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Alice Eve To Play Major New Character In J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’ Sequel By Germain Lussier/Nov. 30, 2011 12:42 pm EST Not only might J.J. Abrams’ 2013 3D Star Trek sequel be gaining a new cast member, word is the entire Star Trek universe is gaining one too. Alice Eve, best known for her lead role in She’s Out Of My League and pivotal performance in the final season of Entourage, has reportedly beat out several other young actresses for a lead role in the sequel playing a character that’s new to the canon....

Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ Adds Tate Donovan, Nelson Franklin And Taylor Schilling By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2011 2:00 pm EST The smaller casting for Ben Affleck’s third directorial effort, Argo, is falling into place. The movie already has a great topline cast: Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston and Scott McNairy are part of the true story about a CIA team that attempted to extract diplomats from Tehran in 1979 by posing as a film crew scouting locations to make a sci-fi film called Argo....

Casting Bits: Anna Kendrick And Natalie Martinez In ‘End Of Watch;’ Bill Moseley In ‘Leatherface 3D;’ Adam Scott In ‘My Mother’s Curse’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 6:00 am EST David Ayers wrote and will direct End of Watch, which already has Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena cast as two LAPD officers who “confront marriage, love, fatherhood and the harsh realities of the Los Angeles streets.” Now Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez (Detroit 1-8-7) are in talks to play the respective love interests in the movie....

Clash Of The Titans Might Have Been A Good, Or At Least Better Movie By Russ Fischer/April 9, 2010 12:53 pm EST It’s been a week since Clash of the Titans opened, and I’ve already forgotten the movie, for the most part. There’s too little there worth remembering, as the handful of good moments are overwhelmed by an excess of chaff and a terrible structure. (Read my thoughts on the film, or listen to the /Filmcast discussion....

Comic-Con Video Blog: Jackass 3D Footage Reaction And Teaser Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2010 8:00 am EST Friday afternoon, Paramount Pictures premiered the first footage from Jackass 3D an an exclusive party held in San Diego during Comic-Con. I recorded a video blog with Adam Quigley talking about our reaction to the footage, and Steve from Collider even makes a cameo appearance. Watch the video blog now, embedded after the jump....

Director F. Javier Gutiérrez Rumored To Be In Talks For ‘The Crow’ Reboot By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2011 5:30 am EST Briefly: As remakes flourish in every corner of the film business, one can’t quite take to the air. The new version of The Crow has been in the works for some time now, once with Stephen Norrington in the director’s chair and Nick Cave rewriting the director’s script. Mark Wahlberg was attached for a moment, but all of these people walked away before the end of 2010, reportedly because a new actor came on board and wanted a new writer to make big changes to the script....

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 4, 2010 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the description from the publisher: What if you closed your eyes, blew out the candles, and your wish came true? Ellie Jerome is a young-at-heart seventy-five-year-old who feels she has more in common with her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy, than her fifty-five-year-old daughter, Barbara. Ellie’s done everything she can to stay young, and the last thing she wants is to celebrate another birthday....

Helena Bonham Carter, Dwight Yoakam And Barry Pepper In Talks For ‘Lone Ranger’ By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2011 4:30 pm EST Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer and Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski are really, truly making a new Lone Ranger, in which Johnny Depp will star as a sort of revisionist Tonto, with Armie Hammer (The Social Network, J. Edgar) playing the titular ranger. Now two Western veterans, Dwight Yoakam and Barry Pepper, are in talks for the film....

Howard Stark Will Appear In Captain America By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2010 1:30 pm EST Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger takes place during World War II, which makes it hard to do a lot of the Marvel Universe cameos we’ve become accustomed to over the past couple years. But you can expect to see one Stark in the film, just not Tony Stark.Jon Favreau has revealed to MTV that Tony’s father Howard Stark will appear in Captain America:...

