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By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2014 3:30 pm EST Because Dwayne Johnson doesn’t have enough action/adventure franchises already, he could find himself with yet another one on his hands. The actor has confirmed he’ll star in The Janson Directive, based on the book by Bourne author Robert Ludlum. Akiva Goldsman is writing the script. Hit the jump for more on the Dwayne Johnson Janson Directive casting. Reports that Johnson could lead The Janson Directive began circulating in July....

Ewan McGregor Cast In Angels & Demons By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2008 1:48 am EST Yesterday it was announced that Ayelet Zurer (Munich) had landed the lead female role opposite Tom Hanks in Ron Howard’s summer ‘09 prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons. Tonight it was revealed that Ewan McGregor will play Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca, the late pope’s closest aide who helps symbologist professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in the investigation of a murder and a plot to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave....

Lee Pace In Final Talks To Play ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Villain By Angie Han/April 23, 2013 2:30 pm EST Having cast several good guys already for Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn is now moving on to the film’s bad guy. According to a new report, Lee Pace is closing in on a deal to play the villain. The character’s identity is officially being kept under wraps, though we’ve heard it’ll be The Controller....

Listen To Terry Gilliam’s Out Of Print ‘Fisher King’ Commentary By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2014 1:30 pm EST Tragic as the reason was, there’s been a muted pleasure in seeing people go back to The Fisher King in the wake of Robin Williams’ death. The 1991 movie is among the least flashy of Terry Gilliam’s films, and one that in the past decade or so seems to have taken a back seat to consideration of higher-profile films like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys....

Page 2: GOT, Pacific Rim, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2013 11:00 am EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Star Wars, Frozen, Peter Pan, Twilight Zone, Walking Dead, Muppets, Tarantino, Jeff Bridges, House Of Cards By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2014 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: Born in the 80’s t-shirt How Reese Witherspoon could end up with three Oscar nominations this yearThe Five Most Likable Villains on TV Fett Lucky t-shirt ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at 75: Why We Can’t Take the Black-and-White-to-Color Gimmick For Granted ORDINARY F**KING PEOPLE: MODES OF VERISIMILITUDE IN “BOYHOOD” AND RICHARD LINKLATER’S “BEFORE” MOVIES...

Peter Dinklage’s ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Role Is Not CG, Says Bryan Singer By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2013 9:43 pm EST When Bryan Singer first announced that he’d added Peter Dinklage to the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the popular guess was that he’d be playing Alpha Flight member Puck. But that theory was quickly thrown out when a report spread that Dinklage would actually be playing the villain, which led to further fan speculation that Dinklage could be voicing a CG character....

Photos Of Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz And Milla Jovovich In ‘The Three Musketeers’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2010 1:00 pm EST NO PHOTOS Production on Paul W.S. Anderson’s 3D The Three Musketeers is in full swing and more photos from the set have appeared online. Last week, the first batch of images surfaced and this second wave features Orlando Bloom in a stunning pompadour as the Duke of Buckingham, Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richelieu and the director’s wife, Milla Jovovich as M’lady De Winter....

Ryan Guzman Is Rio In ‘Jem And The Holograms’ By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2014 5:06 pm EST The first four actors for Jon M. Chu’s Jem and the Holograms movie have been announced, but there are more to come. The next piece of the puzzle is the actor who’ll play Rio. In the original cartoon that is being updated for the film, Rio Pacheco was the band’s road manager and tech guy, and also the love interest for Jem....

Sequel Bits: ‘Terminator 5’, ‘Blair Witch 3’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ By Angie Han/March 24, 2014 4:00 pm EST The narrative timeline for Terminator: Genesis seems a bit confusing, but the production timeline is much more straightforward. The long-awaited sci-fi sequel will start shooting “around April 24” in New Orleans for release on July 1, 2015. [@colliderfrosty] After seven long years, the Veronica Mars movie sequel was finally released last weekend....

