--Sylvester Stallone has opened up on the secret scene in "The Expendables" featuring himself, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and my greatest dreams come to life. According to the actor, Willis plays the man who hires Stallone and his titular team for "a death-defying mission," but there's another operative that could take on the job — none other than Stallone's longtime rival, played by Schwarzenegger. "I talked about this scene with these guys for a long time, but I never thought it would come to fruition," said Stallone. (PopWatch)
--NBC is going from "Heroes" to "Zeroes" in an all-new television project from "Crank" duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Titled "Zeroes," the one-hour NBC project will focus on a crisis situation's final hour. "We want to drop right into it and sustain the absolute most berserk state of crisis, when all of the options have been exhausted," said Taylor. (THR) Read more...
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It's okay to be afraid of the dark, just don't be afraid of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." Particularly not when you've got an actor of Guy Pearce's ("Memento") caliber attached to the ticket.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Pearce will star in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," a remake of a '70s ABC telefilm about "a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures." Read more...
Katie Holmes generally gets more press for being the wife of Tom Cruise than she does for her movie choices, but she may have finally landed on a role to regain her status as an actress. According to Variety, Holmes has signed on to star in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," a horror remake co-scripted, produced, and mentored by Guillermo del Toro. His protege (and former comic book artist) Troy Nixey will direct this as his feature film debut.
The film is based on a 1973 ABC made-for-television movie. The original centered Sally and her husband Alex, who inherit a mansion from her deceased grandmother. Creepy things begin to happen once she uncovers a bricked up fireplace. Hideous little creatures begin to torment her, and her husband becomes convinced that she's having a nervous breakdown. Read more...
By the time you read this, "The Extra Man" might already be shooting. Variety reports that Katie Holmes, Paul Dano, Kevin Kline, and John C. Reilly have signed on to the independent comedy based on Jonathan Ames' overlooked novel by the same name.
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, "Extra Man" follows a failed playwright (played by Kline) who makes his living as a male escort for rich, lonely widows on the Upper East Side. He finds himself acting as a mentor to Paul Dano's troubled and aspiring playwright. Read more...
On ABC’s lighthearted legal drama “Eli Stone,” it’s not uncommon for cast members to break out singing, dancing or fighting dragons, depending on what prophetic vision strikes titular lead Johnny Lee Miller, who plays the title role. But with the show’s second season, the surreal scenes receive a dose of Hollywood A-list in the form of Katie Holmes and Sigourney Weaver.
“I take the concept seriously of ‘guest stars.’ They’re our guests, and I want them to have a good time. That’s really the bottom line when it comes to how you attract people to come on the show,” series co-creator Marc Guggenheim told MTV News.
And letting the actors call the shots on what ways they’ll participate pumps up the fun factor across the board. Read more...
