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By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2012 10:30 am EST Good news today for fans of author Cormac McCarthy (The Road, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses). He has written and sold a screenplay called The Counselor. It is contemporary and set in the Southwest, and said to be reminiscent of his novel No Country For Old Men. Much of the discussion of this new script calls it McCarthy’s first spec script (that is, a script written on the author’s own initiative) but that isn’t quite true, as No Country was originally written as a script before McCarthy turned it into a novel....

‘Twilight’ Inspired Fan Fiction Turned Best Seller Now Could Be A Movie By Germain Lussier/March 15, 2012 2:30 pm EST One studio executive told the trade that while they expect the rights to sell for seven figures, the sexually explicit nature will make it a difficult sell in the general marketplace. And though the Twilight connection is peripheral (it doesn’t sound like there are any vampires or werewolves here) it’s possible studios feel this story could occupy that romantic-fantasy void once the final Twilight film is released this winter....

Behind The Scenes Footage: ‘The Host,’ Stephenie Meyer’s Alien Possession Romance By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2012 10:30 am EST Twilight may be ending this year, but the work of author Stephenie Meyer isn’t going to be away from screens for long. Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time) wrote and directed an adaptation of Meyer’s novel The Host, in which Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) forms a strange alliance with an alien parasite that is part of a race targeting Earth and humanity....

Carey Mulligan Cast In Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2010 1:00 pm EST Briefly: Small update here — we talked not long ago about the fact that Carey Mulligan had become the favorite to take the Daisy Buchanan role in Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby. Now the director has announced that she is definitely his Daisy. The catch: he’s still not sure Gatsby will be his next film....

Cool Stuff: New LOST-Inspired Posters, T-Shirts, And More By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2010 9:00 am EST DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com has reopened for business, and is selling a bunch of newly produced LOST-inspired t-shirts, posters, prints and totes. They are unvieling a new poster almost every day it seems leading up to the series finale. In celebration of LOST’s final season and to bring finality to the LOST poster series,8 top designers and artists, who are also fans of the show, were commissioned to create artwork celebrating top moments from the 6th and final season....

Exclusive Poster Debut: SXSW Midnight Entry ‘The Aggression Scale,’ Plus Trailer And Images By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2012 5:00 pm EST One of the films announced today as part of the SXSW 2012 Midnight lineup is The Aggression Scale, from director/editor Steven C. Miller (Automaton Transfusion) and writer Ben Powell. The film is called “an 80’s influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes,” and comes from Snowfort Pictures and producer Travis Stevens, who is behind A Horrible Way to Die and Jodorowsky’s Dune....

First Look: Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years A Slave’; ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Star Quvenzhané Wallis Joins Cast By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2012 9:00 am EST Director Steve McQueen’s last two films, Hunger and Shame, were relatively intimate affairs with smallish casts anchored by Michael Fassbender. In contrast, his upcoming Twelve Years a Slave, boasts a far more expansive cast — and what a cast it is. In addition to established names like Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Brad Pitt, the lineup also includes up-and-comers like Pariah actress Adepero Oduye and Beasts of the Southern Wild star Dwight Henry....

First Look At New ‘John Carter’ Trailer, From Good Morning America By Germain Lussier/Nov. 30, 2011 8:58 am EST The brand new, full trailer for Andrew Stanton’s adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ epic tale, John Carter, will officially come online later today. However, audiences are already talking about it because star Taylor Kitsch showed up in Times Square to premiere the trailer on Good Morning America. That footage has now become available and the trailer is included....

Five ‘Star Trek’ Characters Who Are Definitely Not In ‘Star Trek 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2012 11:00 am EST Getting a person to say something, anything, definitive about Star Trek 2 is akin to finding a fan who doesn’t like The Wrath of Khan. It just doesn’t happen. Even when Simon Pegg came out and said that his Star Trek 2 co-star Benedict Cumberbatch was not playing Khan, no matter how many people say the opposite, it’s hard to take him seriously....

