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‘GI Joe 3’ Hires A New Screenwriter For Dwayne Johnson-Focused Sequel By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2014 6:00 am EST The two G.I. Joe films have been moneymakers for Paramount, and the studio is moving forward with the third installment. Hit the jump to find out who has been hired as the new GI Joe 3 screenwriter. Screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin has inked a deal to write the threequel. According to Variety, most of the cast are expected to return, and the story is likely to revolve around Dwayne Johnson’s character Roadblock....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Animated Series Coming To Disney XD; Watch Full Comic-Con Panel By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2014 10:00 am EST Most people don’t know where Disney XD is on their television channel lineup, but that’s going to change soon. That’s not only where Star Wars Rebels will debut later this year, but also the home for a Guardians of the Galaxy animated show. There’s no word on exactly when it’ll air, but it’s a show that’s been in the works for a while....

‘John Dies At The End’ Anti-Piracy Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 28, 2012 3:46 pm EST Don Coscarelli’s film John Dies at the End, which features humans and monsters drifting between dimensions thanks to a popular drug, has been earning fans at festivals for the past year, and it is finally available to be seen by everyone thanks to the miracle of VOD. Many films that are available digitally also end up being seen by a lot of people thanks to piracy, and the marketing folks working for John Dies at the End have put together a great little trailer that hopes to prevent that from happening this time....

‘St. Vincent’ Trailer: Bill Murray Is The Grouchiest Babysitter By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2014 5:30 pm EST Bill Murray makes a return of sorts to the sort of character he played decades ago, in St. Vincent. The film casts Murray as a grouchy old dude whose life is invaded by new neighbors: Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) and her young son Oliver. Murray ends up babysitting for the kid, and teaches him the rules of life....

‘Star Wars’ Casting: ‘Rebels’ Gets Voices; J.J Abrams Comments Briefly On Cumberbatch By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2013 1:30 pm EST Star Wars: Episode VII will debut in 2015, but well before that chapter hits screens we’ll have another new Star Wars installment. Disney XD is putting together a new CG animated series, Star Wars: Rebels, and the first cast has been announced today. David Oyelowo, Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Gray and Steven Jay Blum will voice the lead characters in the show, according to a new report....

‘The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair’ Now In Developement By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2013 10:00 am EST Yet all three films have been much bigger successes overseas. So, after a few years of uncertainty, it seems audiences will be heading back to Narnia once again. The C.S. Lewis and Mark Gordon Companies have announced they are set to develop and produce The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair, based on the fourth book in Lewis’ series....

‘The Day’ Trailer: The Post-Apocalypse Plays At Midnight By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2011 11:09 am EST Yesterday I highlighted one of the films announced for the Midnight Madness program at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America. Today we’re back with another MM offering: The Day, a post-apocalyptic thriller that stars Ashley Bell, Dominic Monaghan, Shawn Ashmore, Cory Hardrict, and Shannyn Sossamon. This is actually the encore presentation of this teaser, which has been floating around for months....

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Features Almost 50 Minutes Of IMAX Footage By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2013 12:46 pm EST This weekend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is going to be the #1 movie at the box office. That’s a fact. The only question is exactly how much it’s going to make. $100 million? $150 million? $200 million? Fans are so rabid about the film, the sky is the limit. And while the majority of that number will be from traditional movie theaters, a percentage will be from IMAX too....

‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ Recruits Elizabeth Debicki Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2013 3:46 pm EST After years of trying to bring The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back to life, Warner Bros. finally settled on director Guy Ritchie, and when Tom Cruise decided not to do the film, the studio looked to Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer to play U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. Now the film has picked a leading lady, and she’s someone with some big recent work with Warner Bros....

Alamo Drafthouse Hosts Michael Bay Marathons In Austin, Denver, Kansas City And Houston By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2013 3:00 pm EST Everything about Michael Bay movies is big. Even his “small” movies, like Pain & Gain, are big. So when the Alamo Drafthouse decided to host an “All Bay, All Day” marathon to celebrate his latest film, of course, things have to be Bay-sized. The event is called Baymageddon and it’ll go down Sunday April 21 at Alamo Drafthouses in Austin, Littleton, Kansas City and Houston....

