Posts Tagged ‘Scarlett Johansson’
Joss Whedon on possible Avengers return
The Avengers director Joss Whedon, divulging his thoughts to The Los Angeles Times on possibly helming the sequel. Oh yeah, did we mention that The Avengers 2 has been confirmed? Surprise! I'd be the first to admit that I'm a huge Joss Whedon fan, so as far as I'm concerned he could create Piranha 3DDD and I'd watch it, just because his...
Avengers Assemble box office takings are … wow!
Avengers Assemble (known as The Avengers in every other country) has had some inter-dimensional hype for a lot of the last year, and it has finally made its expected impact on the box office. It took $178.4 million in ticket sales before the US release. We were expecting it and we're still speechless. Joss Whedon's blockbuster...
Marvel Avengers Assemble – Review
What happens when you take a bunch of Marvel superheroes, throw in a famous villain and get man-of-the-moment director Joss Whedon to mix them together? The answer is 142 minutes of gripping adventure, hilarious banter and pure entertainment, of the kind that doesn't come around very often. Marvel Avengers Assemble is the kind of film that...
Unpacking the Pictures: Avengers Assemble
After being known for a while simply as The Avengers, publicity for the newly titled Marvel Avengers Assemble has been flying around the web like Iron Man on a mission. So we thought we'd take a closer look at the latest offering, which is supposed to whet our appetites for the April...
Home Alone 5 goes spooky
If you're home alone at Christmas it's not that bad - you have presents to open and a fridge full of turkey and Christmas pudding to get through. But if you're home alone with a ghost, no one can hear you scream.... In retrospect, Macaulay Culkin had it easy. The festive family franchise has gone from fun to freaky with the upcoming...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes Directorial Début
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to make his directorial début with a comedy film, for which the actor has also the screenplay. Gordon-Levitt began his acting career aged just 7-years-old, and has starred in everything from A River Runs Through It to (500) Days of Summer and Inception. Back in 2004, he also launched his own online...
Charlize Theron to play Princess Diana?
If you enjoyed The Iron Lady you will probably enjoy the upcoming £30 million biopic that is to be made about Princess Diana. And actresses are already being lined up to play the tragic princess. As casting gets under way the rumour mill is working hard. Charlize Theron (Hancock) is favourite to take the role, with Carey Mulligan...
Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson in Can a Song Save Your Life?
The latest trailer for The Avengers, starring Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson, may have only just landed - but it seems that the pair have already made plans to appear together again on screen. Ruffalo has reportedly signed on to play a record producer in the upcoming romantic drama, Can a Song Save Your Life? In the film he...
The Avengers teaser: “I still believe in heroes.”
It would certainly seem that Marvel believe in its super heroes. They chose to premiere the trailer for The Avengers on Super Bowl Sunday, in front of a world wide audience of 100 million. The Super Bowl is a massive advertising opportunity as millions tune in. Among the movie trailers that made an appearance: The Hunger Games and G.I....
World War Z and other films bring over £20m to Glasgow
Remember how the Scottish city of Glasgow is being used as a location for lots of films recently? Glaswegians were raving about how much money this would bring to the city, now it has been revealed that this has indeed happened. Last year we brought you the news that World War Z and Cloud Atlas were filming in Glasgow, which was expected...
The Avengers: The superhero lowdown
With The Avengers coming out on 27th April, we thought we'd give you a quick refresher course on each of the superheros who will attempt to save the world in the film. When Loki, the Norse god of mischief who was previously seen disappearing into a wormhole in Thor, decides it would be a good idea if he became king of Earth, not everyone agrees...
Scarlett Johansson to make directorial debut
Scarlett Johansson is all set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Truman Capote's novella Summer Crossing. 2012 is going to be a busy year for Lost In Translation's Johansson. She's already starring in three movies: Cameron Crowe’s We Bought A Zoo, Under The Skin and The Avengers, and now she's set to make her...
Interview: Director Simon Curtis talks My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn is certainly a incredible story with a star-studded cast, so it's little wonder that the film is already being heavily tipped for Oscar nominations. We interviewed My Week with Marilyn's director, Simon Curtis, to find out about the making of the film. After pursuing the rights to Colin Clark's two books (The...
First pics of Rooney Mara as Dragon Tattoo’s Lisbeth Salander
The first shots of Rooney Mara as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander have finally surfaced! There is loads of anticipation surrounding David Fincher's Hollywood adaptation of the first book in the hugely popular Millennium Trilogy series by Stieg Larsson. The Swedish version, starring Noomi Rapace in the role of Lisbeth,...
Somewhere – a review
Somewhere is the kind of film that if I hadn't been feeling rather melancholic and excited about spending and hour or so wallowing in my own self pity, would have really dragged and left me feeling as numb as the film's protagonist. Fortunately it didn't and I left feeling rather more upbeat about my life, and relieved not to be stuck in a vacuous...
Scarlett Johansson set to play sexy alien
Scarlett Johansson, actress, singer and model, is set to play a murderous extra terrestrial seductress in a film adaptation of Michel Faber's metaphysical sci-fi novel Under the Skin. The British project is set to be directed by Jonathan Glover, the man behind Sexy Beast. Many sites on the internet have got themselves into rather a lather...
Gwyneth and Scarlett get along really well, phew!
With the release of Iron Man 2, everybody has been more interested in the relationship between Gwyneth Paltrow and co-star Scarlett Johansson than the actual film itself. The two ladies have been having a fashion off on the red carpets and discussing how much they actually get on, well Gwyneth has anyway. Apparently during filming, the pair...
Nicole Kidman gives Woody Allen something to muse on
Consider Mia Farrow, Diane Keating and Scarlett Johansson all lasted at least four of his movies, Woody Allen must’ve been wondering what he did wrong when Nicole Kidman bailed on his latest project before filming had even started on just one. The Oscar winning Aussie was set to star opposite best pal Naomi Watts, as well as Josh Brolin, Anthony...
