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‘Tarzan’ Returns, As A Mo-Capped Kellan Lutz By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2012 7:30 am EST Briefly: How do you like your Tarzan? On the page? Maybe in old serial adventure form? Since I saw Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan as a kid, I’m still a bit partial to the serious live-action thing — the Batman Begins version of Tarzan — but maybe you like the Disney animated version. No matter what the answer is, I’m not sure how people will respond to a CG animated version in which Kellan Lutz (Twilight) will perform a mo-capped version of the old Edgar Rice Burroughs character....

‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ International Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2011 3:30 pm EST Good day for those interested in David Fincher’s remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We opened the day with that four-minute video showing the creation of a crazy sheet-metal poster for the film, with a sample of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ score overlaid. Now we’ve got a new international trailer for the film....

Allison Miller Joins Steven Spielberg’s Terra Nova TV Series By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 8:46 pm EST The series has been given a 13-episode order. The network is skipping the traditional pilot because breaking down the pilot’s sets only to rebuild them again would add too much to the already high price tag. The pilot episode is directed by Alex Graves, who has helmed the pilots for The Whole Truth, Fringe and Journeyman, as well as directing episodes of Sports Night, The Practice, The West Wing and The Nine....

Atlas Entertainment Acquires Graphic Novel ‘Langley High’ From Benderspink By Angie Han/Sept. 23, 2011 9:00 am EST Atlas Entertainment co-founder Charles Roven put his weight behind such comic book adaptations as Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and it seems he’s not done with the graphic novel format yet. Roven and Atlas Entertainment colleague Alex Gartner have just acquired the movie rights to Langley High, an upcoming book conceived by Benderspink’s JC Spink and Christopher Cosmos about the teenage son of a captured CIA agent....

Bobcat Goldthwait Describes His Film Adaptation Of The Kinks’ Album ‘Schoolboys In Disgrace’ By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2010 9:50 pm EST One of the best, weirdest pieces of news to come out of last summer was the fact that Bobcat Goldthwait planned to adapt The Kinks’ concept album Schoolboys in Disgrace to film. At the time, Goldthwait had gained permission from Ray Davies of The Kinks, who is now an exec producer on the film, and was working on storyboards to help gain financing....

Brian Koppelman And David Levien Scripting ‘National Treasure 3,’ Planning To Direct ‘City Of The Sun’ By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2011 4:30 pm EST We’ve known for some time that a third National Treasure film is in the offing. Jon Turtletaub, who made the first two films and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, just signed to direct Unreasonable Doubt, but it looks like NT3 is moving forward anyway. Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who wrote Rounders, Oceans 13 and The Girlfriend Experience and wrote and directed Knockaround Guys and Solitary Man, have started the script for the film....

Casting Bits: Russell Crowe Confirmed For ‘The Man With The Iron Fist;’ Amy Poehler And Will Arnett In ‘Arrietty The Borrower’ Voice Cast, Jeremy Piven & Mike O’Malley Join Miley Cyrus In ‘So Undercover’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 12, 2011 9:00 am EST Wu-Tang Clan producer and MC the RZA is in China now shooting his first big studio feature as writer, director and star. RZA wrote The Man With the Iron Fist with Eli Roth, and the two have Lucy Liu, Daniel Wu and Byron Mann in the cast....

Channing Tatum Negotiating Lead In ‘21 Jump Street’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2010 10:49 pm EST The movie version of 21 Jump Street seems like an absurd thing at face value. But take Jonah Hill as one lead with a script by Scott Pilgrim co-writer Michael Bacall and direction from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who did such a good job with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and I can’t quite resist....

Cool Stuff: The Art Of Hammer Book By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2010 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Art of Hammer is the first ever collection of rare and iconic Hammer film posters, with nearly 300 examples drawn from Hammer’s own archive and private collections from around the world [Titan Books, Oct 2010, $29.95]! Hammer is almost as well known for the way it promoted its films as for the films themselves....

