Deadline is reporting Adam Rayner and Eliza Dushku have been cast for a pilot for a new adaptation of the 1960’s spy thriller The Saint. Roger Moore, who starred as the lead character in the original series before taking the role of 007 in the 70’s, is set to produce
Variety has a complete look at the Screen Actor Guild Awards 2012 nominees for both television and film. Silver Linings Playbook and Lincoln each earned four nominations as did ABC’s comedy series Modern Family
Warner Bros. has released a (somewhat blurry) movie poster and new full-length trailer for Man of Steel, DC’s new Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill and directed by Zack Snyder. Although the new trailer doesn’t give away much more about the film’s plot than the earlier teaser trailer it does give us some strong hints that we are in for yet another origin tale as well as giving us glimpses of Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and Zod (Michael Shannon). Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, and Tahmoh Penikett also star. Man of Steel opens in theaters on June 14th.
We now have our first full-length trailer for director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer‘s The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp stars as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the The Lone Ranger. Helena Bonham Carter, Barry Pepper, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, and James Badge Dale also star. The Lone Ranger rides into theaters everywhere on July 3rd.
After his appearance of Jack Reacher this Winter, Tom Cruise‘s next project from writer/director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) casts the actor in the role of a soldier sent to a distant planet where he is ordered to destroy the remains of an alien race. Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zoe Bell, and Melissa Leo also star. Oblivion opens in theaters on April 19th.
In an open letter to fans of the show, Leverage co-creator Dean Devlin discusses the future of the TNT drama which still has not been renewed by the network to return for a sixth season. This means the remaining three episodes of the show’s Fifth Season, culminating in the season finale which airs on Christmas Day, may very well be the show’s series finale as well. The bad news is it looks like there’s a good chance Leverage is going away. The good news is, with foreknowledge that this could be a possibility, the producers put the original concept for show’s final arc of the series in place for this season. This means if the show is going out (which I certainly hope isn’t the case) at least it’s going out on its own terms and exactly as the show’s creators originally envisioned. You can find the full letter inside.
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