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Duncan Jones Grabs Jake Gyllenhaal For ‘Source Code’

10 hours ago | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Duncan Jones’ Moon was one of the best debut films from a young and talented director to have been released in quite a while. He got an amazing performance out of Sam Rockwell and the film looked like a mash-up of Kubrick, Aronofsky and The Twilight Zone. And while his next project, Mute (said to be inspired heavily by Blade Runner) has been put on the backburner due to budgetary constraints, he’s got another project lined up.

His next film will be called Source Code, and will star the Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal. The film will center “on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.” Sounds very intriguing and quite a bit like the mystery that was unraveled in Moon. Hopefully he »

- John Cooper

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Gyllenhaal In Negotiations For The Source Code

12 hours ago | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Jake Gyllenhaal is set to do a Rockwellby hooking up with Moon helmer Duncan Jones for a sci-fi thriller project called Source Code.

The film follows a soldier who wakes up in the body of an nameless commuter who in a twisted Groundhog Day scenario must re-live a terrifying train bombing over and over again until he solves who is responsible for it.

The script for Source Code, written by Species III (Especie mortal III) scribbler Ben Ripley , has been knocking around Universal since early 2007 when it was originally set to star flavour of that month Topher 'where is he now?' Grace to star. The screenplay has now been revised and updated by State of Play writer Billy Ray (no, not Cyrus).

With Prince of Persia star Gyllenhaal reviving the project and man of the moment Duncan Jones taking control, the project is sure to make it to screen. »

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Jake Gyllenhaal Negotiates for 'Source Code'

19 hours ago | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in sci-fi thriller Source Code, which will be directed by Duncan Jones (Moon), according to Variety.  

Mark Gordon will produce with Vendome's CEO Philippe Rousselet and Jordan Wynn.

Source Code centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.

Jones has stated that his planned follow up to Moon, the futuristic Berlin-based sci-fi film Mute, has been put on hold for him to develop Source Code as his next film.

The Summit Entertainment release is scheduled to begin filming during the first quarter of 2010.

Gyllenhaal will next be seen in Brothers and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. »

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Jones' Code gets Jake

19 hours ago | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

You'd think a talented and highly praised actor like Jake Gyllenhaal would have better things to do then pick up Topher Grace's sloppy seconds, especially now that's he about to be an action star as well with Prince Of Persia. But when one of the most promising new directors in town is asking... Moon helmer Duncan Jones will follow-up on his big debut with sci-fi thriller Source Code for Vendome Pictures and distributor Summit. The project had been set-up for Grace at Universal two years... »

- Tony Lang

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Duncan Jones Will Direct ‘Source Code’ With Jake Gyllenhaal

22 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

There's been plenty of speculation recently as to what director Duncan Jones would be doing for a follow-up to his excellent film Moon. It appeared for a time that it would be a film in the vein of Blade Runner, called Mute, that would be written by Jones as well. It seems that project, which Jones is still writing, will be postponed as the director has officially been announced to helm the new thriller Source Code. Also attached to the film is the Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal. Source Code is about a soldier named Colter (Gyllenhaal) who awakens on a passenger train in another man's body with no idea how he got there. He begins to explore his surroundings and finds a bomb... which blows up, killing him and everyone else on board. The end. Kidding... after the explosion Colter awakens in darkness, strapped to a harness with a monitor in front of him. He »

- Rob Hunter

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Jake Gyllenhaal going Sci-Fi with 'Source Code'

8 November 2009 3:08 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

It appears Jake Gyllenhaal is continuing to branch out from the typical dramatic roles most moviegoers expect from him.  The Oscar-nominee will topline next summer's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and now he's in negotiations to star in the Sci-Fi thriller "Source Code." Variety reports the Summit Entertainment release will find Gyllenhaal playing a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and in a "Groundhog Day" scenario, is forced to relive a deadly train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it. Duncan Jones, who received raves for his indie Sci-Fi flick "Moon,"... »

- HitFix Staff

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Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Trailers

8 November 2009 10:20 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Next year will see the release of the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer production of Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time. Based on the popular videogame and starring Jake Gyllenhaal sporting a British accent, Disney has huge hopes for this adaptation. Could it be as lucrative as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?

After watching the three new trailers (two international and one Us) I am still in two minds about this one. While it looks very expensive I can’t help but find Gyllenhaal just slightly miscast.

The story will loosely follow the plot of one of the later games in the series as our hero finds a dagger that gives him the ability to turn back time with magic sand. He must get it back to its rightful owners before the evil Ben Kinglsey uses it to destroy the world.

Directed by Mike Newell the film has Jake and »

- Alex Wagner

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This Week in Trailers: 'Prince of Persia,' 'Salt,' 'The Killer Inside Me'

8 November 2009 5:06 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Lots of trailers this week, with something for just about everyone. There's action movies, animated flicks, romantic comedies for menopausal ladies, video game adaptations, serious family drama, weird western/film noir flicks where Jessica Alba gets her bare ass strapped by a belt (and loves it)...and Uwe Boll.

