If a production update from Box Office Mojo is on the money, 20th Century Fox has finally given their much-anticipated sequel, ‘The Wolverine,’ an official release date of July 26th, 2013. The film is set to be directed by James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, Knight and Day), while the script is by ‘The Usual Suspects’ scribe Christopher McQuarrie and Mark Bomback. The story takes inspiration from the Chris Claremont/Frank Miller Marvel miniseries from the 1980s dealing with the character’s adventures in Japan.

Darren Aronofsky was originally tapped to helm the sequel, however he dropped out to spend more time with his family as the film would shoot overseas for an extended period of time. I truly hope this film brings the best out of one of the Comic world’s most fascinating and best loved characters. Even though 2009’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ was a financial success by earning over $400 million at the box office, the film was met unfavorably from both fans and critics. Hugh Jackman is on board to return, expect casting news in the coming weeks.

Seeing as the film was originally under two months away from release and up until now we hadn’t yet seen a trailer, poster, clip, pretty much zilch other than the above image. It can come as little surprise that Paramount Pictures has rescheduled ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ from March 2nd of this year to January 11th, 2013. As of now we don’t know why Paramount has decided to push the movie back, however I’m sure we’ll be hearing details regarding the scheduling change sometime over the next few weeks.

The re-imagined fairy tale flick stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the titular characters. It is said to be a dark action movie that picks up with the fairy tale siblings years after the traumatic childhood incident has turned them into bounty hunters. Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) directs while Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Zoe Bell, and Derek Mears co-star.

In a recent interview Gemma Arterton shed some light on how the film incorporates the original Brothers Grimm tale: ”It continues it. You see a series of flashbacks with their experience of killing that first witch, which is brilliant. I remember being on set for the final few days of that. The candy house, and the witches are really repulsive and quite frightening. The makeup is out of this world. It’s this bone-chilling scene. Very dark. The girl who plays my character is brilliant, with the horrified expression she has.”

Arterton also described the film and characters as: ” very, very dark, and bloodthirsty and there’s a lot of cursing. It’s kind of got a [Quentin] Tarantino feel, really.” Gretel is much more in tune with her spiritual side. Hansel is a typical action hero, cheeky, funny, a womanizer. She’s much more of a thinker, intense, internal and bit more open-minded than he is.”

An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living NYPD negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective. Directed by Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cité Soleil), ‘Man on a Ledge’ stars Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Burns, Titus Welliver, Genesis Rodriguez, Kyra Sedgwick, and Ed Harris. The film is set for release January 27th in the US, and Febuary 3rd in the UK. Look out for a more in-depth interview with Jamie Bell and the rest of the cast closer to the films release date.

Your character and Genesis Rodriguez’s character add a lot of layers to the tension and suspense in the story.

Jamie Bell: Yeah. Joey, he’s the brother of Sam Worthington’s character. He’s a guy who has kind of dedicated his life to helping his brother, that’s the first and foremost thing in his mind. It’s the motivation for this relationship he has with this girl, his family life, his academic life….whatever it is, it has been completely consumed by his brother and what he needs to do for his brother. He’s referred to as a little bit of a screw-up, someone who necessarily isn’t all together. He’s a guy with some loose ends (laughs), lets say that.

His relationship with Angie, they have a very frenetic relationship. I believe it is grounded in love and admiration for one another. But they go on this heist to prove Nick’s innocence basically, and some of their flurries of relationship trauma kinda comes out at the wrong times (laughs), in the wrong moments. Joey’s a great character to play, he’s certainly a lot of fun. For me and Genesis Rodriguez, who plays Angie, it’s really the suspense, the fun and the action of the film that happens once Nick is on the ledge. The physical stuff was fun, it provides a relief from the very intense story stuff that’s happening with Nick.

I really enjoyed how the “comms” headsets come into play in this film.

Jamie Bell: The comms are essentially another character in the film, they’re the vital link between what’s going down and the next step. I’m constantly ahead, Nick is always kind of a step behind what’s happening, so I’m constantly having to relay information. I remember in the rehearsal period we were always trying to manifest scenes and dialogue that would be very clear for one context, then also very clear for another context – in Nick’s conversations with Lydia, then the cryptic messages to me. You can add so much tension through the comms, they may not be working, there could be interference, suddenly it’s really loud all of a sudden….we played with all of that kind of stuff, which I think really enables a lot.

The delivery of information is so important. Too often in thrillers, suspense-thrillers, when information is given to you, the right reaction is, “Wow, I had no idea,” or, “That totally through me for a loop,” or, “They got me.” Too often it isn’t that reaction. So I think in terms of the screenplay, we had to make sure that information is delivered in the precise way, so you do have that reaction.

A lot of questions are raised with Nick.

Jamie Bell: Oh yeah, there’s a lot of questions with Nick; who is he? Has he lost his mind? Has he lost the will to live? Has he lost touch with reality? His relatives don’t even recognise him. He’s getting into fights at their fathers funeral. The device of the set-up in the film, I really believe that tries to make you second guess Nick’s motivations and what he’s doing. I genuinely believe that by the time he’s out on the ledge and everything’s set-up, you still want to be asking the question of, “Is he gonna jump? Is he a bad guy? What’s he doing there?” So playing that and getting that right was kind of complicated.

