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Chris Columbus To Direct ‘The Secret Life Of Road Crews’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2011 5:39 pm EST In the past year, Chris Columbus has become attached to a couple different films as producer and possible director (Hello Ghost, Percy Jackson 2 ) and now he’s got one more. He’s in talks to direct The Secret Lives of Road Crews, which sounds like the title of a drenched-in-irony memoir, but is really a comedic action script by Kevin Lund and T....

Cool Stuff: ‘Gremlinz’ And ‘Who Watches The Empire’ T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2010 8:00 am EST A couple new t-shirts have hit the tee of the day websites: Today’s t-shirt on Ript Apparel Gremlinz, a design by Gimetzco!, a company which has produced t-shirt/cd art for national ska & punk bands like Phantom Planet, Reel Big Fish, Ozma & Weezer. The design features a bunch of evil Gremlins driving a 1970’s AMC Gremlin car with Gizmo tied to the roof....

By Germain Lussier/March 21, 2012 7:00 am EST This post really doesn’t need much set up. Mondo has commissioned awesome artist Kevin Tong to do a poster for a triple bill of Edgar Wright films happening this weekend in Austin. Meaning, one Mondo poster includes Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Is it better than Alex Pardee or DKNG’s poster on the same subject? It’s debatable....

David Fincher Won’t Direct Angelina Jolie’s ‘Cleopatra’; Ang Lee May Be Next In Line By Angie Han/Aug. 23, 2012 2:29 pm EST The very busy David Fincher now has one less project on his plate. For over a year now, he’s been in the running to direct Cleopatra, starring Anglina Jolie. However, a new report indicates that talks have broken off. It’s not the end of the line for the film, though, as Sony is now on the lookout for someone else to take over at the helm....

Exclusive: ‘Brave’ Character Descriptions And Images Of King Fergus And Queen Elinor By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2012 9:00 am EST You’ve seen them in trailers, clips, images and now /Film is proud to exclusively introduce you to the King and Queen of Disney/Pixar’s 2012 release, Brave: King Fergus and Queen Elinor. So, Fergus and Elinor, meet the online film community. Online film community, meet King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Voiced by Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson respectively, the King and Queen are incredibly important to Brave as they represent the opposing views inside the main character Merida, a saucy Princess who wishes to be more outgoing and physical like her father, but is forced to try and be more prim and proper, like her mother....

First Look: Olivia Wilde As The Evil Queen In ‘Snow White’, Penelope Cruz And Jeff Bridges In ‘Beauty And The Beast’ By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2011 12:00 pm EST Over the last few years, Disney decided to create live-action reenactments of classic Walt Disney Animated classics using some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. The first batch included Rachel Weisz as Snow White, Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland. The second batch included Jessica Biel as Pocahontas, Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie, Jennifer Lopez as Princess Jasmine and Marc Anthony as Aladdin, Tina Fey as Tinker Bell, Gisele Bundchen as Wendy Darling and Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan....

First Look At ‘Super 8’ Creature Hidden In Super Bowl Spot? By Adam Quigley/Feb. 7, 2011 5:30 am EST Would a trailer for a JJ Abrams film be complete without a cryptic easter egg or two? Let’s hope we never have to find out. In an effort to possibly one-up the viral campaign that launched through the film’s teaser trailer, the recent 30-second Super Bowl commercial for the Spielberg-produced, Abrams-directed Super 8 may have managed to sneak in a split-second shot of the alien creature that acts as a catalyst for the film....

Green Lantern Production Wrapped By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2010 6:00 am EST Production has wrapped on Martin Campbell’s big screen adaptation of DC Comics’ Green Lantern. Comic book writer/DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns revealed the news this past Friday night on Twitter. Johns tweeted the following: “GREEN LANTERN IS WRAPPED!!!! Finished the last shot today!!! Celebrating in New Orleans. As co-producer of the film, I am very, very proud of what we’ve got in store....

Guillermo Del Toro Would Direct ‘Maleficent’ If Disney Asked And Time Allowed By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2011 6:00 pm EST This is something that will likely go down as a bit of ‘what if?’ trivia. Despite the fact that scheduling and other factors caused the death of Guillermo del Toro’s Disney Double Dare You deal, it looks like he’s still interested in working for the Mouse. Or, more to the point, it sounds like the fact of not being able to make The Hobbit has left the writer/director with the desire to film a dragon, and doing so through Disney might be one way to scratch that particular itch....

