London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations
The nominations for the 34th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were announced today, with British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave topping members’ ballots with 9 nominations. Gary Oldman will be accepting the Circle’s most prestigious award, the Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on 2 [...]
RoboCop Remake Trailer
Check out the first official trailer for the long gestating RoboCop remake from director Jose Padilha. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton the new film gives a predictably glossy polish to the familiar tale of Paul Verhoeven’s ultra-violent 1987 original. At least now we know who to blame for the [...]
New RoboCop Suit Pictures From Remake Set
Director Jose Padilha’s RoboCop reboot has officially begun shooting, giving us our first look on set at Joel Kinnaman in character as the iconic cyborg police officer. The new suit marks a pretty big departure from the iconic metallic look of the original film. Picture below for instant comparison. It’s also hard to avoid imagining that if Batman and Iron Man ever [...]
Jackie Earle Haley Joins RoboCop Reboot Cast
Director Jose Padilha’s RoboCop reboot added yet another credible character actor to its growing cast list today as Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Dark Shadows) was officially confirmed as Maddox, the character responsible for giving our heroic Cyborg lawman his deadly military training. Joel Kinnaman is stepping into the robotic shoes for the iconic lead role [...]
Svetlana Khodchenkova lands Wolverine role
20th Century Fox has officially given up on persuading Jessica Biel that their forthcoming sequel The Wolverine will be a massive improvement on their last adventure for the popular mutant hero X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So the studio has moved quickly to replace her for the smouldering villainous role of Viper, opting for Svetlana Khodchenkova, a [...]
Hugh Lauire might join RoboCop Cast
The big screen reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s cult 1980’s action flick RoboCop looks set to add yet another surprisingly credible cast member in the shape of Hugh Laurie, the surly star of TV’s House. MGM are courting the wry British actor to star as the villainous mega-rich CEO of the company that transforms deceased cop [...]
New Dark Knight Rises Poster
Check out the latest and probably final poster for The Dark Knight Rises below. The new poster once again features the familiar Inception-esque collapsing building Bat-logo, but kicks it up a knotch this time by adding dramatic fire, an appropriate tagline and a suitably stoic looking Batman. Let this serve as a timely reminder that [...]