The Australian actor — who has serious Broadway chops — plays Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper’s (“The King’s Speech“) big-screen adaptation of the famed musical. Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and Helena Bonham Carter also star. Russell Crowe rounds out the cast as the evil Javert.
(via TotalFilm)
ComingSoon has 27 of ’em for those of you who are totally dedicated. Here’s just a few from the John Cusack-starring film about the fictional adventures of American gothic horror author Edgar Allen Poe. The lovely Alice Eve also stars.
Here’s your first look at some of the nine character posters for Tim Burton’s reboot of the American horror-soap. Johnny Depp, Eva Green and Michelle Pfeiffer, among others, star.
Ok. I admit it. I’m starting to get a little nerded out for this movie. At first, I was skeptical. The 2010 reboot of one of my favorite pics was sub-par at best. And the post-production layer of 3D that got slathered on added absolutely nothing at all — except for an unnecessarily high ticket price.
But I so love the 1981 original with Harry Hamlin and I’m such a geek when it comes to Greek mythology. Put it down to the third-grade English teacher who first introduced me to the stories of the gods of Olympus. It’s been more than thirty years and my love for those stories continues unabated.
So here’s a featurette from the upcoming “Wrath of the Titans” that gives us our first glimpse of the legendary Chimera. Sam Worthington returns and Rosamund Pike replaces the luminous Gemma Arterton. We’ll have to see how that works out.
(via HeyUGuys)
So we’ve all heard that the new adventures of your favorite member of the X-Men will be based on Frank Miller’s landmark run in the 1980s. That’s the one that placed Logan in Japan? Remember?
Via HeyUGuys, here’s what’s believed to be the first poster for the movie, titled simply “The Wolverine.” Hugh Jackman returns in the title role.
Via HeyUGuys, here’s some pretty dramatic shots from the Joss Whedon-directed superteam flick. It opens in May.
From ShockTilYouDrop, here’s your first look at the poster for the horror movie starring Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis and Alexandra Holden. Eduardo Sanchez directs.
Apparently realizing he hit box office gold with last year’s “Midnight in Paris,” the director sets up shop in The Eternal City for the comedy that stars Jesse Eisenberg, Penelope Cruz, Greta Gerwig, Roberto Benigni, Ellen Page, Alison Pill, Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis and even Allen himself.
Here’s a few stills from the movie:
(via TotalFilm)
If there’s anything better than one “Hunger Games” post in a single morning, it’s two “Hunger Games” posts in a single morning. Here’s star Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen) talking to Brit film site TotalFilm about the movie:
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