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Richard E. Grant bags guest role in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ retelling

Withnail & I star Richard E. Grant has joined Disney+’s live-action drama Nautilus, with Muki Zubis (This is Going to Hurt) Benedict Hardie (The Luminaries), Jacob Collins Levy (Young Wallander) and Luke Arnold (Black Sails) also signing up to the cast. The show, from Moonriver TV and Seven Stories, is currently shooting at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, Australia. The show tells Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from the point of view of Indian prince Captain Nemo (Shazad Latif) for the first time. Grant will guest star as the leader of Karajaan, a port town Nemo and his crew encounter on their adventures.

Vue International appoints Chief Operating Officer

Privately-held European cinema operator Vue International has hired Claire Arksey as Chief Operating Officer. She joins from clothing store Urban Outfitters, where she was responsible for 269 standalone stores across 14 countries.

Yesterday evening the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane saw the unfurling of the red carpet for Sky’s Up Next Event, a celebration of Sky entertainment. Guests got a look at what’s coming up next on Sky and hear from the stars of some of their biggest TV shows and films. From returning favourites to brand new obsessions, these are the TV moments that everyone will be talking about.

The event was attended by Anjli Mohindra, Paapa Essiedu and Caroline Quentin from The Lazarus Project, Damien Molony, Joe Gilgun, Aaron Heffernan, Joanna Higson, Tom Hanson and Bronagh Gallagher from Brassic, Daisy Haggard from Breeders 3, Gemma Arterton and Morwenna Banks from Funny Woman, Greg Davies from Never Mind the Buzzcocks 2, Sheridan Smith, Pauline McLynn and Ardal O’Hanlon from Rosie Malloy, Joe Sugg from The Amazing Maurice, Katherine Ryan from Romantic Getaway, Keeley Hawes from The Midwich Cuckoos, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan from Rob & Romesh Vs…...

The Matrix Resurrections was one of our favorite films of 2021, an auteur franchise film thoroughly unafraid to plunge down the rabbit hole of Lana Wachowski’s imagination—simultaneously deconstructing The Matrix’s monumental impact, expanding the dense lore of its sequels, taking wry metafictional potshots at life, art, and capitalism in the 21st century, and telling a disarmingly personal story of an artist’s relationship to work, self, and reality. Not least among these idiosyncrasies is the handpicked writing team who assisted Lana in developing its script: two novelists better-known for their award-winning fiction than action-packed Hollywood fare.

Enter Aleksandar Hemon: Bosnian-born writer, frequent New Yorker contributor, Princeton professor of creative writing, and author of three novels––each noticeably devoid of airships, robots, and kung fu. Though this background would hardly suggest him for such a position, his decade-spanning friendship and collaboration with the Wachowskis led him to join...

Sky Studios has tapped Tilly Coulson and Sam Hoyle to join its U.K. drama commissioning team.

Coulson has joined as head of development while Hoyle joined as executive producer. Both execs started in Feb.

They will report to director of commissioning, drama, Gabriel Silver.

Hoyle’s role will include developing new projects and overseeing production across a range of dramas including Sky Originals such as “Lockerbie.” She previously worked as an executive producer at Netflix and, before that, as a co-executive producer on “Doctor Who.” She was also the associate produce and script executive on ITV’s “Broadchurch.”

Coulson’s role will include spearheading new and existing drama development at Sky Studios.as well as nurturing new and underrepresented writing talent, overseeing table reads and acting as a contact for the “independent producer community” within Sky Studios.

She was previously a senior developement executive at Working Title Films, where...

Paramount Pictures has launched a TV spot for the Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe feature ‘The Lost City.’

Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before.

Directed by Adam Nee and Aaron Nee,...

Sky has revealed a first look trailer for new Sky Original drama ‘The Lazarus Project,’ a riveting and gripping 8-part action thriller from acclaimed writer Joe Barton.

When George (Essiedu) wakes up one day and finds himself reliving a day from months ago, he thinks he’s lost his mind. All of his recent milestones have been undone, including his success at work and his marriage to the love of his life Sarah (Clive). Worst of all, he seems to be the only one who has noticed what’s happened.

