The Wachowski brothers must appreciate South Korean pop star Rain, because after enrolling him as Taejo in Speed Racer, they’re now giving a real lead role to the Asian actor in a movie they’re co-producing with Joel Silver. Rain is indeed the lead cast of Ninja Assassin, an upcoming action movie packed with martial arts!

Ninja Assassin Movie with Rain

Rain is working damn hard to fit into his Ninja outfit, watch Rain in this training session for Ninja Assassin (it’s a fight choreography with the 87 Eleven crew, a team of expert stuntmen):

Director James McTeigue is at the helm of Ninja Assassin. And besides Rain, the film is staring the pretty Naomie Harris and Rick Yune. The movie could be released during the first half of 2009.

It’s a real metamorphosis for Rain following his hard work and thanks to some make-up, he deserves to be the hero of Ninja Assassin:

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Plot:
“Raizo (Rain) is one of the world’s deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world to be a myth. When Raizo’s friend is executed by the clan, Raizo flees into hiding. He later reemerges, seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) is a Europol agent who investigates money linked to political murders and finds that it is linked to the Ozunu Clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), and retrieves secret agency files to find out more. The clan, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Hiding in Europe, Raizo and Mika must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan.” (Source: Wikipedia)

We may expect Ninja Assassin to be an amazing action movie with gorgeous fights! Rain rules!
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Thanks to IMDb, we’ve got a better synopsis of the movie Moon, upcoming sci-fi movie starring directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie’s son) and starring Sam Rockwell:

Moon Movie Directed by Duncan Jones

I don’t think that Moon will be a sci-fi movie abusing of CGI effects and other artificial twist: judging from the synopsis and the pictures released so far it looks like an old school sci-fi movie. It will be refreshing to have a real sci-fi plot for once!
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Roland Emmerich is a man definitely fascinated by the Biblical flood. He’s making again a movie with a giant flood: it’s titled 2012. The movie is starring John Cusack and we have below a first look at him in the film:

2012 Movie Pictures

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John Cusack plays the role Jackson Curtis, a divorced writer who occasionally works as a limousine driver: will he be able to save his kids from Emmerich’s flood? Hope so!
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Stargate Universe
Sci-Fi/Adventure
Created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper
Starring Robert Carlyle
Original Channel: Sci Fi Channel
Release Date, Premiere: October 2, 2009
More information at: Stargate Universe

http://stargate–universe.blogspot.com/

Team Jacob must be happy: Taylor Lautner has been confirmed in his role as Jacob Black in the movie New Moon.

The news of Taylor being replaced by Michael Copon caused such an uproar that Summit Entertainment prefers to play it safe and switch back to Taylor who originally played the role of Jacob, Bella’s friend in the movie Twilight.

New Moon Taylor Lautner as Jacob the Werewolf

But Taylor will have to work out his body for New Moon: in New Moon Jacob is supposed to be much taller and stronger, he is becoming a werewolf after all. So Taylor Lautner will not have a rest for a while!

Below Director Chris Weitz confirming Taylor as Jacob:

And also Stephenie Meyer showing her support to the decision:

So Taylor Lautner will keep his role as Jacob Black in the upcoming movie New Moon. Are you thrilled by this confirmation? Why is it so important for you that Taylor keeps his role as Jacob?

:)

Ninja Assassin
Action
Produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers
Directed by James McTeigue
Starring Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles
Release Date: TBA 2009

More information at: Ninja Assassin Trailer

http://ninja-assassin-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

As you may know there is a new Judge Dredd movie ahead. We don’t know yet if it is a remake,a sequel or a reboot. But concept arts of the new Judge Dredd have shown up online via Io9:

Well it seems the new team is decided to fix a few things that weren’t that great with Stallone’s Judge Dredd: like the outfit for example! I think the new Judge Dredd will be closer to the original source material. A real dark sci-fi tale of a bleak future in which most people have been left in the rut of technological progress.
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The end of the world is near and it seems that only Nicolas Cage could save us, at least in Knowing, an upcoming movie directed by Alex Proyas. Take a look to some pictures of the movie Knowing below:

Knowing Movie Pictures

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Director Alex Proyas’s Knowing looks like a soft eschatological movie compared to Roland Emmerich’s 2012 movie. But only Knowing can boast a few bogeymen in the cast (just check the latest trailer of Knowing and you’ll see them)!
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The Hurt Locker
Action/Drama/Thriller/War
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Starring Jeremy Renner, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly
Release Date: June 26, 2009

More information at: Hurt Locker Trailer

Youth today has bad manners, no respect for older people and is getting damn lazy. Just look at this picture of UP showing Russell the young chubby boy exploiting Carl the grumpy old man as if Carl was a donkey:

UP Trailer

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How shameful, isn’t it? Stop joking: if you’re a young boy, chubby or not, you’d better help older people!

