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Elizabeth Banks To Play First Lady Laura Bush In Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush Biopic W. By Hunter Stephenson/March 26, 2008 10:02 am EST “Want to see my Bush impression?” UPDATE: EW now reports that Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale) is in talks to star as Colin Powell, James Cromwell (Babe) is in talks to portray George Bush Sr. and Robert Duval (The Godfather) has been contacted for the frightening role of Dick Cheney....

Final ‘Pacific Rim’ Trailer Focuses On The Humans By Germain Lussier/July 2, 2013 5:15 pm EST Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim won’t be out for another week or so, but some of its nomenclature has already begun to permeate geek culture. “Kaiju” and “Jaeger,” words some fans were very familiar with, are becoming more common in geek circles as Warner Bros. gets closer to releasing their massive monster vs. robot movie on July 12....

First Look: Mads Mikkelsen As Hannibal Lecter And Hugh Dancy As Will Graham In Bryan Fuller’s ‘Hannibal’ By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2012 9:15 am EST Anthony Hopkins may be the most famous Hannibal Lecter of them all, but he’s far from the only one. And in the months to come, we’ll be getting yet another. Mads Mikkelsen will be the latest to tackle pop culture’s most beloved cannibal in NBC’s Hannibal, from Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller....

HBO Officially Developing A ‘Bored To Death’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Jan. 22, 2013 2:00 pm EST Fans of Bored to Death no longer have to feel sad and lonely. HBO is now officially developing a feature film based on the cult detective series that stars Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zack Galifianakis. Show creator Jonathan Ames will write and produce the film, which is described as follows: “Jonathan, Ray, and George reunite to fight crime, commit crime, lose their minds, and fail-at-love in a Bored to Death feature-length slapstick adventure....

Hugh Jackman Confirmed For Joe Wright’s ‘Pan’ By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2014 10:30 am EST Briefly: After entering talks last month, Hugh Jackman has officially closed his deal to star in Joe Wright’s Peter Pan fanfiction origin tale Pan as Blackbeard. He’ll star opposite Garrett Hedlund, who is in talks to play Hook. In the film, Blackbeard is the leader of evil pirate who have a hold on Neverland. The (as yet uncast) hero of the story is Peter, an orphan who leads a rebellion against Blackbeard’s forces....

James Marsden Latest To Join ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2013 4:15 pm EST For his next trick, Ron Burgundy will go one and one with Cyclops. James Marsden, who played the X-Men leader in the first three films, and was once Liz Lemon’s love interest on 30 Rock, has just been cast as a rival anchor to the News Team in Adam McKay’s Anchorman: The Legend Continues....

James McAvoy Will Finally Go Bald In ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2014 6:30 am EST Watch the James McAvoy bald Xavier quote below. McAvoy spoke to the Huffington Post about the film and said the following: Here’s the video: I have no idea what’s going on. I think I’m losing my hair finally. And in the movie. And, yeah, that’s kind of all I know. I got an email from the Simon Kinberg, our producer/writer extraordinare, who informed me he was getting dead excited about stuff, but he didn’t want to divulge anything for a couple of weeks, so I really don’t know....

Katee Sackhoff Of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Joins Female ‘Expendables’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2012 4:38 pm EST Katee Sackhoff is the latest actress to join the female take on The Expendables, written by Dutch Southern and produced by 1984 Private Defense Contractors. She joins Gina Carano as the second member of the team, both cast before a director has even been named. The film has been described as a similar idea to The Expendables in that it’ll team up a bunch of female action stars....

Loki And Nick Fury Chat, Thor And Iron Man Tussle In Two New ‘Avengers’ Clips By Angie Han/April 17, 2012 1:00 pm EST No one could accuse Marvel of being shy about showing off the goods. As the May 4 release of The Avengers approaches, the studio’s been dropping clips on a regular basis, and we’ve got two more for you right here. The first one sees Nick Fury (Samuel L....

New ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Images Show What’s Left Of San Francisco By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2014 5:30 am EST While 2015 is jam-packed with planned blockbuster releases (even after the Batman/Superman push back to 2016) this year isn’t quite as loaded. But there are some big tentpoles set to hit this spring and summer, and one with more potential than others is Dawn of the Planet of the Apes....

