fire comedy hit, that I expect will be packed to the brim with laugh out loud moments.

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Knoxville To Star in Scout Comedy

Johnny Knoxville has been signed up to star in a comedy about scouts.

Todd Rohal, the writer and director of the currently untitled film project has cast Knoxville to star opposite Patton Oswalt, where they will play a pair of warring siblings.

The Jackass star and Oswalt, who will soon be staring in The Informant, will be playing two brothers who are constantly vying for their fathers attention.  When their father falls ill the competition between the two intensifies, as they compete against each other to find out who is the best leader after taking a group of boys of a camping trip. Of course the end results will more than liking end in side splitting comedy.

Also on board to star in the film are, Maura Tierney, Rob Riggle and Patrice O’Neil. The film that was originally called Scout Master begins shooting next week.

There is currently no word on what the film will eventually be called, but I doubt it will be long before we find out.

Skarsgard in Talks for Eco Thriller

Alexander Skarsgard is in talks to join new eco thriller movie, The East.

The Swedish actor, famous for playing Eric Northman in HBO’s True Blood, is certainly in demand at the moment; he’s already attached to Warner Bros’ The Vanguard.

The East, which has been co-written by rising star Brit Marling, will see a female agent (played by Marling) who infiltrates and eco terrorist group. Skarsgard is in talks to play the leader of the terrorist group, who target unethical corporations.

Skarsgard who can currently be seen on television screens around the world at the moment playing Viking sheriff Eric Northman in True Blood, is really carving a name for himself in the movies. He will be seen next in Melancholia and then a remake of Straw Dogs, before finally being seen next year in Battleship.

Zat Batmanglij, will also be joining the team, where he will be stepping behind the camera for The East.

Filming for the project is expected to kick of in Nashville through October and Novemeber.

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More Viking Action for Skarsgard

True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard has signed on to play another Viking in new film The Vanguard.

The Vanguard, which is only a working title for the new film, currently being purchased by Warner Bros, will see Skarsgard play one of two Viking brothers who have been banished to America, and begin a quest back to their homeland of Sweden.

Skarsgard, who hit the big time as Eric Northman in HBO hit True Blood, appears to be getting plenty of film work lately as he is set to appear in big screen roles in Straw Dogs and Battleship in the next few years, and he was recently seen in Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, which had its premier at the Cannes film festival.

The film which currently has Jonathan Liebersman attached to direct, is

Warner Bros. apparently believe the film could end up in the same vein as Braveheart or Gladiator, and currently has Jonathan Liebsman attached to direct.

Whether it will make it past the development stages however is yet to be seen.

Banderas Joins He Loves Me

Antonio Banderas has signed up to join new film He Loves Me.

The film has also added Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Deborah Ann Woll and Chris Messina to its line up.

The film which is directed by Little Miss Sunshine co-directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton will see Paul Dano play Calvin, a young writer who is suffering from writers block after the success of his debut novel. To get his creative juices flowing he is advised to create his ideal woman. After conjuring her up on paper, when suddenly the desired woman becomes real. Interestingly Zoe Kazan, the films screenwriter and Dano’s real-life girlfriend is playing the part of his character’s ideal woman.

The film also includes the talents of Academy Award Nominee Annette Bening, playing Calvin’s mother. Banderas will be playing the part of Bening’s dodgy boyfriend, who, as you’ve guessed it, Calvin can’t stand.

Other characters in the film will be; a pompous rival author played by Coogan, Calvin’s brother played by Messina and the writer’s therapist, played by Gould. Woll will play the part of Calvin’s ex-girlfriend.

Although there is no confirmed release date for the picture, shooting has already begun in Los Angeles.