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“That’s A Wrap!” - Filming Of The Harry Potter Series Ends Today By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2010 1:42 pm EST According to the Twitter account of Warwick Davis (who played both Flitwick in Griphook), the final day of principle photography for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows takes place today – Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Davis tweeted the following: The end of an Era – today is officially the last day of principal photography on ‘Harry Potter’ – ever....

‘The Crow’ Remake Needs A New Director; Stephen Norrington Has Moved On By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2010 3:29 pm EST There’s more news on the remake of The Crow. Earlier this week we heard that the lead role had been offered to Mark Wahlberg. Now there’s word, straight from the filmmaker, that director Stephen Norrington has moved on. Details on the reason for his departure are after the jump. Comics2Film talked to Mr....

‘The Hunger Games’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2011 6:26 am EST Here’s the first full trailer for the Gary Ross-directed adaptation of The Hunger Games, the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ darkly futuristic trilogy of novels about teenagers chosen by lottery to fight to the death as representatives of their local district. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth are the young leads in the Lionsgate film that could be the studio’s answer to Twilight, but hopefully with a harder edge....

‘The Oranges’ Trailer - Hugh Laurie Falls For His Best Friend’s Daughter By Angie Han/July 25, 2012 10:30 am EST There are a number of different directions that premise could go, from wacky sitcom to soapy melodrama to psychological thriller. Fortunately for David Walling, The Oranges doesn’t seem to be the kind of movie that ends with him getting buried in a shallow grave by his former BFF. Instead, it looks like a modest but well-acted character piece that mines the situation for both humor and pathos....

‘The Texas Killing Fields’ International Trailer By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2011 7:30 am EST Texas Killing Fields (also referred to as The Fields) has been in development for some time, once with Danny Boyle, who called the script “almost too dark to get made,” set to direct. The script passed into new hands, and the film finally shot under the direction of Michael Mann’s daughter Ani Canaan Mann, with Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Moretz, Stephen Graham, Jessica Chastain and Annabeth Gish in the key roles....

‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ Daytona 500 TV Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2011 12:53 pm EST /Film reader Russel R alerted me that a new tv trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon aired during the Daytona 500 this weekend. It features a bunch of the same shots from the Super Bowl tv trailer, but also has some shots we have never seen before. Watch it now embedded after the jump....

‘TRON: Legacy’ Wins The Christmas Box Office On Twitter By Germain Lussier/Dec. 29, 2010 3:30 pm EST Though TRON: Legacy came in a distant third at the box office over the Christmas weekend, it dominated its rivals on Twitter. According to a report by Mashable, more people tweeted about TRON: Legacy this weekend than both Little Fockers and True Grit combined. Those films were the number one and two films at the box office, pulling in $30....

Amy Adams Cast As Lois Lane For Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’ By Angie Han/March 27, 2011 11:49 am EST Rumors have been circulating for a while now about which actress would win the role of Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s Superman. Back in February, reports named Kristen Stewart, Rachel McAdams, Jessica Biel, Dianna Agron, Malin Akerman, Olivia Wilde, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and either Kristen Bell or Lake Bell as being among the actresses up for the part — yes, it was one of those roles, where it seems like every young actress is rumored at one point or other....

Awesome ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Set Photos And ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Deleted Scene By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2011 4:30 pm EST Enough of the Star Wars hate. Let’s try and forget about all of this, this and this for now. Remember back to when the original Star Wars trilogy was pure. A time when there was no Internet and the mystery of the coming movies was solved only by going to the theater on opening day....

Cary Elwes Returns For Saw VII 3D, Full Plot Synopsis And Cast Revealed By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2010 11:45 am EST What was it I just said earlier about today being a day for coverage of sequels nobody wants? Oh, hello there, Saw VII 3D! LionsGate is at work on what may be the final chapter in the Saw franchise (oh, who are we kidding?) with editor turned director Kevin Greutert literally chained to the wheel....

