Oliver Stone Could Cast Shia LeBeouf in Pinkville

Pinkville, director Oliver Stone's film about the Mai Lai Massacre that took place during the War, could finally be getting made and with the young Shia LeBeouf no less. The movie almost shot in with a cast that included Bruce Willis, Woody Harrelson, Michael Pitt, Channing Tatum, amd Michael Pena. Thanks to the writer's stirke, the film was delayed.

On the commentary track for Wall : Money Never Sleeps, Oliver Stone says that he's been talking to the Wall Street 2 star LeBeouf about acting in the film, in the role that was originally going to be filled by Channing Tatum. LeBeouf would play a US Army helicopter named Hugh Thompson.
The My Lai Massacre was a dark, dark time in this country's military history, where a U.S. Army killed anywhere from 350 to over 500 unnarmed South civilians in the hamlets of My Lai and My Khe. Many of the victims were women, children, elderly people, and even infants. Pinkville was the military codeword for the My Lai hamlet.

The massacre was reported by Thompson (LeBeouf's character in the film), who then intervened by landing his helicopter between the US troops and a group of civilians that were retreating, ordering his gunners to shoot any soldier that attacked the civilians. Thompson was later given the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Given the material, this will be a troublesome film to make and there's no telling what sort of opposition Stone will face.

Duncan Jones says Warcraft movie could be great

 

Duncan Jones, director of Moon and the upcoming Source Code, is a talent to watch.

His low-budget lunar debut helped him shed the 'David Bowie's son' tag, and Source Code looks like it'll be an extremely inventive sci-fi thriller.

Jones has never been one to hide his geeky tendencies, and in a recent chat with Badass Digest, he spoke of his love for videogames, and asserted his belief that World of Warcraft could be the first truly great videogame movie.

Of his gaming passion, Jones said: "I'm very cynical of the number of directors who say they're actual gamers."

"I'm a real gamer and I think there are less real gamers involved in directing only because you have to spend so much time making films that there's no time to be a hardcore gamer."

"I'm just slightly insane and I stay up all night playing games."

Jones went on to say: "I'm hugely jealous of Sam Raimi… I really believe World of Warcraft could be the launch of computer games as good films."
"And from the little I've read of interviews with him the way he's approaching it makes so much sense. It's not worrying about how the game plays, it's about creating the world of the game and investing the audience in that world."

With Raimi busy on Oz at the moment, could Jones be the person to step up and bring Warcraft to the screen?

If he could bring the same sensibilities to a huge-scale fantasy epic that he brought to Moon, we'd be all for it.

Source: Badass Digest

Diane Kruger signs on for Farewell My Queen

Eva Green has officially dropped out of Benoit Jacquot’s Marie Antoinette biopic Farewell, My Queen.

But fear not, an equally gorgeous European has stepped in to take her place, with Diane Kruger set to don a powdered wig and giant, frilly frock as the young queen. We imagine.

Set towards the end of the French Revolution, the film is an adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ novel. It should be interested to see what Jacquot, who directed School Of Flesh and The Untouchable, will do with the material.

Kruger joins Gerard Depardieu in the film, though it is currently unknown which role the actor will play.

Farewell, My Queen goes in front of cameras in spring 2011.

Source: The Playlist

Total Recall remake will shoot in March 2011

Total Recall will be officially mashed through the remake machine when shooting on the re-do begins in March 2011.

Len Wiseman of the first two Underworld movies is in the director’s dock, and he’s reportedly sent out offers to a high profile leading man.

No, not Arnold Schwarzenegger, but… Colin Farrell. Talk about a 180. Still, Farrell does have a charisma button that he occasionally flips, meaning he could make for an interesting (and leaner) reimagining of Quaid.

Should the new film stick to the same premise as the 1990 original, that is. A loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, the original Recall grabbed $119m in box office kerchings and was made on a budget of $50m.

Which looks positively restrained in comparison to the remake, which is to be shot in Toronto on a budget of $200m. Expect it in cinemas by 2012.

