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Rumor Mill: Josh Hutcherson Locked in to Play Peter Parker in “Spider-Man”
Back in February the internet was alight with rumors that Percy Jackson star, Logan Lerman, was set to play Peter Parker in Sony’s reboot of the Spider-man franchise. (Read the article here.) The rumors were proved to be false, and instead it turned out that the studio had just had a few talks with him [...]
“Spider-Man” Casting Rumors False, No Logan Lerman
Ever since the announcement back in January that Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire would not be back webslinging, the internet has obsessed over who would play the next wisecracking spectacular Spider-man. All kinds of names have been thrown around such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Zac Efron. None has gained more traction than Percy Jackon [...]
Tobey Maguire Playing Bobby Fischer?
Maguire might have just lost a franchise character in Spider-man, but it looks like he might be playing famous chess icon, Bobby Fischer, in the film Pawn Sacrifice. Pawn Sacrifice follows Bobby Fischer who has to face the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, in 1972, in a game filled with Cold War overtones. Basically think [...]
The Short List for “Captain America” Casting
Since production on the film starts in a couple months, Marvel is narrowing down its choices for the title role in the Captain America film. You’ll be surprised at who people are reporting are testing for the roll. Which of these lucky men are going to play the All American Hero, Steve Rogers? 1. John [...]
Golden Globe Predictions 2010 – Film
Here we are, a day before the second biggest award show of the movie season. Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press nominate people in the arts of film and television, and every year someone gets angry at the lack of nominations or the fact that the “wrong” person won. I like the Golden Globes because [...]
Brothers – Movie Review
Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal play brothers in the aptly titled new film Brothers. They are, respectively, Sam and Tommy Cahill. The brothers, as cinematic siblings tend to be, are polar opposites. Sam is an upstanding overachieving military man with a wife, Grace (Natalie Portman), and two daughters. Tommy is an ex-con fresh out of [...]
Brothers
If you are going to see “Brothers” because you want to see a movie full of happiness around the holidays, you are looking in the wrong place. With that being said, the film is one which is full of actuality and truthfulness. The movie tells the story of more things that are going on in [...]
Adam Shankman directing ‘Rock of Ages’
Adam Shankman is a busy guy these days. He’s now one of the weekly judges on the hit reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. His in development credits on IMDB are a bit over the top. I’m not sure how I feel about his directing ability. He’s never made a film that I [...]
Spider-Man 4, 5, and 6 in the works; Sony still working on Venom Spin-off
As Sam Raimi gets ready to start filming Spider-Man 4 in early 2010, Sony is already getting ready to make two more sequels about the web-slinging hero. Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired James Vanderbilt to write the scripts for both “Spider-Man 5,” and “Spider-Man 6.” Vanderbilt penned the early screenplay for “Spider-Man 4,” and has [...]
