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Taylor Lautner, Nicolas Cage And Others On ‘Expendibles 2’ Wish List By Germain Lussier/Aug. 25, 2011 4:30 pm EST Moviehole’s article is the one that drops these new names. They’re source also said of this wish list, it’s a “big list, man. Most offers yet to go out.” Basically the filmmakers made a list of all the big action actors they’d love to be in the movie if budget, script and schedule weren’t a factor and haven’t offered most of them a role yet (Yen was, however, but is waiting on the script)....

Third Transformers Film Titled ‘Transformers: The Dark Of The Moon’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 8:56 am EST More on this as details come in. Michael Bay directs, and the film stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Alan Tudyk, Ken Jeong, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich. It opens July 1, 2011.

Tom Hiddleston Added To Jim Jarmusch’s Vampire Move ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 31, 2012 9:30 am EST Briefly: It’s been quite a while since we heard anything new about the next film from Jim Jarmusch. All we’ve known is that the indie icon would soon be making a vampire movie with Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska as the vampires, and John Hurt playing another role....

TV News: Ron Moore Revamping ‘Wild Wild West’; Shelley Conn Joins ‘Terra Nova’; Guillermo Del Toro Rebooting ‘The Munsters’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 8:02 pm EST The last time the TV show Wild Wild West was revamped, it resulted in an atrocious Barry Sonnenfeld film that stands as one of the more forgettable big-budget pictures of the ’90s. But the last time Ronald D. Moore revamped a show the result was the new Battlestar Galactica, which was better than anyone would ever have expected....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2011 4:30 pm EST [Deadline] Miles Fisher as Zack Morris; Nick D’Agosto as A.C. Slater; Emma Bell as Jessie Spano; Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Kelly Kapowski; David Koechner as Principal Belding; Ellen Wroe as… Lisa Turtle? (Kristy Barnes?); P.J. Byrne as Screech

‘Middle Of Nowhere’ Trailer: Prison Separates A Devoted Couple In Sundance Best Director Winner By Angie Han/July 25, 2012 4:00 pm EST Last King of Scotland actor David Oyelowo has been poised on the brink of stardom for some time now, and while he’s not quite there yet he could be soon. He’s due to appear in a slew of buzzy projects over the next couple of years, including Lincoln, Jack Reacher, and The Butler....

‘Mortal Kombat: Legacy’ Episode One Premieres By Germain Lussier/April 13, 2011 7:00 am EST Tuesday marked the nearly one year-in-the-making premiere of a brand new Mortal Kombat online web series called Mortal Kombat: Legacy. The series is co-written and directed by Kevin Tancharoen who directed Fame as well as a 2010 viral video that spawned this series. It follows Sonja Blade (Jeri Ryan), Stryker (Tahmoh Penikett) and Jax (Michael Jai White) and they try and stop an evil crime ring run by Kano (Darren Shahlavi)....

‘Prometheus’ Blu-Ray Features Announced; Will Have Alternate Opening/Ending, Writer And Director Commentaries By Germain Lussier/Sept. 28, 2012 11:41 am EST Another big Blu-ray mystery has been solved this week. After months of speculation over what Ridley Scott would include on the Blu-ray release of Prometheus, the final list of features has been revealed. There isn’t a specific set of deleted scenes, though 10 minutes of them have already leaked online, but there will be an alternate opening and ending, as well as director commentary by Scott and screenwriter commentary by Jon Spaiths and Damon Lindelof....

‘Rise Of The Guardians’ Teaser Trailer; DreamWorks Animation Tackles Mythic Figures By Germain Lussier/March 28, 2012 10:30 am EST Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and Jack Frost are real and it’s their job to protect the children of the world. That’s the basic setup for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming 3D film Rise of the Guardians. The film is directed by Peter Ramsey, and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and William Joyce, based on the Guardians of Childhood books from the latter....

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2011 4:45 pm EST Oh, romance! Wait, no, it’s just the human-on-sparkle-vampire love story Twilight, which will come one step closer to ending on November 18 when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is released. See the new trailer, in which Bella and Edward’s marriage leads to a night of serious sex and the worst pregnancy since Rosemary’s Baby, after the break....

