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Josh Trank Says Rumored Synopsis For ‘Fantastic Four’ Is “Totally False” By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2014 2:00 pm EST Josh Trank hasn’t revealed much about the plotline of his new Fantastic Four reboot, which means rumor and speculation have had free rein. The latest story making the rounds is that Trank’s film will radically alter the team’s origins, doing away with the whole outer space mission thing and turning Ben and Reed into government weapons....

Marvel Has A Finished Script For ‘The Inhumans’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2014 11:53 am EST Marvel Studios is growing ever-more confident. Once, Guardians of the Galaxy was seen as a risky move. The success of that film proved that the combination of smart casting and Marvel’s marketing machine can overcome the big hurdle of audience unfamiliarity. So how weird can Marvel’s character stable get? The next test may be The Inhumans....

Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Adds Elden Henson As Foggy Nelson By Angie Han/June 26, 2014 11:54 am EST Matt Murdock’s Hell’s Kitchen is continuing to fill up. Elden Henson has just joined Marvel’s Daredevil in the role of Foggy Nelson, Matt’s friend and colleague. He joins a cast that also includes Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil himself. Hit the jump for all the details, including the full press release....

MoviePass Tries Again With New Movie Ticket Subscription Service Model By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2012 9:33 am EST The concept behind MoviePass was and still is a good one: pay a monthly fee, in exchange for which you get admission to one film per day. The concept is appealing from a consumer standpoint, but getting theater chains to play along proved to be difficult, and the MoviePass service has gone through a couple iterations over the past few years that saw struggling and failed partnerships with exhibitors....

New 31-Disc ‘Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection’ Coming Soon By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2014 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the full rundown. Technically, this is the same set as the Wizards Collection, but just without some of the bells and whistles. And no, sorry Potter fans. The extended ABC Family versions of films three through eight are not yet available. The Harry Potter™ Wizard’s Collection, released in 2012, sold more than 30,000 sets at $499....

Pixar Canada Has Been Closed By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2013 10:09 pm EST Briefly: Bad news for those hoping to see more shorts developed out of Pixar’s office in Vancouver. The three-year old animation studio offshoot was closed today, as Pixar decided to concentrate all resources in its main branch, in Emeryville, CA. A Disney rep told The Province, “A decision was made to refocus operations and resources under the one roof....

Richard Linklater’s ‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’ Adds Jon Hamm And More By Angie Han/July 9, 2014 7:09 am EST With his 12-year project Boyhood set to open this weekend, Richard Linklater is turning his attention to his next film. Casting is well underway for The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Linklater’s remake of the 1964 film for Warner Bros. And so far, things seem to be shaping up nicely. Jon Hamm is reportedly looking to join Zach Galifianakis in a major role, with Danny McBride, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Keegan Michael Key, and Jordan Peele in talks as well for other roles....

Sigourney Weaver Joins ‘Avatar’ Sequels As New Character By Angie Han/June 9, 2014 7:03 pm EST Sigourney Weaver is officially heading back to Pandora. The Avatar actress has just been set for all three upcoming sequels, joining Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, and Stephen Lang. At this point, moviegoers who saw the first Avatar (so, all of them) may be wondering how Weaver intends to return when her character, Grace, died in the first film....

Sony Hires Oren Uziel To Write ‘Men In Black 4’ And Rewrite ‘21 Jump Street 2’ By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2013 12:10 pm EST When a movie can gross $625 million internationally and be largely forgotten, it must have been a hell of a summer. Last year, Sony released the third film in their hit Men in Black franchise, MIB 3. The Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones/Josh Brolin sci-fi comedy was generally well-liked and did well for the studio, but thanks to films like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, very few people have gone on to discuss it since....

Superhero Bits: Gotham, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Batman By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2014 2:45 pm EST Want to hear some of Chris Pratt’s lines in Guardians of the Galaxy? What did Donal Logue have to say about the tone of Gotham? Did Marvel confirm Avengers: Age of Ultron would be filming in South Korea? Do you have to worry about Captain America: The Winter Soldier spoilers?...

Tom Cruise’s Son, Connor Cruise, To Play Young Will Smith In Seven Pounds By Hunter Stephenson/April 23, 2008 11:23 am EST “Xyxyz oboboa aoavvba! Haha!” Don’t get mad at Tropic Thunder! The trades are reporting that Connor Cruise, the 13-year-old son of Tom Cruise, will make his feature debut portraying a young Will Smith in Smith’s emotional drama, Seven Pounds, due this December. It’s said that Connor Cruise will appear mostly in photographs and will not have a speaking part....

