Grabbers gets a release date

Grabbers is finally getting a cinematic release. It’s taken a bit of time, but we’re pretty sure it's going to be worth the wait. After being in distribution limbo for a while, Element pictures have picked up the distribution rights for the movie that was recently described as “feckin brilliant” in the Edinburgh Reporter.

Grabbers will open the Galway Film Fleadh on July 10th and will go on general release from August 10th!

Synopsis: Directed by Jon Wright, GRABBERS tells the story of Ciarán O’Shea, a charming but heavy-drinking local Garda who is tasked with greeting Lisa Nolan, a straight-laced young officer who has just arrived to a small fishing village off the West coast of Ireland. Not that there’s much for them to do, aside from dealing with the occasional drunk, and that’s usually O’Shea himself. But strange doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to Garda O’Shea and Nolan that there’s something big out there, and that it’s hungry. It’s time to rally the villagers, arm the troops…and head to the pub!

Released: August 10th

Taken 2 Trailer Escapes Online

'We will have our revenge...'

While he was understandably miffed that slave traders kidnapped his daughter back in 2008’s Taken, Liam Neeson is now learning that his violent, stabby / shooty reaction had consequences. Here comes the trailer for Taken 2, which finds the heroic Bryan Mills in a spot of trouble thanks to Rade Serbedzija’s Murad and his need for revenge. Take a look below it looks AWESOME.

After a pleasant surprise visit from daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) and wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) in Istanbul, Bryan gets a less enjoyable shock when Lenore is targeted and he’s threatened. Guess what he’s going to do? Go on, we bet you can’t figure out that he’s going to use his particular set of skills to try to save his family (and himself) once more.

Olivier Megaton takes over the directing chores this time around and delivers almost exactly what you’d expect based on this footage. We know Neeson can deliver the action goods, so the only real question is, will this live up to the original?

Taken 2 will hit our screens on October 5.

Rihanna Gets New Film Role

Since attending Battleship press, Rihanna has been very vocal about taking a break from her hectic music schedule to take more film roles. It looks like Rihanna got her wish, and recently scored a role alongside The Big Bang Theory actor Jim Parsons.

The Hollywood Reporter exclusively announced the news that Jim Parsons and Pop singer Rihanna will star in a DreamWorks film called Happy Smekday!, an animated film about an alien race that invades Earth and uses the planet to hideout from their number one enemy.
The film will be Rihanna’s first animated film, which is actually an adaptation of Adam Rex’s book titled “The True Meaning of Smekday.” In the director’s chair is Tim Johnson a man who’s no stranger to the animation world. In the past he’s co-directed DreamWorks Animation’s popular hits such as Antz and Over the Hedge. This project starring Rihanna and Parsons will be his first time going solo.

Smekday! was described as a magical film that makes an alien invasion sound friendly, which sees the aliens using Earth as their ultimate hideout place from their enemy. Of course, one naive alien notifies his whereabouts to their enemy. Because of that he is then cast out and forced to run from the scene with a teenage girl. Their on the run journey takes them on what’s said to be a comical road-trip across a post-apocalyptic backdrop. Together they learn about each others differences and common bond.

The animated film is slated to be released during the fourth quarter in 2014.

The Hangover boys to Sin again

The Hangover 3 will see the lads returning to Las Vegas.

While the second instalment in the comedy franchise - starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis - was set in Asia, the third and final movie will be based in the gambling capital in the state of Nevada.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, parts of the film featuring guest star Mike Tyson will be shot just off the Las Vegas Strip and at Caesars Palace.

The movie is set to feature the friends trying to spring Alan (Galifianakis) from a mental hospital and will also be shot in Tijuana and Los Angeles with production expected to begin in September.

Director Todd Phillips is back on board for the project and promised the customary "mayhem, despair and bad decisions".

He said: "I'm so excited to embark on another Hangover film with Bradley, Ed and Zach. We're going to surprise a lot of people with the final chapter we have planned.

"It will be a fitting conclusion to our three-part opera of mayhem, despair and bad decisions."

Speaking about the project previously, leading man Bradley, who plays Phil, claimed it would be unlikely to "adhere to the structure" of the previous two movies.

He said: "We adhered to the formula in the second one, for those of you who've seen it, and the third one, which would close the whole, sort of, trilogy, which now it would be a trilogy - even though we thought we would never make a second one, let alone anybody see the first one.

"I think it will maybe not adhere to the structure. It might be different."


Third outing ... the Hangover lads