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‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Losing Steam After Firing Writer By Angie Han/Dec. 23, 2011 11:00 am EST Here’s a bit of good news for those who’ve been dreading the Whedon-free Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot since it was first announced. Warner Bros. is now looking for a new screenwriter after rejecting the script submitted by first-time screenwriter Whit Anderson this fall, and the project is now in danger of falling apart altogether....

‘Curse Of Chucky’ Now Filming For Direct To DVD Release; First Behind The Scenes Photo Revealed By Germain Lussier/Sept. 5, 2012 2:40 pm EST If ever a horror character deserved to be resurrected, it’s Chucky. The Good Guys Doll, who’s not good at all, made his debut in 1988 and was last seen in 2004’s Seed of Chucky. Since then a remake has been languishing in development hell, and a video game was rumored to be in the works....

‘Ender’s Game’ Production Photo Shows Asa Butterfield And Co-Stars In Training By Angie Han/April 4, 2012 4:00 pm EST After many long years of tortured development, production is actually, finally underway on the live-action cinematic adaptation of Ender’s Game under the direction of Gavin Hood (Wolverine). Asa Butterfield (Hugo) stars as young Ender Wiggin, an unusually talented child who’s drafted into an elite military program that trains children to fight against an alien race called the Formics....

‘Paul’ Featurette Offers New Footage By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2011 10:30 am EST Just in time to combine forces with the trailer released yesterday, there is a minor new featurette on Paul, the Greg Mottola film that was written by and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as a couple of road-trippin’ geeks who encounter a real-live alien, voiced by Seth Rogen. There’s not a lot of new stuff here, but there is some minor info about Kristen Wiig’s character, and a bit of explanation of what Paul has been doing during his time on Earth....

‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Will Air On HBO By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2011 3:30 pm EST Stephen King’s fantasy Western series The Dark Tower has suffered numerous stops and starts in its slow road to the screen, but the adaptation seems to be inching ever closer to becoming a reality. Though Universal ultimately passed on Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Akiva Goldsman’s ambitious plan to create a three-part film series and two connected TV seasons based on the books, Grazer sounded optimistic earlier this week when he revealed that he had trimmed $45-$50 million from the budget in an effort to get more companies interested....

‘The Monster Of Nix’ Teaser: Tom Waits Voices His Dark Ambition By Russ Fischer/May 12, 2011 8:00 am EST About a month ago, I wrote up info on a Dutch animated short called The Monster of Nix, which was notable for (a) some really wild character designs, and (b) the fact that Terry Gilliam and Tom Waits are voicing characters. It kinda flew under the radar, so here’s another chance to check it out....

‘The Office’ Writers Polishing Screenplay Of Neil Strauss’ ‘The Game’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 21, 2010 9:32 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Strauss’ book actually sounds like it could make quite the movie. The author (who also wrote the Motley Crüe book The Dirt, among others) spent two years with a bunch of men who are considered the best pickup artists in North America. These are the kind of guys who aren’t much to look at, but are so smooth and have such insane game, they can pick up virtually any woman they want....

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ Gets Actors For The Denali Clan And Young Renesmee By Russ Fischer/Sept. 30, 2010 4:12 pm EST There’s a batch of Breaking Dawn casting to communicate tonight. One chunk is new info, while the other is from a day back. (We don’t bend over backward to get every bit of Twilight news, as you might understand.) The production now has its Denali Clan in full, with a handful of actors joining the recently cast Maggie Grace in the ‘vegetarian’ vampire clan....

‘Tron Legacy’ Director Joseph Kosinski Talks Extensively About Daft Punk’s Score By Russ Fischer/Nov. 29, 2010 5:00 pm EST It’s been about ten minutes since we had some Tron Legacy content on the site, so it’s high time for a bit of new stuff. But this is a little different, and quite cool. Jason Bentley, host of the ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ show on famed radio station KCRW and music director for the station, also works as a music supervisor on films, commercials and video games....

‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer Hits Tomorrow, Full Logo And New Magneto Photo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2011 2:25 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has published a new photo of Michael Fassbender as Magneto: Here is a look at the full logo from Facebook: Release Date: June 3, 2011 Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin BaconDirected By:Matthew Vaughn Written By: TBD, based on a story by Bryan Singer...