Arnold Schwarzenegger To Star In Zombie Film ‘Maggie’ By Germain Lussier/June 21, 2013 4:30 pm EST As one big time zombie film hits the big screen, another one just nabbed a big time star. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed on to producer and star in a film called Maggie, based on a Black List script by John Scott 3. He’ll star as a father during a zombie apocalypse who travels around with his daughter as she slowly turns into a zombie....

Dan Clowes To Write Paul And Michel Gondry’s Animated Movie By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2008 10:22 pm EST Last year Michel Gondry let word leak that he and his 16-year-old son Paul are working on an animated film. Last week /Film got the chance to speak to Gondry in San Francisco, and learned that Dan Clowes, the comic book artist, best known for the film adaptation of Ghost World, is writing the film’s screenplay....

Derek Cianfrance To Direct Crazed Clown Weirdness ‘A Cotton Candy Autopsy’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2013 9:15 am EST The guy who made Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines is now set to direct a film about clowns on a drunken rampage. Derek Cianfrance says he’s attached to make A Cotton Candy Autopsy, and he’s got his Place Beyond the Pines supporting actor Ben Mendelsohn to star. The story is one that real old comics nerds might know, as it was the first issue in DC’s short lived “serious adult” comics anthology Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children that ran from ‘89 to ‘92....

By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2013 10:15 am EST Odds are, when you woke up this morning you didn’t think, “I hope I see a really cool new poster for that film that really creeped me out as a child.” Odd City Entertainment has teamed up with Wisconsin-based artist Mark Lone to make a poster for The Secret of Nimh, the 1982 animated film directed by Don Bluth. It’s the story of the heroic rat Mrs....

First ‘Boyhood’ Footage Introduces Richard Linklater’s Ambitious Project [Updated] By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2014 6:12 pm EST There isn’t a film quite like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which follows an American family over the course of more than a decade. Linklater shot the film, with cast Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and newcomers Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater, over twelve years. Each year he brought the cast together for a scene or two....

By Germain Lussier/May 7, 2013 1:45 pm EST UPDATE: Will Arnett’s role has also been revealed. Obviously, April is filming some kind of exercise segment for the news and she’s very beautiful. That’s about all we get from these images. You’ll have to cross your fingers that she ends up in the character’s yellow jumpsuit at some point. UPDATE: Superhero Hype also posted some photos from the shoot and revealed that Will Arnett is playing Vernon Fenwick, April’s cameraman....

First Look: Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’ By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2011 1:00 pm EST Roman Polanski has just finished shooting Carnage, aka his adaptation of the play God of Carnage, in which Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz play two couples who end up tearing into each other after an altercation between their children at a park. About a week ago a bunch of photos showed up from the wrap party, where the four leads and their director were photographed together....

How Christopher Nolan Kept ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Spoilers Under Wraps By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2013 4:30 pm EST Leading up to the release of The Dark Knight Rises, it was easily the most anticipated film in the past five years. Fans and sites like ours scoured around every day looking for new materials and answers to the questions we had about the film. Christopher Nolan knew that. And he also knew the film had some big surprises in store....

Movie Trailer #2: Rio By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2010 11:30 am EST Directed by Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs), and starring Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez and Jake T. Austin, the story follows “a nerdy macaw who leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro. He embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, learning to open himself up to all that life has to offer along the way....

Paul Giamatti Will Manage N.W.A In ‘Straight Outta Compton’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2014 11:30 am EST The members of N.W.A — Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella and MC Ren — did things their way, but still needed some music industry connections to get their songs out to a big audience. The guy they turned to was Jerry Heller, who was best known for living on the opposite end of the pop spectrum, working with bands like Journey, ELO, and REO Speedwagon....