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‘Whiplash’ Director To Make Musical ‘La La Land’ By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2014 7:30 am EST Damien Chazelle, who wrote Grand Piano and wrote and directed Whiplash, certainly has a musical bent. While both of his films so far have had thriller elements, they have also had significant musical influence. Grand Piano follows a concert pianist, played by Elijah Wood, who is warned that any missed note in one particular performance will have violent consequences....

‘Zombieland 2’ Back On Fast Track With New Writer By Germain Lussier/Sept. 30, 2014 4:00 pm EST A new report says Sony Pictures has hired Dave Callaham, writer of the first two Expendables movies, to pen a sequel with Ruben Fleischer expected to return and direct. Deadline broke the Zombieland 2 news. The original Zombieland opened in 2009 and was a surprise hit, grossing over $100 million worldwide. There were immediately talks about the sequel and there was even a script as early as 2010....

Choose To Accept ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ On Christmas 2015 By Germain Lussier/Nov. 13, 2013 4:24 pm EST (Maybe the M:I crew isn’t afraid because Abrams is still one of them; he’s a producer, as he has been since stepping into the franchise with the third film.) Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3) co-wrote the film which, at this point, only has Cruise attached. If the story from the last film holds, he might be joined by Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg....

Dexter Fletcher To Direct Freddie Mercury Biopic By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2013 9:45 am EST Sadly, the Freddie Mercury biopic gets a little less promising with each development step. The long-standing assumption was that Sacha Baron Cohen would play the late Queen frontman based on a script by Peter Morgan, with the surviving members of the band (Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon) acting as producers. The band is still on board, but Cohen is gone, reportedly because he wanted to make a wild, R-rated tell-all film, while the band wants something a little more sanitized....

Disney Puts David Fincher’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ On Temporary Hold; Director Wants Brad Pitt By Russ Fischer/Oct. 18, 2012 5:30 pm EST Disney can’t decide whether or not it wants to make David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. That’s not so difficult a position to understand, really. While his fans hold him up as one of the current masters, Fincher’s box office track record is spotty: Benjamin Button and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo weren’t exactly the hits their respective financiers hoped for....

Exclusive: ‘Django Unchained’ Mini Game Lets You Become Bounty Hunter Dr. King Schultz By Germain Lussier/Nov. 27, 2012 12:00 pm EST For most of us, Boba Fett was likely our first introduction to the world of bounty hunting. He was the kick-ass bad guy we loved to hate because he was always one step ahead of our heroes. That mythic nature of bounty hunting has faded in recent years, mostly due to reality TV, but Quentin Tarantino is on track to make it cool again....

Exclusive: Laurent Durieux’s Gorgeous ‘Oz’ Poster Among The Highlights At ‘Gang’s All Here’ Exhibit In Brooklyn By Germain Lussier/Nov. 12, 2012 9:30 am EST If this summer’s blockbuster film The Avengers taught us anything, is that there’s power in numbers. Thor or Iron Man are good on their own but, when they’re part of a team, they’re great. That team-up mentality is the focus of the latest art show at the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY....

Fake Poster Touts Ashton Kutcher And Mila Kunis In ‘Wonder Twins’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2013 4:57 pm EST Warner Bros. has something up their sleeves, but dammed if we know what it is. A poster tube has been spotted at a few major comic book stores, and in it is a very legitimate-looking poster for Wonder Twins. (The Twins are the Hanna-Barbera superhero team that’s part of the Super Friends....

First Look: ‘Frankenweenie’ Short ‘Captain Sparky Vs. The Flying Saucers’ By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2012 12:00 pm EST If you caught Frankenweenie this fall, you probably recall that one of Victor and Sparky’s hobbies involved making adorably amateurish Super 8 films. Now one of their little home movies is about to get a real-life release. Disney has unveiled the first images from Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers, a short film that will appear as a special feature on Frankenweenie’s Blu-ray/DVD release....

First Look: Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin Returns In Marvel One-Shot ‘All Hail The King’ By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2014 8:51 am EST Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce wrote and directed the new film, which features the return of Kingsley along with new characters played by Scoot McNairy (Argo) and Crystal the monkey (of Hangover fame). The first images and details have just been revealed, and you can dig in after the jump....

