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‘The Odd Life Of Timothy Green’ Trailer: Who’s That Kid? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2011 5:00 pm EST I can’t quite figure out The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Peter Hedges (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and About a Boy screenwriter; Pieces of April director) directs Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton as a couple who buries all their hopes and desires for a child in a box in the back yard. The next day they’re rewarded for their efforts by the appearance of a boy who claims to be their son....

Angelina Jolie’s Daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt Will Play Young Sleeping Beauty In Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2012 12:56 pm EST Walt Disney Studios has confirmed that Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt will make her feature film debut alongside her mom in Disney’s live-action Sleeping Beauty spin-off Maleficent. Vivienne will play a minor role as the child version of Princess Aurora, who later becomes cursed to an eternal sleep which can only be awakened by a true love’s kiss (yeah, yeah, we know that story…)....

Anton Yelchin Cast In Dean Koontz Adaptation ‘Odd Thomas,’ From Director Stephen Sommers By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2011 11:00 am EST There have been a few adaptations of Dean Koontz novels here and there, and now Stephen Sommers is going to add one more to the pile. Instead of going into the sequel to G.I. Joe (from which he was more or less dismissed) the director will adapt the book Odd Thomas, and he’s cast Anton Yelchin....

Comic Con: Marvel Assembles The Avengers In Hall H By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2010 7:52 pm EST It was a pretty poorly kept secret that Marvel planned to formally announce The Avengers today during the Marvel Studios panel in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con, but that didn’t stop thousands of people going into geek rapture when the full cast walked out on stage. After the Thor panel concluded, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige dimmed the lights one last time, and an Avengers ‘A’ logo slowly resolved on screen as the voice of Nick Fury (Sam Jackson) explained the formation of the world’s biggest superhero team....

Dimension Will Teach Us ‘How To Defeat Your Own Clone’ By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2011 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dimension Films announced the news in a press release and said that while no director is yet attached, Ed Ricourt (the upcoming Now You See Me) will write the script about the following: In the year 2013 the first human clone was created and within years clones were in most homes only to be taken advantage of by their human owners and treated as slaves....

First Look: James Franco, Freida Pinto, And Andy Serkis Filming ‘Rise Of The Apes’ By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2010 10:55 pm EST As you probably recall, the Apes in the movie are being created using CGI by the wonderful tram at WETA Digital, rather than the costumed actors we’ve seen in past installments of the franchise. WETA will employ “certain of the groundbreaking technologies developed for AVATAR” and “will render, for the first time ever in the film series, photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors....

By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2011 12:30 pm EST We’ll start with the good news. Recently, Alcatraz was thought to be on the bubble but the fact that it got picked up should excite anyone who loved Lost or currently loves Fringe. The show is about a bunch of prisoners on The Rock who disappear in the 1960s and reappear today. Not only are Neill and Garcia cast, Sarah Jones will play one of the FBI agents tasked with capturing these fugitives and figuring out how they traveled through time....

GALLERY: Roberto Orci’s Personal Set Photos From 2009’s ‘Star Trek’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2012 6:00 am EST Screenwriter Roberto Orci seems to be going through his cell phone and tweeting a bunch of older photos from the set of 2009’s Star Trek. He’s posted several never before seen looks behing the scenes of the blockbuster just as the new one is currently filming. Orci, of course, co-wrote not only Star Trek with his partner Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof, they co-wrote the sequel as well as Transformers, Mission: Impossible III, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and more....

Geek Deal: Star Wars: The Complete Saga On Blu-Ray For Only $79.99 By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2012 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Johnny Depp Talks ‘Lone Ranger’ And His Keith Richards Documentary By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2011 5:01 pm EST When he’s not getting made fun of at the Golden Globes, Johnny Depp has been known to make a movie or two. He’ll play the lead in Gore Verbinski’s animated Rango on March 4, then there’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, out May 20, The Rum Diary (above) should be out later this year, he’ll start shooting Dark Shadows in April with long time collaborator Tim Burton, he’s working on a Keith Richards documentary and, after all of that, he’s signed on to play Tonto in producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s big budget adaptation of The Lone Ranger with Verbinski attached to direct....

