If negotiations work out right, Ewan McGregor may soon be charging into battle against a bunch of giants. The famed actor is in the middle of talks to possibly be in Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Killer,” set up under New Line Cinema and Legendary Pictures. He could be joining a cast that already includes Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Billy Nighy and John Kassir. “Jack the Giant Killer” is a new take on the classic tale, centering on the young farm boy (Hoult) who ends up on a journey where he must save the princess that’s been captured by a fearsome giant. Now that the creature is holding the girl  [ Read More ]

Warner Bros. and New Line are scrapping the planned adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s comic book ‘Y: The Last Man,’ at least for the time being. Louis Leterrier, who directed such movies as ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and ‘Clash of the Titans,’ was at one time attached to bring the comic to the big screen. However, he said “I’d love to do it, but I need people to finance it, and the people financing it don’t know if it’s a TV show, a movie, or what it should be.” Director DJ Caruso was also interested in reuniting with with his ‘Eagle Eye’ and ‘Disturbia’ Shia LaBeouf star to bring ‘Y: The  [ Read More ]

September 22, 2010 – Production is underway on New Line Cinema’s fifth installment of the “Final Destination” franchise, which began back in 2000, with the original film quickly becoming a cult hit. The new victims of Death’s plan are part of a cast led by Emma Bell (Frozen, TV’s “The Walking Dead”) and Nick D’Agosto (Fired Up!, TV’s “Heroes”). The film is being shot on location in Vancouver, Canada. The second of the “Final Destination” films to be shot in 3-D, Final Destination 5 is being directed by Steve Quale, marking his major feature film directorial debut. Producer Craig Perry (“American Pie”) returns for the fifth time, working with executive  [ Read More ]

Apparently earning nearly $200 million worldwide carries more weight than the title The Final Destination, major emphasis on the the. According to Vulture, the folks at New Line Cinema have no plan to leave the franchise be as intended and are pushing forward with a fifth installment. None of the films were praised by critics, but the fourth reached an all-time low on the Tomatometer earning a measly 27%. Even the studio is baffled by The Final Destination’s success. One executive confessed, “It’s the worst film of the franchise. And that’s not my opinion; that’s everyone’s opinion.” Regardless, the film exceeded expectations at the box office and put the continuation  [ Read More ]

New Line and the ESPN cable sports channel will be producing the sports biopic “Mulkey”. Mike Tollin is attached to direct as well as co-produce the feature. The film is about the life of South Carolina firefighter and assistant high school basketball coach Louis Mulkey, who died while fighting a fire at a Charleston furniture store. The fire department then donated a memorial helmet to the school, who carried it with them to games. The helmet sat on the bench the following season in 2007, when the team won its first-ever state championship. Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen Rivele, who have previously worked on Michael Mann’s “Ali,” are penning the script.  [ Read More ]

Mark Pellington has been tapped to direct “The Orphanage” for New Line Cinema. The film, written by Larry Fessenden and Guillermo Del Toro, is a remake of the 2007 Spanish-language “El Orfanato,” which was directed by Del Toro protege Juan Antonio Bayona. A woman returns to the orphanage where she grew up as a child to reopen it as a home for disabled children. While there she discovers that her son’s new “imaginary friend” might not be so imaginary, as well as be connected to several ghosts from her own past. No casting news or release date has been announced yet. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “The Orphanage”  [ Read More ]

Despite numerous rumors to the contrary in the past two years, Shia LaBeouf, who is slated to appear in the upcoming “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, will not be starring in a big-screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s hit comic book series “Y: The Last Man”, which is slated to be directed by D.J. Caruso and written by Carl Ellsworth. Talking to Wizard Magazine, LaBeouf confirmed that he was not involved with “Y: The Last Man”, which told the story of Yorick, the literal last man on the planet Earth after a plague decimated humanity by killing off all the men and male children on the planet.  [ Read More ]

Actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Jim Carrey have signed up with New Line Cinema for a film adaptation of the musical Damn Yankees. Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Parenthood, Fever Pitch, Robots) are set to write the script with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the duo behind the Hairspray adaptation. Damn Yankees focuses on Joe Boyd, a happily married middle-aged man whose devotion to a unlucky professional baseball team prompts him to make a deal with the devil to help the team win the World Series. He’s then transformed into slugger Joe Hardy in exchange for Boyd’s soul. The devil produces Lola, a gorgeous vixen, to seduce the slugger and seal  [ Read More ]

“Disturbia” and “Eagle Eye” director DJ Caruso recently sat down and talked with ComingSoon.net, and among other things talked about the silver-screen adaptation of the hit comic series “Y: The Last Man” starring Shia LaBeouf. Caruso has been attached to the project, which New Line Cinema acquired the rights to, since 2007. Caruso said “I think it’s one of those that the source material is fantastic stuff, it’s great, but it’s a tough one to lick into getting into a screenplay. I’ve tried to feel like it’s a trilogy of movies and I think everyone sort of agrees, but at the same time, just getting the first movie right and  [ Read More ]

Check out the first official movie trailer for the upcoming comedy “Semi-Pro” by director Kent Alterman and starring Will Ferrell from New Line Cinema. Synopsis: Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA — a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song “Love Me Sexy” to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon’s franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the  [ Read More ]

By Patricia Martinez Okay boys and girls this is serious news. For some time now there had been rumors that Micheal Bay wanted to take a crack at the Friday the 13th series and see what he could do. Well now we will see this horror classic through his eyes. Micheal Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company has joined with New Line Cinemas (who hold rights to the franchise) to produce the remake. This project has been held up for a variety of reasons ranging from funding to getting a good script. Brad Fuller and Andrew Forum from Platinum Dunes have said in past interviews, they do want to have Jason  [ Read More ]