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27 August 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Nicolas Cage still shudders thinking about his 1989 movie Vampire's Kiss - because his role required him to eat a cockroach.

Cage admits he has an irrational phobia of insects - but in the film's most infamous scene, his character Peter catches the critter and pops it in his mouth.

And the star insists he still feels nauseous recalling the daring feat.

He says, "To this day, people ask me about the cockroach - it was disgusting. "I have a fear of bugs and I had to disinfect my mouth with 100-proof vodka and just spit the bug out.

"It makes me sick thinking about it and, in the theatre, it was the same reaction: 'Oh no!' I know the reason it is still in video stores is partly because of that."

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27 August 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's comic book venture is reportedly moving to Los Angeles in a bid to boost its appeal.

Branson's Virgin Comics - a venture between his Virgin Group and Indian comics publisher Gotham Entertainment Group - has closed its New York office after disappointing sales.

Virgin Comics CEO Sharad Devarajan says the company hopes to restructure the business at a Los Angeles base.

Devarajan adds, "We remain excited about the business and partnerships we have built through Virgin Comics and are working toward a restructuring that properly takes the business forward."

The company hopes to attract stars closer to Hollywood and has reportedly negotiated deals with former porn star Jenna Jameson, actors Ed Burns and Nicolas Cage, and filmmaker Guy Ritchie to develop comic books that can be turned into films and TV shows.

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27 August 2008 5:07 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Nicolas Cage feared for his safety while shooting new movie Bangkok Dangerous after the Thai military suddenly overthrew the government.

The actor, 44, was in Thailand in 2006 filming the action flick when violence erupted as the military threw out prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his government.

He recalls, "I was on the set around one in the morning, firing an automatic weapon, when the gun wrangler said, 'You've got to stop shooting. There's a military coup about to happen.'

"I didn't even know what that meant. When was the last time we had a military coup in the U.S.?

"I kept thinking my son and my wife were at the hotel. So I walked off the set, woke them up and I took them to the airport."

But the star was determined to carry on with the project - despite the threat of violence on the streets.

He adds: "I left my family at the airport, got back to Bangkok on another plane, flew back to the set - not knowing if I was going back into gunfire or tanks shooting - and finished the movie.

"There were tanks on the street. It was a terrifying experience."

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26 August 2008 2:00 AM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

Veronica Mars actress Kristen Bell is set to play a vocal role in the upcoming animated feature film presentation by Warner Bros., Astro Boy.  The film is directed by David Bowers and is based on the classic Osamu Tezuka comic series, which began as a Japanese manga and later was drawn into a cartoon in the early ‘60s.  It was then recreated in the ‘80s and most recently, in 2003.

The main character is a robot boy who was created by a professor in memory of his dead son.  The story is set in the futuristic Metro City, where humans and robots peacefully co-exist.

While no announcement has been made about which character Bell will be playing, Zap2It reports that she will be joining other cast members such as Nicolas Cage, Scarlett Johansson, Donald Sutherland, Billy Nighly, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy in the film, which is set to be released next year.

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25 August 2008 5:58 PM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news

Nicholas Cage has had some bad, bad hairpieces.  I’d forgotten just how awful they were until I read the Latino Review “piece” (there was just no way to resist that...I apologize) on the Bangkok Dangerous star’s hairy past...I’m going to shut up now.  Take a look and see how long you can last without making a hair joke… http://www.latinoreview.com/news/celebrating-the-hairstyles-of-nicolas-cage-5254

25 August 2008 12:35 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

"Astro Boy" seems to have found its leading female voice in "Heroes" beauty Kristen Bell. The 28-year-old allegedly has been appointed to give voice to the female friend to the famous Japanese superhero robot created by manga guru Osamu Tezuka.

Detailed information about the character Bell will be voicing has yet to be shared. Nevertheless, the actress whose recent film credit include "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" has been listed among the previously announced voice cast of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy.

