Lautner's going to prison

Taylor Lautner has attached himself to prison fantasy film 'Incarceron'.

The 'Twilight' hunk will play Finn, a young man determined to escape from the futuristic prison world that he is living in. However, he finds a crystal key that allows him to talk to his captor's daughter, who is herself trapped in a medieval word.

The pair fall in love and plot their respective escapes.

(It sounds... interesting)

The film will be based on Catherine Fisher's young adult novel, and Adam Cooper and Bill Collage are on screenwriting duties.

Lautner is currently working on the final 'Twilight' movie, 'Breaking Dawn'. Fans can also see him in forthcoming 'Bourne'-style thriller 'Abduction'.

Bay admits 'Transformers' failure

Michael Bay has admitted he failed on 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'.

Last year's sequel was blasted by critics for being too long and full of awkward comedy sequences, including two 'jive-talking' robots that were accused of being racial caricatures.

However, Bay has admitted that he "failed on certain aspects".

He said, "We tried to learn from the second movie. On the second movie we got burned. We had a writers strike, we had to agree on a story in three weeks, and then we knew they were going on strike.

"It was a bad scenario all around; it wasn't fair to the writer; it wasn't fair to me; it wasn't fair to anybody. It was still an entertaining movie, but I think we failed on certain aspects. What we did with this movie is I think we have a much better script, and we got back to basics. ... It's more serious. I got rid of the dorky comedy; I mean we've got two little characters, that's it, but the dorkiness is not there. Dork-free 'Transformers'. It's much more serious. It's still entertaining; it's big looking."

Bay has also confirmed that next summer's third entry, 'Dark of the Moon' will be his last 'Transformers' movie.

He said, "I think this has gotta be it. I think someone else will take the torch from here. It's just that I don't think you could do it again with Shia (LaBeouf) and everybody, I think it's time to move on."

Russell Brand to Lead ‘Rentaghost’ Remake

Russell Brand is being courted to star in a movie update of spooky British children’s show Rentaghost.

Warner Bros have just acquired the rights to the television series, which aired on the BBC between 1976 and 1984, and followed a company who rent out ghosts.

Brand is expected to take on the role of Fred Mumford, who the folks at Wikipedia describe as “a recently deceased loser who feels he can find work for ghosts whose lives were as failed as his”. 

Mumford recruits Timothy Claypole, a technophobic jester and Victorian gent Hubert Davenport to his cause. Plenty of crafty casting opportunities there, then.

Brand will next make an appearance in Shakespeare update The Tempest, as well as a remake of Arthur.

Thor gets a poster

Thor will smash his way onto the big screen when his first movie enters cinemas next year.

And Marvel aren’t about to let us forget it. A few images from the comic adap cropped up online earlier this year, and now the film’s first poster has been revealed.

Dark, simplistic and moody, it downplays the campiness that the project has been accused of, and really plays around with texture – from the big guy’s metallic suit to the red cape and the stone hammer.

Thor follows the titular God, an arrogant warlord who’s tried his father Odin’s (Anthony Hopkins) patience too many times. Banished to Earth, Thor must learn how to live among humans – which isn’t as bad as all that after he meets gorgeous scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman).

Here’s the poster…

Ridley Scott's Alien prequel details emerge

A flood of new details on Ridley Scott's two-part Alien prequel have emerged courtesy of a report by Vulture.


For starters, perhaps the biggest news is that the prequel will be known as Paradise (no more of this Untitled Alien Prequel business). It's certainly bold, and sure not to please everyone, but is it going to help mark this out as a totally new direction for the franchise?


The plot will centre on a group of space travellers who encounter a xenomorph, before it made its way onto the Nostromo. An earlier version of the Bishop android is set to appear, so maybe Lance Henriksen is going to get the same de-ageing treatment Jeff Bridges has had for TRON: Legacy.


Vulture's source is also stating that the release dates of the 3D prequels will not be moving from 2013 to 2014, as has recently been mooted.


The final bit of juicy news is the claim that Scott is angling for Michael Fassbender and Michelle Yeoh to star alongside Noomi Rapace (who's considered to be a shoo-in for the lead role).


It could be fantasy casting at this point (what director wouldn't want Fassbender in their movie?) but it's an extremely tantalising possibility.


The prospect of revisiting the franchise is becoming ever more appealing. Let's just hope that Sir Ridders does his baby justice...