Here’s a first official picture of the Runaways which features Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning respectively as Joan Jett, co-founding member and rhythm guitarist of the Runaways band, and Cherie Currie, the band’s lead vocalist:

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Dakota Fanning looks all grown up now, she’s not a kid anymore!
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Due Date is an upcoming comedy movie directed by Todd Phillips (who brought us the Hangover) and starring Robert Downey Jr, Jamie Foxx, Zach Galifianakis, and Michelle Monaghan. It is set for a release on November 5, 2010.

Due Date Trailer

Here below a first look at Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis in the movie Due Date:

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Plot:
“Robert Downey will play an expectant father who finds himself on a road trip with a mismatched partner, as he races to get there before his wife (Michelle Monaghan) gives birth to his first child. Zach Galifianakis plays his road trip mate in a comedy that Director Todd Phillips calls ‘a buddy comedy without the buddies’.”

Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis together as the lead actors of a comedy movie directed by the Hangover Director Todd Phillips? Damn, sign me up for that one! I bet we’re all going to have a good laugh with the movie Due Date.
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Frank Miller is working on a prequel to his graphic novel 300. The prequel to 300, titled Xerxes, will most likely be adapted into a movie Zack Snyder has expressed his interest.

Here’s what Frank Miller said about Xerxes:

“It’s the battle of Marathon through my lens. I’ve finished the plot and I’m getting started on the artwork.”

Frank Miller

But there is something I don’t really understand. The battle of Marathon was fought between the citizens of Athens and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. It was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. But despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line. Darius was Xerxes’ father.

So Xerxes, who is Darius’ son, wasn’t much involved in the battle of Marathon… Or did I miss something?

Anyway hope to get more information more about the movie Xerxes soon!
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It was awesome to see Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) building his armors in the first Iron Man movie. And I’m quite glad to see that he’s still geeking out on something in the movie sequel Iron man 2:

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This picture below must be from an different scene of Iron Man 2 (different shirt!), but Tony Stark is still wearing those peculiar glasses, so it’s maybe linked to the two previous pictures:

I hope that Iron Man 2 will be as pro-technology as the first one, and will somewhat entice the world’s youth to embrace science and technology for the greater good of Mankind!
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The movie Cop Out is an upcoming comedy directed by Kevin Smith and starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. The title is pun that plays on cop (the police) and cop out:

Cop out:
1. (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.

Update: The movie trailer of Cop out is available:

COP OUT

Here below the first official picture of Cop Out:

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Plot:
“A comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money.”

Bruce Willis won’t be wearing that ugly wig from the Surrogates, so Cop Out may perform better!

A movie trailer of Cop Out is expected to be shown in front of Sherlock Holmes this Christmas.
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The Runaways is an upcoming biopic movie that retraces the story the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name. The movie is written and directed by Floria Sigismondi. It is starring Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton, and Michael Shannon. The film will be released sometime in 2010.

THE RUNAWAYS TRAILER

Here below a first teaser poster of the Runaways:

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Plot:
“A coming-of-age biopic about ’70s teenage band The Runaways.”

Cast:
– Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, co-founding member and rhythm guitarist of the band.
– Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, the band’s lead vocalist.
– Scout Taylor-Compton as Lita Ford, the band’s lead guitarist.
– Stella Maeve as Sandy West, co-founding member and drummer of the band.
– Hannah Marks as Tammy, the band’s groupie.
– Alia Shawkat as Robin, the band’s fictional bassist.
– Riley Keough, as Marie Currie, identical twin sister of Cherie Currie (although portrayed as fraternal twins in the film).
– Michael Shannon as Kim Fowley, the band’s manager and producer.
– Keir O’Donnell as Rodney Bingenheimer, radio DJ.

I’m not a fan of the queens of noise, but I could go watch the Runaways movie just to see the performances of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.
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Disney Pixar has released this new picture of Toy Story 3:

Toy Story 3

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I’m not really impatient to watch the movie Toy Story 3… I think Disney Pixar is overextending the life of that old franchise…
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The movie Madagascar 3 is likely to be released in 2012, it was announced by DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg:

Madagascar 3 Trailer

“There is at least one more chapter. We ultimately want to see the characters make it back to New York.
[…]
Yes, we are making a Madagascar 3 now, and it will be out in the summer of 2012.”

DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg

If Madagascar 3 is released it’s almost sure that the movie will be in 3D, it couldn’t be otherwise.

More plot details of Madagascar 3 have since emerged online: according to the rumor, in Madagascar 3, the Madagascar team would have to join a European circus in order to get back under cover to their dear zoo in New York.

Well as long as those hilarious penguins show up again, I’m all for watching Madagascar 3 when it comes out!
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Director Tim Burton and Actor Johnny Depp are teaming up for the movie adaptation of Dark Shadows, the classic 1960s gothic TV soap opera. Besides the vampire Barnabas Collins, the original Dark Shadows show featured werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel (both into the past and into the future), and a parallel universe.

Tim Burton’s Dark Shadow is said to include vampires, but no clue yet if the film will reunite all the monsters.