That is until he meets Archie (Mohindra), who recruits George for the Lazarus Project – a secret organisation that has harnessed the ability to turn back time every time the world is at threat of extinction. Like George, those who work at Lazarus are the few people on earth with the ability to remember the events that are undone when time goes back.

Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in the heist thriller ‘Cut and Run’ at New Republic Pictures.

The project focuses on a group of thieves who use high-powered speed boats to rob super-yachts. Their caper takes a turn when they steal the wrong thing from the wrong group of people.

John Glenn wrote the spec scripts. Gyllenhaal will produce the film through his company Nine Stories Productions. New Republic founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer will also produce alongside Glenn.

Also in news – Chris Evans teams up with Dwayne Johnson for holiday film ‘Red One’

Gyllenhaal most recently starred in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix thriller ‘The Guilty’, as well as the Universal animated film ‘Spirit Untamed’, Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’, Dan Gilroy’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’, Jacques Audiard’s ‘The Sisters Brothers’ and Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife.’

Glenn is a writer, director and exec producer whose credits include...

A new trailer for “The Matrix Resurrections” has landed, bringing with it more eye-popping action sequences and more questions about Lana Wachowski’s big return to the iconic action franchise. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back as franchise protagonists Neo and Trinity, but the characters no longer remember each other following the events of the original “Matrix” trilogy. Franchise newcomer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is Morpheus, but he’s not Lawrence Fishburne’s iteration of the character that fans love.

“I think what the script provided was a new narrative and some new opportunities that did make room within the Matrix universe for a new Morpheus,” Abdul-Mateen II teased to Entertainment Weekly in October. “I play a character who’s definitely aware of the history of the Matrix [and] the history of Morpheus. This character is on a journey of self-discovery. There’s a lot in our story that’s about growth,...

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss aren’t the only talents reuniting with filmmaker Lana Wachowski in “The Matrix Resurrections.” The fourth installment in “The Matrix” film franchise is co-written by David Mitchell, author of “Cloud Atlas.” Wachowski worked with Mitchell on the 2012 film adaptation of that novel, and then they joined forces to write “The Matrix Resurrections” with “The Lazarus Project” author Aleksandar Hemon. Mitchell teased “Resurrections” in an interview with Greek newspaper To Vima (via Total Film magazine).

“I saw the film in Berlin in September. It’s really good,” Mitchell said. “I cannot tell you what this film is about, but I could explain what it is not. It’s certainly not yet one more sequel, but something autonomous that contains the three Matrix that preceded in a really ingenious way. It’s a very beautiful and weird creation. It also achieved a couple of things that we...

The fourth film in The Matrix franchise was announced on August 20th 2019 by Warner Bros. Had the global health crisis not put life on hold globally last year, we would have seen the movie released on 21st May 2021; odds are you'd be here reading a review, or an "ending explained" article. We'll now have to wait until 22nd December 2021 to catch the latest installment, though, so it will be a bit more time for those articles as well.

In the meantime, let us take a few moments to review the things that we do know thus far about the upcoming fourth installment in the hugely popular franchise. Please note that readers unfamiliar with the universe of The Matrix films may encounter spoilers regarding the earlier films and other mixed media associated with the franchise. These however, could well prove pertinent when discussing The Matrix 4.

Development of The Matrix 4

The earliest...

The Stephen King Renaissance that began in 2017 will resurge with a vengeance in 2019-and beyond. Fans of the bestselling author and Master of Horror can look forward to new seasons of Castle Rock and Mr. Mercedes, as well as feature film adaptations with It: Chapter Two and Pet Sematary coming down the pike in 2018, followed by The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep and From a Buick 8 in 2020. Add to this ever-expanding list The Tommyknockers, currently brewing over at Universal (who beat out Netflix and Sony for the property in a fierce bidding war).

The Tommyknockers will be written by Jeremy Slater who amassed a sizable and rabid following after serving as creator and showrunner for The Exorcist TV series on Fox. As for feature films, Slater wrote screenplays for The Lazarus Project, Pet, Death Note, and 2015's Fantastic Four (although we'll forgive him that last entry). No word yet on who will be directing The Tommyknockers,...

