Peter Morgan (“Frost/Nixon”) has been announced as joining the writing team of the next James Bond film, alongside James Bond veterans Robert Wade and Neal Purvis. Morgan wrote both the the play and screen versions of “Frost/Nixon,” as well as the award-winning films “The Last King of Scotland” and “The Queen.” He is also writing “The Special Relationship” for HBO and “Hereafter” for DreamWorks. Recent Quantum of Solace star Daniel Craig has already signed on to star in the next untitled Bond film. No other information has been released yet. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest James Bond movie news and more. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)

Comedian Jack Black and Michael Cera Talk NBA Finals in this promo clip for the upcoming film “The Year One” by director Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze This) and starring Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, Master of Space and Time), Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars), David Cross (Cat Tale, Arrested Development), Juno Temple (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Olivia Wilde (Tron 2.0). Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Stay tune to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Year One”.

Superhero Hype is reporting that Timur Bekmabetov has confirmed that the tentatively-titled “Wanted 2″ is in the works, a follow-up to last summer’s adaptation of “Wanted”, the cult comic book by Mark Millar. Bekmabetov told “RIA Novosti”, a Russian news site, that “In July we will start preparation for the film. I think in the late autumn or winter shooting will be performed. The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia.” He is also planning on bringing back Angelina Jolie’s character of Fox, who died in the first film, as well as the character played by Kostya Khabenskiy, who also starred in Bekmambetov’s breakout films “Night Watch” and…

Check out the first official movie poster featuring Paul Giamatti from the upcoming comedy “Cold Souls” by director Sophie Barthes (Happiness) and starring Paul Giamatti (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, John Adams) and Emily Watson (The Water Horse, Equilibrium). Synopsis: In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes Cold Souls, a metaphysical comedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company…

Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the long-rumored and long-in production live action adaptation of “Akira”, the groundbreaking 1982 manga by Katsuhiro Otomo that was the basis of the 1988 anime movie of the same name, is officially dead in the water. The site broke the news last year of the live-action adaptation of the cyberpunk anime classic about biker gangs, government corruption, and psychic warfare, with Ruairi Robinson directing. However, Robinson has left the project and the whole thing is, according to the site, “dead as a doornail”. Originally running from 1982 to 1990 before being collected into six volumes, “Akira” was adapted into a critically-lauded animated movie in 1988,…

This week Fullmoondirect.com will be posting daily behind the scenes footage of the shooting of Puppet Master: Axis of Evil. Here’s the news from Charles Band (Puppetmaster, Evil Bong II: King Bong, Trancers). “We’re shooting our most ambitious film in years: Puppetmaster: Axis of Evil! This project was extremely difficult to put together but we’re ready and we will be making a kick-ass film! and since many of you have asked – There is a new far-out and awesome puppet in it!” He goes on to say “Last but not least!!! We will be doing a vidcast every day from the set of Puppetmaster: Axis of Evil in China!!! This…

Just to torment all of you Taylor fans, here’s a few more of him and Selena Gomez enjoying the day in Vancouver. Taylor Lautner plays Jacob Black in the upcoming Twilight movie entitled The Twilight Saga: New Moon based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. “New Moon” stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and New Moon. Film Synopsis: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her…

Check out the latest Inside Reel interview with Common and Moon Bloodgood on the sci-fi action film “Terminator Salvation” by director McG (We Are Marshall) and starring Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Josh Brolin and Common. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Terminator Salvation. Synopsis: Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor…

The Inside Reel recently interviewed director Tony Scott on the upcoming film “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ by director Tony Scott (The Warriors, Deja Vu, True Romance, Top Gun) and starring John Travolta (From Paris with Love), Denzel Washington (The Book of Eli), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Jason Butler Harner (Possible Side Effects, Fringe), Brian Haley (Gran Torino) and John Turturro (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). Movie Synopsis: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garbe into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. Stay tuned to…

Here’s another pretty cool fan made movie poster from the upcoming Twilight movie entitled The Twilight Saga: New Moon based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. “New Moon” stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and New Moon. Film Synopsis: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities…