Martin Scorsese To Take A Gamble

I have to say I've got no interest in Scorsese's next movie 'Hugo' so it's good to hear his next project looks to be closer to the type of material he excels at, even if it is another remake.

He's reteaming with 'The Departed' scribe William Monahan for a remake of 1974 James Caan starrer 'The Gambler'. It will come as little surprise to anyone that Leonardo DiCaprio is being eyed for the lead.

The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop.

Paramount is going all-in on The Gambler, a remake of the 1974 James Caan addiction drama.

The studio has set Martin Scorsese to direct and William Monahan to write. Irwin Winkler, who produced the original, will again act as producer of the new film. They are interested in having Leonardo DiCaprio star, but no deal is in place for the actor.

The 1974 movie, an adaptation of the short novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, detailed a New York English professor who inspires his students but suffers from a secret gambling addiction. The affliction causes him to extort money from his mother and convince one of his students to shave points in a basketball game.

Caan received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor for his performance in the original.  Lauren Hutton and Paul Sorvino co-starred for director Karel Reisz and writer James Toback. (The project is not related to the series of Gambler TV movies that starred Kenny Rogers in the 1980s and 90s.)

The gritty New York setting of the original seems a perfect match for Scorsese, who teamed with Monahan on 2006 best picture Oscar winner The Departed.

The director has been especially active lately. He has his first family film, Hugo, slated for a Thanksgiving release, and he’s preparing to direct Silence, an adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel. He’s also attached to The Wolf of Wall Street, an adaptation of the Jordan Belfort memoir that has attached DiCaprio, with whom Scorsese collaborated on Shutter Island.

Scorsese is repped by WME and Rick Yorn. Monahan is repped by WME and Anonymous.

Prometheus Vehicles revealed!

We still don't know a great deal about Ridley Scott's quasi Alien prequel Prometheus, but today pics of two f the vehicles from the movie set were revealed by alienprequelnews.com.

The pics from the SDCC footage that Fox had taken down clearly showed the sets shared the DNA of Scott's Alien, and I'd say these vehicle's clearly share the DNA of the ACP and Power Loader from James Cameron's sequel Aliens.

Hawaii Five-0 Season 2 Promo

The end of season one saw the team in a real mess, McGarrett arrested for murder, Kono arrested for stealing money from the evidence department, and Danno on his way to leaving the island to go back to New Jersey with his ex-wife and daughter.

Never fear! an old face familiar to LOST fans is rocking up to save the day by the looks of things from this season 2 promo!

Marisa Miller Joins R.I.P.D.

.......Ahem........ready for the news now guys? I'm not sold on this concept but I liked Robert Schwentke's Flightplan and RED so I'll await a trailer before judging, and news arrives today that Marisa Miller has joined the cast......I'm guessing not for her acting talents, at any rate Heatvision have the scoop.

Add Marisa Miller’s name of recent Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated models that are slinking into acting.

Miller, who was a Victoria’s Secret Angels and 2008 SI Swimsuit cover girl, has inked a deal to join the cast of R.I.P.D., Universal’s supernatural action movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.

The project marks the feature debut for Miller, who has appeared in episodes of Entourage, Gary Unmarried, and How I Met Your Mother. Her casting attracted the attention of CAA, which just snapped her up.

Robert Schwentke is directing the project, which follows a murdered cop (Reynolds) who is recruited to work in the Rest in Peace Department, a police force comprised of ghosts who battle spirits unready to depart this world.

Bridges is playing Reynolds' ghostly partner and Miller will be his human avatar, the form humans see when Bridges' character is in his earthly form.

Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, and Stephanie Szostak are also in the cast.

Miller, one of the iconic names in the swimsuit and lingerie industry,  appeared in every Sports llustrated Swimsuit issue from 2002 to 2008, with her 2008 cover breaking sales records for the magazine.

She continues to be managed by Griffin Guess and Zoe Lee of Cartel Management.

Models have been making a splash in the film world this year, with Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whitely making her feature debut with a leading role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker appearing with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Just Go With It.

Three New Pics From The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

I'll be honest, I don't get the fuss over this film at all. I thought from the trailer it looked thoroughly depressing and for my money had Fincher not been directing, movie fans would doing the usual moaning and whining about it being a remake, especially given it's a remake of a film only a few years old.

Anyway, Empire have three new stills for your viewing pleasure.

Three New Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Pics

Not only is Sherlock Holmes on the front cover of Empire Magazines winter preview issue, but inside are three new images, and for those of us who are not mag buyers they have very kindly put them on their site.

The one with Holmes and Moriarty engaged in a game of chess is the most intriguing. I liked the first movie and am a lifelong fan of the character, and what I have seen so far gives me hope that this sequel will build on the very entertaining first movie.

DiCaprio and Maguire on The Great Gatsby Set

Comingsoon.Net via Flynet Pictures have gotten hold of the first set pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire on the set of Baz Luhrmann's adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald novel 'The Great Gatsby'.

I actually didn't know DiCaprio was making this, and while I am a  big fan of his this is not a project that interests me greatly, and I don't care a lot of Luhrmann's style. Still, nice car.

Something Just Crash Landed On The Avengers Set!

Superherohype once again have gotten some hot pics from the set of The Avengers in Cleveland. This time of what looks like the wreckage of some kind of alien chariot that attaches to something else, or at least that's my best guess, take a look for yourselves and decide!

What Next For Christian Bale?

Right now Christian Bale is filming the final part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy 'The Dark Knight Rises", but Variety has a look at a list of his potential next project to shoot early next year.

Christian Bale has made clear he won't decide his next move until after "The Dark Knight Rises" wraps later this fall. When that time comes, he'll have some weighty options -- several high-profile projects and a handful of studios are actively courting the soon-to-be former Caped Crusader.

They include Warner Bros.' remake of "A Star Is Born," starring Beyonce Knowles and directed by Clint Eastwood; "Gold," which Michael Mann will direct; a remake of Korean thriller "Oldboy," to be directed by Spike Lee for Mandate, in which Bale would play the villain; Relativity's "Out of the Furnace," to be directed by Scott Cooper; and "Noah," Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic at Paramount. (There had also been talk of Bale joining WB's "Last Photograph," but he's no longer involved.)

At this time, Bale has not attached himself to any of these projects, nor has he identified any one as a frontrunner. And that's because, studio insiders say, he's really sticking to the plan: Look to the future only after finishing "The Dark Knight Rises."

With that pic wrapping in November, Bale wouldn't be free until the beginning of the year. Since most of the aforementioned films are scheduled to start lensing then, it wouldn't be out of the question for Bale to tackle more than one -- but it would be mighty difficult.

Interesting side note: None of the projects in play is a franchise title, nor do there appear to be any openings for roles in tentpoles that could shoot during that time. But Bale, who also toplined "Terminator: Salvation," has always deftly balanced big-budget genre pics with smaller, kudos-friendly pictures like "I'm Not There" and "The Fighter," which earned Bale an Academy Award for best supporting actor.

Either way, Bale finds himself in a very unique and favorable position -- especially coming off his first year since 2003 without a film in theaters (since 2002 there have only been two years -- '03 and '04 -- in which Bale has not had multiple releases).

He'll get back on track in 2012 with "The Dark Knight Rises" and period pic "The 13 Women of Nanjing," which he shot before donning the Batmask for the last time.

Bale has always based his decisions on the material and the people involved. Given the pedigree of each of the projects before him now, it's anyone's guess what role he'll jump into next.

The actor is repped by WME.

I'd love to see Bale work with Clint and Aronofsky but neither of their next projects interest me at all, and I'd avoid the Oldboy remake if I was him.

I had to look Scott Cooper up, now that I see he is the director of Crazy Heart and that Out of the Furnace is the new name for The Low Dweller, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Bale make that.

Gold sounds potentially interesting but I hope Mann lays off the digital camera for it.

Yoda Gets His Sexy Back

We all have our views on the Prequel trilogy but  one thing most agree on is that Yoda looked awful in The Phantom Menace, thankfully confirmation is now here that in the Blu Ray release the Yoda from the other two prequel movies has been CGI'd in to replace creepy professor hair Yoda from the original cut of the movie.