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Comic Bits: Edgar Wright Says Ant-Man Won’t Fit With The Avengers, Josh Hutcherson’s Spider-Man Audition Tape, Favreau On Hulk Recasting, Eva Longoria To Join Avengers As The Wasp? By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2010 9:00 am EST LatinoReview got their hands on an audition/stunt tape that Josh Hutcherson recorded for Sony and director Marc Webb, as he was one of the contenders to play Peter Parker in the new 3D Spider-Man reboot....

David Slade And Robert Schwentke Are Possible Wolverine 2 Directors By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2010 10:19 am EST Vulture says the decision will now come down to a choice made by star Hugh Jackman. The studio has reportedly approved both men as director, and next week Jackman will meet with them, after which a decision will be made. Vulture quotes a source saying that David Slade will most likely get the job....

Disney Sets ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ For March 2013 By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2011 9:58 am EST Briefly: In February we talked about how the start of the summer movie season has essentially been pulled back from Memorial Day weekend to early March. Next year continues that trend as March 2012 is packed with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, John Carter, The Hunger Games, Clash of the Titans 2 and now Relativity’s Snow White film....

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Joins ‘Hercules’ And ‘Ciudad’ By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2012 7:30 am EST When Dwayne Johnson was a WWE wrestler known as The Rock, one of his catch phrases was “Know your role.” Today, The Rock knows not one, but two roles. He’s confirmed to star in Hercules for director Brett Ratner and will also topline Ciudad, an action thriller based on an upcoming graphic novel by the Russo Brothers....

Extended International Movie Trailer: Knight & Day By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2010 8:42 am EST The new trailer really showcases the film’s over-the-top action sequences. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Knight & Day hits theaters on July 2nd 2010.

First Look: The Characters Of Rango By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2010 9:00 am EST Last week, Paramount Pictures released a teaser trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski’s computer animated feature film Rango.Well actually, the teaser trailer wasn’t really a trailer at all — it was actually a video announcement piece for the website – RangoMovie.com. The website featured the same open road location seen in the announcement piece, with not much else....

First Synopsis And Images: ‘Alps,’ From ‘Dogtooth’ Director Yorgos Lanthimos By Russ Fischer/Aug. 6, 2011 9:00 am EST If you were to ask me what I think about Dogtooth, the last film from Yorgos Lanthimos and one of the strangest family portraits ever made, my response would probably vary based on any number of factors that are subject to fluctuation. It is a complex movie that gets a complex response, and I have both loved and hated it to various extremes....

By Adam Quigley/Oct. 3, 2010 3:06 pm EST More updates after the break. Odd to learn that studios were vying hard for the film, considering the title alone would seem to make it a hard sell to anyone that isn’t you or me. But I suppose the financial viability of a project changes a smidge when a billion-dollar grossing filmmaker is backing it. Add to the equation a studio rash enough to fight for a Beach Boys musical, and you have yourself one of the crazier sounding studio blockbusters to get the greenlight in recent years....

Geek Deal: Chewie And Han T-Shirt For $9 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2010 11:03 pm EST You might recall that we featured Chris Wahl’s Calvin and Hobbs/Star Wars mash-up t-shirt titled “Chewie and Han” in Cool Stuff last month. The artist was selling the tee for $21.73 on Red Bubble. But today Teefury has licensed the tee design for the day, and you can grab it for only $9 plus shipping....

Jessica Biel May Join ‘Total Recall’ By Russ Fischer/April 8, 2011 4:53 pm EST The Len Wiseman-directed remake / new version of Total Recall already has Colin Farrell as the lead character, and Bryan Cranston as the antagonist. We know there are two big female roles to cast, Lori, the main character’s wife, and Melina, whom he encounters as the story goes on. They were originally played in the Paul Verhoeven/Arnold Schwarzenegger version by, respectively, Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin....

Kevin James And Adam Sandler May Be ‘Valet Guys’ For Sony By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2010 11:45 am EST Briefly: Once upon a time Adam Sandler would have been the name driving a new action comedy, but now he’s sharing the spotlight with his I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry co-star Kevin James. The two are the presumed leads for Valet Guys, based on a pitch Sony just purchased about two, er, veteran South Beach valet guys who witness a murder and consequently go on the run....

