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WB/MGM Still Trying To Talk Peter Jackson Into Directing The Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2010 2:01 am EST Yesterday we reported a rumor that David Yates, best known as the director of the last few Harry Potter films: Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Part I and II of the Deathly Hallows, was the studios top choice to direct The Hobbit. As you know, Guillermo del Toro recently stepped down from directing the big screen adaptation....

‘300’ Prequel Gets A New Title: ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2012 9:00 am EST Briefly: The prequel to 300 was once referred to as Xerxes, because that’s what Frank Miller’s graphic novel sequel to 300 was using as a title. Eventually the film started going by the informal title 300: The Battle of Artemisia (also Battle of Artemisium), which was in play for the past year or so....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 2 Production Trailer Reveals Stannis, Melisandre, Margaery, And More By Angie Han/Nov. 21, 2011 7:30 am EST After months of casting news and hilariously unrevealing teasers for Game of Thrones, we finally have a real look at some footage from Season 2. HBO has released a behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of the upcoming season, and though we still don’t get to see a whole lot, we do get some good glimpses of returning characters like Arya (Maisie Williams) and Catelyn (Michelle Fairley), as well as new ones including Margaery (Natalie Dormer), Melisandre (Carice van Houten), and Stannis (Stephen Dillane)....

‘Prometheus’ Effects Breakdowns Reveal How WETA And MPC Created The Much Talked About Opening Sequence And Spaceship Landing By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2012 11:30 am EST The Daily were given a glimpse at how some of the computer-animated visual effects were created for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Find out how WETA created the opening sequence featuring the “incredible disintegration of the Engineer as his DNA unwinds and he falls into the waterfall of primordial Earth....

‘Toy Story’ Short Film ‘Small Fry’ Plot Revealed [D23 Expo] By Germain Lussier/Aug. 20, 2011 5:00 pm EST The Toy Story characters are coming back to the big screen later this year. In June, Buzz, Woody and the gang helped Ken and Barbie go on a Hawaiian Vacation before Cars 2, and they’ll return on November 23 in in the next Toy Story Toon called Small Fry, which will play before The Muppets....

Alamo Drafthouse Among Companies Vying For Renovated LA Theater By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2012 12:00 pm EST The Alamo Drafthouse has been planning on expanding into New York and Los Angeles for well over a year. To date, nothing has been finalized but a new report by The Wrap says they’re one of three companies in the running to occupy a Westwood theater that’s currently under renovations to include six screens with food and drink options....

Box Office: How To Train Your Dragon Returns To #1, Kick-Ass Falls To #5 By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2010 6:50 pm EST The weekend box office estimates are in, and we have some good news and some bad news: The bad news: Word of mouth did not help Lionsgate’s Kick-Ass, the comic book adaptation dropped an estimated 52% in its second weekend at theaters. In fact, it will place #5 on the Box office results listing this weekend with only $9....

Check Out The Book And Magazine Covers Featured In Wes Anderson’s ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ [Gallery] By Angie Han/Aug. 21, 2012 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As part of their Blu-ray release of The Royal Tenenbaums, the Criterion Collection has unveiled the covers of various book and magazine covers featured in the film. All you need now is a high-quality photo printer at home, and you can replace the embarrassing covers of your Fifty Shades of Grey collection with these stylish designs....

Comic-Con: Watch Ryan Reynolds Recite Green Lantern’s Oath By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2010 8:00 am EST If you know anything about Green Lantern, then you know about the oath that Hal Jordan must recite when he charges his ring: In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light! During the Warner Bros panel at Comic-Con 2010, a very young Green Lantern fan asked Ryan Reynolds how it feels to recite the Green Lantern oath....

First Look: Amber Heard In John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’; Will Ferrell In ‘Everything Must Go’; Marvel’s ‘Tron Legacy’ Comic Book By Adam Quigley/Aug. 19, 2010 5:00 pm EST We’ve got a bunch of new images for you guys to check out. Above you’ll find a pic from John Carpenter’s long-awaited return to film, The Ward, which marks his first movie since 2001’s Ghosts of Mars. The film is set to premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival as one of the nine entries for its Midnight Madness lineup....

