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Blockbuster Is For Sale By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2011 6:45 pm EST Blockbuster will continue to operate as normal during this process, and Jim Keyes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, issued the following statement: [LAT]

Casting Bits: Colin Firth In ‘Gambit,’ Plus New Casting For ‘Safe House,’ ‘We Bought A Zoo’ And ‘The Hangover: Part II’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2010 2:54 pm EST Colin Firth is edging closer to genuine leading man status, thanks in part to big awards season recognition for films like A Single Man and The King’s Speech. It’s a transformation that will take another big step if he takes the lead role in Gambit, a heist thriller remake scripted by Joel and Ethan Coen....

Cobie Smulders In Final Negotiations For ‘The Avengers’ [Update] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2011 5:11 pm EST Update (from Peter Sciretta): The Hollywood Reporter has word that Smulders is in “final negotiations” to take on the role, a deal which has options for a number of future Marvel movie appearances. The Avengers is scheduled to start shooting in late April 2011. It’s looking more and more likely that Nick Fury’s S....

Cool Stuff: Tron/Big Lebowski T-Shirt Mash-Up By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 am EST Today’s Tee of the day on Teefury is a Big Lebowski/Tron mash-up created by spacemonkeydr titled “Bowling. It’s not just a game anymore.” The shirt if on sale for only $9 plus shipping, and as with all of Teefury’s designs — it will only be available today (Wednesday December 8th 2010) and today only. Hit the jump to see the full design in high resolution....

Darren Aronofsky Returning To Drug World With Dark Drama ‘Intricate’ By Adam Quigley/March 11, 2011 10:00 am EST That film is Intricate, a “dark story of a drug underworld”. The picture centers around a promising young athlete who gets caught up in the drug trade in ’90s New York. Directing the project is Brad Furman, who’s moved his way up from serving as an assistant to Julia Roberts on Erin Brockovich and The Mexican to recently helming the soon-to-be-released legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer....

Die Hard/Predator Director John McTiernan To Helm ‘Shrapnel’ By Adam Quigley/Sept. 10, 2010 9:00 am EST The past decade has not been kind to John McTiernan. After a career making a name for himself with movies like Predator, Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October, his only two efforts of the last ten years—Rollerball and Basic—have been critically reviled, and they didn’t perform so hot at the box office, either....

Eddie Izzard Joins ‘Cars 2’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2011 11:30 am EST When Pixar announced Cars 2 would go international, they weren’t kidding. Besides returning voices like Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt and Tony Shalhoub, actors such as Michael Caine, John Turturro, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna and Emily Mortimer will be adding their recognizable accents as well. Plus, it was just revealed that famous English comedy Eddie Izzard will play a character named Miles Axlerod, described by The Hollywood Reporter as “a former oil baron who sold off his fortune, converted himself into an electric vehicle and dedicated himself to finding the renewable, clean-burning energy source of the future....

Edward Norton Releases Statement About Marvel’s Casting Decisions For The Avengers By Russ Fischer/July 12, 2010 11:30 am EST On Friday, we heard that Marvel had decided to recast the roles of Bruce Banner and the Hulk for The Avengers. Edward Norton, who played the parts in The Incredible Hulk, is out, and a new actor, to be announced, will be hired. Kevin Feige of Marvel released a rather undiplomatic statement about the decision which left no doubt that the casting decision was about anything other than personality....

FilmDistrict Buys Into, May Release ‘WER,’ The New Effort From ‘The Devil Inside’ Writer And Director Team By Russ Fischer/Feb. 6, 2012 3:30 pm EST Early this year the film The Devil Inside became a strange sensation. Released in the dead of January and powered by an unexpectedly successful marketing campaign, the film took in a $53m domestic haul even as it left many audiences unsatisfied at the end. The film became only the sixth to earn an ‘F’ CinemaScore; the CinemaScore system tracks audience satisfaction, but doesn’t necessarily correlate to the quality of the film....

Geek Deal: House: Seasons 1-5 For $98 By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2010 10:14 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Geek Deal: The Fifth Element And Gattaca Blu-Ray Double Pack For $17 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2010 1:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. via: slick

Geek Deals: Fringe, Lost, Harry Potter, Home Alone, Monk, Breaking Bad And MORE By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Lightning Deals today:8:00 AM PST 4:00 PM PST

Michael Chabon To Write Disney’s ‘Magic Kingdom’ For Jon Favreau? By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2011 6:49 pm EST Last year, Jon Favreau walked away from the Iron Man franchise, allowing Marvel to pass that torch to Shane Black, and took up instead with Disney. At the Mouse House, Mr. Favreau will direct the big-budget film Magic Kingdom, which has been described in basic terms as essentially Night at the Museum in Disneyland....

New Trailer For Christopher Nolan’s Inception Is Already Online (In Your Mind) By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2010 11:50 am EST We’ve already told you that the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception is attached to prints of Iron Man 2. What you didn’t know is that the trailer is already online (kind of…). According to NolanFans, the trailer began playing at noon inside the movie theaters in the virtual city of the Mind Crime online viral video game....

Page 2: Muppets, Totoro, Doctor Who, Star Wars, E.T., Frank Marshall, DREDD, Hook, Star Trek, Gremlins, The Wire, Uncle Buck, Game Of Thrones, Bruce Campbell By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Beaker at DragonConTotal Recall: Part FivesRon Taylor, “Jaws” cameraman, diesMy Neighbor Totoro Tattoo Bob Freelander’s Current Top 50 Films of All-Time (via) ‘Zombieland’ Writers Sell Sci-Fi Project ‘Epsilon’ to Sony Krang Pregnant Lady Belly Painting...

Patrick Read Johnson’s Coming Of Age ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘5-25-77’ Finally Being Released? By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2012 2:00 pm EST A long time ago, on an Internet that seems far far away, two Star Wars themed films were looking at major releases. There was Kyle Newman’s Fanboys and Patrick Read Johnson’s 5-25-77. The former was centered on the excitement looking ahead to the prequels and the latter was about how the release of the original movie shapes a young man’s Hollywood dreams....

Sam Rockwell Cast As Batman, Josh Hamilton As Superman, And Leslie Bibb As Wonder Woman…in New James Duffy Short Film By Brendon Connelly/April 28, 2010 12:40 pm EST Today’s This month’s most bizarre casting news has broken: Sam Rockwell is going to play Batman, or at least The Bat-Man. Joining him will be Josh Hamilton as Superman, Leslie Bibb as Wonderwoman, John Hodgeman as The Penguin and Justin Long as Robin....

See The New Horror Film ‘Sinister’ Early, And Get A New Poster By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2012 4:37 pm EST When you realize so little new blood gets into a genre that’s based on blood, it’s actually kind of sad. Almost every horror movie released on a massive scale is a sequel, remake or PG-13 money grab. Original ideas are hard to come by, but one that’s coming soon is Sinister....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Catwoman, The Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, Watchmen By Germain Lussier/Sept. 21, 2011 11:00 am EST Who is likely to score The Amazing Spider-Man? Which awards did X-Men: First Class recently win? What’s the latest, spoiler-free, rumor about the ending to The Dark Knight Rises? Want to see a page from the brand new Batman #1? How does some video footage from The Avengers sound? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The Making Of ‘The King’s Speech’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2011 3:00 pm EST The Weinstein Company have released a 23 minute behind the scenes making od documentary for The King’s Speech. Acclaimed as one of the best films of the year, Tom Hooper’s film is the story of “King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it....