Film
Trailer For Luc Besson’s ‘The Family’ – Starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer & Dianna Agron
Jun 5th
Following the release of the film’s first poster, Relativity Media has unveiled the debut trailer for the mafia action-comedy, ‘The Family’ (formerly titled ‘Malavita’). Directed by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, The Professional), the film stars the likes of Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron and John D’Leo.
‘The Family’ is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the “family” way. Arriving in cinemas on September 20th in the US and November 8th in the UK, ‘The Family’ script is adapted by Luc Besson from the book ‘Badfellas’ by author Tonino Benacquista.
Henry Cavill On The Future Of His Superman After ‘Man Of Steel’: A Sequel, Justice League, Batman/Superman Movie?
Jun 5th
Talking to IGN on the promotional rounds for ‘Man Of Steel,’ Henry Cavill was asked which movie he’d like to see his Superman soar into first post ‘Man of Steel’: a sequel, a Batman/Superman movie, or a ‘Justice League’ movie. “Well, if any of these things were to happen, which I don’t know if they are…. or I don’t know if they’ve even been spoken about. I think ultimately a ‘Justice League’ movie may be fun, but to get to that stage you have to do other movies in-between, you can’t just suddenly have a world full of Gods when one God has just arrived and the world is trying to get used to that idea. So, how do you get to that stage? I think a Batman/Superman would be great, because it brings that world together – whether they’re going to let that happen, I don’t know. But a ‘Man of Steel’ sequel to continue the story would be amazing, and to maybe start introducing other things. So, every single one of those. Next? I don’t know.”
Alongside Henry Cavill in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, the key cast for ‘Man of Steel’ includes Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Kevin Costner as Superman/Clarke’s adoptive father Jonathan Kent, Diane Lane as Superman/Clarke’s adoptive mother Martha Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Antje Traue as Faora, Ayelet Zurer as Superman’s Kryptonian mother Lara Lor-Van, Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy, Harry Lennix as General Swanwick, Michael Kelly as Steve Lombard, Richard Shiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El; Superman’s Kryptonian father.
Brilliant ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Paintings Of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Intergalactic Villain & Zoe Saldana’s Uhura
Jun 5th
D. Boland has painted these stellar ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ portraits centering on Benedict Cumberbatch’s villainous “John Harrison” and Zoe Saldana’s Uhura. Alongside Saldana, Chris Pine (James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), John Cho (Sulu), Bruce Greenwood (Christopher Pike), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Karl Urban (Bones) and Anton Yelchin (Pavel Chekov) reprise their roles from the 2009 ‘Star Trek’ original, with new parts for the likes of Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Noel Clarke, Nazneen Contractor and Peter Weller. After being called back home, the crew of the Enterprise find a seemingly unstoppable force (Cumberbatch) which has attacked Starfleet and left Earth in chaos. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are tasked with leading the deadly manhunt to capture the party responsible and settle an old score.
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is directed by J.J. Abrams with a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof. Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is out now. The official synopsis for the film can be read below the Uhura portrait.
Kristen Stewart To Star In ‘Camp X-Ray’ & Alongside Juliette Binoche & Chloe Moretz In ‘Sils Maria’
Jun 4th
Deadline bring word that Kristen Stewart has committed to star in back-to-back projects shooting this summer. Reportedly she will star in ‘Camp X-Ray,’ a politically charged drama written and directed by Peter Sattler, and she will follow that up by starring in the Olivier Assayas-directed ‘Sils Maria.’
In ‘Camp X-Ray,’ Kristen Stewart will play a young soldier “who escapes her suffocating small town by joining the military, only to find that she isn’t going for a tour of duty in Iraq as she hoped. Instead, she’s sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge, she forges an odd friendship with a young man who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years.” Production begins late summer.
Hilarious Red Band Trailer For ‘The To Do List’ – Starring Aubrey Plaza, Donald Glover, Andy Samberg & More
Jun 4th
CBS Films has set loose, via Yahoo! Movies, this new red band trailer for the upcoming comedy ‘The To Do List.’ The film follows the story of Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza), a Type-A, overachiever who comes up with a “to-do list” featuring all the risqué extra-curricular activities she missed out on in high school and wants to complete before college. Rachel Bilson (Hart of Dixie), Bill Hader (“Saturday Night Live”), Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”), Scott Porter (“The Good Wife”), Connie Britton (“American Horror Story”), Clark Gregg (Marvel’s The Avengers), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad), Donald Glover (“Community”), Johnny Simmons (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Sarah Steele (Please Give) and Alia Shawkat (The Oranges) co-star in the film. ‘The To Do List’ is set for a July 26th release in the US and a October 4th release in the UK.
Russell Crowe Interview For ‘Man Of Steel’
Jun 4th
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes ‘Man of Steel,’ starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen). In the story, a young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
‘Man of Steel’ also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Rounding out the cast are Christopher Meloni as U.S. military man Colonel Hardy, Harry Lennix as General Swanwick, Michael Kelly as Steve Lombard, and Richard Schiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton. ‘Man of Steel’ hits 2D, 3D and IMAX cinemas on June 14th.
As a father yourself, I can imagine that had an added attraction to playing a character like Jor-El. Especially given his role in ‘Man of Steel,’ and the way he wishes to instill responsibility in his son….
Russell Crowe: That was one of its main attractions, you know? When I first read the script it was one of those things where that was how it was connecting with me, the question that Jor-El faces and the situation that he’s in. You can take the political situation with Krypton, the Civil War, the rescinding of the individual’s right to choose and all that sort of stuff. But really the biggest personal battle is to take your naturally born infant son and send him away, and the fact that if you don’t do it and if you don’t do it in this moment, then he dies along with the entire history of you planet as it exists. It was an interesting thing…. and there are a lot of metaphorical references to where we are with our treatment of the environment and stuff like that, I found it quite a profound read so I got involved.