Geek Deal: Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series For $38 On Blu-Ray, $32 On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2010 12:33 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Hostel 3 Coming Soon, Set In Vegas By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2010 8:00 am EST Stage 6 Films is gearing up for an August shoot for Hostel: Part III. Stage 6 is the direct to dvd division of Sony Home Entertainment, is responsible for such home video releases as Zombie Strippers!, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, Boogeyman 3, Vacancy 2: The First Cut, The Grudge 3, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day and 30 Days of Night: Dark Days....

Hugh Jackman Bows Out Of ‘Avon Man’; Will Instead Train For ‘Wolverine 2’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 16, 2010 5:34 pm EST Here’s the story for Avon Man, written by Allen Loeb with Enchanted’s Kevin Lima set to direct: [An actor now to be recast] is one of a number of men laid off from an auto dealership. [He] is reluctantly recruited into becoming an Avon salesman, and while the experience is initially emasculating, he uses his charm and good looks to become a top seller....

Malin Akerman Cast Opposite Nicolas Cage In ‘Medallion’ By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2011 5:00 pm EST Nicolas Cage has found a real partner in crime at Nu Image / Millennium films (or maybe it is the other way around) and the next film from the actor and mini-studio is the Taken-style action thriller Medallion, to be directed by Con Air helmer Simon West. While the folks at the studio seem to want Amber Heard to be a part of their regular cult cast, too, it looks like Red Sonja, also with Simon West directing, might be the company’s next chance to put her to work....

New UK Quad Poster For ‘Let Me In’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2010 10:00 am EST In just a couple of weeks, we can all start arguing in earnest about the merits of Let Me In, the new version of Let the Right One In, directed by Matt Reeves. Word out of festivals so far has been mixed to good, with many saying the film stands on its own. Until then we can enjoy some pretty good marketing designs for the film, like the new UK quad poster pictured in part above....

Page 2: Metropolis, Battle Royale, Star Wars, Alien, Back To The Future, Game Of Thrones, Star Trek, Battleship, Steve Jobs, Titanic, Muppets By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2012 8:00 am EST Geeky fingernail art. Yahoo lists the 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You DieVideo: Alien: The Easter EditionGeekSugar lists 4 details to look forward to in Pixar’s Brave. Movie Beards by Chris Thornley How To Set Up a Wireless Home Theater SystemStar Wars “Droid Step” created by Aaron Jasinski...

Red - What Did You Think? By David Chen/Oct. 15, 2010 8:17 pm EST In the past six months, we’ve seen several films attempt to successfully execute the person-falls-in-love-with-someone-who-turns-out-to-be-a-spy formula, with mixed results. Robert Schwentke’s Red (based on the Warren Ellis graphic novel of the same name) is the latest entry, boasting an all-star cast headed by Bruce Willis. So does Red have anything new to add? Hit the jump for a few of my thoughts and leave your own in the comments below....

Reminder: Come See The Tobolowsky Files LIVE In Boston And New York! By David Chen/Feb. 24, 2012 1:30 pm EST Just a friendly reminder that Stephen Tobolowsky and I will be in New York and Boston next week to perform a set of stories from the Tobolowsky Files! For those of you who came out to our shows in Cambridge and Seattle, this will be a different set of stories than you saw last time....

Sean Penn May Join Christian Bale In ‘The Last Photograph’ By Russ Fischer/April 13, 2011 1:30 pm EST After making 300, director Zack Snyder came up with the story for a film about two Americans, a journalist and a retired soldier, who attempt to rescue a kidnap victim in Afghanistan. 300 writer Kurt Johnstad scripted the film, which is called The Last Photograph. Last summer an offer went out to Christian Bale to play one of the two leads, and now Sean Penn is moving towards the other role....

Sony Classics Picks Up David Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’ By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2011 12:56 pm EST Good news for David Cronenberg fans: his next film, A Dangerous Method, has been picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics. The movie is an adaptation of the play The Talking Cure by Christopher Hampton, and stars Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, the woman who was their mutual patient....