Animated TRON TV series on the way

TRON: Legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis have spilled the beans on an upcoming TRON TV animation.

Like Star Wars spin-off The Clone Wars, the show will bring the events that took place between the movies to life.

Speaking to Box Office Magazine, Horowitz said: "There's a 10-part micro series that will premiere next summer that Eddie and I wrote."

"We've hired an incredible team; we've got a guy running the show named Charlie Bean who is an amazing director."

When asked if the movie would fit in with the continuity of the movies, Kitsis stated: "Absolutely. And we're treating it very seriously."

"The animated show will take place from when Flynn is in a safe house. It's from when Clu takes over the grid to before when Sam comes in. So if you were wondering what the grid was like before that, then watch the show."

Horowitz added some further details: "We hesitate to tell too much just yet, but it will fill in the blanks of some things and explore some new areas as well."

"Bruce Boxleitner is in it, Elijah Wood, Linda Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen. I mean, we've got a really cool group of actors."

TRON: Legacy didn't exactly set the box office alight in the way Disney would have hoped for, so it'll be interesting to see if there's still an audience for this.

Source: Box Office Magazine

Kylie Minogue wants to make a movie comeback

Diminutive pop star Kylie Minogue has already made her 2011 New Year’s resolutions, revealing that she hopes to make a return to the big screen very soon.

Having starred in Neighbours as Charlene Robinson before turning into a world-renowned popstress, Minogue also had a role as the green fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!

Chatting with Kate Thornton during a Kylie special that will air on Radio 2, Minogue confessed:

“I don’t know why I haven’t done it yet. Musicals are, it’s no surprise, right up my alley and I would be in seventh heaven doing a musical. It’s going to happen somehow but I need to be a bit more pro-active.”

We’re sure that someone like Rob Marshall would love for her to headline his next big musical number. Though let's hope Kylie doesn't pair up with Cher like Christina Aguilera did for Burlesque.

Source: Digital Spy

Little Fockers celebrate a top Christmas

 

Little Fockers rocked the top of the US box office this Christmas, the family's domestic fall-outs and make-ups cracking the top spot with a taking of $34m.

Happily, the far better critically received True Grit wasn’t far behind, the Coen Brothers’ new adaptation of Charles Portis' book entering the charts in second place (a very respectable $25m).

Last week’s number one Tron: Legacy warped under the pressure of new releases, derezzing to third place ($20m), while Voyage Of The Dawn Treader docked in fourth ($10.8m) and Yogi Bear was booted from second to fifth ($8.8m).

David O. Russell’s decent The Fighter proved a continued draw in sixth ($8.5m), while holiday special Gulliver’s Travels opened in seventh place with a very disappointing $7.2m. That’ll serve Jack Black right for ruining a classic book with 3D gimmickry.

Meanwhile, Black Swan frolicked just one place from seventh to eighth ($6.6m), Tangled loosed its tresses into ninth place (from fifth, $6.5m), and the pure pulling power of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie ensured The Tourist got the 10th place with $5.7m, despite universal panning.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Stephen Dorff discusses his Blade spin-off movie

Somewhere star Stephen Dorff has spoken up about the possibility of reprising the villainous role he played in the original Blade film for a film prequel.

In reaction to the sudden resurgence in popularity of neck-chewing vamps, Dorff has been in touch with Blade director Stephen Norrington about creating a new film based around his villain, Deacon Frost.

“Me and Steve Norrington had a cool treatment for that, and when vampires got all this trending again, we thought we should do the adult version, more of like a Scarface Deacon Frost movie,” he tells blog, Dark Lord Bunnykins.

“Blade was such a ‘90s thing. I didn’t want to do a Blade movie, I just really wanted to take Deacon and then do a whole other thing which was much more today.”

Dorff better move fast while he’s still young enough to pull off a Frost prequel. Unless those Tron guys agree to give him a digital facelift further down the line...

Source: Digital Spy