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Casting Bits: James Franco Finds His Sal Mineo, Kiefer Sutherland In ‘Sleight Of Hand’, Rachel Weisz Being Considered For ‘Thin Man’ By Angie Han/May 11, 2011 11:00 am EST We reported a few months ago that James Franco had optioned Michael Gregg Michaud’s biography of Rebel Without a Cause star Sal Mineo, with the intention of writing and directing (but not acting in) a biopic about the actor. Now it looks like he’s found his star....

Chris Evans Is Now A Contract Killer In ‘The Iceman’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2011 2:30 pm EST He’s played the Human Torch, and now Chris Evans will be in The Iceman. This is a movie about a different Iceman, though — one wholly unrelated to Marvel’s mutant supporting character. There are two biopics brewing of Richard ‘The Iceman’ Kuklinski — one called The Ice Man: Confessions Of A Mafia Contract Killer, starring Mickey Rourke as the Iceman....

Cool Stuff: Remastered Reprint Of Noriyoshi Ohrai’s The Empire Strikes Back Poster By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2010 12:00 pm EST As you know, it is the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. To celebrate, LucasFilm has been releasing some col new books, art prints, posters, and collectibles focusing on the original trilogy sequel. One of my favorite posters from Empire was composed by Japanese artist Noriyoshi Ohrai....

Cool Stuff: Scott C’s “Great Showdowns” Coaster Set By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2011 5:30 pm EST We’ve featured many pieces of Scott C’s artwork in past editions of Cool Stuff. This week, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles opened an exhibition featuring 200 pieces from Scott C’s “The Great Showdowns” series. To celebrate the echibit, they have released a limited set of Showdown coasters. I picked up a set for myself at the opening night reception on Friday, and they’re pretty awesome....

Festival Horror Hit ‘You’re Next’ Gets August 2013 Release Date; Director Talks Sequel By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2012 10:46 am EST Adam Wingard’s You’re Next is one of those horror movies with potential to change the genre. At least, that was the sentiment coming out of the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival where the film premiered. After a heated bidding war, Lionsgate acquired the festival hit and subsequently shut it down, limiting it to just one additional festival screening at Fantastic Fest 2011....

First Looks: Daniel Craig And Rachel Weisz In ‘Dream House’ And Ryan Reynolds And Jason Bateman In ‘The Change-Up’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2011 6:30 pm EST Here are two first looks, one of Jim Sheridan’s domestic thriller Dream House, with Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts, and then one of the ‘body-switching’ comedy The Change-Up, in which Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds find their personalities swapped into one another’s bodies....

Geek Deal: The Godfather Collection On Blu-Ray For Only $19.99 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2012 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

High Resolution ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Photos By Germain Lussier/Nov. 1, 2010 5:22 pm EST For anyone wanting to print out or make desktop wallpaper out of the Captain America: The First Avenger images that premiered in Entertainment Weekly, you are in luck. Marvel and Paramount released all of the images in gorgeous high resolution so you can do with them as you wish. Several of the images are uncropped too so they give a better idea of what Joe Johnston’s final film is going to look like....

By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2011 3:30 pm EST The 300 news comes from Variety’s Jeff Snieder, who said via Twitter, “UPDATE: JOEL EDGERTON has passed on the 300 sequel.” The role was offered to Edgerton at the same time that he was said to be up for one of the two lead roles in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. We’ve since heard that the U.N.C.L.E. gig may not have been an offer so much as a bit of agency machination, perhaps to try to massage the 300 deal....

Movie Trailer: Burlesque By David Chen/Aug. 4, 2010 8:42 pm EST A movie trailer for Steve Antin’s Burlesque has just debuted. Those interested to see Christina Aguilera’s theatrical debut should hit the jump for the trailer and for a plot synopsis of the film. Burlesque hits theaters on November 24, 2010. Don’t get me wrong: I think Christina Aguilera has an amazing voice and am constantly baffled by how she has been eclipsed by Britney Spears (whose talent comes nowhere close)....

