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Farrelly Brothers Planning ‘Dumb And Dumber’ Sequel That’s Not ‘Dumb And Dumberer’ By Angie Han/Feb. 28, 2011 9:38 am EST It hadn’t occurred to me that we might get another Dumb and Dumber, but now that the idea’s been floated, I’m finding it has the ring of inevitability about it. At the Sydney press junket for Hall Pass this weekend, Dumb and Dumber co-director Bob Farrelly announced that he and brother/co-director Peter Farrelly were planning a sequel to their 1994 hit....

First Look: Jennifer Lawrence As Katniss In ‘The Hunger Games’ By Germain Lussier/May 18, 2011 12:40 pm EST The cover of the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly features the first look at Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence as the lead character of Katniss Everdeen in Gary Ross’ upcoming adaption of the Suzanne Collins novel The Hunger Games. EW was hoping to exclusively premiere the image on their site later this afternoon but, such is the Internet, it leaked out before then and EW went ahead and put up their hi-res preview....

First Look: Nicolas Cage And Nicole Kidman In ‘Trespass’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2010 7:15 am EST Joel Schumacher’s new film Trespass struggled a bit to get to the starting line. Nicholas Cage waffled between a couple different roles, making the casting process seem more complicated than normal at the outset. But the film, which co-stars Nicole Kidman, is filming now in Shreveport, Louisiana. And there’s a first still of Cage and Kidman in danger....

First Look: Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ Short Film ‘Partysaurus Rex’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2012 12:00 pm EST Rex the dinosaur gets to be the star, at last, of Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story short Partysaurus Rex, which debuts in front of Finding Nemo 3D on September 14. The short sees Rex, in the home of new owner Bonnie (as per the end of Toy Story 3) coming in to his own during and after bath time....

First Look: Ryan Gosling And Bradley Cooper In ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 31, 2011 6:00 am EST Soon after making his dark relationship indie Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance co-wrote a movie called The Place Beyond the Pines, which he says was inspired by Jack London and features two generations of conflicting fathers and sons, as well as motorcycles and guns. His Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling signed on to be a motorcycle rider who turns to crime — yeah, shades of Drive there — and is pursued by a rookie cop (Bradley Cooper)....

First Official Image, Poster And Plot Description From ‘Cars 2’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 15, 2010 10:45 am EST Every year, Pixar seems to outdo themselves. We all thought the beauty of Wall-E couldn’t be matched, until Up showed us its balloons. Then we all thought the first 20 minutes of Up was as emotional as animation could get, until we saw the last 20 minutes of Toy Story 3. And when it comes to commercial successes, it’s tough to beat Toy Story 3’s title as not only Pixar’s biggest film yet, but the most successful animated film of all time....

Geek Deal: 50% Off ‘Tron: Legacy’ Blu-Ray/DVD Combo By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2011 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Greg Mottola To Write/Direct Brad Pitt And Natalie Portman In Important Artifacts By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2010 8:27 pm EST So what is it about? Here is the description from the book cover: “Auction catalogs can tell you a lot about a person—their passions and vanities, peccadilloes and aesthetics; their flush years and lean. Think of the collections of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Truman Capote, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In Leanne Shapton’s marvelously inventive and invented auction catalog, the 325 lots up for auction are what remain from the relationship between Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris (who aren’t real people, but might as well be)....

Guillermo Del Toro Calls Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ “Completely Mind-Blowing” By Russ Fischer/Aug. 15, 2011 4:00 pm EST After months of delays, a very publicly drawn-out casting process and some rewrites and re-budgeting, Alfonso Cuarón is finally shooting his space-set thriller Gravity. The film features Sandra Bullock as an astronaut who, after a disaster, has to make her way back to Earth and safety. We’ve heard that the film is quite ambitious, possibly with a 20-minute+ opening shot and more than half of the film being created via CGI....

Legendary Effects Guru John Dykstra To Direct ‘Super Zero’ By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2011 4:00 pm EST For any film fan even vaguely interested in the technology and craft of filmmaking, the name John Dykstra should need no introduction. He got started with Silent Running, had a major credit on Star Wars, and was a key participant in the development the Dykstraflex motion-controlled camera system, which made possible many of the complex Star Wars special effects....

