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Carla Gugino Joins Jim Carrey In ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2010 9:10 am EST Briefly: Jim Carrey is starring in an adaptation of the childrens book Mr. Popper’s Penguins, which is set to shoot in New York. (Based on some photos I saw yesterday, the film may be shooting now, or very soon.) And now Carla Gugino has taken up a role in the picture.Variety summarizes the film’s plot, slightly altered from that of the book (of course) as “Mr....

Director Options For ‘Tales From The Gangster Squad’: Ruben Fleischer, Scott Cooper, Jose Padilha By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2010 7:30 pm EST The question to ask about the Warner Bros. film Tales From the Gangster Squad might not be ‘who will direct,’ but ‘why didn’t all these other guys want to direct?’ There has been a lot of talk about possible directors, including Ben Affleck and Darren Aronofsky, but the WB film keeps looking for someone to sign on....

First Look: Tom Hanks And Thomas Horn In ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2011 3:00 pm EST Warner Bros. evidently has high hopes for Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, as the studio recently set the film for a December 25 debut. Indeed, the novel, which is a quirky but heartfelt account of a young boy’s attempt to uncover some family history in the wake of 9/11, could easily be the basis for a moving holiday film....

By Angie Han/May 1, 2012 7:00 am EST Debut author Christopher Healy takes us on a journey with four imperfect princes and their four improbable princesses, all of whom are trying to become perfect heroes—a fast-paced, funny, and fresh introduction to a world where everything, even our classic fairy tales, is not at all what it seems. Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never heard of them, have you?...

Jeff Bridges Reportedly Takes Role In ‘The Seventh Son,’ Formerly ‘The Last Apprentice’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2011 3:00 pm EST Just the other day we talked about the fact that Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeff Bridges might take roles in The Last Apprentice, based on the novel series of the same name by Joseph Delaney. (They’re known as The Wardstone Chronicles in the UK.) Well, the film has been renamed The Seventh Son, and it looks as if Jeff Bridges is the first to formally take the plunge....

Kevin Spacey Reunites With David Fincher In TV Show ‘House Of Cards’ By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2011 1:15 pm EST Briefly: Last year we heard that David Fincher is planning to do House of Cards, a new TV series written by Eric Roth based on the book of the same name and the British miniseries that spawned from it. He’ll exec produce and direct the pilot episode which automatically makes the show of particularly high interest, even if it is a remake of a very well-regarded UK show....

MGM Orders Adam Green-Scripted ‘Killer Pizza’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. More details below. Deadline says that Chris Columbus brought the novel to the attention of MGM after he sensed that MGM execs had an “appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare.” Columbus’ company, 1492 Entertainment, will produce with CJ Entertainment. Green was attached to direct the film last year, but whether that will continue to be the case is unknown....

Michael Fassbender May Play Key Role Opposite Natalie Portman In ‘Jane Got A Gun’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2012 5:20 pm EST Lynne Ramsay has made three very good films (most recently We Need to Talk About Kevin, which followed Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar) and now she’s prepping a western called Jane Got a Gun. The film has Natalie Portman attached to play “a woman whose outlaw husband returns home barely alive and riddled with bullet wounds....

Neil Burger To Direct Dennis Lehane Adaptation ‘Animal Rescue’ By Angie Han/June 13, 2012 5:00 am EST Author Dennis Lehane may not be a household name along the lines of John Grisham or Stephen King, but Hollywood’s found plenty to love in his novels as well. Adaptations of his books are three for thre when it comes to critical and commercial success — Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone, and Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island were all based on his tales — so there’s reason to get excited when news breaks of another of Lehane’s works making it to the big screen....

New Images From Steven Spielberg’s ‘Tintin’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2010 1:22 pm EST At the beginning of this week we showed you the first look at Tintin (Jamie Bell) and Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), from The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg and with post-production mocap work by Peter Jackson and WETA. More specifically: we showed you their rendered forms as they’ll appear in the film....