Darren Aronofsky And Brad Pitt Team Up To Hunt A Tiger By Russ Fischer/May 11, 2010 8:17 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now the pair are both attached to a Focus Features film called The Tiger, which is based on a forthcoming book called The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. The film is being groomed as a starring project for Pitt, and Aronofsky is attached to direct....

David O. Russell Reveals A Bit More About ‘Uncharted’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 9, 2011 7:45 pm EST David O. Russell is still working on the script for his adaptation of the video game series Uncharted that will potentially star Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake and feature Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in supporting roles. We know that he’s using ‘family’ as the hook for the story, and have already been led to expect quite a few story changes from what is in the game....

Early Buzz: ‘Scream 4’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2011 12:00 pm EST Disclaimer: Test screenings happen for a reason. The film has not completed post production and the filmmaker/studio want to see what works and what doesn’t. Films can change drastically from a test screening cut, or might not change at all. The bottom line is that you can’t take the opinions from a test screening as a true review of the final feature film....

Early Reaction: Matthew Vaughn’s ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2011 6:47 pm EST Going into the film, I had so many expectations (most of which were set-up by the trailers). I had assumed that the advertising was being packed with all the moments in an effort to sell a action-less origin story, but I was surprised at how much action was actually the film. I don’t think anyone will see this movie and come out disappointed....

First Look At Stallone And Schwarzenegger In ‘The Tomb’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2012 9:30 am EST Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting back to work in a big way, having already shot a role in The Expendables 2, and the feature Last Stand. (A trailer for while should go online this week.) Now he’s shooting The Tomb, which puts him back on the screen with Expendables creator and former box-office rival Sylvester Stallone....

FX Orders Pilot For Series Based On Brian Michael Bendis’ Comic Book ‘Powers’ By Angie Han/Feb. 28, 2011 1:00 pm EST News on a screen adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis’ comic book series Powers has been painfully slow going: It’s been eleven years since the series launched to critical acclaim, ten years since Sony optioned it for a film, two years since the project was redirected to the small screen, and one year since Bendis and Journeyman creator Kevin Falls pitched the show to cable network FX....

Geek Deals: $12.49 How To Train Your Dragon Blu/DVD Combo, $6.99 Blu-Rays, Raising Arizona And More By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2011 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Coen Brothers’ Raising Arizona is being released on Blu-Ray on August 30th 2011, and the new disc is available for preorder for only $16.99.

Guillermo Del Toro Reveals A Couple ‘The Haunted Mansion’ Plot Details By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2010 7:00 am EST Last week at Comic-Con, Apple surprised Hall H by having Guillermo del Toro announce that he will be producing a new version of The Haunted Mansion. At the time, del Toto told us that the movie would be live-action 3D horror film, and not a comedy like the previous version. Guillermo said, “We’re making the Haunted Mansion the most haunted place on Earth, and we are doing it by being true to the spirit and the art and the aesthetic of the original Imagineers that created the mansion....

John Hillcoat’s Video Game Short Film Adaptation Red Dead Redemption By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2010 10:29 am EST Last month we told you that director John Hillcoat would be directing a 30-minute trailer/machinima/short film for Rockstar Games newest video game, Red Dead Redemption. The short gives us “a glimpse inside the life of partially reformed outlaw John Marston as he journeys through the vanishing American west seeking out his former brothers in arms, all in the name of justice....

Luke Evans Is Bard The Bowman In ‘The Hobbit’ By Germain Lussier/June 16, 2011 3:56 pm EST The rightful heir to the throne of Dale and eventual slayer of the dragon Smaug, Bard the Bowman is one of the key roles in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Director Peter Jackson has been filming the two-part, 3D adaptation of the classic book for several weeks now but had yet to announce who would play this pivotal character....

Merida From ‘Brave’ Now Appearing At Disney’s Magic Kingdom By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2012 5:00 am EST The movie is still a month from release but Merida from Brave has invaded Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. The rebellious red-headed princess is the highlight of a new corner of the park devoted to the upcoming Pixar film and, after the jump, check out some photos and a video of the experience that’s sure to be super busy come June 22....