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Will Smith To Star In And Produce Modernized ‘The Wild Bunch’ Remake By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2013 1:12 pm EST Is Will Smith looking to make up for balking at starring in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained by starring in a remake of one of the biggest landmarks in the Western canon? Smith has signed to produce and star in the remake of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, which Warner Bros. has been trying to kickstart for a few years....

Writer Doesn’t Think Jean Claude Van Damme Should Be In ‘Bloodsport’ Remake By Germain Lussier/Oct. 8, 2012 3:52 pm EST It should surprise no one that a remake of the 1988 action film Bloodsport has been in the works for some time. The original is well-known for launching Jean Claude Van Damme into action superstardom. It follows his character, Frank Dux, as he infiltrates a deadly martial arts competition, and eventually fulfills his destiny by besting all competitors....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Testing Actresses Such As Alison Brie And Emilia Clarke; Scarlett Johansson Likely To Turn Up By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2012 5:50 pm EST We know that Chris Evans is returning for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but there has been a big question mark over the identity of his primary female co-star. Hayley Atwell was well-liked as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, but that film’s final jump forward in time makes the character not viable for the sequel....

‘Draft Day’ Trailer: Kevin Costner Leads Blacklist-Topping NFL Drama By Germain Lussier/Dec. 24, 2013 8:24 am EST Unless you eat, sleep and breathe football, draft day is an afterthought (at best). Who cares what happens when 32 teams pick up some random players from college? Fans, however, know draft day is the point when franchises are made or broken. Hall of Fame players are selected for your roster, or passed up and taken by your rivals....

‘Elysium’ Viral Campaign Kicks Into High Gear; Promises Event Next Week By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2013 9:12 am EST Thanks to MovieViral (via First Showing) for the heads up. The first update comes to the site armadyne.net, which has been up and running since Comic-Con 2011. Many new links have gone active on the site with tons of information teasing the story of how Elysium came to be, the technology behind it and what it really is....

‘Kung Fu Panda’ Director, Jeff Bridges, James Franco, Rachel McAdams Board ‘The Little Prince’ By Angie Han/June 6, 2013 8:30 am EST Seventy years after its initial publication, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic The Little Prince remains a favorite of readers both young and old. It was inevitable, then, that it’d be headed back to the big screen eventually. Fortunately for those who hold it dear, it sounds like there’ll be some serious talent on board to get it right....

‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Sequel Song Trailer By Angie Han/Feb. 27, 2014 11:05 am EST 2011’s The Muppets was a rousing success, earning big box office returns and strong reviews to completely reinvigorate the flagging Muppets brand. So naturally, Disney’s now following it up with a sequel. Because “that’s what we do in Hollywood,” as Kermit sings in the latest trailer. So cue the Muppets sequel song… The newest promo for Muppets Most Wanted features tons of new footage along with our first listen at the charming opening number, “We’re Doing a Sequel....

‘Portal: No Escape’ Director Dan Trachtenberg To Direct ‘Y: The Last Man’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2013 5:31 pm EST Former Totally Rad Show host and director of the popular short film Portal: No Escape, Dan Trachtenberg, has been hired by New Line to direct Y: The Last Man, based on a series of comics by Brian K. Vaughan. Last Fall, news broke that the studio was making a priority of the project – about an apocalyptic timeline in which every male on the planet dies, save for one....

‘The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain And James McAvoy Struggle With Life By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2014 1:30 pm EST The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby may look like a pretty standard romantic drama, but it has an unusual origin. The film, which is the debut of writer/director Ned Benson, originally played the Toronto Film Festival in very different form. There, it was two films, “Him” and “Her,” which together told the story of the difficult relationship between Conor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain), and the aftermath of a particularly difficult time in their lives....

‘The Last Of Robin Hood’ Trailer: Kevin Kline Is Errol Flynn By Angie Han/June 24, 2014 3:30 pm EST Errol Flynn will always be remembered as a silver screen icon, but the latest biopic about him is more interested in what happened after he reached the peak of his career. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, The Last of Robin Hood follows the roguish hero (played here by Kevin Kline) in his last years....

