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Edward Norton’s Agent Says Marvel’s Statement About Hulk Recasting Is “Misleading, Inappropriate” By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2010 2:42 pm EST Months of speculation about Edward Norton’s possible role in The Avengers came to an abrupt end on Friday when HitFix reported that Marvel had decided to recast Bruce Banner, aka the Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton is out; a new actor to be announced will step in. That wasn’t a huge surprise, but the wording of Marvel’s official statement on the matter was a bit unusual....

Four People Watch ‘Buried’ While Actually Buried By Germain Lussier/Sept. 21, 2010 4:00 pm EST Doesn’t it feel like Buried should be out by now? The film premiered at Sundance in January and we’ve been featuring posters and trailers for the film seemingly every few weeks. Well, the time is finally here. The film, starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, opens in limited release this Friday, September 24 and will be having a Gala Screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas the night before....

Gary Oldman Joins ‘RoboCop,’ Playing A Character Unique To The Remake By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2012 4:30 pm EST I expect some of you might be more inclined to see Jose Padilha’s remake of RoboCop, now that Gary Oldman will be in it. Today news came out that Oldman will play a major role opposite Joel Kinnaman, who was cast a few weeks back as the new version of Alex Murphy, a cop who is killed (nearly killed?...

Hans Zimmer Wants Your Voice For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Score By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2011 6:00 pm EST The idea is that you can record a chant, which will possibly be incorporated into the score, likely in one of the ‘fire rises’ style chants that have been teased already. More details after the break. In a post on UJAM, via Hollywood.com, Zimmer says, There is no such thing as out-of-tune, no timing we can’t fix later....

Henry Cavill Auditioned For ‘Superman’ Wearing A Replica Of Christopher Reeve’s Costume By Russ Fischer/Feb. 17, 2011 8:58 am EST The first image of Henry Cavill wearing something, well, at least related to Superman, has surfaced on the cover of EW. It’s not Henry Cavill as Superman, exactly, but it is him wearing one of those Superman logo t-shirts you can get at Target for fifteen bucks. Good enough for now....

IFC Films Picks Up Fantastic ‘Shining’ Doc ‘Room 237’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2012 11:30 am EST For film fans, one of the most enticing films coming out of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was Room 237, an experimental documentary directed by Rodney Ascher which explores wild theories buried deep in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining. It made my best of the fest but there were doubts fans would ever get to see it because of all the licensed footage in the film....

Jim Sturgess Joins The Cast Of ‘Cloud Atlas’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2011 9:00 am EST The latest addition to Cloud Atlas is Jim Sturgess, who is currently muddling through the film One Day opposite Anne Hathaway. The film is based on a David Mitchell novel, which is divided into six centuries-spanning tales that embody various genres from nautical adventure to sci-fi and post-apocalyptic rebirth, is quite a piece of work, tying grand stylistic playfulness to genuinely moving ideas about the interconnected nature of all our lives....

Joe Cornish Approached For Possible ‘Attack The Block’ Remake, Spin-Off, And/or Sequel By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2011 4:00 pm EST Joe Cornish’s insanely entertaining sci-fi-action-comedy Attack the Block was one of the best features I saw this summer, and at just 88 minutes, it was also one of the shortest. Though the brief runtine helped keep the story — about South London hood kids defending their housing complex from an alien attack — taut and fast-paced, it also had the downside of leaving me wishing I could’ve spent a little more time with Moses and the gang....

Kevin Costner In Talks To Play Jonathan Kent In Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’? [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2011 5:05 pm EST UPDATE: Latino Review reports that Kevin Costner would play Jonathan ‘Pa’ Kent. That was one of the few roles for which Kevin Costner seemed like a logical choice. Seeing him play a villain could have been a lot of fun, but Pa Kent will play solidly to his strengths and image....

