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Jeremy Renner Cast in ‘Mission Impossible 4’

The search for a new star to carry Paramount’s latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is over. Oscar-nominated star Jeremy Renner, who anchored Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq War...

Aug 26, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong

‘Norwegian Wood’ and Japanese Film in the 2000s

A teaser trailer was released last week for a Japanese film called “Norwegian Wood,” based on the worldwide best-selling novel of the same name. Written in 1987 by Haruki Murakami, the novel recounts...

Jul 26, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin

‘Inception’ preps for solid debut weekend

With its high-profile cast and elaborate special effects, “Inception” has all the makings of a summer blockbuster. But it also seems its critical success is as promising as its commercial success. At...

Jul 14, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin

David Fincher to Direct a ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Update in the Vein of ‘Star Wars’

With Hollywood mining comic books, toys, board games and established film and pop-culture properties like there’s no tomorrow, it was only a matter of time before Captain Nemo and his Nautilus would...

May 15, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong

TMA FilmCast #29 – Alice in Wonderland, Nicolas Cage

Dear Mr. Burton: What happened to you? You used to be so creative, have such imagination. You were strange, unknowable but always managed to imbue your films with such heart and feeling. From “Ed...

Mar 30, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong

Even Legends Flub Their Lines; Bogart, Cagney, Robinson Blooper Reel

Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney were the epitome of the man’s man in Hollywood’s golden age. They never missed a step, always knew the right (or wrong in Cagney’s case) thing to say. But this annual...

Feb 24, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong

The Black List 2009: Most Popular Unproduced Scripts

The Black List is a famous Hollywood list of the best, or at least most popular, screenplays “compiled every year from the suggestions of 311 film executives, each contributes the names of up to ten...

Dec 12, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

Charlize Theron the New Mad Max?

Charlize Theron to replace raving mad Mel Gibson’s iconic Mad Max? Maybe. E! News Online is reporting on information from “multiple sources” that say that the Oscar-winning sexpot is the front runner...

Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

‘District 9′ Star, Sharlto Copley, Offered Spot on ‘A-Team’

Ever since the announcement that a new film adaption of the classic television show, “The A-Team,” would be made, speculation and rumors have soared about who would fill those iconic roles. Already...

Sep 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

Megan Fox is Catwoman? Not So Fast

The Sun, a British tabloid, announced Wednesday that they had the scoop on a bit of casting news for Christopher Nolan’s followup to the unimaginably successful, “The Dark Knight,” for Warner Bros....

Aug 26, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

Ridley Scott, Leo DiCaprio Enter a ‘Brave New World’

Ridley Scott, the famed director behind futuristic dramas like “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” will take on the critically acclaimed and beloved dystopian work, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The...

Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

TMA FilmCast #17 – Public Enemies, Moon

Michael Mann’s highly anticipated depression-era gangster flick, “Public Enemies” gets the TMA FilmCast treatment this week. Does Mann’s foray into the controversies of digital video pay off, or...

Aug 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong

Jeremy Renner May Join Affleck’s ‘Town’

Jeremy Renner, star of Kathryn Bigelow’s recent critical success, “The Hurt Locker,” is in negotiations to join Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall in Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” says THR . “Town” is a romantic...

Jul 30, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong