February 2008 News Archive (Page 5)

Another day, another big name added to the cast of X-men Origins: Wolverine.

Hip-hop producer/rapper Will.i.am is set to play Kestrel/John Wraith in the new film.

Kestrel was part of Team X along with Wolverine, Sabretooth, Maverick, Mastodon, and Silver Fox. This character is a powerful teleporter whose alter ego is named John Wraith. Similar to the other members of Team X, Kestrel was given an artificial age suppressant; he's likely much older than he looks.

What do you think of Will.i.am playing an X-Men? Is it a good casting choice?

Vantage Point has a cool premise: the attempted assassination of the president is seen/told from multiple points of view.

But does the movie rely too much on its gimmick? Is there substance behind the style? Because the film opens soon, on February 22, now seemed like an ideal time to have these questions answered by a series of critics...

- Vantage Point takes a storyline that is a middling throwback to the Cold War paranoid fantasies of a half-century ago and tries to jazz it up with a multi-view narrative... -- Killer Movie Reviews

- Super-charged momentum keeps audience attention span on high alert and glued to the screen, along with recording implements and cyberspace gadgets elbowing their way into the apocalyptic narrative. -- News Blaze

- Throughout the entire film, I was kept on the edge of my seat. I felt if I missed one small clue or scene, I would miss out on putting all of the plot together. -- HDfest.com

- It looks like a taut, imaginative, accessible big budget thriller. -- Cinema Blend

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Kristin Kreuk has already been cast as martial artist Chun-Li in Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li.

Now, Variety reports that Michael Clarke Duncan (pictured), Chris Klein and Rick Yune have joined the movie, which will based on the popular Japanese video game franchise.

Duncan will play Balrog, Klein is stepping into the role of Nash and Yune is taking on the mystical Gen.

Rounding out the cast are Moon Bloodgood, Taboo (from the Black Eyed Peas), Singapore's Edmund Chen and Hong Kong film star Cheng Pei Pei.

Street Fighter, of course was previously made into an awfil film in 1994. That flick starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li is scheduled to start shooting in March.

Two new actors have been added to the cast of the X-Men spin-off focusing on Hugh Jackman's character of Wolverine:

First, Ryan Reynolds - fresh off modest hit Definitely, Maybe - will make an appearance as Deadpool in the film.

The 31-year-old Canadian actor will star as "a high-tech mercenary known for his wisecracks, black humor, and satirical pop-culture references (thanks, Wikipedia!).

Meanwhile, Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch will play Gambit (Remy LeBeau) in the movie.

Kitsch will be joining Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Danny Huston (William Stryker), Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) and Reynolds (Deadpool). in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which opens nationwide on May 1, 2009.

Considering the original Cloverfield is still playing in many theaters, these is an extraordinarily early movie rumor.

But moviesonline.ca is claiming that the follow-up to this hit film may be called Aladygma. As the site reports:

Apparently, [Aladygma] is the code name for Cloverfield 2. It is, however, important to note that JJ Abrams has more then one untitled covert film in the works.

This is all we know about the film at the moment. Please send in any news you hear on the possibility of Cloverfield 2.

This August, it's time to go traveling again. With a certain sisterhood. Who likes to wear pants.

Check out the preview now for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2:

Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell will fill in for Heath Ledger in his final role in the unfinished fantasy flick The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Law's rep confirmed their casting to BBC News, but said it was unclear how the role would be reconstructed.

Production on the Terry Gilliam-directed film was suspended after Ledger died of a prescription drug overdose last month.

According to the BBC, original footage of Ledger may remain while Law, Depp and Farrell will play different incarnations of his character, Tony. We'll provide updates on this situation as they come in.

Here's more news from the world of movies and toys.

Here are a pair of product shots of LEGO's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull line.

The first figure â€" seemingly an alien skeleton with a crystal skull â€" reportedly relates to the climax of the film; specifically the lost Temple of Akator, falls into the hands of Cate Blanchett's Irina Spalko.

The second set of toys below, of course, is more straightforward: check out these representations Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes out on May 22.

Hasbro has just released pictures of its Cloverfield Movie Monster action figure. The small price you'll have to pay to own one? $99.99.

What do you get for that whopping fee?

• Authentic sound
• A 14" tall figurineTwo interchangeable heads
• Statue of Liberty head accessory
• Special Cloverfield collector's edition packaging

The Cloverfield monster is available exclusively through HasbroToyShop.com.

This summer, movie goers will meet the next creation from the minds of Disney Pixar. Move over, Buzz Lightyear! It's WALL-E time!

This robot is roaming the earth aimlessly in the year 2700. That's all about to change when WALL-E hits theaters on June 28, however...