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New Images from THE HUNGER GAMES, MEN IN BLACK 3, THE GANGSTER SQUAD, and Many More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 16th, 2012 at 8:12 am

2012 has begun and that means fresh optimism!  Fresh movies!  Fresh images from those movies!  After the jump you’ll find 21 new images from upcoming movies like  The Hunger Games, Men in Black 3, Rock of Ages, The Five-Year Engagement, The Gangster Squad, and plenty more (for our purposes, plenty =  16).

Michael Shannon Talks BOARDWALK EMPIRE, MAN OF STEEL, and Future Projects

by Christina Radish    Posted: October 31st, 2011 at 9:19 am

On the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael Shannon plays Agent Nelson Van Alden, a Senior Prohibition Agent with the Department of Internal Revenue. He approaches his work with the zeal of a man on a mission, and will go to almost any lengths to uncover the corruption that he believes to be the root of all evil.

During a recent interview to promote Season 2, Michael Shannon talked about how nice it was to be invited to be a part of Boardwalk Empire, doing a long-term TV series where he never knows what to expect, the depths of despair and misery that his character is facing, how fortunate he feels to be so successful, at this point in his career, and how unprepared he is for the onslaught that comes with being part of a film like Man of Steel, due out in the summer of 2013. Check out what he had to say, along with highlights from the interview, after the jump:

PREMIUM RUSH, Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Moves to August 24, 2012

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 21st, 2011 at 9:48 am

Sony Pictures has moved David Koepp’s small-scale action-thriller Premium Rush from January 13, 2012 to August 24th.  The movie stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a bike messenger who has a routine delivery turn in to a life-and-death situation when he picks up a package wanted by a corrupt cop (Michael Shannon).  Sony must think they have something if they’re moving the film out of the January wasteland to the summer movie season.  The movie joins Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Total Recall as Sony’s summer 2012 fare.  The Kevin James comedy Here Comes the Boom was previously slated to be in that group but was recently moved to October 12, 2012.

Box Office Mojo reports that Premium Rush currently has no competition on the August 24th date.  Hit the jump to check out the trailer.

First Trailer for PREMIUM RUSH Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon

by Jason Barr    Posted: September 15th, 2011 at 5:39 pm

The first trailer for co-writer/director David Koepp’s (Ghost Town) action/thriller Premium Rush is now available online. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez and The Daily Show‘s Aasif Mandvi, the film centers on Wilee (Gordon-Levitt), a New York bicycle messenger who has a routine delivery turn into a life or death situation. Based on the trailer, Premium Rush looks to be a stylish thriller and while some of the dialogue may seem a little heavy-handed, I’m willing to take a chance on anything that features both Gordon-Levitt and Shannon.

Check out the trailer for yourself after the jump. Premium Rush hits theaters on January 13, 2012.

First Synopsis for David Koepp’s PREMIUM RUSH Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon

by CJ Simonson    Posted: February 5th, 2011 at 4:59 pm

David Koepp, the director and writer of 2008’s Ghost Town and writer of action blockbusters like Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has been working on a new action thriller entitled Premium Rush – which he wrote and directed.  You’ll remember the films star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ended up with 31 stitches during the filming of one of the actions scenes back in July. You can check out pictures of Levitt on set here.  Anyway, we’ve been sent an early synopsis for the film and you can check it out after the jump.

Premium Rush is produced by Columbia Pictures and also stars Jamie Chung (Sorority Row) Dania Ramirez (Entourage) and Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire).  It’s slated for a January 13^th, 2012 release:

Release Dates for THE MECHANIC, PREMIUM RUSH, BAD TEACHER, THE DARK FIELDS, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 12th, 2010 at 3:13 pm

We have a slew of new release dates for you.  Here’s a list of the films with announced release dates [via Box Office Mojo and Variety], ordered chronologically:

• The Mechanic starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster – January 28, 2011
• Kids in America starring Topher Grace – March 4, 2011
• The Dark Fields starring Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper – March 18, 2011.
• The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey – March 18, 2011
• Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz – April 1, 2011
• One for the Money starring Katherine Heigl – July 8, 2011
• Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana – September 2, 2011
• Dolphin Tale 3D starring Morgan Freeman – September 16, 2011
• Jack and Jill starring Adam Sandler – November 11, 2011
• Premium Rush starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt – January 13, 2012

Hit the jump to learn about the other films coming out on these dates.