Frankenstein Films: Matt Reeves To Direct ‘This Dark Endeavor;’ David Auburn Writing ‘The Casebook Of Victor Frankenstein’ By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2011 4:00 pm EST Oh, good. So this week, Frankenstein films are the new Snow White/Wizard of Oz/etc. We’ve got news on two Frankenstein-related projects that have both moved forward today. Matt Reeves moved from director of interest thanks to Cloverfield to something approaching A-list status with Let Me In....

Geek Deal: Inception Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Combo For $17.99 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2010 12:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Going The Distance Pushed Back To September By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2010 10:50 am EST Warner Bros has informed us that Going The Distance has changed release dates to September 3rd 2010 from August 27th 2010. In making the announcement, Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution stated, “Moving to the Labor Day weekend not only allows us to take advantage of the long holiday weekend, but gives us some distance from the other female-driven films releasing in August....

Infographic: Michael Bay’s Bayhem By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2011 3:00 pm EST Michael Bay is well-known for his use of explosions, helicopters, and sheer budgetary mayhem. But what is the breakdown, by movie, of the use of some of those factors? And which of the films managed to turn Bay’s excess into financial gain? An infographic called The Formula for Complete and Utter Bayhem breaks it down. Check it out below....

International Trailer And TV Spots For The Social Network By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2010 6:00 am EST Sometime between the moment I stepped onto the airplane in Moscow Russia and arrived in Austin Texas, a new international trailer was released for David Fincher’s The Social Network. You probably know by now that I loved the film and gave it a glowing review in my early reaction, and David Chen called it “a masterwork of two creative artists....

Is Baz Luhrman Backing Out Of ‘The Great Gatsby?’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 1, 2011 2:30 pm EST For months we’ve heard that Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrman has been workshopping an adaptation the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Then there was a hotly contested casting search for the role of Daisy, with the role eventually going to Carey Mulligan. Finally, Luhrman mentioned he might shoot the film in 3D....

J.J. Abrams Among Filmmakers Developing Projects For Paramount Animation By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2012 4:50 pm EST For the past few years, Paramount enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with DreamWorks Animation, releasing tons of successful films like Rango, Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon and more. Last summer, though, DreamWorks Animation announced they’d be parting ways with the studio, leaving Paramount without a strong animation presence. Paramount Animation was born....

Jessica Chastain In Talks For ‘Iron Man 3’ By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2012 8:00 pm EST Looks like Iron Man 3 will be a meeting of redheads (or perhaps a battle), as Jessica Chastain is now in talks to play “a sexy scientist ever bit as smart as Tony Stark” in the film. That description is kind of depressing, as the whole ‘sexy scientist’ thing sounds like such a bad movie cliche....

Julianne Moore To Play Sarah Palin In ‘Game Change’ By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2011 2:44 pm EST Julianne Moore acted opposite Tina Fey last season on 30 Rock; now she’ll be stepping into the comedienne’s best-known role: Sarah Palin. Julianne Moore will play the former Alaska governor in Game Change, the Jay Roach-directed adaptation of John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s book about John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. EW reports that Ms....

LA Opens Facebook Fan Page To Rally Support For Comic Con In Los Angeles By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2010 11:30 am EST As you probably know by now, San Diego’s contract with Comic-Con comes to a close in 2012. Everyone wants to know if Comic-Con will leave San Diego. And if the convention goes elsewhere, where could that be? Las Vegas, Anaheim and Los Angeles are all bidding for the right to become the future home of the geek meca....

Logo Reveal And Brief Behind The Scenes Footage From ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2010 12:35 pm EST Just in case you thought that Transformers: Dark of the Moon couldn’t possibly be the real title for the third film in the series, there’s a logo to prove it, with moving highlight lens flare and everything. The image above is sourced from an ad promoting Entertainment Tonight’s behind the scenes look at the film....