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Casting Bits: Denzel Washington Offered ‘Secret In Their Eyes’ Remake, Will Forte Joins ‘Neighborhood Watch’, Isla Fisher Replaces Amanda Seyfried In ‘Now You See Me’ By Angie Han/Sept. 16, 2011 4:30 pm EST Denzel Washington has reportedly been offered the lead role in the English-language remake of The Secret in Their Eyes, which is being helmed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass). The original Argentinian version, by director Juan José Campanella, was a critical success that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture in 2010....

Catherine Hardwicke In Talks To Direct ‘The Maze Runner’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2010 3:00 pm EST The Playlist reports that the director’s rep confirmed that she is in ’early negotiations’ to direct the film, which is set up at Fox. James Dasher will write at least the first draft of the script — always an interesting move having the author of a novel script the film. There’s a balance between having all the insider knowledge the author inevitably must possess, and not being able to get enough distance from the story to brutally pare it down into cinema-ready form....

Dan Aykroyd Working On ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Script By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2010 11:32 am EST Will there be a Ghostbusters 3, or will there not be? According to everyone but Bill Murray, the project is definitely happening. Mr. Murray has called it a crock, a myth, and just about every other unkind word a gentleman might use. More specifically, he has disparaged the talents of The Office writer/producers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, who penned the first Ghostbusters 3 draft after writing the bomb Year One....

Eminem To Brawl In ‘Southpaw’ From ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2010 11:00 am EST Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter has just sold a pitch to DreamWorks called Southpaw, which has Marshall “Eminem” Mathers attached to star. Eminem will play a left handed, world champion boxer whose life is crushed by a major tragedy and has to fight his way back to the top. Sutter is currently writing and will have a draft of the screenplay done by February, when he’ll start working on the next season of his show....

First Clip From Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 1:00 pm EST Focus Features has released the first video clip for Sofia Coppola’s new film Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. In the clip Dorff and film-within-the-film co-star Michelle Monaghan have a cold interaction while doing a photo shoot for a movie they’re promoting. Hit the jump to watch it now. The clip below thanks to the Reelz Channel: Sofia Coppola’s (Lost in Translation) new film Somewhere tells the story of Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), “a bad-boy A-List actor stumbling through a life of excess while living at Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont Hotel....

First Look: Possible Blue Beetle Live-Action Television Series By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2010 2:30 pm EST Over the weekend, comic book writer Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, The Flash) revealed on Twitter (spotted by Mel Valentin) that DC/Warner Bros is “hoping to develop a live-action show. Fingers crossed!” I’m guessing this is one of the WB’s possible answers to the fastly approaching series conclusion of Smallville. Johns also announced that they “have a live-action test of Jaime Reyes’ scarab activating his suit....

First Official Look: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan And Joel Edgerton In ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2011 9:00 am EST After a healthy crop of spy pics have shown up showing Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan in costume for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, here are the first official shots from Warner Bros. They certainly look good, but it would be difficult not to with a $100m+ budget and that cast....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2011 4:00 am EST Wait, a remake of a documentary? How does that work? First up, the film is described on the Sundance programming site as follows: Here’s the trailer: In response to police corruption, the private detective business has become increasingly common in India. The Bengali Detective follows the life of detective Rajesh Ji, who, along with his ragtag team of assistants, investigates cases ranging from counterfeit hair products to a brutal triple murder....

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Guillermo Del Toro’s Van Helsing Might Have Starred…Tom Cruise? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2010 7:55 am EST Briefly: So Guillermo del Toro is directing At the Mountains of Madness (finally!) with James Cameron producing. Thanks to those years spent developing The Hobbit, that’ll be the first picture he’s directed since Hellboy II. But just before the news of GdT making his Lovecraft film came up, there was a report that he was developing a new Van Helsing film for Universal....

Interactive Movie Trailer: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World By Adam Quigley/Aug. 5, 2010 3:10 am EST I’m not normally one to be taken in by gimmicky marketing tactics, but this interactive trailer for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (via Yahoo!) is legitimately fascinating, and a fittingly creative way to sell the film’s atypical style. It’s loaded with behind-the-scenes videos, audio commentary by co-writer/director Edgar Wright, comic book comparisons, trailer soundtrack info, and an assortment of other cool tidbits and easter eggs....

