|
Guillermo del Toro will team up with James Cameron for his next film project, which will be shot in 3D. The Mexican director behind Pan's Labyrinth and the Oscar-winning Cameron, who is responsible for the likes of Terminator, Titanic and most recently Avatar, will collaborate on a 3D adaptation of cult horror writer HP Lovecraft's tale At The Mountains Of Madness, reports Deadline.com. Serial killer franchise Saw has been named the most successful horror movie series by the Guinness World Records. Producer Mark Burg told Reuters news agency he was "in shock" at beating other long-running movie franchises, such as Friday the 13th and Halloween. The six Saw films, in which victims try to escape elaborate traps set by the "jigsaw killer", have made a total of $733m (£472m) at the box office. Guinness editor Craig Glenday will present the award on Friday. British actor Andrew Garfield is to play comic book superhero Spider-Man in the next outing of the film series, it has been announced. The 26-year-old, raised in the UK but born in California, will begin work on the new movie in December. His previous credits include last year's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus alongside the late Heath Ledger. Former Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi departed the franchise after making three films. The Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle, and Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry have been given creative control over the ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, which are being held in London. Daldry will be in overall creative charge of the Olympics and Paralympics, while Boyle will be artistic director of the main opening ceremony. The Twilight Saga: New Moon proved to be the smash hit of this year's MTV Movie Awards, as the vampire sequel picked up five Golden Popcorn, including Best Movie. Led by die-hard Twilight fans, viewers this year clubbed together to vote for their favourite films across 12 categories. Twilight dominated the ceremony, taking home five golden popcorn statues, including top honours for “Best Movie,” presented by Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Known for such cult classics as Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet, Hopper embodied the image of the Hollywood icon. Hopper died on Saturday morning surrounded by friends and family at his home in Venice, California. He was last seen in public in March when he was honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. |
|