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23 July 2008 9:10 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Will Smith has been crowned the highest earning actor in Hollywood, with a fortune of $80 million (GBP40 million).

The Hancock star came first in the Forbes ranking to find the best paid actor of last year.

Cameron Diaz was Hollywood's highest earning actress with a fortune of $50 million (GBP25 million), with Keira Knightley and Jennifer Aniston in second and third place with $32 million (GBP16 million) and $27 million (GBP13.5 million) respectively.

Coming in behind Smith was Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp who got paid a whopping $72 million (GBP36 million).

The top five paid actors from June 07 to June 08 were rounded out by Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers who took home $55 million (GBP27.5 million) each and Leonardo DiCaprio who pulled in $45 million (GBP22.5 million).

The full list of Hollywood stars' pay cheques are as follows:

1. Will Smith - $80 million (GBP40 million) 2. Johnny Depp - $72 million (GBP36 million) 3= Eddie Murphy - $55 million (GBP27.5 million) 3= Mike Myers - $55 million (GBP27.5 million) 5. Leonardo DiCaprio - $45 million (GBP22.5 million) 6. Bruce Willis - $41 million (GBP20.5 million) 7. Ben Stiller - $40 million (GBP20 million) 8. Nicolas Cage - $31 million (GBP15.5 million) 9. Will Ferrell - $31 million (GBP15.5 million) 10. Adam Sandler - $30 million (GBP15 million).

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19 July 2008 4:43 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

A musical remake of 1983 romantic comedy Valley Girl is in the pipeline. MGM has started work on a new version of the movie, which starred Deborah Foreman as a sweet but shallow valley girl who hooks up with Hollywood punk Randy (Nicolas Cage). The film featured a New Wave soundtrack including acts such as Modern English, Josie Cotton, the Plimsouls and the Psychedelic Furs. Sean (more)

By Beth Hilton

16 July 2008 8:59 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

[Many thanks to good friend Anita Wong - gone now on a lengthy sojourn to Taiwan - for passing along this review of John Woo’s Red Cliff.]

I grew up on a healthy diet of John Woo films, back in his heyday, when every film was a masterpiece. As a child, I used to think that Chow Yun Fat had surgically implanted a toothpick between his teeth, and that someone had sewed a pair of guns to his hands the way mothers sew mittons to coats. Whenever he was standing in a scene, I would have to tilt my head, because he just didnt seem right unless he was on his back or flying sideways through the air, guns ablazin’. My cousin and I would reinact all the scenes where Chow and [the other guy] would point guns at each other’s head while spouting calm, witty dialogue; sometimes we would spin in circles to emulate the camera moving round and round the pair.

I stopped watching John Woo films when he started working with the whities. I didn’t

Todd Brown

9 July 2008 7:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Nicolas Cage has been named the top celebrity comic book geek in a new poll.

Website PulpSecret.com gave the National Treasure star the odd accolade after Cage's new Virgin Comics series, Voodoo Child, hit stores.

The actor, who changed his birth name Coppola to Cage as a tribute to Marvel Comics' Luke Cage, has often spoken candidly about his love of graphic novels and comics.

And he took his hobby to a new level when he named his baby son Kal-el - Superman's birth name - when the tot was born in 2005.

The website reports Cage's comic book collection was one of the most valuable ever owned by a celebrity.

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4 July 2008 11:50 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

This 4th of July morning IGN posted an exclusive first look at the trailer for Knowing, the latest film from director Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow). The film tells the story of a man (played by Nicolas Cage) who unearths a time capsule with children's drawings predicting the future that was buried in the 1950s. One child's drawings predicted several horrible events that already have come true; however, one of those events has not yet occurred, and the man sets out to prevent it from happening. Summit Entertainment has slated the film for release on March 20, 2009. Read on for the trailer.

3 July 2008 11:25 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Val Kilmer, Xzibit and Jennifer Coolidge have signed on to star in Werner Herzog’s upcoming remake of “Bad Lieutenant,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In Abel Ferrara’s original 1992 film, Harvey Keitel played a corrupt New York City cop investigating a young nun’s rape.

In the new version, Nicholas Cage will apparently play a cop who investigates the murder of a group of illegal immigrants. Eva Mendes and Brad Dourif co-star.

