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Avatar Returns On August 27th 2010 By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2010 11:37 pm EST Official information: On August 27, return to Pandora and re-experience James Cameron’s History-Making Epic film, with more than Eight Minutes of Never Before Seen Footage- exclusively in Digital 3D and IMAX® 3D. Since – and largely as of result of – AVATAR’s release last December, the number of available digital 3D screens has exploded, and moviegoers who missed experiencing the film in 3D, as well as fans that want to return to Pandora again, will now have that opportunity....

Baz Luhrmann Workshops ‘The Great Gatsby’ With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire And Rebecca Hall By Russ Fischer/Oct. 19, 2010 5:00 pm EST We recently heard that Baz Luhrmann is thinking about directing one of two possible projects. One is a musical, and the other is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. The latter has been rumored to star Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Amanda Seyfried, with Natalie Portman also discussed as an option for the female lead, but the decision between the two projects, Mr....

Casting Bits: Gerard Butler In ‘Olympus Has Fallen’, Ty Burrell In ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’, Thomas Horn In ‘Space Warriors’ And ‘Joe’s Mountain’ By Angie Han/March 20, 2012 5:00 am EST Even his brief stint in rehab doesn’t seem to have slowed down Gerard Butler much at all. With Movie 43, Playing the Field, and Of Men and Mavericks all due out this year, and Hunter Killer, Thunder Run, Brilliant, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 already on his upcoming slate, the Scottish star has booked yet another role....

Casting Bits: Olivia Munn In ‘Magic Mike;’ DeRay Davis In ‘G.I. Joe 2;’ Alan Dale In ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2011 5:00 pm EST It’s the ’late additions’ edition of casting bits today, as we’ve got news on three actors who are all either being revealed as part of three different films late in the game, or are actually coming on well after everyone else....

Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Adds Logan Lerman And Douglas Booth; Liam Neeson Not Joining By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2012 6:30 am EST As Darren Aronofsky moves toward a shoot start for his new film Noah, the film’s cast is coming together. The film already has Russell Crowe set to play the title character, a version of the Biblical figure from the story of the ark and the flood that you may remember....

Don’t Expect To See ‘Captain America 2’ Until 2014 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2011 2:00 pm EST Captain America may have been Marvel’s real hit this summer, but don’t expect to see the inevitable sequel until 2014. In part that’s because the first sequel to Cap is really The Avengers, which is already set to release next year. But Chris Evans, doing press rounds for his film Puncture, says “They may wait until 2014 until they release the next Cap....

Doug Liman To Direct ‘Everest’, Based On Jeffrey Archer’s ‘Paths Of Glory’ By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2011 12:30 pm EST Yet another Jeffrey Archer-based project is in the works, the third announced this month. Bourne director Doug Liman has signed on to direct Everest, an adaptation of Archer’s novel Paths of Glory. Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner is writing the script, which fictionalizes the story of real-life mountaineer George Mallory and his three attempts in the ’20s to become the first man to reach the top of the world’s highest mountain....

Geek Deal: The Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-Ray For $49.99 By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2010 12:15 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This seven-disc collection contains the complete Matrix Trilogy in high definition video and lossless high definition 5.1 audio (Dolby TrueHD) — each with hours of special features including WHV’s ground-breaking In-Movie Experience. The Animatrix, the nine-part anime film, three additional bonus discs include more than 35 hours of additional features and a digital copy of The Matrix....

Gillian Anderson, Dominic West Join Rowan Atkinson In ‘Johnny English Reborn’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2010 2:00 pm EST Anyone clamoring for a sequel the 2003 comedy Johnny English is in luck. Not only is Johnny English Reborn now shooting in the United Kingdom, but it will now co-star Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Dominic West (The Wire), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day) and Daniel Kaluuya alongside Rowan Atkinson as the title character....

James Franco And Anne Hathaway Will Host The 83rd Academy Awards By David Chen/Nov. 29, 2010 10:09 am EST In a fairly interesting move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the 83rd Academy Awards. The broadcast will air on February 27, 2011. The announcement comes courtesy of an Academy press release (via Deadline). Franco and Hathaway have both appeared on the telecast before (Franco once before, Hathaway four times prior)....

