The first images from the set of Live Free or Die Hard have turned up online. The movie is the fourth in the Die Hard franchise and again stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, who this time has to take down an Internet based terroist organization. 

Well although the pics don’t really show much, they hardly get you exicted about seeing the flick. And man does Bruce Willis look a bit out of shape for this role or what? It’s mainly in the face though, and what’s with that jacket?

Does anyone have hope for this movie with it’s hoaky plot, rubbish title and Len Wiseman directing?

Click here to see a couple more set pics

source – aintitcoolnews

As a red blooded male I find it’s my duty to report on every movie project starring not only Scarlett Johansson but Keira Knightley as well.

It’s been announced that Knightley’s next movie after Pirates of the Caribbean 3 will be The Best Time of Our Lives, written by her screenplay writing mother Sharman Macdonald.

Plot info from Coming Soon..

“Best Time of Our Lives is based on the true story of the complex relationship
between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, his wife, Caitlin, his childhood friend Vera Phillips (Knightley) and her eventual husband, William Killick”.

The movie will start shooting in April next year with The Jacket director John Maybury set to helm. I hated The Jacket with a vengeance, I was bored, confused and extremely irritated by the amount of flashing images that kept popping up on screen presumably to stop the audience from falling asleep.

But i guess you did get to see Kiera with out her top on again, so the £5 was worth it in the end. (Oh and yes that cover from Vanity Fair is relevant to the post, well kind of anyway).

source – production weekly, coming soon

93. The Iron Giant (1999) - Brad Bird

A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

The Iron Giant is the much forgotten about classic that is a fine example of how to tell a story using animation. The movie which is set in 1957, tells the fascinating story of a boy who try’s to keep a big giant robot who has crashed landed to Earth secret from the federal government at a time when paranoia was sweeping the nation. (Cold War, etc).

The movie even has time to reference all of the great science fiction movies and literature that came out around the time the movie was set, everything from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Superman comics can be found in this movie.

The characters and storytelling in Brad Bird’s film are as compelling as the characters in Toy Story, along with the heavily influenced Japenese style of animation which comes together to make one unique film.

And there’s a moment near the end of the movie where the moral message becomes obvious, “You can be whoever you want to be” and what The Iron Giant decides he wants to be gives you a chill down your spine. You can’t help but be moved by this film.

Oscar nominated Good Night and Good Luck star David Strathairn has been cast in the thrid installment of the Bourne Identity franchise titled The Bourne Ultimatum. He will play the leader of a secret operation who’s mission is to hunt down Jason Bourne, again to be played by Matt Damon.

Never seen the fascination with this franchise but I have only seen the first movie. I found it extremly predictable and was not half as clever a movie as it made itself out to be.

The Bourne Ultimatium is set to be released in August of 2007 with Paul Greengrass again on board to direct.

source – variety, coming soon

A Very Long Engagement (2004) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet

“A Very Long Engagement” tells the story of a a young woman, Mathilde’s relentless search for her fiancée, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Following on from his masterpiece Amelie, Jeunet’s next movie A Very Long Engagment once again saw him use the lovable Audrey Tautou in a film that is one of the most visually stunning that I’ve ever seen.

And the story holds up to. We are with Audrey Tautou at every point as she delves deeper and deeper into the mystery of what happened to her fianacee. We hope for a happy ending, which when it finally comes whether it’s a happy one or not is simply perfect.

The subplots along the way are intriguing to. A prostitue who brings gruesome revenge on the men responsible for her lover’s death and a superb turn from Jodie Foster add extra weight and drama to what could have otherwise been a drawn out affair.

I can’t help but post every single story that I find about Scarlett Johansson! It seems that she has signed on to play Mary Queen of Scots in a movie that will examine the heated relationship she had with Queen Elizabeth I.

The movie is expected to start filiming during the summer of next year, with no director or any other cast members announced as of yet.

Johansson sure seems to be a work a holic. She had no less than three movies released this year and according to IMDB will have five released in 2007. I’m not complaining though.

source - the hollywood reporter