New ‘Man Of Steel’ Images Show Superman’s Human And Heroic Sides By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2013 1:30 pm EST We knew that the guiding principle behind Zack Snyder’s new Superman revival Man of Steel was to make the alien superhero make sense in a modern era. And while we don’t know precisely how he and his actors and crew have accomplished this, but the first footage from the film does gieve some indication....

Page 2: Lost, IMAX, MPAA, Community, Firefly, Scarlett Johansson, James Bond, Emma Watson, Ender’s Game, Transformers, Avatar, Guillermo Del Toro, Mary Poppins, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Hillary Clinton By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: The Ultimate LOST Sleeve tattoo 15 Teachers I Wish I Could Have Had IMAX Debuts New Branding, “IMAX is Believing” Exclusive Excerpt: Joss Whedon: The Complete CompanionThink Geek is selling a 3D MPAA Green Band Ratings Card Lenticular Placemat setFive Directors Who Should Make a Sci-Fi Movie...

Page 2: Star Wars, Hobbit, Oscars, Revenge Of The Nerds, Wreck-It Ralph, Star Trek, Lincoln, Serenity, Max Landis, Girls, Evil Dead By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: Han Solo in Carbonite Tattoo 20 Things We Learned From the ‘Argo’ Commentary Hail Maya! Jessica Chastain Will Win The Best Actress Oscar According To NYC Taxi Rider Survey Star Wars Family TreeThe Crazy Story Behind Oscar’s Worst Musical Number Ever...

Page 2: Steven Seagal, Sunshine, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Alien, Muppets, Princess Bride, Predator, Hook, Battlestar Galactica By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2012 11:00 am EST Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35 mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling The poster for Safety Not Guaranteed. Monster Mashups: The Monster Squad Turns 25Sunshine poster by Travis EnglishTrailer trend: Here comes the BWWWOOOooommm 5 Modern TV Shows Recut as Classic Sitcoms...

Paul Feig Lined Up To Direct His Fourth Female-Led Comedy By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2013 12:44 pm EST Though Paul Feig has been writing, directing and producing for years, it was the 2011 hit Bridesmaids that shot him into the stratosphere. He went on to do 2013’s The Heat, another major hit with female leads and he’ll go for the hat trick in 2014 with Susan Cooper, a spy comedy once again starring Bridesmaids and The Heat co-star Melissa McCarthy....

Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Official New Book ‘Alien: Out Of The Shadows’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 27, 2014 9:13 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There hasn’t been a universally loved Alien movie in almost thirty years. After Ridley Scott’s original and James Cameron’s sequel, most fans have found something to dislike about the three films that followed. Even the video games that take place in the universe have failed to capture the xenomorphic magic of the 1979 and 1986 films....

Rupert Wyatt Could Take Director’s Seat For Denzel Washington’s ‘The Equalizer’ By Angie Han/Feb. 19, 2013 2:30 pm EST Wyatt has entered early talks to helm The Equalizer, Sony’s action thriller based on the ’80s TV series. Denzel Washington has been on board for some time now to play the lead, a retired secret agent who tries to redeem himself from an ugly past by helping people in need. Hit the jump to keep reading....

The 666th Edition Of Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2013 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: Vigo Kong t-shirt 7 Bizarre Early Versions of Famous CharactersPaul Feig Explains His Cultural Influences Star Wars Elevator Prank4 Tips for Enjoying the New ‘Arrested Development’ SeasonMatthew Weiner Kills the Internet’s Favorite Mad Men Conspiracy Theory Up in Time T-Shirt The Twenty Grisliest TV Death Scenes of the 2012-13 SeasonFive Favorite Films with Joss WhedonPredator by Domanic LiJon Brion To Score Vince Vaughn Comedy ‘Delivery Man’...

TWC Alters Hannibal Rising Review Quote By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2007 5:46 am EST A movie critic quote for Hannibal Rising was changed to be “more family friendly” for the Super Bowl television spot. TWC changed the original quote from Maxim critic Pete Hammond, “the most terrifying movie of the new year” to “the most electrifying movie of the new year.” Is there a question of Ethics? According to The Weinstein Company, they worked with Hammond on the altered quote....

Warner Bros. Not Considering ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Release Date Change By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2014 12:30 pm EST The battle for May 6, 2016 just took an interesting turn. In an new interview, Dan Fellman, the president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., said “at this time, we not considering a change of date for Batman vs. Superman.” The quote comes a day after Marvel Studios made official what we’d heard a few weeks back: Captain America 3 will open on the same date....