Channing Tatum Confirmed for 'The Hateful Eight' as Full Cast Revealed

Strap on your boots, grab your saddle, because Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight is on the way and with filming beginning next month the full cast has been revealed. Confirming last night's rumor, Channing Tatum is officially on board the Western, joined by Oscar nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life).  The rest of the cast has been suspected ever since the live table reads Tarantino conducted earlier this year. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, and Tim Roth make up the impressive ensemble. Here's the official synopsis:

In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…

Quentin Tarantino will begin shooting in 70mm next month, a little bit ahead of schedule so that the film can be ready for festival and awards season in 2015

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Demian Bichir, Lily Collins, and Eva Longoria Join Untitled Lowrider Film

Oscar-nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life), Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), and...really sweet gal Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) are set to star in an untitled lowrider film which has been in the works for about four years.

Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Ricardo de Montreuil (Mancora) with the most recent script by Josh Bierne-Gordon and Justin Tipping , the story is set in East L.A. and centers on a man who takes part in an annual lowrider event. He has two sons, both on opposing sides of the law, who are about to compete in the event as well. Bichir is currently working on his directorial debut which also features Longoria, while Collins just finished up on Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes film.

Sounds interesting, but does anybody want to see a movie about lowrider cars?

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Review: 'Dom Hemingway' Starring Jude Law

Richard Shepard's wildly inappropriate, punkish, Irvine Welsh-influenced comedy Dom Hemingway begins, rather appropriately, with the title character regaling us with the greatness of his own cock.
 It's an act of pure unfiltered ego, delivered with narcissistic gusto while his knob is getting a good polishing because, as a caption tells us, 12 years is a really long time to be idling in prison. Dom Hemingway, both the man and the movie that bears his name, is in-your-face crude, disgusting, and full of hilarious bluster that's often hard to resist, until that boisterousness wears out its welcome.

It's a totally unchained, spittle-flying performance by Law, and a needed change after a career of refinement and emotional calculation. His Dom Hemingway is an angry hound of vulgarity, an unrelenting Shakespearean dirt bag, and Law chews up the role with gusto. Dom is a safe cracker extraordinaire, recently loosed from prison after 12 years after refusing to rat out his partners. One of those partners was Ivan Fontaine (Demian Bichir), a crime boss living in a palatial French estate with his gorgeous woman in the kind of life Dom could only dream of. Along with his old pal Dickie (Richard E. Grant), he goes to Fontaine to collect the money he's owed for keeping quiet, and true to his unhinged nature, Dom nearly insults his way out of a fat payment. Actually, he goes totally balls out bonkers, unleashing a torrent of withering put-downs on friend and benefactor alike, only to regret it immensely soon after. This is Dom Hemingway; unchecked aggression followed by remorseful self-reflection.

That dichotomy is part of the film's big central problem: it needs a story. Angry and volatile Dom is fun to watch, especially when he embarks on a three-day sex and drug fueled binge upon getting out of the joint...

"I tried to make up for too much lost time. I fucked myself to death.”

Or after he gets his money, only to snort, screw, and drink the night away until an accident and double-cross leave him penniless again. Vengeful Dom, the guy who beats the snot out of a guy who slept with his ex-wife, is a guy worth following into the pits of Hell because the devil may send him back. But the sorrowful, wannabe Dad version of Dom is a real drag, and unfortunately the film gets real sappy for far too long. See, Dom has an estranged daughter (Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke, hardly the Khaleesi we love) he desperately wants to connect with, and Shepard's script takes the most contrived path towards making sure that happens. The struggle comes in softening Dom in a way that's believable, but he's so far over the edge that it's tough to do without losing what makes him so interesting. Shepard never seems fully invested in Dom's rehabilitation, and the scenes he shares with his daughter, a musical flake with wild hair and glaring lack of personality, never hit on any solid dramatic notes. It's not for lack of Law trying. He gives his all and puts everything he has into a subplot that could have been cut without missing a beat. There was never much of a story to Dom Hemingway to begin with, and that's probably how it should have stayed. There's something you don't hear too often. Can I have less of a plot, please?

These are the sorts of uneven movies about off-the-charts characters Shepard has been making for years. The Matador, featuring Pierce Brosnan as a brash hit man, was one example, and so was The Hunting Party with Richard Gere as a brash journalist. They all have a certain visual flair to them, and Dom Hemingway with its punk rock score and liberal use of slow-motion (a surreal car crash scene being the best) give the film a rampant energy that's easy to get hooked into. Ultimately, it's Law who gives Dom Hemingway its R-rated charm.

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New Trailer for 'Dom Hemingway' Starring Jude Law

We've seen a couple of trailers already for Richard Shepard's Dom Hemingway, and all of them are pretty awesome thanks to Jude Law's sideburns. The newest trailer is just as unhinged as the others, and has me wondering how this compares to James McAvoy's Filth. Law plays the titular safecracker, a larger-than-life figure who serves his time in prison and expects to get paid for keeping his mouth shut. But when he reaches out to his boss (Demian Bichir) for payment, things don't quite go as planned. Emilia Clarke plays his estranged daughter, while Richard E. Grant may be the highlight as Hemingway's right-hand man.

Dom Hemingway hits theaters on April 4th.

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Red Band Trailer for 'Dom Hemingway' Starring Jude Law

Maybe it's his boyish good looks, which haven't faded in the least, or smooth British charm but Jude Law kills when playing unscrupulous sorts. He doesn't get to do it often enough but in Dom Hemingway he eats up the opportunity with a spoon. A new red band trailer for the vulgar crime comedy has been released, and it's more of Law being as unsavory and oily as possible, which should be a lot of fun.

Written and directed by Richard Shepard (The Matador), the film has Law as the titular lewd safecracker who is released from prison after a 12-year stint, and gets out expecting to get a pay day for keeping his mouth shut. Only things don't quite go as planned with his boss (Demian Bichir), leading to all sorts of fist fighting, safe humping insanity.

Co-starring Richard E. Grant and Emilia Clarke, Dom Hemingway opens here on April 4th 2014.


Dom Hemingway - Trailer Red Band [VO|HD] by Team Lyricis

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First Trailer for 'Dom Hemingway' Starring Jude Law

Even though American audiences will have to wait until next spring to catch Jude Law's incredibly vulgar performance in Dom Hemingway, the U.K. will have a chance to check it out in just a couple of months, and the marketing push is beginning to build. Fox Searchlight has released the first U.K. trailer for the film, and while it seems to share some profane DNA with Irvine Welsh's Filth (see a nasty trailer for that here), there's also a considerable amount of heart and what looks like a flat out insane performance by Law.

Featuring an impressive cast of Richard E. Grant, Emilia Clarke, and Demian Bichir, the film centers on Hemingway, a loudmouth larger-than-life safe cracker who keeps his mouth shut for twelve years in prison. Now released, he comes looking for the money he's owed for staying quiet, and after running into some problems decides to try and reconnect with his estranged daughter. The trailer highlights the spirited verbal tug-of-war between Law and Grant, which is more than enough reason to get excited and to curse the Brits for seeing it so darn early.

Directed by Richard Shepard, Dom Hemingway opens in the U.S. on April 4th 2014.[DigitalSpy]

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First trailer for Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock's cop comedy 'The Heat'

The idea of teaming up comedic standout Melissa McCarthy with Sandra Bullock for a buddy cop comedy would seem rife with comic potential, which is why many were eagerly awaiting to see how The Heat would ultimately pan out. It'd have to be like Bridesmaids meets Miss Congeniality, right? Well, yes and no. The first trailer for the film has now hit the web, and while seeing these two great actresses together is fun, there aren't a whole lot of laughs to be found.

Directed by Bridesmaids' Paul Feig, the two ladies play a mismatched pair of law enforcers tracking down a drug kingpin and causing a ton of havoc along the way. Bullock's straight-laced FBI agent clashes with McCarthy's abrasive Boston cop, but nothing that indicates a laugher with any sort of edge to it. There's greater potential in this comedy pairing than we're seeing here, so hopefully future trailers will live up to that promise. Funny that Bullock's character is Jenny McCarthy, while McCarthy's is Cynthia Bullock. Ho ho ho....ugh.

Co-starring Demian Bichir, Michael Rapaport, and Tony Hale, The Heat opens on April 5th 2013....

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Sure Shots: 'Godzilla'; Demian Bichir; Adam Brody

* Fast-rising scribe Drew Pearce(Iron Man 3) has been brought on to do a script rewrite on Warner Bros. Godzilla relaunch directed by Gareth Edwards(Monsters). If you've been paying attention then you probably already know that the script has gone through multiple hands already, most recently by David Goyer(Batman trilogy) and Max Borenstein(The Seventh Son), but this isn't a cause for concern. The studio merely wants Pearce to age up the characters a little bit before they start seeking out actors. Nothing to worry about, nothing to see here. Godzilla stomps into theaters on May 16th 2014. [Variety]

* Oscar nominee Demian Bichir(A Better Life) and Emilia Clarke(Game of Thrones) have joined writer/director Richard Shepard's Dom Hemingway, putting the final touches on the casting which began last spring when Jude Law took on the title role. Law plays a safecracking ex-con who gets out of prison after twelve years and heads to the south of France to get the money he's owed for keeping his mouth shut. Richard E. Grant(Withnail & I) will play Law's best friend, while Bichir is the gangster they must confront.

* David Talbert has added Adam Brody(Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) to the cast of Baggage Claim, the adaptation of his own bestselling 2005 novel. Paula Patton stars as Montana Moore, a frustrated 30-something single lady who embarks on a 30-day, 30,000 mile journey across America to find her true love. Brody will take on one of the male leads as a flamboyant flight attendant who throws a number of potential suitors into the mix. Octavia Spencer, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Djimon Hounsou, Lauren London and Jill Scott co-star. [Variety]

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