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‘Scarface’ Outtakes: “Say Hello To My Little Friend” By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 4:30 pm EST “Say ‘Hello’ to my little friend!” It’s the most iconic line in Brian De Palma’s 1983 film Scarface. Immigrant turned millionaire drug dealer Tony Montana (Al Pacino) is feeling the heat as his house is being invaded and, in a moment of genius, picks up a huge ass machine gun with a grenade launcher on it and kills a bunch of bad guys with a single shot....

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Gets Midnight Residency At New Beverly In Los Angeles By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2011 11:00 am EST Someone must have put in a cheat code because Scott Pilgrim vs. The World just got unlimited lives. Though you can watch Edgar Wright’s awesome adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book anytime you want on Blu-ray, or cable for that matter, the film will now play on the big screen every single month at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, CA....

‘Sleepwalk With Me’ Trailer: Mike Birbiglia Goes From Comedian To Actor/Director By Germain Lussier/July 16, 2012 4:00 pm EST One of my favorite movies of the year so far is coming to theaters next month. The trailer came online late last week but got buried thanks to a little event called Comic-Con. Now I’m happy to finally share the first trailer to Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me, an autobiographical romantic comedy about a man’s struggle to become a stand-up comedian....

‘The Hunger Games’ Midnight Sellouts Prompt Additional 3AM IMAX Screenings By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 1:30 pm EST Briefly: Sold out early shows aren’t typically the most interesting news item, but in the case of The Hunger Games, Lionsgate and IMAX are going pretty far to satisfy those who want to see the film as early as possible. The film will open on 270 IMAX screens in North America, but will occupy them for only one week , and the first midnight shows are already selling out....

‘The Walking Dead’ Producers Deny And Clarify Reports Of Recent Staff Firings By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2010 12:50 pm EST The first season of The Walking Dead ended last night (let’s keep the comments spoiler-free for now, if possible) but the big news about the series came last week when there was a report that series creator Frank Darabont had fired the writing staff and planned to use freelancers to craft the second season....

Beastie Boys And Oscilloscope Laboratories Co-Founder Adam Yauch Has Died At 47 By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2012 11:00 am EST Today Adam Yauch, originally known to many as MCA of the Beastie Boys, passed away at 47. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and was declared cancer-free months later. The precise cause of his passing is yet to be reported. We don’t often comment on the passing of figures in the music scene, but for several generations Yauch was part of the gateway to great films and music....

Casting Bits: Al Pacino In ‘Imagine’, Olivia Munn In ‘The Babymakers’, Three More For Woody Allen’s ‘Bop Decameron’ By Angie Han/June 7, 2011 10:00 am EST Al Pacino is in talks to star in Imagine, playing an aging rocker who “decides to change his life after discovering a letter written to him by John Lennon.” The note inspires him to reach out to his biological son, whom he’s never met. Imagine will be the directorial debut of Dan Fogelman, the screenwriter behind Tangled and the upcoming Crazy Stupid Love....

Casting Bits: Anthony Hopkins In Talks For Angelina Jolie’s ‘Churchill And Roosevelt’, Michael Kelly Joins Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Chronicle’ By Angie Han/May 5, 2011 11:00 am EST Anthony Hopkins revealed in a recent interview that he’s been talking to Angelina Jolie about taking on the role of Sir Winston Churchill in Churchill and Roosevelt. Although I haven’t heard too many details about the film, it’s probably safe to assume that Churchill and Roosevelt will focus on the two leaders’ professional relationship during World War II....

Cool Stuff: E.T./Star Wars Mash-Up T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2010 8:00 am EST We’ve featured a bunch of New Zealand artist Glenn Jones t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff. This week Glennz released an awesome E.T./Star Wars mash-up parody tee. Here is an explanation from Glenn: Now we know who he was trying to call, and that levitation stuff was merely just a mind trick. This was a very popular vote so fast tracked to print....

Cool Stuff: Furturtle’s Limited Edition ‘Young Adult’ Pop-Up Screening Art By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2011 7:30 pm EST Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman’s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. As a special bonus, Reitman and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’ famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings....

