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Sequel Bits: ‘Lethal Weapon 5,’ Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘Catching Fire,’ ‘Scary Movie 5,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2012 4:30 pm EST Mel Gibson is promoting his direct-to-DVD action film, Get the Gringo, and did a very good interview with ComingSoon where he discussed a bunch of things including the possibility of Lethal Weapon 5 and any involvement with the fourth Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road. On the topic of Lethal Weapon 5, Gibson said he wouldn’t be enticed to do it but wouldn’t be surprised if it was remade:...

Sequel Bits: ‘TRON 3’ Could Shoot In 2014, ‘Robocop’ Release Date, ‘Riddick’ Set Photos By Angie Han/March 12, 2012 11:00 am EST We’ve got some quick hits on the sci-fi action-adventure sequel front today, including: Bruce Boxleitner’s prediction on when TRON 3 will get going Vin Diesel’s snapshots from the Riddick set Sony’s just announced release date for the Robocop remake It’s in the works. Anything could happen, but all I can say is, it’s in its formative stages....

Slashfilm Presents A Free Screening Of ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ In San Diego With Q&A, Giveaways And More By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2012 10:00 am EST The time is almost here. You’ve been waiting literally years to discover the secrets behind writer/director Drew Goddard and co-writer Joss Whedon’s horror film The Cabin in the Woods and now, Slashfilm is partnering with FirstShowing.net and Lionsgate for a special advanced screening of the kick-ass, mind-blowing movie....

Stage Images: Daniel Radcliffe In ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’ By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2011 12:02 pm EST Daniel Radcliffe is very near the end of his run as Harry Potter, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II set to debut on July 15. The young actor made enough of an impression growing up in that role, however, that we’ve been anticipating his post-Potter work. On the movie side, there is only one film ready to go, the gothic horror story The Woman in Black....

Stephen Daldry Courted To Direct ‘Wicked’, Jon Favreau In Talks To Helm ‘Jersey Boys’ By Angie Han/July 13, 2012 6:00 am EST As film after film gets reworked for the Great White Way, two Broadway smash hits are, in turn, inching closer to the big screen. Universal’s been trying to put together a movie adaptation of Wicked (itself the stage adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West) for a few years now with little to show for it, but now they’re actively courting Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close helmer Stephen Daldry for the gig....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Set For Early November Release By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2012 9:30 am EST Briefly: Some of you will be very happy to be able to mark your calendars with a solid date for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the sixteenth president. Appropriately, the film opens limited on November 9, but then goes wide on November 16. So we’ll get a classic president on screens just after we make the choice for our next one....

Tarsem Singh Wants To Direct A ‘Samurai Jack’ Movie, But Will Probably Do A ‘My Dinner With Andre’-Style Picture Next By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2011 2:30 pm EST Whether it’s this weekend’s violent Immortals or next spring’s “sickeningly kiddie” Mirror, Mirror, the common thread running through all of director Tarsem Singh’s works is a focus on uniquely striking imagery. After all, this is a man who once explained to a Comic-Con audience that “I start with a good visual, and see if the story will fall in....

TV News: Harvey Keitel Wanted To Replace Steve Carell On ‘The Office’; J.J. Abrams Shopping ‘Alcatraz’ Drama Series; ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Co-Creator Ronald D. Moore Working On Magic-Themed Police Procedural By Adam Quigley/Sept. 2, 2010 11:00 am EST Steve Carell only has one season left as Michael Scott on The Office, and the showrunners are looking for an actor to take over as the show’s branch manager. Paul Lieberstein, who plays Toby on the show in addition to being a writer, producer and occasional director, already has someone in mind: Harvey Keitel....

VOTD: Conan O’Brien Finally Speaks Out On 60 Minutes By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2010 10:55 am EST If you missed it over the weekend, you can now watch Conan O’Brien’s full interview from 60 Minutes embedded after the jump. This is the first time since leaving The Tonight Show that he has been able to talk on the record about Jay Leno, NBC executives, his beard and his new TBS cable television show....

