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‘Green Lantern’ Co-Writer Marc Guggenheim Developing Sci-Fi Fantasy ‘Time Zones’ For Disney By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2011 3:30 pm EST Marc Guggenheim, who co-wrote this summer’s Green Lantern, has signed on to write and produce a new original project for Disney titled Time Zones. The sci-fi fantasy adventure unfolds in a universe in which a spontaneous event has created fractures in the space-time continuum. As a result, the world has developed “time zones,” so that, for example, “it might be 1750 in France, 300 B....

‘Riddick’ Sequel Now Casting; Character Gets ‘Kick-Ass Overhaul;’ Story Follows ‘Pitch Black’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 11, 2011 10:29 am EST Vin Diesel’s prediction was apparently only a few months off. Earlier this year, the Fast Five star said he and writer/director David Twohy could start shooting a new Riddick movie as early as this summer. Summer is almost over and while shooting hasn’t begun, it seems that casting has. According to Moviehole, casting has now begun on the film simply called Riddick, which will be a direct sequel to Pitch Black with only minor references to The Chronicles of Riddick....

‘The Lucky One’ Trailer - Zac Efron Bulks Up And Gets Tattooed For Nicholas Sparks By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2011 1:00 pm EST It’s been about five years now since Zac Efron became a household name thanks to High School Musical, and for the last few of those he’s been attempting to branch out with more serious, grown-up roles. Unfortunately, he hasn’t had much luck in that department so far. Though Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles received favorable reviews, it failed to draw much of an audience, and the schmaltzy Charlie St....

‘The Watch’ Trailer: Glimpse Aliens In The Ben Stiller And Vince Vaughn Sci-Fi Comedy By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2012 10:30 am EST Check out the footage featuring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Richard Ayoade, and Jonah Hill, presented thanks to Vaughn’s invasion of Conan, below.The trailer starts a couple minutes into the clip below. So we don’t get a great look at the alien — it’s pretty dead and smashed in that shot — but it’s better than the quick shadow seen in the red-band trailer and also repeated here....

‘True Grit’ Discovery Hailee Steinfeld Attached To Revisionist ‘Sleeping Beauty’ By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 2:30 pm EST The fascination with fairy tales continues. Thanks to Alice in Wonderland and the impending end of big franchises like Harry Potter and Twilight we have loads of fairy tale films headed our way. There are several Snow White, Oz and Peter Pan films in development, as well as movies like Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters that are nearing their production start dates....

ArcLight Cinemas To Open Maryland Location, Nationwide Expansion Planned By Angie Han/June 4, 2012 5:00 am EST Soon, you’ll no longer have to live in Hollywood to watch movies like you do. ArcLight Cinemas, the California-based premium theater chain, is expanding outside of the state for the first time with a new location planned for Bethesda, Maryland. But the news is good for non-Marylanders as well. Bethesda is just the first step in a modest nationwide expansion that the company has planned for the next few years....

Casting Bits: Jeff Garlin And Mary Lynn Rajskub In ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’, Brent Barrett And Jenn Harris In ‘Silence! The Musical’, Hilary Swank May Star In ‘You’re Not You’ Opposite Jeremy Renner By Angie Han/May 12, 2011 2:00 pm EST Funny folks Jeff Garlin and Mary Lynn Rajskub have signed on for Safety Not Guaranteed, which will also star Kristen Bell, Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Recreation), Lynn Shelton (Humpday), Jenica Bergere (Rat Race), Jake Johnson (No Strings Attached), Mark Duplass, and newcomer Karan Soni....

Dave Perillo’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Art Details The Fine Art Of Corpse Disposal By Germain Lussier/June 29, 2012 11:30 am EST Dave Perillo is an artist we’ve featured on /Film for years. In fact, if the site goes down, it’s his art that comes up letting you know of the 404 status. He has an incredibly unique, geometric, retro-cartoonish style that lends itself very well to family-friendly fare. Breaking Bad, however, is decidedly not family-friendly....

Director Sidney Lumet Has Died At 86 By David Chen/April 9, 2011 9:09 am EST Legendary film director Sidney Lumet died of lymphoma this morning at the age of 86. Lumet directed over 50 films, including American classics like Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Network. His films were nominated for over 40 Academy Awards, and Lumet himself was nominated for Best Director four times, although he never won (he was given an honorary Academy Award in 2005)....

Don’t Look Now, But ‘Ghostbusters III’ Has A New Writing Staff By Russ Fischer/July 3, 2012 7:00 am EST It’s a vicious cycle: as long as there is suffering, people will want to drink. As long as people want to drink, Dan Aykroyd will sell them Crystal Skull Vodka. As long as Aykroyd sells vodka, people will ask him about Ghostbusters III. And every time someone talks about Ghostbusters III, others suffer....