If you don’t help then Santa Claus will just ignore you for Christmas 2009 and you’ll be banned from theaters showing Disney Pixar movies… You’ve been warned, so behave yourself!
;-P

Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella (in front), and Alejandro Amenabar (in back)

Agora Movie directed by Alejandro Amenabar

In order to recreate the antique streets of Alexandria Director Amenabar isn’t stingy: huge sets have been built on the island of Malta in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea:

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Below a photo of Rachel Weisz as Hypatia:

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Plot:
“A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave (Max Minghella) who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master (Rachel Weisz), the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.” (Source: IMDb)

Cast:
– Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria
– Max Minghella as Davus, her slave
– Oscar Isaac as Orestes
– Ashraf Barhom as Ammonius
– Michael Lonsdale as Theon, father and teacher of Hypatia
– Rupert Evans as Synesius
– Homayoun Ershadi as Aspasius

Director Amenabar isn’t working on a cheap cardboard peplum: Agora will be a really amazing reconstitution! Let’s hope he will find a right balance between historical facts and entertainment: if he does find it then the movie Agora could become a blockbuster.
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We just learned (via Slashfilm) that Disney announced that Garrett Hedlund will have the lead role in Tron 2.0, the movie sequel to Tron. The rumor is that Garett Hedlund will play the role of man who get sucked into the computer program and finds himself retracing the steps of a character from the original movie named Kevin Flynn (originally played by Jeff Bridges who is also reprising his role for the sequel).

Tron 2.0

This will be the first real blockbuster Garett Hedlund is starring in. Hope he will surprise us in the movie Tron 2.0!

Instead of trying to steal the work of others like they’re trying with the movie Watchmen 20th Century Fox should better try to fix Dragonball Evolution… Here below some more cheesy pictures from this upcoming cheesy live-action movie adaptation of the famous manga:

Dragonball Evolution Movie

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Yeap that’s Goku (Justin Chatwin) at school! Let’s try to be positive: at least the girls look good, don’t they?
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Mark Millar’s comic books are a hot source material for Hollywood since Wanted. The latest movie to be based on Mark Millar’s work is Kick-Ass, an upcoming action movie based on the comic book of the same name and directed by Matthew Vaughn. Kick-Ass is about a boy who throws on a super-hero outfit and goes fight against crime even he doesn’t have any superpower. Kick-Ass breaks and reimagines superhero conventions in a dramatic satire full of violence.

Kick-Ass Movie Directed by Matthew Vaughn

The movie Kickass is starring Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. No official release date announced yet, but the movie should be released during the second half of 2009.

We have a few set photos with Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist:

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Below the picture of a stuntman wearing the superhero costume of Kick-Ass:
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The Plot:
“Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.” (Source: IMDb)

Cast:
– Aaron Johnson as the main character Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
– Nicolas Cage will play a former cop
– Chloe Moretz as the cop’s daughter, aka Hit girl
– Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist
– Mark Strong as an evil druglord
– Lyndsy Fonseca as the hottie Lizewski is hitting on

I hope that Director Matthew Vaughn won’t shy away from a R rating: ok, it would mean that a younger public wouldn’t be allowed to watch the movie in theaters (because of the dictatorial stance of the MPAA), but if Matthew Vaughn wants to be faithful to the original material, the movie Kick-Ass has to be rated R!
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We’ve got a batch of pictures of The Code, aka Thick as Thieves, upcoming movie directed by Mimi Leder and starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, and the sweet Radha Mitchell:

The Code Pictures

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It’s hard to believe that Antonio Banderas is playing the role of the “young” thief… Well, at least he’s quite thick (sign of age?)…
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