CBS Films has moved Martin McDonagh‘s Seven Psychopaths from November 2 to October 12 following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The Coen-brothers scripted remake Gambit was originally slotted for that date, but CBS has moved it to an undetermined early 2013 release. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington‘s The Equalizer will hit theaters on April 11, 2014.
Additionally, Joe Wright‘s Anna Karenina has moved back a week from November 9 to November 16. After a short-lived stay at September 28, Warner Bros. has move the Clint Eastwood-starrer Trouble with the Curve up a week to September 21. Perhaps it will quietly show up at TIFF just as Hereafter did?
The Weinstein Co. has set a November 2 release for This Must be the Place starring Sean Penn. Fox has set a September 27, 2013 release for Runner Runner, a film set in in a $30 billion world of illegal online gambling starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake and directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer).
This is great, Bryan Singer reacts to parodies of his films The Usual Suspects, X2 and Jack the Giant Killer. [via Movieline]
John Lasseter gives some brief details on Lee Unkrich‘s upcoming Pixar movie centered on Dia de los Muertos. [Slashfilm]
Jennifer Ehle (Contagion) is in negotiations to join the cast of RoboCop as a character named Liz Kline. She joins Joel Kinnaman, Jackie Earle Haley, Gary Oldman, Hugh Laurie, Abbie Cornish and Samuel L. Jackson in the film, which is set for an August 9, 2013 release. [Deadline]
Here’s a fun video taking a look at forced perspective shots on the Lord of the Rings trilogy to create the illusion one person is much smaller than another.
Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell on “Game of Thrones”) has landed a supporting role in Ridley Scott‘s The Counselor joining an impressive cast which includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz and John Leguizamo.
Speaking of The Counselor, to the right is a pic of Brad Pitt on set playing a character named Westray, who advises Michael Fassbender as the titular character, a present-day Southwest lawyer, into a drug deal. Written by Cormac McCarthy, Fassbender’s character thinks he can dip a toe into the drug business without getting sucked down. A bad decision. He tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation, but can he? [THR]
Jason Clarke (Lawless) has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich‘s White House Down and will play Stenz, the leader of the mercenaries who break into the Executive Mansion. [Deadline]
Damon Lindelof discussed Prometheus with the Wall Street Journal. [Speak Easy]
Philip Seymour Hoffman discusses his role in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. [EW]
Finally, how about four new movies posters for Dredd, Lawless, Looper, The Expendables 2 (via Collider) and Django Unchained.
