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‘Source Code’ Writer Ben Ripley Writing ‘Flatliners’ Remake By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2011 1:30 pm EST Briefly: Here’s one to test your devotion to early ’90s movies and remakes thereof. Joel Schumacher’s medical/supernatural thriller Flatliners is the latest film in line for a remake, and Ben Ripley, who wrote Source Code, has been hired to write it. That’s all the info there is right now; check out a trailer for the original after the break....

‘Wolves,’ From ‘X-Men’ Writer David Hayter, Roars Back To Life With Jason Momoa And Lucas Till Attached By Angie Han/Aug. 24, 2012 3:26 pm EST X-Men and Watchmen scribe (and Solid Snake voice actor) David Hayter has been trying to break into feature filmmaking for some time now, but luck hasn’t really been on his side. He was working on a (pre-Iron Man 2) Black Widow project before Lionsgate hit the brakes on that, and tried for years to land the Watchmen helming gig before Zack Snyder ultimately got the job....

Action-Packed Trailer: The Walking Dead By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2010 4:00 pm EST AMC has released a new trailer for its upcoming small screen adaptation of The Walking Dead, which premieres Halloween night, October 31 at 10pm. The new trailer seems to be more action-focused than the previous advertisements – it is almost edited together like a trailer for an intense action thriller. Executive produced and written by three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile), The Walking Dead tells the story of “the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse....

Concept Art: Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2010 8:00 am EST In October it was revealed that the Syfy network greenlit a two hour pilot called Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome which would follow a young William Adama as a Viper pilot on the Battlestar Galactica during the first Cylon war. Adama is a legendary military leader, in the 2004 series portrayed by Edward James Olmos, tasked with helping the human race survive after the enemy Cylons destroy their home....

Cool Stuff: Olly Moss’s Cast And Crew ‘Thor’ Poster By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2010 11:30 am EST Unfortunately, none of us will ever get a chance to own this beautiful Thor poster designed by Olly Moss. Moss was commissioned by Craig Kyle and Kevin Feige at Marvel Pictures to make a poster that would solely be distributed to the cast and crew of the upcoming superhero film, scheduled for release May 6....

Dan Clowes Still Working On ‘Wilson’ With Alexander Payne; Michel Gondry Collaborations Are Dead By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2011 4:00 pm EST Last year, as Alexander Payne was getting going on The Descendants, we got word that he was also planning an adaptation of the graphic novel Wilson, by Ghost World and Art School Confidential creator Daniel Clowes. We haven’t heard much about that project in a bit, but now Clowes says that the film is still in the works, and will be Payne’s next film after the black and white father/son roadtrip movie Nebraska....

First Footage & Posters For ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows’ By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2011 9:08 am EST One again, we get to see the first footage of a blockbuster via the whizzing graphics and frighteningly cheerful hosts of Entertainment Tonight. The trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will premiere this week (see it in front of Harry Potter, or very likely online) but you can check out some footage in an ET preview of the preview....

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J.J. Abrams Says ‘Star Trek 2’ Will Put Story And Characters Before Release Date By Germain Lussier/Aug. 4, 2011 10:47 am EST As awesome as it would have been for the sequel to J.J. Abrams’ awesome 2009 Star Trek to be coming out next summer, it’s almost more exciting to read about how much respect the director has for the film. Instead of being beholden to a release date, Abrams and his writers – Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof – are currently working on getting the most important elements – story, character – in place before they even think about pre-production, casting, scheduling and the business of making the movie....

Jon Favreau May Direct Ryan Reynolds In ‘Battle For Bonneville’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2012 1:58 pm EST In the year and change since Cowboys & Aliens opened, director Jon Favreau has worked on the TV series Revolution, and prepped Disney’s film Magic Kingdom and a feature version of the stage musical Jersey Boys. Nw his name is attached to another project that, like Jersey Boys, is more realistic, in terms of subject matter, than most of the films he’s known for directing at this point....

Lionsgate Plans ‘Action No.1,’ About Theft Of Nicolas Cage’s Superman Debut By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2012 9:30 am EST In 2000, the Nicolas Cage-owned copy of Action Comics No. 1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, was stolen from the actor. The mint-condition issue, worth upwards of $1.5m, was missing until 2011, when the comic was found in an abandoned storage locker in the San Fernando Valley. Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!...

