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Julia Roberts In Talks To Be Tarsem’s Evil Queen In ‘The Brothers Grimm: Snow White’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2011 10:13 pm EST It’s obviously time for another Snow White development report card. Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman is getting closer to ‘go time,’ and we just reported that Kristen Stewart has been offered the role of Snow White and is in talks. And Disney’s Snow and the Seven now boasts Toy Story 3 screenwriter Michael Arndt to do the latest of several rewrites on the retelling of the classic story set in 19th century China....

LOL: Jackie Chan Hates Karate Kids By David Chen/June 13, 2010 3:19 pm EST In the /Film discussion post on The Karate Kid, I wrote the following about Jackie Chan’s performance in the film: “Chan is perfect as the grizzled landlord, perhaps because on some level, he’s playing a version of himself, a once-great fighter who is relegated to inflicting his martial arts prowess on teenagers.” Turns out somebody at IGN had a similar line of thinking, and edited together a brief video showing exactly how effective Chan is at destroying children....

Luke Cage Movie Begins Casting? By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2010 6:00 am EST We’ve been hearing about a possible Luke Cage movie for a few years now, and with Marvel Studios gearing up for some lower budget comic book adaptations, could it be soon before we finally see Cage on the big screen? The Los Angeles Times mentioned that Marvel has already begun talks with “a notable Hollywood star” about the property....

By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2011 5:00 pm EST Megan Fox’s name has come up this week through conversations that are a little bit unsavory (personally, I’m done with the backstage Transformers stuff, inasmuch as it was ever of interest beyond her role being recast) but here’s a better piece of news for the actress. She and John C. Reilly have both been added to the cast of The Dictator. That’s the new film in which Sacha Baron Cohen and his Borat and Bruno director Larry Charles chronicle the not really true tale of a Middle Eastern despot who ends up in the US, and a goat herder who happens to be his exact double....

More Photos From AMC’s The Walking Dead By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2010 7:43 pm EST AMC has released five new photos from the upcoming Frank Darabont-directed television series adaptation of The Walking Dead. Hit the jump to see them now. More Photos From AMC’s The Walking Dead By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2010 7:43 pm EST AMC has released five new photos from the upcoming Frank Darabont-directed television series adaptation of The Walking Dead....

Movie Trailer: Emily Haggins’ ‘My Sucky Teen Romance’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2010 9:00 am EST This weekend at Austin Comic-Con, teenage filmmaker Emily Hagins’ premiered the trailer for her new movie, My Sucky Teen Romance. Some of you might remember Emily from the popular filmmaking documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie, which chronicled Hagins attempt to film a feature length zombie movie at the age of only twelve. Now eighteen years old, Emily has just completed her third feature — a teen vampire comedy....

Movie Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2010 3:00 am EST At Comic-Con, Miramax Films premiered the movie trailer for the Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a horror film remake co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro. The trailer (and additional footage) went over big in San Diego, and now MySpace has the trailer online for everyone to check out. Watch it now embedded after the jump....

New Images: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Ben Foster And Anthony Hopkins In ‘360’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2011 11:19 am EST One of the more appealing TIFF premieres is 360, from director Fernando Meirelles (City of God). We’ve covered the film a bit in the past year and change as it cast Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster and more, but things have been a bit quiet since then....

Phillip Noyce’s ‘My Wild Life’ With Nicole Kidman Scheduled For Early 2012 Start By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2011 9:00 am EST As Salt director Phillip Noyce weighs the options for his next move, one long-gestating project has begun to pick up steam. Late last year, Noyce took over the helm of My Wild Life (formerly titled Our Wild Life), a drama based the real-life story of Kenyan elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, and Nicole Kidman began circling the lead role this past spring....

POTD: Banksy Finally Responds To Oscar Loss? By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2011 5:00 pm EST Update: It has been confirmed that the art was not done by Banksy. Original story follows. Everyone was excited to see what shenanigans would occur if Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop had won the Oscar. Alas, that sadly did not happen. The infamous street artist has been surprisingly quiet since the Academy Awards, after dropping a bunch of street art around Los Angeles in the weeks leading up to the Oscars....

Rowan Joffe Adapting WWII Double-Agent Story ‘Agent Zigzag’ For Director Mike Newell By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2011 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The subject of the book and the film is Eddie Chapman, dashing and charming criminal, conman and spy. He’s the classic image of the fast-living spy. Recruited by the German Secret Service at the outset of WWII, he was a major asset for the Nazis, but was also secretly working for Britain, as Agent Zigzag....

