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Doug Liman May Direct ‘All You Need Is Kill’ Rather Than His Planned ‘Three Musketeers’ By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2010 10:17 am EST Doug Liman may be moving from the adventurous romantic past to the technologically-obsessed future. While he’s been prepping The Three Musketeers for Warner Bros., it now looks as if he’ll skip that movie and take the directorial gig on the ‘Groundhog Day with aliens’ movie All You Need Is Kill....

Geek Deal: Terminator 2 Judgment Day: Skynet Edition On Blu-Ray For Only $5.49 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2011 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Hamish Linklater Joins ‘Battleship’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2010 7:00 pm EST Hamish Linklater (The New Adventures of Old Christine, Fantastic Four) has joined the cast of Peter Berg’s water based epic action adaptation of the board game Battleship. According to The Wrap, Linklater will play “a brainy scientist named Cal.“Previously: Written by the brother writing team Jon and Erich Hoeber (Whiteout), the story unfolds as “a massive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 9, 2012 7:17 pm EST One of the reasons — one of the many reasons — that people weren’t too excited about Warner Bros.’ live-action remake of Akira was the casting. Garrett Hedlund was cast as the young biker delinquent-turned hero Kaneda, or a version of him at least. It wasn’t just that Hedlund was too old and too white for the part; it’s that he’s Garrett Hedlund....

Leonard Nimoy Lends A Voice To ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2011 5:30 pm EST In the past couple days there has been a lot of talk about the CGI characters in Green Lantern getting voice actors cast well into the post-production process. Seemingly meant just to prove that such a thing happens relatively often, and that Green Lantern isn’t in trouble because of it, here’s some Transformers: Dark of the Moon casting news....

Michael Giacchino To Score ‘Cars 2,’ ‘Super 8,’ ‘Mission Impossible 4,’ ‘John Carter Of Mars’ And ‘Star Tours’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 13, 2010 11:05 am EST Michael Giacchino has personally solved the problem of unemployment in America: just win an Oscar for Best Original Score. After Giacchino’s 2010 Oscar win for his amazing score to Up, the composer behind Star Trek and Lost has more jobs than a normal person would know what to do with....

More Details On The Lost Epilogue By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2010 2:25 pm EST Last month it was revealed that ABC will include a bonus 12-14 minute Lost epilogue which will answer some of the leftover questions from the series finale. We now have a few more details of what/who we will see in this extra segment, which will be released on the Lost: Complete Series DVD/Blu-Ray set. Hit the jump if you want to know....

Movie Trailer #2: Let Me In By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2010 8:00 am EST Overture Films has released a new movie trailer for Matt Reeves’ big screen adaptation Let Me In, a remake of the critically acclaimed 2008 Swedish film Let The Right On In. You can read about the Comic-Con panel, where this new trailer premiered, in our previous coverage. I was extremely impressed with the footage they screened in Hall H....

Movie Trailer: It’s Kind Of A Funny Story By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 9:31 pm EST Focus Features has released the first movie trailer for Half Nelson writer/directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s new film It’s Kind of a Funny Story. The comedy-drama has been adapted from Ned Vizzini’s 2006 novel of the same name; “16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist of United States of Tara), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic....

New Poster: ‘Super 8’ By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2011 3:57 pm EST The trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 went up last night, and no matter what you think of the film’s evident and very overt aspirations to Amblin, you’ve got to admire the way that clip is cut. It gives a great idea of what the movie is without actually seeming to give anything away. Quite an achievement, especially in this current climate of trailers that give the impression that you’ve just seen the whole film, even if that’s not the case....

New Sizzle Reel Footage For AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2010 12:29 pm EST It’s no secret: we’re seriously anticipating AMC’s new show The Walking Dead, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic series of the same name. Frank Darabont directed the pilot and is exec producer of the series, and the first trailer for the series looks fantastic. Now there’s a sizzle reel for the show which has interview clips, behind the scenes footage and some new clips from the show....

Page 2: Transformers, Star Wars, Scarface, Harry Potter, The Wire, Doctor Who, Vincent Price, Up, Finding Nemo, Looper, Back To The Future, Top Gun, Dean Cain, Breaking Bad, Stanley Kubrick By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: From The Book of the AllsparkThe Theme That Connects All of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Movies Trigger Street’s Dana Brunetti Says Silicon Valley Will Write The Next Big Check For Original Video Content...

Paul Haggis Negotiating To Write ‘The Equalizer’ Starring Russell Crowe By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2010 11:13 am EST In June of this year we got word that the long-rumored TV-to-film version of The Equalizer was actually moving forward with Russell Crowe attached to the role originated by the late Edward Woodward. At the time there was no script, and there is still no script, but that could change soon. Paul Haggis, who just directed Crowe in The Next Three Days, is in negotiations to write....

Real Life Weirdness: Cross-Eyed Opossum To Predict Oscars By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2011 5:00 pm EST Playing on the world’s adoration of cute animals, ABC has reportedly hired a famous cross-eyed opossum named Heidi to pick the winners of the Oscars on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Seriously. The opossum is a Facebook and YouTube sensation and the producers are obviously trying to duplicate the success Germany had when Paul the Octopus successfully picked several games during the 2010 World Cup....

Russell Crowe Is Mark Wahlberg’s Co-Star In ‘Broken City’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2011 1:19 pm EST Rather than re-teaming with David O. Russell for The Silver Linings Playbook (Bradley Cooper will take that starring role, instead), Mark Wahlberg will make the Allen Hughes noir Broken City late this fall. And he’ll be joined by Russell Crowe, who has just signed on to play the mayor of New York City, who drives the opening stages of the plot by hiring Wahlberg’s cop-turned-private detective....

Sequel Bits: Paramount Spending On ‘Star Trek 2’ Without A Script, ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ Deals With Serious Issues By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2011 5:00 am EST Here are some nuggets of news from two upcoming sequels that are in radically different stages of production: Star Trek 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are still “boldly going” on the script to the second Star Trek, which, at the moment, has a June 2012 release date but no director, while Kung Fu Panda 2 is almost done, just undergoing some final animation tweaks in preparation for release May 26....

Seven Animated Character Posters From Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2012 2:00 pm EST I’m almost too excited to type the next sentence. A new Wes Anderson movie comes out next month. It’s called Moonrise Kingdom and it’s about a young boy scout who disappears with a local girl, turning the entire town on its head. Anderson’s cast is as impressive as ever, featuring Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman and more....

Slight Details Revealed About Charlize Theron’s Role In ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2010 1:15 pm EST We don’t know very much about the next chapter(s) in the Mad Max saga, which series director George Miller is prepping for a shoot early in 2011. We’ve known that Tom Hardy is the new Max, and that Charlize Theron has a role in the film(s). Hell, we don’t even know what the basic plot is, or how the story will carry through from Mad Max: Fury Road to the reported follow-up, to be shot back to back, Mad Max: Furiosa....

The Bat-Pod And Tumbler From ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Coming To Your Town By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2012 4:45 pm EST In anticipation of The Dark Knight Rises, two of Batman’s most trusty modes of transportation will be traveling across the country for fans to drool over. The Tumbler and Bat-Pod from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises have hit the road and will be making stops all across the country from May 12 through July 7....

VOTD: Behind The Scenes Of Drew Struzan’s ‘The Thing’ Mondo Screenprint By Germain Lussier/July 19, 2012 6:00 am EST You may remember a few weeks back that Mondo released a screen print of Drew Struzan’s The Thing. It was a huge deal for fans and collectors because not only could they own a piece of art from one of the best movie poster artists ever, the image itself was incredibly iconic and instantly recognizable....