http://www.comingsoon.net Do you know what's coming? en-us Feb 3, 2012 The passes for Columbia Pictures' The Untold Story Begins event for The Amazing Spider-Man on Monday, February 6th in New York City and Los Angeles were snapped up in a matter of minutes, but now ComingSoon.net and SuperHeroHype.com have gotten our hands on 5 pairs (10 seats) of VIP passes in each city!! Every 20th person who sends an e-mail to their city below will be receiving 2 VIP passes to Monday's event in Los Angeles at 12:00pm noon (PST) or in New York at 3:00pm (EST). In other words, the 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th and 100th people to submit an e-mail in each city will be receiving the passes. Please Note: You must include your first name and last name in the e-mail! New York - spidermannyc@comingsoon.net Los Angeles - spidermanla@comingsoon.net One of... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86623 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86623 Feb 3, 2012 The New York Times is reporting that legendary actor Ben Gazzara lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City earlier today. He was 81 years old. The New York-based, classically-trained actor, born Biagio Anthony Gazzara, is best known for his work with the late John Cassavetes, a pioneer in independent filmmaking with pioneering films like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). He followed those pivotal films by working with other prominent directors, such as Peter Bogdanovich ( Saint Jack , They All Laughed ), David Mamet ( The Spanish Prisoner ), Spike Lee ( Summer of Sam ) and Lars von Trier ( Dogville ). Although Gazzara never received an Oscar nomination for his film work, he received four Emmy... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86622 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86622 Feb 3, 2012 With The Woman in Black opening in theaters today, director James Watkins takes a decided departure from the remorseless and shocking tone of his last directorial effort, Eden Lake (an early Michael Fassbender film), for something a bit more classical. Instead of depicting a film in which adults are terrorized by angry, lethal kids (as he had done in Eden Lake ), he turns the tables and puts children in harm's way as his latest effort - a Hammer production - tells of a vengeful ghost that preys on the youngsters of a small English village. Caught up in this supernatural mystery is Arthur Kipps, played by Daniel Radcliffe. ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke with Watkins earlier this week about the film. You can read the interview by clicking here ! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86610 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86610 Feb 3, 2012 Thanks to 'RealIrOnMaN', 'kingmatte' and 'L-J', we've got a look at new live action promo banners for Marvel's The Avengers , as well as a new Loki photo, a Hulk figure and Minimates for the May 4 release. 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 superhero 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 SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Click the banners for bigger versions! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86608 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86608 Feb 3, 2012 Al Pacino has joined the voice cast of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' Despicable Me 2 . Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove and Russell Brand are set return for the July 3, 2013 release. The first film was a big hit for Universal Picturs and Illumination Entertainment. The $69 million-budgeted Despicable Me opened on July 9, 2010 and went on to earn $543.1 million worldwide. Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin are set to direct the sequel from a script by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Illumination founder Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy will produce for Illumination Entertainment. Creative Executive Kiska Higgs will oversee the project for the studio. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86607 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86607 Feb 3, 2012 Following yesterday's news that Shiloh Fernandez had been cast in the Evil Dead remake comes word from Deadline that Jane Levy (ABC's "Suburgatory") has landed the lead role in the Fede Alvarez-directed movie. She is replacing Lily Collins, who had to drop out due to her schedule. The site says that Levy will play Mia, a character that correspond to Ash, who was played by Bruce Campbell in the original. Mia is one of five friends holed up at a remote cabin where they discover a Book of the Dead. A demonic force is unleashed possessing each until only one is left to fight for survival. Alvarez wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues. Diablo Cody did revisions on the draft. Original producing partners Rob Tapert, Campbell and Sam Raimi will produce. Ghost House Pictures... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86605 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86605 Feb 3, 2012 Marvel's The Avengers stars Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson are reteaming on Can a Song Save Your Life? , written and to be directed by John Carney ( Once ), it was announced today by Exclusive Media Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East. Exclusive Media will produce and finance the feel good romance, described as follows: Seduced by dreams of making it in the big city, Gretta (Johansson) and her long-time boyfriend move to New York to pursue their passion for music. She’s heartbroken when he dumps her for the fame and fortune of a big solo contract, leaving Gretta all on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when a down-on-his-luck record producer (Ruffalo) stumbles upon her singing in a local bar and is immediately captivated by her raw talent and... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86603 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86603 Feb 3, 2012 Daniel Craig filmed scenes for the new James Bond movie, Skyfall , on February 3rd in London and we've got a gallery of photos from the shoot! Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory and Ola Rapace co-star in the November 9 release, directed by Sam Mendes. In Skyfall , Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Click here or on the photo below to view the gallery! (Photo Gallery Credit: Flynet UK/FameFlynet Pictures & WENN.com) http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86602 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86602 Feb 3, 2012 Universal Pictures has released two more photos from Snow White and the Huntsman via the film's official Facebook page . You can check out the full gallery of photos released so far by clicking here . In the epic action-adventure opening June 1st, Kristen Stewart ("Twilight") plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor , Marvel's The Avengers ) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin ( Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ) plays the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power. Click the photos for bigger versions! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86599 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86599 Feb 3, 2012 Swarovski Entertainment, Amber Entertainment UK and Echo Lake Entertainment announced today that principal photography has started on Carlo Carlei's Romeo and Juliet : Principal photography has begun in Italy on Romeo and Juliet, it was announced today by Ileen Maisel of Amber Entertainment and Nadja Swarovski of Swarovski Entertainment Ltd. Award-winning director Carlo Carlei directs from the script by Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park). Ileen Maisel, the lead producer, approached Julian Fellowes to adapt Shakespeare’s classic love story for a new generation. “Every generation is interested in love,” said Fellowes, who’s currently writing the third season of Downton Abbey. “I mean, there is something about young love that is... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86598 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86598 Feb 3, 2012 Vin Diesel has been sharing a few photos from the set of Riddick (see below), but Universal, One Race Films and Radar Pictures officially announced the start of filming today. The press release includes story details and more casting news: Universal Pictures, One Race Films and Radar Pictures announced today that principal photography has begun on the action-driven, sci-fi thriller Riddick. The shoot will take place in Montreal. The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86597 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86597 Feb 3, 2012 After making waves and scoring two Oscar nominations for his 2009 drama The Messenger , director Oren Moverman's follow-up, the police drama Rampart , came together relatively quickly. Based around an original screenplay by one of of L.A.'s most respected crime-writers, James Ellroy, Rampart also stars Woody Harrelson, this time playing police officer Dave Brown, who has already been under investigation for his part in the Rampart scandal when he's caught on camera severely beating a fleeing suspect. As much as it's about Dave's questionable police tactics, it also follows Dave's relationship with his ex-wives who just happen to be sisters (Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon), his rebellious teen daughter (Brie Larson) and other women he meets in bars, including a lawyer he gets serious... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85758 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85758 Feb 3, 2012 "Found footage" superhero movie Chronicle is now playing in theaters and we've created this spot for you to tell us and your fellow moviegoers what you thought about the Josh Trank-directed movie, starring Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell and Michael Kelly. In the film, three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over. You can use the comments below to write your mini-review for the film! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86593 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86593 Feb 3, 2012 The Last of Us , the upcoming video game from "Uncharted" developer Naughty Dog, is featured in the new issue of Game Informer magazine and you can view the cover and in-game screenshots below. Below those, you'll also find the previously-released trailer for the game. The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. Abandoned cities are being reclaimed by nature and the remaining survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/gamenews.php?id=86592 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/gamenews.php?id=86592 Feb 3, 2012 Two international posters for Tarsem Singh's Mirror Mirror have come online and can be viewed below. Opening in theaters on March 30, the PG-rated comedy stars Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Mark Povinelli, Jordan Prentice, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Ronald Lee Clark, Martin Klebba, Joey Gnoffo and Sean Bean. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86591 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86591 Feb 3, 2012 Working Title Films has addressed rumors about Bridget Jones's Baby that said Hugh Grant has left the third film due to script problems. Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title Films, released the following statement: "Reports that Hugh Grant has exited 'Bridget Jones's Baby' are untrue. We are still working on the script, hence the delay to the start of production, but the film is going ahead as planned." Grant will reunite with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth for the sequel. The original film, released in 2001, earned an impressive $544.4 million worldwide. It was followed in 2004 by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason , which earned $262.5 million globally. To be directed by Peter Cattaneo ( The Full Monty ), the film's script is being written by Helen... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86590 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86590 Feb 2, 2012 Gareth Huw Evans' Indonesian martial arts flick The Raid is still over a month away from being released domestically, yet Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has pre-bought the U.S., Latin American and Spanish rights to its sequel, tentatively titled Berandal . The film's star, martial arts sensation Iko Uwais, will be returning for the second movie, which presumably will follow directly after the events of the movie which won the Midnight Madness Award at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. Production will begin in Jakarta later this year. with a larger budget although the plot is being kept under wraps. Screen Gems still has plans to do an English language remake of the original Indonesian action film, which follows a SWAT... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86577 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86577 Feb 2, 2012 A sequel to last year's Insidious is on the way with writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan returning, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . Details about the project are few at the moment, but the original starred Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson as a couple who learn that one of their children is possessed. The former talent is set to re-team with Wan for his next film, tentatively-titled The Conjuring . That film, which also stars Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor, is based on the "true" tale of another kind of haunting. The Insidious sequel could shoot as early as this year and see a release in 2013. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86576 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86576 Feb 2, 2012 Dimension Films has announced that Matt Lieberman, a recent alumni of the Disney writers program, will write their upcoming remake of Short Circuit . As announced last summer , Tim Hill will direct. “Dimension has had great success with the 'Spy Kids' family series which grossed over $500 million worldwide,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company. “We are looking for 'Short Circuit' to be our next family franchise and are excited to be working with Matt Lieberman and Tim Hill, who has had great International success with 'Hop' and 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'." David Foster, who produced the original, is producing with Ryan E. Heppe, John Hyde and Brian Manis. Shooting is scheduled for the end of the year with a release in Summer 2013. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86574 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86574 Feb 2, 2012 Shiloh Fernandez ( Red Riding Hood ) has signed on to play the male lead in the upcoming big-screen remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead , Variety reports. With the departure of Lily Collins as the female lead, Fernandez is now the sole confirmed cast member. Fede Alvarez, who will direct the film, wrote the script with Rodo Sayagues. Diablo Cody did revisions on the draft. Original producing partners Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell (who also starred in the original franchise) and Sam Raimi will produce. Ghost House Pictures partners Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. In this retelling, five friends hole up at a remote cabin where they discover a Book of the Dead. A demonic force is unleashed possessing each until only one is left to fight for survival. Evil Dead... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86573 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86573 Feb 2, 2012 Viola Davis, Oscar-nominated for her role in The Help , has signed on for two more novel-to-screen adaptations. Variety reports that she'll play a supporting role in the sci-fi adventure Ender's Game and the lead in the supernatural thriller Beautiful Creatures . To be directed by Gavin Hood ( Tsotsi , X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) and based on the novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is set in Earth's Utopian future and tells the story of a young boy, Ender, a genius strategist, who is drafted by the International Fleet to destroy the alien Formic race. In that film, Davis will play a military psychologist, joining Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley and many more. Production is gearing up now in New Orleans, aiming for a... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86570 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86570 Feb 2, 2012 Vin Diesel is giving his fans a lot of early looks at the filming of Riddick . He's already posted two photos ( view here and here ) and he added this third close-up today! Diesel is currently shooting the film under the direction of David Twohy, who had helmed the previous Riddick outings Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick . Diesel is this time joined in the film by Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Molla and Nolan Funk. