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Jul 13 2012 11:26 PM ET

'Looper' Comic-Con panel: Emily Blunt calls it 'the best movie I've ever been a part of'

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The Project: Looper

The Panel: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, director Rian Johnson

Footage Screened: Johnson called the sizzle reel an expanded version of the latest trailer, but there were still brand new peeks at one of the buzziest sci-fi films at Comic-Con. The first was a conversation between Gordon-Levitt — playing Joe, a mob assassin called a Looper who takes out marks zapped back to him from the future — and the mob boss played by a burly, bearded Jeff Daniels. First, the boss noted that he recruited Joe as the youngest Looper he’d ever hired, and then asked Joe where he was going to go after he retired (more on that in a sec). “I’m going to France,” said Joe. “You should go to China,” said the boss. “I’m going to France,” said Joe. “I’m from the future,” said the boss. “You should go to China.”  READ FULL STORY »

Jul 7 2012 06:06 PM ET

'The Dark Knight Rises': Christopher Nolan cements his place in Hollywood at hand and footprint ceremony

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Christopher Nolan will leave big shoes to fill when it comes to future silver screen interpretations of the Batman story, but for now he’s letting his shoes leave their mark – in Hollywood’s most famous cement courtyard, that is. The Dark Knight Rises director was honored during a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles today.

Nolan joins 261 other Hollywood luminaries – including Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Julie Andrews and Steven Spielberg – immortalized in the Forecourt to the Stars since 1927.

“This is all a bit surreal for me,” Nolan told the crowd, which included his family, cast members of The Dark Knight Rises, frequent collaborators Wally Pfister and Hans Zimmer, and an assemblage of eager Batman fans. The director – who is also behind such mind-benders as Inception, Memento and The Prestige – then recalled his first visit to Grauman’s at the age of 16. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 28 2012 09:09 PM ET

'Looper' U.S. trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis face off as the same man

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Yesterday, writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) noted on Twitter that if you are already planning on seeing his next film — the sci-fi time-travel thriller Looper — it’s likely best to skip watching the film’s trailers. Johnson’s concern was that certain moments in Looper‘s story of a mob assassin (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) tasked with killing himself from 30 years in the future (Bruce Willis) could be spoiled for you if you know too much about them going in.

Does he have good reason to worry? Well, the new domestic trailer for the film was released today, and it is indeed markedly different from yesterday’s international trailer thanks to an extended look at a crackling diner scene between Gordon-Levitt and Willis. Taken together, the two previews manage to paint a rough picture of the film’s main storyline and tone without taking us through every major beat of the plot.

Still, Johnson is right. If you have already decided to see Looper, there’s no need to see any more of it before you step into a theater. But if you remain unconvinced, perhaps this trailer will push you over the edge. Check it out below:   READ FULL STORY »

Jun 27 2012 05:30 PM ET

'Looper' international trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunts himself, a.k.a. Bruce Willis

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On the one hand, the new international trailer for Looper looks damn cool: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a Mob assassin called a Looper who kills people sent to him from the future, and one day, he’s sent himself, 30 years older, played by Bruce Willis.

On the other hand, writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) had this to say today about the trailer on Twitter: “If you’re already set on seeing Looper, I’d avoid any trailers from here on out. They don’t ruin the movie, but they tip a few little things.” He later added, “Just to clarify – I approved all the trailers, they’re great and they won’t ruin anything big. But the small things they tip are fun to discover in the movie.”

What to do, what to do? Oh, just check out the trailer below:  READ FULL STORY »

May 31 2012 10:17 PM ET

'Premium Rush' trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's quads have got to be shredded

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There isn’t a great deal that’s new in the new trailer for Premium Rush, the more-or-less real-time thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a head-strong New York City bike messenger and Michael Shannon as the dirty cop who desperately wants his latest delivery. The film was initially due to hit theaters last January, but with a new release date (Aug. 24) comes a new trailer, this time cut to emphasize the cat-and-mouse pursuit between Gordon-Levitt and Shannon. (The first trailer leaned more into the world of bike messengers, and the film’s real time approach.) Check it out below:  READ FULL STORY »

May 3 2012 09:51 PM ET

Casting Net: Joseph Gordon-Levitt developing new 'Little Shop of Horrors.' Plus: Sharlto Copley, Nick Frost, Amber Heard

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• Suddenly Seymour? Let’s hope! Joseph Gordon-Levitt is working with Warner Bros. and Wanted producer Marc Platt on a new big screen version of the musical horror-comedy Little Shop of Horrors, with the hope Gordon-Levitt would play the mild-mannered florist who discovers one of his plants lives on human blood. Robert Aguirre-Sacasa — who’s written on Big Love and Glee, and was brought in to revise the book for Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — is penning the script. No director is attached. [THR]

