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Anne Hathaway Approached For ‘Les Miserables’? By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2011 11:00 am EST Casting rumors have been swirling around Les Miserables, Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation of the megahit Broadway musial, for quite some time, but this one seems more solid than your usual water cooler chatter. Star Hugh Jackman is reportedly pushing Anne Hathaway for the role of Fantine, the unwed mother of Cosette. (Or, if neither of those charcter names mean anything to you, feel free to think of Fantine as the one who sings Susan Boyle’s signature song “I Dreamed a Dream....

Christopher McQuarrie To Write And Direct Adaptation Of UK Miniseries ‘Unforgiven’ By Germain Lussier/June 25, 2013 4:39 pm EST Everyone assumes Oscar-winner Christopher McQuarrie is going to direct Mission: Impossible 5, but that may no longer be the case. He’s apparently turning his attention back to a project he was attached to in 2010. It’s called Unforgiven and is a feature adaptation of a UK miniseries about a woman who serves a 15-year prison sentence for the murder of two cops who came to her house to evict her....

David Fincher Offers ‘Gone Girl’ Lead To Ben Affleck By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2013 11:30 am EST Just this morning there were gossip rag reports about Ben Affleck having a meeting with David Fincher, and here’s the result: the director has offered the actor a plum role in Gone Girl. Fincher is directing an adaptation of the Gillian Flynn novel for Fox, with an eye towards production this fall. With the role being tossed Affleck’s way, the big question is how this works with Affleck’s plan to direct his own new movie, Live by Night....

Disney Now Has The Right To Distribute New ‘Indiana Jones’ Movies By Angie Han/Dec. 6, 2013 3:13 pm EST The Mouse House hasn’t officially announced a new Indiana Jones movie since it acquired Lucasfilm last fall, but it may have just gotten one step closer. Disney and Paramount announced today that they have reached a distribution and marketing agreement for the franchise, which gives the former rights to any future Indy films....

By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2013 10:15 am EST Transformers: the Movie means many things to many people. To some, it was a formative tale of the death of a loved one. To others, it brought the words “You’ve Got The Touch” into the popular vernacular. And it’ll always be remembered one of the final films of Orson Welles’ career, giving the movie a unique place in popular culture. All of that comes together in the latest poster officially licensed by Hasbro for the Acid Free Gallery....

First Footage: Russell Brand And Helen Mirren In ‘Arthur’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2011 5:30 pm EST I’ll say it: I like Russell Brand. Came as a big surprise to me, too. What was once a sort of uncomfortable tendency to chuckle at his antics has evolved into a full-on acceptance of his manic energy and total willingness to do just about anything for a laugh. I understand why people don’t like him, but I’m in the fan club....

Latest ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Image Teases A Lavish Wedding By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2014 2:00 pm EST Big things are in store for Kermit and company in Muppets Most Wanted, including an international tour and a continent-spanning caper. But the most exciting event of all may be a wedding, if the latest image is to be believed. The bride, of course, is Miss Piggy, who’s been after Kermit for years. But whether the pig and the frog will actually make it down the aisle seems to be another question....

Netflix Makes First Foray Into Original Children’s Programming With Series Based On DreamWorks’ ‘Turbo’ By Angie Han/Feb. 12, 2013 11:49 am EST DreamWorks’ Turbo won’t even be in theaters for another five months, but the super-speedy snail at its center is already racing ahead to Netflix. The streaming service has just announced Turbo: F.A.S.T., a new series based on the upcoming feature. The program is part of Netflix’s overall efforts to push into original programming, and will be the first Netflix-exclusive series aimed at children....

New ‘Power Rangers’ Movie Will Share Continuity With Original TV Show By Germain Lussier/July 22, 2014 3:00 pm EST If you spent days and weeks of your life watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as a kid, that knowledge is about to pay off. In a new interview, the producer of the recently announced new film, Roberto Orci, said the upcoming film is not a reboot. It will, in fact, share continuity with everything that’s been set up before it....

Page 2: Star Wars, Charlie Brown, Home Alone, Breaking Bad, Transformers, Ghostbusters, Spartacus By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2013 9:00 am EST Header Photo: Chewbacca Riding A Velociraptor On A T-Shirt Wins The Day The Snubs & Surprises Of The 2014 Spirit Award NominationsMeet the 2014 Indie Spirit Award Nominees “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Artist: Dave Perillo 10 Screenwriters to Watch: Veteran Scribes on How to Stay Afloat Honest Movie Trailers: Home AloneC’mon Hollywood: Stop making lazy spoofs and parodies!...

