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‘The Social Network’ Co-Composer Atticus Ross Scoring Samurai Epic ‘47 Ronin’ By Russ Fischer/April 6, 2012 4:30 pm EST Many people may know the name Atticus Ross thanks to the composer’s collaborations with Trent Reznor, on the scores for The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, as well as in later Nine Inch Nails projects. But film music aficionados know, too, that Ross has a film scoring career apart from Reznor, having done excellent work for the Hughes Brothers on The Book of Eli and New York, I Love You (with brother Leopold Ross and wife Claudia Sarne), among other projects....

‘Training Day’ Director Antoine Fuqua To Helm Tang Dynasty Epic By Angie Han/March 28, 2011 5:00 am EST Training Day director Antoine Fuqua has been confirmed to helm a biopic about legendary Tang Dynasty concubine Yang Guifei, an actual historical figure and one of the Four Great Beauties of ancient China. According to Wikipedia, it’s said that Yang’s face “put all flowers to shame.” That’s pretty serious. Read more afer the jump....

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, And Alan Arkin Are ‘Stand Up Guys’ By Angie Han/Feb. 1, 2012 5:00 pm EST Action flicks aren’t just for young stars anymore, as evidenced by the commercial success of films like The Expendables, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and Live Free and Die Hard. But even by those standards, Stand Up Guys boasts a fairly advanced cast. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin have signed on to star in the action-comedy, which was previously titled Old Timers....

Casting Notes: Banks, Deschanel, Mortimer, Jones Join ‘My Idiot Brother’; Bill Nighy In ‘Shadowland 3D’; Vinnie Jones In ‘The Cape’ By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2010 1:54 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The film is about “an idealist (Rudd) dealing with his over¬bearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc....

Cool Stuff: James Bond 50th Anniversary Marathon And Posters In San Francisco By Germain Lussier/April 19, 2012 2:00 pm EST 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond and everyone is getting into the celebration. There are new Blu-ray sets coming out, a brand new film in the works as well as lots of looks back at the best films featuring 007 over the past five decades. The Castro Theatre in San Francisco, CA is spending this upcoming weekend, April 20-22, doing just that with eight of the best Bond films playing in double and triple features as well debuting two exclusive posters created by Max Dalton and curated by Spoke Art....

Cool Stuff: Traditional Greeting And RoboCup T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2010 3:00 pm EST Threadless has revealed some new movie parody t-shirt designs earlier in the week. The designs include a Star Trek-inspired zip-up hoodie titled “Traditional Greeting” designed by Paulo Bruno, available for $40, and a Robocop-inspired design titled “Robocup” by Jakub Gruber, available for $18. See the full designs after the jump. Cool Stuff: Traditional Greeting And RoboCup T-Shirts...

Did The Events Of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Change The Rest Of Quentin Tarantino’s Film Universe? By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2012 5:00 am EST And that got one person thinking. If all these movies take place in the same universe, that means World War II ended how it ended in Inglourious Basterds and everyone would know about it. Which opens up a huge can of worms. Read the very entertaining theory below....

Disney Extending Theatrical Engagement Of ‘The Lion King 3D’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2011 11:45 am EST Briefly: The original plan for the 3D re-release of Disney’s 1994 smash The Lion King was to put the film in theaters for two weeks in anticipation of the film’s October 4 Blu-ray release. But the 3D conversion of the film has dominated the box office for two weeks in a row, falling only 27% in its second weekend, for a cumulative two-week take of $61....

Fifth ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Script Already In Progress By Angie Han/March 30, 2011 5:00 pm EST Those of you who get cranky every time you remember Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides exists may want to avert your eyes, because the next sentence will only upset you further. We already knew that Disney was planning for the fifth and sixth installments of the series, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer has announced that the screenplay is already in progress....

Hugh Jackman And James Mangold Have Considered Creating R And PG-13 Rated Version Of ‘The Wolverine’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 11, 2011 7:45 am EST In an interview to promote Real Steel, Hugh Jackman says that he and James Mangold have talked about doing two versions of The Wolverine, a PG-13 cut and one that would be R-rated. This is probably a pipe dream, but read the quote below just for the sake of speculation....

