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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – July 30, 2009

Niall Browne — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:01:51 +0000

In the Wrap Up this week:

Warner Bros get jiggy with their release dates; Paul W.S. Anderson is The Warded Man; Schwentke sees Red with Willis and Freeman; [UPDATED] Will Spielberg helm Helm? Russell Crowe and Paul Haggis are busy for The Next Three Days and Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes are Southbound.

1. Warner Bros seem to be conducting a merry dance of release date shuffles. The water tower studio has changed the release dates of three high profile films.

A Nightmare on Elm Street has been pushed back two weeks from April 16, 2010 to April 30th.

Meanwhile the Josh Broli n/ Megan Fox comic book western Jonah Hex has been moved forward from August 30 to June 18 2010. This switch to a prime mid-summer slot gives the indication that Warner Bros have a lot of confidence in the film, as late ...

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John Cusack Enters The Factory

Niall Browne — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:54:44 +0000

Everyone likes John Cusack. He’s one of the few actors who rarely phones in a performance and even his “paycheck” films are worth watching- including Must Love Dogs, barely.
In recent years Cusack seems to have been the go-to guy for mid-budget psychological thrillers, with the likes of Identity and this year’s 1408.

Cusack has now signed up for The Factory, a new thriller for Joel Silver’s Dark Castle shingle.
The films tells the story of a cop on the trail of a serial killer, who according to the Hollywood Reporter “drops any professional restraint and goes all out to get the killer” when his daughter goes missing.

This all sounds very generic and if it’s from Dark Castle (the company behind Gothika and the House of Wax remake amongst others) then it probably is, however I do have ...

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