Netflix has Cruel Intentions, spooky spelunking, and proton pack adventures in store for Us viewers this March.

With another month coming to an end, Netflix's anticipated list of next month's new titles has been revealed. Beginning March 1st, viewers can look forward to watching all three Cruel Intentions movies on the streaming service, as well as the 1980s Ghostbusters films and both Descent movies.

Netflix will also be serving up a second season of the zombified comedy Santa Clarita Diet on March 23rd, following the March 2nd release of the zombie movie Les Affamés (read Heather Wixson's review here).

Alas, with the addition of new titles comes the departing of others, with Netflix revealing that all four Jaws movies, the cult witchcraft film The Craft, and V/H/S: Viral will be among the titles no longer available to stream next month.

You can view the lists of genre movies...

For those looking for proof of what fandom can achieve, behold: The script for the “‘Sense8 Special,” which will wrap up the fan favorite Netflix drama following its abrupt cancelation this spring, physically exists!

While initially canceled following the release of Season 2, fan outcry led Netflix to reverse that decision and produce a two-hour finale, and as seen in the Instagram photo above from star Miguel Angel Silvestre (who plays no-longer-closeted movie star Lito on the show), watermarked scripts have been distributed to the actors.

Beyond proof-of-life, the cover page reveals a number of important details about the upcoming production. For one thing, Lana J. Wachowski (the first time she’s used the letter J with her name?) is credited with writing the script alongside David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon. Both men are novelists, with Mitchell having a pre-established connection to the Wachowski tribe: He wrote the original novel “Cloud Atlas,...

Exclusive: The Canada-based distribution outfit has agreed a first-look deal with The Forbidden Room producers.

Toronto-based Raven Banner Entertainment, at the Efm kicking off sales on Owen Egerton’s horror-thriller Follow, has moved to bulk up its pipeline with a first-look financing and distribution deal with The Forbidden Room producers Buffalo Gal Pictures.

Buffalo Gal’s Insidious Pictures, a genre label behind such titles as Silent Night, The Lazarus Project, and The Haunting In Connecticut, will generate the projects.

The arrangement with Winnipeg’s Buffalo Gal is aimed at modestly budgeted, auteur-driven, elevated genre films for global audiences from renowned genre filmmakers and emerging Canadian talent.

Buffalo Gal president Phyllis Laing said: “Buffalo Gal is excited to bring its curatorial excellence to join the Raven Banner brand in cultivating genre films by talented emerging and established filmmakers.”

Michael Paszt and Andrew Hunt of Raven Banner added: “Buffalo Gals has a fantastic track record in production, and a deep...

The horror lover inside of me wants to defend The Lazarus Effect against other mainstream failures, but the critic in me can’t let that happen. It’s a mess, but not on the catastrophic level of so many other generically churned-out teenage slashers (like Ouija or The Pyramid).

Director David Gelb strives to fashion together something more, something that blends the conflicting ideologies of religion and science in a heavyweight debate, but scribes Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater didn’t get that memo. The talents of Gelb are outweighed by the overbearing redundancy of Dawson and Slater’s nostalgically horrendous script, as the fires of Horror Film Hell engulf yet another misguided victim. Blumhouse is so close to something special with The Lazarus Effect, but unfortunately, it’s still oh-so-far from heavenly.

In what can be described as our generation’s Re-Animator, a group of scientists discover a serum...

With everyone jumping all over that Demonic trailer we posted yesterday for looking generic, just consider a few things before casting the same aspersions onto the latest Blumhouse Production, The Lazarus Project.

This movie has a very interesting cast of indie talent including Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guarenteed, The One I Love), Olivia Wilde (Drinking Buddies, Tron: Legacy), Donald Glover (Community, *Spider-Man*) Evan Peters and Sarah Bolger. Definitely not the usual kind of cast. The film also looks pretty darn scary based on this trailer. Gotta say, I have high hopes for this one.

