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Bruce Willis Circles Indie Kidnapping Thriller ‘Captive’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 9, 2014 8:00 am EST Briefly: Two and a half years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger was looking at the action thriller Captive, back when he was mulling a whole bunch of post-Governor gigs. He never made the movie, but it’s still kicking around, and now his one-time fellow expendable Bruce Willis is in talks to star in the film. The movie is an indie with a kidnapping plot that has Simon Brand set to direct, and a March start date penciled in....

Check Out The First Stills From Wes Ball’s ‘The Maze Runner’ By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2013 5:00 pm EST Here are the first images from The Maze Runner, thanks to MTV. The film, starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Will Poulter, is scheduled for release February 14, 2014. For more on the story, here’s the description of the book: When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name....

Chris Morgan Revising ‘Fast & Furious 7’ Script, Shooting Could Resume In January By Angie Han/Dec. 11, 2013 12:00 pm EST Production on Fast & Furious 7 has been on indefinite hold since the death of star Paul Walker on November 30, but sooner or later Universal is going to have to decide how it wants to proceed. Today, we have word that they’re making some tentative progress in that direction....

Christoph Waltz Will Be Mikhail Gorbachev In ‘Reyjkavik’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2012 9:00 am EST Christoph Waltz didn’t get to play one important figure from history, as he had to fall away from playing Sigmund Freud for David Cronenberg in A Dangerous Method. But roles out of history have to be thrown at an actor of Waltz’s capacity on a daily basis. Now he’s lunged at one, and will join Michael Douglas in the film Reykjavik....

Clint Eastwood May Take Over ‘Jersey Boys’ Film Adaptation By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2013 1:10 pm EST The musical has struggled to find new life over the past decade. Glee and similar TV shows may find success, and the occasional film, such as Chicago or Les Miserables, rises to prominence, but for the most part the musical remains a tough sell. Just look at the recent Oscar attempt to highlight great musicals of the last decade, which cast a spotlight on a bare handful of films....

David Lynch Working On New Script, Cast In Daughter’s Thriller ‘A Fall From Grace’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2013 2:30 pm EST It’s easy to be pessimistic about the state of David Lynch’s film career at this point. Outside the occasional fashion ad, music video or (admittedly pretty awesome) short film, the guy doesn’t now fall back to the movie camera as his primary creative device. But there are signs that he’s not done with film yet....

First Look: Hank Azaria As Gargamel In The Smurfs By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2010 4:08 pm EST NO PHOTO The first set photo of Hank Azaria as Gargamel in Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures’ big screen CGI/live action hybrid 3D adaptation of The Smurfs. has been released on SplashNews (via: ComingSoon). I’m not sure what to think of this. He definitely looks like the real life version of the animated character, but at the same time he looks beyond ridiculous....

First Look: In Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ Scarlett Johansson Gets Superpowers By Angie Han/March 28, 2014 11:30 am EST Okay, so it’s not quite the solo Black Widow movie we’ve been waiting for. But Scarlett Johansson is getting her own superhero movie this summer, sort of. The film is directed by Luc Besson, and in Lucy Scarlett Johansson is a young woman who gains “superhero-level” powers via some drugs. This being a Luc Besson movie, this naturally leads to her using her newfound abilities to kick a lot of ass....

First Look: The Mo-Cap ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ And Foot Soldiers [Updated] By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2013 3:59 pm EST Of course, we’ve all seen what motion capture suits look like before, but there are a few subtle differences here. First, the motion capture is being done outside and not on a closed set; that’s a technique that was revolutionized on Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Second, each actor has a massive mo-cap shell on their back....

Lego Will Officially Release ‘Ghostbusters’ 30th Anniversary Ecto-1 By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 10:00 am EST Lego is going to make the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters for the film’s 30th anniversary. The project was part of the Lego Cuusoo program last year, and we urged you to vote for it on this site. Well, it worked. The set got the 10,000 votes it needed, and Lego just approved the project over some other impressive sets....

LOL: How ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Would’ve Ended With JJ Abrams Directing, Bane Causes The Super Bowl Blackout And ‘Skyfall’ Honest Trailer By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2013 4:35 pm EST Anyone in the mood for a few chuckles should find them in one of the three videos embedded after the jump. We’ve got the ending of Return of the Jedi, if the film had been directed by Star Wars Episode VII director J....