‘The Theory Of Everything’ Trailer Starring Eddie Redmayne As Stephen Hawking By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2014 2:30 pm EST Following its enthusiastically received film festival debut, James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything has revealed a gorgeous new trailer for general audiences. Eddie Redmayne stars Stephen Hawking, tracing his journey from spirited young student to modern-day icon, while Felicity Jones plays his girlfriend / eventual wife / even more eventual ex-wife Jane Wilde....

‘This Is The End’ Review: A Balls-Out, Unapologetic Apocalyptic Comedy By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2013 3:30 pm EST On paper, there’s no way This Is The End should work. There are too many stars and too many wacky ideas for a pair of first-time directors to handle. Six famous actors, each playing themselves (or “themselves”) have to survive the end of the world while massacring some of Hollywood’s A-list? That’s just insane....

‘Yeezus’ Trailer: Kanye West Is Coming To The Movies By Angie Han/Feb. 27, 2014 5:00 pm EST Kanye West has unveiled the first Yeezus trailer, and it’s… something. The music is fantastic, as you’d expect, and the imagery is colorful, arresting, and bizarrely beautiful. What’s missing is any explanation of what Yeezus actually is. West’s website simply says that it’s a film “directed by Hype Williams coming to theaters,” and from what we can tell it looks like a concert film from his Yeezus tour....

Cool Stuff: LEGO Springfield From ‘The Simpsons’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 4, 2014 2:00 pm EST It’s no secret Lego and The Simpsons are currently best buds. Lego released the Simpson House earlier this year, The Simpsons aired a full Lego episode recently and you can buy Lego Simpsons mini-figures at pretty much any major store. Rumors have been swirling that Lego will eventually release more iconic Springfield buildings. While that has yet to be confirmed or denied, one Master Builder took it upon himself to get building....

Donal Logue Offered Harvey Bullock, Not Jim Gordon, On Fox’s ‘Gotham’ By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 1:15 pm EST Well, now the word is that Logue was indeed telling the truth. He hasn’t been cast as Gordon in Gotham at all — because he’s been offered the part of Detective Harvey Bullock, according to a new report. Get the latest update on this show after the jump. At the time that the Commissioner Gordon rumor first hit, Logue tweeted that the story was “not true!...

First Plot Details Revealed For ‘22 Jump Street,’ Plus Casting Continues By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2013 2:30 pm EST The sequel to 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, was always going to take place in college. That much was locked in from the film’s final scene. But what would Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) be doing with their time? Those story points have begun to leak out as casting for the sequel, scheduled for release June 13, 2014, continues....

Isaiah Mustafa, Dave Bautista, And Brian Patrick Wade Vie For Drax The Destroyer, John Krasinski Also Up For Peter Quill In James Gunn’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Angie Han/Jan. 3, 2013 8:39 pm EST Here’s yet another addition to the growing list of possibilities for Peter Quill / Star-Lord in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. A source is reporting that John Krasinski is being considered for the role, though with so many stars associated with the role at this point, it’s tough to say how likely Krasinski really is to land the part....

James Mangold Attached To Make ‘The Deep Blue Good-By’ Movie By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2014 1:15 pm EST For a long time Leonardo DiCaprio was attached to star in the film, with directors such as Oliver Stone among the most prominent to take a crack at developing the project. Deadline reports that Mangold will work from the draft scripted by Dennis Lehane. Here’s the plot of the novel: Jame Mangold is also in development on a new Wolverine movie, and there’s no telling whether this one or that sequel might go first....

Legendary Officially Reveals ‘Warcraft’ Teaser At Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2013 12:42 pm EST Green skies, a barren desert. Close up on a pair of eyes, and a slow pan down to a huge sword. At Comic-Con Saturday morning, Legendary revealed a first look at what Duncan Jones’ Warcraft could be. Based on the popular video game World of Warcraft, the director of Moon will start shooting early next year....

Magnolia Picks Up Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Serena’ Because No One Else Will By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2014 4:00 pm EST You’d think a historical drama starring a white-hot Oscar nominee and an even hotter Oscar winner would have no trouble getting released in the U.S. But in the case of Susanne Bier’s Serena, you’d be wrong. The Jennifer Lawrence / Bradley Cooper pic started shooting all the way back in 2012 and has only now found an American distributor, who plans to dump the movie in early 2015....