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2011 3:00 pm EST A biopic of mafia don John ‘The Teflon Don’ Gotti and his son John Gotti Jr. has been in the works for a while. Earlier this year Nick Cassavetes started negotiating to direct, and with that deal close to completion there’s word from enthusiastic exec producer Marc Fiore that John Travolta is in ‘serious talks’ to play the senior Gotti. Speaking to EW, the producer says,...

Kiefer Sutherland Says ‘24’ Movie Script Is Almost Done By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2011 1:30 pm EST About sixteen months have passed since Fox’s hit action series 24 ended its successful eight season run. Since then, star Kiefer Sutherland and the show’s creators have been asked ad nauseum about a long rumored movie that would continue the story of American hero Jack Bauer who saves the world in 24 hours. Every few months, a little bit more is added to the rumor mill be it a rejected script, release window, possible start date, rumored directors and more....

Luc Besson Prepping A Massive Sci-Fi Return? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2010 9:45 am EST The last time we heard about a directorial project from Luc Besson, who has primarily worked as a producer over the last decade-plus, he was shopping a love story to studios. But did that love story have a big sci-fi component? Because Mr. Besson just said that his next film would be something like “The Fifth Element to the power of ten....

Michael Cera Cast In ‘Magic Magic’ By Russ Fischer/May 10, 2011 9:00 am EST The last year has been pretty quiet for Michael Cera. Scott Pilgrim vs the World was released last summer (you might remember that we liked it quite a bit) and the actor hasn’t been seen in much since then. He shot a part in an indie project from Scott Pilgrim co-star Mark Webber, but aside from some smaller comedy work, that’s been it in the past few months....

New ‘Bridesmaids’ Poster Features /Film Quote By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2011 1:00 pm EST Universal Pictures have sent over a new movie poster for Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, which you may have already seen in theaters. The one-sheet quotes three reviews from the 2011 SXSW Film Festival early screening of the film — including a sentence from my glowing review of the film. I know a movie like this is a hard sell to men, but you’ve gotta trust me — this is a comedy that will have everyone laughing....

New Muppet Movie Will Hit Theaters On Christmas 2011 By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2010 1:30 pm EST Walt Disney Studios will release the new Muppet Movie (which at one time was to be titled The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made or The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made) on Christmas 2011 (December 25th 2011). The movie is written by Forgetting Sarah Marshall scribe/star Jason Segel and Get Him to the Greek/Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller, and is being directed by Flight of the Conchords helmer James Bobin....

Scott Pilgrim’s Satya Bhabha Will Play The Lead Role In Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2010 2:24 pm EST The young actor Satya Bhabha was almost a total unknown a few months ago. Now he’s got a highlighted role in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs the World, in which he plays the first of the characters that must be defeated by Scott Pilgrim to win the heart of Ramona Flowers....

Seth Rogen In DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Boo U.’ (‘Monsters Inc’ Meets ‘Casper’?) By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2010 8:45 pm EST DreamWorks Animation has signed Seth Rogen to voice the lead character in Boo U, a computer animated film which asks what ghosts think about humans. The film tells the story of a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school to learn how to become a better spook....

Spielberg Needs A New Lincoln; Liam Neeson No Longer Attached By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2010 2:13 pm EST For years Steven Spielberg has been developing a biopic of Abraham Lincoln, and Liam Neeson has long been attached to the title role. But the film has failed to come together for various reasons, and Spielberg is now about to film War Horse, his adaptation of the award-winning play based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel....

Steve Jobs Has Died By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2011 4:46 pm EST Apple is reporting that Steve Jobs has died. The above screen is the homepage of Apple.com. The company has released the following statement: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and inspiring mentor....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, The Wolverine, Beware The Batman By Germain Lussier/April 19, 2012 11:30 am EST How did ABC’s Nightline portray The Avengers? What are the odds Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Robin in The Dark Knight Rises? Where can Marvel movies go after The Avengers? Might we see The Lizard wearing a lab coat in The Amazing Spider-Man? Which country will house the production of The Wolverine?...