Long ‘The Tale Of Princess Kaguya’ Trailer From Studio Ghibli By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2013 2:30 pm EST It’s been years since we saw the arrival of a period that was as rich for Studio Ghibli fans as this year has been. We get new films from not one of the studio’s major directors, but two: Hayao Miyazaki, with The Wind Rises (see the new US trailer here) and Isao Takahata with The Legend of Princess Kaguya....

Mark Ruffalo And Michael Keaton Enter Tom McCarthy’s ‘Spotlight’ By Angie Han/Aug. 11, 2014 5:00 am EST Tom McCarthy is recently wrapped a fanciful dramedy called The Cobbler, in which Adam Sandler plays a shoe repairman who walk in his customers’ shoes (in the metaphysical sense, not the boring literal one). But now the director is getting ready to head into much darker, heavier fare.Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Stanley Tucci have entered talks to lead McCarthy’s Spotlight, about the Catholic Church’s child molestation scandal....

NYCC: Mondo’s Poster Offerings Include ‘Kill Bill,’ ‘Lord Of The Rings,’ ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ And ‘Friday The 13th’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 16, 2012 9:00 am EST New York Comic-Con has come and gone, bringing with it big movie news, TV news and lots and lots of collectibles. And while some booths chose to reveal their collectibles in advance, one that didn’t was the crew at Mondo. They preferred to keep their first trip to New York a well-kept secret until the convention opened on Thursday....

Quidditch Documentary ‘Mudbloods’ Coming This Fall; See The First Poster By Angie Han/June 16, 2014 6:00 am EST The FIFA World Cup isn’t without its charms, but any Harry Potter fan worth his weight in Galleons knows that Muggle soccer has nothing on Quidditch. Soon, the rest of the world may come to realize that as well, thanks to a new documentary. Directed by Farzad Sangari, Mudbloods follows the UCLA Quidditch team on their journey to the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York City....

Rose Byrne To Reunite With ‘Bridesmaids’ Co-Star Melissa McCarthy For Paul Feig’s ‘Susan Cooper’ By Angie Han/Oct. 18, 2013 11:30 am EST A Bridesmaids sequel isn’t in the cards, but a Bridesmaids reunion could be. Rose Byrne has entered talks to re-team with her Bridesmaids co-star Melissa McCarthy and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig on Susan Cooper, a potential comedy franchise about a female James Bond type. More details on the upcoming project after the jump....

See Four New Images From ‘Powers’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2014 10:00 am EST Sony’s PlayStation Network gets its first original series in the form of Powers, which adapts the comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. The show follows two cops who police “powers,” which is the story’s term for super-powered individuals. Sharlto Copley and Susan Heyward play the homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, seen above....

Sequel Bits: Fast And Furious 7, Pirates Of The Caribbean 5, Star Trek 3, Dredd 2 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 12:15 pm EST The filming locations of two big sequels lead this edition of Sequel Bits. Read about those, and the following stories, below: Pirates of the Caribbean 5 will shoot in Australia in February. Star Trek 3 will primarily be shooting in Vancouver, BC. Dredd actress Olivia Thirlby tells fans she wants to make Dredd 2....

Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ Inspires Clothing Line For The Tech-Obsessed Romantic In Your Life By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2013 10:00 am EST As depicted in Spike Jonze’s Her, the future promises neither self-tying Nikes nor clear plastic skullcaps. Instead, we’ll all be wearing soft, colorful basics, like Gap pieces with a few offbeat tweaks. But if you don’t want to wait around for that future to come to pass, you can dress like a man in love with an operating system right now thanks to a new collection by Opening Ceremony....

Videos And Photos: Ride In A Tank With Arnold Schwarzenegger For ‘The Last Stand’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2013 7:00 am EST We weren’t going to war, we were going for a ride and the top of the tank seemed like the place to be. When presented with the option of a comfortable seat or the wind sweeping through your hair as a 1950s Austrian tank zipped around the Melody Ranch Studio in California, I preferred to be outside....