Jessica Kiang, Author at The Playlist

Milla Jovovich Gets ‘Bad Luck,’ Trailer For 50 Cent’s ‘Gun’ Shows Even Val Kilmer Needs Quick Paychecks

June 8, 2010 3:06 pm

Milla Jovovich looks to further cement her claim to the ‘Queen B’ throne by signing on to director David R Ellis’s “Bad Luck,” about superstitions coming true, and presumably terrorizing a group of sceptical fr...

‘Get Him To The Greek’s Infant Sorrow Makes Us Look At 9 Fictional Movie Bands

Jessica Kiang

June 4, 2010 3:47 pm

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This week’s "Get Him to The Greek," a movie that barely squeaked into our “5 films to watch out for during this rubbish summer" feature and can now probably quietly squeak out of it following our review, employ...

If/When Frank Miller’s ‘300’ Prequel Is ‘Awesome’ Enough, Snyder & Co Will Make It A Film, And Possibly Start A War

Jessica Kiang

June 2, 2010 7:34 pm

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Fans of sterile, ham-fisted comic book adaptations, get ready to misplace your enthusiasm all over again: Frank Miller is nearing completion on his 6-part “300” prequel comic “Xerxes,” and “300” movie director ...

New Line, Baffled By Success Of ‘The Final Destination,’ Readies 3D 5th Installment For August 2011

Jessica Kiang

May 29, 2010 3:34 pm

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Dust off your “will not die” puns now as the "Final Destination" franchise, despite being supposed to have been hit by that bus/decapitated by that ceiling fan/impaled on that large shard of plate glass, lives ...

David Weinstein’s ‘Azureus Rising’ Is Yet Another Short Film Causing A Hollywood Frenzy

Jessica Kiang

May 28, 2010 12:32 pm

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Another day, another red-hot buzzed-about short film in Hollywood: this time it’s “Azureus Rising” written and directed by California-based one-time ILM employee David Weinstein. The clip is below, but for tho...

Garcia, Van Peebles, Goss & Quinn: ‘The Exodus of Charlie Wright’ Gets Its Dream Cast

Jessica Kiang

May 26, 2010 4:35 pm

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In what has to be the B-est of B-list casts assembled since, oh, we don’t know, maybe “Rock N Roll Confessions” (see here), Andy Garcia, Mario Van Peebles, Luke Goss and Aidan Quinn have been announced for “Th...

Mick Jagger’s Son, Jake Jagger: A Possible Co-Star For Michelle Williams in ‘My Week With Marilyn’?

Jessica Kiang

May 21, 2010 6:15 pm

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James Jagger, son of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger (who looks from some angles exactly like his mum, and from others exactly like his dad) has auditioned for and is apparently in talks about portraying Colin Clark...

Warner Bros/’Superman’ Rights Feud Gets Personal

Jessica Kiang

May 15, 2010 12:51 am

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We don’t know how closely you’ve been following the "Superman" copyright litigation story, but here’s a brief recap for those not quite up to speed.Lawyer Marc Toberoff, who seems to specialize in wrestling ...

Danny Huston To Speak Hebrew, Shoot Hoops In Eran Riklis’s ‘Playoff’

Jessica Kiang

May 14, 2010 9:52 pm

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Ah, Danny Huston — we don’t know why we love him but we do. Or at least this writer does...For every great movie he’s chosen to grace with his considerable presence (“Children of Men,” “The Proposition”) the...

Hayden Christensen To Redefine Cinema In ‘The Genesis Code’

Jessica Kiang

May 12, 2010 5:54 pm

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After a quiet 2009 which only saw him in a segment of the anthology film “New York I Love You,” Hayden Christensen is set to put screens alight in stuntman-turned-director David R Ellis’ (“Snakes on a P...

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