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New ‘X-Men: First Class’ Photo Casts Cold Light On January Jones And Kevin Bacon By Russ Fischer/March 2, 2011 7:49 am EST Here’s a new photo from X-Men: First Class that either shows January Jones and Kevin Bacon in a scene from their own private heist film where they steal lighting fixtures from the most secret high-tech corner of Home Depot, or actually depicts Emma Frost and Hellfire Club leader Sebastian Shaw in some equally secret corner of the Hellfire Club....

No Joke: Woody Allen’s Latest Adds Andrew Dice Clay And Louis C.K. By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2012 3:00 pm EST Woody Allen’s latest film will be his first to shoot in the US in almost a decade, but that might not be the big reason to pay attention to it. The film just added three cast members, and they’re quite a set. One of them is a great surprise: Louis C....

Page 2: Doctor Who, The Shining, The Raid, Star Trek, Friday The 13th, Game Of Thrones, Up, Star Wars, Raging Bull, Family Guy By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2012 8:00 am 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 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Sequel Bits: Writers Want Michael Keaton For ‘Beetlejuice 2’, Zach Galifianakis Talks ‘Hangover 3’, Stuntman Dies On ‘Expendables 2’ By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2011 1:00 pm EST When we reported on the impending Beetlejuice reboot last month, the very first comment on our post was “No Keaton=no movie.” Apparently, writers Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are of the same mind as our dear readers. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the two revealed some of the conditions of their making the film....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Adam West, Hugo Strange, Stan Lee By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2012 11:30 am EST New image from The Amazing Spider-Man via Facebook. Tom Hiddleston, aka Loki in The Avengers, wrote a passionate defense of superhero movies in The Guardian. Here’s a piece: Expect more on this soon, but Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles is hosting an Avengers art show on May 3. Find out more here and check back soon for more information and coverage....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, A Somewhat Gentle Man, And More By Adam Quigley/May 5, 2011 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Green Hornet is a complete mess. Michel Gondry may be credited as its director, but it plays far more like a Seth Rogen comedy, with only occasional opportunities afforded to Gondry to inject his off-the-wall visual flourishes....

Transformers 3: 3D Release Confirmed, Villain And Plot Details Revealed, The End Of The Trilogy By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2010 2:30 pm EST Anthony Breznican has a new article on Transformers 3 titled “Next ‘Transformers’ is due for a switch” which mostly consists of director Michael Bay and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura explaining what went wrong with the previous installment, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (blamed mostly on the rushed schedule and writers strike)....

VOTD: ‘George Lucas Strikes Back’ By Angie Han/June 2, 2011 7:00 am EST Relate a bit too closely to that “Joss Whedon is my master now” PVP comic? Understand all too well what Tim was going through in season 2 of Spaced? If so, have I got catharsis for you. An amusing fake trailer titled “George Lucas Strikes Back” purports to reveal what really happened to the director between Episodes VI and I — and that he feels exactly the same way about Jar-Jar Binks and midi-chlorians as you do....

Which Actors Earn The Studios The Most For Their Money? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2010 9:00 am EST Which actors in Hollywood are the best investment for the movie studios greenlighting new projects? Forbes has published their annual list, and for the second year in a row, Shia LaBeouf ends up at #1. The star has is earning not-so-high paychecks for big budget films such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the Transformers films, each of which have made a fortune at the box office....

World Of Warcraft/Starcraft Theme Parks Coming Soon? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2011 11:00 am EST Update: I was wrong, apparently there is video of construction. Looks like this theme park is actually happening. Reports have begun to spread that a new theme park is being developed for China called JoyLand. But since there is no photos of actual construction, I’m a bit skeptical about the whole project. According to the official website, the new park will feature lavish World of Warcraft and StarCraft themed areas, and that the park is planning to open in May 2011....

‘24’ And ‘Final Destination’ Veterans Developing New Dystopian Vision ‘2084’ By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 4:30 pm EST Briefly: What’s hot right now? Science fiction? Yeah, it’s doing pretty well. How about young adult novels, especially ones with a fantasy or sci-fi bent? Yep, those are killing, too. So the obvious path, if you want to bootstrap a financially successful new film franchise, is to create movies and books right at the same time....