Warner Bros. Taps ‘Wrath Of The Titans’ Scribe Dan Mazeau To Pen Live-Action Adaptation Of Japanese Manga ‘Bleach’ By Angie Han/Feb. 23, 2012 9:00 am EST That Garrett Hedlund-starring remake of Akira may still be on hold, but Warner Bros. seems determined to delve into Japanese pop culture one way or another. Back in 2010, the studio acquired the live-action movie rights to Tite Kubo’s manga Bleach, with Peter Segal (Get Smart) attached to produce....

Watch: ‘iSPEC,’ Joseph Kosinski’s Speculative Commercial That Helped Him Land ‘Tron Legacy’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2010 7:30 pm EST The run-up to Tron Legacy is almost over, with the film hitting theaters in ten days. One of the better pre-release pieces comes from the New York Times, which points out that Joseph Kosinski, already a veteran in the commercial world, had delivered early proof of his ability as a storyteller by making a speculative commercial for a future iPod-like device....

Will ‘Gangster Squad’ Be Delayed Or Even Recut? [Updated] By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2012 12:30 pm EST After starting life as a project that Warner Bros. was very gung-ho to make, and quickly roping in a cast that includes Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Sean Penn, Ruben Fleischer’s film Gangster Squad is in a difficult position. The movie tells a fictionalized account of LA cops attempting to stop the incursion of organized crime into Los Angeles during the 1940s....

‘Branded’ English-Language Trailer: Advertising Is A Monster, And It Might Kill Us By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2012 6:00 am EST This is not a commercial. Well, it is. It’s not a commercial for a burger chain, but it is a commercial for a film called Branded. The movie is the product of a couple of ad guys, Alexander Doulerain and Jamie Bradshaw, who have drawn some conclusions about the nature of marketing....

‘Lawless’ Red-Band Trailer: Bare Skin And High Tension By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2012 4:14 pm EST Earlier today we showed you some B-roll behind the scenes footage from John Hillcoat’s new film Lawless, which stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska in a bootlegging tale with support from Guy Pearce and Gary Oldman. Now there is a red-band trailer to advertise the film’s August 29 release....

‘Star Trek’ Sequel Lands In 3D May 2013, Michael Giacchino Will Return To Score By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2011 3:34 pm EST Here’s the first reliable news we’ve had in some time on the sequel to Paramount’s 2009 Star Trek. Studios have been doing some release date shifting today and with Sony pushing Roland Emmerich’s delayed Singularity back to November 2013, Paramount has moved to grab the vacated May 17 2013 date for Star Trek 2....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ At WonderCon: Emma Stone On Playing Mary Jane And Her Conflicted Relationship With Peter Parker, Marc Webb On Creating A New Identity For The Character By Adam Quigley/March 18, 2012 3:00 pm EST No, that’s not a mistake in the headline. During the WonderCon panel for The Amazing Spider-Man, Emma Stone revealed that, prior to the film’s script being written and Gwen Stacy being made the central love interest in Sony’s Spidey reboot, she was originally brought in to meet to play Mary Jane (originally played by Kirsten Dunst in Sam Raimi’s trilogy)....

‘The Walking Dead’ Hits Netflix Streaming Today By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2011 4:45 pm EST Most of you seem to be pretty big fans of The Walking Dead already, but if you’re among the few who’ve yet to get around to checking it out, now’s your chance. Netflix and AMC have just signed a deal to bring the zombie drama to Netflix instant video starting today, which means you have a little over a week to catch up on the six-episode first season....

Adrien Brody, Josh Lucas And Timothy Olyphant Among Those Testing For ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 13, 2011 4:30 pm EST Deadline is now reporting that an eclectic mix of actors will soon test for the role. They are Benjamin Walker, James D’Arcy, Adrien Brody, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Josh Lucas, and Timothy Olyphant. We break them down, as well as the project, after the jump. Just so we’re all on the same page, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter surmises that Lincoln’s mother was killed by vampires and that the eventual 16th President of the United States dedicated his life to destroying blood-suckers with an axe....

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Barry Levinson To Make Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Isopod’? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2010 8:26 am EST Briefly: We don’t have a lot to go on right now, but according to a tweet from Production Weekly, Barry Levinson is set to direct an indie sci-fi thriller called Isopod, which will shoot in the Carolinas. I had to read the tweet a couple of times before it really wound into my brain. Levinson is known for Baltimore-set generational and coming of age dramas, and his biggest films Rain Man and Good Morning, Vietnam....