Rumor: One Of Marvel’s Next Films Will Be ‘Black Panther’ By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2012 2:30 pm EST Plus there has been talk of films for other characters, such as Luke Cage, Black Panther, and even Moon Knight. But if one report is correct, it’s Black Panther that will be on screens before most of those other cats. There have been nods to the Black Panther in a couple other Marvel films: we saw his home country Wakanda on a map in Iron Man 2, and that land is the home of the stuff from which Captain America’s shield is made....

Sequel Bits: ‘Anchorman 2’ Remains Dead, But ‘Step Brothers 2’ Could Shoot This Fall, Plus: ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, ‘The Hangover Part III’ By Angie Han/March 2, 2012 3:30 pm EST This edition of Sequel Bits is brought to you by the letters “L,” “O,” and “L.” Which is just my not terribly clever way of saying it’s all about the comedies. After the jump: Will Ferrell confirms that Anchorman 2 is still dead, but Step Brothers 2 could get going soon Jay Baruchel briefly talks Cartoon Network’s Dragons and How to Train Your Dragon 2 Ed Helms offers a very minor status update on The Hangover Part III Happily, there is another Ferrell/McKay collaboration in the works, and it may be happening sooner than we previously thought....

Sony Animation Producing Live-Action/CG Hybrid Movie Based On Failed ’80s TV Show ‘Manimal’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2012 12:50 pm EST Few people who weren’t having their first double-digit birthday in the early ’80s will remember the short-lived show Manimal, which aired only eight episodes. But if you were ten, or thereabouts, at the time, Manimal might have seemed like the best thing ever. And so Sony is going to make a hybrid live-action/CG animated film based on Manimal....

Steven Spielberg And Mark Protosevich Discussing Ideas For ‘Jurassic Park 4’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 8:55 pm EST Rumors of a fourth Jurassic Park movie have come and gone for years, but with the latest report it seems like a new film in the series is more likely than ever. A quick recap of the stories about the sequel: Joe Johnston, who directed the third film as well as this summer’s Captain America, was once thought to be the director, but said in 2007 that he would not make the film....

The Hollywood Sign Hotel? By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2010 12:03 am EST Could the 450ft-long iconic Hollywood sign which stands proudly on the land overlooking Los Angeles be turned into a boutique hotel? You might have heard that the land around the famous Hollywood sign was put on the market two years ago. The non-profit Public Trust For Lands group, fearing that the land would be bought by developers who would put advertising or build luxury homes on it, launched a campaign to buy the 138-acre area above the sign known as Cahuenga Peak....

By Angie Han/Sept. 5, 2012 2:30 pm EST At a time when some studio projects (ahem, New Year’s Eve) seem less about telling a good story than about cramming together as many celebs as possible, it’s surprising to hear of an actor getting cut because he was too famous for a film. But that’s what exactly happened to Tobey Maguire, if recent reports are to be believed. Last year, Maguire nabbed the role of a writer in Ang Lee’s literary adaptation Life of Pi....

TV Bits: ‘Parks & Recreation’ Shoots Multiple Endings, ‘Community’ Short Debuts, ‘Justified’ Renewed, Showtime Developing ‘You Kill Me’ By Angie Han/March 8, 2012 5:00 am EST Everything in today’s TV Bits looks awfully familiar, I suppose because it concerns three current critical favorites and an upcoming show with a recycled premise. After the jump: Parks & Recreation shoots multiple Season 4 endings Community’s animated shorts hit the web Justified gets a fourth-season renewal Showtime develops a TV version of You Kill Me The series recently finished production on its fourth season, with the finale scheduled to air in May....

Uma Thurman Calls Tarantino’s Next A ‘Southern’ By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2011 2:00 pm EST Last month there was exciting word that Quentin Tarantino has a script nearly ready to go for a new film, and that it would be in the style of the spaghetti western, and feature Christoph Waltz. Now while promoting her new film Ceremony, Tarantino muse Uma Thurman has talked briefly about the script and her comments seem to confirm assumptions about the nature of the new script....

Vanilla Ice Hints At Appearance In Michael Bay Produced ‘Ninja Turtles;’ Filming Starts Later This Year By Germain Lussier/June 7, 2012 4:00 pm EST Will Vanilla Ice be ninja, ninja rapping in the new Ninja Turtles reboot? It’s possible. Or, at least, that’s what could be discerned from his (non) comments in a new interview. The rapper-turned-actor-turned home remodeler, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, appears in next week’s That’s My Boy and was recently discussing his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom with MTV....