Justin Lin Signs For Two Films With Universal; Developing WWII Film And Spy Movie ‘Leading Man’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2011 9:00 am EST Justin Lin is continuing his run with Universal. While the director began his career with the indie Better Luck Tomorrow, but diverted through Annapolis and ended up making the last three films in the Fast and the Furious franchise. Not a bad thing as far as financial stability goes, but it seems like the guy wants to do more....

Katy Perry 3D Movie Coming Soon From Paramount By Germain Lussier/Feb. 1, 2012 3:30 pm EST In this day and age, pop stars getting 3D concert movies is pretty standard. However, most of the time – like with Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and most recently Justin Bieber – they’re squarely aimed at a tween audience. The latest pop star in talks to have her own 3D movie, Katy Perry, certainly plays to that audience but has a much broader appeal too....

Michael Caine Will Probably Be In Christopher Nolan’s Next Film, Says Michael Caine By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2012 4:30 pm EST The only person who knows what Christopher Nolan is going to do next is Christopher Nolan. But Michael Caine might know more than most of us. Nolan, who has confirmed his next project won’t be a fourth Batman film, or Justice League, is apparently working on an original idea as a follow-up to The Dark Knight Rises....

Michael Giacchino Talks The Music Of Pixar [D23 Expo] By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2011 7:00 am EST Going to big conventions is a lot of fun until a few days later and you hear what you missed. Recently, this happened at Comic Con when I heard what happened at the Lost panel. Speaking of Lost, that show’s composer, Michael Giacchino, apparently had an amazing panel at the D23 Expo. Which we missed....

Netflix In Talks For Online Streaming Of Paramount, Lionsgate And MGM Movies By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2010 5:05 am EST Now upstart pay movie channel Epix is working on a deal to give Netflix five-year exclusive online rights to the three studios partnered with Epix: Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. With this deal, Netflix would have streaming rights for Disney, Sony, Relativity Media, Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. Unfortunately, this still doesn’t mean that movies would start streaming right after they hit DVD....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Indiana Jones, Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Val Kilmer, Doctor Who, Mad Men, Harry Potter, James Bond, The Dirty Dozen, West Wing By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Today’s t-shirt of RIPT Apparel is a Breaking Bas/Indiana Jones-inspired design “Heisenberg & the Cartel of Death” Fire Breaks Out at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta Watch two new featurettes for Dark Shadows.Michael Stahl-David, Sara Paxton, Zach Cregger and Addison Timlin have joined the cast of The Bounceback....

Page 2: Super 8, Stanley Kubrick, Transformers, Muppets, Star Wars, Daria, Doctor Who, Highlander, Dexter, Mark Duplass By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2011 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Star Trek Potato Heads. ScreenJunkies lists The 10 Meanest Things Muppet Fans Said About Me Last WeekQmx has a waiting list up for the Super 8 Argus Cube Replica Paramount Pictures is negotiating a deal to acquire screen rights to the Laini Taylor novel Daughter Of Smoke and Bone...

Quentin Tarantino’s Next Is A Western With Christoph Waltz By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2011 1:28 pm EST Last week, in addition to finding that the full cut of Kill Bill complete with new anime sequence (aka Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair) would play the New Beverly Cinema in March, there were whisperings that Quentin Tarantino is busy assembling his new film. At the time we didn’t have any real word about what the movie would be, but now Italian actor and one-time spaghetti western star Franco Nero says that he is involved in a western with Quentin Tarantino....

Retro ‘Sucker Punch’ Character Posters By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2011 3:45 pm EST Earlier this week, Warner Brothers released a new trailer for Zack Snyder’s genre-bending, visual cornucopia Sucker Punch. The main comment was that the movie looked amazing but people were unsure about the story, which could be why we’ve seen such a plethora of print material. There’s no denying the movie looks amazing. To that end, a few new posters have popped online that sell the film like it’s some kind of 1940s propaganda film....

Shane Abbess Directing ‘7th Day’ From ‘Source Code’ Screenwriter By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: Screenwriter Ben Ripley had a couple of credits on DTV Species sequels in the mid-’00s, but with Source Code about to hit theaters he’s got his first really major script out in front of audiences. The film is earning some solid reviews at SXSW, so it is no surprise to see some of Ben Ripley’s other work getting put into development....