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David Lowery To Direct Benedict Cumberbatch In ‘The Yellow Birds’ By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2014 3:00 pm EST Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery is on a huge roll, with directorial attachments and screenwriting gigs coming out of the woodwork since the Sundance 2013. He’s writing and likely directing Pete’s Dragon, has a possible reunion with Casey Affleck in the project Two, and seems to have plenty of other projects brewing, such as The Old Man and the Gun with Robert Redford, and an adaptation of the graphic novel Torso....

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Frank Miller’s ‘Hard Boiled’ Finally Coming To The Big Screen [UPDATED] By Angie Han/May 15, 2013 2:30 pm EST [UPDATE: Solipsist Films has informed us that the details below have not been confirmed with their company. Original text follows.] Way, way back in 2001, David Fincher was set to direct an adaptation of Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow’s comic book Hard Boiled with Nicolas Cage in the lead role. (No relation to John Woo’s film of the same name....

Hans Zimmer May End Up Scoring ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2014 8:46 am EST Hans Zimmer provided the emotional sound of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, and he he helped build the soul of Zack Snyder’s new Superman, too, for Man of Steel. But Zimmer has been reluctant to commit to the Batman vs. Superman film that acts as sequel to Man of Steel, because it will bridge his own Superman, and a new version of Batman....

Jack Reynor Joins ‘Transformers 4,’ Which Begins New ‘Transformers’ Trilogy By Germain Lussier/Jan. 8, 2013 2:09 pm EST As rumored for the past few months, Michael Bay has officially announced that newcomer Jack Reynor has been cast opposite Mark Wahlberg in Transformers 4. Reynor is an Irish actor who caught Bay’s eye in the small film called What Richard Did. The director calls him “the real deal.” In Bay’s annoucnement, he’s also very specific in saying Transformers 4 is not a reboot....

Jesse Eisenberg Talks Lex Luthor In ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ By Angie Han/May 14, 2014 3:15 pm EST To say Jesse Eisenberg was an unexpected choice to play Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman is an understatement. The Internet practically exploded in shock and confusion after the casting was announced. But now that the dust has settled, we’ve moved on from debating whether he should’ve nabbed the role to wondering what he plans to do with it....

John Leguizamo Cast In M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2007 12:12 pm EST John Leguizamo has been cast in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, according to Variety. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg as a man who takes his family on the run, in an attempt to survive a natural global environmental crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. Mother Nature is sick of our polluting ways and has decided that we must go....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Added To Race For Lead Role In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 2, 2013 10:14 am EST What does this mean about his rumored connection to future Batman and Justice League movies? Read much more after the jump. According to Deadline, not only is Gordon-Levitt in the mix, there’s a small possibility he might have already been offered the role. It would be a huge surprise after a full month of speculation regarding other young actors like Joel Edgerton (Warrior), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas), Lee Pace (Lincoln), Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables), and Zachary Levi (Chuck)....

Marvel Studios Too Cheap To Pay Jon Favreau For Iron Man 2? By Hunter Stephenson/June 10, 2008 1:10 pm EST UPDATE 06/11/08: Let’s just say that if you want Fav aboard for Iron Man 2, umm, it’s a good time to let Marvel know. And everything was going so well! Today, Peter reported on director Jon Favreau’s moderately disconcerting statement to fans regarding Marvel Studios’ proposed 2010 release date for Iron Man 2....

Noah Baumbach Directing ‘Flawed Dogs’ For DreamWorks Animation By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2013 9:51 am EST Noah Baumbach’s last film, Frances Ha, was shot and finished without many people knowing about it; the director’s involvement was only revealed just before the film premiered at Telluride. He’s currently in production on the film While We’re Young, about which we also know little. Now it seems like the Greenberg and The Squid and the Whale director is taking a similar approach with another film; the difference is that this is an animated project, for a major studio....

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Quentin Tarantino’s First Wave Of New Beverly Programming Announced [UPDATED] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2014 3:15 pm EST UPDATE: Tickets are now on sale for the Pulp Fiction/Professional double feature. Late summer left Los Angeles repertory fans scratching their heads as the long-running New Beverly Cinema abruptly closed for the month of September with the promise of renovations and new programming to come starting in October. As it turns out, Quentin Tarantino, who owns the theater building and has long provided financial backing to the New Bev, decided to take over programming the theater, ditching a recently-installed digital projector and committing to film-only projection....

Redbox And Xbox Live Want Original Programing To Compete With Netflix By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2013 3:15 pm EST A Variety report on a recent panel discussion at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium sheds some light both on Netflix’s success, and other companies’ aspirations. CAA TV literary agent Peter Micelli estimated to the trade that Netflix is spending around $4m per episode for House of Cards and Hemlock Grove with another new show, Orange is the New Black, coming in just under that price per episode....

Ryan Gosling To Star In New Jack Ryan Film? By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 21, 2008 1:49 pm EST Gosling’s performance in The Notebook earned the females’ attention, Half Nelson earned him an Oscar nom, Fracture opposite Anthony Hopkins upped his exposure, and his last film, Lars and the Real Girl, was thought to be a quirky indie sleeper like Juno but proved a non-starter and split critics. A big budget action film sounds about right, unless he wants to keep to the Johnny Depp route....

By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2013 10:00 am EST The Palmersaurus Dinosaur Park is located in Queensland, Australia and features 160 animatronic dinosaurs ranging from 8 feet to 72 feet in length and up to 33 feet high. All your favorites are there: The T-Rex, Velociraptor, Pterodactyl and more. You can read more on Gizmodo, or watch this video for a brief tour. Attractions Magazine tweeted the below images of the London facade of Diagon Alley at the new Harry Potter extension at Universal Studios Orlando....

Three Marvel Movie Directors To Helm Episodes Of ‘Agent Carter’ TV Series [Comic Con 2014] By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2014 3:37 pm EST At today’s Marvel Television panel, the first four directors for ABC’s upcoming Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D prequel series Agent Carter were revealed. The four filmmakers all hail from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, both feature and short, and include some names you might not expect to be directing television. Find out who the Agent Carter directors will be after the jump....

Which Major Marvel Star Will Appear In The ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Season Finale? By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2014 5:00 pm EST A few characters from Marvel’s big-screen adventures have shown upon the Agents of SHIELD TV show during the course of the first season run. Now, with the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier playing directly upon the conclusion of this season, at least one actor has revealed an appearance in the Agents of SHIELD finale....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2014 7:00 am EST CW president Mark Pedowitz told THR “we did not go forward with it,” but noted that another take could be possible in the future. “It all depends on the script. We were very careful with Arrow, and we’re being very careful with Flash… These are iconic characters, so we’re going to be very careful with Wonder Woman. You only get one shot before you get bit....

‘Metegol’ Teaser Trailer: ‘The Secret In Their Eyes’ Director Animates Foosball Action By Russ Fischer/Jan. 4, 2013 2:29 pm EST Will we ever get to see Metegol, the new film from The Secret in Their Eyes director Juan José Campanella, in US theaters? Hard to say, as the animated film is about a foosball game coming to life, and foosball and soccer just aren’t as popular in the States as they are nearly everywhere else in the world....

‘Ride Along’ Trailer #2: Ice Cube Is Not A Kevin Hart Fan By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2013 6:00 am EST Ice Cube is so good at playing a no-nonsense cop, he’ll get to do it in two separate and unrelated movies next year. We got a trailer for one of those, 22 Jump Street, earlier this week. Now the other one, Ride Along, has released a new trailer as well....