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‘No Blood, No Guts, No Glory’ For Director Cary Fukunaga By Germain Lussier/May 24, 2011 4:30 pm EST After directing two movies as completely different as Sin Hombre and Jane Eyre, it’s impossible to pigeonhole director Cary Fukunaga as a specific kind of filmmaker. Does he make foreign language gang films? Adaptations of classic literature? His next film won’t help solve the puzzle, but it sounds like it’ll be an awesome new piece in that puzzle....

‘Vamps’ Trailer: Amy Heckerling And Alicia Silverstone Try To Revive The Old ‘Clueless’ Magic By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2012 10:58 am EST Thanks to her work on two unassailable teen comedy classics (1995’s Clueless and 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Amy Heckerling will always have a special place in the movie lover’s heart. But even her most devoted fans can’t deny that she hasn’t had the best run of films lately....

Ang Lee Finds A Lead And Budget For ‘The Life Of Pi’, Will Indeed Shoot The Film In 3D By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2010 8:01 pm EST USA Today says that Mr. Lee has cast Suraj Sharma, a high schooler from Delhi and newcomer to acting, as Pi Patel, the teen who, after a shipwreck, is left floating in the middle of the sea in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, zebra, hyena and orangutan....

BBC ‘Sherlock’ Confirmed For Third Season By Russ Fischer/Jan. 17, 2012 10:30 am EST The second season of the BBC incarnation of Sherlock Holmes, simply titled Sherlock, premiered not long ago and has already finished its run. Seasons of the show are only three episodes each, though each 90-minute episode is essentially as good as a standalone Sherlock Holmes film, and the series as a whole is infinitely superior to the Warner Bros....

Ben Foster Is John Gotti Jr. In ‘Gotti: In The Shadow Of My Father’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 2, 2011 6:00 pm EST When John Travolta was cast as notorious gangster John Gotti, one had to assume that was the lead role of the movie. But when the title to the film was changed from Gotti: Three Generations to Gotti: In the Shadow Of My Father it became pretty obvious, Gotti Sr....

Blu-Ray Geek Deals: The Family Guy’s Star Wars Trilogy For Only $15.49, Futurama: Volume 5 For $13.49 By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. They also have a sale on: Futurama: Volume 5 on Blu-ray for only $13.49, 66% off the $40 msrp.

Christopher McQuarrie Scripting, Possibly Directing Tom Clancy Adaptation ‘Without Remorse’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 7, 2012 4:30 pm EST Paramount has put a lot of effort into rebooting the Jack Ryan character that moved from Tom Clancy novels to the screen many years ago, and now the studio wants to get moving on a potential spin-off. Without Remorse is Clancy’s novel featuring Clark, a military operative who wages a one-man war against a drug gang that has been coercing young women into working as mules....

Darren Aronofsky Passes On ‘Tales From The Gangster Squad’; Nearing Deal For ‘Wolverine 2’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2010 12:22 pm EST Looks like Mr. Aronofsky’s flirtation with Warner Bros. and Tales From the Gangster Squad was deeper than we’d thought, but the filmmaker has now turned down that project and is earnestly working on a deal to direct Wolverine 2 for Fox. I’m not sure there’s much to say about that prospect that we haven’t already said a couple of times....

David Slade To Direct ‘Daredevil’ Reboot By Germain Lussier/March 15, 2011 3:35 pm EST Variety exclusively broke the news, and though Scarpa was reportedly hired in February 2010 to work on a script, The Hollywood Reporter says no writer has been attached. What’s interesting though is that Slade’s film will supposedly be a “continuation” of the material set forth in the 2003 film that starred Ben Affleck, just without the actor’s involvement....

First Look: Emily Hagins’ My Sucky Teen Romance By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2010 12:30 pm EST I have just been sent the first production photo from Emily Hagins’ new movie, My Sucky Teen Romance, which is currently in production in Austin, Texas (wrap is scheduled for the beginning of September). Some of you might remember Emily from the popular filmmaking documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie, which Hagins attempt to film a feature length zombie movie at the age of only twelve years old....

First Look: Jim Sturgess And Anne Hathaway In Lone Sherfig’s ‘One Day’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2010 8:15 pm EST An Education director Lone Scherfig just finished shooting her romantic drama One Day, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. The film is based on the novel of the same name by David Nicholls (who also wrote the screenplay) in which a pair of lovers reunites every year for two decades. But they see each other only on St....

First Look: Rango, The Star Of Gore Verbinski’s Animated Film By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2010 11:33 am EST We’ve seen one very brief teaser trailer for Rango, the CGI animated film from Gore Verbinski that features Johnny Depp as the voice of the main character. That teaser was just an animated fish swimming across the frame, against a desert highway background. So, not much to go on there. A new teaser or trailer is evidently in the offing tomorrow, but now we’ve got the first full look at the character Depp voices....

By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2010 11:00 am EST I received an e-mail a few minutes ago from a publicist pointing me towards a video claiming to be leaked footage from behind the scenes of the movie Knight & Day. The video features Cameron Diaz practicing kicks with Tom Cruise and a stunt coordinator. Cruise looks away for a moment and is greeted with a kick which sends him flying back into a table....

Go Behind The Scenes Of Ron Burgundy’s ‘Anchorman 2’ Announcement By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2012 2:30 pm EST Things escalated quickly Wednesday evening when Will Ferrell, I’m sorry, Ron Burgundy, took the stage on TBS’s Conan and announced that Paramount had greenlit Anchorman 2. Speculation ran rampant of who would return, what the story would entail and all that good stuff. We quickly found out Adam McKay will once again direct and also co-write with Ferrell, plus the male members (pun intended) of the news team had all signed to return: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner....

Guillermo Del Toro Offers Update On ‘The Haunted Mansion’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2012 2:30 pm EST Disney fanatics have been patiently waiting for an update on Guillermo Del Toro’s live-action take on the classic ride, The Haunted Mansion. Most recently they got a not-so-welcome tease when Disney removed the film from their website, starting a huge round of rumors that the film had been shelved. This is not true, says Del Toro, who offered an update on the film in a new interview with Collider....

High Resolution First Look: Ryan Reynolds In Costume As Green Lantern By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2010 8:18 am EST Update: This story has been updated with a high resolution photo. There he is: that’s Ryan Reynolds in his computer-generated Green Lantern suit, complete with what appear to be striated muscles made of pure force, or willpower. Though the mask is rather odd-looking, the whole suit certainly conforms to the basic concept of what Green Lantern is meant to look like....

Katniss’s Sister Prim Cast In ‘The Hunger Games’ By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2011 12:00 pm EST Deadline first broke the news of this casting, the latest in an ongoing explosion of actors joining the upcoming adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel about a televised battle to the death. Of course, Jennifer Lawrence got the lead role of Katniss, Josh Hutcherson is her partner Peeta, her best friend Gale will be played by Liam Hemsworth, the District 11 tributes Thresh and Rue will be played by Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg while District 1 career tributes Glimmer and Marvel will be played by Leven Rambin and Jack Quaid....

Liam Neeson Confirms ‘Taken 2’ And ‘Wrath Of The Titans’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2010 12:00 pm EST Narnia fans know that when Aslan speaks, you listen. And Aslan the lion, voiced by Liam Neeson in the upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, is currently doing a lot of speaking. Neeson, out promoting his new film, has confirmed that he’ll start shooting a sequel to Clash of the Titans called Wrath of the Titans in March and that, eventually, we’ll see Taken 2....

LOL: A Real Life Sorting Hat By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 7:00 am EST “Some cliques are harder to get into than Gryffindor.” What happens when a real school gets a Harry Potter sorting hat? Find out in College Humor’s sketch short A Real Life Sorting Hat, embedded after the jump. via: Awesomer LOL: A Real Life Sorting Hat By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 7:00 am EST “Some cliques are harder to get into than Gryffindor....

LOL: Darth Schwarzenegger By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2010 10:00 am EST /Film reader Tyler S submits the following video: An earlier casting of Star Wars IV: A New Hope saw Arnold Schwarzenegger put a juvenile, jealous and rather perverted spin on Darth Vader’s explosive personality. George Lucas had second thoughts and cast James Earl Jones instead. Enjoy these exclusive clips from the “lost tapes” archives of Skywalker Ranch. Watch the video now after the jump....