First Pics of THE NORMAL HEART AKA How Taylor Kitsch Got His Groove Back

 

To say 2012 was rough for "Friday Night Lights" star Taylor Kitsch is an under-statement. Battleship and John Carter were flops, and SAVAGES turned a decent enough profit; but none of them catapulted Kitsch into stardom or into, well, anything like they were supposed to.

Well, the first pics of the HBO film The Normal Heart have showed up online thanks to Mark Ruffalo's twitter, and Broadway World (via Collider)

A gay activist attempts to raise HIV/AIDS awareness during the early 1980s.

The movie, st to air sometime in 2014 on HBO, stars Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Friday Night Lights), Mark Ruffalo (The Brothers Bloom, The Kids are All Right), Julia Roberts (Eat Pray Love, Mirror Mirror), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), and Matt Boemer (White Collar). The film is directed by "Glee" and "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy 

Teaser Trailer for THE COUNSELOR Promises A Lot of Sexy People and Cameron Diaz

The teaser trailer for Ridley Scott's The Counselor found it's way online today, and it has all the making of something that people will go and say "that should win an Oscar!" and shit, It might, because they love them some Cormac McCarthy at the Academy, and everybody loves Fassy.

Cormac McCarthy provides his first original screenplay with this Ridley Scott-directed thriller starring Michael Fassbender as a lawyer who dabbles in trafficking drugs only to realize just how dangerous a situation he's stumbled into. Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, and Cameron Diaz head up the rest of thestarring cast.

"Hold Onto Your Butts," Possible Plot Synopsis for JURASSIC PARK 4!

 

Man, what a great week to be a fan of Jurassic Park, huh guys? First we get some news the film is back on track and now, thanks to a source at JoBlo, it appears we have a plot that sounds like it'll be a great excuse to go back to Isla Nublar.

JURASSIC PARK 4, set in present day Isla Nublar, is now an actual theme park, as originally intended by John Hammond in the first film. It garners 10 million visitors per year and is completely safe – until it’s not. The park itself is described as very Sea World-esque and includes an area called the Isla Nublar Lagoon. That means underwater dino’s for the first time. No indication of what kind, but there’s concept art showing one of the aquatic dino’s, as part of a show, jumping out of the lagoon and eating a strung up great white shark like it was a fish for a dolphin at sea world.

The film is also rumored to be shot in 3D instead of post-converted, which is great news to hear, and will also apparently feature a tamed raptor?

As part of a show, you ask? That's right, folks, this will feature "tamed" dino's. In fact, our source indicated that the usually menacing Velociraptors (which will finally be muzzled, along with the T-Rex - until they're not) will actually be used to help fight the threat, which begins in the form of a new dinosaur, not seen in any of the previous films (and not disclosed to us) shows to be much smarter than originally thought and is the main cause of havoc breaking out at the park.

Underwater dinos? I'm shitting my pants already. Still no word on casting for anything of the sort; but I expect that'll be soon.
I'll bet anything our heroes will have to cross the lagoon or something, or probably rescue a downed Army ship that crashed in it; you know, so we can all shit out pants together.

Sarah Gadon Might Be Your New Mary Jane Watson (Or Not) in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

It's been a whirlwind past few days for the future of Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man series.

First it was announced that Descendants' star Shailene Woodley was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for her role to fit in with 3, and now it appears Sarah Gadon of Cosmopolis is officially in the franchise; but as who?

Rumors flew earlier and were seemingly debunked that Gadon would be Mary Jane Watson, taking the role over from Woodley, due to a rumor that Woodley was recast after major back-lash from fans (which is probably bullshit).

ET Canada did just tweet this though: 

Huge news for @sarahgadon - she just confirmed to us that she is joining The Amazing Spider-Man franchise pic.twitter.com/HpRcAMhQGU

— ET Canada (@ETCanada) June 21, 2013

It doesn't confirm her as Mary Jane Watson; but it confirms she's officially in the franchise now.
Will update when more news becomes available.  

Glimpse at JURASSIC PARK 4 Logo; 2015 Release Confirmed, Director Says Project Is "Very Much Alive"

At the LA Licensing Expo movie fans have seen pictures of banners and logos for upcoming films such as Fast & Furious 7, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and GODZILLA; but we all knew those were happening.

ComingSoon got some exclusive first hand looks, and one standing out is Jurassic Park. Not being titled "4" or "IV"; which might lend some gravity to actor Sam Neill's comments that the new film would be a total re-jig; but it's worth noting that the banner for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a different one that we've scene from filming, and bears the title of the last script, Ninja Turtles.

Nublar. #JP4 pic.twitter.com/OJaDagXvbF

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) May 2, 2013

 What this did confirm is that Jurassic Park is still happening, after production was halted and the 2014 release pushed back just under a month ago, mere days after the first production photo of Isla Nublar (the island from the original) seen above.

