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Emma Stone To Star In New Cameron Crowe Romantic Comedy By Germain Lussier/July 30, 2012 6:00 pm EST Good news for Cameron Crowe fans as mere months after his last film, the next one is gaining traction. Sony has just bought the rights to a new romantic comedy by the writer director with Emma Stone attached to star. Though not mentioned in the initial report, additional outlets are reporting the film is Deep Tiki, a tropical romance Crowe was fiddling with in 2008 with Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon attached at the time....

Harrison Ford Confirmed For ‘Ender’s Game,’ Abigail Breslin Signs On By Russ Fischer/Dec. 21, 2011 1:30 pm EST Harrison Ford is really back. After quite a few years in which the actor took only occasional roles, we’ve seen him in Cowboys & Aliens this past summer, and he just signed to play famed baseball manager Branch Rickey in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42. And now Ford is going to do another real sci-fi picture, as he has signed to play Colonel Hyram Graff in Gavin Hood’s adaptation of the Orson Scott Card novel Ender’s Game, after being rumored as one of the actors likely to be offered the role Variety says that Abigail Breslin is also confirmed for the cast, as Ender’s older sister Valentine; Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak will play Ender’s older brother, the abusive Peter Wiggin....

LOL: Disaster Strikes When 34 Katherine Heigl Films Are Released At Once By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2011 1:00 pm EST Katherine Heigl just can’t catch a break.The Grey’s Anatomy actress started pissing people off when she badmouthed her own film Knocked Up, and since then has become a punching bag because people seem to like her less than they like bedbugs. Making movies like Killers and Life as We Know It didn’t help....

LOL: Watch A Montage Of Every Single Death Scene From Lost By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2010 12:44 pm EST We’ve posted a lot of Lost stuff lately, but bear with us. Show’s about to end, and if you aren’t on the boat with the people who are completely wrapped up in it, the worst of the endgame fandom will be over soon. Actually, if you’re not a Lost fan, I’ve got the perfect video for you....

Maybe Daniel Radcliffe Will Be In The ‘Woman In Black’ Sequel After All By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2012 12:00 pm EST For various reasons, we figured The Woman in Black was a one-and-done affair for Daniel Radcliffe. After spending almost the entirety of his film career in one franchise, who would expect him to jump right into another? And so when the sequel, The Woman in Black: Angels of Death was announced, it was no surprise to hear it would take place many years after the events of the first film, and therefore probably not involve Radcliffe....

Movie Trailer #2: Mrs. Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2010 6:00 am EST In September, we posted a teaser trailer for English writer/director Mike Le Han’s short period film titled Mrs. Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room. Han has released a second trailer on Quiet Earth, this one featuring completed special effects. Shot earlier this year, the dark fantasy short is about “a little girl who meets Mrs Peppercorn a shop owner set in a remote Cornish fishing village....

Movie Trailer: The Long-Delayed ‘Case 39’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2010 9:43 am EST The official synopsis: Watch the trailer in HD at Apple. New trailer is the first embed. After that is the older one that we ran back in 2009. In CASE 39, family services social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) thinks she has seen it all… until she meets 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) and the child’s cruel and dangerous parents....

New Footage From ‘The Avengers’ Revealed [D23 Expo] By Germain Lussier/Aug. 20, 2011 6:00 pm EST The Avengers presentation began before the new footage was shown with a reel that highlighted all the important moments in the previous five Marvel movies, including the end credit scenes. Those were edited between the following words, “From Technology, To Mythology, From Science, To Legend, Has All Been Leading to This.” Of course it was referring to Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America....

POTD: 1927 Paramount Studio Map Of California By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2010 10:00 am EST This 1927 Paramount Studio map of California’s geographical facsimiles for feature films was used by The Motion Picture Industry as a Basis for Bond Financing. Who knew that the New England coast could be found in Santa Cruz? via: flickr / buzzfeed POTD: 1927 Paramount Studio Map Of California By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2010 10:00 am EST...

Producer Says Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Triple Frontier’ Scheduled For Spring Shoot By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2011 5:00 pm EST Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s political action thriller Triple Frontier, which has Tom Hanks set to star, is one of the more promising films that might roll film this year. It takes place in the so-called ’triple frontier’ where the borders of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil intersect, which is reportedly a gangland haven and source of terrorist funding....

Rebecca Hall And Guy Pearce To Star In ‘Man On Wire’ Director James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’ By Adam Quigley/Nov. 8, 2010 5:00 pm EST Rebecca Hall first hit the film scene less than five years ago, but she’s already built quite the career for herself, starring in films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Prestige, Frost/Nixon, Please Give, and most recently The Town. Now she’s got another project lined up: Shadow Dancer, the latest film from Man on Wire director James Marsh....

