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MOVIE NEWS AND NOTES Vol. 32

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First Teaser Trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's BIRDMAN

A new trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's dark comedy debuted on Thursday, with Michael Keaton running through Times Square in just a pair of tighty-whiteys. The Fox Searchlight and New Regency project follows a former actor who once played an iconic superhero as he mounts a Broadway play based on a Raymond Carver short story in a bid to reclaim his past glory. However, the play’s egotistical leading man threatens to throw everything down the tubes.

Set to a slowed version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," the trailer opens with Keaton hitting the stage, saying via voiceover, "How did we end up here, in this dump? You were a movie star, remember?" The trailer then speeds through scenes of Keaton jumping off of buildings and triggering explosions -- with daughter Emma Stone watching in awe -- as well as reciting lines opposite onstage co-star Naomi Watts. A worried Zach Galifianakis, who plays the production's conniving producer, is shown just offstage. Birdman opens on October 17th.

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'Birdman' Trailer Puts 'Crazy' Michael Keaton in Tighty-Whiteys

 

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Trailer for THE INTERVIEW Starring Seth Rogen, James Franco

Sony has released the first The Interview trailer on the heels of the poster release earlier today. James Franco and Seth Rogen star as a talk show host and his producer, respectively, who travel to North Korea to interview dictator Kim Jong-un and legitimize themselves as real journalists. Their plans are upended when the CIA recruits them to instead assassinate Kim Jong-un. The trailer makes it clear directors Rogen and Evan Goldberg are willing to go big and broad to serve the funny premise. The laughs will come with good execution, and these guys have earned our trust on that front. Like other Rogen/Goldberg scripts (Superbad, Pineapple Express, This Is the End), The Interview appears to strive for an emotional reality with a focus the talk show host/producer relationship amid the crazy. Lizzy Caplan and Randall Park also star in the action comedy. The Interview opens October 10.

Synopsis: In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show “Skylark Tonight.” When they discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

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1st Trailer for THE INTERVIEW Starring Seth Rogen, James Franco

 

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First Full Trailer for THE EQUALIZER Starring Denzel Washington

Sony Pictures has released the full-length The Equalizer trailer for director Antoine Fuqua’s (Olympus Has Fallen) adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name. Denzel Washington leads the dramatic action-thriller as a former black ops commando who comes out of his self-imposed retirement to rescue a young girl (Chloe Grace Moretz). Soon thereafter, things go south and he finds himself squaring off against violent Russian gangsters. The film finds Washington reuniting with his Training Day director in Fuqua, and while it’s certainly a "badass" role, it's encouraging by how introspective the whole thing feels. Hopefully Fuqua and Washington are able to dig a bit deeper while also delivering the action thrills that audiences expect.The film also stars Melissa Leo, Martin Csokas, Haley Bennett, David Harbour, and Bill Pullman. The Equalizer opens in traditional theaters and IMAX on September 26.

Synopsis: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a former black ops commando who has faked his death to live a quiet life in Boston. When he comes out of his self-imposed retirement to rescue a young girl, Teri (Chlo

 

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Tom Hiddleston to Play Hank Williams in Biopic I SAW THE LIGHT

It was announced that Tom Hiddleston is set to star as country music icon Hank Williams in I Saw the Light, which is based on the biography of Williams by author Colin Escott. Directed by Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius), the story will revolve around Williams’ rise to fame and sudden death at the age of 29. It’s a rather odd marriage of actor and material, but if anyone can surpass this kind of culture gap, it’s Hiddleston. The actor has a knack for disappearing into characters and is an incredibly talented impressionist. One imagines he’ll be able to nail down Williams’ Alabama accent in no time. Filming is poised to begin in Louisiana in October.

One of the most interesting prospects of this project is that Hiddleston will be doing all of his own singing in the film. The production has secured the rights to Williams’ catalogue, so we could very well have Hiddleston’s rendition of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” to look forward to. The actor most recently wrapped director Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic horror film Crimson Peak and will next shoot director Ben Wheatley’s thriller High-Rise.