We finally got to see Angelina's Salt and Prince of Persia, the summer blockbuster (or that's the hope) with Jake Gyllenhaal. But the one that really grabbed our attention was The Killer Inside, a twisted bit of sociopathy with Casey Affleck as a demented lawman who gets raunchy with Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Twisted, twisted stuff for Alba. And it's a longer trailer than the norm, because it's being used as a sales tool this weekend at the American Film Market.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Uwe Boll's Darfur

Wow, does The Killer Inside Me look weird »

- Colin Boyd

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Trailer Park: Despicable Dragons

7 November 2009 3:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Despicable Me

Second trailer for this 3D animated comedy, and this time it's focusing on arch villain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) trying to break into the headquarters of a rival bad guy. This looks like fun and the bit with the shark had me howling. Check it out on July 9.

Sherlock Holmes

A second trailer for the new Holmes fllck with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role aided by Jude Law as Watson. Pretty sure this will have awesome written all over it. Plan a trip to Baker Street for Christmas day.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

There's some serious spectacle at work here. Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this adaptation of a video game I've never played, but I'm pretty sure that's not necessary. It seems tailor-made to be a summer blockbuster, which is good because it comes out on May 28.

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- Matt Bradshaw

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Clash of the Titans Medusa Poster

6 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Here’s another awesome new poster for the upcoming film “Clash of the Titans” by director Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Transporter 2) and starring Sam Worthington (Rogue, Avatar), Liam Neeson (The Red Circle, Five Minutes of Heaven), Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II) and Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Quantum of Solace). Synopsis: Mikkelsen is playing Draco, a skilled fighter and leader of the Praetorian Guard that accompanies Perseus. Davalos is Andromeda, the captured princess, and Arterton is Io, who is instrumental in bringing the winged horse Pegasus to Perseus. Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay (Bug, Crazy/Beautiful, The [...] »

- Brian Corder

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You Pick the Hottest Story of the Week!

6 November 2009 3:58 PM, PST | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »

Welcome back Fandango Fanatics to another installment of You Pick the Hottest Story of the Week – the game that pulls aside five scorching hot news stories and asks you to vote on which one you think deserves to be singled out and showered with hottest-story-of-the-week praise. Here are this week's contenders: Oscar Hosts Announced – After a lengthy search in which folks like Hugh Jackman, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. turned down the gig, actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin accepted the role of Oscar co-hosts for Hollywood's biggest night, which airs on March 7, 2010. The duo, who combined hosted a total of 29 SNL episodes, should give us a fabulous (and hilarious) night full of singing, dancing and statues. [Read More] 'Prince of Persia' Trailer – The...

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Bruckheimer Talks Pirates of the Caribbean 4

6 November 2009 12:35 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Last week, Steve “Frosty” Weintraub over at Collider ventured over to über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s office in Santa Monica to get an early look at the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time trailer. After viewing the trailer, Weintraub ran into Bruckheimer and took the time to ask him some questions regarding the upcoming fourth addition to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, entitled, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

The three questions Weintraub chose to ask were:

What’s up with the script?

When are they going to shoot the film?

Did the regime change at Disney cause any problems?

 

Bruckheimer’s responses were that they’ve got a script for the film (especially if the reports are true that it’s based on a book); they’re looking to start filming next year and that the “resignation” of Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook will not affect »

- Anthony Ocasio

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Producer talks The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4

6 November 2009 5:09 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that Disney is moving forward with its planned movie based on The Lone Ranger, with Johnny Depp cast as native American sidekick Tonto.

Bruckheimer said they were now aiming for a 2012 release. Mike Newell - whose credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - is attached to direct the feature.

Bruckheimer told Sci-Fi Wire that Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio had worked with other writers and Johnny Depp on The Lone Ranger to create "something that has a kind of true-to-the-western [feel], but adding other additional elements like we did with Pirates so it won't be just a straight-ahead western."

As for the casting of the Ranger, he said: "We're still creating a pretty wide net and figuring it out. It comes down to who »

- David Bentley

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Week in Review - Oscars, 'Prince of Persia,' 'Risk,' 'Terminator' for Sale

6 November 2009 3:52 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

So what did we learn this week? Well, we learned that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars, we learned that if you've got the coin, you could buy the rights to Terminator, and we learned that Owen Wilson is either out of options or a much bigger fan of Marmaduke than anyone else I know.

There were also a couple new trailers for next year's summer movies, which we're featuring below, and we found out that if you want The Hurt Locker for the holidays...that holiday better be Martin Luther King Day, because it won't arrive until January. That's a dumb move.