Showtime Developing Comic Book ‘Chew’ As Dark Comedy Television Series By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2011 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Stephen Hopkins, who was responsible for some of the best looking episodes of the first season of 24, has been hired to direct the pilot episode and executive produce the project for Circle of Confusion, the company behind AMC’s The Walking Dead. Hopkins also helmed episodes of Tales from the Crypt, the tv mini-series Traffic, the hit Showtime series Californication (which he was also a producer/consultant) and Shameless, not to mention big screen films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, Predator 2, Blown Away, The Ghost and the Darkness, 1998’s Lost in Space, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and The Reaping....

Simon West Will Direct ‘The Expendables 2’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 8:34 pm EST Briefly: I know there are people who really like the films of Simon West (Con Air, Tomb Raider, The Mechanic) and I expect that audience will be thrilled that he is directing the sequel to The Expendables. Will he do a better job than Sylvester Stallone did with the original? Hard to say; two out of Sly’s last three films have been either genuinely good (Rocky Balboa) or a lot of fun (Rambo) so he’s probably got another good one in him....

Spoilery ‘The Evil Dead’ Remake Details By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2011 7:30 am EST Ghost House Pictures, the company run by Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert, is getting ready to shoot a remake of The Evil Dead down in New Zealand, with Fede Alvarez directing from a script he co-wrote. (And one that Diablo Cody revised.) We know that the basics of the story are much like those of Raimi’s original The Evil Dead: five young friends go to a remote cabin for a weekend where they are besieged by a supernatural evil....

Study: Online Piracy Doesn’t Hurt U.S. Box Office Returns, But Foreign Release Delays May Harm International Receipts By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2012 1:30 pm EST For the past several years, the movie industry has been up in arms about online piracy and its potential to harm box office returns. It’s not a totally unreasonable fear; given the choice between shelling out $12.50 for a ticket to the latest middling sci-fi blockbuster sequel and downloading it for free online, it’s easy to imagine plenty of people going with the latter....

Teaser Trailer: Drive Angry 3D By Adam Quigley/July 26, 2010 12:00 pm EST Russ and I already expressed our enthusiasm for Nicolas Cage’s latest ridiculous endeavor, Drive Angry 3D, during a video blog of the film’s Comic-Con panel, and now there’s a teaser trailer to give a little taste of what we saw. Check it out after the break. Bloody Disgusting has the teaser, which is embedded below. At a mere 30 seconds, this teaser serves only to highlight the film’s old school simplicity....

The /Filmcast Interview: Danny Boyle, Director Of 127 Hours By David Chen/Nov. 2, 2010 8:10 pm EST This week, Dave Chen speaks with director Danny Boyle about his newest film, 127 Hours. Dave asks Boyle about the unique style he employed for 127 Hours, what tricks he used to make the film (set in one place and primarily starring one character) dynamic, what other guy-stuck-in-one-place films inspired him, and why, of all movies, he chose to tackle this one after the stunning success of Slumdog Millionaire....

Thomas Newman Scoring ‘Skyfall’ For Sam Mendes By Germain Lussier/Jan. 5, 2012 4:00 pm EST In the struggle between franchise and friend, in this instance, the friend was triumphant. You see, though the last several James Bond movies have all had different directors, those directors all employed the musical services of composer David Arnold. In fact, Arnold has been the composer for every Bond movie since 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies. However, with the now in production Skyfall, Oscar-winner Sam Mendes is at the helm and instead of going with the franchise favorite, he’s hired his frequent collaborator Thomas Newman, who scored American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road for the director....

Tomorrow: Come See The Tobolowsky Files LIVE In Boston By David Chen/Nov. 10, 2011 4:30 pm EST Just a quick reminder that for three nights beginning tomorrow night, on November 11th, 12th, and 13th, the Brattle Theatre will be hosting the Tobolowsky Files live with actor Stephen Tobolowsky! If you’re anywhere in the New England area, I invite you to come check out this unique evening of storytelling and Q&A....

VOTD: ‘The Simpsons’ Opening Parodies ‘Game Of Thrones’ By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2012 7:00 am EST Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons opened with a fantastic parody of the Game of Thrones opening title sequence. Fans of the show definitely should check this out. Simpsons opening: Original Game of Thrones opening: VOTD: ‘The Simpsons’ Opening Parodies ‘Game Of Thrones’ By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2012 7:00 am EST Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons opened with a fantastic parody of the Game of Thrones opening title sequence....