Ed Harris plays the classic sinister villain?

Jamie Bell: He represents evil, in all kinds of different various forms…..wealth, capitalism, thievery, guilt, all these things that are great themes. Ed Harris plays him brilliantly because he’s right on the edge of the fact that you kind of like him, he has a great first scene, one of the best scenes in the film I think. And he played him straight down the line,, totally believable. I really enjoyed my scene with him, the character is the root of this problem, and my character thrives on the idea that when he completes this, there will be a possibility that they will meet – and he will sort some stuff out.

Summit Entertainment has unveiled these seven new clips from Asger Leth’s (Ghosts of Cité Soleil) upcoming heist flick ’Man on a Ledge.’ The film centers on an ex-cop (Sam Worthington) convicted of a crime he didn’t commit who stands on the ledge of a Manhattan building, threatening to kill himself.  However, unbeknownst to the cops on the scene, what appears to be a suicide attempt is in fact a cover for a massive diamond heist. Worthington is joined by Elizabeth Banks as a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator, Anthony Mackie as Worthington’s best friend and ally, and Jamie Bell as Worthington’s younger brother and ardent supporter. Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick and Titus Welliver co-star. ’Man on a Ledge’ is set for release January 13th in the US, and January 25th in the UK.

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) was an honest cop. Now he’s in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Desperate, he seizes the first chance to escape. Hours later, he is freshly shaven in an expensive suit, standing on a window ledge high above New York City. As a crowd gathers below, police cordon off the area and agree to Nick’s request to speak with pretty police negotiator Lydia Anderson (Elizabeth Banks). But Lydia doesn’t know that she is part of his grand plan, a plan that could give them both a second chance.

Speaking quietly into a lapel microphone, Nick coordinates the high-tech theft of a $30 million diamond—the same diamond he was convicted of stealing. It’s the only way he can prove his innocence, but he needs Lydia’s help—and he’s running out of time. When his identity is exposed, a SWAT team positions itself on the roof, read to take him out.  Lydia isn’t sure he’s telling the truth, but if he really was set up for the diamond heist, it had to be an inside job, which means at least one of the cops on the scene wants Nick dead. With SWAT about to move, cops destroying the evidence that could save him and nowhere to go but down, Nick’s chances of survival are getting slimmer by the minute. Filled with clever twists, Man on a Ledge is a smart, pulse-pounding thriller about a man determined to clear his name, exact revenge and get the girl…if he can just stay one step ahead of the men who put him behind bars.

Writer/director Rian Johnson has debuted this first look at the time machine in his highly anticipated sci-fi assassin flick ‘Looper’ via the films  Tumblr account.  ’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. I’ve got high hopes for this film, I was a massive fan of Johnson’s previous two films ‘Brick’ and ‘The Brothers Bloom.’ ’Looper’ is set to be released by Sony’s TriStar Pictures division on September 28th, 2012.

Set in the near future, when time-travel is possible but very, very illegal, Looper stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, reteaming with his Brick director, as Joe, a sharp, savvy hitma. 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 Willis. And he’s not going down without a fight…

Variety bring word that Peter Weller, best known for playing RoboCop in the 1987 film and its sequel, has been cast in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek sequel. Weller would reportedly join Benicio del Toro as the lead villain, and Alice Eve as a character that’s believed to be new to the canon. UPDATED: Vulture are reporting that Benicio Del Toro, who entered into talks last month to play the sequel’s new villain, has dropped out of the sequel. Insiders tell Vulture that the deal actually went asunder last Wednesday after parties couldn’t come to terms over monetary issues.

“J.J. Abrams has tapped veteran thesp Peter Weller for the ensemble cast of Paramount’s upcoming “Star Trek” sequel. Specifics of Weller’s role are under wraps. His selection came on the heels of Abrams choosing Alice Eve as a character that’s believed to be new.”

Filming for the tentatively titled ‘Star Trek 2′ is scheduled to begin early 2012. Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and John Cho are set to star. Expect more casting additions and details for the film in the coming weeks. J.J. Abrams is back to direct with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof penning the script.  ‘Star Trek 2′ has been scheduled for a May 17th 2013 release date.

Closely following last weeks news that J.J.Abrams’ ‘Star Trek 2′ has been scheduled in for a May 17th 2013 release date, Variety report that Alice Eve is set to join the ensemble cast – playing a character that’s believed to be new to the canon. Apparently Teresa Palmer (“I Am Number Four”) and Hayley Atwell (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) also tested for the role, but Eve (“She’s Out of My League”) won out.

Variety also reveal that Benicio del Toro’s deal to play the lead villain is still pending. If del Toro and Eve do in fact put pen to paper, Abrams has just one more major role left to cast; sources say it could be another villain, someone who’s older and in more of a supporting character to del Toro.

