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Anthony Hopkins To Play Odin In Thor There’s two bits ofThorcasting news in my in-tray but they’re of such completely completely different scales – think a Smurf sitting on the shoulder of a Na’vi. The big break is thatAnthony Hopkinsis in negotiations to play Odin, Thor’s old man and top-dog of the Norse, inKenneth Branagh’s film about the four-colour god of Thunder. We had heardrumoursthat Brian Blessed was taking the role, but that was some time ago and, well… things change, I suppose....

Beyond Fest 2020 Schedule: ‘Freaky’, ‘Possessor’, ‘Saint Maud’, A David Lynch Triple Feature, And More Beyond Fest, the annual L.A.-based genre film festival, has announced its full line-up for this year’s event. Comprised of double and triple features and taking place at the Mission Tiki Drive-In theater in Los Angeles, the festival will feature the world premieres ofChristopher Landon’s body-swapping Blumhouse horror filmFreakyas well as theRobert Forster-led werewolf filmThe Wolf of Snow Hollow, plus the West Coast premieres ofRose Glass’sSaint Maud,Justin Simien’sBad Hair, and many more....

Blog: /Film Writer Mentioned On Howard Stern; Blogging On Boats; Back In Black We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I would like to start off by congratulating Zach Lawrence, who many of you might know as a frequent contributor to /Film over the years. Actually, Zach’s Top 10 Movies of All Time article was the first blog post to ever grace slashfilm.com. Zach Lawrence has written a book, actually the first in a series of books not unlike Harry Potter....

Casting Notes: Jonah Hex Reshoots; Sandler And Aniston In Love; Rashida Jones In The Social Network; Andy Daly In Yogi Bear Two weeks of reshoots and/or additional shooting will take place forJonah Hexat the beginning of the year, and a set of casting call notes has gone out describing the characters involved. There are a few significant ones:Jeb Turnbull, son ofJohn Malkovich’s primary villain, andCassie, Hex’s wife. Casting these characters implies that a couple of sequences will be shot that are flashbacks to Hex’s past....

Cool Stuff: Eric Tan And Tyler Stout’s Posters For The Warriors The Alamo Drafthouse will be holding screenings ofThe Warriors, andMondo Teeshas commissioned a bunch of artists to create a series of posters to promote the screening. The first wave of posters were created by two of my favorite artists,Eric TanandTyler Stout. We’ve featured many of artistEricTan’s creations in past Cool Stuff columns: we’ve spotlighted his workfor past Pixar productions,X-Men,LOST, among other things....

Cool Stuff: Kevin Tong And Martin Ansin Mondo Show Featuring ‘Aliens,’ ‘Flash Gordon,’ ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Most artists have a style. A unique, original look for their art that distinguishes it from the rest. Most artists, however, aren’tKevin TongorMartin Ansin. Just when you think either artist is best at one thing, they’ll change it up and do something totally different. Realistic, exaggerated, mechanical, lyrical, Tong and Ansin are unique for being so diverse....

Craig Gillespie Is The New Director For ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When a film needs to blend period costume drama, romance, zombie horror and humor, a director who can delicately balance those tones is crucial. That must be why Lionsgate was so ultra careful when selecting someone to adaptSeth Grahame-Smith’s novelPride and Prejudice and Zombies, which takes the classic Jane Austen tale and infuses it with zombies....

Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, And Mary Elizabeth Winstead Join ‘Swiss Army Man’ The headlining trio ofPaul Dano,Daniel RadcliffeandMary Elizabeth Winsteadis all the sales pitch I really need to be interested in a new film, but the plot of their new projectSwiss Army Mansounds particularly odd. The three actors have all signed on for the film which will be directed by the team ofDaniel Kwan&Daniel Scheinert— if you don’t know those two names, you may know the nameDaniels, under which they’ve directed manymusic videos and short films....

Danish Oscar Submission Terribly Happy To Be Remade In English…by The Original Director Remakes, remakes remakes…but is it a different scenario when the director of an acclaimed foreign film signs on to remake his own movie for English-speaking audiences? That’s what’s happening withTerribly Happy, the dark, Coen Brothers-flavored Danish film that cleaned up at the majorBodil Awardsin 2009 and is Denmark’s submission for the Foreign Language Oscar this year.Henrik Ruben Genzwill remake his own film in English, giving him an opportunity to play with a bigger budget and take the story in new directions....

Details Revealed: Kurtzman And Orci’s El Rey TV Show ‘Matador’ Robert Rodriguez’s TV channel, the El Rey Network, is kicking off with a bang. It has the new adaptation/remake ofFrom Dusk Till Dawn, for one. It also has a new show fromAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orci, the team behindStar TrekandTransformers, in development. Now, the full details on that show have been revealed. It’s calledMatador, and is about a famous soccer player who leads a double life also a CIA agent....

Director Dean DeBlois Talks ‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Ending; Fourth Film Now Rumored As film fanatics, it’s in our nature to want more. It’s not enough to be satisfiedHow To Train Your Dragon 2is opening next week. A movie that’s just as wonderful, if not more so, than the original. No, we have to look ahead. We have to look forward toJune 17, 2016’sHow To Train Your Dragon 3,and maybe beyond....

Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Casts Jason Scott Lee As The Villainous Khan A former Disney hero will soon become the next Disney villain.Jason Scott Lee, who played Mowgli in the 1994The Jungle Book, has been cast as a villain in Disney’s live-action adaptation ofMulan. Jason Scott Lee joins theMulancast as the villainous Bori Khan, a warrior leader who is intent on avenging his father’s death, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. He’ll be teaming up withGong Li’s Big Bad, described as a “a powerful witch....

Every ‘Fast And Furious’ Character Ranked By How Much They Can Kick Your Ass F9is finally blasting into theaters this week after more than a year-long delay due to COVID-19. The most recent Fast Saga movie came out way back in 2017, and with such a long gap between entries, we’ve had plenty of time to think about this whole franchise from unconventional angles. So grab a tank of NOS and any brew you want (as long as it’s a Corona), and check out this incontrovertible ranking of the majorFast and Furiouscharacters based on how much they could kick your ass....