Synopsis:

The film follows a group of medical students who discover a way [Continued ...]...

Wired has dubbed the seven-page, Interstellar prequel comic book from director Christopher Nolan and award-winning comic book artist Sean Gordon Murphy, The Lost Interstellar Chapter. It's a fitting title. Check out what happened to "the best" of The Lazarus Project's space explorers below. Click To Enlarge Click The Link To Read The Full Comic Book On Issuu The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), a script based on the combination of an original idea by Nolan and an existing script by Jonathan Nolan. The cast includes: Matthew McConaughey (“Magic Mike”), Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables”), Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Bill Irwin (“Rachel Getting Married”), John Lithgow (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes...

Could a seemingly innocent 15-year-old girl be the prime suspect of savage murders taking place in town? The answer could be ‘yes’ if she’s possessed by a demon like Regan was in The Exorcist. In NBC’s upcoming exorcism drama, The Possession of Maggie Gill, two detectives will explore the primal and perilous effects of paranormal activity surrounding a teenager.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has committed to a script for Amblin Television’s The Possession of Maggie Gill. John Glenn (The Lazarus Project) will handle scripting duties and will also executive produce alongside Adam Kane and Amblin’s Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, and Harris Fishman. We have the show’s official synopsis (courtesy of THR!):

“Maggie centers on the Gills, a loving a middle-class family in Eugene, Ore., who find themselves in the midst of crisis when paranormal occurrences begin to affect the everyday fabric of their home.

Be careful what you say about the music when you come out of a movie theater, composer Brian Tyler may be listening. Tyler has a ritual: The day one of his movies opens, he and the director theater hop, checking out how several audiences are reacting to the film and to the music. “I just pop my head in to see how the crowd is doing, kind of see how everyone is reacting,” Tyler says. “I really like to stand outside the theater and see if anyone is humming the music.” Tyler is spending a lot of time at local cineplexes this month: two movies he scored opened last Friday, Aug. 8: box office champ, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and “Into the Storm.” A third film, “The Expendables 3,” opens this Friday, Aug. 15. For “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” Tyler composed an old-school, often lush, symphonic score. He and director Jonathan Liebesman...

Along with announcing "The Shop," which we told you about earlier today, TNT has rebranded itself as "TNT Drama - Boom," picked up "Proof" as a new series, and has a few more in development.

You can see the trailer for "Proof" below, and per Deadline, here are the horror and horror-ish projects the network currently has in development:

"Breed" - Producers: Invention Film Co, Nicky Weinstock, Scott Winant ("True Blood"), John Scott Shepherd ("Save Me," "Life or Something Like It"); Writer: John Scott Shepherd

This atmospheric, supernatural drama centers on a volatile race of creatures who are committing brutal murders in the Pacific Northwest and the reluctant FBI investigator who pairs with a female assassin to track them. "Breed" mixes suspense, excitement, and humor to create an exhilarating ride full of unexpected moments and unforgettable characters.

"Fix-It Men" - Producers: Mark Gordon ("Criminal Minds," "Grey’s Anatomy"), Nick Pepper,...

A Stephen King-inspired series is headed to TNT. The cable network is developing The Shop, a sequel to King’s 1980 bestseller Firestarter.

The drama centers on the insidious agency responsible for kidnapping and attempting to exploit the psychokinetic powers of a young girl named Charlie McGee in the original story. Now it’s 20 years later and Charlie has been tracked down by one of The Shop’s former members, Henry Talbot, who introduces her to a group of people with their own unique abilities. From the announcement: “It turns out The Shop is very much alive, bigger and badder than ever,...

Paul Walker tribute: Universal and the ‘Fast and Furious’ cast and crew pay homage to the recently deceased actor (photo: Paul Walker in ‘Fast & Furious 6′) The Tribute to Paul Walker put out by Universal Pictures’ "Fast & Furious" YouTube account, will likely please fans of the movie franchise — clearly the video’s target audience. Walker died at the age of 40 on November 30, 2013, in a car crash in the town of Santa Clarita, located in the northern outskirts of Los Angeles County. Walker’s friend and business partner, 38-year-old former Porsche racing-car driver Roger Rodas, who was at the wheel, was also killed in the accident. Check out the Paul Walker Tribute below. Now, of course, the Paul Walker Tribute also happens to be a The Fast and the Furious tribute, as no other Paul Walker movie is shown in the two-minute clip. Walker, playing former cop Brian O’Conner, was...

