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Werner Herzog’s Death Row Documentary Retitled ‘Gazing Into The Abyss: A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life’ By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2011 8:26 am EST Get ready for Werner Herzog’s next documentary, a film set in a Texas prison that he says is “a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.” The film is called, appropriately, Gazing into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life. Not exactly the most subtle title, but when the subject is death row prisoners, perhaps there isn’t room for a lot of subtlety....

Will TV Time Travel Change The Entire ‘Star Wars’ Mythos? By Germain Lussier/Feb. 1, 2012 4:30 pm EST A very interesting rumor is floating around the Internet today in regards to the eventual Star Wars TV show we now refer to as Star Wars: Underworld. If true, it would be considered not only a massive spoiler, but the kind of thing that changes Star Wars as we know it. It involves time travel....

‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Writers Talk Sequel Timeline By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2011 1:30 pm EST Even before movie audiences get see Steve Rogers injected with a super serum and become Captain America, Marvel Studios already has writers working on his next adventure. Stephen McFeely & Christopher Markus, who wrote the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger, are currently working on a script to a sequel that will take place after audiences have seen Thor, The First Avenger, Joss Whedon’s The Avengers and Shane Black’s Iron Man 3....

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ International Trailer: A Cobra In The White House By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2012 9:30 am EST If nothing else, Paramount is doing a great job selling G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which sees the return of Channing Tatum, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Arnold Vosloo and Jonathan Pryce to the fold, and adds Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, RZA, D.J. Cotrona and small-timers The Rock and Bruce Willis. The spots we’ve seen so far look great, and now here’s a new international trailer, which adds a few new Cobra-related shots and quick looks at Zartan in disguise and Ray Stevenson as Firefly....

‘Gambit’ Trailer: A Coen Brothers-Written Heist Film With Colin Firth And Cameron Diaz By Germain Lussier/Sept. 26, 2012 4:00 pm EST What we’ve got here is a remake of a classic caper movie from the writers of Fargo starring an Oscar-winner, a box-office bombshell and a naked Professor Snape. The movie is Gambit, directed by Michael Hoffman, with a screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman....

“Mouth Taped Shut” – A Secret Insider Production Blog For David Fincher’s ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2011 5:00 pm EST I received an e-mail today from a /film reader telling me to check out the website Mouth-Taped-Shut.com. When you click the link you’ll be greeted by a Tumblr blog, which appears to be some fansite for David Fincher and/or The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo....

‘The Woman In Black’ Teaser Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Leaves Hogwarts, Finds New Ghost By Russ Fischer/April 10, 2011 3:34 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. James Watkins (Eden Lake; The Descent: Part 2 screenwriters) directs, with a script by Jane Goldman (Stardust, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) based on the novel by Susan Hill. The novel is very well-regarded as a now-classic ghost story, despite only having been published in 1983....

Alison Brie Joins Emily Blunt And Jason Segel In Nicholas Stoller’s ‘Five-Year Engagement’ By Russ Fischer/March 2, 2011 4:35 pm EST Briefly: Over the past year Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek director Nicholas Stoller has been pondering his next directorial effort, saying that it was likely to be a relationship dramedy called Five-Year Engagement. Now he is really moving forward with that film. He’s got Emily Blunt and his frequent collaborator Jason Segel on hand to play a couple....

Cabbage Patch Kids Become Latest Toy To Get Film Adaptation By Angie Han/June 14, 2011 11:00 am EST Hollywood continues to demonstrate that it won’t be satisfied until every last item from our childhood toybox has been developed into a movie with the announcement today of an animated Cabbage Patch Kids film, headed to a small screen near you. Really, the only unexpected thing about this news is that it’s taken Hollywood this long to get around to building a movie around the beloved dolls....

By Angie Han/July 18, 2011 5:00 am EST In addition to the actors named above, What to Expect will also feature Elizabeth Banks, Chris Rock, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Rodrigo Santoro, Chace Crawford, Rob Huebel, and McLendon-Covey’s Bridesmaids co-star Rebel Wilson. The film will begin shooting this summer for a Mother’s Day 2012 release. [The Playlist, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline] More ensemble comedy news after the jump: Robert Smigel and Annie Mumolo board Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up spin-off, while Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, and Dermot Mulroney sign up for Struck by Lightning....