‘Thor 2’ Pushed From July To November 2013 [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2011 2:05 pm EST Now that Disney is moving forward with Lone Ranger, even giving the movie a revised release date (May 31, 2013 — more on that movie in a few minutes) the studio is moving some other things around. Most notably, Disney has pushed Thor 2 back from July 26 2013 to November 15, 2013. That July 26 date isn’t going to be devoid of Disney product, however, as the studio will stick Phineas and Ferb in there....

32 Cuts Later, ‘Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’ No Longer Banned In Britain By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2011 10:15 am EST After all the buzz and controversy surrounding Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)‘s “banned in Britain” status, director Tom Six and the British Board of Film Classification have finally reached an agreement that will allow the film to be screened in the UK after all. Six has made 32 cuts totaling two minutes and 37 seconds to his film, and the new version is apparently toned down enough that the BBFC has deemed it acceptable for viewers 18 and up....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Playing An Angel In Action Thriller ‘Black Sands’? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 2, 2012 4:00 pm EST In a few months, Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to shoot Black Sands, the next film on his comeback trail. It will follow The Last Stand, an action film set near the Mexican border, which was directed by Kim Ji-woon (I Saw the Devil; The Good, the Bad, the Weird). Black Sands should start shooting on April 1....

Batman Live Stage Show In Development By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2010 8:57 pm EST At this point, I’m not sure if we’ll ever see the Spider-Man Broadway musical that has been in development for years. We certainly have a much better chance of seeing Batman on the stage. HeatVision has learned that Warner Bros and DC Comics are developing a Batman live stage tour, produced by Nick Grace Management and Water Lane Prods....

Ben Affleck To Star In And Direct ‘Argo,’ Won’t Do ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Germain Lussier/April 19, 2011 3:30 pm EST After the unexpected success of The Town, Ben Affleck found himself in the unique position of being an extremely hot director. Since then, he’s been circling or offered several different directorial projects including American Bullshit, Replay and Tales From The Gangster Squad but had yet to settle on his follow-up....

Casting Notes: Angelina Jolie As Cleopatra; Summer Glau And Danny Pudi In ‘Knights Of Badassdom’, Shawn Hatosy In Dexter, Michael Rooker In The Walking Dead By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2010 5:05 pm EST Add Cleopatra to the list of subjects that are being developed by multiple producers at once. A new biography of Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, is about to be published, and Michael Pietsch of Little, Brown says that Scott Rudin has picked up the rights to the book (he actually bought the rights years ago, before the book was even written) and is working with Angelina Jolie to develop a movie from the material....

Comic Con: Joss Whedon Talks About Casting Mark Ruffalo And Jeremy Renner In The Avengers By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2010 5:00 pm EST Now that Joss Whedon has made his official public debut as the director of The Avengers, he’s going to spend months fielding questions about the approach to making Marvel’s very ambitious superhero team movie. Some of the first questions have been about casting one new role and recasting one returning character....

By Germain Lussier/Sept. 14, 2011 6:00 pm EST Whether or not you’ve seen Michael Anderson’s 1976 sci-fi film Logan’s Run, you’re going to be hearing a lot about it in the coming weeks. Initially the discussion will be about the proposed remake directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling because their first collaboration, Drive, hits theaters on Friday. Later, Logan’s Run will be referenced when Andrew Niccol’s In Time is released next month because both films share the similar narrative idea of a world where people only live to a certain age....

Cool Stuff: Glen Brogan’s Back To The Future 2 Art By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2010 9:00 am EST West Virginia-based artist Glen Brogan recently created an an awesome Back to the Future: Part II graphic for the UK-based Front Magazine. You can see the full image after the jump. I wish this image was available as a print, but I’ve been, so far, unsuccessful in getting a response from Glen on Facebook about the possibility....

Cool Stuff: Officially Recognized, Working Kaneda Motorcycle From ‘Akira’ By Germain Lussier/April 12, 2012 6:00 am EST If the question “What do people love most about Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga turned classic japanimation film Akira?” was on some alternative, amazing version of Family Feud, Kaneda’s motorcycle would be the number one answer. Sure the animation is fantastic, story compelling and voice acting emotional. But it’s that motorcycle that sells the movie. People all over the world have tried to create it, continue to buy toys of it and now one man has built a model so perfect, even the Akira creator has recognized it as official....