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WonderCon 2011: 300 prequel XERXES is very close to happening reveals producer

By PETER BROWN | 04/02/2011
300 movie poster | ©2006 Warner Bros.

During the press event for the Greek Gods action film IMMORTALS at WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, producer Mark Canton gave the low down on the planned 300 prequel XERXES. Canton says that 300 director Zack Snyder (who likely won’t return to helm) and Kurt Johnstad are working on the film already and creator Frank Miller is working on the script. “We have to very, very careful,” Canton says. “[300] is a movie that has been embraced in pop culture around the world. I feel like it will happen. We are very close.” IMMORTALS opens November 11, 2011 CLICK HERE […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: Potential BOURNE LEGACY actor Luke Evans comments on vying to star in the rebooted franchise

By PETER BROWN |
IMMORTALS teaser poster - Zeus | ©2011 Relativity Media

During the press event for the new Greek Gods action film IMMORTALS (opening November 11, 2011) at WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, Luke Evans answered questions about him vying for the new lead in the continuation of the BOURNE franchise in THE BOURNE LEGACY from co-writer/director Tony Gilroy. “It is a big deal – it is a fantastic role,” Evans says. “You have one actor [Matt Damon]  that portrayed the character three times successfully. I love the BOURNE films, but I would not be Jason Bourne in the film [the series is going to continue with another character]. I did […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: HANNA director feels his new thriller works as a story of female empowerment

By PETER BROWN |
Saoirse Ronan in HANNA | ©2011 Focus Features

During the press event for HANNA (which opens April 8) at  WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, director of the film Joe Wright talked about whether political or social messages played a big part in his film about a young woman who is trained to protect herself by her former CIA father in the wilds of Finland. “I hope that the film works on different levels,” Wright says. “It can be taken on a pure action thriller, but also we wanted to work in that responsible aspect and so it will be enjoyable by many different audiences.” And Wright isn’t shy […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: New SUPERMAN Henry Cavill finally talks about playing the MAN OF STEEL

By CARL CORTEZ |
SUPERMAN logo | ©DC Comics/Warner Bros.

It’s a given there’s a lot of excitement and anticipation surrounding Zack Snyder’s reboot of SUPERMAN alongside producer Christopher Nolan. And the announcement that Henry Cavill is the new Superman/Clark Kent brings with it a whole other level of mystery. So while at Wondercon 2011 promoting his new Greek Gods film IMMORTALS (arriving November 11, 2011), it was almost a necessity to get the actor to speak a bit about this landmark role. “I am excited about it,” says Cavill. “Who wouldn’t be? It is a mega-opportunity. We are just getting started and I can’t wait to get the suit […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: Saoirse Ronan reveals her rumored THE HOBBIT involvement

By PETER BROWN |
Saoirse Ronan in HANNA | ©2011 Focus Features

While promoting her new film HANNA at Wondercon 2011 in San Francisco, it was inevitable that Saoirse Ronan would have to talk about THE HOBBIT prequel. THE HOBBIT director Peter Jackson cast her in his THE LOVELY BONES and rumors have been swirling on the Internet for weeks that she’ll take a role in the anticipated LORD OF THE RINGS prequel. This is what Ronan had to say: “I would like to think that he would hire me for his next film,” Ronan says. “I love Pete, I really do. It would be great to be involved. But honestly nothing has […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: The scoop behind COWBOYS & ALIENS nine minutes of footage revealed

By PETER BROWN |
COWBOYS & ALIENS poster | ©2011 Universal Pictures/DreamWorks

At the 2011 WonderCon in San Francisco, COWBOYS & ALIENS (opening July 29), director Jon Favreau explained how it even shocked him that they got Harrison Ford to be in the film. “Harrison [Ford] was a late breaking idea because we never thought he would want to come back to genre,” Favreau says. Both Ford and Daniel Craig’s character begin at odds against one another in the first act of the film, but they must come together in order to fight this threat from above. Here’s what we saw during the panel for COWBOYS & ALIENS: A grizzled Old West […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: PRIEST star Paul Bettany reveals his most embarrassing moment on set

By PETER BROWN |
PRIEST teaser poster | ©2011 Sony

During the PRIEST press event at WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, Paul Bettany’s co-star Cam Gigandet threw him under the bus about an embarrassing moment where he had to have training wheels installed on his bike because it was too dangerous to ride. Of course, ASSIGNMENT X had to ask Bettany about it. “I had this big ass bike, and I was allowed to ride it if only it was a straight line,” Bettany says. “But when a stuntman came off the bike at about 35 miles per hour, they said that they weren’t too sure about me being up […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: TWILIGHT star Cam Gigandet says PRIEST vampires are hard core

By PETER BROWN |
PRIEST movie poster | ©2011 Sony

While promoting his new action-horror film PRIEST about a warrior priest who takes down a world overrun with vampires, TWILIGHT and NEW MOON star Cam Gigandet says his new movie features bloodsuckers who could take down any other movie vampire if necessary. “These vampires aren’t like anything else you’ve seen before,” says Gigandet. “They are monsters. They are bad ass. And they can take on any of these other genre of vampires and snap them like that [snaps fingers].” PRIEST about a warrior priest who wipes out vampires opens May 13 in 3D. CLICK HERE to read about PRIEST star […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: New SNOW WHITE Lily Collins talks about landing her fairy tale role

By PETER BROWN |
Lily Collins in THE BLIND SIDE | ©2009 Warner Bros.

While promoting her new summer vampire film at WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, actress Lily Collins (daughter of pop star Phil Collins) revealed how she was cast in the new SNOW WHITE film to be directed by Tarsem Singh. In the new film, Snow White teams up with the seven dwarves to take down the Evil Queen playing by Julia Roberts. “Two days ago I met and read for the film,” explains Collins. “I got off the plane [in San Francisco] and found out I was cast. It was literally that fast. I know this was something so many girls […]Read On »


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WonderCon 2011: What’s up with a PERCY JACKSON sequel? Even actor Logan Lerman doesn’t know.

By PETER BROWN |
PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF movie poster | ©2010 20th Century Fox

During the press event for THE THREE MUSKETEERS during WonderCon 2011, actor Logan Lerman commented on the prospects of a sequel to last year’s successful PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS. “I don’t know anything about it,” he says. “I haven’t heard anything but I’m excited about it.” Well, not a heck of a lot, but let’s hope they greenlight the sequel soon or Lerman’s going to be all grown up. CLICK HERE to hear Logan Lerman’s thoughts on his new film THE THREE MUSKETEERS CLICK HERE to check out all of ASSIGNMENT X‘s WONDERCON news and you can also follow […]Read On »


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