Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 Gets A Mermaid

Disney has announced that Astrid Berges-Frisbey has signed up to play a Mermaid in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 4. But, she’s not going to play your run-of-the-mill mermaid, no, the French actress will play a “beautiful and alluring mermaid” Here’s the press release… Astrid Berges-Frisbey has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Syrena, a beautiful and alluring young mermaid, in Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Berges -Frisbey joins Johnny Depp, returning in his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow. You know what? I don’t care…

Reboot Alert! Can Mighty Mouse Come Back To Save The Day?

Last year it was reported that Paramount were thinking of making a CG Mighty Mouse movie but since then all talk about the project has gone quiet. Until now! It seems that Mighty Mouse is ready to step out of development hell and soar onto our cinema screens as Journey to the Centre of the Earth writers Brian and Mark Gunn having already handed in a script, though it is thought that Paramount are looking to assign some new writers to add some spit and polish before they go hunting for a director. Seriously, I want to see a Mighty Mouse movie, I mean, I’ve had to sit through two Chipmunk movies so I think…

Taxi Driver 2 Anyone? De Niro’s Game…

Talking to MTV, Hollywood legend Robert De Niro has admitted that he would love to reprise the role of classic anti-hero Travis Bickle in a sequel to his 1976 movie Taxi Driver. According to De Niro, there has been at least one attempt at making a sequel but between himself, writer Paul Schrader and director Martin Scorsese they couldn’t come up with a decent storyline… “I have talked to writer Paul Schrader and Marty. We’ve spoken about what would happen to Travis these years later. We had a thing and we tried to figure it out; Paul was trying to come up with something. And it just didn’t seem to work.” But that doesn’t mean…

Can Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Kill Modern Warfare? One Analyst Thinks So…

According to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey, EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 could dethrone Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the king of the FPS’s. “We’re encouraged by the strong sales performance from emerging mega franchises like Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Battlefield, which we see as a potential Modern Warfare killer.” He went on to add that he expects to see a resurgence in EA’s IP’s after what has for the gaming giant at least, been a pretty poor last couple of years… “EA has been plagued over the last several years by franchise fatigue and new IP market fragility. Examples include Madden, NFS, Mirrors Edge, Army of Two, Spore, which we…

Some Photos From The Set Of Green Lantern

ComingSoon.net has managed to snag themselves some exclusive set photos from the in-production Green Lantern movie. Now don’t get too excited, they don’t show a lot though we do get to see the Green Lantern symbol, which is nice… Anyway, check them out – Tweet This Post