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‘The Three Stooges’: Will Sasso Is Curly; Hank Azaria And James Marsden May Round Out Trio By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2011 10:00 am EST Briefly: Hopefully we’ll be all done with the casting updates for The Three Stooges by later this week. Our last update was that Will Sasso was looking like a lock for one role, with Moe and Curly as the 50/50 split for his choice. Curly was the obvious way to cast him, and that’s where Peter and Bobby Farrelly have gone....

Aaron Sorkin On The Steve Jobs Biopic: “It’s Like Writing About The Beatles” By Angie Han/May 30, 2012 3:00 pm EST Now that The Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin is firmly on board to pen Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic, the question is how exactly he plans to do it. And while Sorkin’s had plenty of experience writing about real-life people and events, there’s added pressure this time around because the late Apple co-founder has a far higher profile than did the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane or Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, or even Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg when Sorkin wrote movies about them....

Ayelet Zurer Is Superman’s Kryptonian Mother In ‘Man Of Steel’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2011 7:00 am EST Briefly: There’s been a last-minute change of plans for Zack Snyder’s Superman film Man of Steel. Julia Ormond was originally set to play Lara Lor-Van, the biological Kryptonian mother of Superman, but for reasons unknown she will no longer be in the film. Now Ayelet Zurer (Angels & Demons, Munich) will play Superman’s mother instead, acting opposite Russell Crowe as Jor-El....

Casting Bits: Kiefer Sutherland And Kate Bosworth In ‘Fairytale Of New York;’ Yvonne Strahovski In ‘My Mother’s Curse;’ Two New Projects For ‘Bridesmaids’ Co-Star Melissa McCarthy By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2011 6:00 am EST While he waits for the 24 film to move forward, Kiefer Sutherland is going to romance Kate Bosworth in New York. A film called Fairytale of New York (which only conjures up memories of the Pogues song) has been written by Jeff Murphy and will follow an Irish standup comic who meets an American woman in a NYC art gallery while on a working tour of the States....

Casting Notes: Miranda Otto Joins ‘Locke & Key’; Malin Akerman Replaces Lindsay Lohan In ‘Inferno’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2010 9:00 am EST Today has seen major developments for the TV version of the graphic novel Locke & Key. Earlier director Mark Romanek was revealed to be in talks to helm the pilot episode of the Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci-produced adaptation of Joe Hill’s work. Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) serves as showrunner and pilot scriptwriter....

Channing Tatum Working On A “Bigger” ‘Magic Mike’ Sequel By Angie Han/July 12, 2012 11:30 am EST If you enjoyed Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike for its more thoughtful dramatic aspects, you may think the film doesn’t really need a sequel. But if, on the other hand, you loved it for the flashy striptease numbers, perhaps you’ll be interested to know that a “bigger” (no pun intended, I think) sequel is already in the works....

Charlie Hunnam To Star In Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2011 5:35 pm EST Guillermo Del Toro has his leading man for the upcoming monster vs. robot movie Pacific Rim. Deadline reports that Charlie Hunnam is in negotiations to star in the film, which will be Del Toro’s first directorial effort since 2008’s Hellboy: The Golden Army. Hunnam starred in Judd Apatow’s Freaks and Geeks follow-up Undeclared, the upcoming drama The Ledge but is best known for his role as Jax Teller on Sons of Anarchy....

Cool Stuff: Homemade Hovering ‘Back To The Future’ Hoverboard By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2012 6:00 am EST Mattel’s official Back to the Future Part II Hoverboard is currently available for sale and is exactly like it was in the movie. Minus the whole hovering thing. And while we’ve seen scientific experiments that this technology might be possible in the future, one guy has modded his Hoverboard to be the real thing....

Eric Bana And Danny Huston To Play Leads In Indie ‘Elvis & Nixon’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2011 4:15 pm EST Here’s one more film to watch crawl towards the screen in the coming months, thanks to the American Film Market. Elvis & Nixon is an indie based on the real-life meeting between the crooner and the President, and will mark the feature directing debut of actor Cary Elwes, who co-wrote with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal....

Filming Begins On Jack Kerouac’s ‘Big Sur’ Starring Josh Lucas & Kate Bosworth By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2011 2:00 pm EST With an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road currently awaiting release, someone is already stepping up to adapt another of the beat author’s famous works. Michael Polish, the director of Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork and The Astronaut Farmer, has written and begun directing Big Sur, a film based on the Kerouac novel that tells the story of his emotional troubles after gaining fame and fortune....