Hugh Jackman Once Again Cast In ‘Prisoners’ By Russ Fischer/March 16, 2012 5:00 am EST The revenge film Prisoners is in a weird position: it seems like very familiar territory to those who closely follow projects in development, but for those who don’t get too interested in films until they’re shot, it might be a total unknown. In short, Aaron Guzikowski’s script landed on the Black List in 2009, after which it was briefly set to be a Bryan Singer film with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, before those two actors dropped out and it even more briefly became an Antoine Fuqua and Hugh Jackman movie....

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Jim Henson’s Old Guard Unhappy With ‘The Muppets’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2011 8:44 am EST Is Muppet-land plagued by some discontent? The Muppets were last on the big screen in Muppets in Space in 1999, and since Disney bought the character stable in 2004 the company has been trying to come up with a way to re-launch the Muppets as a vital brand. The company eventually settled on The Muppets, written by big-time Muppet fan Jason Segel and his creative partner Nicholas Stoller....

Maggie Grace Confirmed For ‘Taken 2’ By Russ Fischer/April 6, 2011 7:00 pm EST Briefly: The big drama surrounding Taken 2 was whether or not Liam Neeson would, in fact, return to be a badass former CIA agent whose daughter was once kidnapped. No one has really voiced much thought about the return of Maggie Grace, who played the object of Taken’s title in the first place. But Deadline now confirms that Ms....

One Theater Owner Predicts 3D Ticket Prices Will Fall, And 2D Prices Will Increase To Subsidize 3D By Russ Fischer/March 26, 2012 10:00 am EST A few years ago, prices for 3D movie tickets increased thanks to 3D surcharges that help cover the cost of converting cinemas to 3D, and simply because 3D films are marketed as events, which supposedly means they deliver more value than regular old 2D movie projections....

Paramount’s Next Low-Budget Thriller May Be J.J. Abrams-Produced ‘God Particle’ By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2012 1:30 pm EST Since Paranormal Activity became a runaway success for Paramount, the studio has become more and more interested in low-budget films that might have high profit margins. There have been two more Paranormal Activity films, with a third sequel on the way, and the company started a sub-label called Insurge meant to buy or produce so-called ‘micro-budget’ films....

Paul Feig To Direct Third ‘Bridget Jones’ Movie? By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2011 3:51 pm EST The oversized success of Bridesmaids instantly turned Freaks & Geeks veteran Paul Feig into a big director in Hollywood. He’s already got possible foll0ow-up projects brewing, including one comedy that would see him working again with Bridesmaids breakout star Melissa McCarthy. But his next film may not even be made in Hollywood, as one report says he’s in negotiations to make a third Bridget Jones film....

Producer Says ‘Area 51’ Is Still Being Tweaked; Release Date To Be Determined By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2011 1:30 pm EST Even before the massive success of Paranormal Activity, we knew that producer Jason Blum and director Oren Peli were going to make a movie called Area 51. The project was officially announced in October 2009, and now, a year and a half later, there is still no movie to be seen....

Robert Zemeckis And Universal Team For ‘Charles Fort,’ Called A ‘Ghostbusters’-Like Period Piece By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2011 5:42 pm EST Now that Robert Zemeckis has left behind the world of time-intensive performance-capture films, he is setting up projects left and right. As he prepares to film Flight with Denzel Washington, the producer/director has other projects simmering. One new possibility is Charles Fort, which has been called a period-set take on Ghostbusters....

Russell Crowe Eyeing ‘77,’ Based On A James Ellroy Story, As Starring And Directing Project By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2011 5:36 pm EST Ten years ago, iconic LA crime novelist James Ellroy was signed with Paramount to write his first original screenplay, called 77. That script was eventually completed by someone else, but it has been kicking around for some time. And now Russell Crowe — who made the leap to leading man status in part thanks to his role in the James Ellroy adaptation L....

Ryan Gosling Will NOT Team With Johnny Depp In ‘The Lone Ranger’ [Updated] By Germain Lussier/April 18, 2011 3:00 pm EST UPDATE: A rep for Ryan Gosling told Entertainment Weekly that he would not be appearing in this film. Original story follows. Though it’s still a ways off, we know that, eventually, Gore Verbinski will direct a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Disney version of The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp as Tonto. But you can’t have Tonto without the title character himself and now The Wrap has learned that Ryan Gosling is in preliminary talks to scream “Hi-yo Silver!...