Paul Walker movies: Few worthwhile efforts away from the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise (photo: Paul Walker in ‘Hours’) (See previous post: “Paul Walker Dead: Fast and Furious Actor Killed in Fiery Car Crash.”) Aside from the Fast and Furious franchise, Paul Walker was featured in about 15 movies since the turn of the century; most of those were little-seen releases that did nothing to expand his following beyond fans of slick, high-speed shenanigans, e.g., John Glenn’s thriller and straight-to-dvd release The Lazarus Project (2008), co-starring Piper Perabo; Wayne Kramer’s box office bomb Running Scared, with Vera Farmiga; John Stockwell’s mix of deep-sea adventure and crime thriller Into the Blue, with Jessica Alba and Josh Brolin; and another straight-to-dvd effort, Mukunda Michael Dewil’s poorly received thriller Vehicle 19 (2013). Paul Walker’s handful of more prestigious and/or successful films were Clint Eastwood’s World War II drama Flags of Our Fathers...

Handsome American actor best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast and Furious blockbuster movie franchise

Paul Walker, who has died aged 40 in a car accident, combined unthreatening star charisma with preppy good looks and a canny commercial sensibility. Though he had shown promise in his early film roles, he could easily have become just another piece of well-dressed eye candy had it not been for his involvement in the colossally successful Fast and Furious franchise, which has grossed $2.38bn worldwide to date.

In 2001, the first film in the series, The Fast and the Furious, put a four-wheeled spin on the surfing-bank-robbers thriller Point Break. Walker took the Keanu Reeves role of the upstart undercover cop who infiltrates a criminal gang – in this case, a group of daredevil street-racers moonlighting as truck hijackers – before discovering a kinship with the renegades he is supposed to be apprehending.

The contrast between Walker,...

Charlize Theron's modern-day take on Hatfields & McCoys has been ordered to pilot by NBC. The actress is an executive producer on the drama, which is set in modern-day Pittsburgh and sees the feud between the wealthy, powerful Hatfields and working-class McCoys reunited following a death. Deadline reports that there was a significant penalty at play if the project had not been greenlit. John Glenn (Eagle Eye, The Lazarus Project) is attached (more)...

Ready for Piper Perabo and Covert Affairs Season 2?

The USA network has unleashed a brand new Covert Affairs Season 2 teaser and that means there will be plenty of actress Piper Perabo to go around. Yes, Perabo is back in all new episodes as secret agent Annie Walker. Take a look at what’s new for the remainder of Season 2, which returns to airwaves this coming November.

Perabo isn’t the only actor looking sharp in the rest of the season. I’m a fan of Sendhil Ramamurthy, formerly of Heroes, who definitely turns up the heat as Jai Wilcox. Of course Christopher Gorham is still the blind tech ops team member, Auggie, and Peter Gallagher returns as Aurthur Campbell. Former House series recurring actress Anne Dudek comes back, too, as Danielle.

Lies? Half lives? Betrayal? Uh-oh! Yes, the video reveals the season will definitely continue to get dangerous. Doesn’t...

You can brand them as peddlers of Brad Pitt, as U.S based Inferno Entertainment have got some highly anticipated titles in their sales line-up and one matches Pitt with Andrew Dominik in Cogan's Trade (they worked together on Jesse James) and James Gray should be rolling out the cameras one of these days for The Lost City of Z with Pitt attached in the lead. Joe Carnahan's The Grey is on the map as well. Killer Elite by Gary McKendry - Post-Production The Grey by Joe Carnahan - Post-Production Cogan's Trade by Andrew Dominik - Post-Production The Entitled by Aaron Woodley - Completed Arabian Nights by Chuck Russell - Pre-Production Cane Toads: The Conquest by Mark Lewis - Completed Five Star Day by Danny Buday - Completed Hachiko: A Dog's Story by Lasse HALLSTRÖM - Completed Happy Tears by Mitchell Lichtenstein - Completed How To Make Love Like...