Casting Bits: Jason Clarke In ‘Wettest County In The World;’ Ken Howard In ‘J. Edgar;’ Thomas McDonnell In ‘The Spectacular Now’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2011 6:00 am EST John Hillcoat’s revived project The Wettest County in the World has Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy set to appear when the film shoots later this year, and there is word that Mia Wasikowska might grab the main female role if her schedule permits....

Casting Bits: Mary-Louise Parker In ‘R.I.P.D,’ Danny Trejo In ‘Haunted High,’ Abigail Breslin In ‘Class Project,’ Michael Fassbender In ‘Prisoners’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2011 4:45 pm EST Little known fact: casting never stops in Hollywood because movies constantly need actors. See? You learn something new everyday. Here’s one such update with five films that have all made major additions to their cast. After the jump read much more about:...

Disney Converting The Lion King To 3D; Roger Rabbit Sequel Update; The Snow Queen Shelved For Now By Russ Fischer/June 22, 2010 10:13 am EST Disney is a studio that knows how to mine its back catalog; no other company has been as adept at re-releasing films to an eager audience. Looks like the latest to be mined will be The Lion King, which the studio is working to convert to 3D....

Donnie Yen Offered Role In ‘The Expendables 2’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2011 11:37 am EST Here’s something that’ll get me into the theater for The Expendables 2 right quick, if it pans out: Donnie Yen, one of the current champion fighters on film, has been offered a role in The Expendables 2. That’s according to Twitch, which says that producer Avi Lerner offered Yen a “tailor-made” role in the film, which should shoot in October....

Eddie Murphy To Voice ‘Hong Kong Phooey’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2011 3:15 pm EST In the ’70s, the animated fighting kung-fu dog Hong Kong Phooey was a minor television favorite, in part thanks to the work Scatman Crothers did voicing the character. Now the mutt is set for a hybrid live-action/animated big-screen revival, in which the late Scatman will be replaced by Eddie Murphy. A press release recaps the show effectively:...

Gong Li To Star In Tarsem Singh’s Marco Polo Project By Angie Han/May 30, 2012 10:00 am EST After making a name for himself with lush, visually oriented fantasies like The Fall and March’s Mirror, Mirror, Tarsem Singh could be getting a little more grounded with his newest project. The filmmaker is preparing to direct a historical drama about the explorer Marco Polo. While the iconic figure has yet to be cast, the English-language film has found its first star in the form of Chinese actress Gong Li....

Hanna Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2010 3:00 pm EST Focus Features has released a movie trailer for Joe Wright’s Hanna, which stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) as a 16-year-old killing machine in. Saoirse plays the title character in Hanna, who has been “raised from childhood to be the perfect assassin by her ex-CIA man father (Eric Bana) in rural Finland.” As you’ll see in the trailer below – this is NOT Hit-Girl....

Hayao Miyazaki To Make A Film About Nuclear Power? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 28, 2011 2:00 pm EST There is one popular conception of Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki as the Japanese Walt Disney, a man who makes the ultimate family films. And, yes Miyazaki has made some particularly family-friendly movies like Ponyo, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and My Neighbor Totoro. But all of Miyazaki’s films have a strong point of view behind them, several have a sort of genuine activist bent....

High-Res Photo: Jeff Bridges And Hailee Steinfeld In The Coen Brothers’ ‘True Grit’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 17, 2010 12:08 pm EST Briefly: With festival and awards seasons coming up fast, we’ve got a lot of new images arriving from the fall’s bumper crop of movies. (Thankfully, the lineup looks a lot more promising than the summer’s was.) Not long ago we showed you the first official still from the Joel and Ethan Coen version of True Grit....

International NSFW ‘Drive’ Trailer Has New Footage, Old Plot Reveals By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2011 6:24 pm EST I think Nicolas Winding Refn’s film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling as a stuntman/getaway driver who is pulled into a difficult situation through his attraction to his next-door neighbor (Carey Mulligan), is pretty great. (Bryan Cranston, pictured above, plays a supporting role; I wanted to give him some header image attention.) I’d love to have a trailer to show you that is the great key to selling audiences on the movie without showing too much....