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David Strathairn Joins Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2011 3:31 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Spielberg, who plans to shoot the film “this fall in Virginia with an anticipated fourth quarter release in 2012” had the following to say about Strathairn: Seward was a Governor of New York, United States Senator and Secretary of State under both Lincoln and Andrew Jackson. He’s best known as “an outspoken abolitionist and one of the most loyal members of Lincoln’s wartime cabinet....

Directors: Craig Gillespie Likely For ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies;’ Wayne Kramer Leaves Stallone Film ‘Headshots;’ Meg Ryan Makes Directorial Debut By Russ Fischer/April 6, 2011 5:00 am EST Somehow, 2010-2011 is going to go down as a time period when finding a director for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies turned into a massive undertaking. David O. Russell was going to make the film, but he walked. Many others were considered, then Mike White was hired, then he left, too....

Disney Animator Robb Pratt’s ‘Superman Classic’ Short Film By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2011 2:30 pm EST Disney animator Robb Pratt has created a short hand-drawn animated Superman fan film which features a 1950’s-like sci-fi take with Superman battling a huge robot who is destroying Metropolis. Without credits, the short is under one-minute in length, but still a stunning achievement considering Pratt produced, directed and storyboarded the idea himself, and animated the film with two others....

Entourage Ends Next Year; Feature Film To Follow? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2010 8:39 am EST Entourage is over. Even the most die-hard, forgiving followers of the show seem to be ready to deliver a eulogy. So it is appropriate that HBO’s programming president recently said that next year’s season will be a short order, and the end of the series. But series creator Doug Ellin still has enough ambition for a film spin-off that such a thing remains a possibility....

Gallery: The DeLorean, The Batmobile, And 5 Other Famous Movie Vehicles As Pixar Characters By Angie Han/July 7, 2011 1:00 pm EST Cars 2 may not have been anyone’s favorite Pixar flick, but even the critics who were disappointed at its lack of heart had to admit it at least looked gorgeous. On a visual level, the characters and their colorful universe were as dazzlingly, distinctly Pixar-ian as any in the studio’s history....

Geek Deal: Breaking Bad Season 4 On Blu-Ray For Only $24.99 By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2012 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Infographic: Every 3D Movie Ever Made By Angie Han/June 13, 2011 10:30 am EST Although some filmmakers and studios are touting 3D as the future of filmmaking, 3D has also been the past of filmmaking. Several times over. While the fad seems like a new one, 3D as a trend has actually been coming and going since the first 3D movie was produced in the early 1900s. Hit the jump to see a painstakingly detailed infographic about the history of 3D cinema....

Louis Leterrier To Direct Heist Film ‘Now You See Me’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2011 2:00 pm EST After a string of increasingly popular hits culminating in 2010’s Clash of the Titans, Louis Leterrier has fashioned himself into quite the sought after director. He was in talks for X-Men First Class, Fantastic Voyage, would love to do Y: The Last Man and is attached to direct a film called Gravity. All of that is about to be put on the back burner, though, because Leterrier is attached to direct a magic-infused heist film called Now You See Me....

Mark Wahlberg And Jonah Hill Teaming For Buddy Action Comedy ‘Good Time Gang’ By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2011 11:39 am EST Now that Jonah Hill has seriously slimmed down and is rocking one of the two lead roles in 21 Jump Street, opposite Channing Tatum, it doesn’t seem all that strange that he would be set to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in a comedic action buddy picture. Think of him as a younger, shorter Will Ferrell, and Good Time Gang as a less comedic companion piece to The Other Guys....

Mark Wahlberg To Star In Universal’s ‘Bait And Switch’? By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2011 1:30 pm EST Briefly: Universal is definitely in the Mark Wahlberg business. He is now shooting Ted with director/writer/co-star Seth MacFarlane, and also has the thriller/remake Contraband coming up; both Universal projects. And now the studio has bought Matthew J. O’Neill’s spec script Bait and Switch to be developed as a Mark Wahlberg vehicle. He’s a young writer and there’s not a lot of info on the script, but trades call it an action comedy....