FX Pilot Teams Zach Galifianakis And Louis CK; Michael Cera And John Hawkes Join Charlie Kaufman Show By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2014 9:39 am EST FX has landed some major comedic star power for a bunch of new pilots. Billy Crystal has a show called The Comedian, Tracy Morgan has a show called Death Pact, Denis Leary has a show called Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and that’s not the half of it....

Gossip Girl Creator Is Writing New X-Men Movie By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2008 4:10 pm EST Josh Schwartz, the creator of Gossip Girl, Chuck, and The O.C., let it slip that he’s currently working on the screenplay for the next X-Men film, a prequel/spin-off of sorts. The film will center on the other teenage characters attending the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. “I’m very well aware that I’ll be bludgeoned by purists, but I love its mythology, and it comes with a pretty hefty paycheck,” Schwartz told Black Book Magazine....

Jaime King And Jamie Chung Join ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For;’ Major Casting Still Underway By Germain Lussier/Oct. 29, 2012 2:45 pm EST As soon as Robert Rodriguez finished filming Machete Kills, he jumped right into his next movie. That movie is Sin City 2, aka Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which began filming on Monday with two actresses familiar with the genre. Jaime King is returning for the sequel, playing the sister of her character from the first movie, and Jamie Chung is playing the role Devon Aoki had in the 2005 original....

James McAvoy Will Be Benedict Cumberbatch’s Right-Hand Man In Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks Movie By Angie Han/Nov. 9, 2012 3:30 pm EST Julian Assange is Australian, and his former right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg is German, but it seems both will be portrayed by UK citizens in the movies. Bill Condon’s developing WikiLeaks movie cast white-hot Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch as WikiLeaks founder Assange last month, and now James McAvoy looks likely to take the role of disillusioned WikiLeaks spokesperson Domscheit-Berg....

James Spader Is Ultron In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 29, 2013 8:11 am EST Joss Whedon has chosen someone few people likely expected to play the main villain in Avengers: Age of Ultron. James Spader, who became a sensation thanks to Steven Soderbergh’s debut feature Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and who has played roles in a diverse slate of projects in film (Secretary, Lincoln) and television (Boston Legal, The Practice), will play the character....

Johnny Depp And Armie Hammer Get ‘The Lone Ranger’ Character Posters By Angie Han/April 8, 2013 12:30 pm EST Odds are you’re already plenty familiar with the Lone Ranger and Tonto, who’ve been kicking around the pop cultural landscape for the better part of a century. And you probably also have a fairly good idea of what Gore Verbinski’s done with the characters in the upcoming The Lone Ranger film, thanks to all the promos and stills we’ve seen so far....

Katniss Is Ready For Battle In New ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1’ Images By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2014 1:00 pm EST It’s impossible to predict the future, but only an idiot would bet against The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 making a crap ton of money this fall. The first two Hunger Games movies made enough money to turn star Jennifer Lawrence into the Guinness world record holder as the highest-grossing action heroine of all time, and the third looks on track to be just as big if not bigger....

Logo Treatment Confirms ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Title By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2013 1:29 pm EST The biggest “of course” news of the day comes from the set of the Michael Bay-produced, Jonathan Liebesman-directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. At one point the film was going to be called Ninja Turtles, but script issues (and just a dose of Internet venom) delayed the film and changed some key elements. One of those changes is the title, which thanks to the set photo above, we can now resume discussing under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....

LOL: The U.S. Air Force Godzilla Battle Strategy By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2014 3:30 pm EST After Pacific Rim last year, and Godzilla this year, it’s about time the United States military finally figured out a plan to fight giant monsters. And that’s exactly what they’ve done. In a very joking way, of course. Who would win in an Air force Godzilla fight? The Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine interviewed members of the U....

Marion Cotillard Will Be Party To Foul Murder In ‘Macbeth’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2013 10:00 am EST Briefly: Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) is prepping a new film version of Shakespeare’s bloody, twisted play Macbeth, and he’s got Michael Fassbender to play the namesake character who lusts murderously after the throne of Scotland. Natalie Portman was originally the choice to play Lady Macbeth, but she’s now out of the picture as it moves towards a January 2014 shoot....