April 2009 News Archive (Page 3)

Another day, another exciting round of New Moon casting news!

The Twilight sequel has added a pair of actors to its cast:

• Cameron Bright will star as Alec, the brother of Volturi member Jane (Dakota Fanning);
• Graham Greene will play Quileute tribal leader Harry Clearwater.

Summit Entertainment released a statement on the studio's website yesterday that revealed the names of all New Moon cast members, some of whom have already been announced:

New cast members include the legendary Volturi, a venerable coven of vampires who weigh and impose the laws of the vampire world, as well as two new members of the Quileute Indian Nation. The Volturi include Charlie Bewley as Demetri, Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, Daniel Cudmore as Felix, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, all Volturi enforcers.

Dakota Fanning plays Jane, a high ranking and powerful Volturi member and Cameron Bright is Alec, her brother. Noot Seer plays Volturi member Heidi. Michael Sheen plays Aro, the Volturi leader. Graham Greene appears as Harry Clearwater, Quileute tribal leader and old friend of Bella's father Charlie. Tinsel Korey is Emily, the fiancé of Sam Uley.

Even though it hasn't hit theaters yet, buzz is already circulating about a Terminator Salvation sequel.

Director McG addressed the topic in a recent interview with MTV News.

"If we have good fortune we have indeed planned out two more ‘Terminator’ pictures,” he said. “There’s an arc of story [in the new sequels].”

Reportedly, this arc will be left open with the ending of Terminator Salvation, lends itself to a follow-up fllm.

"The ending is indeed elliptical,” McG added. "And it challenges the audience. It’s not a happy little bow of an ending at all. The ending is tough and requires reflection, and in some degrees it bifurcates the audience. You walk back to the car and one person thinks it means this, and the other person thinks it means that."

A trio of big names have joined the cast of Get Him to the Greek.

Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Rose Byrne (Damages) and Sean Combs have signed on for the comedy.

The story spins off Russell Brand's character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It features a record company intern (Jonah Hill) that has two days to drag an uncooperative rock star (Russel Brand) to Hollywood for a comeback concert.

Aldous Snow will have the stage to himself in Get Him to the Greek.

Moss will portray the girlfriend of Hill's character, while Byrne will take on the role of Jackie Q, a scandal-plagued pop star and love interest of Brand's character. Combs will portray a record company executive.

This is encouraging news.

Director Michael Bay says Steven Spielberg, who serves as executive producer on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, has seen Bay's first cut of the movie - and has given it his full approval.

Bay posted the following on his message board:

Steven Spielberg sat next to me in a big 100 person theater at Sony today. There were 98 empty seats. The lights came up after we just watched my cut of Revenge of the Fallen. He turned to me and said
"It's awesome". He felt this movie was better then the first - and probably my best, who knows - at this point in a movie you start to lose your objectivity. I just hope the fans like it. I'm going to start putting it in front of audiences in a few weeks - no you are not invited, yet.

For reasons yet to be explained - other than a blatant publicity opportunity - Quentin Tarantino served as the guest mentor on American Idol last night.

While music fans may have been hoping for an actual singer, movie fans were treated to a few new clips from Inglourious Basterds. Check them out now:

First, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was pushed back by a few months.

Now, though, the movie's release date has been moved up... by two days.

Warner Bros. has chosen to create a long weekend for the film, bumping the long-awaited premiere date to Wednesday, July 15. Every hour helps after the studio postponed the opening by eight months.

To help tide fans over, click on the following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince photos to enlarge images from the movie...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Terminator Salvation director McG in in negotiations to direct and produce a film adaptation of the Tony-winning rock musical Spring Awakening.

The director is reportedly developing the project with original book and lyrics writer Steven Sater.

Spring Awakening focuses on a group of male and female students coming of age; it explores homosexuality, S&M, loss of virginity, masturbation, and suicidal tendencies. Really, it does.

Maggie Gyllenhaal has signed on for the lead role in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, a sequel to the 2006 film that starred Emma Thompson.

According to Variety, the following actors are also booked for the movie:  Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans and Asa Butterfield. Ralph Fiennes is in discussions for an uncredited cameo.

Trust us, the pairing of Steve Carell and Tina Fey in Date Night was more than enough to guarantee we'd be purchasing tickets to this upcoming movie.

But Mark Wahlberg and James Franco are leading the pack of stars that have attached their names to the romantic comedy.

According to Variety, Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, rapper Common, Oscar-nominee Taraji P. Henson and Saturday Night Live actress Kristen Wiig will round out the hilarious cast.

The comedy centers on a married couple, played by the The Office and 30 Rock stars, whose dinner-and-a-movie date night goes horribly wrong.

Wahlberg will portray a security guard that flirts with Fey; while Franco will take on the role of dim-witted criminal.

The Los Angeles Times has confirmed that High School Musical star Zac Efron will lead a live-action adaptation of the popular '60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest.

The actor, who stars in 17 Again (opening this week), is hoping to expand his resume beyond simple teen fare.

Rumors state that Andy Fickman and Dwayne Johnson might soon be attached to the project.

No production date has been set yet.