Set Photos of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in PREMIUM RUSH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 20th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

Some unofficial set photos of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in David Koepp’s Premium Rush have landed online.  While they’re just Gordon-Levitt dressed as a bike messenger (which is his character’s job in the movie), I wanted to point out that this is an action-thriller where he’s on the run from a corrupt cop (played by Michael Shannon) and anyone who has seen Inception knows how bad-ass Gordon-Levitt can be in an action-heavy role.  While I’m 99.9% sure that Rush won’t have anything as close to impressive to the hallway fight (and neither will any other action film for years and years to come), I’m still excited to see the amazing actor take another step into the mainstream.

Hit the jump to check out the photos, and if you haven’t seen Inception, you should get on that.

Michael Shannon and Jamie Chung Join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in PREMIUM RUSH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 20th, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, a half-second in Jonah Hex) and Jamie Chung (Sorority Row) have joined Joseph Gordon-Levitt in David Koepp’s bike-messenger thriller Premium Rush.  The movie centers on a New York City bike messenger (Gordon-Levitt) who accidentally comes into possession of a package that a dirty cop desperately wants.  THR reports that Shannon will play the dirty cop, who is “deceptively affable” but also possesses a violent temper.  Chung is in talks to play the lead female role of Gordon-Levitt’s ex-girlfriend/”daredevil bike messenger who helps him outwit the cop.”

A couple weeks ago, we reported that Dania Ramirez (Heroes) was going to star opposite Gordon-Levitt.  THR doesn’t say if Ramirez dropped out of the film or if she’s playing another leading female character.  If there are multiple female leads, I have no problem believing that all the ladies love Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Stephen Moyer Joins THE DOUBLE and THE BIG VALLEY; Dania Ramirez to Co-Star in PREMIUM RUSH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 8th, 2010 at 9:05 am

We have two pieces of casting news for you this morning.  To start off, True Blood star Stephen Moyer has landed roles in two projects.  First up, he’ll be starring alongside Richard Gere and Topher Grace in the spy thriller The Double.  Co-written and directed by Michael Brandt, the film “centers on a retired CIA operative (Gere) forced to partner with a young FBI agent (Grace) to hunt down the killer of a senator in Washington.”  Heat Vision doesn’t mention what role Moyer will play.

The actor has also signed on to star opposite Jessica Lange in The Big Valley.  The film is an adaptation of the 1960s ABC western-drama TV series that starred Barbara Stanwyck as the matriarch of the Barkleys, a family of ranchers in 19th century California.  Lange is playing the Stanwyck role while Moyer will play “Jarrod Barkley, the family’s respected attorney who represents ranchers fighting to keep their land from being taken by railroad companies.”  Daniel Adams (The Lightkeepers) wrote the screenplay and will direct.

Hit the jump to learn about Dania Ramirez’ casting in Premium Rush.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Talks to Join Rian Johnson’s LOOPER and David Koepp’s PREMIUM RUSH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 3rd, 2010 at 10:48 pm

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in negotiations to re-team with his Brick director Rian Johnson for the sci-hi hitman flick Looper and David Koepp’s chase movie Premium Rush.  Heat Vision says “Looper is set during a future in which time travel has been invented, with operatives sent back to the present to assassinate criminals. Gordon-Levitt will play a man sent back to kill himself.”  However, on his Twitter page, Johnson says that’s the exact opposite of the film.  Johnson explains that, “hit men are sent their victims from crime orgs in the future.”  But what does he know?  He’s just the writer and director.  In all seriousness, it sounds like an awesome premise and Gordon-Levitt has shown himself as one of the most reliable actors out there.

Hit the jump for details on Premium Rush, which is surprisingly not a movie about McDonald’s creating a new flavor of their tastes-like-filthy-burnt-water coffee.  Gordon-Levitt will next be seen in theaters in Christopher Nolan’s “existential heist movie” Inception on July 16th.

David Koepp Speeds Towards a PREMIUM RUSH

by David Corbin    Posted: November 12th, 2009 at 10:24 am

Apparently, David Koepp likes the directing chair. Although this year’s Ghost Town broke a four-year hiatus from directing, Koepp is getting behind the camera again, this time for Premium Rush. Unfortunately for music fans, it will not be a behind-the-music look at everyone’s favorite Canadian rockers. Instead, Premium Rush will tell the story of a twentysomething bike messenger who innocently picks up an envelope from Columbia University. Of course, a dirty cop wants the envelope and will stop at nothing to get it. Though Koepp has written fantastic movies like Jurassic Park and Spiderman he has directed bad films like Stir of Echoes and Secret Window. Which will Premium Rush be? It’s too soon to tell but Variety is reporting that it will be a big-budget action flick so at the least it will have things that go boom.

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