Word is hopefully expected soon on the state and maybe plot of the film, all that has been confirmed is that Safety Not Guranteed director Colin Trevorrow is at the helm, with Rise of the Planet of the Apes scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver penning the script.

Jurassic Park fansite JurassicPark4-movie reported that Trevorrow took to Twitter earlier in the month to reply to fans about the state of the film:

@JurassicPark14 No, very much alive. We're writing and designing. More news coming soon.

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) June 2, 2013

@JP4Committee Not at all. More news soon.

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) June 2, 2013

And First Showing reports:

That likely means a summer release, which isn't surprising since someone close to production said the film wasn't delayed indefinitely but rater taking a short hiatus while the studio has a "restructuring of the guard." It sounds like some things needed to be reworked so the film wasn't rushed into production just to meet a release date without a care for quality. In addition, a booklet at the expo reveals the film will shoot in 3D - not a big surprise. Colin Trevorrow (of Safety Not Guaranteed) is still directing the film from a script by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (of Rise of the Planet of the Apes) with Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg producing. Hopefully we'll hear more plot details and a specific 2015 release date soon.

"Sopranos" James Gandolfini Dead At 51

Variety reports that James Gandolfini died at the age of 51 in Italy of a heart-attack.

Three-time Emmy winner James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack. According to HBO, he was on vacation at the time.  

Gandolfini, most famous for playing Tony Soprano on HBO's critically lauded "The Sopranos", is survived by his wife and daughter. 

Gandolfini recently appeared in the 2012 Oscar-nominated drama about the manhunt for Osama Bin-laden, Zero Dark Thirty. 

Gandolfini's last filmed role is the 2014 crime-drama Animal Rescue starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and written by Boston-centered Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River).

Peter Wont Be Hitting The Jackpot in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2; MJ Cut from Film

From CBM, In an interview with Entertainment Weekly for her upcoming Twilight film, Divergent, actress Shailene Woodley revealed that her scenes, which had been filmed way back in the Fall, were cut from Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in favor of saving MJ for The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

"Of course I’m bummed. But I am a firm believer in everything happening for a specific reason…Based on the proposed plot, I completely understand the need for holding off on introducing [Mary Jane] until the next film."

Well. I can ONLY imagine what they're trying to put all the time into with TASM 2. Could it be a certain death?

That being said, I'm both glad and upset by this. The film is shaping up to have a plethora of characters; and MJ would be one more fresh-face to explain.

On the other hand, it'd be nice seeing this girl before things go south for Peter and he latches to MJ as an emotional crutch in The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

TASM 2 hits May 2, 2014, with TASM 3 on June 10, 2016.

PROMETHEUS Sequel Gets New Writer; Nerds Will Still Complain

It's been about a year ago since many an arm-chair war was fought with keyboards over Twitter and Facebook between those that loved Ridley Scott's Alien prequel, Prometheus and those that hated it. Well, it's about to be time to do it again.

EW confirmed reports from Variety about Transcendence writer Jack Paglen now being attached to Prometheus 2 or Paradise as some are calling it (or the more aptly named sequel given the franchise history, Prometheuses).

No news on when the project is set to film, or who is involved (Fassbender and Rapace are a shoe-in); but at least they can't blame Lindelof for this too.

First Trailer for THE LEGO MOVIE Makes You Go "Wow, That's Nice"

The trailer for WB's The Lego Movie hit earlier, and I haven't laughed this hard at a trailer in quite a while.

The animation looks beautiful, and the movie looks like a legitimate good family time that doesn't insult intelligence like most "kids" movies released in recent memory.

One thing is for sure, this will win an Oscar or two for animation alone.

An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.

The Lego Movie stars Liam Neeson, Chris Pratt, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Alison Bree, and Will Arnett. 

Hope You Like Bioshock: Ken Levine to Write LOGAN'S RUN For WB

Ken Levine, writer and creator of 2k's acclaimed 2007 Multiple Game of the Year winner, "Bioshock", and this year's "Bioshock: Infinite" has been tossed the script for Logan's Run, and been told "Please write this damn thing."

Deadline reports that Levine is the latest in a long line of people since the 90s to be tapped for the project, which recently had Drive and Only God Forgives duo Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding-Refn attached to it.

Levine began his career as a screenwriter and a playwright before he became one of the most influential figures in the video game industry. He’s making a rare appearance outside of video games because Logan’s Run has been such a passion project for him.

No word yet on anyone else attached to it; but if Levine is behind that'll be faith enough to quell fears of a poorly written modern-day remake such as Total Recall and the nervous jitters of Robocop.