Spike Lee Reveals First ‘Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus’ Image And Soccer Short ‘The Game’ By Angie Han/June 12, 2014 9:30 am EST Spike Lee’s Oldboy was a big fat flop, but he could be bouncing back in no time. Even before that remake premiered, he was getting the pieces together for his next feature Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Today, we have a first look at the indie horror romcom, which centers around people who are addicted to blood....

VOTD: The History Of Comic-Con In 4 Minutes By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2014 6:00 am EST Today the /Film team is headed to 2014 San Diego Comic Con International. The convention has become a huge venue to premiere the latest movie, television, comic books and video game projects. The event has actually grown so big that it has overgrown the San Diego Convention Center and is now taking over other venues around San Diego in a series of sponsored and non-official events....

Watch: ‘Thor: The Dark World,’ ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ And ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Presentations From D23 Expo By Germain Lussier/Aug. 12, 2013 1:00 pm EST The D23 Expo has come and gone but the content just keeps on flowing. Marvel has posted videos of their presentations from the Live Action event, featuring cast members from Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as some discussion of Guardians of the Galaxy....

Watch Five Minutes Of ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Plus WonderCon Video Blog By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2014 11:20 am EST Then, as an added bonus, we’ll also discuss our thoughts on footage screened from Wes Ball’s YA adaptation, The Maze Runner. Check out the How to Train Your Dragon 2 opening and a video blog reaction blow. First up, Yahoo premiered the first five minutes (which is actually the first eight minutes, edited down) of How to Train Your Dragon 2....

‘Ant-Man’ Loses Edgar Wright By Angie Han/May 23, 2014 1:04 pm EST Ant-Man is getting new director. Edgar Wright has just dropped out of the Marvel movie, owing to “differences in their vision of the film.” Paul Rudd is still leading the cast of the superhero film, which also stars Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly. More details after the jump. Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film....

‘Coherence’ Trailer: How Well Do You Know Your Friends? By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2014 7:00 am EST Some people liked the idea behind the low-key sci-fi film Coherence, but were pretty irritated with the first teaser trailer. The movie follows the events of a night in which an “astrological anomaly” affects life on Earth, and it looks very much like a film for fans of Primer. If you want to see more, this full Coherence trailer for the film might help....

‘Elstree 1976’ Trailer: Meet The Masked Actors Of ‘Star Wars’ By Russ Fischer/May 9, 2014 3:15 pm EST Star Wars made, well, stars out of actors like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. But they’re only a few of the actors who populated the film. A couple others, such as Alec Guinness, had been stars for decades. Others, many of whom were part of the film’s masked cast, saw their characters rocket to incredible popularity as the actors themselves remained relatively anonymous....

‘Frozen’ Teaser Trailer: Cold War Erupts Between A Snowman And Reindeer By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2013 11:08 pm EST Frozen started off as a pretty straight-up adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s story The Snow Queen. But, as we detailed earlier today, it mutated to become something rather different. Now it is a story of “two sisters torn apart by a big family secret,” with Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel) as the elder sibling, who cursed her kingdom to be permanently on ice, and Anna (Kristen Bell) as the younger, who tries to find Elsa after she flees the kingdom....

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Helmer Jon M. Chu Lands A Dystopian YA Franchise Of His Own With Disney’s ‘Matched’ By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2013 3:40 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Based on the novel by Ally Condie, the story follows a society in which all citizens’ choices are made for them — everything from what to read to whom to marry. When a chance computer glitch shows young Cassia the flaws in the system, however, she decides to try and forge her own path....

‘Kon-Tiki’ Directors To Helm ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2013 4:31 pm EST The directors of the Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki are directing the next Pirates of the Caribbean film. Norwegian directing team Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg will soon sign to helm Pirates of the Caribbean 5, starring Johnny Depp, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Jeff Nathanson. They were at the top of a short-list that went around a few weeks ago and will quickly move ahead hoping to start filming later this year or very early next year aimed at a July 10, 2015 release....