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Robert Downey, Jr. Producing Film About Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2011 7:30 am EST To movie fans, the WWII sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a familiar tale. Robert Shaw’s gruff, poetic account of the ship’s fate — and of the shark-infested waters into which the crew plunged after torpedoes broke the ship into pieces — is one of the crowning moments in Jaws. It’s one of the enduring film monologues, period....

Rosamund Pike Is The Lead In David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 11:40 am EST The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of Pike’s probable casting. Based on the 2012 novel by former Entertainment Weekly editor Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl was a massive hit thanks to its innovative structure and jaw-dropping twists and turns. In fact, it was the best selling book of 2012 not associated with the Fifty Shades of Grey series....

See And Hear Bradley Cooper Voicing Rocket Raccoon In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2014 11:13 am EST Were you disappointed that the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy did not include the voice of Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon or Vin Diesel as Groot? We were, too. But turns out we don’t have to wait for those reveals. If you want to hear Cooper as Rocket, you’re in luck: Marvel and Disney have just released a short character profile video that shows a bit of new Rocket footage, and lets us hear Cooper’s take on the voice....

Shia LaBeouf Comes Out Of Retirement To Join Bill Murray In ‘Rock The Kasbah’ By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2014 8:11 pm EST So much for retirement. Just three weeks after his dramatic announcement that he would “#stopcreating” in the wake of the Daniel Clowes plagiarism scandal, Shia LaBeouf has booked a new movie. LaBeouf has just joined Bill Murray in Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah, along with Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, and Zooey Deschanel....

Star Wars Bits: Disney Projects 40 Years Of Content; Plus Disney Infinity, C-3PO And ‘The Old Republic’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2014 12:45 pm EST There was actual Star Wars movie news Tuesday when a Disney shareholders letter revealed Star Wars Rebels would debut with a full length movie. However, that wasn’t the only interesting thing in the document. Below, read about another huge piece of information and more. Disney thinks they have 40 years worth of content thanks to Star Wars....

Superhero Bits: Avengers Age Of Ultron, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/Dec. 30, 2013 3:00 pm EST Want to see a new photo from X-Men: Days of Future Past? Has a composer been selected for Avengers: Age of Ultron? How can you read the Avengers sequel’s original comic story (or the one the title comes from, at least) for cheap right now?...

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Secret Service, Injustice, Man Of Steel, Kick-Ass 3, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. By Germain Lussier/Oct. 7, 2013 5:30 pm EST Want to see the first images from Matthew Vaughn’s The Secret Service? Does Warner Bros. have big plans for DC properties on television? How do you unlock all the armors in the Iron Man 3 JARVIS app? Who has a problem with a certain name in Agents of S....

The 4th Season Of ‘Arrested Development’ Delivers With Comedy And Narrative Complexity By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2013 3:30 pm EST Seven years have passed since the third season of Arrested Development finished on February 10, 2006. Since then, the fanbase has grown by leaps and bounds. People continue to discover the show through word of mouth, home media, and through the increasing fame of its stars. On May 26, 2013, the unusually long hiatus ended when the cast and crew unveiled a highly anticipated fourth season on Netflix....

Trivia: Steven Spielberg Added Flames To Appease MPAA In ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2013 8:00 am EST A behind the scenes photo from Raiders of the Lost Ark has unearthed an interesting story from one of the most iconic adventure films of all time. As we all know, when the Ark is opened at the end of the film, all of the evil Nazis and their supporters are killed in incredibly gruesome ways....

VOTD: Everything You Need To Know About Avengers 2’s The Vision By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2014 12:00 pm EST It has been reported that Paul Bettany will be playing The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Kevin Feige refused to officially confirm the character when Germain asked him this week, but it seems like a sure thing at this point. So who is The Vision? What do you need to know about this Marvel comic book character before we ramp up our excitement for Avengers 2?...

‘A Teacher’ Teaser: Teacher And Student Get Hot And Heavy In Sundance Drama By Angie Han/April 19, 2013 6:00 am EST Whenever news breaks that a female teacher has been caught sleeping with her male student, as happens every so often, reactions tend to run one of two ways: Either she’s the seductive villain preying on a poor innocent boy, or he’s the lucky kid who got to bang a hot older lady....

‘Ghostbusters 3:’ Ivan Reitman No Longer Directing, Will Film Late 2014/Early 2015 By Germain Lussier/March 18, 2014 5:36 pm EST Ghostbusters 3 is as close to filming as ever, but it just lost a very important piece of the puzzle. Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Ivan Reitman revealed he will no longer direct the project, instead stepping into a producer role. Reitman directed of the first two installments in the blockbuster franchise and revealed the tragic passing of star Harold Ramis cast the film in a new light for him....

‘HitRECord On TV’ Trailer: The Joseph Gordon-Levitt Variety Half-Hour By Angie Han/Dec. 5, 2013 3:27 pm EST Having taken over the big screen to the point where it seems like no big-budget pic gets made anymore without his name entering the mix, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now turning his attention back to the small screen. His production company HitRECord has just released a new trailer for their series, the rather simply-titled HitRECord on TV....

‘Star Trek 3’ Would Likely Center On Klingons By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2013 11:45 am EST As is usually the case when a major franchise sequel is on the horizon, talk quickly turns to a potential follow up. Robert Downey Jr., for example, was hounded about doing Iron Man 4 before this weekend’s Iron Man 3. With Star Trek Into Darkness just a couple weeks away, the cast and crew of that film are being grilled about what a potential Star Trek 3 might be....

‘The East’ Trailer #2: Brit Marling Fights, Falls For Eco-Terrorists By Angie Han/April 25, 2013 12:30 pm EST Marling plays a private intelligence operative who’s tasked with infiltrating The East, an underground eco-terrorist group that’s been wreaking havoc on the lives of her powerful clientele. Once she’s in, however, she begins to fall for its leader (Alexander Skarsgard) and finds herself rethinking her own priorities. Watch the video after the jump....

‘The Pacifier’ Reunion Brews: Adam Shankman Will Direct Vin Diesel In ‘The Machine’ By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2013 3:00 pm EST

Are These The Comics That Inspired The ‘Justice League’ Film Script? By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2012 10:40 am EST The problem with a superhero team-up movie is you need a believable reason to have such varied characters together on screen. Humans, aliens, gods, mortals, rich, poor, trained, enhanced, it’s almost as if every single superhero belongs in their own box. The way Marvel was able to make The Avengers mash-up believable was build it up with several hours of backstory, in the form of five movies....

Brandon T. Jackson Could Be Eddie Murphy’s Son In ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Series By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2012 1:30 pm EST Eddie Murphy tried for years to get a Beverly Hills Cop IV off the ground, but when that failed to come together he switched gears to focus instead on a TV series about Detroit cop Axel Foley’s son. It already seems like he’s having much better luck with the new approach....

Gareth Edwards Directing First ‘Star Wars’ Spin Off Film, Due December 16, 2016 By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2014 3:54 pm EST It also means we won’t see Godzilla 2 until well after 2016. Edwards is still attached to that film as well as a Godzilla 3. The Hollywood Reporter first broke this massive news. Originally they said there’s no word on which of the three unannounced films but then Star Wars....

Judy Greer Goes To ‘Jurassic World’ With Katie McGrath And Lauren Lapkus By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2014 5:13 pm EST Jurassic World has a new contingent of lady visitors, as Judy Greer of Arrested Development and Archer has signed a deal to appear, as have Katie McGrath (Dracula, The Tudors) and Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the New Black). They join the leads, played by Bryce Dallas Howard (as a scientist employed by the park) and Chris Pratt as “a dino wrangler with a cowboy attitude....