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Sony is not quite done milking the cash cow known as the Men in Black franchise. The studio is currently in the early development stage of Men in Black 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise since, unlike the second installment, Men in Black 3 was a box office success last summer that was warmly received by moviegoers and critics alike. The time-traveling threequel raked in $624 million, earning the franchise its highest ever worldwide gross. | Full Story
…for a movie role, of course. Emilia Clarke, most commonly known as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will finally be playing a role from this world (and century). She will star in James Franco’s latest film, The Garden of Last Days, based on an Andre Dubus III novel of the same name.
The Garden of Last Days is Franco’s latest directorial attempt, in which he’ll also star. | Full Story
The upcoming Natalie Portman western Jane Got A Gun just can’t seem to get it together.
Originally, Portman was to star opposite Michael Fassbender — but he abruptly exited the project in early March reportedly because of scheduling conflicts with X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Jude Law, stoked to work with director Lynne Ramsay, was recruited to replace Fassbender – but when Ramsay quit the production on the first day of filming, Law quickly abandoned his role. | Full Story
Michael B. Jordan is one of the actors to watch. After searing himself into the memories of smart television viewers everywhere with his tragic character Wallace on Greatest TV Show Ever The Wire, he went on to show promise in Friday Night Lights and have a bit role in the surprising hit Chronicle. And you’ll be hearing a lot more about him this year, as he stars in festival smash Fruitvale Station. | Full Story
There are four superhero movies coming out this year. The Wolverine is the one that I keep forgetting is happening. It’s not the movie’s fault… wait, yes it is. Because I mean, good grief, Wolverine has already been the star of four other movies. I tire of this hairy immortal Canadian with metal claws.
Anyway, a new one-minute trailer for the film premiered at CinemaCon, and now it’s online for the world to see. | Full Story
The Los Angeles Film Festival is one of the few major festivals that go down within the confines of my fair city. Which is odd, considering that we’re the movie capital of the world. Oh well. The lineup for this summer’s iteration of the festival has been released. It’s a pretty good slate of movies – I’m an idiot and can’t seem to figure out where the full synopses of these films are, so I can’t discern in detail how promising it is. | Full Story
Despite rumors of Emma Watson donning the glass slipper, it has been confirmed that Lily James will portray the rags to riches princess Cinderella.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Downton Abbey actress joins Cate Blanchett and director Kenneth Branagh in this live-action fairy tale.
This version of Cinderella comes on the heels of many other successful (and some not so successful) fairy tale adaptations, like Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Hunstman, Mirror Mirror, and the highly anticipated Malificent to name a few. | Full Story
During last week’s TCM Classic Film Festival (and I will be kicking myself for missing it for a year or so), THR sat down with Robert Benton for an interview. Among other things, Benton wrote and directed Kramer vs. Kramer and Places in the Heart, winning three Oscars combined for the films (two for writing, one for directing). He also wrote Superman, What’s Up, Doc?, and Bonnie and Clyde. | Full Story
Production is underway in Los Angeles, California for the upcoming Captain America sequel and new photos came online featuring Scarlett Johansson as Black widow and Chris Evans as Captain America.
In the Captain America: The Winter Soldier set photos, a plainclothes Black Widow and Captain America can be seen confronting S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell, played by Maximiliano Hernández. He must have said something to piss off the quick tempered Black Widow because she’s captured gut-checking him with a lethal Kung-fu kick. | Full Story
Amazon has the score for Man of Steel available for pre-order, and you can listen to bits of each musical piece. The music for the new Superman film was composed by Hans Zimmer, brought onboard by the film’s producer, Christopher Nolan, who’s collaborated with Zimmer frequently in recent years.
Listening to the samples, you can definitely hear a Batmanny flavor to the tunes. And the Inception BWAAAAAA pops up at least once. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
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