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Sequel Bits: ‘The Expendables 2,’ ‘Captain America 2,’ ‘Jay And Silent Bob,’ ‘Taken 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 15, 2012 10:00 am EST The Expendables 2 opens August 17 and with a cast including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme, who isn’t going to want to live in that world? It seems video games fans could get that chance. Though Ubisoft, the company likely developing the game, has no comment, a recent find at Player Attack (via Cinemablend) reveals the Australian Classification Board has given some kind of game based on the film a 15+ rating citing “strong violence....

Spoiler-Lite ‘Scream 4’ Plot Synopsis Unmasked By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2011 2:30 pm EST The fourth Scream film, either called Scream 4 or Scre4m, depending on where you look, is rapidly approaching. But even with the April 15 release date coming relatively soon, the film is still in the midst of the post-production process. Test screenings of the Wes Craven-directed horror sequel are underway and the flyer for the test screening has a brand new plot synopsis....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Let Me In, Never Let Me Go, Monsters, And More By Adam Quigley/Feb. 2, 2011 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How you respond to Let Me In will depend almost entirely on whether or not you’ve seen the original. On a purely technical level, its craft is unquestionable. Director Matt Reeves has thoughtfully and skillfully reconstructed Let the Right One In for American audiences, maintaining the solemn mood and tender intimacy of the boy-girl relationship that made the original so heartbreakingly compelling....

Warren Beatty’s New Movie Is About Howard Hughes By Russ Fischer/June 22, 2011 4:52 pm EST Briefly: We just heard a few days ago that Warren Beatty will be working with Paramount to make a new, as-yet untitled comedy. He wrote and will direct, produce and star in the film. Now Deadline says that he will be playing famously reclusive billionaire and (later in life) total weirdo Howard Hughes. The site says the film isn’t a biopic, but will involve, in part, “an affair he had with a young woman in the later years of his life....

‘Arbitrage’ – Richard Gere Is The One Percent In An Entertaining Drama [Sundance 2012] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2012 7:00 am EST Great art is often derived from tragedy so it makes perfect sense that the economic crisis has been the subject of so many recent movies. Arbitrage, the directorial debut of Nicholas Jarecki, is the latest in a continuing line of films concerning the troubled economy and one of the best yet....

‘Cloudy 2: Revenge Of The Leftovers’ Voice Cast Adds Terry Crews, Plot Info Revealed By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2012 10:05 am EST Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a great surprise, a fun and very well-animated film that stands as one of the better kids’ films released in the last few years. (And therefore is also a good watch for adults.) While Cloudy directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are only producing the sequel Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, they’ve handed off directorial duties to Cody Cameron (story artist on Cloudy) and Kris Pearn (head of story on the first film), who are working from a script by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Erica Rivinoja....

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Clip: Tilda Swinton Is Not Amused [Updated With Two More Clips] By Russ Fischer/April 20, 2012 7:30 am EST With Wes Anderson’s new film Moonrise Kingdom to premiere soon at the Cannes Film Festival, we’re going to start seeing a lot more materials from the strange little tale in the coming weeks. Already this week we’ve seen a set of character posters, and now we’ve got the first clip from the film that tells the story of two young kids who fall in love and run away to make a new life together, leaving their home town in disarray....

‘The Art Of Getting By’ Trailer Starring Emma Roberts And Freddie Highmore By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2011 7:00 pm EST In The Art of Getting By, which was formerly called Homework and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Freddie Highmore is a quick witted New York high school student, devoid of ambition, who begins to find himself when he starts hanging out with his crush, played by Emma Roberts. As Peter said in his review of the film at Sundance, “While the movie doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel (not even a little bit), [The Art of Getting By] is a comfortable break…....

‘The Blind Side’ Director In Talks For Making Of ‘Mary Poppins’ Drama ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2012 10:30 am EST Last year, one of the scripts that placed well on the Black List, aka a rundown of popular unproduced screenplays, was Saving Mr. Banks by Kelly Marcel. The script tells of the decade-plus effort by Walt Disney to get P.L. Travers to allow Disney to make a film based on her book Mary Poppins....

‘The Human Centipede 2 [Full Sequence]’ US Teaser Trailer By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2011 3:15 pm EST Seems like The Human Centipede Part 2 [Full Sequence] has been smeared all over the place in the past couple days, what with the Australian teaser debut, the announcement of the film’s premiere at Fantastic Fest, and now this official US teaser. So at this point you very possibly know all you need to know about the film, in which case there’s no sense summarizing the exploitation sequel here....

