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Simon West Directing ‘Medallion’ For Producer McG By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2010 12:30 pm EST Despite harboring ambitions to make a biopic about Salvador Dali, director Simon West is sticking with action for now. He’s got Jason Statham film The Mechanic, a remake of a Charles Bronson film, ready to release. He’ll next direct Dwayne Johnson in Protection. And now he’s being linked to The Medallion, a thriller produced by McG and written by Safe House writer David Guggenheim....

Sony Buying Film Rights To Steve Jobs Biography By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2011 3:30 pm EST How would you characterize a deal to create a feature film based on a collection of interviews with the late Steve Jobs, as it is announced mere days after his death? Crass commercialism? Fitting tribute? Perhaps simply good business sense, something that Jobs himself would understand, if not exactly admire? Regardless, Sony is acquiring the book Steve Jobs, an upcoming tome by Walter Isaacson which is based on interviews with Jobs conducted over the past two years....

Sony’s New ‘Spider-Man’ Will Reportedly Not Feature Mary Jane Watson By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2010 11:50 am EST This, if true, is a probably a good thing. In the wake of the overstuffed Spider-Man 3, Sony and director Marc Webb seem to be taking the character back to a simpler movie storyline. So reports that the film would feature two classic love interests, Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, seemed slightly at odds with that ‘back to basics’ approach....

Trent Reznor Scoring David Fincher’s Version Of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2011 6:35 pm EST Briefly: Not a lot of info right now, but during a New York Times livestream interview with Trent Reznor, the musician revealed that he is scoring David Fincher’s version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and has been working on the film for about six weeks. He said to expect something different from his score for The Social Network, though things might change in the year before the film opens....

Video Game Bits: Villains And Images Revealed For ‘Star Trek’ Video Game, Trailers For ‘South Park,’ ‘Avengers: Battle For Earth,’ ‘Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition,’ And ‘Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron’ By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2012 5:30 pm EST The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the world’s largest and most important loudest gaming event, is currently going on in Los Angeles, CA and out of the smoke have emerged trailers and info on a bunch of new movie, TV and comic related games....

VOTD: Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey And Eva Mendes Celebrate Christmas ‘Drunk History’ Style By Russ Fischer/Dec. 20, 2011 2:30 pm EST If it feels like far too much time has gone by since the last episode of the great Funny or Die series Drunk History, this new Christmas special is here to ease your pain. The conceit of the short is mostly the same as in past ones: someone gets really hammered and narrates a story, badly....

VOTD: Son Shows Mom A Re-Edited ‘Toy Story 3’ With Unhappy Ending By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2012 10:00 am EST Note: This post contains major spoilers for Toy Story 3. Be aware if you haven’t seen the movie. This is incredibly mean. And I love it. One of the most emotional scenes in Toy Story 3 is when the toys accept their fate in the junkyard and it looks like they’re going to die....

Watch A Brutal Fight Scene In The First Five Minutes Of ‘Haywire’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2012 1:00 pm EST Sadly, this one is for US residents only, because it uses a Hulu embed. Eventually I imagine this will end up on YouTube, but for now everyone outside the States will have to be patient. One of Steven Soderbergh’s last films (he’s planning to retire after shooting two more, The Side Effects and Behind the Candelabra), Haywire features MMA star Gina Carano and opens on January 20....

What Went Down At Steven Spielberg’s “Idea Summit” To Create A Realistic Future For ‘Minority Report’ By Angie Han/June 27, 2012 6:00 am EST When a director puts a lot of thought into the details that fill out their cinematic world it shows, even if you don’t explicitly notice each little thing while you’re watching. It’s the difference between the generic sci-fi universes we’ve seen in a million aspiring films and truly memorable worlds like Avatar’s Pandora and Blade Runner’s neo-noir Los Angeles....

