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Second Trailer Preview For Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ – Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Bruce Willis
Apr 11th
In time for the teaser trailer premiere on Thursday, Sony Pictures has released this second of three “trailer countdown previews” for writer/director Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated sci-fi assassin flick ‘Looper.’ ’Looper’ features a stellar cast in Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Xu Qing and Jeff Daniels, the story revolves around hitmen (“loopers”) who use time-travel to cover the tracks of their murders. Set in the near future, when time-travel is possible but very, very illegal, ‘Looper’ follows Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a sharp, savvy hitman. But Joe is no ordinary hitman. The hooded, bound victims he kills are sent back in time from 30 years in the future: he shoots them with a blunderbuss, burns the bodies, and all trace of the crime disappears. Life is pretty good for Joe, until one day a body arrives without a hood: it’s his future self, played by Bruce Willis. ’Looper’ is set to be released on September 28th. Check out my interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt for the film here. Source: Apple
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels. Ram Bergman and James D. Stern produce.
First Look At Rooney Mara On The Set Of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Bitter Pill’
Apr 11th
Celebrity Gossip and Zimbio have released a number of images featuring Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) on the set of Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming thriller ‘The Bitter Pill.’ In the film, Mara plays Emily Hawkins, a sexy but unsettled young woman who is taking serious amounts of prescription drugs to deal with anxiety and depression surrounding the pending release of her husband from prison. This leads her into an affair with a doctor. The likes of Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones star alongside Rooney Mara.
‘The Bitter Pill’ marks Mara’s first film with Soderbergh. The thriller is Tatum’s third collaboration with the director (‘Haywire’ and the upcoming ‘Magic Mike’), Zeta-Jones’ third (Traffic and Ocean’s Twelve), and Law’s second (Contagion). The Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!, Contagion) scripted film is being financed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures. ‘Magic Mike’ is released in the summer.
Johnny Depp Gets Creative In New Image From Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’
Apr 10th
Warner Bros has set loose this great new image from Tim Burton’s upcoming gothic-comedy ‘Dark Shadows. In the film, Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, an 18th century gentleman, a businessman just before the Revolutionary War, who was transformed against his will into a vampire and buried in a tomb for two centuries. After he finally emerges, uncovered by construction workers in the year 1972, he seeks out his descendants – as well as some long-ago foes and a possible lost love. Alongside Johnny Depp, ’Dark Shadows’ co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath. The film is released in cinemas May 11th.
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Avengers Assemble In New “Suit Up” & “Isolated” TV Spots For Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’
Apr 10th
New day, new Avengers promotional material! With the films release date just weeks away, the good folks over at Marvel Studios continue their promotional campaign by releasing this ‘Suit Up’ and ‘Isolated’ TV spots for their much anticipated superhero movie ‘The Avengers.’ The ‘Suit Up’ TV spot highlights Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, the tough-as-nails heroine who uses high kicks and a small gun to take out her enemies. ‘Isolated’ focuses on the team as whole, it’s closed by some “Hulk smash!” shenanigans – never a bad thing! Directed by Joss Whedon, ‘The Avengers’ (or ‘Avengers Assemble’ if you’re in the UK) stars Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man/Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki). The likes of Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, and Stellen Skarsgard co-star. ‘The Avengers’ is released in cinemas April 26th in the UK and May 4th in the US – sign me up!
Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Marvel’s The Avengers” brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (“Wallander”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Angels & Demons,” “Mamma Mia!”) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature “Thor.”
Angelina Jolie In Talks To Join Michael Fassbender In Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counselor’
Apr 10th
Vulture report that Angelina Jolie is in talks with director Ridley Scott to take an unspecified small part in Scott’s ‘The Counselor.’ The screenplay for the film comes from one of my favourite authors, Cormac McCarthy, whose critically acclaimed books have been adapted into ‘No Country for Old Men, ‘The Road,’ and ‘All The Pretty Horses.’ ‘The Councelor’ is the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors first screenplay. Insiders are describing it as “No Country For Old Men on steroids.”
While details are sparse, the story is said to follow a lawyer, simply named The Counselor (Michael Fassbender), who gets embroiled in the drug trade, and ends up fighting for his life. Recent reports point towards the likes of Jeremy Renner, Natalie Portman, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem linked to the film. Portman is said to be in negotations for the female lead, Laura, the fiancee of The Counselor. Renner and Bardem are apparently in talks for the role of Reiner, a criminal who brings The Counselor into the drugs trade.
Producer Steve Schwartz has said the following about the ‘The Counselor’: “Since McCarthy himself wrote the script, we get his own muscular prose directly, with its sexual obsessions. It’s a masculine world into which, unusually, two women intrude to play leading roles. McCarthy’s wit and humor in the dialogue make the nightmare even scarier. This may be one of McCarthy’s most disturbing and powerful works.” Expect concrete details regarding ‘The Counselor’ soon as Ridley Scott starts shooting in May.