‘Breaking Bad’ Season 4 Teaser Trailer Premieres, Show Returns July 17 By Germain Lussier/May 31, 2011 2:00 pm EST Fans who’ve had to wait a full year since the incredible final shot of season three of Breaking Bad, we feel your pain. Vince Gilligan’s show about a meth-dealing chemistry teacher (Bryan Cranston) and his former student/assistant (Aaron Paul) is constantly filled with incredible tension and, after last year’s finale, we all needed time to decompress while eagerly awaiting the next chapter....

‘Burning Palms’ Red Band Trailer With Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung And Others By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2011 4:30 pm EST “Five tales that will mess you up for life.” That’s the tagline for Burning Palms, which opens in limited release on January 14. Written and directed by Christopher B. Landon (who wrote Disturbia, Paranormal Activity 2), the film follows five separate stories all across Los Angeles that delve into very taboo territory....

‘Catch .44’ Trailer: Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker And Malin Akerman Stumble Through A Comedic Caper By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2011 2:00 pm EST You might remember some casting notes about a film called Catch .44. They hit in the summer of 2010, and the names involved in the film are notable, at the very least: Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker, Malin Akerman, Deborah Ann Woll, Brad Dourif and Shea Wigham. We’ve finally got a look at the film and it is easy to see why we’ve heard almost nothing about this since the first casting was announced: it looks like barely reheated post-Tarantino or Guy Ritchie crime foolishness....

‘Fast And The Furious’ 6 And 7 May Deliver One Big Linked Story By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2011 1:33 pm EST Briefly: You might remember a couple weeks back when a rumor cropped up that Universal and director Justin Lin are looking at shooting the next two films in the Fast and the Furious franchise back to back. Now there is corroboration for that story. Not only is the studio looking at shooting the two films back to back during 2012, the LA Times says the movies could contain one “single story connecting the two films....

‘Frankenweenie’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2012 9:00 am EST Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is a great example of how tastes and trends change. When the young director made the first live-action black and white version of the story for Disney in the early ’80s, the company fired him, saying the film was too scary for a family audience. Now, almost thirty years later, strange and macabre stories are more powerful in popular culture than ever, thanks in part to the ground laid by the features Burton directed after Frankenweenie....

‘Jane Eyre’ Writer Moira Buffini Tapped For Magician Romance ‘The Night Circus’ By Angie Han/Feb. 23, 2012 5:00 am EST It seems like every film based on a popular YA novel with even a hint of romance (see also: The Hunger Games) is being touted as a possible successor to Summit’s The Twilight Saga, but David Heyman’s adaptation of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus seems like it stands a better chance than most of actually living up to that promise....

‘Looper’ - What Did You Think? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2012 5:00 pm EST We’ve been pretty high on the idea of Rian Johnson’s third film, Looper, since the movie was first announced, especially as we learned that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would play a near-future assassin who kills mob victims illicitly sent back in time. Add Bruce Willis as the older version of the same character, who becomes a target for JGL, and things got really interesting....

‘Project X’ Red Band Trailer Dials Up The Debauchery By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2012 2:30 pm EST Though the Todd Phillips-produced teen comedy Project X has made tons of promises of epic teenage debauchery, there’s only so much you can actually show in a TV spot or green band trailer. To really get an idea of the level of insanity we’re in for, you’ll want to check out the red-band trailer, which offers up much more in the way of cursing, dick jokes, and nudity....

‘Take Shelter’ Director Developing True Science Tale ‘The Boy Who Played With Fusion’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2012 7:30 am EST Jeff Nichols’ second film Take Shelter, featuring Michael Shannon as a guy who develops an obsessive fear of a storm that may or may not be coming, solidified him as a director to watch. Nichols shot the film Mud after Take Shelter, and while that one is awaiting release following its debut at Cannes, the director may already be on to his next project....