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WTF: Producer Wants Meryl Streep For ‘The ExpendaBelles’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2013 4:30 pm EST You’d think The Expendables producer Avi Lerner might look to certain names for his “all-female Expendables” offshoot film, which for now he’s calling The ExpendaBelles. Sigourney Weaver, maybe, or Linda Hamilton. But he’s shooting for the moon, and he’s trying to get there on starship Streep. Yep, Lerner says he’s in talks with Meryl Streep to join his modern bacchae....

‘Better Call Saul’ Adds More ‘Breaking Bad’ Scribes By Angie Han/Dec. 21, 2013 11:00 am EST AMC’s Better Call Saul is calling up a couple of familiar names from the Breaking Bad days. Writers Thomas Schnauz and Gennifer Hutchinson have just signed on for the spinoff show, joining fellow BB alum Peter Gould. Bob Odenkirk will reprise his role as the super-shady lawyer. Hit the jump for the latest updates on this highly anticipated series....

‘Captain Phillips’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Negotiates With Desperate Pirates By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2013 7:59 am EST Tom Hanks stars in Captain Phillips, the new film from United 93 director Paul Greengrass. He’s the captain of the ship Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The first trailer showed the beginning of that hijacking, but this second trailer is more detailed and intense as it shows the actions and personalities of Phillips and the pirate leader, and hints at the military response to the situation....

‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ TV Spot Lays Out The Story So Far By Angie Han/June 11, 2014 1:30 pm EST Fortunately, the latest Dawn of the Planet of the Apes TV spot is here to get you all caught up. The new promo lays out the story so far, explaining how mankind and apekind got to this point in the story, and hints at the conflict that’s still to come....

‘Fast And Furious 7’ Finished Filming; Read A Heartfelt Letter To Fans By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2014 11:00 am EST After the tragic death of star Paul Walker, the fate of Fast and Furious 7 was very much in doubt. Everyone knew Walker would want nothing more than the film to be finished, and the cast and crew pulled together to get the movie done. New cast members were added and a later release date was set....

‘Harold & Kumar’ Team To Make Virginity Comedy With Producers Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2013 11:16 am EST After having a wedding and a reunion, it’s easy to forget the first American Pie was about high school boys trying to lose their virginity. It seems almost serendipitous, then, that the men who wrote and directed the last film in that franchise, American Reunion, will direct a new comedy with a similarly simple premise....

‘Maleficent’ Posters Play Up Angelina Jolie’s Piercing Gaze By Angie Han/March 10, 2014 1:06 pm EST With about two and a half months to go until the release, Disney has released two more Maleficent posters — one for the U.S. and one for the overseas market. Both feature Angelina Jolie’s fairy tale villainess and her piercing gaze, but only one takes pains to point out that this is also a Sleeping Beauty movie....

‘Man Of Steel’ Reimagines Origin, Leaves Door Open For ‘Justice League’ Without Christopher Nolan [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2013 11:01 am EST Two of the biggest questions surrounding Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel would be how much of the original origin he kept intact, and whether or not the film would feature cameos from other superheroes. Answers to those questions are both provided, or at least strongly suggested, in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly....

‘Rapture-Palooza’ Red-Band Trailer: “I’m Not Going To Let The Antichrist Steal My Girlfriend” By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2013 12:45 pm EST There are a whole lot of great people in Rapture-Palooza, written by Chris Matheson (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) and directed by Paul Middleditch (Separation City). The film features Anna Kendrick and John Francis Daley as a young couple navigating the slightly hellish landscape of Earth after the Rapture. Craig Robinson is the Antichrist, and Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Thomas Lennon, Ana Gasteyer, John Michael Higgins, and Tyler Labine are on hand, too....

‘RoboCop’ Licensing Reel Explains Suit Evolution, Features New Concept Art, Interviews And An Army Of RoboCops By Germain Lussier/Nov. 16, 2012 1:33 pm EST A new four-minute video meant to sell Jose Padilha’s remake of RoboCop to licensing and promotions companies might just end up selling you on the film, too. It features a ton of concept art from the film, including huge battles with multiple OmniCorp products and explains how the suit will evolve from the silver one similar to the original film to the black one that’s been a hot topic since images of it leaked online some weeks ago....

‘Supergirl’ TV Show In Development From Greg Berlanti By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2014 5:15 pm EST Now there’s a Supergirl show in development, too. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s pretty early on, and there’s no title, with producers reportedly considering stuff such as Super and Girl. Look beyond that, however, and hope for the best. More info on the new Supergirl TV series follows. Bleeding Cool originally reported the rumor that Michael Green (Gotham, Smallville, Heroes) was developing the show....

‘The Europa Report’ Teaser: Sharlto Copley Is Out Of This World By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2012 1:30 pm EST Directors like J.J. Abrams and Christopher Nolan can try all they want to keep their plotlines under airtight wraps, but when a property has as many passionate fans as Star Trek or Batman does, it’s impossible to avoid leaks completely. A relatively lower-profile project like The Europa Report, on the other hand, has a much easier time keeping reveals under lock and key....

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Quarter Quell Posters: Meet The Victors By Angie Han/July 16, 2013 1:10 pm EST The new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will hit this week during Comic-Con, but first Lionsgate would like you to get to know some of the new characters. A new series of posters for the 75th annual Games, known as the Quarter Quell, reveals some of the other former victors that Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) will face in the sequel....

David Goyer Says “It’s Too Early” For A Cohesive DC Universe By Angie Han/April 8, 2014 12:45 pm EST Just about every major studio is making some sort of attempt right now to build its own superhero cinematic universe. Some have found more success than others. Marvel, of course, is the gold standard, with a unified mythos that spans across both film and television. But Warner Bros./DC is trying to put up a fight too....

First Look: Adam Sandler As Jill In ‘Jack And Jill’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 15, 2010 8:00 am EST NO PHOTO Just Jared has the first set photo of Adam Sandler in costume (red cardigan, plaid skirt and brunette wig) for his latest shitty romantic comedy feature film Jack and Jill. The storyline follows Jack, a family man, who must deal with his twin sister Jill, who visits for Thanksgiving and won’t leave....

First Look: Forest Whitaker In Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’ By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2012 4:00 pm EST It took a couple of years after Precious for director Lee Daniels to get cameras rolling on his follow-up, the lurid Southern melodrama The Paperboy, but he’s barely even taking a breather before heading into his next picture. Even as The Paperboy gears up for its theatrical run, Daniels has already started shooting The Butler with Forest Whitaker in the lead as longtime White House servant Eugene Allen....

First Photo From ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Keeps The Dragon Just Out Of Frame By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2012 11:37 am EST Yesterday we saw an image billed as the first from The Hobbit: There and Back Again, which is the third film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s short novel The Hobbit. I wondered if that might have been a mistake in billing, and that the still might actually have been from the second film, The Desolation of Smaug....

Garrett Hedlund Could Play Captain Hook For Joe Wright In ‘Pan’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 23, 2014 5:00 am EST Briefly: The dark Peter Pan origin story Pan may have one of its main characters: Garrett Hedlund has been offered the role of Captain Hook. Joe Wright (Atonement, Hanna) is set to direct, with the film slated for a summer 2015 release. But Hedlund won’t be the villain; the film starts off with Peter and the future Captain Hook as friends....

Is The Post-Credits Sequence From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ In The Trailer? By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2013 8:47 am EST Despite all that, the biggest surprise in the trailer comes at the 1:16 mark. It’s a quick shot that, one site reports, is the post-credits tease of the Sinister Six. Did you catch it? Check it out below. ScreenCrush pointed this out. Here’s the moment in GIF form. MAJOR SPOILERS, obviously, but it’s in the trailer so maybe not....

Joe Carnahan Considers Killing Pablo Before White Jazz By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2007 11:47 am EST George Clooney and Chris Pine leave the big screen adaptation of White Jazz, so what is writer/director Joe Carnahan to do? Kill Pablo instead? That is an option that Smokin’ Joe is currently considering. Caranaha’s Pablo Escobar biopic, titled Killing Pablo, was finally greenlit earlier this month, after years of development. Carnahan originally planned to shoot the film with Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) attached to star, after White Jazz wrapped this Summer....