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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Working On A TV Series By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2011 2:33 pm EST Briefly: We’ve heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh out of office as governor of California and therefore able to go back to work as an actor full-time, is considering many different feature films. But before any of those come to fruition it looks like he’ll work on a television show. Today plans were revealed to reveal plans for a new TV series in which the former Governator is taking part....

Ben Stiller To Remake ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2011 10:00 am EST Talks of remaking that film have rumbling for some time, with Sacha Baron Cohen once attached to star and Gore Verbinski once attached to direct. And while those names have gone away, what remains is a brand new script by The Pursuit of Happyness scribe Steve Conrad. According to Deadline, Ben Stiller loves Conrad’s script and wants to make it his next starring vehicle....

By Angie Han/Dec. 7, 2011 2:00 pm EST After the jump, Richard Jenkins becomes Adam Scott’s dad, while Juno Temple and Wes Bentley befriend Amanda Seyfried. The project marks a reunion for Scott and Jenkins, who previously worked together in 2008’s Step Brothers. A.C.O.D. is scheduled to begin shooting in March. [Deadline] Juno Temple and Wes Bentley are set to join Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sharon Stone in Lovelace, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic of adult film star Linda Lovelace....

Casting Bits: Jim Caviezel In ‘The Tomb;’ Antonio Banderas Plays Picasso; John Turturro May Join ‘Pain & Gain’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2012 1:30 pm EST The Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Scwarzenegger prison-set action thriller The Tomb has just added James Caviezel. Producer Mark Canton announced over the weekend that the actor had signed on, and that he’ll play the warden of a super high-tech prison that Stallone’s character designed, and from which he has to escape....

Dan Aykroyd Confirms Bill Murray Is Out Of ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ Film In “Suspended Animation” By Russ Fischer/Feb. 29, 2012 6:30 am EST For a long time now, we’ve watched as Dan Aykroyd tried to bring Ghostbusters 3 into being through sheer force of will. And it almost happened: he scripted one version, then Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (The Office, Year One) wrote a script that Ivan Reitman was almost ready to direct....

Doug Liman Signs To Adapt Jack Finney Novel ‘Time And Again’ By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2012 11:30 am EST Some books never die in Hollywood. One of those is Time and Again, a time-travel adventure love story publishes as an illustrated novel from author Jack Finney. (Who also wrote The Body Snatchers, upon which several Invasion of the Body Snatchers films were based.) The book follows a New York illustrator who, through a government program, is sent from his present back to 1882 NYC, where he finds a new life and love....

Geek Deals: Larry Sanders Show Complete Series For $60, Braveheart & Gladiator Blu-Ray 2-Pack For $20 By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. for only $59.99, 60% off the $150 msrp. The price disappears at midnight tonight (Sunday). The set includes the Complete Series: 89 Original Episodes on 17 Discs. Extras include The Complete Introduction With Garry Shandling, All-New Deleted Scenes, All-New Outtakes, Garry Lectures At USC, 60-Page Collector’s Book, The Making Of The Larry Sanders Show: Feature-Length Documentary, Garry Shandling And Judd Apatow On “The Writer’s Process”, Extended Interviews With Cast, Garry Shandling’s Personal Visits With Guest Stars Alec Baldwin, Sharon Stone, David Duchovny, Tom Petty, Jon Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld And Carol Burnett, and Much More....

Infographic: A Timeline Of All The Changes In ‘Star Wars’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2011 4:15 pm EST When George Lucas put the words “Episode IV: A New Hope” in front of the original Star Wars for the film’s 1981 theatrical re-release, no one could have imagined where it would lead: Greedo shooting first (above), midichlorians, Jar Jar, “Nooooo” and Jedi Rocks. But did you know that the addition of the subtitle, around the release of The Empire Strikes Back, wasn’t the first change made to Star Wars?...

James Cameron Disses Piranha 3D By Adam Quigley/Aug. 30, 2010 6:00 am EST James Cameron has been very vocal in the past about how 3D should and shouldn’t be used in film, so it should come as no surprise that he has little positive to say about Piranha 3D, a film which follows none of his advice. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron was asked if the release of Piranha 3D brought about “any sense of nostalgia” for him....

Logline Released For Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2010 7:51 am EST Briefly: We still don’t know very much about Kevin Smith’s long-gestating middle-America horror film Red State, other than that Michael Parks is tapped for a lead role and that the film is based in part on sham ‘preacher’ Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church. But now there’s a logline for the film, which comes via STYD, that clarifies things just slightly:...

