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Bill Murray, Mary Elizabeth Winstead And Patricia Arquette Join Roman Coppola’s ‘A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2011 11:30 am EST It’s been a decade since Roman Coppola directed a feature film (CQ, released in 2001) but he is preparing his second movie as director, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. The movie is at least partially inspired by the public meltdown of Charlie Sheen, and Sheen will play the title character....

Clint Mansell Will Score Duncan Jones’ Upcoming Film ‘Source Code’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2010 11:45 am EST This is my favorite news so far today: Clint Mansell will provide the score for Source Code, the second film from director Duncan Jones. Mansell is the composer who has worked on all of Darren Aronofksy’s films, and whose score for Jones’ debut feature Moon was a tremendous contribution to that film’s atmosphere....

Confirmed: Karate Kid Sequel In Development By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 7:00 am EST Yesterday Russ wrote about how the box office performance of The Karate Kid would probably lead to a sequel, with a comment from director Harold Zwart saying that ideas have been discussed. Now Deadline has confirmed our suspicions — Columbia Pictures executives are meeting with screenwriters to pitch their ideas on a sequel. It seems logical to me....

David Cronenberg’s ‘The Talking Cure’ Now Called ‘A Dangerous Method’ By Russ Fischer/April 13, 2010 8:58 am EST Briefly: Despite the fact that he lost Christoph Waltz, I’m seriously interested in David Cronenberg’s new film, which is now called A Dangerous Method. Production Weekly reports the title change for the film, which is based on Christopher Hampton’s play The Talking Cure. Filming starts next month and will take place in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich....

Edgar Wright To Start Filming ‘The World’s End’ In September; Plot Details Revealed By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2012 4:14 pm EST After years of anticipation, it’s finally happening. Edgar Wright will direct Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in The World’s End beginning in September for Working Title and Universal aimed at a Spring 2013 release. It’s the third film in the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy (which includes Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) and, after the jump, we have the first details of the plot....

Gary Ross To Direct Carey Mulligan In ‘Outback’ By Germain Lussier/June 28, 2011 6:00 am EST A popular actress and director, both with a lot on their plate, just added another dish. Gary Ross, who is currently directing The Hunger Games, has just signed to direct Carey Mulligan, who’ll soon shoot Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby, in Outback, an Australian set sci-fi action film written by Nissar Modi from a concept he conceived along with the director....

Geek Deals: Babylon 5: The Complete Seasons 1-5 For $99, George Carlin: All My Stuff 14 Disc DVD Set For Only $88 By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2010 10:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I’m not sure how long this price will be valid, so act quick.

Has Ben Affleck Already Passed On ‘Justice League’? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2012 8:00 am EST Yesterday we got the first inkling of what Warner Bros. wants to do with Justice League: go big. (No surprise.) Their first choice for big would naturally be Christopher Nolan, who has expressed a distinct lack of interest in continuing with the superhero game. But WB has two other directors that, of late, it likes to introduce to big projects....

Michael Bay Producing His Own Low Budget Alien Invasion Project By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2010 11:50 pm EST Briefly: We don’t currently know much about the Confidential Alien Project (that’s a placeholder title) outside of the fact that it will be a Paramount film and that new writer Bobby Glickert has sold an alien-themed pitch to Platinum Dunes producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. THR says the plot involves ‘alien abductions,’ and that, despite writing the treatment and assembling a two minute trailer that helped sell the pitch, Glickert won’t write....

Michael C. Hall And Vera Farmiga To Star In ‘Dexter’ Creator James Manos, Jr.’s ‘Love, Scotch And Death’ By Angie Han/April 15, 2011 6:00 am EST Dexter creator James Manos, Jr. will be making his first stab (ha) at feature film directing with Love, Scotch and Death, from a screenplay he wrote about a character based on himself. And to play his cinematic stand-in, he’s picked a familiar face: everyone’s favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan himself....

