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JCVD's Mabrouk El Mechri Directing Jessica Alba in Insiders
Even more comic book movies for Jessica Alba ? Apparently so. Pajiba says that they've learned Alba will star in an adaptation of Insiders , a series of Belgian graphic novels published by Dargaud . Apparently Alba herself put up the money to buy the rights with a little help from her ...
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First Photo from Shrek Forever After and a Storyline Update
That photo you see above is the "very first" official photo from DreamWorks Animation's Shrek Forever After . USA Today has a new first look article today debuting the photo as well as some new information on the franchise. Let's get the most important news out of the way first. Shrek ...
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Neve Campbell Says Wes Craven is Returning for Scream 4
These days franchises are getting rebooted and remade left and right, but for one particular popular horror franchise, it's going to pick up right where it left off. We've known about a Scream 4 (and a potential new trilogy) for quite some time now (hell, there's even a teaser poster out ...
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Stephen King Has Been Working on a Sequel to The Shining?
This isn't exactly news, but it's quite an earth shattering thought that could end up shaking cinema to the core. Recently The Torontoist attended an event where author Stephen King treated fans to a 15-minute reading from the author’s new novel, Under the Dome , as well as a candid ...
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First Look: Adrien Brody as a Drug Dealer in High School
Oh hell yes, you've got to see this! John Stalberg's High School is about a high school valedictorian who accidentally smokes weed with the local stoner and finds himself the subject of a drug test. So how does he get out of it? He gets the entire school high so that he can get "his ...
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Must See: Awesome Interactive Trailer Application for Avatar
This is actually pretty damn cool. Fox has launched an interactive trailer for James Cameron's Avatar using some impressive new technology. The "trailer" is a desktop application which you must install that runs using Adobe Air. Head over to avatarmovie.com/air to download it. Not only ...
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Interview: Cormac McCarthy's The Road Director John Hillcoat
Hitting theaters everywhere tomorrow is The Road , adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel and directed by Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat , of The Proposition previously. I first saw this wonderfully haunting film at the Telluride Film Festival ( read my review ) and thought it was an ...
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The Weekly Moviegoer - What Are Your Moviegoing Traditions?
The other day a friend was telling me about her Thanksgiving plans, which include the annual post-feast trip to the movies with her parents and siblings. She's an adult, yet she continues to follow this tradition of moviegoing that has been regular practice since she was a kid. And of ...
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J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot is Bringing Samurai Jack to the Big Screen?
Yea, you read that right. Hidden in an article on the Frederator Films blog (via Screen Rant ) was an update about a Samurai Jack movie in development. But it might not be exactly what you're thinking. Years ago, New Line Cinema picked up the rights to Jack to make both an animated movie ...
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J. Michael Straczynski Provides an Update on Forbidden Planet
You know what project we haven't heard about in a while? That Forbidden Planet remake J. Michael Straczynski was writing for Joel Silver! Let's not forget that rumor from last year that James Cameron was going to direct . But who can we go to for an update? How about J. Michael ...
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Francis Lawrence May Direct 'In the Small' Before 'Sgt. Rock'
From one comic book to another. Pajiba is reporting that I Am Legend and Constantine director Francis Lawrence may end up directing an adaptation of a graphic novel called In the Small before he ends up directing the Sgt. Rock adaptation we wrote about a few weeks ago. They explain that ...
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A 'Fantastic' Trip to Roald Dahl's Beautiful Estate & Museum
"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." That quote, found in Roald Dahl's very last book The Minpins , lingered on my mind as I walked around Dahl's gorgeous farm house in England. A month ago, Fox Searchlight invited a small group of web journalists to London, England and ...
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Mandarin Might Still Reappear as the Villain in Iron Man 3?
I know we're jumping ahead here, since Iron Man 2 is another six months out, but this a pretty good story, even though it's not necessarily something we haven't heard before. Actor Faran Tahir , who played Raza, the mysterious leader of the 10 Rings in the first Iron Man , was interviewed ...
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Joshua Jackson Will Fight Off Aliens in a 'UFO' Adaptation
Though my inner-child still knows him as Charlie Conway, captain of The Mighty Ducks , actor Joshua Jackson made an impressive leap from hockey and a certain titular creek into sci-fi. On the Fox TV series "Fringe," Jackson has investigated cases that would make Mulder and Scully blush. ...
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The Howling Set for Reboot - Werewolves Making a Comeback?
New Moon ? More like Old Moon ! Zing! Sure the second installment of the Twilight Saga raked in piles of money this past weekend, but even the trendy, emo vampire flick has illustrated that (as Will Smith's character from Men in Black might say) vampires are old and busted, but werewolves ...
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For Your Consideration - The Hangover for Best Picture?!
For Your Consideration - The Hangover for Best Picture?!
firstshowing.net — Wait, what?! Yep, this is real. While browsing Variety tonight, this ad popped up on the website,... asking for Academy voters to nominate the Warner Brothers' comedy The Hangover for Best Picture. We've seen plenty of For Your Consideration ads ... For Your Consideration - The Hangover for Best Picture?!
New Avatar Updates: Running Time, Cameron is Everywhere
As of today, there are only 26 days or 623 hours left until James Cameron's Avatar finally hits theaters. That means Fox is really kicking their marketing into high gear and Cameron himself is at the forefront of it. There's a whole boatload of new Avatar updates today, but I've picked ...
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Video Interview: Ninja Assassin Director James McTeigue
Hitting theaters next week for Thanksgiving is the most badass action-packed ninja movie you'll see this year - Ninja Asssassin . It's directed by James McTeigue , who got his start working as the Assistant Director for the Wachowski Brothers on The Matrix , then spun off and directed V ...
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Michael Bay Promises Megan Fox Will Be Back in Transformers 3
Yes, I know you're trying to forget about Transformers 2 , and this isn't helping. If you followed the big back-n-forth between Michael Bay and Megan Fox earlier this year, you might've been left wondering if she would actually return, considering it seemed the two were not on good terms. ...
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Watch This: Flashy Full-Length Season of the Witch Trailer
Lionsgate has debuted the full-length trailer for Season of the Witch starring Nic Cage and Ron Perlman on Fandango today. We previously featured a very short teaser trailer for this back during Halloween. If it weren't for Cage being so damn cheesy, I would say this actually looks pretty ...
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