Luc Besson Directing Michelle Yeoh In Political Biopic ‘Into The Light’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2010 8:00 pm EST UPDATE: Variety reports that production has already wrapped in Thailand and the shoot is moving to London, after which two weeks’ work is scheduled in France. Original article follows. While he’s spent much of the past decade working as a writer and producer, Luc Besson has directed a film here and there — the Arthur and the Invisibles movies, and The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec for example....

Mark Millar Begins To Accept Reality, Says Matthew Vaughn Not Likely To Make ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2011 3:30 pm EST I’ll say this for Mark Millar: the Kick-Ass creator/writer is ever-optimistic. He’s been talking about a sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 film for months now, despite many indicators pointing to the fact that the liklihood of the film ever materializing grows smaller every day. Now Millar admits that Kick-Ass co-writers Vaughn and Jane Goldman are unlikely to return to the material for the sequel, assuming it ever happens....

Mark Millar Says New ‘Justice League’ Script Is “Dark And Mature” By Angie Han/June 7, 2012 6:00 am EST The timing of yesterday’s Justice League news initially made it seem as though Warner Bros. was finally getting the ball rolling in reaction to Marvel Studios’ super-sized success with The Avengers, but in fact the project’s been brewing for quite a while. Although we only heard about Gangster Squad scribe Will Beall’s hiring last night, he actually signed on about a year ago and has been working on the picture ever since....

Marvel Developing ‘The Inhumans’? By Russ Fischer/March 8, 2011 10:45 am EST The Marvel Studios slate through 2013 has been pretty well locked in for some time: we’ll have Thor and Captain America this year, then The Avengers and finally Iron Man 3. But what after that? Edgar Wright’s Ant Man (co-written by Attack the Block director Joe Cornish) is a possibility, and there have been rumblings of a Doctor Strange movie, and films featuring the Punisher, Moon Knight and many more....

Movie Trailer: ‘Brother’s Justice’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 26, 2010 2:00 pm EST Ladies and gentleman, may we introduce Dax Shepard, feature film writer/director. The star of Idiocracy and Zathura has written and co-directed Brother’s Justice, a mockumentary in which he also stars as himself, shopping around a movie pitch in which he’ll play a martial arts action star. Featuring Tom Arnold, Jon Favreau, Ashton Kutcher and Bradley Cooper, the film is currently on the festival circuit and seeking distribution....

Movie Trailer: Taylor Hackford’s The Love Ranch By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 3:05 pm EST The first movie trailer for Ray/An Officer and a Gentleman helmer Taylor Hackford’s new film The Love Ranch is now online. The indie drama is based on true events, and tells the story of the married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada. The film stars Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gina Gershon, Taryn Manning, Bryan Cranston, Bai Ling, M....

NBC Fall Schedule Announced; ‘Community’ Sets October Return Date By Angie Han/June 14, 2012 4:30 pm EST Community fans curious (or nervous) to see just what new showrunners David Guarascio and Moses Port have done with (or to) the Dan Harmon-created cult hit will be waiting a few months yet. NBC has given the show a little extra time to find its footing by giving it a late premiere on October 19....

New Inception Character Posters By David Chen/May 24, 2010 10:13 am EST We’ve already covered the numerous posters that have been released for Christopher Nolan’s Inception here, here, and here. But in my humble opinion, this latest batch of character posters is the most badass of them all. The posters hit the web this morning on sites such as Moviefone, Omelete and Empire. As with many character posters, these stylishly depict several of the key figures, with quasi-vague labels about their roles in the film....

Release Dates: ‘The Hunger Games Mockingjay Parts 1 And 2;’ ‘Need For Speed’ By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2012 2:00 pm EST Three major release dates were announced Tuesday, the biggest being the official dates for the first and second half of the final Hunger Games film, Mockingjay. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will be released November 21, 2014 while its follow up, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 will be out a year later, November 20, 2015....

Rumor: Christopher Smith Reportedly Top Choice To Direct ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2011 6:00 pm EST UPDATE: Todd from Twitch relates that he got the same email this rumor is based upon, and that it is even more sketchy than the original report made it appear. Downgrade this from ‘rumor’ to ‘hopeful fan manufacture.’ This is a report that is just at the level of rumor for the moment, and we haven’t been able to verify it one way or the other....