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Mila Kunis Officially Going To ‘Oz, The Great And Powerful’ As Theodora By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2011 2:30 pm EST Walking the Oscar red carpet last month, Mila Kunis was very wishy washy on whether or not she’d be co-starring with James Franco in director Sam Raimi’s prequel to The Wizard of Oz, Oz, The Great and Powerful. She can now give a definitive answer. The Black Swan star will, in fact, star in the film, portraying Theodora, the youngest and most important of three witches battling for control of Oz....

New ‘Hunger Games’ Image Shows Peeta And Katniss Training; Tickets On Sale February 22 By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2012 6:00 am EST Hungry for some Hunger Games info? Well you’re going to get it either way. A slick new image has surfaced showing the film’s two main characters Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) in their training uniforms before they’re forced to kill 22 other kids from across the country live on TV....

New Photo: George Clooney In Anton Corbijn’s The American By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2010 3:00 am EST Back in November, we got our first look at Control helmer Anton Corbijn’s The American, staring George Clooney as “an artful assassin with a lengthy track record, constantly on the move and always watching his back.” A new production photo has appeared on the film’s official facebook page (found via theplaylist), seen above. Corbijn also noted in his lastest blog posting that recent test screenings have led to a return to the editing room to “look at the ending of the film and make sure it is understood by more people....

POTD: Back To The Future And Time Travel’s Effect On Twin Pine Mall By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2010 8:00 am EST As you know, I’m a Back to the Future fanatic, and I’ve seen the first film so many times I’ve completely lost count. My girlfriend can attest that it’s annoying to watch this movie with me, because I end up pointing out all the cool little Easter eggs in the background of scenes, while relaying trivial information on the making of the film....

Racebending.com Launches Online Petition Protesting All-White Shortlist For ‘Akira’ By Angie Han/March 23, 2011 8:30 am EST Last year, there was a great deal of controversy surrounding the casting of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, a live-action movie version of the heavily Asian-influenced cartoon. The characters in the original series appear to come from a range of ethnic backgrounds, but the film version recast the majority of them as white....

Road To Perdition Sequel Road To Purgatory Finally Gearing Up? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 4, 2010 2:00 pm EST Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition failed to live up to box office expectations, but is notable for a few reasons: It was Mendes’ sophomore follow-up to the critically-acclaimed breakout hit American Beauty, babyface star Tom Hanks was playing a “bad guy,” and it was one of the first comic book adaptations which strayed as far you you can from the capes and superpower realm....

Robert Duvall Joins Billy Bob Thornton’s New Film ‘Jayne Manfield’s Car’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 17, 2011 7:45 pm EST We haven’t heard a great deal about Jayne Mansfield’s Car in the couple months since the first details came out. We know that Billy Bob Thornton is directing, and that he co-wrote the script with his One False Move collaborator Tom Epperson. Now Robert Duvall has announced that he’ll be in the film, and he’s given up the fact that Billy Bob Thornton will also appear....

Star Wars Live-Action TV Show On Hold Again By Adam Quigley/Aug. 5, 2010 10:59 am EST With announcements of two new Star Wars animated series, a live-action Star Wars TV show, and a potential 3D re-release of the films, it remains obvious that George Lucas is going to continue milking his (partially) beloved franchise for all its worth. But for now, there’s a significant complication that may derail momentum on the live-action television series, at least until Lucas and co....

Terry Jones Will Direct John Oliver In ‘Absolutely Anything’; Robin Williams And The Monty Python Gang May Appear, Too By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 2:30 pm EST Briefly: Terry Jones — the Monty Python member who directed The Life of Brian, not the nutter who wanted to burn the Qu’ran in Florida — is preparing to make his return to the director’s chair with Absolutely Anything. The film will star John Oliver, recently known as the Senior British Correspondent (among other titles) at The Daily Show....