Filming for the tentatively titled ‘Star Trek 2′ is scheduled to begin early 2012. Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and John Cho are set to star. Expect more casting additions and details for the film in the coming weeks. J.J. Abrams is back to direct with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof penning the script.

Deadline are reporting that Paramount has pencilled in a May 17th 2013 release date for J.J. Abrams eagerly anticipated ‘Star Trek’ sequel. They also point out that J.J. will be “making the movie in 3D.” Hopefully by this they mean that the film will be shot in 3D and not post-converted. Other films scheduled for release in May 2013 include ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Pacific Rim,’ ‘Pixels,’ ‘Fast Six,’ and ‘The Lone Ranger.’

Filming for the tentatively titled ‘Star Trek 2′ is scheduled to begin early 2012. Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and John Cho are set to star, while Benicio Del Toro is rumoured to play the lead villain. Expect more casting additions and details for the film in the coming weeks. J.J. Abrams is back to direct with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof penning the script. In additional ‘Star Trek 2′ related news, Comingsoon reveal that Academy Award winning composer Michael Giacchino will be returning to score the sequel: “Yes, I’ll be back,” Giacchino told ComingSoon last night at a home video release event for the duo’s last collaboration, Super 8. “I’ll be there just as soon as they finish it.”

Empire has unveiled this new international poster for Asger Leth’s (Ghosts of Cité Soleil) upcoming heist flick ’Man on a Ledge.’ The film centers on an ex-cop (Sam Worthington) convicted of a crime he didn’t commit who stands on the ledge of a Manhattan building, threatening to kill himself.  However, unbeknownst to the cops on the scene, what appears to be a suicide attempt is in fact a cover for a massive diamond heist. Worthington is joined by Elizabeth Banks as a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator, Anthony Mackie as Worthington’s best friend and ally, and Jamie Bell as Worthington’s younger brother and ardent supporter. Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick and Titus Welliver co-star. ’Man on a Ledge’ is set for release January 13th in the US, and January 25th in the UK.

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) was an honest cop. Now he’s in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Desperate, he seizes the first chance to escape. Hours later, he is freshly shaven in an expensive suit, standing on a window ledge high above New York City. As a crowd gathers below, police cordon off the area and agree to Nick’s request to speak with pretty police negotiator Lydia Anderson (Elizabeth Banks). But Lydia doesn’t know that she is part of his grand plan, a plan that could give them both a second chance.

Speaking quietly into a lapel microphone, Nick coordinates the high-tech theft of a $30 million diamond—the same diamond he was convicted of stealing. It’s the only way he can prove his innocence, but he needs Lydia’s help—and he’s running out of time. When his identity is exposed, a SWAT team positions itself on the roof, read to take him out.  Lydia isn’t sure he’s telling the truth, but if he really was set up for the diamond heist, it had to be an inside job, which means at least one of the cops on the scene wants Nick dead. With SWAT about to move, cops destroying the evidence that could save him and nowhere to go but down, Nick’s chances of survival are getting slimmer by the minute. Filled with clever twists, Man on a Ledge is a smart, pulse-pounding thriller about a man determined to clear his name, exact revenge and get the girl…if he can just stay one step ahead of the men who put him behind bars.

Summit Entertainment have unveiled this enjoyable yet slightly spoilery trailer for Asger Leth’s (Ghosts of Cité Soleil) upcoming heist flick ’Man on a Ledge.’ The film centers on an ex-cop (Sam Worthington) convicted of a crime he didn’t commit who stands on the ledge of a Manhattan building, threatening to kill himself.  However, unbeknownst to the cops on the scene, what appears to be a suicide attempt is in fact a cover for a massive diamond heist. Worthington is joined by Elizabeth Banks as a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator, Anthony Mackie as Worthington’s best friend and ally, and Jamie Bell as Worthington’s younger brother and ardent supporter. Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick and Titus Welliver co-star.  ’Man on a Ledge’ is set for release January 13th.

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) was an honest cop. Now he’s in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Desperate, he seizes the first chance to escape. Hours later, he is freshly shaven in an expensive suit, standing on a window ledge high above New York City. As a crowd gathers below, police cordon off the area and agree to Nick’s request to speak with pretty police negotiator Lydia Anderson (Elizabeth Banks). But Lydia doesn’t know that she is part of his grand plan, a plan that could give them both a second chance.

Speaking quietly into a lapel microphone, Nick coordinates the high-tech theft of a $30 million diamond—the same diamond he was convicted of stealing. It’s the only way he can prove his innocence, but he needs Lydia’s help—and he’s running out of time. When his identity is exposed, a SWAT team positions itself on the roof, read to take him out.  Lydia isn’t sure he’s telling the truth, but if he really was set up for the diamond heist, it had to be an inside job, which means at least one of the cops on the scene wants Nick dead. With SWAT about to move, cops destroying the evidence that could save him and nowhere to go but down, Nick’s chances of survival are getting slimmer by the minute. Filled with clever twists, Man on a Ledge is a smart, pulse-pounding thriller about a man determined to clear his name, exact revenge and get the girl…if he can just stay one step ahead of the men who put him behind bars.