Exclusive Scene Deconstruction: Sam Worthington Becomes An ‘Avatar’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2010 10:00 am EST Here is the exclusive clip: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/AvatarBD_SF_SceneDeconstruction.flv 550 308] Here is the original press release about the Blu-ray release: Three-Disc Set of the Worldwide Theatrical and Home Entertainment Phenomenon Contains Even More of the AVATAR Experience with Over Eight Hours of Never-Before-Seen Material and In-Depth Exploration into the World of Pandora! LOS ANGELES, CA. (October 5th, 2010) – Director James Cameron is unlocking the secrets of Pandora and taking fans on a guided tour of his vision with the highly anticipated release of AVATAR Extended Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray and DVD releasing November 16th in North America and rolling out internationally from November 15th....

HBO Picks Up Steven Soderberg’s Liberace Biopic, ‘Behind The Candelbra,’ To Shoot Summer 2012 By Russ Fischer/Oct. 11, 2011 12:15 pm EST The Liberace movie that Steven Soderbergh has talked about making for a couple years is finally going to happen. Once slated to shoot earlier this year with Michael Douglas playing LIberace and Matt Damon playing his lover Scott Thorson, the project was put on hold when Douglas had to dedicate time to his affliction with cancer....

Hugh Grant Joins The Cast Of The Tykwer/Wachowski-Directed ‘Cloud Atlas’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2011 10:15 am EST This isn’t the sort of movie that we normally see Hugh Grant agree to make. The guy is drawn to romcoms of various stripes, with the last vaguely edgy movie he made possibly being the ‘96 thriller Extreme Measures. So it’s a big surprise — and not an unpleasant one — to see Grant booking a role in Cloud Atlas, the century-spanning, genre-hopping literary adaptation from co-writers and co-directors Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski....

Lars Von Trier Says ‘Melancholia’ Opens With Earth’s Destruction By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2010 2:31 pm EST Lars Von Trier has been rather tight-lipped about his new film Melancholia. He famously pronounced “no more happy endings!” and has slowly detailed a plot about two sisters (Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg), one of whom is preparing to marry Alexander Skarsgard. The elder Stellan Skarsgard is in the cast, along with John Hurt and Kiefer Sutherland....

LOL: The Onion Reports “Martin Scorsese Attends Free iMovie Demonstration At Apple Store” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2010 11:00 am EST The hilarious team at the faux newspaper The Onion have another movie-rated story: “Martin Scorsese Attends Free iMovie Demonstration At Apple Store”. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese went to a free iMovie demonstration at the Apple Store Wednesday, attentively watching the tutorial for the video-editing software from a front-row seat, sources reported....

Mia Wasikowska And Zoe Aggeliki Up For Johanna Mason Role In ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ By Angie Han/June 22, 2012 12:30 pm EST As the start date for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire nears, talk of casting is heating up. We’ve already seen several (disproven) rumors surrounding fan favorite character Finnick Odair, and Philip Seymour Hoffman got offered the part of Plutarch Heavensbee before speculation about that role even really got a chance to pick up steam....

Michael Bay In Final Talks For ‘Transformers 4’? [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2011 7:55 am EST In October, the president of Hasbro made news when he said that his company was in talks with Paramount, Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay to make a fourth Transformers film, or perhaps back to back fourth and fifth films. Bay quickly denied that he was in talks (“I am currently not talking to Paramount on T4 and T5 despite reports”) and the story quieted down to some extent, though Spielberg has said that he’d like more Transformers out of Bay, too....

Mondo Partners With DC Comics, First Poster Released Black Friday By Germain Lussier/Nov. 23, 2011 10:15 am EST Add another amazing license to Mondo’s growing list of conquests. The poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse has made official posters for Star Wars, Star Trek, Pixar, Disney, Jurassic Park and Wednesday they announced a partnership with DC Comics to start producing posters for films and comics. Yes, DC. As in Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman....

More MGM Fallout: Red Dawn Delayed, Perhaps Indefinitely? By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2010 11:36 am EST MGM’s dire financial situation — the studio is now controlled by creditors rather than execs — is having a growing effect on a wide variety of films. The twenty-third Bond movie was shelved indefinitely, basically until MGM’s situation is sorted out and EON Productions can get the movie made elsewhere. Guillermo Del Toro walked away from directing The Hobbit because the studio’s troubles had extended the pre-production schedule to a length he wasn’t comfortable with, and the film’s future remains uncertain....

One More Time: San Diego Comic Con Badges Go On Sale February 5; Tips Provided By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2011 11:00 am EST One more time, San Diego Comic Con badges will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday February 5 on their official website. They range from $105 for a four day to $20 for a single day. Ticketleap, which will aid in selling the badges, has provided a few tips to help this run smoothly and you can read them after the jump....