Kilmer is playing Cage’s partner, while Xzibit will star as one of the film’s villains. Herzog is directing a script by Billy Finkelstein.

Val Kilmer was last seen on the big screen in Tony Scott’s “Déjà Vu.” Justa few days ago, we reported he joined the cast of “Silver Cord,” which James Ordonez is directing.

Xzibit was last seen in “Gridiron Gang.” He will next star in Chris Carter’s “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

Franck Tabouring

3 July 2008 4:56 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Val Kilmer and rapper Xzibit have joined the all-star remake of cult movie Bad Lieutenant.

The film stars Nicolas Cage and Kilmer as tough cops, with Xzibit playing a crime kingpin.

Eva Mendes will also feature in the film, a remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 movie, which starred Harvey Keitel as a corrupt cop who finds redemption through the Catholic church.

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3 July 2008 3:26 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Val Kilmer will star in Werner Herzog's crime drama Bad Lieutenant. He will star opposite Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in the remake of the 1992 Abel Ferrara movie. Rapper Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Brad Dourif, Vondie Curtis Hall, Jennifer Coolidge and Shawn Hatosy have also signed up for the (more)

By Alex Fletcher

30 June 2008 9:40 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

I’m sure by now you’ve seen the trailer for Nicholas Cage’s upcoming action thriller “Bangkok Dangerous,” a remake of Danny and Oxide Pang’s 1999 flick of the same title. Cage slips into the role of a ruthless hit man who travels to Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs and ends up falling in love with a local.

Even though the Pang brothers return to helm the Hollywood version of their own film, I’m not really excited about “Bangkok Dangerous.” The first trailer didn’t impress me at all, and the story sounds like something we’ve seen too many times already. What really annoys me though is Cage’s hair. It’s almost as terrible as in “Next.”

Anyway, a new clip from the flick debuted online a couple of days ago, and you can check it out below. It’s not that exciting,

Franck Tabouring

25 June 2008 3:04 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Nicolas Cage and Pierce Brosnan have been cast in Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Based on the novel by Robert Harris, the film will focus on a ghost writer (Cage) who uncovers a conspiracy while working with a former British Prime Minister (Brosnan) on a book. Brosnan told MTV: "I'm going to go off and work with Mr. Roman Polanski and Nic Cage on a film (more)

By Simon Reynolds

24 June 2008 2:22 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

MTV News just announced that Nicholas Cage and Pierce Brosnan have signed on to star in Roman Polanski’s upcoming thriller “The Ghost.”

Based on the novel by Robert Harris, the film focuses on a ghostwriter who’s under pressure to finish the memoir of a former prime minister. But when the author stumbles across a perilous conspiracy that could implicate the ex-politician, he has to choose between his own safety and his commitment to his employer.

Brosnan will play the former prime minister, while Cage will portray the ghostwriter. Polanski is directing a script he wrote with Harris.

If everything goes according to plan, the project should enter production this fall.

I can definitely see Brosnan in the role of a former British prime minister, but Cage as the writer to his memoir? I don’t know. What do you think? Will they make a good team?

Franck Tabouring

23 June 2008 10:02 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Bollywood is set to invade Hollywood, signing Sylvester Stallone as the first major American actor to star in an Indian film. The news gets even better, fans of the bizarro world, because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will also play a role in the film.

Variety reports that Bollywood stars Ashkay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor headline Incredible Love, about an Indian stuntman who travels to Hollywood, becomes one of the best in the business, but is overwhelmed by sadness because he can't find true love. I say, don't worry, friend, Jennifer Aniston will be on the market again in no time.

Incredible Love will be the first Bollywood flick shot at Universal Studios and will have the highest budget in that country's history. Granted, Stallone isn't the star he was 15 years ago and Arnold is probably only in it for a couple of scenes - which he agreed to do no doubt

Colin Boyd

20 June 2008 5:40 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Anne Thompson at Variety has a great article about movie stars and their box office reliability. That's a big topic in the middle of summer. Launching giant event movies is easier when you know people love your star. Her thesis is that some actors reach a point where they can do no wrong, that even if Will Smith made a bunch of hideous movies, audiences would still respond positively because he's in what Thompson calls The Fluke Zone.

