There MIGHT Be Only One - Ryan Reynolds Up for Highlander Reboot

Verbal Kint got it wrong. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing studio-heads Ryan Reynolds was a box-office draw.

Apparently the receipts (lack thereof, I should say) of Green Lantern, The Change-Up, even the smaller not-intended-for-blockbuster-dividends Buried weren't proof enough Reynolds isn't the "next big thing" as proclaimed. You can thank Denzel Washington and the promise of his kicking-ass Bourne style for the strong Safe House earnings. Hell, Reynolds' role (He was the co-lead) was downplayed in marketing.

But again with the "No, but really, this time he's gonna be huge, I tells ya!" proclamations. He's the front-runner for the Highlander reboot at Lionsgate-Summit. Neal Moritz is producing, which could explain the inclination of boarding Reynolds since they collaborated on R.I.P.D. (due out next June).

Not that Highlander is a sacred cow (The fact it became a franchise still baffles). Just the Reynolds hard-on, he might be a nice guy. But he isn't all his hype cracks him up to be.

Source: Variety

Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Follow-Up is Officially a Sequel

Still uneasiness of its development, a continuation of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner continues to move forward.

This afternoon comes a press release confirming the Blade Runner follow-up is, in fact, a sequel set "some years" after the groundbreaking 1982 science-fiction classic. Also official confirmation Hampton Fancher, who authored the original draft, subsequently rewritten by David Peoples, will reunion with Scott to write.

I'll be more encouraged if Prometheus lives up the hype, and God do I hope so. Until then, can't get caught up in the hysteria of returning to that world. Have to see how Scott's other return to the well does first. Have to remember Blade Runner, as influential as it was, was a financial failure upon release. Just because Disney took that risk with Tron: Legacy doesn't mean others will follow suit here.

Source: Variety

Passion Pics

Brian De Palma is returning to the subversive thriller genre with the forthcoming 'Passiuon'. He has two star actressess in Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, below is a synopsis and the first poster and stills of what looks to be a visually rich film.

New Taken 2 Pics!

Entertainment Weekly

In Taken 2 (out Oct. 5), Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the CIA agent with “a particular set of skills” for hunting down bad guys, but this time his daughter (Maggie Grace) has to help rescue him when associates of the villains he killed the first time around decide to get their revenge.

Skyfall Teaser Poster

Ahead of the impending release of the teaser trailer, 007 has unveiled the teaser poster for Skyfall, the latest James Bond adventure, the third featuring Daniel Craig and first with an Oscar-winning director (Sam Mendes) behind the camera.

Only Guilty Man in Shawshank Headed to Last Vegas

Morgan Freeman has such a relaxed, grandfather demeanor (Elder statesman, if you will) to see him yell, "SHOOT THAT MOTHERFUCKER IN THE HEAD!" in Wanted took you by surprise, not unlike Betty White cursing up a storm in Lake Placid.

He's been added to the cast of Last Vegas, a comedy about four old pals reuniting in Las Vegas (Get it? Last Vegas! Alright moving on...) for a bachelor party for their forever-single buddy finally tying the knot. Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro are already onboard, with Jon Turtletaub directing.

Assuming this is still intended as a raunchy-sex comedy (Original tagline when it was offered to Jack Nicholson was "Grumpy Old Men meets The Hangover”). Don't know if he's playing against type here, but God I hope so. The thought of a filthy sex-romp centered on a couple of geriatrically-enhanced fellas, I don't know, makes me laugh.

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Prometheus International Poster

Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.

Uncensored Trailer For Elijah Wood's "Maniac"

Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank's obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill. 

First Showing

Tyler Perry's "Madea's Witness Protection" Trailer

Levy ("American Pie" franchise) stars as George, a high level CFO at the center of a Ponzi scheme in New York City who is enrolled in the Witness Protection program along with his family in the one place that absolutely no one will think to look for them: Madea's house down South.

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"Won't Back Down" Trailer

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis play two determined mothers, one a teacher, who will stop at nothing to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

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