In Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, giant monsters rise up from the Pacific ocean to wage war on man, and man responds by creating massive, powerful mech-suits to fight back the beasts. Meanwhile, in rip-off expert The Asylum's Atlantic Rim, that also happens, but due to trademark and budgetary constraints, now it happens in the Atlantic, the robots are controlled by looking like you're going bodyboarding, and the biggest star is Maverick and Die Hard 3 supporting actor Graham Greene. Otherwise, same thing. Here's the trailer:
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David O. Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro are reportedly getting in on the recent trend of re-murdering Kennedy with an adaptation of Legacy of Secrecy. Showbiz411 claims DiCaprio's Appian Way production company is finally moving forward with its option on the possibly non-fiction book, hiring on David O. Russell to write and direct the film about how the President really died: from a mob hit, duh. De Niro is said to be returning to both Russell's direction and his old mafioso schtick to play Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans kingpin who, before his death in 1993, supposedly said he was the one who put out the JFK kill order. Since then, his claim has been substantiated by evidence Kennedy was indeed shot.
The assassination has been a popular topic in the last couple years, with Tom Hanks and Jonathan Demme both already at work on their own projects on the subject. But seeing as Demme's further involves a time traveler meeting Elvis and other past celebrities, and Tom Hanks' involves Tom Hanks, Russell's take is at least unique in that it in no way resembles Forrest Gump.
Evidently, the Melissa & Joey fan community is not the vast well of discretionary income Melissa Joan Hart assumed it was. While Zach Braff is off spending his Kickstarter money on the extravagances of Mandy Patinkin, Hart this week was forced to cancel her Kickstart project you're just hearing about now.
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Just as J.J. Abrams has been given the keys to all our best space nerdery, it seems Christopher Nolan is getting handed all the action guys with cool toys and suits. The Daily Mail reports that, with Sam Mendes leaving the 007 franchise after Skyfall, the Dark Knight director has been approached to take over and finally name Michael Caine the new Bond.
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TheWrap reports Spike Lee has come on to direct Gold, a film Michael Mann was going to direct until he realized no golden riches would ever give him the pleasure of killing horses. Written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, the film tells the true story of the Bre-X mineral scandal, when it was discovered that the company's supposedly gold-rich mine contained only Goldschläger-level deposits. The focus is reportedly on "a rough-around-the-edges prospector," but as the incident occurred in the mid-1990s, we will unfortunately not be seeing an 1850s John Turturro shouting "tarnation," and that is the greatest fraud of all.
Featuring the film's main stars but, somehow, no visibly anguished women, here's the first full cast photo from the set of Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac. The image was released yesterday as part of the film's Cannes presence; though it's not showing there (the director hasn't yet finished its second chapter), production company Zentropa has revealed that the film will open in von Trier's native Denmark on December 25, marrying the Wise Men's trek with Charlotte Gainsbourgh's journey of sexual awakening. Happy Christmas!
Now, since Lars von Trier's typically understated style may have you missing a few of the subtle details of his porn tableau, I'll go over some highlights.
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In honor of their years creating memorable characters and providing powerful performances, seasoned actors Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline have been rewarded with a trip to Las Vegas, compliments of 3 Ninjas, Cool Runnings, and National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub. Once there, they'll be spending roughly 90 minutes referencing their ages, pretending to be drunk, and dropping prescription medication names, and to top it off, their fading lives will hit simultaneous peaks with a meet-and-greet with at least the LMFAO guy with the hair, if not also the other one. You can join in on all the excitement this November, but since it's understandably hard to wait that long, here's a little preview:
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Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim continues to be exactly what its premise suggests with even more footage of giant robots fighting giant monsters. If that sounds like something you'd like to see for yourself, have a look below at the new "official main trailer." If not, know that you're missing out on this big-ass metal dude all like BOOOOOSH in this idiot monster's face.
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