The composer duo of tomandandy has recently scored the pilot for the ABC show Identity. The project centers on an elite police unit formed to combat the explosion of identity-related crime. The pilot stars Wentworth Miller (Prison Break), Angela Bassett (Malcolm X, ER), Tony Curran (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Orlando Jones (The Time Machine). The project is based on the BBC TV show created by Ed Whitmore with the same title. Writer and producer John Glenn (Eagle Eye, The Lazarus Project) is adapting the show for American television. Mark Gordon (Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy) is executive producing through his production company. The pilot is directed by Gary Fleder, known for his feature film work including Kiss the Girls, Runaway Jury and Don’t Say a Word. ABC is expected to announce next week if the show gets picked up.

Tomandandy have a couple of other feature projects...

From the producer of Platoon and The Terminator

Anchor Bay Entertainment Falls For

Love At First Kill

Secrets Will Be Revealed On DVD February 15th

On February 15th, Anchor Bay Entertainment premieres the provocative thriller Love At First Kill on DVD. Directed by John Daly, the Oscar-nominated producer behind such classic films as Oliver Stone’s Platoon, James Cameron’s The Terminator, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and Robert Altman’s Images, Love At First Kill stars Margot Kidder (Lois Lane of Superman, Halloween II, The Amityville Horror), Noah Segan (Fanboys, Deadgirl, Adam & Steve), Lyne Renée (The Hessen Conspiracy), Michael Bowen (Magnolia, Kill Bill: Volume 1) and Onalee Adams (The Lazarus Project). Srp is $26.98.

Harry Teberg (Segan) is a brooding young artist who collects cardboard boxes of all sizes and shapes, draws and paints them. He still lives with his possessive and over-protective mother Beth (Kidder), a widow of twenty years who dominates him.

Travis McCoy goes crazy in a music video which supports his latest single "The Manual". In this clip, the Gym Class Heroes frontman is sharing screen with T-Pain who lends his vocal on the hook.

"The Manual" is one of the new materials which appears in Travis McCoy's newly-released debut album "Lazarus". In addition to having additional verses from T-Pain, the song also features another Nappy Boy member Young Cash.

The album itself was originally titled "The Lazarus Project", but Travis decided to change it after learning that there has been a big screen project with the same title. It arrived in the United States on June 8. "I've always wanted this album to come out in the summer, because that's when most of the memorable music drops," he previously told MTV. "You want music to have a good time to, music to connect to. You wanna play it at the party.

A picture to be featured on the front page of Travis McCoy's upcoming solo debut album "Lazarus" has been unleashed. In the new artwork, a man who is supposedly the Gym Class Heroes' singer is seen flying high in the air with a set of recording tools tied on his back.

"Lazarus" is slated to be released across the United States on June 8. A Bruno Mars-featuring song titled "Billionaire" has been released as the first treatment of the album. Other artists who reportedly make contribution to the upcoming release are T-Pain, Patrick Stump, Cee-Lo and Janelle Monae.

The album was originally titled "The Lazarus Project", but Travis decided to change it after learning that there has been a big screen project with the same title. He explained to MTV. "So we're just calling the record 'Lazarus' now. It's more to the point...It's hard to put a stamp on the record.

Travis McCoy has a brand new solo single titled "Billionaire" coming out for listening pleasure. Debuted online on MTV.com, the track is confirmed to serve as the lead single from his forthcoming debut album "Lazarus".

"It's me talking about what would happen if I would somehow manage to become a billionaire. What would I do with the money?" he explained to MTV about what he wants to tell in the song. "Don't get it wrong, I'm far from a billionaire."

"I think I just made it out the 'thousandaire' category. So it's about what I would do with the money and, the same time, it opens up the question, if you were in a position to do something with a decent chunk of money, what would you do?"

Featuring Bruno Mars, the song has been sent to radios and put out for digital download. A companion video is currently...