3D Remaster Of ‘The Phantom Menace’ Could Appear In February 2012 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2010 10:02 pm EST Briefly: A minor update here on the schedule to release post-converted 3D versions of the Star Wars films, starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace. THR is reporting that February 2012 is the basic timeframe. Previously we’d only heard ’early 2012,’ with the other five remasters to follow on roughly an annual schedule, assuming each previous release does well....

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Return To Film Could Be Kim Ji-Woon’s ‘The Last Stand’ By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2011 10:58 am EST While rumors have been circulating for months about a whole slew of projects that Arnold Schwarzenegger was considering for his return to live action film, /Film has exclusively learned that The Governator has almost locked a deal to star in Lionsgate’s The Last Stand, Kim Ji-Woon’s English language directorial debut written by first-time screenwriter Andrew Knauer....

Darren Aronofsky May Finally Get To Make ‘Noah’ By Russ Fischer/June 8, 2011 12:07 am EST Now there is a report that Darren Aronofsky has put together a package for Noah that has John Logan rewriting Aronofsky’s own script, New Regency thinking of co-financing, and several studios looking at proving the rest of the cash. With Black Swan recently crossing the $300m line worldwide, there may be no better time than now to get an ambitious project like Noah off the ground, and it looks like he’s seizing the chance....

Fan Art: Darth Vader/Batman Mash-Up By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2010 6:00 am EST His name must be The Darth Knight, but his secret identity is Bruce Skywalker. I must admit, the similarities between Batman and Darth Vader’s costume’s have somehow escaped me in the past. Erin Fife’s mash-up of the two iconic dark pop culture icons is dated 2007, but has only begun to spread around the web this week. Found via Reddit, check out the full piece of fan artwork, after the jump....

Guillermo Del Toro Offers Updates On His Many Budding Projects, Still Doesn’t Announce Next Film By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2010 3:29 pm EST Ever since Guillermo del Toro walked away from The Hobbit (which is now going to be directed by Peter Jackson) the question has been: what will he direct next? The man has no shortage of projects to choose from, having announced or been attached to a load of options over the past couple years....

I Love You, Phillip Morris Gets New July Release Date By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2010 10:42 am EST Briefly: Last week there was a bit of lamentation and gnashing of teeth over the fact that the Jim Carrey / Ewan McGregor comedy I Love You, Phillip Morris had been yanked from any reliable release schedule. Now it has been given a new date, with Consolidated Pictures Group still distributing. The film will now open on July 30 and then expand on August 6....

Johnny Depp Will Not Be Emir Kusturica’s ‘Pancho Villa;’ Gael Garcia Bernal And Benicio Del Toro Considered To Replace By Russ Fischer/Feb. 22, 2011 5:00 am EST When we heard that Johnny Depp would play the lead in The Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Seven Fingers for Emir Kusturica, a few things ran through my mind. First, surprise at the fact that the constantly-busy actor would be in the sort of marginal film (with respect to the mainstream box office) that was once a big part of his resume....

LOL: ‘The Twit Network’ Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2010 10:00 am EST Yes, we’ve watched the full length movie trailer for David Fincher’s The Social Network more times than we should publicly admit. I’ve also watched the teaser trailers a couple times each. Who would have thought a movie about the creation of Facebook could be so compelling. Over the past few weeks we’ve recieved a couple movie trailer parodies: The Other Social Network, which told the story about Tom and his “friends” and “The Video Website,“about YouTube....

Matthew McConaughy And Hilary Swank Join ‘The Dallas Buyer’s Club’ By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2011 4:30 pm EST One’s an multiple Oscar winner, the other a romantic comedy mainstay, but together they’re going to tell the true story of how one man single-handedly saved innumerable people from death. Hilary Swank and Matthew McConaughy have just signed on to star in The Dallas Buyer’s Club, written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack and directed by Jean-Marc Vallee (The Young Victoria)....

Movie Trailer #2: Tron Legacy By Russ Fischer/July 22, 2010 11:18 am EST The Tron Legacy panel is going on in Hall H at Comic Con even as I write this. But even though most of you weren’t able to see the eight minutes of new footage shown to the crowd on site at Comic Con, there’s a new trailer for the film which you can see right now. Yahoo has the trailer in HD, and I think you’re definitely going to want to watch the highest-res version....