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Hollywood to ban stereotypes?

August 15th 2010 16:42

In what looks to be one of those "I'll believe it when I see it" scenarios, a major Hollywood studio is said to have banned the stereotyping of certain nationalities in their upcoming films, in an effort to stop offending their foreign audiences. According to Britain's Sunday Times, Paramount Pictures has specified in its marketing notes to prospective filmmakers that they will be more likely to give a film the go-ahead if its villains don't correspond to a particular nationality.

The days of the Soviet femme fatale are (apparently) numbered.

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The man your man could smell like... goes to Hollywood!

July 28th 2010 23:47

Hello, ladies. News just in: Isaiah Mustafa, also known as The Old Spice Guy, has been cast in an upcoming Jennifer Aniston movie! According to CNN, the sexy 36-year-old will play a police officer in Horrible Bosses, which also stars Kevin Spacey and Jason Bateman.

Mustafa in his most famous role to date.

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Arrested Development movie is 'definitely happening'

July 18th 2010 21:11

Fans of the critically acclaimed TV show Arrested Development, which was taken off the air in 2006 after three seasons, can now look forward to seeing the much-loved Bluth family together again: this time on the big screen! According to GQ, who recently caught up with the show's star Will Arnett, the movie is "on like Donkey Kong" and will feature every cast member from the pulled-too-soon series.

The dysfunctional Bluth family is heading for Hollywood.

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Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit?

June 28th 2010 23:31

It's every Lord of the Rings fan's dream come true (well, almost)... after the recent exit of Guillermo Del Toro as director of the upcoming two-part movie version of The Hobbit, speculation is rife that the new director will be none other than Peter Jackson himself! While the rumours are yet to be confirmed, according to deadline.com it's looking more than a bit likely that Mr Jackson will be taking on the top job himself once again.

Will he or won't he? Peter Jackson is keeping it under wraps... for now.

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Hobbit director quits

May 31st 2010 23:32

Famed director Guillermo del Toro, who was set to take the helm of the upcoming Hobbit movie, has quit. In what he called "the hardest decision of my life", del Toro told fans that the considerable delays involved with getting the epic film underway meant that he was experiencing clashes with other film projects, and had little choice but to pull out of the Lord of the Rings prequel.

No more del Toro...The Hobbit is now looking for a new director.

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Scream 4. This is happening.

May 28th 2010 00:04

"New decade. New rules." That's the tagline for the fourth installment of the Scream movie franchise, and according to director Wes Craven, is "very much a keynote of the film." Like many of us, Craven and his associates are cynical about the seemingly endless array of sequels that follow successful thrillers these days (think Saw, or Final Destination), and he addresses this annoying phenomenon - jokingly, of course - in the upcoming Scream 4, which is due to begin production at the end of next month.

The official poster for Scream 4

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The blatant commercialism of Sex and the City 2

April 4th 2010 11:03

Product placements in Hollywood films are nothing new. Neither are celebrity endorsements. But even a rather cynical chick like myself was shocked to read just how blatant commercialism in films is becoming, when I took a sneaky peek at the hype surrounding the Sex and the City 2 movie due for release at the end of next month. It seems that film producers are no longer even trying to hide the extent of their product placements: instead, they're actually bragging about it and what's worse, audiences are so desensitized that by now they barely even notice that the movie they're watching is just one big advertisement thinly disguised as a film.

The girls are back: and once again, they look to be more style than substance, and more product than people.

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A nude scene for Harry Potter?

December 8th 2009 22:08

Daniel Radcliffe is no stranger to performing in the buff, but he's certainly never done it as Harry Potter! According to reports, however, there will be not one, but two nude scenes for the young wizard in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Radcliffe, 20, is very comfortable with nude scenes but I'm not so sure about his audience... it will definitely be interesting to see how the filmmakers manage to pull this off while keeping the family-friendly vibe of the film series intact.

Radcliffe in his leading role in the stage play Equus, which made him an old pro at performing nude

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News on Hollywood's Hobbit

October 14th 2009 05:02

Sir Ian McKellen, better known as Gandalf to fans of the Lord of the Rings series, recently had a chat with Empire Magazine about his upcoming projects. He'll be donning the wizard's garb once again in the two film versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the first of which is due out in December 2011. It's a long way off, but already has diehard Tolkien fans anticipating a cinematic masterpiece.

'There are no safe paths in this part of the world.'

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And then there were three...

October 10th 2009 06:01

Given the recent surge in "third movie" installments, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Hollywood has been running out of ideas! The latest franchise to fall victim to the dreaded three is Ghostbusters, which is set to begin production on its third installment in a matter of months. Despite the fact that the sequel came out two decades ago, almost the entire original cast has been signed on for the third movie, and rumour has it that the original director Ivan Reitman will be taking the helm once again.

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'The Bride will fight again!'

October 1st 2009 21:32

Quentin Tarantino has announced his plans to make a third Kill Bill movie within the next few years. Appearing on an Italian talk show, the master filmmaker said that a 10-year break between Kill Bill Vol.2 and Kill Bill Vol.3 would be ideal, to allow Uma Thurman's character to "have a break" after all that she's been through... but that, when the time is right, "The Bride will fight again!"

Uma Thurman in her most kick-arse role to date

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Alba to Meet the Parents?

September 30th 2009 09:05

According to reports, Hollywood star Jessica Alba is in negotiations to join the cast of Little Fockers, the upcoming third installment of Ben Stiller's Meet the Parents franchise. If she's chosen for the film, which is scheduled for release next year, she'll be playing the role of a pharmaceutical rep whose sexiness causes problems for the male characters in the movie.

Hollywood hottie Jessica Alba

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'Nothing's permanent... not even death'

September 27th 2009 11:13

Heath Ledger may have died in January 2008, but his spirit lives on in his movies. Ledger's final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is due for release in Australia at the end of October, with the director saying that Ledger "would have wanted to see it finished".

He will live forever on the screen

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New images from New Moon

August 31st 2009 17:49

Thanks to Film School Rejects we have some of the first images from the highly anticipated second Twilight installment, New Moon, which is due to hit cinemas in November. Those Volturi look like a force to be reckoned with... and Dakota Fanning looks to have grown into a beautiful young woman (despite her creepy red eyes). With tickets for the film's first screenings already being sold in Australia, New Moon is set to be a supernatural success.