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‘Black Widow’ Spin-Off Movie Closer To Becoming A Reality By Adam Quigley/Sept. 22, 2010 1:00 pm EST Several months back, somebody asked Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige if Iron Man 2 side character and The Avengers team member Black Widow (played by Scarlett Johansson) would be getting her own solo outing, to which he replied that it was “definitely possible”. While more revelatory than a flat “no”, that response doesn’t mean much in the world of Hollywood....

‘Conan The Barbarian’ UK Trailer And New Photos By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2011 3:00 pm EST Here’s the latest trailer for Conan the Barbarian, in which Jason Momoa, under the direction of Marcus Nispel, seeks to reanimate the cinematic vitality of Robert E. Howard’s signature character. Arnold Schwarzenegger created the version many know and love, and he leaves some big shoes to fill. Previous trailers and pics have left us doubtful that it is really going to work....

‘Easy A’ Helmer To Direct ‘The Social Network’ Author’s Book ‘Sex On The Moon’ By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2011 5:00 pm EST In January it was announced that The Social Network producers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti would reteam to produce an adaptation of author Ben Mezrich’s (who wrote The Accidental Billionaires, upon which The Social Network was based) new book proposal Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History....

By Angie Han/Feb. 25, 2011 7:24 am EST The Weinstein Co. has released a trailer for Julian Schnabel’s Miral, starring Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto. The film covers five decades of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Pinto playing a young woman who falls for a political activist (Omar Metwally, Munich) and becomes involved in the Palestine liberation movement. Watch the trailer after the jump. [via TheMovieBox.Net] Although this new trailer features slightly less violence and improper language, it otherwise looks pretty similar to the French-subtitled one we posted last summer — right down to the melancholy Tom Waits song that plays over the very end....

‘Project X’ Trailer: A Block-Rocking Mashup Of ‘Jackass’ And ‘The Hangover’? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2011 11:45 am EST Over the past year we’ve heard small news here and there about Project X, a high school party comedy from producer Todd Phillips (director of Old School and The Hangover) and first-time feature director Nima Nourizade. The film follows a high school party that grows to massive size, and eventually gets out of control....

ABC Moving Forward With ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Pilot, Joss Whedon To Write And Direct By Angie Han/Aug. 28, 2012 7:31 pm EST We’ve known for weeks now that Joss Whedon would help develop the live-action Marvel series for ABC, but the whos, whats, hows, and whens are now becoming a little bit clearer. ABC has just given the green light to S.H.I.E.L.D., which (duh) will center around the espionage and law enforcement agency led by Nick Fury (Samuel L....

Aimee Teegarden Cast In ‘Scream 4’ Plus New Set Photos By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2010 11:00 am EST Add yet another gorgeous young victim to Ghostface’s murder list. Aimee Teegarden, also known as Julie Taylor on Friday Night Lights, has been cast in Wes Craven’s upcoming Scream 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The horror sequel written by Kevin Williamson is scheduled for release April 15, 2011. Teegarden will appear along with returning Screamers Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette and brand new players Anthony Anderson, Marielle Jaffe, Anna Paquin, Kristin Bell, Emma Roberts, Adam Brody, Shenae Grimes, Lucy Hale, Marley Shelton, Hayden Panettiere and others....

Ben Schwartz To Write ‘Soapdish’ Remake By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2011 3:30 pm EST Briefly: The latest good but not-quite-classic film to get the remake treatment is the 1991 behind the scenes showbiz comedy Soapdish. Aaron Spelling produced and Michael Hoffman directed the original, which charted the intrigues related to the production of a soap opera. Now a new version has taken the first step towards production. Paramount has hired Ben Schwartz to write the remake — he’s got a lot of rapid-fire comic experience via Robot Chicken in addition to working with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and other writing and performance endeavors....

Cool Stuff: Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ And ‘Cronos’ Posters By Germain Lussier/June 16, 2011 11:00 am EST Mondo has just released the final two posters in their Guillermo Del Toro Director’s Series and, big surprise, they’re gorgeous. Artists Vania Zouravliov and Aaron Horkey have teamed up to make a poster for Del Toro’s 2001 film The Devil’s Backbone, and Martin Ansin has created a poster for Del Toro’s directorial debut, Cronos....

Disney Puts Company On Notice Over Their Fantasy Fairy Tale ‘Braver’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2012 4:09 pm EST Editor’s Note: The initial version of this story said that Disney was “suing” Brightspark, which is not yet the case. They have actually only taken the first legal step of contacting the company to stop selling their film. Those changes have been made in the headline and body below. Who hasn’t been in a supermarket, walked past the discount DVD rack and done a double take?...

