Ewan McGregor tells Details the Trainspotting sequel “might happen” and doesn’t speak to highly of Star Wars crazies saying:
I don’t have any experience with them. I’ve never been to one of the conventions. The people I meet are the fuckers who want me to sign Star Wars photos so they can sell them on the Internet or the people at premieres who are crushing children against barriers to get me to sign their fucking picture of Obi-Wan Kenobi. They’re not fans — they’re parasitical lowlifes and fucking wankers.
The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have signed on to write The Lego Movie 2, though no word on whether they’ll return to direct the sequel which is set for a May 25, 2018 release date. [Deadline]
Bruce Greenwood joins Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett in Truth for writer/director James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) telling the story of Dan Rather’s fall from grace. Redford stars as Rather with Blanchett playing Mary Mapes, Rather’s producer, based on Mapes’ memoir telling of the firestorm that erupted in September of 2004 after Rather reported that George W. Bush had received special treatment while serving in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. After it came to light that some documents were suspected to be forgeries, Rather’s reputation was badly damaged and Mapes was fired. Greenwood will play Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News, the man who ultimately fires Mapes. [THR]
As if you needed more Marvel movie news, Kevin Feige has confirmed the roster of the Avengers will be changed by the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron:
“The Avengers films, ideally, in the grand plan are always big, giant linchpins… It’s like as it was in publishing, when each of the characters would go on their own adventures and then occasionally team up for a big, 12-issue mega-event. Then they would go back into their own comics, and be changed from whatever that event was. I envision the same thing occurring after this movie, because the [Avengers] roster is altered by the finale of this film.”
And speaking of Age of Ultron, here’s a bootleg clip from the recent BuzzFeed]
Wesley Snipes will star in a remake of crime-drama Five Minutes to Live with Chuck Russell (The Mask) directing. The 1961 movie starred Johnny Cash and Vic Tayback as two thieves who conspire to rob a bank and hold the bank manager’s wife hostage. Russell wrote the script with Raul Sanchez-Inglis. [Variety]
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit, Ender’s Game) will star in The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight for writer-director-exec producer Dustin Lance Black (Milk). The film is based on Jennifer E. Smith‘s young adult novel following Hadley (Steinfeld) as she waits in an airport for a flight to London for her father’s second when she meets a young British chap and sparks fly. [Deadline]
Kelly Reilly (pictured above), Michael Irby, Abigail Spencer and Leven Rambin are lining up to star in the second season of HBO’s “True Detective” which revolves around three police officers, played by Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams, and a career criminal (Vince Vaughn) who must navigate a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder. [Deadline]
John Gatins (Flight) is set to write the screenplay for Skull Island, the King Kong origin pic that Tom Hiddleston will star in and Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct for a November 4, 2016 release. [Deadline]
[amz asin=”B00EGJ32A6″ size=”small”]Alex Garland (screenwriter of 28 Days Later and Sunshine) will have his feature directorial debut, Ex Machina, in theaters April 10, 2015 and now he’s lined up his next directorial project at Paramount, an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer‘s “Annihilation” the first book in VanderMeer’s “The Southern Reach” trilogy centering on a biologist seeking answers about her husband’s disappearance. [Variety]
There are new rumors surrounding the possibility of an all-female Spider-Man spin-off at Sony. [BAD]
Here’s the trailer for HBO’s documentary Banksy Does New York Trailer premiering tonight, October 31.
Finally, here’s the latest trailer for Paddington, this one featuring voice of Ben Whishaw as the stupid little bear that was previously to be voiced by Colin Firth. The film hits theaters on January 16, 2015.