TV Bits: ‘Girl Meets World’, ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘Masters Of Sex’, Darren Aronofsky, Dan Harmon, Channing Tatum By Angie Han/June 20, 2013 10:11 am EST But there’s hope for it yet, as FX has entered negotiations to pick it up. The show follows magicians and con men who use their special skills to take down Nazis during World War II. [TheWrap] Meanwhile, another HBO pilot is picking up steam. Liv Tyler has signed on to co-star opposite Justin Theroux in Damon Lindelof’s The Leftovers, based on the novel of the same title by Tom Perrotta....

VOTD: ‘Pineapple Express 2’ April Fools Day Trailer By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2013 10:20 am EST Sorry, fans of the 2008 comedy Pineapple Express. There’s not a sequel in the works. Instead, what you get on this April Fools Day is a parody trailer featuring all the film’s original stars, and a few other guests. Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson are joined by Jonah Hill (playing someone else) in a trailer for Pineapple Express 2....

Watch A Trailer For The Colombian Remake Of ‘Breaking Bad’ By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2013 11:35 am EST Walter White completed his two-year, five-season journey last weekend, but for Walter Blanco, the fun is just beginning. Univision has just offered a first look at Metastasis, its upcoming Spanish-language remake of Breaking Bad. Diego Trujillo leads as the chemistry teacher-turned-meth cook, while Roberto Urbina, Sandra Reyes, and Julian Arango play the Colombian versions of Jesse, Skyler, and Hank....

Watch George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper And More Discuss ‘August: Osage County’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2013 7:45 pm EST The play August: Osage County was kind of a big deal — the blackly comic family drama won the Pulitzer in ‘08. The film version is also garnering a lot of attention, thanks in no small part to the cast. Put Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Sam Shepard, and Chris Cooper in a film together and people are bound to pay attention....

Writer Hired For ‘Dodgeball’ Sequel By Angie Han/April 22, 2013 4:35 pm EST Though the premise didn’t offer an obvious setup for a sequel (at least not that I can recall), it left enough space for another dodgeball-centric follow-up. But the theoretical project made little progress over the years, even though Fox, Vaughn, and Stiller continued to discuss the possibility. Indeed, Jeff Sneider cautions that Tarver’s hiring still isn’t guaranteed proof that Dodgeball 2 will get made....

‘BoJack Horseman’ Trailer: Will Arnett Voices A Drunk Horse By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2014 8:00 am EST Here’s the trailer for the first Netflix original animated series, BoJack Horseman. The show features Will Arnett as the voice of the title character, a horse and former sitcom star who is now washed up and dealing with the downside of fame. OK, mild fame. BoJack is drinking himself into a pit to escape his problems, and trying to deal with human friend Todd (Aaron Paul), feline agent and Princess Caroline (Amy Sedaris), and his human girlfriend (or perhaps ex-girlfriend) voiced by Alison Brie....

‘Clerks 3’ Will Likely Start As An Interactive Book Before Becoming A Movie By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2013 9:04 am EST Clerks 3 now looks like it’s in the same boat. Smith originally considered doing Clerks 3 as a Broadway play before saying it would be his final film a few months back. Now he’s changed his idea of what the franchise could be. He then revealed the book (and maybe the film) would start with Dante and Randall meeting in kindergarden....

‘Fast & Furious 7’: Paul Walker’s Brothers To Help Complete Role By Angie Han/April 15, 2014 12:30 pm EST More details are emerging on how Fast & Furious 7 will work around Paul Walker’s absence. Last month, we got word that the filmmakers were planning to replace the late star with body doubles and CGI. Today we have more info on who, exactly, will stand in for Walker. The production has just announced that Walker’s brothers Caleb and Cody Walker have joined the cast to help fill out sequences that needed more from Paul Walker....

‘Frozen 2’ Not Yet In Development At Disney Animation By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2014 9:00 am EST Everyone in Hollywood loves sequels. Except Disney Animation. While their partners at Pixar have had no trouble coming up with worthy follow-ups to some of their biggest films, most all of the classic Disney animated films never got theatrical sequels. Even with that fact stated, it’s still a bit of a surprise to hear Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn admit the company hasn’t even begun to think about a sequel to their biggest animated film of all time, Frozen....