300 courtesy Warner Bros.
Its official 300 is set to go to battle again Frank Miller is writing the second take on the epic thats based on his graphic novel with Zack Snyder expected to direct Snyders final decision will depend on how Millers approach plays out Its not clear yet whether the next 300 be a prequel or a spin-off of the Spartan tale especially when most of the original warriors including King Leonidasaka the uber-buff Gerard Butler were killed offWhile another edition has been rumored all along it was only last week that the second film was confirmed to suit up for more action How do you think a new 300 will play out Anna DimondMore Movie News149 Roller-movie Cast Is Whipped into Place149 Jesse Plemons Friday Night Lights Up as Dope Dealer149 Box Office WALL-E Is Wanted More Than Angelina
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Samuel L. Jackson in The Spirit courtesy Lionsgate
The Christmas Day movie slate just got a little fuller According to the Hollywood Reporter Lionsgate has moved its adaptation of The Spirit starring Samuel L Jackson and Scarlett Johansson up to a Dec 25 release date Written and directed by Frank Miller Sin City 300 the flick is based on the comic-book series created by the late Will Eisner and was originally set to bow Jan 16 2009Producers said fans at last months Comic-Con confirmed their feeling that an earlier release of the irresistable piece of entertainment would be prudent The film which with Miller at the helm is likely to be quite gritty will compete against family fare Disneys Bedtime Stories and the romantic comedy Marley and MeDo you plan to get in The Spirit this holiday season Adam BryantMore Movie News149 Junos Ellen Page to Take in Some Eyre149 Jonas Brothers Concert Pic Goes 3-D149 WATCH VIDEO The New Dark Knight Trailer149 Sexy Director Speaks on Rumored Death in the
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Jaime King courtesy Dimension Films
Jaime King and Paz Vega have joined the cast of the Frank Miller-helmed Will Eisner's The Spirit, playing Lorelei, a phantom siren, and the knit-wielding Plaster of Paris, respectively.... Also per Variety, Radha Mitchell is a temptress who comes between Antonio Banderas and his partner in thievery, Morgan Freeman, in The Code.... Ving Rhames has come on board The Goods: The Don Ready Story, starring Jeremy Piven as an ace used-car liquidator.... The Reporter also has Queen Latifah making a cameo in the Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz rom-com What Happens in Vegas.
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Justin Timberlake by Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
Justin Timberlake will play a professional hockey player who is romanced by teammate Romany Malco's missus in the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru.... Also per the Reporter, Carla Gugino is a CSI who woos Robert De Niro in the crime drama Righteous Kill, also starring Al Pacino.... David Schwimmer is Kate Beckinsale's hubby in the political thriller Nothing But the Truth.... Ron Livingston is Eric Bana's bud in The Time Traveler's Wife.... Jason Isaacs and Melissa George are John Cusack's nemesis and girlfriend, respectively, in the thriller Stopping Power.... Per Variety, Eva Mendes has joined Frank Miller's The Spirit.
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The Chronicles of Narnia courtesy Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Apted is set to claim the reins from Andrew Adamson and direct The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film in the seven-pic series. Among the returning cast members are (spoiler alert?) Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes.... Marc Forster (Monster's Ball) will helm and cowrite with Paul Haggis the 22nd James Bond film.... Ben Stiller will produce/perhaps star in the comedy In Deep, in which a man fighting a parking ticket gets caught up in a nightmarish chain of events.... Per Variety, a September release is set for National Lampoon's Homo Erectus, a caveman comedy (is there any other kind these days, really?) starring the likes of Ali Larter, David Carradine and Gary Busey.... Frank Miller will adapt Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business as a starring vehicle for Clive Owen.
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Snakes-wrangler Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the Octopus, a supervillain with a superlethal punim, in The Spirit, Frank Miller's comic-book adaptation about a murdered cop reborn as a masked mystery man.... Jeff Bridges is Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, also starring Kirsten Dunst.... Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel) is being eyed for the dramedy Henry Poole Is Here, starring Luke Wilson.... Per Variety, 300's G-e-r-a-r-d Butler will star opposite Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin in Nim's Island.
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Las VegasI don't even know what to freakin' say. I'm speechless, stupefied even! So Moth Woman Monica (Lara Flynn Boyle) — complete with wings and a hideous outfit — goes flying off the Montecito rooftop to what I presume is her death. I just knew the girl should have spent more time snacking on sandwiches. Still, I feel like I stepped into Crazy Land watching all this too-silly-for-words Sin City stuff play out. That's Sin City in the Robert Rodriguez does Frank Miller kinda way. Although at times, I thought I was watching a Batman rerun — POWs, KABLAMs and all. Just a few thoughts:
The Montecito Jingle: When the autistic savant kept going over to the monitor to hear Monica's jingle, I thought the song sounded a lot like Rockwell
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