LOL: The Honest Trailer For ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 26, 2012 7:00 am EST On the day The Avengers finally hits the home market, the team at Screen Junkies have decided to poke a little fun at Joss Whedon’s superhero epic. Calling it “the movie blockbuster that finally unites the world’s greatest superheroes…that Marvel still owns the rights to” check out the Honest Trailer for The Avengers. Thanks to Screenjunkies for the great video....

MGM Moving Forward With ‘RoboCop’ Remake And ‘Poltergeist’ Sequel? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2011 1:30 pm EST MGM is taking more steps foward. Bond 23 and The Hobbit are finally looking like real projects, and the studio just announced that it will co-finance Paramount’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Now Variety says that the studio is pushing forward on development of remakes of RoboCop and Mr. Mom, the former being a project that got under way during MGM’s previous administration....

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Offered Female Lead In Transformers 3 By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2010 11:21 pm EST Earlier today rumors that Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was the frontrunner for the new female lead were advanced by Deadline after first being reported at the end of last week by GeekWeek. Deadline also said that Sarah Wright and Brooklyn Decker were on the shortlist. Bay supposedly wants a new face to be the film’s new love interest, motorcycle decoration and running companion for Shia, hence the focus on models....

Movie Trailer: Nowhere Boy By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2010 12:30 pm EST Nowhere Boy is a story of John Lennon’s childhood (as played by Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson). The film premiered as the closing night film at the London Film Festival, and screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to mixed to positive reviews. Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards, including Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding British Film, Best Supporting Actress and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer....

Rosario Dawson And Vincent Cassel Joining Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2011 2:30 pm EST Danny Boyle just bolstered the cast of his new thriller Trance, which will shoot later this year, then go dormant until late 2012 while the director works on the London Olympics, before finally being completed next fall for release sometime in 2013. James McAvoy is already set to play an accomplice in a botched art heist, and now he will likely be joined by Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel....

Sarah Gadon Joins ‘Cosmopolis,’ Robert Pattinson Calls David Cronenberg’s Script ‘Insane And Difficult’ By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 11:00 am EST David Cronenberg has his cast pretty much set for his adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel Cosmopolis. Robert Pattinson plays the lead role, and we’ve been waiting for the final word on an actress to play his character’s estranged wife. Marion Cotillard was originally set to play the part, but dropped out due to her pregnancy....

Stephen King’s Top 10 TV Shows Of 2010 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2010 10:00 am EST I don’t always agree with best-selling author Stephen King’s opinions, but I still love reading his thoughts about the film and television world. Last month, King has published his annual listing of the top 10 films of the year , and this week he has weighed in on the best tv of 2010 in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly....

The Next New CW Series May Be ‘Battle Royale’ By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2012 5:00 pm EST What is this foolishness? Some of you might not be laughing, because, as The Hunger Games has helped some audiences finally get around to seeing the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, the property is gaining in popularity. As that happens, companies and execs who couldn’t give a toss about it for the past decade are now turning a hungry, glassy eye on the story of a Japanese school class that is kidnapped en masse and forced to participate in deadly combat....

Tom Tykwer And The Wachowskis’ ‘Cloud Atlas’ To Fly Into Theaters This October By Angie Han/June 20, 2012 11:00 am EST Andy and Lana Wachowski suffered a big stumble in 2008 with their candy-colored misfire Speed Racer, but the Matrix directors are back with a new project that could be their most intriguing yet. Co-directed by the siblings and Tom Tykwer and based on the acclaimed book by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas features a star-studded cast — including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, and Bae Doona, each in multiple roles — in six interlinked stories that unfold across different times, places, and genres....

Trent Reznor Releases Five Free Tracks From His Score For ‘The Social Network’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2010 6:00 am EST That Reznor would score David Fincher’s The Social Network seems somehow perfectly fitting. A film about the relationships and conflicts between the founders of Facebook, and by extension a film about the new social codes and media that bind so many of us, is possibly the most ideal fit for the musician whose music defined relationships for at least one generational subset....