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R.I.P.D. is one of many movie adaptations of comic books coming down the pipeline. It’s been long-delayed, but it’ll be out in theaters (in 3D, of course) later this year. The first poster for the film showed up at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, and Collider has a pic of it.
The poster showcases the film’s stars, Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges’ Van Dyke. It very unnecessarily explains what the title acronym stands for. | Full Story
During a recent interview on NBC’s Today show, actor Nicolas Cage confirmed and explained why he turned down the opportunity to voice the character Shrek in “Shrek 5.”
“Well, the news said it was because of vanity. I think that’s a bit strong,” the 49-year-old told Today’s Savannah Guthrie.
“But the truth is, I’m not afraid to be ugly in a movie…. When you’re drawn, in a way it says more about how children are going to see you than anything else, and I so care about that.”
Cage was drawn to another fictional character in “The Croods,” a 3D animated comedy-adventure in which Cage voices the character Grug. | Full Story
Rosario Dawson will play a detective in Atom Egoyan’s newest thriller, Queen of the Night. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as a desperate father whose daughter is abducted without a trace. Eight years later new clues surface, and the father is convinced his daughter is still alive and insists on reopening the otherwise cold case. Dawson will play a detective assigned to helping find the child and unravel the mystery before it goes cold again. | Full Story
Dreamworks has released a trailer for their upcoming movie Turbo. The film is a 3D animated sports comedy, produced by Dreamworks Animation and 20th Century Fox, starring Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Snopp Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film is based on an ordinary garden snail named Theo (Reynolds) aka Turbo, who dreams to become the world’s greatest race car driver like his idol, 5-time Indianapolis 500 champ, Guy Gagne. | Full Story
DreamWorks Animation always finds room for stars in their animated features, and their latest offering is no exception. Today, the studio released the first official trailer for The Croods, an animated adventure starring Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds. The new movie is directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, the Academy Award-nominated duo behind Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon.
The official plot synopsis states that “when their cave is destroyed, the Crood family is forced to embark on an adventure into a pre-historic world in search of a new home.” This differs slightly from the initial plot summary that was reported when the casting of Cage and Reynolds was announced in 2010. | Full Story
Safe House screen-writer David Guggenheim, has recently brokered a new deal with Universal Picture to pen the sequel to the hit 2012 film.
Safe House starred Oscar award-winning actor Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The action thriller revolved around:
Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), an ex-CIA agent turned international criminal, who acquires a file from renegade MI6 agent Alec Wade (Liam Cunningham). Attacked by the mercenary Vargas (Fares Fares), he enters an American consulate and is moved to a CIA safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. | Full Story
Ryan Reynolds may move further along in staking his claim as a supernatural hero. After having difficulties resonating with audiences as the Green Lantern, and his brief appearance as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Reynolds will try once again to save the world as an immortal swordsman in Highlander.
According to a Variety report, Lionsgate/Summit and Reynolds are mutually very interested in him playing the lead role in their reboot of the Highlander franchise. | Full Story
Actress Scarlett Johansson and actor Ryan Reynolds are continuing to settle things regarding their former marriage as they are now selling their Los Angeles, California home.
The two action stars have reportedly finally put their home in the Los Feliz area up for sale at about $3.65 million. The home is documented as 2,800-square-feet of space with eco-friendly solar power. The house has four bedrooms and an oversized ocean saltwater pool.
Now that Scarlett Johansson has decided to move on to the next one- she was recently spotted with a civilian guy Nate Naylor. | Full Story
This action trailer looks awesome! Hot trailer for Denzel’s new action film ‘Safe House’. Oscar winner Denzel Washington plays a dangerous rogue CIA agent that has been on the run for over a decade. Toblin Frost (Washington) is finally captured by the US government and brought in to pay for his treasonous ways. When the supposedly secure location deep in the heart of Cape Town, South Africa is hit by a band of mercenaries, Toblin breaks free with his rookie agent to find out who really wants him dead. | 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.
