Paramount and Scott Rudin are teaming together for a new Christmas comedy that will feature battling Santas.  Mike White set to write the script for the film as well. The comedy is based on the true story of rival factions that developed within a union of professional Santa Clauses who became arch enemies during a Santa Claus civil war. Rudin will produce along with Mike White and his Rip Cord Prods. Rudin and White worked together previously on School of Rock and Orange County. I am sort of... Read Full Story

So my web buddies constantly chat how Twitter has instantly changed the way we stay updated on projects going in the film world. Now that every director, producer and hip entertainment fellow is on Twitter it makes it easy for us bloggers and industry commentators to really get those little updates and interesting stories to keep feeding the masses as well as our ourselves. Superherohype had some interesting reports from the Twittersphere that we had to share for you. First off they got wind ... Read Full Story

THR has confirmed Idris Elba has joined the cast of “Thor,” Marvel Studios’ upcoming superhero film about the norse god of thunder. The film’s cast is shaping up very nicely. Kenneth Branagh is directing, Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor; Tom Hiddleston is Loki, and Natalie Portman is portraying the main love interest, Jane Foster. Elba will play Heimdall. For those unfamiliar, Heimdall is the brother of the warrior Sif. He is the all-seeing and all-hearing guardian sen... Read Full Story

The Underworld series has been on a steady decline since the first film, but I now find myself in the strange predicament of being very interested in the fourth film. THR tells us John Hlavin, who previously wrote for “The Shield” has just been hired to write the fourth installment in Screen Gems/Lakeshore’s “Underworld” franchise. Len Wiseman directed the first two films in the series and will be producing the as-of-yet unnamed film. Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenbe... Read Full Story

Trouble-prone teen Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of school – but that’s the least of his problems. The gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology texts and into his life – and they’re not happy. Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, Percy and his friends must embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true thief, save Percy’s family, and unravel a mystery more powerful than t... Read Full Story

So as we know Lost: Season 6 will not be airing any new footage in the promos as we are told the first 4 eps have so much spoilerage material that it would kill the last season’s mystery and intrigue if they showed us anything. I can deal with that so in the mean time we have the promo posters to tie us over. Unfortunately this poster doesn’t do much for me in any way, fashion or form. In fact it looks a lot like the teaser poster we posted not to long ago. In order, those listed ... Read Full Story

The latest samurai project to hit Hollywood, 47 Ronin, finally has a director in Carl Rinsch. We first heard about this film last year and that Keanu Reeves was attached. Rinsch, who shoots commercials for RSA, has been on Hollywood’s radar for awhile. RSA owners Ridley and Tony Scott has even previously had discussions with Rinsch to direct the prequel to Aliens, until Ridley Scott decided to return to the franchise he launched. The film is based on famous fact-based story of a band of... Read Full Story

Awards Daily had this really cool “for your consideration’ ad for Disney’s UP. I got the ad via out friends at First Showing who were also psyched to see the ad. I my opinion the tone of the ad really focuses on the heart and the beauty of the film. Disney really wants to get this film a Best Picture and rightfully so as they were snubbed on Wall*E (rightfully so). I have never been a big Oscar follower as i always think its too political in more ways than one for its own go... Read Full Story

Just the other day as i was killing Opfor baddies and cussing out 10 year olds over multiplayer mode on the latest and greatest video game ever Call of Duty; Modern Warfare 2 I mentioned how a film for the Modern Warfare series would be a lot of fun. Surely enough a rumor has now been circulating that there will be especially with all voice talent the sequel has acquisitioned for the game. The New York Post recently spoke to Kevin McKidd (Rome, Grey’s Anatomy, Journeyman) who voices on... Read Full Story

FilmsActu.com has just posted a brand new international poster for The Wolfman, which is set for release on February 12, 2010. A Redux of the classic monster film this is one that has been shuffled around multiple times on the release date list. The story revolves around a man and upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf. The movie has a great cast though consisting of Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt... Read Full Story