Trailer Stash: S. Darko, Knowing, Funny People, more

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up the blogs and message boards:...  read more

50 Cent buys film company, nabs Nic Cage as first co-star

The best stories always seem to tell themselves. 50 Cent has purchased his very own film production company—called Cheetah Vision, no less—and he's wrangled Nicolas Cage to be his co-star in the operation’s first venture, a fact-based parable about a former fighter sent to state prison and the founder of a boxing program who he connects with there. ...  read more

Nicolas Cage set to star in Kick-Ass new movie

Nicolas Cage loves comic books. After starring in Ghost Rider and naming his son Kal-el, the Hollywood Reporter cited on Friday that the Coppola nephew has signed on for an adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass. Cage is set to play a former cop intent on bringing down a druglord in the violent pic. Chloe Moretz plays the daughter he has trained to fight alongside him. ...  read more

Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage to update Bad Lieutenant

At this point, legendary German director Werner Herzog has become the Bill Brasky of the film world. Tales about Herzog are always tall, but never exaggerated: Werner Herzog once cooked and ate his own shoe after losing a bet. Werner Herzog once was shot during an interview, and continued on with the interview. Werner Herzog once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it. Werner Herzog once remade Abel Ferrara's ultra-violent, cult-film Bad Lieutenant, and cast none other than Nicolas Cage as the leading role. ...  read more