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Terminator rights being auctioned this month

Hurt Locker not on DVD until January 12th

New trailer for Prince of Persia

Seriously, Owen Wilson can't do better than effing Marmaduke?

You heard it here first: Fox Searchlight gives up on Gentlemen Broncos

Boondock Saints, »

- Colin Boyd

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The Hot Five!!

5 November 2009 6:05 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Here again is your weekly dose of the hottest five stories across the JoBlo Movie Network. Twilight Will Be Re-released In Theaters Insane Trailer For Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time J.J. Abrams Says The Next Star Trek May Or May Not Have Khan New Sherlock Holmes Trailer Is An Ass-kicking Good Time Jessica Alba Is All Bad Ass In New MacHete Poster Exclusive Clip From Horror Spoof Transylmania Buy The Terminator Franchise Before Joss Whedon Does!!... »

- Omar Aviles

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‘Prince of Persia’ Trailer – With Commentary!

5 November 2009 2:55 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

We’ve all grown accustomed to being able to learn more about the behind-the-scenes details concerning movies, thanks to the ever so wonderful ‘Commentary’ feature on most DVDs.

What we less commonly see is movie trailers with commentary.

IGN is changing this, though, with a new feature called “Rewind Theater.” With this feature, recent movie trailers are watched, with running commentary.

Even cooler than just commenting on the trailer, IGN rewinds, pauses, and puts clips in slo-mo as they do their commentary. This way, the viewer’s attention is brought to details that may otherwise go unnoticed.

In the following video, IGN takes the trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to Rewind Theater, accompanied by the creator of the Prince of Persia videogame, Jordan Mechner.

The movie doesn’t come out for another 6 months, but to get a glimpse of what’s to come, and to learn a bit about the movie, »

- Carly

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Has 'Prince of Persia' Nailed What It Means to be a Video Game Adaptation?

5 November 2009 1:19 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Jake Gyllenhaal puts on his sexy face in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Photo: Walt Disney Pictures I'm not much of a gamer, and that may in fact be an understatement considering in the last few years the only games I have played and finished are "Gears of War," "Burnout," "Uncharted," "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" and just a couple of days ago "Uncharted 2." I don't know where that places me in the gamer revolution, but considering that's about 6 years of gaming outside of playing a little "Tiger Woods," "NBA Street" and "Hot Shots Golf" I would say I am on the outside looking in. However, I'd like to think I know enough to at least open up a discussion concerning the growing trend of adapting video games into feature films, primarily based on the recently released trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a film »

- Brad Brevet

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Sony Takes Risk: The Film of World Domination

5 November 2009 1:01 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Sony Pictures has acquired the movie rights to the board game “Risk” from Hasbro.  The studio is hoping the “strategic and tactical gameplay” will translate to the silver screen.

The game of world domination was created in 1957 by French film director Albert Lamorisse before it was purchased by Parker Brothers two years later.  Parker Bros was then acquired by Hasbro in 1991. For those of you who haven’t amassed your forces in Kamchatka, Risk is a turn based board game for 2 to 6 players where you try to capture territories and control the world with your army.

In the trade paper announcement, Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad cites the success of franchises like Transformers and G.I. Joe as reason enough to pour more money into rainy day nostalgia.

The studios, especially Universal, seem to be moving aggressively forward with these toy and board game adaptations. Video game movies didn’t »

- Jeff Leins

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'Prince of Persia' Won't Feature Sand Monsters

5 November 2009 1:19 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Giving first looks at the magical dagger, Jake Gyllenhaal's Dastan, Gemma Arterton's Tamina and the action-packed adventure they are in, the newly-released official trailer for "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" also showed a lack of demonic creatures. In an interview with IGN, creator Jordan Mechner confirmed that "there are no sand monsters in the movie."

"For the game, turning everybody in the world into sand monsters was really useful because it created an inexhaustible supply of enemies," the screenwriter explained on the reason why. "But that's a story that's meant to be played with a controller in your hand, and a movie is meant to be shared by an audience. So we didn't want to make a movie about fighting monsters."

On the action sequences, the video game designer gushed, "The parkour here is very exciting, very extreme." Producer Jerry Bruckheimer chimed in, "We brought in the key experts out of France. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Killer New Poster from Clash of the Titans

4 November 2009 11:32 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Check out a really cool new poster from “Clash of the Titans” by director Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Transporter 2) and starring Sam Worthington (Rogue, Avatar), Liam Neeson (The Red Circle, Five Minutes of Heaven), Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II) and Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Quantum of Solace). Synopsis: Mikkelsen is playing Draco, a skilled fighter and leader of the Praetorian Guard that accompanies Perseus. Davalos is Andromeda, the captured princess, and Arterton is Io, who is instrumental in bringing the winged horse Pegasus to Perseus. Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay (Bug, Crazy/Beautiful, The Tuxedo, [...] »

- Brian Corder

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