Netflix Aligns With Disney For Expanded Instant Streaming TV Offerings By Russ Fischer/Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 pm EST The next step in the evolving competition between Netflix and Hulu is this: Netflix has signed a reported $200m deal with Disney that will see television shows from ABC, the Disney Channel and ABC Family quickly appearing on Netflix after their initial broadcast. A good deal ABC material is already available via Netflix, but this adds a large slate of shows to the streaming service and is likely to further Netflix’s ability to make other companies very nervous....

New ‘John Carter’ Poster Channels The Spirit Of Classic Paperback Covers By Russ Fischer/Nov. 28, 2011 5:52 pm EST Now this is more like it. The first poster we saw for Disney’s John Carter was pretty bland. The first trailer wasn’t bad, but that and the still images that have been released do more to highlight the film’s superficial resemblance to other films such as Prince of Persia, and parts of the Star Wars prequels, than the movie’s differentiating qualities....

New Photos: ‘The Hobbit’ Dwarves, Lily Collins In ‘Snow White’, Emile Hirsch In ‘The Darkest Hour’ By Angie Han/July 22, 2011 3:00 pm EST With this year’s summer movie season winding down, it’s time to look forward to upcoming entertainments. Today, we’ve got new photos from this December’s The Darkest Hour and next spring’s Snow White, as well as a composite photo from the highly anticipated The Hobbit adaptation. Check ’em out after the jump....

Ousted Disney Head Dick Cook Looking For Funding For Family Movie Studio By Germain Lussier/Aug. 31, 2011 6:00 am EST Want to make family movies and have $625 million laying around? Then you can partner with former Disney executive Dick Cook and create your own studio. The former head of Disney, who was replaced in 2009 by Rich Ross, is reportedly “soliciting investors, including private-equity firms, hedge funds and wealthy individuals” to get money to start a new company which would, like Disney, focus on the lucrative family film business....

Phillip Noyce Set To Direct Sci-Fi Romance ‘Timeless’, From ‘Enchanted’ Screenwriter By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2010 11:30 am EST Briefly: The creative teams behind Enchanted and Salt are coming together in an unlikely sci-fi pairing. Enchanted scripter Bill Kelly has penned a spec script called Timeless, which Salt director Phillip Noyce is working on a deal to direct. The connective tissue between them is Sunil Perkash, who produced both Enchanted and Salt, and would produce Timeless as well....

Rooney Mara Cast In ‘Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 9, 2011 3:30 pm EST Rooney Mara made a significant impression in The Social Network, thanks in large part to the way she held her own against Jesse Eisenberg in the film’s long opening scene. Now she’s working again for David Fincher in one of the two starring roles in his version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo....

Rumor: Space Jockey And Classic Xenomorphs Appear In Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2011 6:30 pm EST When Ridley Scott’s new film Prometheus was announced, the official word was that the story evolved out of the script for the director’s planned Alien prequel. But this story, we were told, took place in a different narrative universe than that of the Alien films. (Even though some common DNA would be recognizable, Ridley Scott said....

Secret JJ Abrams Film To Be Unveiled With Trailer Before Iron Man 2 By Brendon Connelly/May 4, 2010 4:07 am EST Much of the world has received Iron Man 2 already (I’ve seen it with a paying crowd, and rather liked it), but the USA and Canada do not. Almost as though compensation for the wait, however, it seems that the film’s prints are coming to North American cinemas with a special in-the-can bonus....

Sony Takes Screen Rights To ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Video Game Series By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2011 12:00 pm EST Looks like Sony has won the dubious honor of being able to produce and distribute a film based on the UbiSoft video game series Assassin’s Creed. The games feature a lot of running along rooftops, pushing through crowds and tracking powerful targets before driving a knife in their back. There’s even a sci-fi component as the bulk of the action in each game is actually the recreation of ancestral memories buried within a guy who is related to the line of assassins the player controls in the series....

Trailer Debut: ‘Homecoming,’ An Indie Soldier’s Story By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2011 9:00 am EST Indie filmmaker Sean Hackett is making his directorial debut with a film called Homecoming, and we’ve got the first trailer for the picture. Homecoming focuses on Estelle, a young Army medic on leave in her home town. It doesn’t look like the sort of modern ‘soldier at home’ story we’re used to seeing. Instead, this appears to be a film that takes a much more realistic approach to the time a soldier spends at home, and the issues that go along with that return....