‘Eastern Promises’ Screenwriter Steve Knight Writing And Directing ‘Hummingbird’ By Russ Fischer/April 11, 2011 2:00 pm EST Steve Knight made the leap from TV writer to big-time screenwriter with Dirty Pretty Things — an Oscar nomination helped — and then did well with Eastern Promises. His script for Wrath of the Titans is being shot right now, but he’s also got a directorial project brewing. Hummingbird is set up via Fox, New Regency and Shine Pictures, and has some of his Eastern Promises producers behind it....

/Film Receives A Mysterious Package From ‘Alcatraz’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 10, 2012 2:30 pm EST

By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2011 8:28 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Advantages of Instant Video include built-in options to rent or buy a film — Gizmodo reports that the average prices are around $12 to buy a film and $4 for a three-day rental for new titles, or slightly lower for old titles. Certain foreign-language films also allow you to choose between subtitles and dubbing....

AMC Hosting Pre-‘Deathly Hallows’ Harry Potter Marathon November 18 By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2010 5:00 pm EST Though a good number of fans have already purchased their tickets to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 at midnight on November 19, most of us have not. Two weeks away still feels a little too early to make plans. Well, AMC has upped the ante with an event that’s sure to sell out from coast to coast....

Antoine Fuqua To Direct ‘Storming Las Vegas’ For Summit By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2011 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deadline broke the news of the deal to adapt the book, which is based on a true story. They’re calling it modern day Robin Hood story set in the mid-1990s when a man named Jose Vigoa battled against Vegas’s increasingly family friendly image by going on a 16-month crime spree targeting the biggest casinos on the strip....

Casting Bits: Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames Board ‘Seven Below’, Rodrigo Santoro Joins ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’, Jonny Weston Gets ‘Cherry’ By Angie Han/July 6, 2011 10:00 am EST Professional tough guys Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames, along with Luke Goss and Rebecca Da Costa, are set to star in the indie thriller Seven Below. Written by Kevin Carraway and Lawrence Smith and directed by Carraway, the film centers around:...

Comic-Con: Infinity Gauntlet Revealed; Theories About How It Will Factor Into Thor, Captain America, And The Avengers By Adam Quigley/July 25, 2010 5:55 pm EST I had assumed Marvel was done with their Comic-Con unveilings after bringing the full cast of The Avengers on stage following their panel for Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, but they had one last reveal in store for unsuspecting fans on the show floor, wheeling out a golden glove embedded with jewels in front of its massive Hall of Asgard set recreation....

Disney Says ‘John Carter’ Will Result In $200 Million Loss By Germain Lussier/March 19, 2012 3:30 pm EST There was so much talk of John Carter’s budget before the film was released that, after not winning its opening weekend and dropping 55% in its second weekend, Disney is already doing damage control. Despite the fact that Andrew Stanton’s film has made almost $200 million internationally since its release, Disney just released a pre-emptive strike admitting the film will likely equate to a lost of about $200 million for the company....

Eddie Murphy Writing Third Nutty Professor; Doesn’t Know What’s Up With Beverly Hills Cop IV By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2010 8:58 am EST Do you want to see Eddie Murphy get back in his fat suit from The Nutty Professor? If so, he’s writing a movie just for you. Murphy says he’s working on the script for a third film in the series that was last seen on screens ten years ago....

First Look: James Franco In ‘Rise Of The Apes’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2011 1:15 pm EST The film, directed by relative newcomer Rupert Wyatt, was originally scheduled to be released in the crowded month of June but has now been pushed back to the slightly less-crowded Thanksgiving weekend. Though we’d seen some unauthorized images from production, today we get our first official glimpse from the film. Check out the full photo after the break....

First Look At Captain America’s Red Skull… Thanks To Halloween Costume Photos? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2011 5:00 pm EST While we have yet to see a clear photo of Hugo Weaving’s (The Matrix, Lord of the Rings) transformation into the villainous character Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. But we can get some idea of what Weaving might look like… in the form of photos of upcoming movie tie-in Halloween costume outfits....