To be directed by David Bowers using a script from Timothy Harris, "Astro Boy" follows a young robot invented to replace the late son of a brilliant scientist. Despite having incredible powers, he is unable to console the scientist's mourning heart and thus he embarks in a journey to find the place where he truly belongs. The animation film is expected to

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24 August 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

Today the trades announced that Kristen Bell will voice the lead female character in the CG-animated feature film Astro Boy for Warner Bros. She will be joining an already impressive cast including Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy and Freddie Highmore. Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi Studios' Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a n...

24 August 2008 8:27 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Yes folks it’s that time of the week! Once again we troll through the overlooked movie news to give you a fully comprehensive overview of what’s been happening in Hollywood.

This week:

Nicolas Cage decides to Kick Ass, every-one’s favorite Journeyman Kevin McKidd may be a Highlander, Ben Affleck Extract’s something for Mike Judge, Samuel L. Jackson eyes Red Tails for George Lucas and The Sweeney gets shafted by the British Film Industry.

1. Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca have signed on to Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book Kick Ass. According to The Hollywood Reporter the plot:

“…centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons.Johnson plays title character, while Fonseca

Niall Browne

23 August 2008 2:58 PM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

Following the role of a hitman in Bangkok Dangerous, Nicolas Cage wants to earn more badass brownie points as an ex-cop in Kick-Ass. THR reports that Cage has signed on to the Matthew Vaughn adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book, focused on a high school nerd, Dave Lizewski, who wants to ...

Adam Sweeney

23 August 2008 3:49 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Look at Shia all comfy cozy in his bloody make-up... Shia Labeouf looking all bloody on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. People assume this latest trailer rating signifies the coming of a second Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer, international stylee. I posted a few new images from the Oscar hopeful Appaloosa starring Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris. Is MGM on sale again? Kevin Smith talked about maybe seeing Star Trek and here's the transcript. "I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about... It was phenomenal," was the word that stopped Hollywood for a grand total of 10 seconds. Did yah feel it? For some reason fanboys keyed in on this Iron Man 2 non-story as if it was some big revelation. The gist, Jon Favreau has started working on the script and it is expected to hit theaters in 2010. How you make a

Brad Brevet

22 August 2008 7:15 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Nicholas Cage is the latest to join the cast of “Kick-Ass,” Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar’s violent comic book, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca also boarded the project.

The story centers on a boring high school student (Johnson) who attempts to become a real-life superhero named Kick-Ass but runs into several troubles because of his poor physique. Cage stars as an ex-cop who struggles to bring down a local druglord.

Also on board is “Superbad” star Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who plays the aggressive son of a mobster who tries to uncover Kick-Ass’ identity.

Most of the major studios refused to develop the project because of the comic’s excessive violence, which is why Vaughn raised the budget for the flick himself.

Vaughn previously directed “Layer Cake” and “Stardust.” Cage most recently starred in “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.” He will next be

Franck Tabouring

22 August 2008 9:44 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

Nicolas Cage has been cast in Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cage will play a former cop named Big Daddy who is trying to bring down a druglord and has trained his 11 year old daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be “a lethal weapon”. Meanwhile, Aaron Johnson has been cast as the title character, a 15-year-old boy…

Liam

22 August 2008 7:47 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Nicolas Cage's new action film, Bangkok Dangerous will not be screening for critics. Lionsgate have spread the word that there will be no plans to show the movie to the press in advance of its 5th September release date. Does this mean that it sucks? Probably. But how many shitty Nicolas Cage films are there that are actually awesome? You never know with him. I like to think that he's just too far ahead of his time. We won't truly appreciate Ghost Rider or The Wicker Man or Next or National...

