New Season of the Witch Trailer
A couple of weeks ago we showed you the teaser for Season of the Witch starring Nicolas Cage. Tonight, the full trailer for the movie is online at Fandango. In the movie, Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who must transport an accused witch to a remote abbey where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the Black Plague. When he arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardizes his pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits him against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force. Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan, Claire Foy, Ulrich Thomsen, Stephen Graham and Christopher Lee also star. Dominic Sena directs. Click the screencap below to check it out.
Season of the Witch opens March 19, 2010.
New Percy Jackson Trailer
Fox has released a new trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief starring Logan Lerman in the title role. The trailer gives us our first good look at the story as well as most of the characters — most notably Uma Thurman’s Medusa who makes an appearance at the end of the video. Check it out below.
Synopsis: It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus. He and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opens February 12, 2010.
Is Anne Hathaway Black Cat?
Anne Hathaway is the latest name to be associated with casting for Spider-Man 4. What makes this news particularly interesting is that it is being reported by Nikki Finke — who has a knack for being right when it comes to Marvel.
The role in question is that of Felicia Hardy/Black Cat. Hathaway joins a list that over the last couple of weeks has included the likes of Rachel McAdams, Romola Garai and Julia Stiles. No word on exactly how the character will play into the story, but from what I’ve read it seems that in the movie, Black Cat’s father will run the Daily Bugle. She’ll start out as a hero, but when something happens to him, she turns villain. Of course, this is all speculation, but it seems pretty certain at this point that Black Cat WILL be in the movie.
Spider-Man 4, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, will supposedly begin production early next year for a Summer 2011 release.
di Bonaventura Acquires Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Lorenzo di Bonaventura has acquired rights to produce The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel based on the series of fantasy novels by Michael Scott. (Who knew that in addition to managing the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin that Michael Scott was also a bestselling author?!)
The story follows 15-year-old twins Sophie and Josh as they pursue adventure across several continents with the immortal alchemist Nicholas Flamel. For those of you thinking Flamel sounds familiar, you may recognize the name from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. BUT, Flamel is/was an actual person who was born in 1330 and supposedly died in 1418. From what I understand, Flamel, along with his wife wife, decoded a mysterious 21-page book which allowed them to replicate a recipe for the Philosopher’s Stone which turns lead into gold. Depending on whether or not you believe it, they also succeeded in achieving immortality. If you want to read more, check out Flamel’s Wikipedia entry. There you’ll see Flamel linked to the likes of Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code and even Indiana Jones.
The first 3 books in the series are currently in print. A fourth book is scheduled to be published in May.
Sam Worthington in Last Days of American Crime
According to Mania.com, Sam Worthington will star The Last Days of American Crime based on the forthcoming comic from Radical Publishing. The news was revealed by comic creator Rick Remender.
The story is described as a heist thriller told against a sci fi backdrop. In a near-future America, news has broken that, in a matter of weeks, the government is set to roll out mind-control technology that will kill the criminal impulse in all citizens. Chaos descends on America’s cities as the country braces for the new order. Career criminal Graham Brick is forced to accelerate the heist of his career with an untested new crew in order to beat the deadline. Sounds interesting. Remender will write the screenplay. He wrote the comic which was illustrated by Greg Tocchini. The first issue will be available in stores in December.
Worthington stars next month in James Cameron’s Avatar.
Eddie Murphy Producing The Misadventures of Fluffy
Eddie Murphy will produce The Misadventures of Fluffy. While he is only attached as a producer at this point, it isn’t being ruled out that he will star.
The comedy is being described as a road trip movie through New York featuring talking animals. At least he’s branching out and trying new things — if you forget about Dr. Dolittle and Dr. Dolittle 2 — which really isn’t that difficult to do. Then again, he also voiced a talking donkey in the Shrek movies. So much for trying out new things. On the plus side, The Hollywood Reporter referred to the project as an R-rated comedy, so maybe there’s still hope. Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly will write the script.
Speaking of Eddie Murphy, he’s also in the news today in an article at Forbes listing Hollywood’s 10 Most Overpaid Stars. Murphy lands at #4 on the list behind Billy Bob Thornton, Ewan McGregor and Will Ferrell who tops the list — which isn’t surprising considering how poorly Land of the Lost opened earlier this year. Visit Forbes to check out the rest of the list.
The Last Song Trailer
Here’s the trailer for The Last Song based best-selling novelist Nicholas Sparks’ forthcoming novel. The movie is set in a small Southern beach town where an estranged father (Greg Kinnear) gets a chance to spend the summer with his reluctant teenaged daughter (Miley Cyrus), who’d rather be home in New York. He tries to reconnect with her through the only thing they have in common – music – in a story of family, friendship, secrets and salvation, along with first loves and second chances. Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth also star.
I was expecting this preview to be all about Miley Cyrus, but was actually surprised that it isn’t. Instead, it seems to focus more on the Greg Kinnear character and his relationship as a father and ex-husband. Although I’m sure as the movie comes closer to release, that Miley Cyrus’ name will be featured more prominently in order to sell tickets. (No disrespect because I like the guy, but when was the last time you bought a movie ticket to see Greg Kinnear?) Check out the video below.
The Last Song opens April 2, 2010.
Crazy Heart Movie Trailer
Over the weekend we showed you the movie poster for Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Tonight, Fox Searchlight has premiered the trailer for the movie at Apple. In the movie, Bridges plays Bad Blake, a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart. Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell also star. Click the screencap below to head over to Apple to check it out.
Crazy Heart opens December 16th, 2009.
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