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Val Kilmer Says He's Game For More 'Top Gun' Action

Posted 4/25/12 4:51 pm EST by in News


Fear not, "Top Gun" fans: Iceman's coming back, assuming he's still wanted.

Tom Cruise, Tony Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer are all reportedly on board for "Top Gun 2," according to an update from the leading man himself back in December 2011. But what about Val Kilmer, the man who butted heads with Maverick over land, sea and air as Tom "Iceman" Kazanski?

During a conversation about his newest movie "The Fourth Dimension" (we'll have much more on that for you tomorrow), Kilmer told MTV News that while he's "not yet" heard word from anyone asking him to sign on for "Top Gun 2," he's more than willing to get back into the cockpit.

"Sure, it would be fun," he told MTV. "I'd have to get a haircut, but anything for the role!"

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Tim Burton: 'Frankenweenie' Deals With Kids And Classroom Weirdness

Posted 4/25/12 3:26 pm EST by in Interviews, News


by Ryan Rigley

It’s been several years now since Tim Burton has graced the world with one of his stop-motion animated masterpieces: “Corpse Bride,” released in 2005. "Frankenweenie" appears to be a return to form for the famed director. The film expands upon the live-acion short film of the same name that Burton made early in his career, and is also somewhat reminiscent of previous works such as "Vincent" and "A Nightmare Before Christmas."

“It follows pretty much the ‘Frankenstein’ story," Burton told MTV News when we spoke with him at CinemaCon. "But I guess this version you could probably relate it more to those movies like ‘House of Frankenstein’ or ‘House of Dracula’ where they kind of throw in a bunch of other monsters. Also, I was very interested in just remembering school and the kind of politics with the other kids and the weirdness, how weird kids can be and just sort of exploring that classroom vibe.”

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Disney Confirms 'Muppets' Sequel, Pixar Announces Upcoming Movies

Posted 4/25/12 12:21 pm EST by in News


Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have been making the media rounds a lot lately, and their stop in Las Vegas yesterday brought some pretty exciting news. It was at Disney's CinemaCon panel that president of production Sean Bailey announced that there will officially be a "Muppets 2."

This is something we've heard plenty about already, like the fact Jason Segel won't be involved and the movie will introduce plenty of new characters. But it's nice to have the movie finally confirmed by Disney so that we know we can look forward to it coming out... well, eventually. Bailey didn't have any more details to share about the movie other than the fact it is actually happening.

However, Disney and Pixar animation chief John Lasseter did have some news about Pixar's upcoming line-up.

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Audience Gets A 'Unique Perspective' Watching 'Baseball In The Time Of Cholera,' Says Olivia Wilde

Posted 4/24/12 4:37 pm EST by in Interviews, News


We're big proponents of escapism. There's nothing like sitting down in a theater with popcorn and a soda and getting lost in another world where the rent isn't due in six days.

That's why when April rolls around and the Tribeca Film Festival gears up for another round of comedies and dramas, it provides us with a week and a half of relaxing breaks from the real-world. But every once in a while a documentary pops up that calls us to take a closer look at the world we live in and take action—such is the case with "Baseball in the Time of Cholera."

Filmmakers David Darg and Bryn Mooser co-directed the documentary that follows the story of Joseph. He's a young boy who joins a baseball league the directors started and begins to experience Haiti's cholera epidemic firsthand—an epidemic the UN is responsible for despite their denial. As victims grow and the disease spreads, the fight for survival and justice begins.

Olivia Wilde is an executive producer on the doc and MTV News sat down with the actress to talk about the film and her involvement. She told us she's "so proud" to be involved in the documentary because it tells the tragic and scandalous sides of the cholera epidemic "in a very human way."

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'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Trailer Kicks Ass And Eats Girl Scout Cookies

Posted 4/24/12 8:54 am EST by in News, Trailers


GI Joe

"It's G.I. Joe against Cobra the enemy, fighting to save the day! He never gives up, he's always there! Fighting for freedom over land and air!"

Sorry, if you really think you're going to be able to stop me from singing the "G.I. Joe" theme song all day long after the arrival of a brand new trailer late last night, you're horribly mistaken. That's right: there's an all-new "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" trailer today, clocking in at over two and a half minutes. Premiered by director Jon Chu at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the new "G.I. Joe" trailer is once again proving that despite what you thought of "Rise of Cobra," this Dwayne Johnson-starring sequel is not something to be ignored.

