By Borys Kit and Jay A. Fernandez – Hollywood Reporter
Adrien Brody will star in “Robert Rodriguez’s Predators,” a reboot of the sci-fi franchise.
Topher Grace is in negotiations to join the action-adventure movie, to which Alice Braga (“I Am Legend”), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (“The 4400″), Walt Goggins (“The Shield”), Rodriguez mainstay Danny Trejo and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov have also been cast.
Nimrod Antal, who directed the Hungarian film “Kontroll,” is at the helm of the 20th Century Fox movie. Rodriguez is producing with Elizabeth Avellan.
Written by Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, the script follows a group of elite warrior types who are being hunted by members of a race of merciless alien trackers called Predators.
Brody plays a man who ends up inheriting the role of leader and is known as a hunter of men. Grace would play an accountant type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer.
Braga is the tough female killer. Ali is a man not afraid to die, Goggins is the loose cannon of the group, and Taktarov is a former Russian special ops agent.
Trejo, already cast, is Cuchillo, a hardened warrior with twin uzis strapped to his back.
Shooting begins next month in Hawaii, then moves to moves to Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin. The movie is slated for a July 9, 2010, release.
Brody was last seen in Dario Argento’s “Giallo” and next voices the character of Rickity in Wes Anderson’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Grace will next be seen in the ensemble romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day.”
Even though Seth Rogen has been trying to convince fans that everything is proceeding smoothly on “The Green Hornet,” Columbia Pictures has just announced that it has moved the film from its July 7th, 2010 release date to December 17th, 2010.
“We’re both relieved and psyched about the change,” Rogen told HitFix. “It gives more time for post, which would have been immensely rushed if we were to come out in the summer.”
He continued: “It also affords us more time to promote the film, (now we can go to Comic-Con with more than a car!) and ultimately is a great vote of confidence from the studio. We got the same date that movies like ‘I Am Legend’ and ‘Avatar’ are getting, so we’re thrilled to be there.”
It is believed that the five month delay is created at the hands of Stephen Chow, who first signed to direct and star in “The Green Hornet” and then abandoned both positions. And since Columbia couldn’t have the Summer release, it was forced to push the film till December, another popular month for action films.
GoreMaster News is excited about the world premier of the new Horror Movie Dog on May 29!
Great tagline! “His territory is marked in blood”
The Storyline: A vast salvage yard, lies nestled in the woods, on the edge of a Mid-Western town. Owned and operated by a pair of sadistic, murderous brothers, the yard is a place of death and unimaginable horror. At night, the salvage yard is watched over, not by canines of the four-legged breed, but by “Dog”, the owners’ tormented younger brother. Warped by years of abuse at the hands of his brothers, horribly deformed by generations of in-breeding, the feral boy (more beast, than man) prowls the shadowy confines of the junk yard, slaughtering anyone foolish enough to enter after night falls.” There’s more, of course…much more!
Timothy Gates (Next Victim, Impact) is the Director, Cinematographer and Editor
Jeff Solano ( I am Legend, American Ganster, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) is the Producer
The Crew:
Vincent J. Guastini (In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale , Scary Movie 4 , Dogma) creature effects creator and supervisor
And here are your special makeup effects artist’s:
Christopher C. Bowen (Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Magic Mentah)
James Korloch (The Beacon, The Pig People, ‘The Dark Path Chronicles, Housesitter: The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain)
Katrena Mannor
Additional Special Effects by:
V.G.P. Effects And Design Studio (The Dark Path Chronicles – TV series)
Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP), a division of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), announced that it completed the restructure of its film production facility on. Also 2 key executives are exiting. Dana Goldberg, the president of production, is leaving with a year still to go on her contract. And Jeffrey Lampert, the EVP of physical production, is going to transition to a consulting role.The restructure, led by Rabobank International and JP Morgan Chase, with current financial accommodation of $900 million and provision for additional capacity of $350 million, includes the permanent financing of the 2008 releases Get Smart, Nights in Rodanthe, Yes Man and Gran Torino which were produced in partnership with Warner Bros.
VREG Chairman, Graham Burke, and VREG CEO, Greg Basser, in announcing the restructure, said, “This restructure would not have been possible without the ongoing loyalty and commitment shown to us by our partners at Warner Bros. and Time Warner. We also pay tribute to our lead banks, Rabobank and JP Morgan Chase, who have steered complex negotiations to a successful conclusion in this unprecedented economic environment.”
“We are extremely pleased that Village Roadshow has achieved its financial goals,” said Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros. “The company has been an excellent partner for over 30 years, and they are terrific people. We look forward to continuing our successful relationship and to many more years of making great movies together.”
VRP’s upcoming films for 2009 include the live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book Where The Wild Things Are from director Spike Jonze set for release on October 16. Also scheduled this year is Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law and directed by Guy Ritchie, which arrives in theaters on Christmas Day.
In its twelve-year history, Village Roadshow Pictures has become a leading independent coproducer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, having produced in excess of 60 films including, as co-productions with Warner Bros., The Matrix trilogy, the Ocean’s series, Happy Feet, Mystic River, Analyze This, Miss Congeniality, Two Weeks’ Notice, I Am Legend and Gran Torino.
Harold Ramis film is describedas an Adventure Comedy. “Year One” has a fun tagline: “Meet your ancestors”
Here’s the story: A couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
The stars bring a lot of comedy experience with names like Jack Black, David Cross, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria and many more.
John Blake (Planet of the Apes, Dracula, Pet Sematary) is the makeup department head
Kim Ayers (Angels & Demons, The Office ) is the key makeup artist,
Lisa Reynolds ( Zombieland,The Gravedancers, Boxing Helena ) is the special effects foreman
Collin Fowler (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Van Helsing, Blade Runner) is the visual effects coordinator
Hammerhead Productions (Cloverfield, I Am Legend, Queen of the Damned) contributed with visual effects
Expect a June 19 release for this Apatow Production
Special Effects fans, one of the more exciting new TV shows out there is Fringe. The plot: The FBI teams up with a formerly-institutionalized scientist – who was performing experiments on the fringe of real science – and his son to investigate weird crimes that are seemingly part of a larger pattern, and may be connected with a global company called massive Dynamics.
Lot’s of experience goes into what we’ll see on the small screen:
Kymbra C. Kelley (The Sopranos, Cashmere Mafia) is the makeup department head.
Conrad V. Brink Jr.( I am Legend, Indiana Jones, Cloverfield) is the special effects coordinator.
Christopher Scollard (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Alien: Resurrection, Fight Club) is the visual effects supervisor for the New York crew.
Jay Worth (Cloverfield, Lake Placid, Lost) is thevisual effects supervisor for the Los Angeles crew.
