Trailers: ‘Miss Nobody’

Source: QuietEarth

Myspace brought us the trailer for Jared Leto’s futuristic Mr. Nobody so it’s only fitting they should bring us the other half, via QuietEarth. Miss Nobody stars Leslie Bibb (Iron Man, Talladega Nights) as a mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder. I’m glad to see Bibb doing more comedy. She seems extremely well suited for it and this looks like an interesting film to say the least. I love the tone of this trailer.

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Miss Nobody is written by Doug Steinberg and directed by Tim Cox, who previously directed “schlocky sci-fi creature features with names like Gryphon, Mammoth, and Larva. The film also stars Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Set It Off), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Missi Pyle (Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball), and Adam Goldberg (ABC’s The Unusuals, The Hebrew Hammer).

Stills: June 5, 2009

Source: EW

Here’s a roundup of some recently released stills for Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen, the Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl, two hi-res shots of Sam Worthington from Clash Of The Titans, and a shot of Bruce Willis as his “avatar” in the film Surrogates.

Casting: ‘Heroes’

Source: AICN / Ausiello Files / THR

AICN somehow got in touch with genius, Bryan Fuller, to inquire on his exact role in the fourth season of Heroes. It turns out he’s a consultant, the position he held in the first and third seasons, and NOT showrunner as I was hoping (praying) but there’s good news. “I’m developing a couple of TV shows to pitch to [NBC Universal next month.” Fuller is under contract for the next year and a half with NBC Universal.

New shows?! From Bryan Fuller?! AMAZING! I was hoping he hadn’t signed on to Heroes for the entire year. I’m glad to hear he’s still developing original projects. Television needs him. In addition to that news, here’s a breakdown of recent casting additions:

Darth Maul himself, Ray Park, will join the show with a sizeable arc. Park will next be seen as Snake Eyes in GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra. Deanne Bray (Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye, The L Word), whose part was specifically written for a deaf actress, joins the cast to play a love interest for one of the main characters. Rachel Melvin (Days Of Our Lives) has also joined the cast as another of Claire Bennett’s (Hayden Pantierre) college roommates, joining Madeline Zima who was announced earlier this week in a multi-episode arc.

Casting breakdowns are describing the characters as Carnival workers, i.e. “Knife Thrower”, “Tattooed Girl.” Among the casting calls was a search for “a middle-aged Eddie Izzard type to play the Carnival Barker, a smooth operator with a wicked wit” , a small character was set to grow over the course of the season. That fits Robert Knepper‘s casting to a tee. The consensus is that the new season will have a bit of a Carnivàle-esque theme.

Eastwood’s ‘Invictus’ Sets Release Date

Source: Variety

Clint Eastwood’s next film, an adaptation of  John Carlin‘s tome “Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation,” is coming to theaters December 11th, 2009, reports Variety. Invictus, which was previous titled The Human Factor, follows Mandela’s attempt to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup to heal his nation following his release from prison, the fall of apartheid and his election as president of South Africa.

Eastwood picked the title from a poem often recited by Mandela. “Invictus” (‘Invincible’ in Latin) was penned by William Ernest Henley, and speaks to the will to survive in the face of adversity. Matt Damon portrays Francois Pienaar, the captain of the South African rugby team while Morgan Freeman portrays Nelson Mandela.

Clint Eastwood only seems to be getting better, and quite efficient at making films. Gran Torino was one of the most interesting surprises last year and I’m eagerly awaiting his next project. The film was adapted by Anthony Peckham and directed by Clint Eastwood.

New ‘Julie & Julia’ Poster

Source: Twitter

I’m totally predicting all news will soon be delivered via Twitter. Quick and efficient,with nothing extraneous involved. 150 words to get your information out there. Just you watch. And no, I’m not willing to bet on it unless you’re willing to front the money. Sony Pictures has debuted the poster for it’s upcoming Nora Ephron directed comedy Julie & Julia. The film stars Meryl Streep and the always charming Amy Adams as Julia Childs and Julie Powell, respectively.

The film is unique in that it’s actually based on two novels. My Life in France, Child’s autobiography, written with Alex Prud’homme, and a memoir by Julie Powell. Powell started documenting online her daily experiences in August 2002, cooking each of the 524 recipes in Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The Julie/Julia Project was then reworked into a book, Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Both books were published in the same 2004-2006 timeframe.

I actually used to not mind Nora Ephron films so much, until the dreaded You Got Mail. After that, I just sorta gave up. But hey, I will seriously watch ANYTHING with Amy Adams. Julie & Julia was both written and directed by Nora Ephron, and comes to theaters August 7th.

‘Blade Runner’ Webseries

Source: New York Times

Ridley Scott (Alien, American Gangster) announced that RSA Films, a new division of his commercials company, was working on a web-series inspired by Scott’s 1982 feature, Blade Runner. Titled Purefold, the series would consist of linked 5- to 10-minute shorts, aimed first at the Web and then perhaps television. The story will be set in distopyian Los Angeles at a point in time before 2019, when the Harrison Ford movie takes place.

I was never really into Blade Runner. I know the film bombed at theaters and has now taken on a cult status, but I just never got into it. However, if there’s one thing I loved about the film it was Ridley Scott’s direction. His dystopian future is one of only few that really stands out as an amazing work of art, like the above shot.

Ridley, Tony, and brother Luke are all developing the project along with David Bausola’s company, Ag8. Basoula isone of the creators of Where Are The Joneses?, a web sitcom which garners input about story and plot from it’s audience, and expects to do the same with Purefold. “It’s actually based on the same themes as Blade Runner. It’s the search for what it means to be human and understanding the notion of empathy. We are inspired by the film,” Bausola states.

The series won’t adhere too strictly to the film, it’s characters, or situations. Much of the material in the film was based on Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, to which the Purefold creators do not own the rights.He hopes the shorts will debut later this summer.

In a stunning move, the episodes in the series will be released under a Creative Commons license, marking the first time a major Hollywood director has embraced that alternative licensing scheme. The license means fans of the series can take the episodes and remix or otherwise repurpose them, and even make their versions available commercially under the same license.