Philip Seymour Hoffman Talks About Personal Happiness In Touching Animated Short By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2014 2:00 pm EST Despite Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death earlier this year, the actor will continue to appear on screens for just a while, thanks to films completed before his passing. This short, however, is unexpected. Using a conversation with Simon Critchley recorded on December 22, 2012 at the Rubin Museum of Art, a team at PBS assembled a lovely animated short that captures the actor’s views on pleasure, happiness, and family as they relate to his own life....

RoboCop Bits: See Detroit’s RoboCop Statue, Frank Miller Writing New Comic, Remake Reveals New Set Photos And Video By Angie Han/May 13, 2013 4:16 pm EST A quarter century after the release of Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop, the cyborg police officer remains as well loved as ever. In fact, today we’ve got news about three different versions of the character coming our way. First, we have the first peek at the statue going up in Detroit, which is based on the original (1987) version of the character....

Saorsie Ronan, Gabriella Wilde, Or Alicia Vikander Could Star Opposite Cate Blanchett In Mark Romanek’s Cinderella By Angie Han/Nov. 30, 2012 5:50 pm EST The revisionist Snow White fable The Order of the Seven was scrapped several months ago, but prospective star Saoirse Ronan may get her shot at playing a Disney princess just yet. Provided she can beat out the competition, that is. Along with Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) and Gabriella Wilde (Carrie), the Host actress is one of three names in the mix for Mark Romanek’s live-action Cinderella adaptation....

See The Creation Of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Behind The Candelabra’ In 12-Minute Featurette By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2013 12:27 pm EST The first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biography Behind the Candelabra, airing on HBO later this month, didn’t show us much of the work Michael Douglas did to bring the late entertainer back to life. This long featurette on the making of the film gives us a lot more to look at, while also introducing quite a few other elements of the film....

Sony Moving Forward With A ‘Captain Planet’ Movie By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2013 5:36 pm EST Well-known, environmentally conscious cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers might finally be making a leap to the big screen. The story of five kids from different continents who are given powers to fight pollution, and combine to make the titular superhero, ran for over 100 episodes in the mid-’90s. Since then, producers have tried to bring it to big and small screens alike, with Funny or Die getting the closest by actually casting Don Cheadle to parody the character....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Thor, Avengers, Man Of Steel, The Wolverine, Joker By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2013 3:00 pm EST Which other Spider-Man villain is hinted at on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Tumblr? How did the Joker take over the Thanksgiving parade in 1989? How close to true are the Ant-Man casting rumors? What does the Rise of Electro logo look like? Where is Ant-Man filming? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Hellboy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2014 4:00 pm EST Want to see the first image of Robert Downey Jr. on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron? Where is there an officially licensed Hellboy art show? Does Marc Webb think J. Jonah Jameson will appear in upcoming Amazing Spider-Man movies? What Spider-Man-related comment did Andrew Garfield say to make Emma Stone mad?...

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 64 - The Days Of Rat Funerals Are Over By David Chen/March 17, 2014 5:00 pm EST Here is the “Million Dollar Rabbit”, Thistle. Is he really worth that much? The truth is he is probably worth more. We’re making a Tobolowsky Files movie! Back us at theprimaryinstinct.com. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

Three-Minute ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ UK Trailer Bursts With New Footage By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2014 8:34 am EST In commercials, trailers, and sizzle reels, it feels like we’ve already seen 10 or 15 minutes of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. But the sequel, which opens May 2, is jam-packed with characters and a new international trailer yet again proves we ain’t seen nothing yet. It runs three minutes and features a very good portion of new footage, most of which focuses on Jamie Foxx’s Electro, a primary figure in the story who’s been an afterthought in much of the more recent promotions....

Trivia: Paul McCartney Was Asked To Score A ‘Silver Surfer’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Dec. 26, 2013 9:30 am EST Beatles music in a Marvel movie. It sounds like a weird fanboy fantasy. Back in the early 1980s, however, it was actually a possibility. A producer was developing a Silver Surfer film in the early Eighties — as a cosmic rock opera. He sent Sir Paul McCartney some concept art to see if he was interested in writing music for the film....