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Colin Farrell Features In Two New Images From Len Wiseman’s ‘Total Recall’
Apr 12th
These two new images of Colin Farrell in ‘Total Recall’ have crept up online courtesy of Entertainment Weekly’s “Summer Movie Preview” issue. Directed by Len Wiseman and starring Farrell, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, and Ethan Hawke, the action-thriller is based on the Philip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” The original ‘Total Recall’ followed a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air. The new story ditches the Martian storyline and instead involves nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai, with Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) a factory worker in the latter who begins to believe he is a spy, although he doesn’t know for which side. Vilos Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) is the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai. Jessica Biel plays Melina, while Kate Beckinsale plays Lori. ‘Total Recall’ is released in cinemas August 3rd in the US and August 22nd in the UK.
“Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.”
New Poster For Sacha Baron Cohen’s Latest Transformation ‘The Dictator’
Apr 12th
Paramount Pictures has set loose this new poster for ‘The Dictator’, Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedy creation as Supreme Leader Shabazz Aladeen. Aladeen is a deposed dictator from the fictional country of the Republic of Wadiya. He comes to America where he loses his beard, is left unrecognisable, and becomes an ordinary citizen lost with no money.
‘The Dictator’ reunites Sacha Baron Cohen with his ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ director Larry Charles. The likes of Anna Faris, J.B. Smoove, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly, B.J. Novak, and Ben Kingsley co-star. ‘The Dictator’ tells the “heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.” The film is inspired by the best selling novel “Zabibah and The King” by Saddam Hussein, and is written by Sacha Baron Cohen and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ writers Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and David Mandel. ‘The Dictator’ is set for a May 16th release in the US and May 18th release in the UK.
Introducing The “USCSS Prometheus” Spaceship From Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’
Apr 12th
This detailed image has emerged online of the USCSS Promtheus, the titular ship in Ridley Scott’s ‘Promtheus’ that takes Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace), Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), David (Michael Fassbender), Janek (Idris Elba), Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) and their crew from Earth to the stars, in attempt to answer the ultimate question facing mankind: “Where did we come from?” For more ‘Prometheus’ related viral goodness, head on over to projectprometheus.com. Look out for ‘Prometheus’ June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. Source: IGN.
In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Debut Poster For Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ – Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz & Leonardo DiCaprio
Apr 12th
The Weinstein Company has unveiled, via Yahoo! Movies, this rather excellant debut poster for Quentin Tarantino’s forthcoming film ‘Django Unchained,’ a Sergio Leone inspired spaghetti western. In ‘Django Unchained,’ Jamie Foxx will play the title role of Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave who is liberated and taught the tricks of the trade by a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz). Django’s real desire is to be reunited with his wife (Kerry Washington), who winds up in a variety of unsavory places and whose travails drive the plot. It leads to a confrontation in Candyland, a ranch owned by the notorious Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
‘Django Unchained’ also stars Tarantino regular Samuel L. Jackson, who will play the role of Rodney, Calvin Candie’s valet who keeps the slaves in line at Candie’s residence. The likes of Gerald McRaney, RZA, Dennis Christopher, Kurt Russell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Laura Cayouette, Laura Cayouette, Tom Savini, M.C. Gainey, Misty Upham, and Don Johnson will co-star. The film will pay homage to the Sergio Corbucci original ‘Django,’ Takashi Miike’s ‘Sukiyaki Western Django,’ which features Tarantino, and Elmore Leonard’s novel ’40 Lashes Less One.’ My hopes are ridiculously high for this film! Tarantino + spaghetti western = YES PLEASE! The film has been set for a Christmas Day 2012 release date by the Weinstein Company.
Bruce Willis, Bill Murray & Frances McDormand Feature In New ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Images
Apr 11th
These 14 images have turned up online from Wes Anderson’s upcoming drama ‘Moonrise Kingdom.’ Set for release May 25th, ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ features a first-rate cast in Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jared Gilman, and Kara Hayward. ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ marks Anderson’s (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore) first live-action film since 2007′s ‘The Darjeeling Limited.’
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ follows a young boy and girl (Sam and Suzy) falling in love. When they are moved to run away together, various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down – which might not be such a bad thing. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff, Captain Sharp. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader, Scout Master Ward. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward play the young boy and girl.
Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper Feature In Debut Image From Susanne Bier’s ‘Serena’
Apr 11th
Studiocanal Productions has released this first image of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in Susanne Bier’s (In a Better World, Things We Lost in the Fire) ‘Serena’, along with the announcement that production has commenced on the film in Prague, Czech Republic. Based on Ron Rash’s acclaimed novel of the same name, which was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, ‘Serena’ stars Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Toby Jones and Rhys Ifans.
‘Serena’ follows newlyweds George (Bradley Cooper) and Serena Pemberton (Jennifer Lawrence) who travel from Boston to the mountains of North Carolina where they begin to build a timber empire in 1929. Serena soon shows herself to be the equal of any man: overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. Together, this king and queen rule their dominion, killing or vanquishing all who stand in the way of their ambitions. But when Serena learns that she can never bear a child, she sets out to murder the woman who bore George a son before his marriage. And when she starts to suspect that George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons’ intense, passionate marriage begins to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking reckoning.