Elizabeth Olsen, Dakota Fanning, Anton Yelchin To Star In Naomi Foner’s ‘Very Good Girls’ By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2012 11:00 am EST I suppose it’s not really correct to call Anton Yelchin and Dakota Fanning up-and-comers, seeing as each of them has been in the industry for over a decade. But as they transition into increasingly grown-up roles, it still feels like we’re seeing the emergence of pair of promising young actors....

First Look: ‘Anonymous’ – ‘2012’/‘Independence Day’ Director Roland Emmerich Does Shakespeare By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2011 12:45 pm EST Columbia Pictures have released the first photo from disaster movie director Roland Emmerich’s (2012, Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow) Shakespeare dramaAnonymous. Written by John Orloff (Band of Brothers, A Mighty Heart, Legend of the Guardians), the political thriller focuses on “who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare– Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford– set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her....

Infographic: A Visual Timeline Of The ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Universe By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2011 4:00 pm EST If you need a new way to visualize all the major events that shaped the universe in which Battlestar Galactica takes place, this might help. Billy Ray created the graphic, and says “I created this visual timeline of the Battlestar Galactica universe after the season 4, episode 17 “No Exit” data dump resulted in near aneurism for my friends and me....

Joe Dante’s ‘The Hole’ Finally Gets A Release Date; Watch The New Trailer By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2012 12:47 pm EST When we last checked on Joe Dante’s The Hole back in 2010, we noted that it had been a long wait since the film was completed in early 2009 and revealed at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Turns out that lag time was nothing — two years later, it’s still yet to hit U....

Jonny Lee Miller Joins Dexter Season 5 By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2010 8:02 am EST Jonny Lee Miller has joined the cast of the fifth season of Showtime’s Dexter. 37-year-old Miller has had roles in Smith, Eli Stone and the tv mini-series Emma. You might remember him as Dade Murphy/‘Crash Override’/‘Zero Cool’ in the 1995 film Hackers, Sick Bot in Trainspotting, and Simon Sheppard in Dracula 2000. Variety reports that Miller will have multiepisode arc, which will have him playing “a mysterious man who ends up tangled in a storyline with Julia Stiles....

Keanu Reeves Passes On ‘Akira’ And Other Updates By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2011 2:00 pm EST Neo won’t be Kaneda. JoBlo has exclusively learned that Keanu Reeves, who was offered the starring role in Warner Bros. Albert Hughes-directed, live action remake of Akira, has passed. They’ve also learned that Warners has shut down and fired much of a pre-visualization department that was working on the film. Does this mean Akira is dead?...

LOL: ‘Schindler’s List’ In 3D By Germain Lussier/Nov. 23, 2010 7:00 am EST Logically, joking about Schindler’s List is the definition of bad taste. But humor has no logic. And because it’s by far the most well-known film set in the Holocaust, it’s the go to punchline whenever you want to evoke that horrific event in a humorous way. Case in point, this trailer for a post-converted 3D re-release of Schindler’s List by The Awful People....

LOL: Tron Legacy Official Replica Light Bike Motorcycle Suits By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2010 9:00 am EST Almost every single image or every single frame from the trailer for Tron: Legacy screams of “cool”, so why is it that these officially licensed Tron Legacy Light Bike Replica Motorcycle Suits look so lame? Is it that they don’t really light up? Is it that the models are trying too hard to look cool?...

Mickey Rourke Hitman Biopic ‘The Ice Man’ Has A Rival, Starring Michael Shannon By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2010 11:28 am EST We’ve written a few times over the past year about the planned biopic of hit man Richard “The Ice Man” Kuklinski. Hunter famously questioned the ethics of making such a film, and we’ve tracked it as it had Channing Tatum set to star before he was dumped thanks in part to objections from Richard Kuklinski’s biographer, leading to Mickey Rourke finally being attached....

Neal McDonough May Be Dum Dum Dugan In Captain America By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2010 5:24 pm EST Here’s some good Captain America: The First Avenger casting news: Neal McDonough (Minority Report, Flags of Our Fathers) is reportedly in talks to play the ‘Howling Commando’ Dum Dum Dugan in Joe Johnston’s film. Deadline has the ‘in talks’ news, and if McDonough ends up in the film he’d likely fight alongside Samuel L....