By: Sean O’Connell Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film might save the franchise. It also might be a steaming pile. He was ready to move on from the series, but was lured back for a sequel, which I hope says good things about the story idea or character development. But so far, I have LOVED the steady introductions to the new automobiles Bay plans to use … Continue reading Transformers 4 Image Might Reveal The Stunticons
By: Sean O’Connell It sounds like Mark Wahlberg’s co-stars in the upcoming Transformers movie, the fourth in the franchise, are going to be … reality television stars? The Hollywood Reporter breaks the news that Paramount Pictures will host a reality television program to find four Chinese participants who will be given roles in Transformers 4. Creatively titled Transformers 4 Chinese Actor Television Search, the contest will be presided over by former … Continue reading Transformers Sequel Using Chinese Reality Program To Cast Four Roles
By: Katey Rich What on earth is Michael Bay bringing our way this summer? For the last five years that answer has been pretty predictable, as Bay churned out three Transformers movies that got louder and more obnoxious as they went along (OK, the third one was better than the second, but not by much). But this summer he’s changing things up with Pain & Gain, his first buddy … Continue reading Michael Bay Promises Transformers 4 Is Redesigning The Franchise
By: Eric Eisenberg After five straight years of making Transformers movies, Michael Bay promised to change things up with his next project – and it seemed like he was. Instead of going for some new major action blockbuster, he instead committed himself to Pain & Gain, a project that the director described as a Coen brothers-esque dark comedy about a group of muscleheads who try … Continue reading Mark Wahlberg And Dwayne Johnson Lift Weights And Kidnap People In First Pain And Gain Trailer
By: Eric Eisenberg William Monahan, best known for writing the Academy Award-winning script for Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, has found his next project. He has been selected as the latest writing to work on American Desperado, the long-gestating, Mark Wahlberg-produced adaptation of the book American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy by Evan Wright and Jon Roberts. Wright, who also wrote the book that the miniseries Generation Killwas based on, … Continue reading Mark Wahlberg’s American Desperado Ropes In The Departed Writer
By: Katey Rich Michael Bay is finally stepping way from the Transformers franchise next year by making, of all things, a dark comedy, teaming up with the dynamic meathead duo of Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg for Pain and Gain, due next year. It seems like a promising direction for a guy who started his career with the wry Bad Boys, but it won’t be … Continue reading Mark Wahlberg Considering Lead Role In Transformers 4?
By: Eddie Makuch The Uncharted film has lost another director. Variety reports today thatLimitless director Neil Burger has left the project after coming aboard during July 2011. Burger replaced I Heart Huckabees director David O. Russell, who left the captain’s chair for the film in May 2011. The site also reveals that National Treasure writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley have been tapped to rewrite the … Continue reading Uncharted film loses another director
By: Brendan Sinclair Yet another game-to-film adaptation has hit a stumbling block, as Variety reports that Oscar-winning director David O. Russell has cut ties with the big-screen version of Uncharted, citing “creative differences.” The Hollywood trade reports that the split was amicable. Russell’s departure likely means that the casting of big names like Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, and Robert DeNiro in key roles–while … Continue reading Uncharted movie loses director
Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are teaming up for another comedy together, though they won’t be on the same team this time around. The duo, who starred in The Other Guys are set to play the heads of opposing families in a football-focused comedy called 3 Mississippi. It now looks like a writer/director team may be on board to tackle the Warner Bros. film. According … Continue reading Mark Wahlberg And Will Ferrell Football Comedy Finds A Writing Team And Director