'Now a lot of the records are happy,' Gym Class Heroes frontman says.

By James Montgomery

Travis "Travie" McCoy

First things first: Travis McCoy wants to be known as "Travie" these days. After all, that's how he's always been known amongst his family and friends.

"I mean, anybody who knows me already calls me that. No one in my circle calls me Travis. Even my family, at a young age started calling me 'Travie,' " he said, cracking up slightly. "So I want people to feel comfortable calling me 'Travie.' It's almost like inviting people in. You can be part of the family, so long as you buy the album."

And that brings us to the second point — his long-in-the-works solo album, which McCoy wants you to know is no longer called The Lazarus Project, for legal reasons ... involving Paul Walker.

"Unfortunately we had to change the title to just Lazarus,...

'Now a lot of the records are happy,' Gym Class Heroes frontman says.

By James Montgomery

Travis "Travie" McCoy

First things first: Travis McCoy wants to be known as "Travie" these days. After all, that's how he's always been known amongst his family and friends.

"I mean, anybody who knows me already calls me that. No one in my circle calls me Travis. Even my family, at a young age started calling me 'Travie,' " he said, cracking up slightly. "So I want people to feel comfortable calling me 'Travie.' It's almost like inviting people in. You can be part of the family, so long as you buy the album."

And that brings us to the second point — his long-in-the-works solo album, which McCoy wants you to know is no longer called The Lazarus Project, for legal reasons ... involving Paul Walker.

"Unfortunately we had to change the title to just Lazarus,...

'We've already started demo-ing for the new Gym Class record, Pcc II,' frontman tells MTV News.

By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Harper

Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy

Photo: MTV News

In the grand scheme of things, one year isn't all that long, but in industry terms, it's an eternity. That's how long it's been since Gym Class Heroes released The Quilt (actually, it's been like 15 months, but, hey, who's counting?), an album that was supposed to carry them to the next level but, thanks to an increased focus on hip-hop, confounded most Gch fans, and quickly disappeared from the charts.

And when that disappointment was coupled with frontman Travis McCoy's talk of a solo album, well, those 15 months started to seem a bit longer — and the wait began to make many Gym Class fans worry about the fate of their beloved band.

But according to McCoy,...

'We've already started demo-ing for the new Gym Class record, Pcc II,' frontman tells MTV News.

By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Harper

Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy

Photo: MTV News

In the grand scheme of things, one year isn't all that long, but in industry terms, it's an eternity. That's how long it's been since Gym Class Heroes released The Quilt (actually, it's been like 15 months, but, hey, who's counting?), an album that was supposed to carry them to the next level but, thanks to an increased focus on hip-hop, confounded most Gch fans, and quickly disappeared from the charts.

And when that disappointment was coupled with frontman Travis McCoy's talk of a solo album, well, those 15 months started to seem a bit longer — and the wait began to make many Gym Class fans worry about the fate of their beloved band.

But according to McCoy,...

Fox has "Fallen" for a vigilante drama from "Eagle Eye" co-writer John Glenn.

The project, produced by 20th and the Chernin Co., is described as a real-world drama that revolves around a group of vigilante "fallen" angels who take down the criminal and the corrupt in New York while falling in love, battling demons and seeking their own personal revenge.

Glenn is executive producing with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope, the Chernin Co.'s TV head.

Chernin's producing deal with News Corp. has several blind production commitments at the Fox network built into it. It is not clear whether "Fallen" would fall under any of them.

In addition to "Fallen," the Chernin Co. also has a multicamera comedy by Bobby Bowman set up at Fox.

Glenn, who wrote and directed the 2008 feature "The Lazarus Project" starring Paul Walker, and the 2006 ABC pilot "Drift," is repped by Icm.

State Of Play

Seeing as Craig has already covered State Of Play I won’t go into much detail here.

I suggest you read his detailed review and all I’m going to add is that it really is an intelligent ensemble piece that has good acting from an impressive cast.

It’s nice to see a smart American film for a change, one that actually has something to say and a message to bring across. It’s a shame that it didn’t light up the box office because it deserved success.

