John Travolta To Portray Mob Boss John Gotti In Biopic?

There seems to be some serious momentum gathering pace regarding the long-planned John Gotti biopic. At this moment in time, it is thought that Look Who’s Talking star John Travolta is neck deep in talks to play the infamous mob boss. In an interview with EW, Fiore Films’ CEO Marc Fiore revealed that serious discussions are underway which if successful, will see Travolta take on the role of one of New York’s most famous Mafia Don’s John Gotti who died of throat cancer back in 2002 whilst serving a life sentence for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, tax evasion, extortion and loan sharking. According to Fiore, the scientologist Travolta is…

DreamWorks Announce Rise Of The Guardians Voice Talent – Wolverine As The Easter Bunny?

DreamWorks have announced the voice talent for their upcoming CGI blockbuster Rise of the Guardians. Rise of the Guardians is based on The Guardians of Childhood an as of right now, series of unreleased children’s books written by Peter Ramsey. The plot for Guardians of Childhood sees a group of heroes from childhood stories, you know, dudes like Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Jack Frost battle the Pitch ( a take on the Boogeyman) who wants to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Anyway, back to the voice talent and let me just say that Dreamworks have outdone themselves. 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin will play Santa (at least he won’t…

Michael Fassbender Up For Prometheus Role

X-Men: First Class star Michael Fassbender is apparently in talks to star in Ridley Scott’s eagerly anticipated sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus. According to Heat Vision, Fassbender is a lock-in for the role although at the time of posting this article, 20th Century Fox have yet to confirm his involvement. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus project originally started life as a prequel to Scott’s cult 1979 sci-fi horror Alien but has evolved into something else entirely, although it was described recently by Scott to contain “strands of Alien’s DNA”, whatever that means… Prometheus is scheduled for release on June 8th, 2012 Already announced for the Prometheus production is Noomi Rapace who starred as Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium trilogy….

NYPD Blue Writer To Adapt Heavy Rain Video Game Into A Movie

According to Variety, the Heavy Rain movie will be written by the guy behind the TV dramas Deadwood, John From Cincinnati and NYPD Blue; David Milch . The video game movie adaptation which is based on the Playstation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain is apparently being fast-tracked by Warner Bros. Pictures and it is thought that Milch will begin writing the script as soon as he’s finished writing the first season of HBO’s Luck. Here’s the description of Heavy Rain the video game for those of you unfamiliar with the title… How Far Will You Go To Save Someone You Love? Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where choices and actions…

Lovely Bones Star Signs Up For The Hobbit

We can add another name to the ever-growing cast of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. According to casting director Ros Hubbard, Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan (she played the dead chick) has joined up to The Hobbit cast although at this moment in time, no one is saying what role she will play. Hubbard, who was talking to The Irish Film & Television Network, did say however, that he is sure Ronan and her family will have a great time down-under on Jackson’s production… “[W]orking with Peter Jackson is like working with a family. So they’ll have a great time. Saoirse’s family will go too. Everyone is very close and very loving on those sorts of…