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‘Smurfs’ Sequel Gets 2013 Release Date By Germain Lussier/Aug. 9, 2011 2:44 pm EST Read which films The Smurfs 2 compete with in two years after the jump. Producer Jordan Kerner will return but there’s no word on screenwriters or directors just yet. One would assume, though, that most of the major cast – both live action and voice actors – would return, especially if they’re following the similar success of another Eighties reboot, Alvin and the Chipmunks....

‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Viral Video Highlights ‘Hard Copy’ Segment By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2011 5:00 pm EST Despite what you might have read on news sites this week, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is more than a rogue movie review with a broken embargo. It’s an actual film directed by David Fincher opening December 21 and part of the reason why producer Scott Rudin made such a hubbub about the early New Yorker review is Sony has been carefully marketing the film for months....

‘The Pirates! Band Of Misfits’ Trailer Parodies ‘The Hunger Games,’ Uses Rather Ironic Tagline By Russ Fischer/April 2, 2012 5:30 pm EST So Aardman Animations has a new film coming out, called Pirates! Band of Misfits. It looks really tremendously cute, as it depicts a bunch of pirates via CGI-enhanced stop-motion animation. All good so far. Now a new trailer for the film seeks to parody The Hunger Games, and while that seems like a shaky tactic after the never-ending stream of Muppets parody trailers, I can’t complain much about that, either....

‘V/H/S’ Reinvents The Horror Anthology Movie With Terrifying “Found Footage” [Sundance 2012] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2012 1:30 pm EST V/H/S is the return of the horror anthology film. The subgenre used to be a very regular thing during the 1970’s and 1980’s thanks to films like Tales from the Darkside, Creepshow and Dead of Night, but has dropped out of the mainstream in recent years. (Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat being the latest anthology of note....

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Anthony Hopkins In Talks To Play Alfred Hitchcock For Director Sacha Gervasi By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2011 6:30 pm EST Just yesterday we told you that Anvil! The Story of Anvil director Sacha Gervasi is in talks to write and direct a film based on Stephen Rebello’s book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. In the source article for that piece there was a mention that Anthony Hopkins was one of the actors mentioned as a possible on-screen Hitch....

Avatar Re-Release TV Spot Features New Footage By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2010 10:00 am EST Director James Cameron previously said of the special edition re-release, Cameron later said, “We’re working on finishing an additional six minutes of the film — which includes a lot of Weta work — for a theatrical re-release in August.” The question is the appetite still going to be there after the summer glut of movies. We’re going to assess that....

Casting Bits: Jeffrey Donovan In ‘J. Edgar’; Juliette Lewis In ‘Hick’ By Russ Fischer/March 8, 2011 5:30 pm EST Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar has been shooting for a while now with Leonardo DiCaprio playing J. Edgar Hoover and Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson, but the film keeps adding actors to fill out small roles. The last was Stephen Root, and the latest is now Jeffrey Donovan of Burn Notice. The actor said today via Twitter that “I fly to LA Sunday....

Casting Bits: Zoe Saldana In Talks For ‘Infinitely Polar Bear’, Xavier Samuel And Myles Pollard Join Sam Worthington In ‘Drift’, Jodelle Ferland And Alex Borstein Join ‘ParaNorman’ By Angie Han/June 20, 2011 5:00 am EST Zoe Saldana is in talks to join Mark Ruffalo in Infinitely Polar Bear, the directorial debut of screenwriter Maya Forbes. The drama follows a bipolar man (Ruffalo) and his long-suffering wife (Saldana). When the husband goes off his meds, he finds his life deteriorating along with his psychological condition....

Cool Stuff: Jock’s Poster For ‘The Raid’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2012 4:00 pm EST Really, there’s not a better pairing of artist and movie than Jock and The Raid. Jock, the comic book artist who helped define Judge Dredd and create The Losers, is well-known for his hyper-realisitc, action-packed style. Then there’s The Raid: Redemption, a critically acclaimed Indonesian action film by Gareth Evans (on Blu-ray Tuesday) that’s also hyper-realistic and action-packed....

Ed Brubaker Teaming With David Slade To Adapt ‘Coward’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2011 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker has just signed to adapt the first arc in his Criminal comic series, Coward, into a live action film. David Slade, director of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and upcoming Daredevil reboot, is attached to direct. Variety broke the news of this deal, which will happen under the Hunting Lane Films banner....

Eli Roth Producing ‘Clown,’ Based On Fake Eli Roth Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2010 10:36 am EST This story will be a lesson for anyone who has ever scoffed at the idea at spending time and money on a fake movie trailer. In mid-October Jon Watts and Christopher D. Ford dropped the trailer for Clown onto YouTube. The trailer purported to be for an Eli Roth movie about a killer clown, and it attracted the director’s attention....

First Look: Chris Hemsworth As Thor By Russ Fischer/April 30, 2010 5:53 am EST No preamble here: the chap seen above is Chris Hemsworth decked out in costume as the star of Marvel’s upcoming film Thor. See a full image after the break. This photo comes courtesy of Yahoo. I like it. I’m sure there will be complaints that Hemsworth doesn’t look big enough, but when I see this picture, I see Thor....

Five New Posters For ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D’ Are So Good, You Almost Forget How Bad It Is By Germain Lussier/Jan. 12, 2012 5:31 pm EST I feel like the late Nineties was such an innocent time to be a film fan. Geeking out over your most anticipated films wasn’t about microscopic dissection, it was about simple passion and possibility. And no other film sparked our interest like Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace....

Green Lantern Characters Revealed In New Character Posters By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2010 11:07 am EST Warner Bros just sent over a set of Comic-Con exclusive character teaser posters for the big screen adaptation of Green Lantern, giving us out first official look at Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro, Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond. Hit the jump to see them now....

How Jeremy Renner Won The ‘Bourne Legacy’ Role By Angie Han/April 25, 2011 7:00 am EST Late last week, we announced that Jeremy Renner had been offered the lead role in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise and the first one not featuring title character Jason Bourne. The news came right on the heels of another report stating that director Tony Gilroy was pushing Aussie actor Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom) for the part....

Infographic: Netflix Vs. Redbox By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 12:00 pm EST Which is better — Netflix or Redbox? Renters has created a cool looking infographic comparing the differences. See the whole image after the jump. Found on smashingdownloads via digg. Infographic: Netflix Vs. Redbox By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 12:00 pm EST Which is better — Netflix or Redbox? Renters has created a cool looking infographic comparing the differences. See the whole image after the jump....

Kanye West Channels ‘Enter The Void’ In His Latest Video By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2011 12:30 pm EST My original title for this piece was ‘Kanye West Loves Enter the Void, But Not Enough to Credit It.’ Because the video for the Kanye West single ‘All of the Lights’ is dominated by strobing full-screen text missives that are pure imitations of the brilliant and assaultive credits sequence for Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void....

Lars Von Trier To Shoot ‘Nymphomaniac’ In 2012; Softcore And Hardcore Versions Likely By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2011 6:30 am EST The name Lars von Trier is nearly synonymous with controversy. His films are polarizing, and his public statements often run to the dramatic. And, at times, the foolish, as when he referenced Hitler this year at Cannes. But his work — even his most deliberately provocative work — stands on its own....

Live Action ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Intro By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2010 6:00 am EST In Hollywood, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seem to be one of those trends that come and go. They stay in the sewer for years, then pop up with a new movie, then go away again, then pop up with another movie (still rumored to be on track for 2012). But on the internet, where the world comes together, the Turtles never really die....