Articles in the In Production Category

Zoe Kravitz Tapped to Star in the ‘Mad Max’ Remake
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 18 February 2010
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Blacktalentnews.com
Posted February 18th 2010
Zoe Kravitz has signed on to co-star with Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy and Nicholas Hoult in the Warner Bros’ “Fury Road,” the remake of “Mad Max”.
According to EURweb, details are being kept under wraps, but it is known that Hoult’s character is named Nux, and Kravitz — whose character name is Five [...]

Bill Murray Talks ‘Ghostbusters III’ Rumors
By Osupa
Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 18 February 2010
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Moviephone.com
Posted February 18th 2010
When Bill Murray says it, it is so. He’s dead.
In the upcoming ‘Ghostbusters’ sequel, we mean.
In a recent interview with the Daily Mail — in which the star defended his difficult reputation, said ‘Groundhog Day’ was robbed at the Oscars and claimed the few scenes that featured him in 1989’s ‘Ghostbusters 2′ [...]

Will ‘Star Trek 2′ Boldly Go Without Spock?
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 18 February 2010
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Scifisquad.com
By: John Gholson
Posted February 18th 2010
Could the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek be Spockless? “I’m stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years — no movies, no conventions, no anything for a while,” actor Zachary Quinto told Wired, while promoting the upcoming PC game Star Trek Online. In it, he plays holographic Vulcan [...]

Will Smith to Adapt ‘Flowers’
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 18 February 2010
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Blacktalentnews.com
By Monique D. Love
Posted February 18th 2010

Academy Award Nominee Will Smith is set to star in and produce the remake of Daniel Keyes’ novel “Flowers for Algernon” through his Overbrook Entertainment.
The story chronicles a mentally disabled man who undergoes an experimental surgery that raises his intelligence. Due to the surgery, he has side effects that [...]

Is Sam Worthington the Next Dracula?
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 18 February 2010
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Cinematical.com
by John Gholson
Posted February 18th 2010
The reliable folks at Latino Review are reporting that Universal is looking to make a new Dracula film as a Summer 2011 event movie (and as part of their efforts to rebuild the Universal Monsters brand name). Who will wear the fangs after such iconic actors as Bela Lugosi, Christopher [...]

Sam Mendes to Direct the 23rd James Bond Film?
By Osupa
Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 31 January 2010
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Cinematical.com
By Peter Hall
Posted Januay 31st 2010
Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood has gone on record to say that the talks Sam Mendes are currently in concern a consultancy status, not outright directing duties. The likely motive behind this involves the contract between MGM and Bond owners EON; were EON to officially hire a director, the troubled [...]

Film Tidbits: Laurence Fishburne Set to Star in the ‘Predator’ Sequel and Antoine Fuqua is Tapped to Direct ‘Prisoners’
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 31 January 2010
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Blacktalentnews.com
Posted January 31st 2010
Laurence Fishburne has signed on to star in “Predators,” the sequel to the 1987 hit “Predator.”
Adrien Brody, Topher Grace and Danny Trejo are set to co-star in the film that is being directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez.
“Predators” will continue on from the 1987 hit that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]

Brad Pitt Coming to ‘Sherlock Holmes 2′
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 31 January 2010
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PopEaters.com
Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter
Posted January 31st 2010
What could make ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and all of its bare-chested (and perhaps not-so-straight) detective work even sexier? How about the addition of Brad Pitt in the sequel? Yep, you heard it here first: Papa Pitt is set to reunite with Guy Ritchie once things get underway [...]

Spike Lee and Antoine Fuqua Partner for Graphic Novel Adaptation
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 17 December 2009
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Black Talent News.com
Posted December 17. 2009
Spike Lee (”The Miracle of St. Anna”) and Antoine Fuqua (”Training Day”) are set to adapt the French comic book “Miss: Better Living Through Crime” through Vigilante Entertainment. Fuqua will direct and Lee will produce. John Ridley, who wrote the script for George Lucas’ “Red Tails,” is writing the screenplay. [...]

Jennifer Hudson to Star in the Biopic “Winnie”
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD on 17 December 2009
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Black Talent News.com
Posted December 17, 2009
Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson is tapped to star as the title role in the biopic “Winnie,” based on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography “Winnie Mandela: A Life.”