James Thoo

22 August 2008 4:25 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Last week we announced that Christopher Mintz-Plasse (aka McLovin) and Chloe Moretz had joined Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book Kick-Ass. Today we finish off the primary cast with three more names, only one of which you'll recognize. Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, and Lyndsy Fonseca have all been cast in Kick-Ass, which is scheduled to start shooting this fall in London and Toronto. Cage plays a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has a daughter, played by the aforementioned Moretz, who has been trained to kick ass with a ninja sword. Fonseca will play the female infatuation and Johnson will play the main character, a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski. We all know who Nic Cage is, but that's not the actor I care the most about this time. I'm interested more in Aaron Johnson, who plays the lead character. Johnson

Alex Billington

22 August 2008 2:13 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Nicolas Cage has signed up to appear in Matthew Vaughn's comic adaptation Kick-Ass. Cage will play an ex-cop who, during his battles with a drug lord, trains his daughter to be a lethal weapon. Kick-Ass, written by Mark Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr., portrays the life of high school student Dave Lizewski, who becomes obsessed with the idea (more)

By Alex Fletcher

22 August 2008 12:43 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Say what you want about Nic Cage, the guy still gets some pretty high-profile gigs. Even after Wicker Man.

Case in point: The Hollywood Reporter says that Cage has joined the cast of director Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Kick-Ass, the uber-violent Mark Millar comic.

Earlier in the week, it was revealed that McLovin would also be in the cast. Today, we're also learning that British kid actor Aaron Johnson will play the lead role in Kick-Ass, a high school nerd named Dave who wants to become a superhero despite his obvious lack of the requisite abilities and powers. Lyndsy Fonseca, who you may know as the daughter from How I Met Your Mother, will play Dave's love interest.

As for Cage, he'll play "a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (11-year-old Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon."

I'm a little

Colin Boyd

21 August 2008 2:31 AM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news

Variety brings us the scariest news of all: MGM has scared up the scripting team of Stiles White and Juliet Snowden ("Boogeyman") to pen its remake of “Poltergeist.”Studio’s seeking a director for the project. The 1982 horror pic, based on a script by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor, was directed by Tobe Hooper and starred JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson. It spawned two sequels, released in 1986 and 1988. White and Snowden are specialists in horror projects. They co-wrote “Knowing,” starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Alex Proyas, for Summit, and “The Birds” remake for Universal. They recently completed “A Good and Happy Child” for Paramount Vantage.

20 August 2008 8:48 PM, PDT | From The Entertainment Zone | See recent The Entertainment Zone news

Before we even get a chance to see the highly anticipated "Burn After Reading" from the genius minds of Joel and Ethan Coen, they're gearing up for their next film! The Coen's are famous for spinning gold into whatever they weave together... from script to cast to post! They've had leading actors and actresses such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Javier Bardem, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Tim Robbins, Billy Bob Thornton, Jeff Bridges, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi and that's just a Few of their leading characters! This time around for their next film "A Serious Man", they have taken the leap with one of Hollywood's most underrated actors, Richard Kind! That wonderfully quirky, nerdy actor we Loved on "Spin City"! Kind will share the limelight with Tony Award nominated Michael Stuhlbarg. The short and sweet plot for this film

Laura Alber

20 August 2008 2:36 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Alex Proyas is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi novel "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" for Phoenix Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Phoenix execs call the project a "complex psychological thriller with plenty of action as well as some love interest."

The book, originally published in 1942, focuses on a man who has no memories of his daily activities. To uncover the mystery and find out what he spends his time doing, he hires a pair of detectives, who eventually stumble across series of secrets no one could ever have imagined.

Proyas wrote the screenplay himself and will likely head into pre-production for the flick once he is done with the Nicolas Cage vehicle "Knowing," which opens March 20, 2009.

This is not the first Heinlein novel to make the transition to the big screen. His "Starship Troopers" debuted in theaters in 1997 and became a worldwide hit.

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19 August 2008 9:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The New York home made famous by Cher and Nicholas Cage in their hit film Moonstruck has been sold.

The Brooklyn Heights brownstone residence featured in the 1987 romantic comedy has reportedly sold for nearly $4 million (GBP2 million).

The four-storey home - used for exterior shots in the Oscar-winning film - has been owned by the same couple, Edward and Francesca Rullman, since 1959.

It was first put up for sale in 2006 with an asking price of $5 million (GBP2.5 million).

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