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New Teaser Poster For True Grit
After that teaser trailer for the Coen brothers’ remake of “True Grit” hit the web on Monday, everyone said the same thing, “We knew this was going to be good, but damn, this looks...
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Ben Affleck Offered Tales From The Gangster Squad
Since Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort, “The Town”, opened to unexpectedly large audiences, he’s become a hot commodity in that role. Now it is being reported that Warner Bros. has offered him the helm...
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Emma Thompson In Talks To Join Men In Black 3
Academy Award winner Emma Thompson is negotiating to join the cast of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s “Men in Black 3”. She will play Oh, a take-charge MIB agent who is monitoring a prison break. Barry...
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Christopher Plummer Gets A Dragon Tattoo
Screen veteran Christopher Plummer has been cast in the American remake of “The Girls With the Dragon Tattoo”. He will play Henrik Vanger, the patriarch of a successful, but dark and twisted family in...
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Gossip: Could Aronofsky Direct Preacher?
Earlier this week Darren Aronofsky, hot on the heels of the critical success of “Black Swan”, was linked to the Christopher Nolan produced “Superman” reboot. If the latest rumors hold any credence, he might...
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New Poster For The Next Three Days
The new poster for the Paul Haggis directed, Russell Crowe starring, revenge/escape movie “The Next Three Days” is a throwback to 1970s of the same ilk. Here’s the official plot synopsis. Life seems perfect...
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Christopher Nolan On Board To Direct Batman 3
It’s what everyone wants happen, it’s what everyone assumed was going to happen, but in this day and age you can’t take anything for granted. But you can breathe a little easier today. Christopher...
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There’s Going To Be A Submarine In Captain America, Take A Look
There’s going to be a submarine in Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The First Avenger”. The Liverpool Daily Post published two pictures from the set at the city’s Stanley Docks, which have been transformed to...
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New Images From Black Dynamite, The Animated Series
Last week it was reported that Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White’s blaxploitation spoof “Black Dynamite” will become an animated series for [adultswim], with Carl Jones from “The Boondocks” producing. It is also going...
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Michelle Rodriguez Gives Citizen Kane The One Thing It’s Always Needed, A Machine Gun
I’m not entirely sure that this is real, but what the hell. Michelle Rodriguez is starring in an adrenalin-fueled, action-packed remake of “Citizen Kane” called “Citizen Jane”. According to Slashfilm the film was initially...
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Harry Potter Is All Growed Up, And There Is A Picture To Prove It
Daniel Radcliff is embarking on a fantastic new adventure, the adventure of trying to transition from internationally recognizable child icon, to an actor that people will accept in roles other than a young wizard....
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Portman Will Do A Professional Sequel In Two Seconds With Besson, But That Won’t Happen
A sequel to Luc Besson’s 1994 classic “The Professional” has been talked about for years, but nothing substantial has ever materialized on that front. Besson has stated publicly that he won’t direct a new...
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Michael Nyqvist Is On An Impossible Mission
Michael Nyqvist, star of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (I’m apparently the only person in the world who hated both the book and the movie, but that’s a discussion for another time and...
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Cung Le Has Dragon Eyes
Mixed martial arts fighter and burgeoning action movie star (well, sort of) Cung Le is set to anchor the MMA-themed crime drama “Dragon Eyes”. Joel Silver’s Dark Castle and After Dark Films will produce...
Read More »There’s A Part For Ron Perlman In At The Mountains Of Madness If He Wants It
There has been a rumor circulating that Ron Perlman may co-star in the adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s horror tale about an ill-fated Antarctic expedition, “At the Mountains of Madness”. Guillermo Del Toro confirmed that...
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Chloe Moretz To Play Emily The Strange
Chloe Moretz really is everywhere right now. The undeniably talented teen plays the main role in the upcoming “Let Me In”, will reprise her role as Hit-Girl in “Kick-Ass 2”, and she is even...
Read More »Alex Winter Confirms Bill & Ted 3 Rumors
A few days ago an interview with Keanu Reeves surfaced where he talked about the possibility of a third “Bill & Ted” movie. From his tone and his joking demeanor, it sounded like he...
Read More »Polanski’s God Of Carnage Finds A Cast
Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet will join Christoph Waltz and Matt Dillon in Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasima Reza’s Tony-winning play “God of Carnage”. That’s a lot of names in a single sentence. “God...
Read More »Magnet Acquires 13 Assassins
The folks over at Magnet Releasing have been busy little beavers lately, having recently acquired the rights to a load of interesting titles. Their queue of upcoming films includes the comically renamed “Chawz”, the...
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