Is Josh Hutcherson The New Spider-Man? By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2010 5:09 pm EST Over the last couple months Logan Lerman’s name has been the focus of the Spider-Man rumor mill. But Sony keeps denying that Lerman is in consideration for Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot. IESB has a new candidate to add to the mix: Josh Hutcherson, who you may have seen in films like Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Zathura, Bridge to Terabithia, Runaway Vacation, the upcoming acclaimed Sundance film The Kids Are Alright, and the Red Dawn remake, which is due out later this year....

Lasse Hallström Directing ‘The Hypnotist’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2011 2:30 pm EST We’ve had a few years where one of the biggest questions in development news was ‘what can be the new Twilight?’ Will the new question be ‘what’s the new Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?’ With David Fincher hard at work on the first English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novel, you can bet that will be one of the most-asked questions in studio exec offices in 2011 on both sides of the Atlantic....

LOL: The Last Exorcism On Chatroulette By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2010 9:00 am EST I’ve never used Chatroulette, but I once attended a show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in Los Angeles called Chatroulette Live where some improv comedians do their thing using the live face-to-face internet chatting website live on stage. It’s a hilarious show, and if you ever have the chance, see it. That said, I think I’ve gathered all I need to know about Chatroulette from that experience....

New Iron Man 2 Viral Website: CordCo By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2010 11:58 am EST A couple weeks back, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment released a new viral website for Iron Man 2: AccuTech Research & Development, a subsidiary of Stark Industries, which has plans to premiere a breakthrough in anthropo-robotics — the new HazTech robotic exoskeleton, at Stark Expo 2010. Earlier this week a video leaked on YouTube, appearing to be a bootleg clip from a presentation of a new technology from Stark Industries....

Page 2: Up, Serenity, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, The Muppets, Star Wars, Star Trek, Beauty And The Beast, Transformers, Ghostbusters, Battlestar Galactica, David Fincher By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2011 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Adorable Up cosplay. Nerve lists Terry Gilliam Films From Worst to BestQMx has released a 1:400 scale model of Serenity.F. Scott Frazier (The Numbers Station, Line of Sight) has sold a new spec script Autobahn to the British production company/financier Between the Eyes....

Peter Jackson Talks New King Kong 3D Ride By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 10:46 am EST As you probably know by now, the Universal Studios backlots were set ablaze in June 2008, destroying sets and one of the park’s signature attractions — King Kong. The ride has been part of the park’s tram tour for over 20 years. But when the fire destroyed the attraction many speculated that Universal would replace it with a ride based on a more recent movie property....

Pixar’s Newt Officially Canceled By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2010 1:30 am EST The Pixar Blog has finally confirmed something we’ve suspected for quite some time, Pixar’s newt has been officially canceled. The film’s entry was missing from the new Disney encyclopedia Disney A to Z, and author Savid Smith confirmed to the blog that “the film has been cancelled.” Floyd Norman commented earlier this year on animation message boards that “Newt is dead”, and we’ve been trying to get confirmation from Disney and Pixar ever since....

Real-Life Weirdness: Marvel Lawyers Insist Mutants Aren’t Human By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2011 11:30 am EST This is a strange one. While fictional characters in the Marvel Universe — the heroes at least — typically argue a position that says mutants and humans are not really different, and should be afforded the same rights, in the real world the company’s position is somewhat contrary. In the non-fictional world, our world, Marvel is taking the position that mutants are not humans at all....

Rumor: Javier Bardem And Viggo Mortensen Are Frontrunners For ‘The Dark Tower’? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2010 3:37 pm EST It’s probably the slowest week of the year and one of the more difficult times when it comes to verifying thinly-reported info. Just two weeks ago the LA Times talked to Ron Howard on the subject of his upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s massive series The Dark Tower. The project is in the early stages, with Akiva Goldsman scripting, but casting supposition is already in full swing....