The Smurfs Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 3:05 pm EST Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming big screen CGI/live action hybrid 3D adaptation of The Smurfs. It is exactly what you might expect. Watch it now after the jump, and leave your thoughts in the comments below. More info: The previously announced voice cast: Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf, George Lopez as Grouchy Smurf, Katy Perry as Smurfette, Alan Cumming as Gutsy Smurf, Fred Armisen (SNL) will voice Brainy Smurf, Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation) will play Clumsy Smurf, Paul Reubens will voice Jokey Smurf, John Oliver plays Vanity Smurf; Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson as Greedy Smurf, The Office’s B....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Good The Bad The Weird, Cemetery Junction, Dexter (Season 4), And More By Adam Quigley/Aug. 17, 2010 4:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those that have been disappointed with the recent summer action blockbuster slate, consider The Good, The Bad, The Weird the antidote. The film is a Korean tribute to spaghetti westerns, set into motion by a classic MacGuffin: a treasure map....

Tim Burton Animates A Clunky Robot To Promote His MoMA Exhibition By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2010 12:00 pm EST Tim Burton’s MoMA show has moved to the Bell Lightbox center in Toronto (that’s the new headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival) and the director has animated a short piece to advertise the event. It’s very short — thirty seconds or so — but consequently also quite pure. It’s like the Tim Burton of old, of whom we’ve only seen glimmers in his last few films....

Video: Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ Transforms Toronto Into Tokyo By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2012 10:00 am EST Guillermo Del Toro has been north of the border shooting his massive mech vs. monster sci-fi action film Pacific Rim for many months now but little to nothing has leaked. Most likely, that’s because Del Toro and company – including stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba and Charlie Day – have been shooting on soundstages....

VOTD: DJ Osymyso’s Last Two Scott Pilgrim Trailer Remixes By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2010 6:30 pm EST Over the past week Universal has released a set of remixes of footage and music from Edgar Wright’s upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs the World. DJ Osymyso’s quick video remixes re-purpose sound effects and dialogue from the film, edited into a music video format. You can watch the first five mixes here. Yesterday and today the last pair of mixes were released, and they’re after the break....

VOTD: The Solo Adventures By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2010 6:00 am EST Finally, someone has released a worthy Star Wars prequel. But it comes in the form of a Star Wars fan film, an animated short film titled The Solo Adventures which was created for the Star Wars Fan Film Movie Challenge. The film, directed by Daniel Smith and Jeff Scheetz, won Best Animated Film at Celebration V. So what is the hort film about?...

Writer/Director Nora Ephron Passes Away At 71 By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2012 5:52 pm EST Nora Ephron, the writer and director responsible for some of the most charming movies in recent memory, passed away Tuesday at the age of 71 from a bout with leukemia. In her illustrious career, Ephron wrote Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally and My Blue Heaven as well as wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Michael and most recently Julie and Julia....

Zoolander Sequel Still In The Works By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2010 1:00 pm EST Earlier this year, it looked like Ben Stiller’s long-in-development sequel to Zoolander might actually be happening. It was reported that Ben Stiller was close to finishing the script with Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2 screenwriter Justin Theroux. Paramount Pictures wanted to keep the budget low (under $50 million) as the first film was not a box office hit, and the plan was for Theroux to direct, and Jonah Hill is apparently in early talks to play the sequel’s villain....

‘Sherlock Holmes 2:’ New Photo And Details On Action Scenes By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2011 1:00 pm EST According to Jude Law, who returns as Watson in Guy Ritchie’s currently filming Sherlock Holmes 2, one of the most exciting things in the sequel is the “fear level.” “We get pretty kicked around,” Law said. “Just look at the state of us.” You can see the state of Law and his co-star Robert Downey Jr....

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ MTV Footage Online: ‘You Are In For A Show Tonight, Son’ By Germain Lussier/July 2, 2012 9:00 am EST Those who braved the recent MTV Movie Awards were generiously awarded with 90 seconds of new footage from The Dark Knight Rises. That footage was not supposed to show up online. Bootlegs hit the internet, of course, and were taken down immediately following the show. Weeks later, Warner Bros....

‘The Hobbit’ Could Cost $500 Million; What Does That Mean For Bond 23? By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2010 5:00 pm EST That’s a big chunk of change for a movie backed by a bankrupt studio. The story continues, and here’s where MGM’s biggest franchise – James Bond – comes in: I can confirm a New York Times report that they’re locked into a 3D two-picture shoot that will cost around $500 million....