Iron Man 2 ARG: AccuTech viral website

It’s just under a month away until Iron Man 2 blasts its way into Australian cinemas on April 29,  which is surprisingly a week before its US release date (let’s not ask questions just in case it’s a mistake, ok?). Like most big budget blockbusters nowadays, the marketing campaign for the film includes an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that sees faux, viral websites emerge online that are based from within the film’s world.

I’ve just been informed of a new [...]

Soderbergh assembles an epic cast for ‘Contagion’

After surprising many by casting adult film star Sasha Grey as the lead in his recent film The Girlfriend Experience, Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh has decided to enlist the crème-da-la-crème of A-List actors to headline his latest cinematic offering Contagion. In this action/thriller Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Laurence Fishburne will battle the threat posed by a deadly disease. Whilst exact character descriptions have yet to be revealed, it is [...]

Carey Mulligan signs on for biopic ‘Effie’

In her breakthrough role as Jenny Miller in An Education, Carey Mulligan captured the hearts of the entire world, with many labelling her as “the next Audrey Hepburn”. Since then, it seems that everybody wants a piece of the young actress, with the likes of Oliver Stone, Jim Sheridan and Michael Mann jumping at the chance to cast her in their films. Also keen to work with Mulligan again is Emma Thompson who, after co-starring together in An [...]

Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess to spend ‘One Day’ together

Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess are reportedly in early negotiations to star in One Day, the next feature film from Lone Scherfig, director of last year’s coming-of-age drama An Education. Based on David Nicholls novel, the film follows the love affair between Emma (Hathaway) and Dexter (Sturgess), who first meet in 1988 at their graduation and proceed to meet one day a year for the next 20 years, until they finally realise they are meant to be together. [...]

Glenn Close pulls on the pants for ‘Albert Nobbs’ adaptation

Returning to film after dabbling in television (her role as a tough-as-nails lawyer in Damages has earned her many  awards), Glenn Close will star alongside Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Amanda Seyfried in the forthcoming film Albert Nobbs.

In 19^th Century Ireland, Close plays a woman who, for the last twenty years, has disguised herself and lived as a man in order to take advantages of the luxuries, opportunities and wealth not offered to women. [...]

Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce join Kate Winslet in ‘Mildred Pierce’

For her duel powerhouse performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road, Kate Winslet won just about every major film award going, including the Oscar, BAFTA, SAG and two Golden Globes. Yet, there is still one coveted acting award not sitting in her trophy cabinet: the Emmy award. However now that casting is complete on her new HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce” further accolades, including the Emmy, are more than likely forthcoming.

Adapted from James M. Cain’s novel, [...]