Check it out in full after the jump!

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Mel Gibson Joins 'Machete Kills,' Robert Rodriguez Likely Directing

Posted 4/24/12 8:00 am EST by in Casting Call, News


Reason number one why "Machete Kills" is going to be awesome: it's called "Machete Kills." It also has Danny Trejo once again in the lead role, for another. And now yet another reason to pay attention to Robert Rodriguez's grindhouse sequel: Mel Gibson is joining the cast.

Deadline reports that the controversial "Lethal Weapon" actor is "now in serious discussions to play a supporting role" in Rodriguez's second feature-length "Machete" film, after flirting with a part earlier this month. Exactly who he'll play is unclear, but if he's not directly involved in combat against the blade-wielding Federale, we're going to be angrier than Mel, assuming that's possible.

In other "Machete Kills" news, Rodriguez recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that he's likely going to direct the entire movie himself before moving onto "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For."

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Gina Carano In Talks To Join 'Fast & Furious 6'

Posted 4/23/12 4:42 pm EST by in News


Gina Carano

Mixed martial artist-turned-action star Gina Carano beat the crap out of more than a few famous faces in her breakout role in "Haywire." Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, she may be adding Paul Walker and Vin Diesel to that list very soon.

THR reports that Carano is in negotiations to join "Fast & Furious 6" as a member of the team bent on capturing the famed car thieves alongside Dwayne Johnson's character, Agent Luke Hobbs. Walker and Diesel are returning for their fourth appearances in the franchise, which found new life with its fifth entry, "Fast Five," last year.

Justin Lin is returning to direct, and the film is due out May 24, 2013.

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Johnny Depp's 'Lone Ranger' Look Inspired By Painting

Posted 4/23/12 3:30 pm EST by in News


The Lone Ranger

When we finally got a chance to see how Johnny Depp would look as Tonto in the upcoming Gore Verbinski film "The Lone Ranger," it was clear he had taken a definite departure from the incarnation that came before him. Though it seemed a bit over the top in the vein of Depp's other flamboyant characters, he said in a recent interview that he was actually trying to make the character more authentic than Jay Silverheels' version from the 1950s series.

"I'd actually seen a painting by an artist named Kirby Sattler, and looked at the face of this warrior and thought: That's it," Depp told Entertainment Weekly. "The stripes down the face and across the eyes... it seemed to me like you could almost see the separate sections of the individual, if you know what I mean. "

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Hugh Grant Talks Korean Slave-Owner Role In 'Cloud Atlas'

Posted 4/23/12 2:30 pm EST by in News, Video


Leave it to the Wachowskis to end their four-year-long hiatus from Hollywood with a movie as crazy and complex as "Cloud Atlas." The adaptation of David Mitchell's novel had stars like Susan Sarandon thinking it was "impossible" to make, yet she seemed pretty confident about the finished product. Hugh Grant told MTV News in a recent interview that he was similarly overwhelmed by the Wachowskis' pitch at first, but ended up having a great experience with the movie.

"It's the strangest film, strangest script, strangest offer I ever had. To play six small parts, all of them appalling killers and rapists, and some of them 85-year-old men and others Korean slave drivers. I thought maybe they were having a joke at my expense when they asked me to do it. So I said, 'Is this a joke?' And they said, 'No man, we love you!'" Grant recalled in a pretty convincing American accent. "And so I said, 'All right, I'll do it,' and I loved it."

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'Ender's Game' Will Take To The Stars On NASA Soundstage

Posted 4/23/12 11:40 am EST by in Interviews, News, Video


One of the movies we're most excited about in 2013 is "Ender's Game." The beloved sci-fi novel won us over since its release in 1985, and has been in discussions for a film adaptation ever since. It finally was greenlit last year, and we couldn't be more excited about the people who are going to be making the movie.

Turns out Bobby Cohen, who works with "Ender's Game" producer Roberto Orci, is pretty stoked too. When MTV News recently caught up with him on the "Now You See Me" set, Cohen played mum on details about the film's production, but he did express his excitement for the talent they had come on board.

"I have the great pleasure to work with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, who wrote 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Star Trek,'" he said. "Our other movie is 'Ender's Game,' based on the incredible book that people have been trying to make forever. A lot of directors have tried to do it. We have an amazing script. Gavin Hood is directing, we've got Harrison Ford, Sir Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld from 'True Grit,' Asa Butterfield from 'Hugo.'"

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