Jeremy Irons Joins The Cast Of Margin Call By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2010 6:27 am EST The financial drama Margin Call, which started shooting a couple of weeks ago in New York City, has assembled quite the all-star cast. The latest addition to writer/director J.C. Chandor’s picture is Jeremy Irons. What started off sounding like a so-so film that is being made quickly to jump in on the very topical financial crisis now has such line-up of talent that it could be impossible to ignore....

Jon Favreau Hosting Open Casting Call For ‘Jersey Boys’ Leads By Germain Lussier/Aug. 17, 2012 1:30 pm EST Director Jon Favreau is looking for unknowns to star in his upcoming adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Jersey Boys. Over the next two weekends, in Philadelphia and New York, he’s looking for male singers to audition for the four lead roles of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, the legendary music group at the center of this classic rags to riches story....

Kristen Bell Campaigns For ‘Hunger Games’ Role By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2011 3:04 pm EST One of my best friends ran into Kristen Bell the other day at work (things like this happen on a weekly basis living in Los Angeles). Bell apparently reads /Film and has a message for /Film readers. She hand-wrote the message on a pice of paper – “Kristen Bell 4 Johanna Mason” What does it mean?...

Leaks: ‘Wolverine’ Pirate Pleads Guilty; ‘Breaking Dawn’ Producers Ask People Not To Post Photos By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2011 9:00 am EST Meanwhile, in a slightly less devastating case, fairly tame sex scene images were leaked this past week from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. We didn’t post them for a few different reasons, but now Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon and the film’s producers have released a statement asking people not to post the images....

Leonardo DiCaprio Earned $77 Million Last Year, Leads Forbes List Of Hollywood’s Highest Paid Actors By Angie Han/Aug. 3, 2011 5:00 am EST Well, here’s something to make you feel bad about whatever meager pittance you pulled in from your last paycheck: Forbes Magazine has released its annual list of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. At the very top of the list is Leonardo DiCaprio, who has apparently raked in $77 million in the past year....

Martin Scorsese On Shooting 3D: “Every Shot Is Rethinking Cinema” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2010 9:00 am EST The Guardian visited Martin Scorsese on the set of Hugo Cabret at UK’s Shepperton studios. The part of the interview I found most interesting is the filmmaker’s thoughts on shooting his first movie using 3D cameras. “Every shot is rethinking cinema,” he enthuses, “rethinking narrative – how to tell a story with a picture....

Mondo Tees Black Friday: ‘Bridge On The River Kwai’ And ‘Dr. Strangelove’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2010 10:17 am EST Mondo Tees released their latest Star Wars print today but that’s not all. They also have new posters based on two of the best films ever made: The Bridge on the River Kwai and Dr. Strangelove. See the full images after the jump along with all the details. They’re on sale now at Mondo....

Page 2: Game Of Thrones, Totoro, Futurama, Drive, Star Trek, Rugrats, Breaking Bad, The Birds, Alien, Walt Disney, Sherlock Holmes, Muppets, Pineapple Express, Fight Club, Steve Jobs By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2011 3:30 pm EST What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Producer Says ‘Tomb Raider’ Reboot Is Character-Oriented By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2011 4:30 pm EST What is Lara Croft’s character, beyond boobs, ponytail and guns? There’s her adventurous spirit, I guess, but beyond that? Hard to say. Looks like we’re going to find out, as the new version of Tomb Raider that GK Films is putting together is starting to sound a lot like a prequel-ish origin story. Here’s the quote we’ve got from producer Graham King, via ComingSoon:...

Simon Pegg Hopes To Start Writing New Movie With Edgar Wright Before ‘Star Trek 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 9, 2011 1:00 pm EST Their brilliant TV show Spaced was a U.K. hit, but most of the U.S. and the rest of the world was first introduced to Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright when their salute to zombie films, Shaun of the Dead, hit the big screen. They followed that up with an homage to action films called Hot Fuzz and made a promise for another film in that vein....