The latest from director Ron Howard examines the real-life legendary Formula One rivalry between drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) during the 1976 season that even the catastrophic injury to Lauda couldn’t stop. Olivia Wilde, Natalie Dormer, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, Christian McKay, and Joséphine de La Baume also star. Rush races into theaters on September 20th.
We have a new trailer for Now You See Me which stars Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Woody Harrelson as a group of talented magicians pulling off impossible robberies but not keeping any of the money for themselves. Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Mélanie Laurent, and Michael Kelly also star. The film opens in theaters on May 31st.
Another post-apocalyptic class warfare movie (because the last one was so good)? Well, at least Elysium was written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and stars Matt Damon as the man destined to “bring equality to the polarized worlds.” Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, and former Bond Girl Talisa Soto also star. Elysium opens in theaters on August 9th.
Film School Rejects has an interview with David Slade in which the director talks about his vision of a Daredevil movie involving the character’s original yellow costume, the Kingpin, and the Irish mafia
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that actor Luke Evans has been cast to star in Universal Studios’ new Dracula film from first-time feature director Gary Shore
Deadline is reporting Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez have been cast in the biopic of boxer Roberto Duran Hands of Stone
In yet another Hollywood remake, Chloë Grace Moretz walks in the footsteps of Sissy Spacek by taking on the role of Stephen King’s Carrie in this tale of an odd high school girl who uses her new-found telekinetic powers to exact revenge on other high school students who bully her. Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort, Alex Russell, Portia Doubleday, Michelle Nolden, and Cynthia Preston also star. The new version of Carrie opens in theaters on October 13th.