Rumor: Zac Efron In Albert Hughes’ ‘Akira’? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2010 9:00 am EST Another rumor which is making the tracking board rounds today is that Zac Efron has apparently been offered the lead role in Albert Hughes’ upcoming live-action adaptation of the popular anime/Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume manga Akira. I’m not able to confirm the offer, but one source tells me Efron is in talks, while another says that it is “far from a done deal....

Screenwriter Hired For ‘Real Steel’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2011 11:45 am EST DreamWorks is evidently pretty happy with Shawn Levy’s robot boxing movie Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. The film doesn’t open until October 7, but the studio has just hired a screenwriter to get a sequel moving. There’s a lot of work left to go before the second film will really happen, but this is certainly an indication of confidence in the first....

Spider-Man’s Web-Shooters Confirmed By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 16, 2011 11:23 pm EST After the first image of Andrew Garfield in his Spider-Man suit hit the web, fans noticed that the inside of Spidey’s wrists appear to feature some kind of metal device, possibly web-shooters. In the original comic books, Peter Parker’s ability to shoot webs wasn’t an organic product of the spider bite that gave him powers. It was a technological creation of his own invention, web-shooters, little pads in his palms with web fluid canisters strapped to his wrists....

Trivia: ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ IMDB Rating Goes To Eleven By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2010 10:41 am EST Many people sincerely hate the new layout for the Internet Movie Database. We understand. It certainly takes some getting used to. One perfect addition, however, is on their page for This is Spinal Tap. Referencing the famous quote from the film, the possible rating doesn’t only go up to 10 like every other film....

Updates: Upcoming Geek TV Pilots From J.J. Abrams, Jonah Nolan, Ron Moore & Tim Kring? By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2011 4:30 pm EST Over on NBC, the Mad Men-esque Playboy pilot apparently has a good shot of getting the call as does Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan’s Sila. They also have two magical themed pilots including Ronald Moore’s 17th Precinct, which is basically a magic themed police show. Apparently, though, another show called Grimm is currently outshining Moore’s....

VOTD: Pac Man Movie Trailers By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2010 10:00 pm EST With Avi Arad possibly developing a big screen adaptation of Pac Man, I thought it was time to round-up all the Pac Man Movie parodies from around the web. The funniest thing about these videos is that I don’t think any of the filmmakers involved ever believed Hollywood would actually try to make a movie out of Pac Man....

Will Christopher Nolan Follow ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ With A Howard Hughes Biopic? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2011 4:00 pm EST Since he began his association with Batman, Christopher Nolan has been good about spacing out chapters of Batfilm with movies that aren’t cut from quite the same cloth. There was The Prestige after Batman Begins, and Inception after The Dark Knight. And now, after after The Dark Knight Rises, the director may make his most grounded film yet: a Howard Hughes biopic....

Zhang Yimou’s WWII Film With Christian Bale Retitled ‘The Flowers Of War’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2011 3:30 pm EST Before making The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Bale went to China to make a film called Heroes of Nanking (or The 13 Women of Nanjing or Nanjing Heroes) with director Zhang Yimou. Or, that was what the film was called until recently. 20 minutes of the movie were shown to buyers today in Toronto, and along with that first revelation of footage comes a new name: The Flowers of War....

‘Arrested Development’ Is Coming To Netflix In 2013 By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2011 4:51 pm EST Two of the show’s producers, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (also the show’s narrator) released the following statement: Read the full press release here. Of all the projects we’ve been involved with over the years, we probably get more questions about Mitch Hurtwitz’s brilliant ‘Arrested Development’ than any other– everyone, ourselves included, seems to feel like the Bluths left the party a bit too soon....

‘Lost’ Star Josh Holloway To Guest On ‘Community’ Finale By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2011 10:00 am EST Briefly: Community has had a hell of a run of guest stars: Patton Oswalt; Kevin Corrigan, LeVar Burton, Betty White, the Derrick Comedy team and more. Now EW says that Josh Holloway will make his first post-Lost TV appearance in the two-part season finale of Community. And it will be a sequel of sorts to the much-loved ‘Modern Warfare’ episode, in which a paintball tournament where the winner could have priority class registration turned Greendale Community College into a dayglo paint-spattered wasteland....