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There's really no denying that superhero movies are in their prime right now. Years ago, no one thought comic book adaptations would become the mainstream mega-hits that they are today. And to show us the history and evolution of that genre, we've got another great graph to feature today ...
Movies
Superhero Movie
While Mike White might not be a household name, you've surely seen him in bit parts of movies like School of Rock , Orange County and more recently Gentlemen Broncos . And what you might not know is that aside from acting in those films, White has also written or produced those and ...
Celebrities
Mike White
This American Life
I'm trying to slow down on our Avatar posts so as to not overload everyone with new footage, but this time I just can't help myself. IGN UK debuted a new featurette for James Cameron's Avatar today titled Human Hardware . It's actually a very impressive featurette looking at the design ...
Celebrities
Avatar
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James Cameron
As angry as I am about the swift moves to remake the spectacularly reviewed Let the Right One In , it wasn't the first time I had felt similar emotions in an all too familiar scenario. Back in 2007, El Orfanato ( aka The Orphanage ) hit theaters and gained considerable buzz and attention ...
Movies
The Orphanage
I often get tired of writing about sequels that will never happen, but just because people want to see them, they always continue to exist as rumors forever and ever. Comedian extraordinaire Judd Apatow recently appeared on the Funny or Die Writer's Room live stream (found via The Playlist ...
Movies
Superbad
The Pineapple Express
If there's one thing that will stop a movie dead in its tracks, it's one of the filmmakers being sent to prison. Such is the case with the developing horror sequel Silent Hill 2 . While a sequel might not seem necessary or even desired, certain fans and, of course, the producers feel ...
Movies
On the eve of the release of New Moon , Summit has debuted the official trailer for Remember Me , starring their money-making hunk Robert Pattinson. However, don't write this off so quickly, as it also stars Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, and Emilie de Ravin as the love interest. And ...
Celebrities
Robert Pattinson
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Emilie de Ravin
Have video game movies finally started to get to a point where a high profile star like Brad Pitt can lead them? Variety announces that Pitt's company Plan B and Reliance Big Pictures have purchased the rights to the video game Dark Void from Capcom. They will be developing a feature film ...
Movies
Brad Pitt
Yes, there have been lots of rampant rumors surrounding the villains and additional casting for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 , and just today a new rumor spawned about a supposed casting meeting with Julia Stiles for the role of Black Cat. Well, some speculations might be shot to the ground ...
Movies
Anne Hathaway
Spider-Man 4
The AMPAS has chosen 15 films from the qualifying 89 documentaries to its shortlist. The hopefuls, vying for a final spot in the Documentary Feature category of the 82nd Academy Awards, are listed below, but the list is not without a bit of controversy. Some prominent omissions include the ...
Celebrities
If you go see Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans this weekend and walk out of it thinking, how the hell did this movie get made and come together this way, well, here's the story. A few weeks ago I met up with producer Alan Polsky (seen to the left with Herzog) at a ...
Celebrities
Werner Herzog
It's been quite awhile since we heard about Zack Snyder's forthcoming adaptation of the children's book series Guardians of Ga'hoole . After the project was announced in early 2008, there was some minor casting news way back at the beginning of this year, but development has been pretty ...
Movies
Zack Snyder
Just over a decade ago was the time when I first became familiar with the raunchy, comedic work of auteur Kevin Smith. And while I'm still a fan of his work, I think I'm more grateful for his bringing actor Jason Lee to a wider audience. Over the past few years, he's been tied up in the ...
Celebrities
Jason Lee
Jason Reitman
Here's our first look at the final poster design for James Cameron's Avatar . They essentially added a lush background and half of Jake Sully's face onto the teaser poster . Our friends at Awards Daily are right - this looks a bit too similar to the Benjamin Button posters , but oh well. ...
Movies
Avatar
James Cameron
Universal has had plenty of frustrating , worrisome and even recent problems with Wolfman and it looks like they're still reeling from them, as new info buried deep in a Variety article (found by SlashFilm ) says editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch have been brought in to help salvage ...
Movies
The Wolfman
Joe Johnston
Just yesterday, our friends at SlashFilm reported that Rachel McAdams denied the rumors that said she was up for Black Cat in Spider-Man 4 , and while they seem pretty confident that she's just keeping secrets, her genuine surprise at the thought says otherwise, on top of the fact that we ...
Movies
Spider-Man 4
Julia Stiles
Spider-Man
You can't handle the Casting Tidbits! First, Variety reports Jennifer Hudson has been cast in Winnie , a biopic of the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. Directed by veteran South African filmmaker Darrell J. Roodt (who also co-wrote the script with ...
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Jennifer Hudson
Craig Ferguson
Eric Dane
I don't know what this is, but it looks frickin' awesome ! Twitch has found a handful of new photos from an upcoming Thai film called Bang Rajan 2 that's actually the sequel to a little-known film from 2000 called Bang Rajan . The original is a period epic about a group of outnumbered ...
Movies
After first debuting at the Cannes Film Festival some six months ago, Alejandro Amenábar's Agora has finally been picked up for distribution in the US by Newmarket Films (who has released other indies like Death of a President and Passion of the Christ ). Agora is an ambitious $60 million ...
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Cannes Film Festival
Rachel Weisz
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Those sneaky French! Last week, Lionsgate debuted the
teaser trailer for Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass . Because of
an accidental early leak, that teaser kind of got lost in the mix with the Clash of the Titans trailer (which was also released the ...
Kick-Ass Teaser Trailer with Matthew Vaughn Commentary
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