Have you heard about this thing? It’s an English fantasy action film directed by Sngmoo Lee (no credits that we can tell of, but presumably a commercial or video guy overseas) and it’s about an Asian warrior (Jang) forced to hide in a small town in the American badlands.

Continue reading Trailer & Character Posters: ‘The Warrior’s Way’ Starring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush & Jang Dong-gun at The Playlist.

Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures shingles has hired Dana Stevens to adapt the R.L. Stine thriller “The Sitter.” It will be called “The Au Pair,” and will center on a young woman who flees a troubled relationship for a great summer job as a family nanny in a Hamptons beachfront vacation home.

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The Weinstein Company have unveiled their first trailer for the film and it looks like a fairly standard, but very accomplished piece of period Oscar bait. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush and Guy Pearce, the film tells the story of King George VI who overcomes his stammer with the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue.

Continue reading Watch: Trailer For TIFF Winner & Oscar Favorite ‘The King’s Speech’ at The Playlist.

The People’s Choice Award is usually used as a measure for future awards season potential as the past decade alone has found TIFF audiences rewarding the likes of “Amelie,” “Whale Rider,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Precious.”

This year’s winner (and ironically, the one the film the Playlist team managed to miss, argh) is Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech.” We kept hearing strong word about the film from our colleagues at the fest as the film, starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush and Guy Pearce, tells the story of King George VI who overcomes his stammer with the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue.

Continue reading ‘The King’s Speech’ Wins The People’s Choice Award At TIFF at The Playlist.

Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce, the film is catalyzed by the abdication of King Edward VIII — a tale that will be explored in greater detail by Madonna in her own upcoming royal family flavored feature “W.E.” — with his younger brother (Firth) deemed unfit to take over due to a stutter.

Continue reading First Look Clip: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush & Helena Bonham Carter In Tom Hooper’s ‘The King’s Speech’ at The Playlist.

The story centers on a powerful, ex-socialite matriarch (Rampling) and the array of characters — including her celebrated ex-patriate actor son (Rush) and her daughter who married into French royalty (Davis) — who convene at her deathbed and find themselves still under her destructive influence.

Continue reading Poster & Teaser Trailer For Fred Schepisi’s Period Family Drama ‘Eye Of The Storm’ With Charlotte Rampling & Geoffrey Rush at The Playlist.

This time around, Captain Jack Sparrow will apparently be chasing down the fountain of youth with Penelope Cruz, who may or may not be a trustworthy ally. Here is the summary:

In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love–or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

Continue reading Captain Jack Sparrow Will Chase The Fountain Of Youth In ‘On Stranger Tides’ at The Playlist.

Continue reading Full Trailer For Zack Snyder’s ‘Legend Of The Guardians’ Essentially Just 150 Seconds Of Slow-Motion Flapping at The Playlist.

Variety, always on top of breaking stories [insert eye roll], reported that the actor has returned for the film that starts shooting this week in Hawaii.

Continue reading More New Old News: Geoffrey Rush To Return For ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ at The Playlist.

The film is based on a novel of the same title by Nobel Prize-winning Australian author Patrick White and will be adapted by “Babe: Pig In the City” co-writer and “Happy Feet” co-director Judy Morris. The film will star Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, and Judy Davis, with a supporting cast that includes the filmmaker’s daughter, Alexandra Schepisi, as well as Robyn Nevyn, Colin Friels, John Gaden, and Helen Morse.

Continue reading Production Begins On Fred Schepisi’s ‘The Eye Of The Storm’ With Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling & Judy Davis at The Playlist.

For those of anxious to see the highly buzzed about “Blue Valentine” starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, you have a bit of a wait ahead of you.

Continue reading The Weinstein Company Sets Dec. 31 Release Date For ‘Blue Valentine,’ Picks Up ‘The Company Men’ & Schedules 2010 Slate at The Playlist.

Here is your first look at Zack Snyder’s upcoming children’s animated feature, “Legend Of The Guardians,” which was produced by the same team behind George Miller’s ‘Happy Feet’ films, Animal Logic.

Snyder originally described the film, based on Kathryn Lasky’s books, as “Lord Of The Rings” with owls. The story centering on Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.

Continue reading First Look: Zack Snyder’s ‘Legend Of The Guardians’ Photos & Trailer at The Playlist.

The latter is already well into production, and slated for release on December 9th, 2010 in Australia by Snyder’s home team, Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures.

Continue reading Zack Snyder Shoves More Up His ‘Ga’hoole’ at The Playlist.

Continue reading ‘Paranormal’ Scares Up $100 Million; Scorsese Ready For His Closeup; Colin Firth Stammers; Turteltaub Joins Greenpeace at The Playlist.

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