Tom Hiddleston to Play Country Music Icon Hank Williams in Biopic I SAW THE LIGHT

 

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Luke Evans Joins Tom Hiddleston in Sci-Fi Drama HIGH RISE

Having wrapped up his work directing the first two episodes of the new season of Doctor Who, Ben Wheatley is currently prepping an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High Rise. As was announced a few months back, the project will star The Avengers breakout Tom Hiddleston in the lead role, but it looks like he's getting some added company, as the reliable Baz Bamigboye reports that Luke Evans has come on board the project as well.

The film's set in a dystopian society, in a huge tower block, into which Hiddleston's doctor Robert Laing moves, and which soon finds itself bitterly divided along class lines, as all morality and society collapses into squalor and violence. There's no word as to who Evans will be playing, but he joins Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller and The Following star James Purefoy, who also recently came on board the project. Shooting gets underway very soon in Northern Ireland.

Welsh actor Evans broke out a few years back in Tamara Drewe, and went on to bigger and better things by playing the villain in Fast & Furious 6 last summer, and then going more heroic as Bard The Bowman in The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, and will next be seen as the title role in Universal's Dracula Untold, which lands this fall.


'The Hobbit' Star Luke Evans Joins Tom Hiddleston In Ben Wheatley's 'High Rise'

 

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Jon M. Chu Frontrunner to Direct NOW YOU SEE ME Sequel

Having just wrapped Jem and the Holograms, Jon M. Chu has emerged as the frontrunner to direct Now You See Me 2 for Summit Entertainment, multiple individuals familiar with the sequel have told TheWrap. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco and Mark Ruffalo are all expected to return for the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, which grossed more than $350 million worldwide and displayed staying power throughout a competitive summer. Original Now You See Me director Louis Leterrier will not return for the sequel.

Written by Edward Ricourt & Boaz Yakin and Ed Solomon, Now You See Me pit an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against “The Four Horsemen,” a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. “The Four Horsemen” pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits of their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law. Chu, who directed three Step Up sequels, two Justin Bieber documentaries and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, remains attached to direct G.I. Joe 3. He recently directed Jem and the Holograms for Blumhouse.


‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Filmmaker Jon M. Chu Frontrunner to Direct ‘Now You See Me' Sequel

 

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Jason Momoa Confirmed as Aquaman in DAWN OF JUSTICE

So remember a few weeks ago when Jason Momoa made headlines because he said he was tired of being asked if he was going to play Aquaman in the Superman/Batman film? While Warner Bros. hasn't made that announcement officially yet, HitFix can confirm that Momoa will be playing the Aquaman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and that director Zack Snyder has already finalized his designs for the character so shooting can take place soon.

At the end of the Man of Steel, Metropolis was in ruins after Superman's battle with the Kryptonians and General Zod. It's heavily rumored in the past that Lex Luthor would use the destruction as a way of making Superman look like a monster, and it sounds like that is indeed one of the major ideas that they're playing with in Dawn Of Justice.

Someone else who's not particularly happy about what happened in that film is Aquaman. It's not sure yet if that's the actual name they'll use or not, but what HitFlix is hearing is that he is not pleased about the World Engine and what it did to the Indian Ocean. He will not have a major role in the film, but he will make an appearance, and it definitely sets him up to return once Snyder gets to Justice League.


Jason Momoa Confirmed to Play Aquaman in SUPERMAN V BATMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

 

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Brian Cox Joins Video Game Adventure Comedy PIXELS

Brian Cox is the latest addition to the cast of Pixels, the big-budget adventure movie starring Adam Sandler as an aging video game champion enlisted to defend the world against an alien invasion. Cox joins an all-star Pixels cast that includes Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, Josh Gad and Michelle Monaghan. He'll play military heavyweight Admiral Porter. Pixels, to be directed by Chris Columbus, will likely begin shooting in Toronto in June.

Based on a 2010 Internet short by Patrick Jean, Pixels, written by Tim Herlihy and Tim Dowling, chronicles what happens when aliens misinterpret video feeds from classic arcade games as a declaration of war. They launch an attack on planet Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. The U.S. president (James) turns to his childhood best friend (Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcaders to save the world.

The Scottish actor, 68, is best known to American audiences for his subtle and intense character work in a wide array of films. His notable film credits include Braveheart (1995), Rushmore (1998), Adaptation (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004). On TV, he played Daphne's father on Frasier and won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Hermann Goering in the TNT miniseries Nuremberg (2000).


Brian Cox Joins Adam Sandler in Video Game, Alien Invasion Action Comedy PIXELS

 

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Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling Eyeing Shane Black's THE NICE GUYS

In a red-hot package taking shape, Oscar winner Russell Crowe and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling are being courted to star in Shane Black's (Iron Man 3) noir film The Nice Guys, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. Joel Silver is producing via his Silver Pictures banner and will be shopping the project to studios and independent financiers in the coming days, as various development executives have been closely tracking Nice Guys.

Black and Anthony Bagarozzi wrote The Nice Guys years ago, but the project has been languishing in development until recently gaining new momentum. The duo actually staged a public reading of the script in October 2011 at the Austin Film Festival.

Set in smoggy 1970s Los Angeles, story follows Jackson Healy (muscle-for-hire, recovering alcoholic) and Holland March (private eye, practicing alcoholic), who are brought together by the suicide of a fading porn star. However, the dead girl's aunt is convinced she saw her niece alive and well after the highly publicized incident. March needs money, takes the case, and within days, it's blossomed into a far-reaching murder conspiracy, bizarrely rooted in smog and the U.S. auto industry.


Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe Circling Shane Black's 1970s-Set Noir Film ‘The Nice Guys’

 

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Keanu Reeves to Replace Daniel Craig in THE WHOLE TRUTH

Two months after star Daniel Craig unexpectedly dropped out of the project just days before filming was set to begin, Courtney Hunt’s courtroom drama The Whole Truth has reset with Keanu Reeves in the lead. Sources close to the project tell me Reeves will now play the role of a defense attorney who fights to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father. Previously cast Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), and Gabriel Basso (Super 8, Kings of Summer) are still in place opposite Reeves in what will mark Hunt’s follow-up to her Oscar-nominated debut Frozen River, directing from a script by Nicholas Kazan.

The production reboot and move to New Orleans from an original Boston shoot has also led to a story tweak, with Reeves now playing a Southern lawyer instead of a Boston-based one. The casting shake-up left production scrambling in April when Craig, coming off a two-month stint in Betrayal on Broadway ahead of his commitment to the upcoming 24th James Bond pic, departed four days before filming. Now pre-production is back on for a July shoot in New Orleans to begin right after the Independence Day holiday weekend, with a slightly different line-up.


Keanu Reeves to Replace Daniel Craig in Courtroom Drama THE WHOLE TRUTH

 

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Guy Pearce Joins Kristen Stewart in Indie Sci-Fi Drama EQUALS

Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker) has joined the cast for futuristic feature Equals opposite Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult. The film is billed as a futuristic love story set in a society where emotions have been eradicated. It is about the joy of finding connection, and the fear of having it taken away. Producers Scott Free Productions and Route One Films announced Pearce's hire. Filming is set to commence in Japan and Singapore this August.

Equals is written by Nathan Parker (Moon) and is being produced by Ridley Scott. The film takes place in a world where there is no greed, no poverty, no violence, and no emotion. But a new disease is threatening everyone: SOS, or Switched-On-Syndrome, activating depression, sensitivity, fear, love—and once a person is overtaken, they are sent away and never seen again. The pic has been described as a love story between Stewart and Hoult’s characters


Guy Pearce Joins Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in Indie Sci-Fi Drama EQUALS

 

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Kristen Wiig to Make Directorial Debut with New Untitled Comedy

The New York Times reports that Kristen Wiig is reuniting with Bridesmaids co-writer Annie Mumolo to write and star in a new comedy for TriStar, which will also mark the SNL alum’s directorial debut. Plot details are scarce at this point, but the New York Times reports that the untitled film takes place in Vista Del Mar and will follow two “best friends who find themselves in over their heads and out of their depths.” Mumolo—who had a brief scene as Wiig’s airplane buddy in Bridesmaids—will also co-star with Wiig in the pic in addition to co-writing the screenplay.

