Lionsgate has released a trailer for Lakeshore Entertainment’s I, Frankenstein, a futuristic re-imagining of Mary Shelly’s classic novel adapted from Kevin Grevioux’s (“Underworld”) graphic comic. The Stuart Beattie-directed film stars Aaron Eckhart (Olympus Has Fallen) and Yvonne Strahovski (“Dexter”).
A sequel of sorts, I, Frankenstein reveals that Victor Frankenstein’s monster (Aaron Eckhart) did not commit suicide, but is instead living in a Gothic metropolis where two immortal clans have been feuding for centuries. The film is slated for release Jan. 24, 2014.
Image Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to All Cheerleaders Die, a remake of the 2001 Lucky McKee (The Woman) slasher written and directed by McKee and Chris Sivertson (I Know Who Killed Me). The film is slated for release in spring 2014.
All Cheerleaders Die stars Caitlin Stasey (I, Frankenstein) as a rebellious teen who joins her high school cheerleading squad after a tragic event, pissing off the popular cheerleaders and her loner, black magic practicing ex-girlfriend, played by Sianoa Smit-McPhee (“Hung”).
Co-stars include sexy newcomers Brooke Butler, Amanda Grace Cooper, Felisha Cooper, Sidney Allison, Nadia Boceski and Reanin Johannink (I Survived a Zombie Holocaust).
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second chapter in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. Set to arrive in theaters on Dec. 13, the film follows Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf and the thirteen Dwarves on their quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
The new trailer features a little more of the dragon Smaug and a lot more of elf hero Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and sexy woodland elf Tauriel (Evangeline Lily). There’s also shots of dwarves in barrels floating down a raging river, a giant spider, beautiful landscapes and lots of walking.
“Nip/Tuck” star Joely Richardson will star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin (The Call) in the zombie drama Maggie. Director Henry Hobson makes his feature film debut with a Black List script by John Scott 3.
Breslin plays Maggie, a 16-year-old girl infected with a zombie virus. Schwarzenegger and Richardson are her parents. According to The Wrap, the film is currently shooting in New Orleans.
Richardson, best known for playing icy, midget-loving, bi-curious matriarch Julia McNamara on the F/X series “Nip/Tuck,” has starred in Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon. She’ll next be seen in The Weinstein Company’s Vampire Academy.