• District 9 star Sharlto Copley is suddenly very popular. He’s currently in talks to star opposite Angelina Jolie in Maleficent as King Stefan. Earlier this week, he signed onto both the horror film Open Grave and Spike Lee‘s English language remake of Oldboy. [Deadline]

• Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), and Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz) have signed onto the comedy Cuban Fury, about a man (Frost) with a zeal for salsa dancing. The film is based on an idea by Frost. James Griffiths (Up All Night, Free Agents) will direct. [Variety]

• Amber Heard (The Rum Diary) is in talks to play an assassin named Miss San Antonio in Robert Rodriguez‘s Machete Kills. [Variety]

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May 1 2012 01:38 AM ET

'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer: A bleak vision of Batman's future

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In four days, by all reports audiences will be streaming in droves to see The Avengers, a big, rousing, brightly-colored superhero movie filled with aliens, Norse gods, and giant green rage monsters. Before that movie begins, however, they’ll see the trailer for a very different kind of superhero movie, The Dark Knight Rises. That trailer was just released on the web, the culmination of a viral marketing campaign that began this morning. The preview paints a bleak, almost nihilistic picture of what awaits audiences on July 20 — check out the trailer below, and then let’s talk about our first impressions:  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2012 09:07 PM ET

New trailer for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's sci-fi action movie 'Looper' might throw you for a loop

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In the last three days, director Rian Johnson and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt released not one but two teasers for the trailer for their upcoming film Looper — and in one of them Gordon-Levitt cranked the expectations meter pretty high, calling the movie “my favorite thing I’ve ever done.” Pretty big words from a guy whose credits include, among other things, Inception, (500) Days of Summer, 50/50, and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises, not to mention Johnson’s whip-smart, under-seen 2005 high-school noir Brick. So what is Looper? Well, now we have a trailer, which promises a gritty, mind-bendy sci-fi-action ride with Gordon-Levitt as a hit man who has to assassinate his future self (Willis), complete with lots of bullets and explosions, lots of time scrambling, and lots of style—plus, the initially jarring sight of Gordon-Levitt’s face rendered almost unrecognizable so he more closely resembles a young Willis (he evidently spent three hours in the makeup chair every morning). READ FULL STORY »

Apr 5 2012 11:25 AM ET

Joseph Gordon-Levitt drops out of 'Django Unchained'

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Quentin Tarantino’s next film just got a little less charming. A rep for Joseph Gordon-Levitt has confirmed to EW that the actor has dropped out of Django Unchained, Tarantino’s upcoming slave-era drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx, due to a scheduling conflict with his feature directorial debut.

Gordon-Levitt was set to play a small supporting role in Django but knew that shooting might conflict with Don Jon’s Addiction, which he’ll be directing and starring in with Scarlett Johansson, according to a Deadline report from February. As it turns out, scheduling does in fact conflict, and Gordon-Levitt recently confirmed to MTV News, “No, I’m not going to get to do [Django]. I’d love to, but it just doesn’t work.”

Gordon-Levitt sadly won’t get to join the all-star cast, which includes DiCaprio, Waltz, Foxx, Kerry Washington, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie, set for a December 2012 release, tells the story of a slave turned bounty hunter (Foxx) who sets out to rescue his wife (Washington) from a ruthless plantation owner (DiCaprio).

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to make feature directing debut in comedy co-starring Scarlett Johansson
Sundance 2012: Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks Sundance, Hit RECord, and being Abe Lincoln’s son

Mar 18 2012 03:33 AM ET

WonderCon: In 'Looper,' Joseph Gordon-Levitt transforms into a young Bruce Willis -- FIRST LOOK

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“What would you do if you were sitting across the table from your older self? Or your younger self?” That’s the central question of Looper, as posed by writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick) before he unveiled the very first look at his sci-fi head squeezer for attendees of this year’s WonderCon in Anaheim, Calif. Out Sept. 28, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a hitman who specializes in a unique method of execution: His victims are sent back to him from 30 years in the future, to be dispatched within seconds of popping into the past. The job pays handsomely, and life is dandy for him, until one day his victim turns out to be his future self (Bruce Willis).

The premise meant that Gordon-Levitt took on what he called “the most transformative” role of his career, undergoing three hours of make-up a day to modify his face — especially his lips, nose, and eye-color — to look like a younger Willis. READ FULL STORY »

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