mardi 31 janvier 2017

The Rats Of NIMH Movie Finds a Director

First time director James Madigan will helm The Rats of NIMH movie.

First time director James Madigan will helm The Rats of NIMH movie

It was announced nearly two years ago that MGM had secured the rights to develop a new theatrical take on author Robert C. O’Brien‘s enduring children’s classic, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Today, Variety reports that the film — which is being developed as a CGI and live action hybrid — has brought aboard first time director James Madigan. Madigan recently completed work as second unit director on the upcoming prehistoric shark thriller Meg. It also looks like the new film version with drop the Mrs. Frisby from the title and will simply be known as The Rats of NIMH.

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Published in 1971 with accompanying illustrations by Zena Bernstein, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH follows the titular Mrs. Frisby, a recently-widowed field mouse who faces impossible odds in the quest to move her family before a farmer’s plow comes through. The text was famously adapted as an animated film, The Secret of NIMH, by Don Bluth in 1982.

MGM has set Ice Age 5 scribe Michael Berg to script the new film, which has Daniel Bobker and Ehren Kruger are producing.

O’Brien authored a sequel to his original book, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, which was published in 1986. R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, a third book, was written in 1990 by O’Brien’s daughter, Jane Leslie Conly. The animated film version, meanwhile, received its own direct to video sequel in 1998 with The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue.

How do you feel about a new big screen version of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH? Is there anyone you’d like to see lend their voices to the film? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Inner City Movie: Colin Farrell Joins Denzel Washington

The Inner City movie is adding Colin Farrell opposite Denzel Washington.

Colin Farrell is in talks to join Denzel Washington in Dan Gilroy’s Inner City movie

The upcoming Inner City movie appears to have added another star today as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Colin Farrell is in talks to join Denzel Washington in the new project from Nightcrawler’s Dan Gilroy. Inner City marks Gilroy’s second feature film as both writer and director.

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Inner City will follow Washington as a Los Angeles based legal researcher. Following the death of his mentor, the lawyer is approached by a ruthless law firm that wants his help. Colin Farrell will play the slick lawyer that recruits Washington’s character.

Dan Gilroy earned himself an Academy Award nomination for his original Nightcrawler screenplay. Prior to sitting in the director’s chair on the 2014 thriller, Gilroy made a name for himself as a screenwriter, scripting films like Freejack, The Fall and The Bourne Legacy.

RELATED: Interview: Nightcrawler Director Dan Gilroy Explores the Underbelly of L.A.

Colin Farrell was recently seen in J.K. Rowling‘s Wizarding World. He played the role of Graves in last year’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Other recent projects include the dark comedy The Lobster and the second season of HBO‘s True Detective. He can be seen coming up in the latest from writer and director Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled.

Jennifer Fox, who previously worked with Gilroy on Nightcrawler, will again serve as producer on the Inner City movie. Check back for further casting updates on the project as they become available.

What do you think of the pairing of Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell? Does the plot for Inner City pique your interest? Let us know in the comments below!

(Photo Credit: Judy Eddy / Apega.com / WENN.com)

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Action Park: Johnny Knoxville to Headline Paramount Comedy

Johnny Knoxville will headline the Paramount Pictures comedy Action Park.

Johnny Knoxville is set to headline the upcoming Paramount Pictures comedy Action Park

Johnny Knoxville has a new project lined up today as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the Jackass star and producer is set to take on Action Park, a new comedy feature from Paramount Pictures and Knoxville’s own Dickhouse Pictures. Scripted by Knoxville alongside Silicon Valley co-creators John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, Action Park will be also produced by Knoxville alongside Derek Freda and Billy Gerber.

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Likely inspired by Vernon, New Jersey’s infamous real life Action Park, the Action Park imagines the disastrous consequences of a theme park run by Knoxville and his friends. Tim Kirkby, who has primarily worked on the small screen directing shows like Veep, Brockmire and Man Seeking Woman, will take the director’s chair on Action Park.

Knoxville is no stranger to working with Paramount. The studio released all three Jackass films as well as the 2013 release Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. Knoxville also lent his voice to Leonardo in the studio’s 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He did not, however, reprise the role for last summer’s followup, Out of the Shadows. Most recently, Knoxville teamed with Jackie Chan for last year’s action comedy Skiptrace.

Collectively, the four Jackass theaterical releases have brought in more than $487 million at the worldwide box office.

Action Park will begin production in South Africa this March.

Does Action Park sound like a project you’ll want to check out on the big screen? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

(Photo Credit: Kyle Blair / WENN.com)

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Nicole Kidman Eyes Atlanna Role in Aquaman!

Nicole Kidman may play Atlanna in the upcoming Aquaman movie. She's Aquaman's mom!

Nicole Kidman is in talks to play Aquaman’s mother, Atlanna, in the upcoming James Wan film

As the DC Comics adaptation swims toward production, Aquaman casting updates are breaking left and right. On the heels of a report this morning that sees The Get Down‘s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II up for the villainous Black Manta role, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Nicole Kidman has entered talks to play Aquaman’s mother, Atlanna. Both stars would join a lineup that currently includes Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and Willem Dafoe.

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Aquaman is set to feature the return of Momoa in the title role. Aquaman made a brief debut as the title character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He’s expected to play a much larger role in the forthcoming Justice League, set to hit theaters November 17, 2017. The Zack Snyder film is also expected to introduce Heard as Mera, Queen of Atlantis.

While the character’s origins have shifted a bit over the years Atlanna made her comic book debut in a flashback tale in 1959’s Adventure Comics #260. Initially, Atlanna — an Atlantean who fell in love with a human, Tom Curry — was depicted as having died before Aquaman came into prominence as a hero. In the modern New 52 continuity, however, Atlanna is a significantly more prominent character and faked her death in an effort to escape Atlantis’ oppressive rule.

Aquaman is expected to begin shooting in April.

RELATED: James Wan Talks Aquaman and Mera’s Relationship in the Solo Film

Next up in the big screen DC Comics universe is director Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman. Look for it to hit theaters on June 2, 2017.

What do you think of Nicole Kidman in the Atlanna role? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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