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Mark Romanek The Frontrunner To Direct ‘Da Vinci Code’ Sequel ‘The Lost Symbol’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2011 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Director Ron Howard decoded the first two and now it’s Mark Romanek’s turn to crack the case. He’s reportedly the frontrunner to helm The Lost Symbol, the third installment in Dan Brown’s massively successful series of mysteries centered on symbologist Robert Langdon....

Mark Waters To Direct Beatles Time Travel Comedy ‘Get Back’? By Adam Quigley/Jan. 28, 2011 11:30 am EST We only recently got our first look at Mark Waters’ latest film, the Jim Carrey-starring Mr. Popper’s Penguins, and already the director is negotiating a deal for his follow-up project. He’s in line to direct Get Back, a comedy about two die-hard Beatles fans who, upon discovering a time machine, travel back in time to prevent John Lennon from ever meeting Yoko Ono, who they blame for breaking up the group....

Marvel Considering Alan Taylor And Daniel Minahan To Direct ‘Thor 2,’ New Screenwriter Hire Also Expected By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2011 5:22 pm EST The most unexpected news this week was that Thor 2 director Patty Jenkins had walked away from the film over ‘creative differences,’ leaving the Marvel Studios sequel in a pinch. The film isn’t set for release until November 15, 2013, but as an effects-heavy project that the studio also wants to rewrite, this turmoil in the creative staff doesn’t bode well....

Never Mind ‘Conan,’ Here’s A First Look At Arnold Schwarzenegger In David Ayer’s ‘Ten’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2012 4:51 pm EST Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to be everywhere lately. We just saw him in The Expendables 2, and we’ve seen the trailer for The Last Stand, and an image of the actor alongside Sylvester Stallone in The Tomb. Oh, and then there was that little The Legend of Conan news break earlier today....

Rumor: Bono And The Edge Writing Music For Pixar’s ‘Brave’? By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2010 7:50 am EST Grand speculation time: The Pixar Blog has put together some tweeted info and discussions with undisclosed sources to come up with the theory that Bono and perhaps The Edge are writing a song or music of some sort for Brave, the in development Pixar film that was formerly titled The Bear and the Bow....

Sony Wants To Turn Jaden Smith Into A Teen Assassin By Russ Fischer/April 20, 2012 6:00 pm EST Since The Karate Kid remake, Sony has been fully committed to being in the Jaden Smith business. Doesn’t hurt that he’s the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, or that his father is interested in making movies with his son. (Such as M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth, pictured above, which is shooting now....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/March 22, 2012 12:30 pm EST No new footage, but this Avengers IMAX commercial is still exciting. Thanks to Marvel. Superhero Hype posted a bunch of information on the Avengers colognes and perfumes that are about to hit shelves. This promo image for Sony’s NEX camera reveals a new look at The Amazing Spider-Man, via Comic Book Movie....

Synopsis For Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ Whets Our Appetite For The Sci-Fi Survival Thriller By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2011 10:00 am EST There was a lot of public talk about the casting process for Alfonso Cuarón’s film Gravity, but once the cast was locked down — Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are the two key players — the film went pretty quietly intro production and we’ve heard little about it since....

Teaser Trailer: ‘The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2010 11:45 am EST IFC has already decided to stand behind Tom Six’s sequel to his well-publicized horror manifesto The Human Centipede (First Sequence), and today released a teaser for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). That title refers to the fact that, in this film, there are many more people joined end to end to create a much longer human centipede…yeah....

VOTD: KANE Movie Trailer - Remaking Citizen Kane By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2010 5:00 am EST Why settle as being called the best film of all time when you could also be called the best remake of all time? Mark Potts (Simmons on Vinyl) and Singletree Productions have created a faux movie trailer for a proposed remake of Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane. The trailer is a rather obvious but entertaining commentary on the current state of the movie industry, in which a movie remake like this is completely possible (sadly)....

VOTD: Pixar’s ‘Up’ Live-Action 1965 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2011 7:00 am EST What if Walt Disney Pictures produced Pixar’s Up in the 1960s as a live-action feature film? YouTube user whoiseyevan has created an amazing faux “premakes” trailer which imagines this exact possibility. Watch the video now, embedded after the jump. Here is a note from the video editor: Ah, the swinging 60s. It was a time when films were dominated by flying automobiles and flying nannies....