Definitely worth your time if you are looking for a higher level of entertainment.

State Of Play is also available on Blu-Ray

Fast & Furious

The 4th in the series reunites the original cast for more pedal to the metal action.

This time Brian O’Conner and Dominic Toretto join forces to bring an evil heroin importer to justice.

Along with the rest of the original crew, Paul Walker is back in the driver.s seat for Fast And Furious. This is the continuation that feels more like a sequel than the past two films. And Paul is back as Brian O.Conner, a cop with a heart of gold. After doing a handful of smaller films including The Death And Life Of Bobby Z and The Lazarus Project, he seemed to have a fun experience returning to the fast lane of F&F. When I spoke to Paul on the set of back a few months ago, I...

We have some great images in from the next film in the franchise from Universal Pictures. Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster and Laz Alonzo! This is the fourth film in the series, the last of which was "Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" which neither Walker nor Diesel starred in. The new film reunites the original stars and looks set to bring in some big box office numbers for Universal. Diesel makes his return soon with the Mathieu Kassovitz' directed "Babylon A.D." which sees theatres on August 29th. Based on the novel written by Maurice G. Dantec which Eric Besnard ("Ca$h") adapts. Walker's been quite this year with just a single project on offer in the upcoming "The Lazarus Project" helmed by John Glenn who also writes alongside Evan Astrowsky. He stars with Linda Cardellini in the drama thriller also called "The Heaven Project.

Sandra Bullock has said yes to starring in The Proposal, a romantic comedy from Touchstone Pictures.

Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing, while Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are exec producing via their shingle Kurtzman/Orci Prods.

The story follows a demanding female boss (Bullock) who suddenly faces deportation to Canada. She makes a deal with her young male assistant to agree to a sham engagement and marriage.

The script was written by Peter Chiarelli, who sold it using a pseudonym in 2005 (HR 8/22/05). Chiarelli is the president of Kurtzman/Orci.

Kristin Burr is overseeing for Touchstone.

Mandeville's upcoming productions include Paramount's The Fighter, a boxing flick starring Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. The company also is in production on The Heaven Project, an indie drama starring Paul Walker.

Kurtzman and Orci are the writers behind the upcoming Transformers from DreamWorks.

Bullock, who most recently starred in the supernatural thriller Premonition, is repped by CAA, 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Clifford Gilbert-Lurie.

Linda Cardellini is set to star opposite Paul Walker in Heaven Project, an indie drama being directed by John Glenn.

The story follows an ex-con who is sentenced to death and wakes up from his lethal injection in a small Oregon town. Working as a groundskeeper for a mental hospital, he is told he was given a second chance by God but questions whether he ever really died.

Cardellini will play the hospital's administrator and Walker's love interest.

Producing are David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville along with Inferno Entertainment's Bill Johnson. Matt Milich also is producing.

Production is under way in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Cardellini is one of the stars of NBC's ER. She also played Velma in the Scooby-Doo movies and will appear in CBS' Larry McMurtry miniseries Comanche Moon. She is repped by Gersh, 3 Arts and Barnes, Morris, Klein.

Sony Pictures Entertainment's nascent acquisitions unit has entered into a multipicture co-financing and domestic distribution agreement with Inferno Films. The deal gives the Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group all media rights to films produced by Inferno.

The first film covered by the deal is "The Heaven Project", a psychological thriller starring Paul Walker and directed and written by John Glenn. The film is in production.

Pictures at the top of Inferno's development slate include a remake of George Cukor's "The Women", written and to be directed by Diane English, creator of television's "Murphy Brown"; "The Monkey Wrench", an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel that will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (William Goldman wrote the screenplay); and "A Dog's Story", a family drama inspired by a Japanese story of a man and his dog.

Inferno is in postproduction on "Smother", which stars Diane Keaton and was produced with Jay Roach. Recent film projects include Richard Kelley's "Southland Tales", with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; "Just Friends", with Amy Smart, Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris; and "The Air I Breathe", starring Forest Whitaker, Kevin Bacon, Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser and Gellar.