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‘Game Of Thrones’ Teaser - Stannis Baratheon Lays Claim To The Iron Throne By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2011 11:00 am EST Given that Season 2 will be based on A Clash of Kings, Book 2 of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, it seems entirely appropriate that the narration in this teaser comes from one of the men determined to win the Iron Throne for himself: the brittle, humorless Stannis Baratheon, played by Stephen Dillane....

‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Poster: Those Kids Are Probably Screwed By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2011 1:29 pm EST We don’t know much about Paranormal Activity 3, but how much do we really need to know? This new poster for the film pretty much gives you everything on a platter: it’s another sequel to the two ‘found footage’ films you either like or have dismissed, and this threequel features kids in danger. What horror fan doesn’t enjoy seeing terrified kids?...

‘True Blood’ Star Joe Manganiello Lost ‘Superman’ Due To Scheduling Conflicts By Angie Han/March 9, 2011 7:28 am EST Fans upset by the casting of British Henry Cavill as the all-American Superman can now redirect their ire to the HBO shooting schedule: True Blood star Joe Manganiello revealed this weekend that he had to drop out of the running in the final stages, when the Superman screen test conflicted with his True Blood schedule....

2011 Sundance Film Festival Recap One: Thursday - Sunday By Germain Lussier/Jan. 24, 2011 8:00 am EST Does someone have a case of the Mondays? We understand. Going back to work sucks but while you probably had the weekend off, Slashfilm hasn’t stopped working. If you can call watching movies non-stop working. Myself, Peter Sciretta and David Chen have been all over Park City Utah at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival which continues through next Sunday....

Brad Pitt Is The Latest To Threaten Retirement; Says He’ll Quit Acting In Three Years By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2011 7:30 am EST If Brad Pitt is true to his word, we won’t be watching him act well into his dotage. The actor has turned into a perpetually entertaining personality, and an occasionally great actor. He has worked with a great many top-tier directors and has been able to straddle the line between making commercially appealing movies and serious art-house fare....

Casting Bits: Nina Dobrev In ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower;’ Billy Bob Thornton In ‘Baytown Disco;’ Alex Russell In ‘Chronicle’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2011 7:06 pm EST The Baytown Disco, co-written by Barry Battles and Griffin Hood, was on the 2009 Black List and is now about to go into production in Louisiana with Barry Battles directing. The film " follows the foibles of three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for after agreeing to help a woman get her son back from his seemingly-abusive father....

Chloe Moretz In Talks To Star In Karyn Kusama’s ‘The Rut’ By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2010 8:34 pm EST Karyn Kusama is looking to follow up Jennifer’s Body, which she directed from Diablo Cody’s script, with The Rut, a film about a father and daughter who have a relationship based around hunting and survival. To make things more interesting, Chloe Moretz is in talks to star as the daughter. The LA Times says The Rut “concerns a father-daughter relationship and centers particularly on hunting, as a daughter must learn [sic; I expect that should be ‘use’] the tricks of hunting and archery taught to her by her father after said father goes missing....

Disney Moves ‘The Muppets Movie’ From Christmas To Thanksgiving By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2010 2:23 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures have announced that they are moving the release date of The Muppets from the previously announced Christmas release to a Thanksgiving date of November 23, 2011. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear, Gonzo, Animal and the rest of the gang will reunite in theaters just in time for the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday weekend....

Elizabeth Banks Offers Unhappy Update On Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Frank Or Francis’: “It Fell Apart At The Last Minute” [UPDATED] By Angie Han/June 26, 2012 1:00 pm EST While any new work from Charlie Kaufman would’ve automatically piqued our interest, the more we heard about his second directorial effort Frank or Francis — musical numbers! animatronic robot heads! “ghost-like thumbs with a Romanian political agenda”! — the more intriguingly bizarre it sounded....

Ian McShane Cast In Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2011 6:30 am EST Bryan Singer is pulling the final pieces into place for his ‘adult fairy tale’ Jack the Giant Killer. He’s got Nicholas Hoult playing the title character and Eleanor Tomlinson as the princess Jack hopes to rescue. And now Ian McShane is in the cast as a king in the human realm. The story sees an old, uneasy truce between giants and humans in danger thanks to the kidnapped princess....

