Articles in the In Production Category

George Lucas: Hollywood Rejected Black Cast!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 19 January 2012
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TheRoot.com By Jenee Desmond Harris Posted January 19th 2012   Talking to Jon Stewart and USA Today,  George Lucas talked candidly about his new film, Red Tails, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard. It’s based on the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of pioneering black pilots who fought in the United States’ segregated armed [...]

Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman In Jackie Robinson Biopic!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News, Sports on 23 December 2011
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TheWrap.com By Tim Kenneally Posted December 23rd 2011   Harrison Ford has officially signed on for the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, Legendary Pictures announced Friday. As reported by TheWrap on Thursday, Ford will play Branch Rickey, the Major League Baseball executive who helped break baseball’s color barrier by signing Robinson to a minor league in [...]

Fox Planning Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels, With Or Without A Pricey Will Smith !
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 22 November 2011
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NYMag.com By Claude Brodesser-Akner Posted November 22nd 2011   After fifteen years of movie destruction, director Roland Emmerich and his old producing and screenwriting partner Dean Devlin are now putting the finishing touches on back-to-back sequel scripts to 1996′s Independence Day, the $800 million worldwide hit that first taught them the importance of blowing major [...]

Tyler Perry Defends Kim Kardashian’s ‘The Marriage Counselor’ Casting: She’s a Role Model!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 20 November 2011
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TheHollywoodReporter.com By The Real Jethro Posted November 20th 2011   “I thought, what better person! She literally has millions of young people following her,” he states.   Tyler Perry has heard the immense criticism over his casting of Kim Kardashian in his movie, The Marriage Counselor, loud and clear. And he has taken to his [...]

Kim Kardashian Lands Role In New Tyler Perry Movie!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 24 October 2011
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TheWrap.com By Joshua Weinstein Posted October 24th 2011   From newlywed to “Marriage Counselor.” Kim Kardashian has signed on to star in Tyler Perry‘s new movie, “The Marriage Counselor,” TheWrap has confirmed. Bing: What did the Obamas say about the Kardashians? The Lionsgate movie is about an accountant and his Ivy League educated wife — [...]

Cee Lo Green To Join Cast Of ‘Sparkle’ Remake!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 15 October 2011
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WENN.com Posted October 15th 2011     Singer Cee Lo Green will make his big-screen acting debut alongside Jordin Sparks in a planned remake of the movie musical “Sparkle.” The original 1976 film, about three Harlem-based sisters who form a group in the late 1950s, is set for a revamp with Sparks as the title character. [...]

Allen Eyes Obama For Movie Role!
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD, MXO Entertainment News, MXO News on 12 October 2011
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IMDB.com Posted October 12th 2011   Woody Allen has confessed he’d love to cast America’s First Lady Michelle Obama in his next movie – if he can write the perfect role for her. The Annie Hall director’s new film, Midnight in Paris, features a performance by Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. [...]

John Boyega Joins Spike Lee’s Da Brick!
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD, MXO Entertainment News, MXO News on 15 September 2011
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MovieWeb.com By Harout Harmon Posted September 15th 2011 John Boyega will join Milauna Jemai, Julito McCullum, and Kamahl Palmer in the upcoming HBO drama pilot from Spike Lee, Da Brick. John Boyega will play the lead, Donnie, who after his release from juvenile detention on his 18th birthday begins an exploration of what it means [...]

‘The Skin I Live In’: Antonio Banderas In Pedro Almodovar’s Bizarre New Film!
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Posted in In Production, MXO Entertainment News on 11 September 2011
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HuffingtonPost.com Posted September 11th 2011 Antonio Banderas’ career, of late, has largely seen him slip into the fur of the adventurous, flamboyant kitty, Puss in Boots, for both the “Shrek” series and his own upcoming spinoff feature. For his next live action film, though, he’s back to dealing with human skin — and in a [...]

Gabriel Iglesias Joins ‘Magic Mike’ Male Stripper Film From Stephen Soderbergh!
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Posted in In Production, Movies/DVD, MXO Entertainment News, MXO News on 31 August 2011
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HuffingtonPost.com Posted August 31st All good strippers need a great soundtrack. Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey will now be relying on Gabriel Iglesias to provide those grooves. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the standup comedian has signed on to what will be by far the most star-studded and epic male [...]