Filming of the Dark Shadows movie is set to start in Fall 2010. So the film will probably be released in 2011.
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Here below three new stills from the movie Valentine’s Day, the upcoming romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshal (who once brought us Pretty Woman):

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You may watch the trailer of Valentine’s Day below if you haven’t seen it yet: Continue reading »

We just learned via Shock Till You Drop that Resident Evil 4, aka Resident Evil Afterlife, has been postponed from August 21, 2010 to January 14, 2011! Yep, it’s a sad day… But for once, they have a good reason to delay the film: it’s because they need more time for post production and for special effects. So it’s not just to drive the RE fan crazy.

Resident Evil Afterlife Trailer

The new release date of Resident Evil 4 isn’t so far ahead, we’re ‘just’ a year from it…
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Back in March Vin Diesel talk to SciFi Wire about a possible Riddick 3 movie:

“We’re going to find Riddick alone for the first part of the movie, barely alive, surrounded by carnivorous monsters who are trying to eat him. So you’ll see a futuristic Rambo-esque Riddick trying to survive.
[…]
David Twohy is scripting the next installment of Riddick as we speak, and it’s underway. The story will return to a Pitch Black [sensibility] while servicing the mythology that’s been enhanced in Chronicles of Riddick.”

Actor Vin Diesel

Well the project seems on a good track according to those tidbits that Vin Diesel shared on his facebook page:

“The Riddick script is completed… great job DT.” (November 7, 2009)

“The Riddick team is in New Zealand location scouting already… that’s exciting.” (December 1, 2009)

“P.s. The Riddick team has returned from New Zealand, and from the images, it’s no wonder why DT loved it… it’s like a director’s paradise.” (December 6, 2009)

Actor Vin Diesel

I still wonder why Riddick would have left the Necromonger throne he won in Riddick 2. But I’m kind of happy to know that the franchise goes back to its roots and that Riddick hasn’t become fat king giving orders to his soldiers.

I wait with impatience for the movie Riddick 3!
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Looks like the current season of Smallville won’t be the last one. According to Allison Mack, who plays the role of Clark Kent’s best friend Chloe Sullivan, has kind of confirmed that Smallville Season 10 will air one day:

Smallville Season 10 Trailer

“The latest with ‘Smallville’ is there might be another season after season 9 . Tom Welling has signed for season 9 and for a season 10, so the show will go until season 10 (It Might). I will be completed with my contract next year, and I am looking for new and exciting ways to carry out my character’s exit. I love living in Vancouver, it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I love the people, the food, the aesthetic, and the life I have built here. It’s wonderful.”

Actress Allison Mack

Well that’s rather good news! The season 9 is way better than the previous seasons so I’d be quite happy if they were delaying the final end of the TV series. If Smallville Season 10 really happens, I hope that we’ll be treated with the revelation of the real Superman at the end. I mean I want Clark Kent to wear his glasses while at the daily planet (we did see them once in season 9) and I want him to wear his Superman outfit when he goes fight against the crime in Metropolis, and last but not least Clark Kent must definitely learn to fly! Then he would become the real Superman!

Let’s hope that CW will greenlight Smallville Season 10!
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Update -Taylor Lautner is no more attached to the project.

Paramount is planning the release of a movie adaptation of Max Steel, the toy line and animated series. And it’s been announced that Taylor Lautner (who plays as Jacob in the Twilight Saga) will have the lead role as Max Steel. The movie Max Steel will likely be released in 2011.

Plot:
“A 19-year-old extreme-sports athlete has been accidentally exposed to the unleashed power of nanotechological machines, which became part of him and gave him increased strength, near-invulnerability and the ability to change his appearance. The young man now fights the enemies of peace as a super-powered secret agent.”

Some may think that Paramount just want to profit from Taylor Lautner’s celebrity to reach a wide public. Well, that’s true. But should rather see the movie Max Steel as a new reward for Taylor Lautner following his impressive efforts to bulk up for New Moon! And there is no denying that Taylor Lautner is damn fit for the role of Mad Max!
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Hesher is an upcoming drama movie directed by Spencer Susser and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman and Rain Wilson. The film will premiere at the Sundance festival and will be released in 2010.

Update: here’s a first preview trailer of Hesher

HESHER

Here below the first official pictures of Hesher:

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Plot:
“T.J, a 13 year old boy and his Father, both devastated by the tragic loss of the Mother/Wife, are now living with the elderly Grandma. On his way to school one day, T.J has a chance encounter with Hesher, a late 20’s year old with a troubled past. Hesher assumes a role as both mentor and tormentor, leading T.J into troubles he could never have imagined. Nicole, a young grocery clerk trying to make ends meet steps in to protect T.J from a vicious attack, T.J becomes enamored with Nicole, only to have his fantasies destroyed by Hesher. Hesher moves into Grandma’s home, although uninvited, he is somehow accepted.”

I can definitely imagine Joseph Gordon-Levitt in this role: his performance is going to be outstanding, I’m sure of it! Hope that the movie Hesher will get a wide release so I can see it!
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