James Cameron Shows Off The Cameron/Pace 3D Camera Rig By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2010 4:00 pm EST James Cameron appeared on G4tv’s Attack of the Show to demonstrate the tech behind the 3D in Avatar, the Cameron-Pace 3D Camera Rig, which he helped pioneer. Watch the video now embedded after the jump. via: filmdrunk James Cameron Shows Off The Cameron/Pace 3D Camera Rig By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2010 4:00 pm EST...

Jonathan Demme, Matt Reeves, Mike White, Phil Lord And Chris Miller Also Up For ‘Pride & Prejudice & Zombies’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2010 1:24 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I can understand Demme’s interest, but Matt Reeves seems like a more natural fit coming off of Let Me In. Mike White’s humor seems like an odd match for this property, and his directorial debut Year of the Dog left me thinking he should stick to screenwriting....

Many New ‘Prometheus’ Images Show Actors In Action And On Set By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2012 4:30 pm EST Not long ago, we saw a great many new images from Prometheus thanks to the cover story assembled by Empire. The magazine ran shots that ended up online in scanned form, and we knew that it wouldn’t be long before high-res versions became available. We’re at that point now. The new batch of photos that hit today contains both crystal clear images from that Empire set, as well as some new shots of actors such as Charlize Theron as the company woman; Noomi Rapace as the so-called ’new Ripley,’ Logan Marshall-Green as her co-researcher, apparent partner, and Tom Hardy double; Sean Harris as the roguish member of the crew of the ship Prometheus, Michael Fassbender as the ship android, and Rafe Spall and Idris Elba as the rest of the crew....

More Turbulence For Distributor Apparition; What Does This Mean For Terrence Malick’s ‘Tree Of Life’? By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2010 10:03 pm EST Things change fast. A year ago, the young distributor Apparition looked like one of the most promising new kids on the block. It came out of the gate with a varied, ambitious lineup of interesting films, anchored by Terrence Malick’s forthcoming Tree of Life. But in a tough market only a few had commercial potential....

New ‘Red State’ Clip Features Oscar Front-Runner Melissa Leo By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2011 9:00 am EST On Tuesday, writer director Kevin Smith did a live chat with MTV News in which he discussed a variety of topics including possibly bringing back a few of his old friends for his next film, Hit Somebody. He also came armed with an exclusive clip from his upcoming film Red State. This 55 second clip features multiple award-winning and Best Supporting Actress front runner Melissa Leo as well as three of the actors who Smith plans to bring back for Hit Somebody: Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner and Nicholas Braun....

Paramount Has Spent $280 Million On The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2010 12:00 pm EST LA Times reveals that not only has Paramount Pictures spent $150 million for the production budget of M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, but they also invested over $130 million on the film’s marketing campaign. The article claims that The Last Airbender is “more than twice as expensive as any of Shyamalan’s previous eight films....

Saoirse Ronan Starring In Film Based On Twilight Author’s ‘The Host’ By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2011 12:15 pm EST You may not realize that Twilight author Stephenie Meyer wrote another novel that sounds far crazier than her sparkly vampire series, but The Host is exactly that novel. The 2008 tale seems like a riff on Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters (and several other stories) as it describes altruistic alien parasites called Souls (seriously) that attach themselves to host bodies — in this case humans — and then make their society all great and stuff....

By Germain Lussier/May 5, 2011 12:30 pm EST Also Mario Puzo, who not only wrote the novel that was the basis for the The Godfather films, but won Oscars along with Francis Ford Coppola for their screenplays, apparently wrote an unproduced prequel script to the series called The Family Corleone. Instead of making it into a movie though (thank god) it’ll soon be turned into a novel due out in stores next year....

Superhero Bits: Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, The Avengers, Superman, Wolverine, Nightwing By Germain Lussier/Dec. 27, 2011 10:00 am EST What does The New York Times have to say about real-life superheroes? What specifically kept Kenneth Branagh from considering Thor 2? Where is Marvel already promoting both The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers? How is Sony embracing the campy nature of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance? And what superhero was a man dressed up as when he got arrested for selling drugs?...

Taylor Kitsch In Talks For Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’ By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2011 2:00 pm EST A year ago Oliver Stone signed up to direct an adaptation of the Don Winslow novel Savages, and a month ago Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone, X-Men: First Class, The Hunger Games) was set for a key role. But some things have changed. While Oliver Stone is still making the movie, Jennifer Lawrence has dropped out thanks to her schedule for The Hunger Games....