Casting Bits: Peter Stormare Joins Arnold Schwarzenegger In ‘The Last Stand;’ Anthony Hopkins In ‘Solace;’ More Confirmed For ‘The Expendables 2’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2011 6:00 pm EST It’s an action/thriller casting break this evening, featuring the return of some classic actors to familiar old stomping grounds. So after the break you’ll find: Peter Stormare is a bad guy in Arniold Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand, Anthony Hopkins will hunt a serial killer in Solace, and Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Travolta may be confirmed for The Expendables 2....

Casting Notes: Greta Gerwig In Arthur Remake; Kristen Stewart In On The Road; Tim Gunn In The Smurfs By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2010 8:43 am EST It’s breakout time for Greta Gerwig. She had a slightly (very slightly) more mainstream part than usual in Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg and a great little role in The House of the Devil (pictured above). Now there’s a report that she is in talks to take Liza Minelli’s old role in the brewing remake of Arthur....

Casting Notes: Sigourney Weaver In Abduction; Ashley Judd In Flypaper; Sanaa Lathan In Tilda By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2010 9:20 am EST Taylor Lautner’s action film Abduction, to be directed by John Singleton, just got an extra dose of class. Sigourney Weaver is joining the cast as “a psychiatrist to Lautner’s character, who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website.” Also in the supporting cast are Lily Collins and Alfred Molina....

Deleted Scenes: 7-11 Sequence From ‘Super 8,’ Musical Sequence From ‘Sucker Punch’ By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2011 2:00 pm EST Most of the time deleted scenes are deleted for a reason. Sometimes they provide information that is already given in another scene. Other times they disrupt the flow of a movie. Then there are scenes that remain almost the same, but are just trimmed on the edges like fat on a steak....

Disney Looking To Buy More Characters Beyond Pixar And Marvel Rosters By Germain Lussier/Aug. 11, 2011 2:00 pm EST As if Buzz Lightyear, Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse weren’t enough, Disney is still looking to add new characters. In a recent call with investors Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said he would continue to “buy either new characters or businesses that are capable of creating great characters and great stories....

Edward Norton Will Not Be Reprising His Role As The Hulk For The Avengers By Adam Quigley/July 9, 2010 7:53 pm EST What had once seemed like an innovative master plan by Marvel is now proving to be more of the same Hollywood indifference. The realization that Iron Man was to be the first entry in a collective, fully consistent franchise that would eventually culminate with The Avengers—featuring all pre-established characters, presumably to be played by the same actors—was almost too good to be true....

Expect ‘Top Gun 2’ Before The Next ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Says Paramount President By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2012 11:30 am EST Paramount has quite a few sequel projects in the works of late, with Star Trek 2 in the finishing stages and plans for a Top Gun sequel, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and Transformers 4. We talked about the plan for that last film earlier today, but the same interview that gave up info about T4 also provides updates on a couple other paramount projects....

Jason Segel Attached To Star In ‘Undercover Cop’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2011 4:00 am EST Briefly: It’s going to be a big year for Jason Segel. He’s finishing The Muppets, has a role in Bad Teacher, which hits this summer, and now it looks like he could be the star of Undercover Cop. OK, not the greatest title, but the concept could work: the comedy is based on the story of a cop who “infiltrated the New Jersey criminal underworld” in the ’80s....

Jonah Hill Is Back On For Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2012 12:00 pm EST At the end of last year Jonah Hill mentioned that he was offered a part in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, but had to pass due to scheduling issues. Well, something changed, because now he’s in the film for real. So who does Hill play? Deadline says only that it’s not the role he was initially offered — that role might have been Scotty Harmony, which is a small but fairly pivotal part in the original script....

Kevin Smith Wants To Bring Back Ben Affleck And Matt Damon For ‘Hit Somebody’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2011 4:30 pm EST Today Kevin Smith did a one-hour live chat with MTV — his first major bit of non-twitter promotion since Red State debuted at Sundance. Quite a few topics were covered, but a couple of the notable mentions had to do with Hit Somebody. That’s the hockey film the director plans to make next — and also the last film he plans to direct — which he likens to the Muppet Movie, by virtue of the fact that there is room for a ton of cameos....