Paul Greengrass To Direct ‘The Fear Index’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 26, 2011 8:00 am EST Update: This is now confirmed. At this point Paul Greengrass has not directed more movies than he’s directed. Let me explain. Since his last film, Green Zone, the director has been attached to at least nine different projects. Some he’s committed to doing, others just floated his name, but considering he’s only directed seven features (though we really only talk about five) it’s a pretty staggering number of possible projects to be attached to in under two years....

Predators Featurette: Introducing Laurence Fishburne As Noland By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2010 2:00 pm EST In the newest video, Robert Rodriguez gives us an inside look at Noland, played by Laurence Fishburne. Watch the featurette embedded after the jump. Official Synopsis: A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, Predators was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey....

Ridley Scott To Oversee Six-Film Slate Of Low-Budget Genre Movies In Northern Ireland By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2012 11:00 am EST Briefly: The ever-busy Ridley Scott just got a bit more busy, as a deal with Focus Features International and Scott Free London will find the producer/director overseeing a slate of low-budget genre films. Six films are outlined as part of the three-year deal, which will turn out a half-dozen “horror, thriller, and sci-fi” features....

Roman Coppola Has A New Film In The Works By Russ Fischer/Dec. 21, 2010 12:30 pm EST It has been almost a decade since the release of CQ, the one and only feature film directed by Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford Coppola and brother of Sofia Coppola. CQ is a strange beast, a film within a film that features Jeremy Davies as an editor and hopeful film director who is tapped to finish a quickie genre movie....

The First Twelve Minutes Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Are Online By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2011 6:00 am EST Good morning — how about starting the day (and the week) with a little epic fantasy? Last night HBO aired a preview of the debut episode of Game of Thrones, which begins the herculean task of adapting the massive A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin....

The Viewfinder List 2011: The Top Short Films, Commercials, And Music Videos Of The Year By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2011 8:15 am EST Last year saw the debut of The Viewfinder List, which aims to do for aspiring filmmakers what The Black List does for screenwriters. Compiled from a poll of “studio executives, producers, and creatives,” The Viewfinder List reflects the most-liked shorts, commercials, and/or music videos of the year. The inaugural list in 2010 included such up-and-comers as Patrick Jean, whose Pixels is due out in 2013, 47 Ronin director Carl Erik Rinsch, and, um, Alejandro González Iñárritu....

Tom Hardy Cast In ‘Batman 3’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2010 9:36 am EST Briefly: We’ve got very few details right now, but Deadline is reporting that Tom Hardy (Inception, Bronson, the hopefully forthcoming Mad Max films) has been cast by Christopher Nolan in the third Batman film. There are no details on the role, or whether it is a villain or other part. This is magnificent news, and not at all surprising....

Twilight Sequel Eclipse Gets Reshoots, But Summit Says Reports Of Hardwicke And Weitz Contact Are False By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2010 6:35 pm EST It’s been a hell of a day for rumors and doom and gloom reports. There is word that Sony isn’t happy with The Green Hornet, and that Warner Bros. is rather down on The Losers (about which I’ve heard good things) and Jonah Hex, which has led to a disinterest in pursuing Lobo....

Which Avenger Will Reportedly Cameo In ‘Thor’? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2010 3:47 pm EST Marvel has established a pattern of having characters show up in small roles before playing a bigger part in later films. The obvious precedent is that Samuel L. Jackson showed up at the end of Iron Man as Nick Fury, then had a larger role in Iron Man 2, and he’ll likely be an even bigger presence in The Avengers....

‘About Cherry’ Red Band Trailer: James Franco Helps A Young Girl Get Into Pornography By Germain Lussier/Sept. 18, 2012 2:00 pm EST On the long list of professions people are surely curious to learn more about, you’d have to think “pornography” is near the top of the list. The taboo explicit sex genre has been at been the focus of interesting movies of all tones: dramatic (Boogie Nights), comedic (Zack and Miri Make a Porno) or real life (Inside Deep Throat)....