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ By Russ Fischer/June 2, 2012 9:00 am EST Those who’ve been locked into the first two seasons of Sherlock are likely well-established members of the cult of Benedict Cumberbatch at this point. The actor has an unusual combination of humor, intelligence, and physicality that makes him ideal for Sherlock Holmes, and that appeal is starting to expand into more feature roles. Cumberbatch has a couple big pictures coming up in the next two years, as he’s playing a crucial role in The Hobbit, and he’s the villain the new Star Trek film....

Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2011 4:18 pm EST Warner Bros has released the first movie trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Killer (which you can see in theaters attached to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in theaters this week). The film is an adult look at the Jack and the Beanstalk legend, starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor....

Clip From ‘Rubber’ Director’s New Film ‘Wrong’ Offers A Mysterious Warning By Russ Fischer/Jan. 4, 2012 3:30 pm EST Is killer tire movie Rubber, the last film from Quentin Dupieux (aka Mr. Oizo) incredibly pretentious or pure fun wacky silliness? I go with the latter, though I guess I can see why the very self-aware film could rub some people the wrong way and lead to an accusation of pretension. I’m all for Dupieux taking his particular approach to filmmaking, however, as we’ve got more than enough super-serious horror films....

Concept Art: ‘Neuromancer,’ Disney’s ‘Frozen’ And ‘The Avengers’ Opening/Closing Title Sequences By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2012 1:30 pm EST You’re about to get a glimpse into the process of three projects in radically different stages of development. First there’s Neuromancer, based on the 1984 cyberpunk novel from William Gibson, which is in the early stages of pre-production. Next there’s Disney’s Frozen, the company’s 2013 animated musical which is currently being animated....

Disneynature’s ‘Chimpanzee’ Trailer By Jon Christensen/April 20, 2011 3:40 pm EST Every year on (or around) Earth Day, Disneynature releases a new nature documentary. This Friday you can see African Cats, which will include the trailer for their next feature – Chimpanzee. Which begs the question: when are they going to do a documentary on some of the uglier wild creatures? Okay, maybe not — cute animals equal box office dollars (ask those marching penguins…)....

DreamWorks To Remake Alfred Hitchcock’s Only Best Picture Winner: ‘Rebecca’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2012 5:00 pm EST Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography reads like an all-time best of list: Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Notorious, The Birds, it goes on and on. But out of all of Hitchcock’s movies, only one received the Academy Award for Best Picture: 1940’s Rebecca. Hitchcock’s first American project, Rebecca featured Laurence Olivier as a widower whose new wife (Joan Fontaine) is overwhelmed by the spirit of his late wife, the title character....

George Clooney Wants Ryan Gosling For ‘Farragut North’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 30, 2010 3:37 pm EST Ryan Gosling is back in a big way. He got great notes for his work in Blue Valentine; he’s shooting Drive right now, under the direction of Nicolas Winding Refn; and he’s got a Steve Carell comedy to shoot soon and the Andrew Jarecki film All Good Things finally about to release. And now George Clooney reportedly wants him for the lead role in Farragut North, which Mr....

Iconic Paramount Logo Gets Centennial Anniversary Revamp By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2011 5:00 pm EST Other than the Hollywood sign, the Paramount logo is arguably the most iconic image in the film business. Though the company was founded in 1912, a snow covered peak from the Wasatch mountain range (seen above) has been its logo since 1916, appearing in front of some of the best movies of all time such as The Godfather and Raiders of the Lost Ark....

Is Blu-Ray An Inferior Format To DVD? By David Chen/Jan. 12, 2011 8:00 am EST We all know that Blu-Rays are loaded with better audio/video quality and superior special features when compared to DVD. But is the experience of watching them actually more enjoyable? Peter mentioned this piece in yesterday’s Page 2, but I thought it was worth revisiting. Khoi Vinh, who used to be the Design Director at The New York Times, has written up a provocative post on the topic....

James Gray Will Direct ‘The Gray Man’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2011 11:30 am EST It’s a basic setup that we’ve seen a bunch of times before — pro killer on the run — and will see many times more. So how will this one be different? Speaking to Deadline, Mr. Gray (director of Two Lovers and We Own the Night) says that he’s going to go the opposite direction from the faux-documentary Bourne films....