Movie Trailer #2: ‘Little Fockers’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 10, 2010 12:32 pm EST We’ve seen a teaser and an international trailer for Little Fockers, the second sequel to Meet the Parents, and now there is a full theatrical trailer. What’s the difference? In addition to showing more plot and (depending on your point of view) jokes, this trailer has a few shots of Dustin Hoffman, whose mart was shot after the teaser debuted....

Movie Trailer: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2010 4:21 pm EST The full trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse debuted on today Oprah, and if her stamp of approval isn’t enough to get you excited about the third film in the Twilight series, I don’t know what is. OK, enough sarcasm, but I will say this: perhaps the trailer has deliberately gone extra heavy on a promise of action, but this looks like the Twilight movie with the most running so far....

Must Watch: CG-Free ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Footage And ‘War Horse’ Animatronic Test By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2012 9:00 am EST Debate has gone on for months over whether or not Andy Serkis should be nominated for an Oscar for his work in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The issue at hand isn’t the work done by Serkis, which is clearly strong. It is the fact that he did that work on set but isn’t actually seen in the film, as his physical presence is painted out and replaced with the all-CGI ape Caesar....

New Posters: Toy Story 3, Prince Of Persia, Sex And The City 2, The Other Guys, Nightmare On Elm Street And More By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2010 11:07 pm EST A bunch of new movie posters have been released in the last few days, so I thought it was time to do a round-up. The posters include various international posters for Toy Story 3, Prince of Persia, Nightmare on Elm Street, Survival of the Dead and some domestic one-sheets for Sex and the City 2 and The Other Guys....

POTD: New York City Is Turning Into Hoth By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2010 3:30 pm EST The east coast blizzard has a lot of residents comparing the landscape to Star Wars’ snow and ice planet Hoth. As an extension of that idea, Williamsburg, Brooklyn resident Henry Hargreaves decided to edit Star Wars characters into photos of his snow covered neighborhood. via: gothamist POTD: New York City Is Turning Into Hoth...

Reminder: Producers Offered ‘Buffy’ Reboot To Joss Whedon, Who Wisely Declined By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2010 8:30 am EST Briefly: There’s the story making the rounds that, in the wake of the recent development on a new big-screen version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy creator Joss Whedon was offered a chance to be part of the film and declined. Except — guess what? — this would appear to be the same offer for him to participate on which we reported way back in the misty, lost days of July 2009....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Wolverine, Superman, Dredd 3D, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2012 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Iron Man fan poster by Daniel Norris over on F Yeah.Jessica De Gouw will play The Huntress in Arrow, according to Entertainment Weekly.UniqueDaily posted this terrible photo of a terrible Batmobile limo.Comic Book Movie found a better translation of Joss Whedon’s international Avengers 2 interview....

Toy Story 3 Oscar Campaign By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 27, 2010 9:00 am EST As you probably know by now, Disney and Pixar have been pushing for not only Best Animated Feature, but the Academy Award for Best Picture. We’ve written in the past about the ambitious Oscar campaign launched by the mouse house — Industry trade newspaper advertisements which feature characters and scenes from the film compared to previous Best Picture winners that had something going against them such as being a different genre, a sequel or a plain old underdog....

Trivia: Michael Bay Cameoed In ‘Mystery Men’ By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2012 6:30 am EST I really wish that Mystery Men was a better movie. Released in 1999, Kinka Usher’s loose adaptation of some of the comics of Bob Burden is a great example of where the comic book movie was in the days immediately after the release of Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies and before X-Men helped turn around the cinematic profile of comic book stories....

VOTD: ‘Black Swan’ And ‘Showgirls’ Trailer Mash Up By Germain Lussier/Dec. 15, 2010 5:00 am EST Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan isn’t even playing on 100 screens in the United States yet but, based on back to back huge weekends at the box office, it’s safe to say the film is building some serious word of mouth. However, while most of that word of mouth is incredibly positive, there are plenty of people who find many of the film’s more eccentric and out there moments to be comical....