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‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Actress May Be Viper In ‘The Wolverine’ By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2012 11:30 am EST Now Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova, who hasn’t been in many English-language films but did have a prominent role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (as pictured above), is reported to be the new choice. Twitch has the news, and points out that Khodchenkova is a seemingly better choice than Biel, if only because her own background makes her a good fit for Viper, a Hungarian orphan adopted and trained by the HYDRA organization....

3 High Resolution Photos: Let Me In By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2010 10:00 am EST Overture Films have sent over high resolution digital files of the first three photos from the Let The Right One In remake/adaptation Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Oscar®nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor). As you may recall, we posted these images over the past few days in low res (and in one case, a magazine scan)....

Andre Benjamin’s Hendrix Biopic Adds Imogen Poots; Hendrix Estate Says No Music Rights Have Been Granted By Russ Fischer/May 10, 2012 5:00 pm EST Now we’ve got confirmation of that report, with some new details. Haley Atwell is confirmed for a role and Imogen Poots will play in the picture, too. But there’s a problem: while financing is set so that John Ridley, who also wrote, can direct the film in Ireland just weeks from now, Hendrix rights holders Experience Hendrix say they’re not on board with the project....

ATM Viral Video From ‘Skyline’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 11, 2010 12:00 pm EST These days, people do so much important business at ATM’s that it’s completely normal to be nervous and guarded around them. We’re standing on the street, with money in plain sight, inputting numbers that unlock our lives. At any moment, someone could steal the PIN from over your shoulder or run by and grab the cash out of you hand....

Casting Bits: Katrina Bowden In ‘Piranha 3DD;’ ‘Pusher’ Remake Actors Announced By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2011 4:00 pm EST Piranha 3DD has one more potential victim: Katrina Bowden, who plays the equally tiny, hot and self-absorbed assistant Cerie on 30 Rock, is now part of the cast. I don’t think I need to run down all the obvious potential perks of this casting for fans of her character on that show....

Casting Notes: Joel McHale Joins Anna Faris Comedy; Jane Fonda And Catherine Keener In Indie Drama; Laurie Holden In The Walking Dead By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2010 1:23 pm EST Joel McHale is in final talks to join the cast of What’s Your Number?, the Anna Faris comedy based on Karyn Bosnak’s book Twenty Times a Lady. The film has been gearing up for quite a while under director Mark Mylod, and already has Chris Evans, Matt Bomer and Ari Graynor in the cast, with possible cameos from actors like Zachary Quinto and Andy Samberg....

Check Out These Behind The Scenes Images From ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/March 28, 2012 6:00 am EST I’m hesitant to call the images in this post “Joss Whedon Porn” but I think I just did. Marvel has just released six images from behind the scenes of The Avengers, several featuring Joss Whedon interacting on set with stars such as Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. There’s even one of the writer/director himself, just hanging out with Captain America’s shield....

Easter Egg: The Cosmic Cube Appears In ‘Iron Man 2’ By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2012 1:00 pm EST Movie fans have been waiting for this weekend since May 2, 2008. That’s the day Jon Favreau’s Iron Man was released and, after the credits, Samuel L. Jackson showed up as Nick Fury, asking Tony Stark about The Avengers. Four movies of set up and introduction later, The Avengers is finally out on Friday....

Harrison Ford To Play Wyatt Earp In ‘Black Hats’ By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2011 5:00 am EST Cowboys & Aliens may turn out to be just the first step in Harrison Ford’s foray into westerns with a new spin. He’s now attached to play an aging Wyatt Earp in a film called Black Hats, which is based on the book of the same name penned by Max Allan Collins under the pen nam Patrick Culhane....

Hulu Plus Drops Price To $7.99 By David Chen/Nov. 17, 2010 5:43 am EST Hulu Plus, Hulu’s premium service of questionable value, recently made its value proposition slightly better. Starting today, Hulu Plus is launching out of preview and lowering its price to $7.99 per month. They’ll also be launching on a bunch of new devices in the days to come. Hit the jump to hear more details. In a blog post, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar outlines the changes to the service....