Liam Hemsworth And Dwayne Johnson Could Star In Dito Montiel’s ‘Empire State’ By Angie Han/Jan. 5, 2012 10:00 am EST Two of the most in-demand action stars working right now may be on the verge of teaming up. Liam Hemsworth and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are close to signing on for Dito Montiel’s Empire State, with the former on the verge of closing a deal and the latter in negotiations. The film sounds more or less like what you might expect from a collaboration between Hemsworth and Johnson: It’s an indie heist movie involving an armored car robbery....

LOL: Real Life ‘Zombieland’ At Dorney Park By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2011 8:30 am EST Who can forget the climax of Ruben Fleischer’s 2009 film Zombieland where the main characters fend off an undead army at an amusement park? Attendees at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA probably had flashbacks to that moment last weekend when hundreds of people dressed as zombies came into the park hoping to break a world record....

LOL: Super Mario Bros: The Independent Film [SXSW Bumpers] By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2011 10:30 am EST At most of the major film festivals, cute little mini-shorts run before each screening. These shorts, called bumpers, usually focus on the theme of that year’s festival. Sundance bumpers often focus on the independent spirit or going against the system. Smaller film festivals like SXSW or Fantastic Fest usually aim for funny. My friend Neil from Film School Rejects shot me an email making me aware that this year’s SXSW bumpers (created by Joe Nicolosi) are now online....

NASA Issues A Valuable Reminder: ‘Apollo 18’ Is Not A Documentary By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2011 5:30 pm EST The public image of NASA isn’t what it once was. In my youth the department was a beacon of scientific hope, but budget cuts and a waning interest in space exploration have helped NASA wither to a shadow of its former self. This year saw the end of the agency’s space shuttle program....

New Image From Disney’s Adaptation Of Berkeley Breathed’s ‘Mars Needs Moms’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2010 6:45 pm EST We’ve seen one poster image (with a strong Close Encounters vibe) for the Disney film Mars Needs Moms. Now there’s a new image from the film that shows off both the aliens and a couple of human characters.The film’s title always makes me assume it’s a kitschy kids film — which would be fine — but then I remember that it is based on the book of the same name by venerable Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed....

Reshoots Changed Original Ending Of ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2011 9:30 am EST If you’ve seen either version of Planet of the Apes, the overall outcome of Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes shouldn’t have come as a huge shock — the end result is spelled out right there in the title, after all. But there was one key element of the ending that nearly turned out very differently, until a very late reshoot shifted the fate of one of its major characters....

Sequel Bits: Drew Pearce Hired To Write ‘Sherlock Holmes 3;’ Fourth ‘Paranormal Activity’ Very Likely; ‘Sin City 2’ Has New Nancy Callahan Story By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2011 10:00 am EST Can we assume that Robert Downey Jr. has become a fan of Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce? Months before Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens, Pearce has been hired to write the provisional Sherlock Holmes 3 for Warner Bros....

Teaser Poster: Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2010 6:34 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures has finally released a teaser movie poster for the next installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The film is expected to be a stand alone adventure following Jack Sparrow’s quest for the Fountain of Youth. Here is the teaser poster thanks to IMPAwards: Previously: Official Plot Synopsis:...

VOTD: Little Kids React To Darth Vader’s Big ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Reveal By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2011 6:00 pm EST Darth Vader’s revelation to Luke Skywalker at the end of The Empire Strikes Back is probably one of the biggest and most famous reveals in all of movies. Despite the fact that the prequels completely negate the surprise, most of us still remember the utter shock we felt when one of the scariest villains of all time dropped this huge bomb on our hero....

Watch A Featurette About Handmaking The World Of ‘ParaNorman’ By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2012 9:30 am EST The film ParaNorman, in which a spiritually-inclined boy named Norman has to rally some unusual friends to save his town from an attack by the undead, is the latest stop-motion animated film from production company Laika. We’ve seen quite a few trailers and clips, and the animation has looked wonderful in every view we’ve had of the film....

Will Smith Developing ‘Annie’ Remake As Starring Vehicle For Daughter Willow By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2011 12:30 pm EST I can’t promise this will be the last remake news for the week, but after this one I’ll try to present some news that has the spark of the new. Will Smith and Sony are working on a new version of Annie. Much like the new version of The Karate Kid, which Mr....