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86571 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86571 Feb 2, 2012 Catherine Keener ( Being John Malkovich , The 40-Year-Old Virgin ) has been cast as the wife of Captain Phillips , starring opposite Tom Hanks in the true tale of the man taken hostage by Somali pirates. Captain Richard Phillips captained the MV Maersk Alabama which, in April of 2009, was hijacked by Somali pirates. Phillips bravely offered himself as a hostage to protect his crew and spent three days a prisoner before being rescued by a team of U.S. Navy SEALS. The project will be based off Phillip's memoir, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea," and is expected to enter production shortly. (Photo Credit: Apega / WENN.com) http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86566 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86566 Feb 2, 2012 Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain ( The Help , The Tree of Life ) and Joel Edgerton ( Warrior ) have signed on to star in a double-feature film project for Myriad Pictures: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers . The love story explores a New York City couple’s relationship during a difficult time in their marriage, from the different perspective of the husband, (Edgerton), a restaurant owner, and of the wife (Chastain), who goes back to college. Academy Award-winner and 5-time nominee William Hurt ( The Kiss of the Spider Woman , Syriana ) is in discussion to join the cast. Ned Benson ( In Defiance of Gravity ) wrote the two scripts and will direct both films. Cassandra Kulukundis ( A Late Quartet , In Defiance of... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86565 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86565 Feb 2, 2012 Sharon Stone has signed to star in Attachment , a sexual thriller to be directed by Tony Kaye ( Detachment , American History X ), says The Hollywood Reporter . In the film, written by Christopher Denham, "Stone will play a married woman who has a one night stand with a student. The indiscretion comes back to haunt her when the lover begins to date her daughter and stalk her family." W2 Media, the Los Angeles and Vancouver based film distribution, financing and international sales company, is behind the film. Brad Epstein of Panther Films is producing the film while Adam Krentzman and W2 Media will executive produce. The project is eyeing an April start. Stone is currently filming Lovelace . (Photo Credit: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86564 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86564 Feb 2, 2012 Award-winning The Help co-star Octavia Spencer has joined the cast of director Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi thriller Snow Piercer and will appear alongside Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton, as well as Korean actor Song Kang-ho ( The Host ). Heat Vision says the film "is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but a revolution brews." Spencer will play a passenger on the train who joins the revolt to save her son. Joon-ho co-wrote the script for the film, produced by Park Chan-wook and Dooho Choi. Kelly... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86563 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86563 Feb 2, 2012 Showtime announced today that Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan will star in the new drama pilot, "Masters of Sex," which begins production in New York later this year: Acclaimed actor Michael Sheen and actress Lizzy Caplan have been cast as the leads in the SHOWTIME drama pilot MASTERS OF SEX, where they will portray 1960's human sexuality pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Directed by Academy Award® nominee John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love"), the pilot will begin production in New York in March. Michelle Ashford (THE PACIFIC), Judith Verno, and Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (JUSTIFIED) are executive producers. Michael Sheen and Tammy Rosen will serve as producers. MASTERS OF SEX is produced by Sony Pictures Television. MASTERS OF SEX... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=86561 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=86561 Feb 2, 2012 Deadline is reporting that Katherine Heigl is set to star in Face Blind , "an independent thriller about a psychologist struck with a rare affliction that makes it impossible to distinguish people by their faces. When a man who terrorized her most vulnerable patient stalks her, the psychologist can’t recognize him, and her husband thinks she’s the one who is going crazy." This project sounds very similar to Faces in the Crowd , a psychological thriller starring Milla Jovovich that went straight to Blu-ray and DVD in North America last October. The site adds that Heigl will produce with Maven Pictures’ partners Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray. Dominic Harari and Teresa De Pelegri wrote the script. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86558 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86558 Feb 2, 2012 The new poster for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's horror-thriller Intruders was released and can be viewed below. The March 30 release is described as follows: Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow's beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out. From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ("28 Weeks Later," the upcoming "Highlander" reboot), "Intruders" is the chilling story of two children living in... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86557 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86557 Feb 2, 2012 Lionsgate has released the new trailer for The Hunger Games which you can watch using the player below! The Gary Ross-directed adaptation opens in theaters and IMAX on March 23rd and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Wes Bentley, Toby Jones, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman, Amandla Stenberg, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. In the film, based on Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised... http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86556 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86556