John Hillcoat To Direct 30-Minute Trailer For Red Dead Redemption Video Game By David Chen/April 23, 2010 7:01 am EST [Updated with trailer for Red Dead Redemption instead of Red Dead Revolver] To give you a taste of the tone, here’s an existing trailer for Red Dead Redemption: America, early 1900’s. The era of the cowboy is coming to an end. When federal agents threaten his family, former outlaw John Marston is sent across the American frontier to help bring the rule of law....

Justin Bieber’s 3D Biopic Already Needs A New Director: Davis Guggenheim Passes By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2010 11:42 pm EST This is a great little story for everyone whose head tried to recreate the beginning of Scanners when they saw the headline “Director of An Inconvenient Truth to Make 3D Justin Bieber Biopic.” Only a couple dozen hours after being linked to Justin Bieber’s very own version of 8 Mile, director Davis Guggenheim has passed on the project....

LOL: Inside The Game By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2010 5:00 am EST The computer world has evolved a lot since we last entered the grid in the 1982 film Tron. But the result, Tron Legacy, isn’t accurate compared to today’s popular technologies. Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie imagine what the inside of the game should really look like in Tron Legacy. via: gizmodo LOL: Inside The Game By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2010 5:00 am EST...

Offers Out To Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James McAvoy And Ian McKellen For Roles In ‘Cloud Atlas’ By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2010 7:51 pm EST Last year we heard that Tom Tykwer was working to adapt David Mitchell’s massive post-modern novel Cloud Atlas for producers the Wachowskis. At the same time we heard that Natalie Portman had been linked to the adaptation, but there was no official confirmation and things have been pretty solid on the Cloud Atlas front since then....

Seventeen 3D Character Posters For ‘The Hobbit’ [Comic Con 2012] By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2012 11:00 am EST Warner Bros premiered 17 new character posters for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit on the show floor on San Diego Comic Con 2012. The posters were on display at an exhibit in the Warner Bros booth showcasing amazing 3D lenticular posters of most of the characters in this much anticipated adaptation. While we can’t capture the 3D awesomeness of these one sheets in photos, we have included 2D stills of all the posters for you to check out after the jump....

Sony Dates Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden Thriller For October 2012 By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2011 12:43 pm EST The new film from the Oscar-winning team behind The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, may not yet have a title, but it now has a release date. Sony has set the film for October 12, 2012, seemingly positioning the movie squarely as an awards contender. The film, called Killing Bin Laden (or Kill Bin Laden) at one point, was already in the works when Osama Bin Laden was killed earlier this year; at the time it was referred to simply as a small-budget black-ops thriller....

Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’ Releasing Via Relativity In January 2012 By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2011 2:30 pm EST There have been some conflicting, or perhaps we should say contended, reports about when and how Steven Soderbergh’s new film Haywire will be released. Relativity financed the film and originally made a deal with Lionsgate to distribute in the US and worldwide, but when Relativity’s domestic distribution arm was formed, a long process of bringing the rights back to the company took place....

Terrence Malick Still Wants To Make IMAX Film ‘Voyage Of Time’ By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2011 5:41 pm EST The past couple years have been slightly confusing with respect to Terrence Malick’s slate of new films. We knew he was making The Tree of Life, which opens limited this weekend after premiering last week at Cannes, where it won the Palme d’Or. For some time it also seemed like he had spun some Tree ideas off into a separate IMAX film (possibly a documentary) called Voyage of Time....

Three TV Spots For Christopher Nolan’s Inception By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2010 10:54 pm EST Warner Bros has released three new television spots for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Watch them now, embedded after the jump. TV Spot #1: TV Spot #2: TV Spot #3: via: themoviemash Three TV Spots For Christopher Nolan’s Inception By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2010 10:54 pm EST Warner Bros has released three new television spots for Christopher Nolan’s Inception....

VOTD: 50 Disney Spoilers In 3 Minutes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2010 5:00 am EST Movies Spoiled: NOTE: Other Disney feature films were created by other animation branches, these are the 50 official feature films from Walt Disney Animation proper. Also, the Pixar films are created by Pixar, and hence do not count on this list either.