Michael Fassbender Will Star In And Produce ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Video Game Adaptation By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2012 6:00 am EST UbiSoft didn’t much like the Prince of Persia film that Disney turned out — mostly because audiences didn’t much like the movie — and so the game publisher is developing its next big game adaptation as an indie. To do so, they’ve managed to land a guy who could make the project, based on the Assassin’s Creed games, nearly essential viewing....

Mondo Goes Monster: ‘The Invisible Man’ And ‘The Mummy’ Posters By Germain Lussier/Aug. 10, 2011 11:45 am EST If you’re a fan of Universal Monsters, you might need to change you pants after you see this work by Kevin Tong and Martin Ansin. They’re the artists behind the latest posters from Mondo and their interpretations of The Invisible Man and The Mummy are gorgeous. Versions of these posters first went on sale (and sold out) at the Mondo booth at Comic Con and now you all have a chance to get them starting Thursday, August 11....

Offers Out: Ryan Gosling In Doug Liman’s All You Need Is Kill? Ben Affleck In Antoine Fuqua’s Consent To Kill? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2010 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Consent to Kill follows CIA assassin Mitch Rapp, who “battles a Saudi billionaire bent on revenge, an ex–East German Stasi spy and a deadly husband-and-wife team of assassins.“Here is the book description, although a few changes are said to have been made by screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin (Shooter, The Devil’s Advocate)....

Paramount Developing ‘First Man’ And ‘Mustache Riders’ For Johnny Knoxville And ‘Jackass’ Crew By Germain Lussier/March 3, 2011 5:00 pm EST Mere days before the mega-hit Jackass 3D (without the D) hits DVD and Blu-ray, Paramount is taking steps to make sure they remain in the Jackass business. First up, they’ve purchased a pitch called First Man which will star Johnny Knoxville as a rowdy guy whose wife is elected President of the United States....

Phyllis Diller Has Died At 95 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2012 3:15 pm EST Comedian Phyllis Diller died today in her Los Angeles home at the age of 95. She had been in deteriorating health in the past decade or so, but her death today is not said to be associated with any one illness or event. For decades, Diller’s comedy combined the influence of her pre-showbiz days, as her brash, wild-eyed and big-haired image played off the then-common profile of the American housewife, with the sharp-witted skills she possessed as an advertising copywriter....

Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ Photos Revealed By Germain Lussier/Nov. 22, 2011 6:03 pm EST You want Ridley Scott’s Prometheus? Well here’s your best taste yet. This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly has a feature on the highly anticipated Summer 2012 film and scans revealing character costumes, sets and more have leaked online. If you think that above image was cool, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The images are after the jump....

Sequel Bits: ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, ‘Iron Man 3’, ‘Dumb And Dumber 2’ By Angie Han/June 22, 2012 2:00 pm EST This edition of Sequel Bits is all about the movie stars. After the jump: Steve Carell thinks small for Brick in Anchorman 2 Hiccup and Toothless find a villain in Kit Harington Andy Lau’s kid makes him drop out of Iron Man 3 Jeff Daniels still wants to do Dumb and Dumber 2 While Carell didn’t give away any plot details, he outlined what he’d like to see happen to Brick....

Stop-Motion Animation Bits: See Laika Make ‘ParaNorman’ Lead From Scratch, Watch Interactive Video From ‘Frankenweenie’ Set By Angie Han/July 11, 2012 2:00 pm EST Apparently, something about stop-motion animation and family-oriented horror comedy just goes hand-in-hand. Over the next few months, we’ll be getting not one but two such movies. The offbeat ParaNorman, from Coraline studio Laika, will hit first in August, while Tim Burton’s 3D black-and-white feature Frankenweenie will hit a few weeks before Halloween....

Superhero Bits: New Dark Knight Bonus Content Released, Nicolas Winding Refn Explains On Wonder Woman, Ashton Kutcher’s Superman Audition, Geoff Johns Sees Sinestro Test By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 12:32 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ashton Kutcher tells MTV that not only did he audition for the role of Superman, but he tried on the Superman suit in a screen test. I’m sure many of the /Film readers are glad that Kutcher’s Superman never made the big screen....