Will Ferrell And Zach Galifianakis Kick Off ‘The Campaign’ With Political Ads By Germain Lussier/May 7, 2012 10:30 am EST Though superheroes are likely to dominate the early and mid summer box office, politics could be the highlight of August. That’s when The Campaign, Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis’s political spoof, is scheduled for release. Timed to play around height of the 2012 Presidential elections,the Jay Roach film centers on two men – Cam Brady and Marty Huggins – running against each other for Congress....

World Trade Center Writer Penning N.W.A. Biopic By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2010 11:23 am EST The story of LA rap group N.W.A is a fairly short one, and has been told already through the best means available — their records and the songs and albums that members released after the group started to disintegrate. But what the hell, let’s get a biopic together, anyway. Straight Outta Compton, titled after N.W.A’s breakout album from 1988, will seek to tell the tale of N....

‘Downfall’ Director Oliver Hirschbiegel To Adapt Martin Suter’s Novel ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 1:48 pm EST And now he’ll reportedly also direct The Dark Side of the Moon, based not on the Pink Floyd album whose cover has adorned every dorm room in America at some point, but on the novel of the same name by Swiss author Martin Suter. (Which was admittedly titled as a gloss on the Floyd disc....

‘Muppet Man’ Screenwriter Adapting ‘Ponzi’s Scheme’ For Milos Forman By Russ Fischer/April 27, 2011 11:30 am EST And now Milos Forman, whose career has been seemingly close to dormant for a decade (though he’s never been the most prolific director, with three major films in the ’80s and two in the ’90s) is going to direct a film about Charles Ponzi. Variety says that Christopher Weekes is adapting the book Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, originally written by Mitchell Zuckoff....

‘The Cold Light Of Day’ International Trailer: One More Look At Familial Spy Shenanigans With Henry Cavill And Bruce Willis By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2012 5:03 pm EST Here’s an international trailer for the thriller The Cold Light of Day, in which Henry Cavill (The Tudors, Immortals, Man of Steel) discovers that his father, played by Bruce Willis, is actually involved in international espionage. As we’ve discussed before, the film looks a bit like a more grown-up version of the story told in the Taylor Lautner vehicle Abduction....

‘X-Men: First Class’ International Trailer, Now In English By Russ Fischer/April 11, 2011 9:18 am EST A couple weeks ago a great international trailer for X-Men: First Class appeared, with dialogue dubbed in Russian. Now there is a Japanese cut of the trailer — same thing, but with original English dialogue. If the dubbing put you off before there’s no reason not to take a look now. While some of the marketing for the film has been a little off the mark, the two core trailers — this one and the primary US one — have been fantastic and full of promise....

Adam Brody Cast In Whit Stillman’s ‘Damsels In Distress,’ Greta Gerwig Confirmed By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2010 5:59 pm EST When we first heard about Damsels in Distress, the first film from director Whit Stillman in many years, it was described as a super-low budget indie with no stars. Then, not long ago, Greta Gerwig revealed that she had joined the cast. Not a star, but hardly an unknown. Now Adam Brody has signed on, and we’ve learned the film is backed by Castle Rock....

AMC To Launch ‘The Walking Dead’ Chat Show ‘The Talking Dead’ By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2011 5:00 pm EST Following in the footsteps of Bravo’s Real Housewives series, AMC’s The Walking Dead is set to get its very own live talk show dedicated to picking apart the misadventures of Rick Grimes and his motley crew of zombie killers. Hosted by Chris Hardwick (of Nerdist podcast and Web Soup fame), The Talking Dead will feature episode recaps, fan Q&A and discussions, and interviews with the cast and crew....

Anchorman Director Adam McKay To Adapt Comic Series ‘The Boys’? By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2010 2:36 pm EST Brad Fuller isn’t the only member of the A Nightmare on Elm Street team talking about future projects. Director Samuel Bayer has been linked (or hopes to be linked) to an adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic series The Boys. But now he’s saying that he might not have the job, as the current favorite to direct is Anchorman and Step Brothers helmer Adam McKay....