Christopher Nolan prepares “Inception”

Warner Bros. company bought “Inception”, a script written by Christopher Nolan, for an amount of money with seven zeros. The stage director has to make this movie for Warner until the summer of 2010. Filming for the new movie will begin this summer. Warner Bros. representatives told about this project that is a scientific-fantastic story, with a story placed inside the mind.

Talking about the 3rd Batman, it seems it will arrive in cinema halls somewhere in 2011. Warner Bros. hopes to convince Nolan to direct the new movie of this successful series.

“The Dark Knight” got returns of almost 1 milliard of dollars in entire world and received 8 nominations for the Oscar Awards.

Cate Blanchett will be Lady Marianne in “Nottingham”

Cate Blanchett will interpret the role of Lady Marianne in the “Nottingham” movie of Ridely Scott. Actress will play with Russel Crowe, after Sienna Miller left this project in January, announces Femalefirst.co.uk. “Cate Blanchett is very good to play the role of Lady Marianne. She is a wonderful actress and she will put her mark over the movie”, declared Mark Strong which is part of the movie distribution.

Russell Crowe acts a double role, being Robin Hood and the negative character too, the sheriff of Nottingham. The movie’s story is based on the love triangle made by the two heroes and Lady Marianne.

Filming is programmed to start next month.

Mickey Rourke – hitman in the “St. Vincent” movie

Once with his role in “The Wrestler”, the American actor, Mickey Rourke came back into Hollywood’s producer attention. He will act as a paid to kill assassin in “St. Vincent”, directed by Walter Hill, announces Variety. The movie is produced by Keith Calder, Joe Neaurauter and Felipe Marino, for Occupant Films and Dena Hysell and Joe Gressis, for Secret Handshake Entertainment.

“St. Vincent” presents the story of an assassin which returns in his ex neighbourhood from New York in which he lived to kill an informer. The assassin needs to disguise into a priest and this way he finds out the informers confesion,

Rourke si Hill collaborated at “Johnny Handsome”, back in 1989.

Shootings for “St. Vincent” are programmed to begin this year, but for the moment the starting date isn’t known exactly.

“Tropic Thunder” will not have a sequel

Actor Robert Downey Jr. denied the rumors according to he is preparing a continuation of “Tropic Thunder” comedy, according to Femalefirst.co.uk. “Tropic Thunder” was launched in cinematographs in month of September last year. Looking at a sequel of the movie, Downey said : “The movie will get money but probably will not be as good as first one”.

For his role in “Tropic Thunder”, Robert Downey Jr. received nominations for Oscar Awars and Golden Globes.

The movie had returns of almost 200 millions of dollars.

In its distribution we can find Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Nick Nolte.

Brad Pitt will play in “Moneyball”

Brad Pitt will play in the movie “Moneyball” which presents the story of Billy Beane, the general director of the baseball club Oakland Athletics. The movie will be directed by Steven Soderbergh and produced by Columbia Pictures Studios, according to variety.com.

The movie is inspired from the novel “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game”, written by Michael Lewis. The novel presents the destiny of Billy Beane, general director of the baseball club, Oakland Athletics, which uses a complicated system of analysis on computer to make a team and qualify for World Series.

Pitt also collaborated with Soderbergh at all movies from “Ocean’s” series. The actor became interested of the “Moneyball” project since 2008, after Steve Zaillian accepted to write the scenario.

Executive producers will be Michael De Luca and Rachel Horovitz.

Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet – favourites for Oscar Awards

Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet are this year between the grand favourites for attending Oscar award for the best feminine acting. Critics say that 2009 will be the year of Kate Winslet. She didn’t receive any Oscar although she was designated to receive one for five times.

At the best actress category, we can find nominated: Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”), Angelina Jolie (“Changeling”), Melissa Leo (“Frozen River”), Meryl Streep (“Doubt”), Kate Winslet (“The Reader”).

Until now, Winslet got two Golden Globes for her acting in “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road”.

Meryl Streep won the prize for the best actress at the gale of Screen Actors Guild (SAG), for the role in “Doubt”.

Mickey Rourke will not be Crimson Dynamo in Iron Man 2

In the month of January, all tabloids called Mickey Rourke, Crimson Dynamo, the new villain in Iron Man 2.

In a recent interview given to MTV, on the stage filming of Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Kr. declared that Mickey Rourke will not play the role of Dynamo, the russian alter-ego of Tony Stark, a massive villain with lots of tattoos, which makes illegal things with weapons and which fights Iron Man in its own suit alimented with nuclear energy.

“It is totally false. Sadly I can’t deny or confirm this” stated Downey Jr., which added “I could tell you a few things about the story but we are still working at it and at the ending, so it will not pass so much time until you will find.”

With all those things, Robert Downey Jr. didn’t comment anything about Sam Rockwell, and negotiations in which he can be found for another negative role.

Filming for Iron Man 2 will start during this year, having its launch close to 7 May, 2010.

India protests against “Slumdog Millionaire”

Some residents of a poor neighbourhood in Mumbai protested against “Slumdog Millionaire”, which received this year 10 nominations for Oscar Awards. The protestants say that the title and the subject of the movie is affecting the whole image of India. “Inhabitants of the slums are people, not dogs” was one of the messages put on hangers.

“Slumdog Millionaire” had premiere in India in the January’s month.

“They poke fun of us and hurt our feelings”, stated the lieder of protestants. “At least they should change the title. Why the Censor commission allowed such a title? It is very sad”, added another protestant.

Danny Boyle says that he tried to surprise the way of living for the people of Mumbai.

Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio del Toro – two priests under guidance of Scorsese

Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro will have the role of two priests from the XVIII century in the movie “Silence”, directed by Martin Scorsese, as Variety says. In its distribution we can find Gael Garcia Bernal. The movie presents drama of two priests which are confronted with violence and persecutions in their way to Japain. They want to get there to meet their mentor and for spreading the Christian believes.

“Silence” is based on the novel of Shusaku Endo which was adapted by Jay Cocks.

Filming is programmed to begin over a few months in New Zeeland and will be produced by the company of Graham King, GK Films.

Scorsese collaborated with Graham King for the successful movies as: “The Departed”, “The Aviator” and “Gangs of New York”.

Benicio Del Toro collaborates for the first time with Scorsese and Daniel Day Lewis is at his 3rd collaboration with the famous stage director, after “Gangs of New York” and “The Age of Innocence”.

A new version of “The Thing” comes

Universal Studios are preparing a new version of the famous horror movie “The Thing”, a classic and representative movie for the horror genre, announces Variety. New version presents the story of an expedition and discovers a captive alien in the ice from North of Scandinavia. The creature starts attacking people which are surrounded of paranoia.

“The Thing from Another World”, launched in 1951, became a classic for horror genre and was bought back in 1982 on screens by John Carpenter.

Carpenter, one of the horror masters, used very elaborated special effects, one of the most difficult ever made by magicians of Hollywood, letting in the second plan the story itself and its characters.