First Look: Ben Whishaw As ‘Q’ In Skyfall By Angie Han/July 12, 2012 12:30 pm EST Q sat out the first two Daniel Craig installments of the James Bond franchise, but we learned last fall that he’d be back for Skyfall – albeit in a slightly different form than we’re used to. Although the character’s previously been played by older gentlemen like Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese, Craig’s younger Layer Cake co-star Ben Whishaw was announced for the part of James Bond’s legendary gadget guy, leaving fans to ponder what a fresher-faced Q might look like....

Infographic: The Ultimate Nerd Guide To New York City By Angie Han/Oct. 11, 2011 6:00 am EST Hollywood may be synonymous with moviemaking, but when it comes to iconic cinematic landmarks, few cities can beat New York, NY. The Big Apple’s many facets are well represented in every type of story, for every type of person — including, of course, geeky types like us. While all the other tourists are running to Katz’s Deli to pay way too much for the sandwiches Sally made famous in When Harry Met Sally, BuzzFeed’s guide to nerd-friendly New York City spots will direct you to Avengers HQ and the future home of Planet Express....

Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Finds A Supporting Cast? By Adam Quigley/Aug. 4, 2010 5:10 am EST For the longest time, Kevin Smith’s Red State seemed like a film that would never get made, but bit by bit, the project keeps coming together. The film already has a September shooting date (as tweeted by Smith), and the lead role has been locked in place. And now, the film has a not-yet-confirmed roster of actors to fill out the supporting cast....

Noomi Rapace, The Original ‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,’ Cast In ‘Sherlock Holmes 2’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2010 9:02 am EST Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Meet Sherlock and Watson. Noomi Rapace, who played the now iconic character Lisbeth Salander in the original film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, just signed to play the female lead in Sherlock Holmes 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter....

Orlando Bloom And Djimon Hounsou Cast In South African Crime Tale ‘Zulu’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2012 5:00 am EST It seems like Orlando Bloom’s comeback is going to start…any…minute…now. He took a couple years off, and then did a film that there was reason to anticipate (Mark Ruffalo’s Sympathy For Delicious) and a few other projects that were destined to be baby steps back to public awareness more than anything else....

Rumors: Tom Hardy To Play Dr. Hugo Strange In ‘The Dark Knight Rises;’ TV Show Coming By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2010 12:30 pm EST We’ve already reported on every single other rumored villain that might appear in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (The Riddler, Catwoman, Killer Croc) so why stop now? Once we make it through the entire Batman universe, we can link back to the single correct story, pull a Nikki Finke and say “Toldja!...

Tentpole Directors: Darren Aronofsky For Wolverine 2? Schedules Could Keep Robert Rodriguez Away From Deadpool By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2010 1:18 pm EST What is this madness? In the first of three small updates on possible directorial hires for big studio tentpole films, there’s a report that Darren Aronofsky has joined the race to direct Wolverine 2. David Slade is still looking like the frontrunner, while Red director Robert Schwentke has dropped out....

Terrence Malick Overdrive: Director Announces ‘Lawless’ And ‘Knight Of Cups,’ Both With Christian Bale And Cate Blanchett By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2011 1:45 pm EST I don’t know what meds Terrence Malick started taking last year, but I like the result. From 1973 to 2011, the director released only five films. Now he has another four in the pipeline. Malick took years finishing The Tree of Life and is still reportedly working on the IMAX doc Voyage of Time....

Todd Phillips Already Joking About ‘The Hangover, Part III’ By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2011 4:00 pm EST Today a press event took place for The Hangover Part II in LA, and one member of the press began the conversation about a third film in the comedy series by asking director Todd Phillips if anything is in the works. He said that no real conversations have been had at this point, but that he already has an idea, and that it would break the template we’ve seen established for the two existing films....

Trailers: ‘Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog’, ‘Area 407’, ‘The Aggression Scale’, Martin Scorsese-Produced ‘Surviving Progress’ By Angie Han/April 18, 2012 10:30 am EST I won’t even try to pretend there’s a unifying theme among these films, aside from the fact that they’re all under-the-radar spring entertainments. After the jump, watch trailers for the found-footage scarefest Area 407, the unabashedly nasty thriller The Aggression Scale, the Martin Scorsese-produced documentary Surviving Progress, and the adorable puppy drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog....