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Movie Trailer: A Second Look At Jonah Hex By Russ Fischer/May 26, 2010 4:26 pm EST Here’s the synopsis. Trailer follows. Check out the HD version at IGN. More Jonah Hex Videos Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone…and anything. Having survived death, Jonah’s violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the “other side....

Oscar Finalists Announced For Animated And Live-Action Shorts By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2010 11:59 am EST Awards season is definitely upon us, with the Gotham awards and Independent Spirit nominations kicking things off. Now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist of ten animated and live-action shorts that will be considered for Oscar nominations. Three to five nominees will be selected from each category, and the nominations will be announced along with all the other Oscar nominations on January 25 2011....

POTD: ‘The Time Is Now’ For Andy Serkis, ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ And Oscar By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2011 5:00 am EST Serkis, who also worked with the technology in Lord of the Rings, King Kong and the upcoming The Adventures of Tintin and The Hobbit, is absolutely brilliant as Caesar, but you never see him on screen. Even so, the whole film hinges on his non-verbal performance....

Rumor: ‘The Expendables 2’ Rated PG-13 Because Of Chuck Norris? [Updated] By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2012 8:15 pm EST Even if it didn’t ultimately deliver, so much of the first Expendables’ appeal lay in its promise of no-holds-barred action: big stars, bigger guns, and limitless violence, all topped off with heaping dose of salty language. It’s tough to imagine a tamer, more family-friendly version of the movie having the same pull, and yet if a new rumor is to be believed, that may be exactly what we’re getting with The Expendables 2 — and it may all be Walker, Texas Ranger’s fault....

Spider-Rumor: Child Actors Sought For Young Peter Parker And Son Of The Lizard By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2010 1:15 pm EST People just can’t wait to find out what the storyline of Sony and Marc Webb’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot will be. There are too many possible options knowing what we do now — Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson are in the mix, as is the Lizard. That combination could lead to many things....

Steve Jobs: “You’ll Be Able To Watch A First Run Movie Before It Hits Theaters” By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2010 9:24 am EST Yesterday Apple co-founder / chief executive officer and Walt Disney Company board member Steve Jobs was interviewed on stage at the D8 Conference where he talked about a variety of topics, including the future of movies. According to Jobs, the movie industry needs to change to preserve the value of the content....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Terra Nova’ Series Premiere Moved From May 2011 To Fall 2011 By Angie Han/March 14, 2011 7:00 am EST Apparently, special effects are to blame for the delay — here’s the quote from the press release (via TVOvermind.com): Though it’s understandable that something as complex and effects-heavy as Terra Nova might need a bit of extra time, this is just the latest setback for a show that’s already had a rocky production history....

THR’s 2010 Awards Watch Animators Roundtable By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2010 2:00 pm EST It’s award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Earlier this month they posted an one-hour discussion between screenwriters Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole)....

Watch The Trailer For Netflix’s First Original Series ‘Lilyhammer’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 3, 2012 12:00 pm EST In order to survive, Netflix is getting in the business of producing and distributing original content alongside their portfolio of catalog movies (a model first made profitable by HBO). I’m sure you’ve all read that they will be brining back Arrested Development in 2013. A couple other series are in the works, the first of which will premiere on Monday, February 6th 2012....

Wes Anderson And Noah Baumbach Producing New Peter Bogdanovich Film, ‘Squirrel To The Nuts’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2010 3:00 pm EST I’m still waiting for Peter Bogdanovich to fulfill the mandate handed him by the late Orson Welles to finish the legendary director’s final film, The Other Side of the Wind. But that film is the victim of a long list of legal and technical troubles, so I can forgive him for the decades the project has taken....

Winnebago Man Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2010 12:12 pm EST The film Winnebago Man traces a legacy of viral videos from the days of VHS tape trading to the early intersection of web videos and YouTube. Inspired by a montage of outtakes in which a motorhome pitchman curses wildly while making television commercials, documentarian Ben Steinbauer tracked down the man in the montage, Jack Rebney, and found a rather unique personality....

‘Project Nim’ Trailer: Where Does The Line Between Man And Animal Really Fall? By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2011 6:29 pm EST ‘From the director of Man on Wire’ is all a film needs to get my attention, and Project Nim definitely does not look like it is going to disappoint. The film, which explores the relationship between man and other species through the lens of a loose experiment designed to teach sign language to a chimp, premiered at Sundance to very good notice....

‘Stay Cool’ Trailer – Mark Polish Hangs With Hilary Duff, Samwise Gamgee, And Sawyer Ford In High School Reunion Comedy By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2011 5:00 am EST Back in 2009, the Polish Brothers, Mark and Michael, released two films on the festival circuit: The Smell of Success premiered at Sundance, while Stay Cool opened at Tribeca. Now, two years later, both films are finally getting released in theaters. The Smell of Success just got a very limited opening this month, and Stay Cool will be hitting theaters September 16....

‘World War Z’ Plot Description Reveals Massive Change From The Book By Germain Lussier/Aug. 10, 2011 1:15 pm EST The subtitle of Max Brooks’ awesome book World War Z is “An Oral History of The Zombie War.” From page one, the book takes place in a world where zombies and humans have already waged an epic war and now a researcher is traveling the world, talking to survivors to try and put together some of the pieces....

Anthony Hopkins Will Be Methuselah To Russell Crowe’s ‘Noah’ By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2012 10:00 am EST Director Darren Aronofsky joined Twitter not long ago, and has been sending the occasional short missive from Iceland as he shoots Noah. The film stars Russell Crowe as the title figure, and also features Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Ray Winstone, and Douglas Booth. Now Aronofsky has announced that Sir Anthony Hopkins will appear in the movie, and suggests that he is playing Methuselah....

Clive Owen May Be Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Bad Guy By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2011 3:45 pm EST I’m going to keep this rather short because I don’t think at this point there’s much I can speculate about the Spike Lee remake/new version of Oldboy that I haven’t touched on a few times. The short version is that, working from a script by Mark Protosevich, Spike Lee has Josh Brolin set to play a guy who is kidnapped off the street and imprisoned for 15 years, only to be let out and teased about the identity of his persecutor....

Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s Crazy 4 Cult 4 Preview #2 By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2010 10:00 am EST If you’ve been reading /Film for a while, then you know that I love good movie-inspired art. And the superbowl of movie art is Crazy4Cult, an art show put on every year by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. This year’s show will open on July 9th, and we have seen the first batch of artwork premiere online....

Dustin Lance Black Says ‘Hoover’ Shoots Early Next Year, Is Told From J. Edgar’s Perspective By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2010 2:30 pm EST Last night there was a report that Clint Eastwood wants Joaquin Phoenix to play associate FBI director Clyde Tolson in Hoover, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as the famous FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. That set me to wondering once again about the nature of Dustin Lance Black’s script for the film....

First Look: Ben Affleck In Odd Real-Life Hostage Thriller ‘Argo’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 26, 2011 3:00 pm EST Germain’s prepping his ‘10 most anticipated movies for 2012’ list right now and I’ll probably put one together as well just as soon as I get back from Texas. One movie I’m pretty sure will be on his list and I know would be on mine is Argo, the third film directed by Ben Affleck....

By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 6:53 pm EST James Mangold is Fox’s choice to take over The Wolverine after Darren Aronofsky walked away months ago. The director has been offered the job, but hasn’t signed a deal yet. If things go well, The Wolverine should shoot this fall.Deadline has the report, saying that negotiations are about to start, but it would be surprising to see James Mangold not take the job....