Cinema News

• ComingSoon.net Hits SXSW '10! March 11, 2010
  For the first time in many years, ComingSoon.net will be going down to Austin, Texas later this week for the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival (a.k.a. SXSW), a subdivision of one of the largest and most prominent music festivals in the country. Unfortunately, we'll only be there for three days, which means we're going to try to fit as much […]
• Stargate Universe Season 1.5 Trailer Photos March 11, 2010
  New episodes of Syfy's "Stargate Universe" will start airing on Friday, April 2nd at 9/8c and we've got the new trailer and photos. "SGU" follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors eme […]
• The Full New Twilight: Eclipse Trailer March 11, 2010
  Summit Entertainment has provided ComingSoon.net with the full new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , opening in theaters and IMAX on June 30. Directed by David Slade from a script by Melissa Rosenberg, the sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan […]
• Robert Pattinson and the Cast of Remember Me March 11, 2010
  Robert Pattinson's instantaneous and often overwhelming star power is fantastic for the moment. But what happens when "The Twilight Saga" comes to a close and his herds of adoring fans find another up and comer to fawn over? If Pattinson has anything to do with it, he'll have moved on from simply being a Hollywood heartthrob and have est […]
• Exclusive: Hathaway and Sturgess Attached to Scherfig's One Day March 11, 2010
  ComingSoon.net got a chance to talk exclusively to Diary of a Wimpy Kid producer Nina Jacobson on Wednesday and she told us more about her upcoming projects. Jacobson revealed to us that she's producing an adaptation of author David Nicholls' One Day , to be directed by Lone Scherfig ( An Education ). "That is supposed to go this summer i […]
• WB Turning Leonardo Da Vinci Into an Action Hero March 11, 2010
  Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up action-adventure treatment Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever from producer Adrian Askarieh, who is teaming with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. Da Vinci is known as having been a painter ("Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper), inventor, engineer, architect and mathematician. The project re-i […]
• Clint Eastwood Directing J. Edgar Hoover Biopic March 11, 2010
  Clint Eastwood will next direct a biopic of controversial FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, says The Hollywood Reporter . Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment will produce. Hoover was the first Director of the FBI of the United States. He was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972. Hoove […]
• It's a Big Year for Steve Martin March 11, 2010
  Steve Martin is in negotiations to star alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson in comedy The Big Year at Fox 2000. Based on Mark Obmascik's 1998 book "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession," the film is about three men who try to outdo each other in a bird-watching competition to spot the rarest birds in North America. The ri […]
• The Full New Trailer for Robin Hood March 11, 2010
  Universal Pictures has released the full new trailer for director Ridley Scott's Robin Hood , coming to theaters on May 14. The action-adventure stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Lea Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Danny Huston and Max von Sydow. Crowe stars as the legendar […]
• Segel and Helms Team for Jeff Who Lives at Home March 11, 2010
  Jason Segel ("How I Met Your Mother") and Ed Helms ( The Hangover ) are starring in Jeff Who Lives at Home , a stoner comedy from Mark and Jay Duplass that will probably be distributed by Paramount. Shooting starts next month in Louisiana. The Duplass brothers, who are writing and directing the film, are producing with Jason Reitman via his Right […]
• Gary Fleder to Direct Protection March 11, 2010
  Gary Fleder will direct the thriller Protection for 20th Century Fox. John Davis is producing via his Fox-based Davis Entertainment. The story centers on a college professor who investigates the disappearance of his wife and daughter and who must confront authorities at the Witness Protection Program to find them. Mark Bomback has been brought on board t […]
• Oldman, Akerman and Ventimiglia Join Empire March 11, 2010
  Gary Oldman, Malin Akerman and Milo Ventimiglia will star in the independent gangster film Criminal Empire for Dummys . Michael Clarke Duncan and Harvey Keitel are also attached. Cliff Dorfman ("Entourage," upcoming Warrior ) is making his feature directorial debut and helming from his own script. The movie centers on a charismatic young man (V […]
• New Tron Legacy Billboard! March 10, 2010
  Walt Disney Pictures has provided us with a new billboard for Tron Legacy , opening in 3D theaters and IMAX 3D on December 17. You can get a bigger version of the billboard by clicking on the image below (and save it to your desktop in the gallery for an even larger version). In related news, Disney Parks has announced that the Monorail trains at Wal […]
• Writers Already Penning Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules March 10, 2010
  ComingSoon.net talked exclusively to Diary of a Wimpy Kid producer Brad Simpson, who told us that they are ready to get started on a sequel if the first film is a success. The March 19 release is based on the first out of four books. A fifth book is coming to stores this year. "Our screenwriters are writing a sequel right now, "Rodrick Rules, […]
• The Chipmunks are Coming in 3D, Wall Street Bumped March 10, 2010
  20th Century Fox has announced that Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D , the third installment in the franchise, is coming to theaters on December 16, 2011. Combined, the first two films earned an impressive $791 million in theaters worldwide. Fox has also decided to move back Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps from April 23 to September 24. The […]