Mark Wahlberg Wants To Star In Sacha Gervasi’s English-Language ‘Headhunters’ Remake By Angie Han/Feb. 28, 2012 2:00 pm EST Though last month’s Contraband was Mark Wahlberg’s first film to hit theaters since 2010’s The Fighter, the star is now busier than ever. He’s got Ted, from Seth McFarlane, due out this summer, plus Broken City, 2 Guns, and Pain and Gain all scheduled to land sometime next year. Now Wahlberg has yet another new project in his sights: the Jo Nesbø adaptation Headhunters....

Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey And Sandra Bullock To Star In Comedy From ‘Sex And The City’ Writer/Director Michael Patrick King By Adam Quigley/Oct. 22, 2010 4:30 pm EST The scathing reviews of Sex and the City 2 haven’t fazed writer/director Michael Patrick King, who’s already scored a big name, crowd-drawing cast for his next vehicle. More surprisingly, the movie didn’t faze these actresses, all of whom hopped on board without a moment’s hesitation (or even a script)....

Mila Kunis And Adam Scott In Talks For Seth McFarlane’s ‘Ted’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2010 7:00 pm EST Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is assembling the cast for his feature directorial debut Ted, about a man who, as a boy, wished that his teddy bear would come to life. 25 years later, he’s still living with the now-belligerent bear. Mark Wahlberg is linked to the lead role and Mr. MacFarlane will voice the bear....

Movie Trailer: ‘Winnie The Pooh’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2010 10:00 am EST Yesterday we saw a couple first images from Disney’s new mostly hand-drawn Winnie the Pooh, but what we didn’t know at the time was that a trailer is floating around, too. Check it out after the break. Too bad we hadn’t realized this trailer was out there when posting the first images from the film yesterday, because there’s not much more to say other than that this looks like a simple, lovely Winnie the Pooh story....

New Look: Dwayne Johnson As Roadblock In ‘G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 16, 2011 11:15 am EST Jon M. Chu’s G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation is now shooting, and we know this because The Rock tells us it is so. He told us via Twitter, saying “1st day of shooting. 110 degrees. Bring It.” Along with that missive came an image of the actor in costume as Roadblock. And, while this barely counts as news, Dwayne Johnson earned a lot of good will with his constantly perspiring turn in Fast Five, so let’s give him another moment in (ahem) the sun....

One More Full Trailer For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2012 7:30 am EST Bet you didn’t expect to see a new full-length trailer for The Dark Knight Rises this morning, complete with some great new flourishes from the score and a good dollop of new footage. But here it is. While this trailer does feature a good amount of stuff that we’ve seen before, including a few more shots from last winter’s IMAX prologue, it hints more at one big fight between Batman at Bane, and makes the villain even more ominous than he’s seemed before, which is saying something....

Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’ Tortures Martin Scorsese On SNL By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2012 9:30 am EST Playing a role in Hugo has paid off in an unexpected way for Sacha Baron Cohen. The actor had a big role in Martin Scorsese’s most recent film, playing the over-enthusiastic watchman who patrolled the Paris train station in which Hugo was hiding. And now Cohen has his own movie, The Dictator, opening next week....

Sylvester Stallone Joins Twitter, Suggests Bruce Willis As Super Villain In The Expendables 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2010 2:23 pm EST We just got an official confirmation that two-time Academy Award-nominated actor/screenwriter Sylvester Stallone has joined Twitter. You can follow him now @TheSlyStallone.. In one of his first tweets, suggests that Bruce Willis should be a super villain in The Expendables 2. Sly wants to know what you think about that idea… so what are your thoughts?...

Tommy Lee Jones Circling A Captain America Role? By Russ Fischer/April 30, 2010 3:02 pm EST Nothing like a good rumor to close out a Friday. Today’s tantalizing but unconfirmed tidbit is that Tommy Lee Jones is circling a role in Captain America. What role? We don’t know. Or, more to the point, the sources that told UGO that this is happening don’t know. It’s a good idea — hell, it’s a great idea....