On the acting side, Wiig tackles a more dramatic role opposite Bill Hader in director Craig Johnson’s excellent drama The Skeleton Twins, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year to a wildly positive response. The pic opens in theaters this coming September 19th. Wiig is also poised to star alongside Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson in an untitled comedy for Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess, and will provide a voice in Seth Rogen‘s R-rated animated feature Sausage Party.


Kristen Wiig to Make Directorial Debut with New Comedy with BRIDESMAIDS Co-Writer

 

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Adam DeVine, Anders Holm Join Anne Hathaway in THE INTERN

Pitch Perfect‘s Adam DeVine is suiting up for Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy The Intern opposite Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro. He’ll play the head of the interns in Warner Bros’ comedy about a seventysomething widower (De Niro) who enters an intern program and is assigned to the founder of a successful fashion website (Hathaway). Reese Witherspoon was initially set for the web maven role before Hathaway stepped into the lead in February. THR is also reporting that DeVine's Workaholics co-star Anders Holm has landed the romantic lead opposite Hathaway in The Intern.

It’s the latest studio gig to line up for DeVine, who recently reprised his Pitch Perfect role as an a cappella singing competitor in Universal’s Elizabeth Banks-helmed sequel and stars in Sony’s horror flick Final Girls opposite Thomas Middleditch, Nina Dobrev, and Alexander Ludwig. Holm has upcoming roles in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's The Interview opposite Rogen and James Franco, and the Chris Rock vehicle Finally Famous.


WORKAHOLICS Adam DeVine and Anders Holm Join Anne Hathaway in THE INTERN

 

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Rebel Wilson Joins Sacha Baron Cohen Action Comedy GRIMSBY

Director Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Now You See Me) continues to fill out the cast for the action-comedy Grimsby, as Variety reports that Rebel Wilson has signed on. Mark Strong leads the pic as a black ops spy who is forced to team up with his idiotic hooligan brother, played by Sacha Baron Cohen. Wilson joins a cast that already includes comedian Johnny Vegas, Gabourey Sidibe, and Ian McShane

Details regarding Wilson’s role are unknown, but the prospect of seeing the actress go toe-to-toe with Cohen is rather exciting. It took a little while for America to embrace the charms of comedienne Rebel Wilson, but actress is beginning to rival Melissa McCarthy for comedic popularity right now. Filming on Grimsby begins this summer, after Wilson wraps the sequel Pitch Perfect 2, and Grimsby is slated for release on July 31, 2015.


Rebel Wilson Joins Sacha Baron Cohen in Louis Leterrier's Action Comedy GRIMSBY

 

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Robert Downey Jr. Defends His Father in New THE JUDGE Image

Warner Bros. has released a new image from director David Dobkin’s (Wedding Crashers) upcoming drama thriller The Judge. Robert Downey Jr. plays an attorney who returns home for his mother’s funeral only to learn that his estranged father (Robert Duvall), a judge who suffers from Alzheimer’s, has been accused of murder. The film marks a departure for Dobkin, who has worked primarily with comedic material like The Change-Up and Fred Claus in the past. The film also stars Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton, Dax Shepard, Melissa Leo, Leighton Meester, Ken Howard, David Krumholtz, Balthazar Getty, and Denis O’Hare. The Judge opens in theaters on October 10th.

New Image from THE JUDGE Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall

 

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Idris Elba is a Home Invader in First Trailer for NO GOOD DEED

Screen Gems has released the first No Good Deed trailer for director Sam Miller’s (Luther) upcoming thriller. The film stars Idris Elba as an escaped convict with a dangerous past who makes his way into the home of a devoted wife (Taraji P. Henson) and her young children. The pic looks to be a pretty disturbing home invasion thriller, maybe because Elba is just so damn likable in most of his other roles. Here, though, Elba appears to be playing a character with very sinister intentions. Stringer Bell this is not. The film also stars Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, and Henry Simmons. No Good Deed opens in theaters on September 12th.

Synopsis: Terri (Taraji P. Henson) is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin (Idris Elba), a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.




NO GOOD DEED Trailer: Idris Elba Goes Bad as a Home Invader

 

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I get to see a screening of Fury later this week. I'm pretty stoked.

 

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I get to see a screening of Fury later this week. I'm pretty stoked.

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First Poster for DRACULA UNTOLD Starring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper