As Paramount and J.J. Abrams gear up for filming to start in January, casting is in high gear and updates seem to be coming daily. In the last week, the film has landed starlet Alice Eve and Robocop himself, Peter Weller, but talks with Benicio Del Torofor the villain role have broken down.
Despite budget concerns that threatened to derail it completely, Disney gave Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp the go-ahead to make The Lone Ranger. Now that the necessary concession have been made, the reboot of the Western, where Armie Hammer will star alongside the aforementioned Depp, has roped Tom Wilkinson in to play the villain.
Though nobody expects a great movie poster to directly translate to ticket sales or one of poor quality to drive away every last patron, the care taken in a film’s promotional campaign speaks volumes to the potential of the movie itself. Though this list shows that these streams do not always run parallel, there is a definite trend. The year is almost through and all posters unveiled to us (and though some great ones like those for Drive, Midnight in Paris and Albert Nobbs didn’t quite make the cut) let’s rack ‘em up and see who takes the top and bottom prizes for 2011 movie posters.
Just like braving the mall crowds at Christmastime, Joss Whedon unleashes some psychological horror with his genre-bending thriller The Cabin in the Woods. An extraterrestrial prison is the setting of our next clip Lockout, which stars Guy Pearce as a man sent to rescue the president’s daughter after a jailbreak. Last off on another slow week is the second trailer for Oscar hopeful Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which pretty much dares you not to cry. Nothing like openly weeping around the holidays – it’s Trailer Tracker.
The director’s throne has been suddenly vacated for Thor 2. Patty Jenkins, known for directing the dramatic thriller Monster, which won Charlize Theron an Oscar, has exited production on the film due to creative differences.
Not a studio to let abysmal reviews stand in the way of a sequel, Sony Pictures is reportedly in talks with screenwriter Fred Wolffor a follow-up to last year’s Adam Sandler vehicle Grown Ups.
Fans of Martin Scorsese never know what to expect for his next project. He’s expressed interest in a number of projects and become attached to many, so you never know, but it appears he’s settled on Silence — for now.