As it happens, Smith hasn't made a bunch of hideous movies, and it's untrue that most major movie stars do. I would say that Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts probably have the most litter on their lawns in that department, but Tom Cruise, an in-his-prime Harrison Ford, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger rarely made tremendous mistakes. We're talking something catastrophic of the Love Guru vintage. They've all been in bad movies,

Colin Boyd

20 June 2008 1:04 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Lionsgate just released this gruesome new movie clip from the upcoming thriller “Bangkok Dangerous” by directors Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang starring Nicolas Cage, James With and Charlie Yeung. Plot: The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the [...]

Brian Corder

17 June 2008 9:08 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Summit Entertainment is set to distribute Imagi Studios’ upcoming animated film “Astro Boy” in most countries around the world, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on a comic series by Osamu Tezuka, “Astro Boy” follows the adventures of a young robot created by a scientist to replace his late son.

Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy and Nathan Lane have all signed on to voice the characters.

Timothy Harris (“Space Jam”) wrote the script, which David Bowers is directing. Bowers most recently helmed DreamWorks Animation’s “Flushed Away.”

Look for the release of “Astro Boy” sometime next year.

Franck Tabouring

16 June 2008 10:49 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Busy actress Eva Mendes is in negotiations to star in Werner Herzog’s upcoming crime drama “Bad Lieutenant,” according to Variety.

Mendes would be starring opposite Nicholas Cage in the remake of the 1992 film of the same title. In the original, Harvey Keitel played a corrupt New York City cop investigating a young nun’s rape.

In the new version, Cage will apparently play a cop who investigates the murder of a group of illegal immigrants. Billy Finkelstein wrote the updated script.

This would mark the second time Mendes works with Cage onscreen. They previously starred in Mark Steven Johnson’s “Ghost Rider.”

Mendes has recently completed filming for Diane English’s comedy “The Women,” which opens Sept. 12, 2008. After that, she will be seen in Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.”

Werner Herzog most recently directed the documentary “Encounters at the End of the World.” His directing credits also include “Rescue Dawn” and Grizzly Man.

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11 June 2008 10:10 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

This evening USA Today posted your first look at Nicolas Cage as a father who tries to avert the end of the world in Knowing, a film being directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City). The pic can be found inside from the film that follows as a man who discovers a series of numbers that foretell catastrophes, including the 9/11 attacks. Cage discovers a letter buried in a time capsule outside a school. It doesn't mean anything to him until he sees the digits 911, which sets him on a course to prevent further catastrophes. Rose Byrne also stars.

2 June 2008 5:28 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Today a very long synopsis was released for Knowing, which is going to be directed by the awesome Alex Proyas for Summit Entertainment. You can check out the full details inside, along with a teaser image. Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne are starring in the film written by Ryne Pearson, Stiles White and Juliet Snowden. In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead...

30 May 2008 5:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Kathleen Turner is determined not to land herself into trouble again - by refusing to comment on her recent libel suit with Nicholas Cage.

Last month, Cage won a libel lawsuit against his Peggy Sue Got Married co-star at London's High Court, after claiming Turner's autobiography Send Yourself Roses was full of false claims about him.

In the book - which was serialised in British newspaper The Daily Mail - Turner alleged Cage deliberately disobeyed his director uncle Francis Ford Coppola on the set of their 1986 movie, adding he also found himself in trouble with police while filming.

In addition, Turner accused the actor of drink-driving and theft in her memoirs.

Turner is now trying to put her legal woes behind her, and, during a promotional book tour of London on Thursday, refused to answer reporters' questions on Cage.

When asked for her thoughts on the lawsuit, Turner replied: "I'm not talking about it - sorry. Next!"

The actress is currently promoting a newly published version of the book in the British capital, after she was ordered to insert a correction and apology to Cage into copies of her book.

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20 May 2008 4:58 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

A major Bollywood entertainment group is to invest in several Hollywood productions companies - including those owned by Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, George Clooney and Tom Hanks.

Reliance Big Entertainment - India's most successful movie powerhouse - is to become a major power in Los Angeles by investing development funds in eight production companies across Hollywood.

Cage's Saturn Productions, Carrey's Jc 23 Entertainment, Clooney's Smokehouse Productions and Hanks' Playtone productions are all set to receive a share of the cash.

Brad Pitt's Plan B company will also benefit from the move - which is hoped to provide Hollywood with a vital financial injection and move at least 30 movie projects into production.

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