Hayley Atwell, Alexa Davalos And Rosamund Pike Vie For Female Lead In ‘One Shot’ By Angie Han/Aug. 15, 2011 10:00 am EST We’ve known for weeks now that Tom Cruise would be playing Jack Reacher in Christopher McQuarrie’s One Shot, adapted from Lee Child’s bestselling crime novel. Now comes news on who might be playing opposite Cruise as the female lead. Over the weekend, at least three actresses reportedly met with McQuarrie and the studio to read for the part: Hayley Atwell, Alexa Davalos, and Rosamund Pike....

Interview: ‘Captain America’ Screenwriters Stephen McFeely And Christopher Markus By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2011 11:00 am EST Question: I loved the film by the wayStephen McFeely: Thanks.Christopher Markus: Thank you.Stephen McFeely: If you didn’t though, how would you have opened this? (Laughs)Question: I wouldn’t have said anything.Stephen McFeely:You would’ve said, “Thanks for sitting down with me…” [Everyone Laughs] Question: Exactly and let me say I came into the film very hesitant....

Jeffrey Wright Will Play Beetee In ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ By Angie Han/Sept. 7, 2012 10:59 am EST Most of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire cast has been in place for weeks if not months, but as often happens with projects this big, there’s been a last-minute tweak. Fortunately, it’s a positive one: Character actor Jeffrey Wright has just signed on to play Beetee, a former Hunger Games winner from District 3....

Liam Neeson The Latest To Help Revive ‘A Walk Among The Tombstones’ By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2012 4:30 pm EST Once upon a time it looked like Harrison Ford might play Matt Scudder in an adaptation of Lawrence Block’s novel A Walk Among the Tombstones. Scripted by Scott Frank (Minority Report, Out of Sight) the film has been in development for quite a while. This week it got some new juice, however, with financing from Exclusive Media and Cross Creek Pictures and Liam Neeson set to star as the alcoholic ex-cop Scudder....

Michael Keaton To Direct Indie Dramedy ‘Buttercup’ By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2012 4:45 pm EST It’s not just Michael Keaton’s acting that’s on the rise again — he’s looking to fire up his career behind the camera again as well. Just a week after he landed the juicy villain role in Jose Padilha’s Robocop reboot, Keaton has attached himself to direct the indie Buttercup. The dramedy would mark his second time in the director’s chair, after he made his debut with 2008’s The Merry Gentlemen....

Mimi Leder To Direct ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2011 2:00 pm EST But what about Daniel Radcliffe? The last time we heard about the new movie version of Erich Maria Remarque’s WWI novel All Quiet on the Western Front, it was June 2010 and Daniel Radcliffe had been attached to play the lead role. Fast-forward through more than a year to now, as Mimi Leder (Deep Impact, Peacemaker, Luck) has been announced to direct....

Natalie Portman’s Body Double Claims Portman Only Did 5 Percent Of The Full-Body Dancing In ‘Black Swan’ By David Chen/March 25, 2011 4:22 pm EST One of the most impressive elements about Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is Natalie Portman’s Oscar-winning performance. Not only does Portman grippingly capture the mental disintegration of her character, she also trained for months to be able to convincingly take on the role of a star ballerina....

Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ Moving To TV, Possibly With ‘Supernatural’ Creator Eric Kripke On Board By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2010 6:10 pm EST I can’t tell you how sad I am to see this news. If there is one comic book property I always hoped would remain in development hell, it is Sandman, the series that Neil Gaiman wrote from 1988 to 1996. The series blended horror, fantasy and history with a rotating cast of characters that are some of the most unique and memorable to grace any comics pages....

New Poster For ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ Has Many Faces By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2012 10:42 am EST 2013 brings us back to the scene of the massacre. Texas Chainsaw 3D (which has now, officially, lost the “Massacre” from the title) hits theaters right after the new year, on January 4, and picks up right where the 1974 original left off. It then takes us to the present where a young girl discovers a dark family secret that may or may not involve Leatherface and chainsaws....

New Posters: ‘J. Edgar’ And ‘Shame’ By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2011 9:30 am EST As with every fall, with cooler weather comes more serious films. Two potentially award-worthy projects we’ve been waiting all year to see are Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the first director of the FBI, and Steve McQueen’s Shame, a sex addict drama that reunites the director with his Hunger star Michael Fassbender. And while neither of them are opening just yet, new posters give us a tiny hint of what’s to come....

Paul Dano Reportedly Cast Opposite Robert De Niro In ‘Another Night In Suck City’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2011 10:00 am EST For some time now, Paul Weitz has been attached to direct Another Night in Suck City, based on Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. The last time we heard about the film was a year ago, when a report about Robert De Niro casually mentioned that he was attached to a role in the film....