Early Buzz: EW’s Anthony Breznican Reviews Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ On Twitter By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2012 2:30 pm EST Now that a bunch of people have seen the summer’s first blockbuster, The Avengers, our eyes wander down the calendar to the summer’s second weekend: May 11. There’s just one wide release that day (likely because studios were still afraid of Marvel’s team up) and it’s Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bohnam Carter and Michelle Pfeiffer....

First Look: DreamWorks’ CG / Hand-Drawn Hybrid ‘Me And My Shadow’ By Angie Han/July 24, 2012 9:00 am EST It wasn’t so very long ago that CG animation felt cutting-edge and new, but these days it’s become so ubiquitous we hardly even notice it anymore. Instead, what feels fresh again are more traditional animation methods. DreamWorks Animation’s Me and My Shadow combines CG and hand-drawn animation to tell the story of “the world’s most boring human” Daniel (voiced by Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad) and his bored shadow (voiced by Bill Hader), who longs for a more exciting life....

First Look: Vin Diesel In New ‘Riddick’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2012 7:00 am EST Whether or not you’re a fan of Vin Diesel and David Twohy’s films featuring the character Riddick (Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick), I think you have to admire the fact that, after years of being determined to make a third film featuring Diesel’s character, the duo is finally getting the movie made. Their fuel seems to be nothing short of pure willpower....

Gerard Butler In Talks, Sam Worthington Being Considered For Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Hunter Killer’ By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2011 2:30 pm EST Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s been attached to a great number of projects over the past year, but while some of those movies are actually coming together now, others have quietly fallen apart. Although it’s too soon to tell what’ll come of his latest gig, the Relativity drama Hunter Killer, today’s announcement of some possible casting for the film seems like an encouraging step....

How Damon Lindelof And Paul W.S. Anderson Would Reboot The ‘Terminator’ Franchise By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2011 12:30 pm EST If things go according to plan, Fast Five director Justin Lin will eventually continue the Terminator franchise along with star Arnold Schwarzenegger. After that announcement was made, plenty of rumors circulated about how exactly the whole thing would go down. Would the original cast be back? Would the film follow the story of the McG film, Terminator Salvation?...

Julia Roberts Will Produce And Star In Workplace Comedy ‘Second Act’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2011 2:00 pm EST Briefly: The career of Julia Roberts has become a less predictable thing than it once was. The actress was once among Hollywood’s most highly-paid talents, but as the cycle of concept versus star has swung economic power into the hands of ‘concept,’ Roberts has been one of many actors to be somewhat diminished....

Kurt Russell Will Star In Undying, From ‘The Book Of Eli’ Screenwriter By Russ Fischer/May 12, 2010 7:47 am EST Gary Whitta has come a long way in a few years. Once the editor of PC Gamer magazine, Whitta wrote The Book of Eli and at least one draft of the live-action Akira movie(s). Now another script of his, Reaper, has been given a new title, Undying, and found a star in Kurt Russell....

Page 2: Ghostbusters, Iron Giant, Terry Gilliam, Attack The Block, Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, GI Joe 2, Muppets, Top Gun, Hunger Games, Rowan Atkinson, Dr Horrible By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2011 8:00 am EST Header Photo: “Easy Being Green, It Is Not” illustration featuring Yoda and Kermit by artist Peter de Sève. Phillip Noyce, who directed the pilot for ABC’s upcoming tv series Revenge, has signed a first-look development/exclusive directing deal with the network....

Robert Patrick Replaces Bryan Cranston In ‘Gangster Squad’ By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2011 3:50 pm EST Ruben Fleischer has assembled a fantastic cast for his third major studio feature, Gangster Squad, but recently he lost one key player. Bryan Cranston, originally cast as Texan cop Max Kennard, transplanted to LA and roped into the mob-busting gangster squad, had to drop out in order to do Ben Affleck’s film Argo. So we still win, as we’ll see Mr....

Sales Poster And Synopsis For ‘The Expendables 2;’ Guess Who Dies? By Russ Fischer/May 11, 2011 9:51 am EST One of our first tastes of any materials for The Expendables came a couple years back at Cannes. So, appropriately, here’s the first sales art for The Expendables 2, as seen during the opening hours of this year’s festival. This is basically a modified version of the original sales art for the first film, but as a bonus we’ve also got the official synopsis for the sequel....