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May

24

Kirsten Dunst and Chloe Moretz expressed in HICK

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Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man) star in the adaptation of the novel by Andrea Portes next, Hick. ThePlaylist reports that Dunst will join Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) in the film, which will play a “girl from Nebraska 13 years of age who gets more than he bargained for when she flies to Las Vegas.” Derrick Martini (Lymelife) is set to direct the coming-of age drama, which has been adapted for the screen by Portes.
It is also set to star in Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) adaptation of Jack Kerouac On the Road and earlier this ...More

May

23

New poster for I Am Number Four

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Alex Pettyfer plays the number four and is this the subject of death. Walt Disney / Dreamworks has released a new poster for director DJ Caruso Four Am I Number the stars Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand and Callan McAuliffe. Here’s a link to all our previous coverage that includes a set visit in joint interviews, and more information about the film.The plot focuses on nine foreigners who escaped the destruction of the planet and landed on Earth, but are now in the race of those who ...More

May

19

Essential to release digital JACKASS 3.5 March 2011

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As reported last month, there was enough unused material Jackass 3D to create a new movie and Johnny Knoxville and company plan to do just that. It does not specify which digital platforms will have the film (eg iTunes, Xbox Live, etc.).The press release does not mention pricing for the segments of the week or the total package. According to the press release, the plan is to have “new tricks and antics of Jackass 3.5 released online a week and then packaged together as a feature film digitally distributed followed by other ...More

May

19

Ray Wise joins X-Men: First Class

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And I thought you were done with all the X-Men: First Class casting news. It is not the case of Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) IGN says he’ll be playing the Secretary of State in the upcoming prequel to Matthew Vaughn. Wise says he will go bowling in a couple of weeks and he thinks that his role may require some special effects. Sage can be seen on television this week in a special episode of Twin Peaks tribute to U.S. Psych Network.
Hit the jump for a full breakdown of division along with the official synopsis. X-Men: First Class ...More

May

18

STAR TREK two writers Sequel Talk, confirm that you have “broken the story”

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There is a lot of details were in the film (the only important part of information we know now is that Khan will not be the villain), but Kurtzman have confirmed they have broken the story. They are fighting the screenplay with Lost executive producer / executive producer Damon Lindelof, co-wrote the first Trek movie. Kurtzman and Orci talked more about the challenges he has faced while trying to write the sequel to a blockbuster film:While the 2009 sequel to the hugely successful Star Trek is rebooting the system to be released on June 29, 2012, the film is still a form of production like the ...More

May

17

Christopher Nolan speaks INCREASES The Dark Knight, video games from the beginning, confirms that it is “the last chapter of our saga of Batman”

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More interesting, however, was Nolan’s response when asked if he wanted somewhere they were taking on another original script instead of diving back into the Batman franchise:Initial hit with Blu-ray and DVD next week, the director Christopher Nolan has been making the rounds of press recently and, of course, all that you want to talk about is The Dark Knight arises. While talking to the SE, Nolan confirmed what everyone has known for a long time, calling The Dark Knight stands up “the last chapter of our saga of ...More

May

14

Teen Group SIX new land to be written and directed by Tom Sheppard

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It details the harrowing experiences of five high school students in boarding school Coldbrook Academy, where it transpires that were sent by their parents not to teach, but to be killed. Hit the jump for more.Fans of the classic novel The Land of Group Six of Julian F. Thompson will be pleased to know that three Emmy Award winner, writer, Tom Sheppard, has optioned the movie rights and television for the book. It took some time to reach the film, almost 30 years after its original publication, but according to THR, Pastor has ...More

May

11

Director Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland in negotiations at the helm GANGSTER SQUAD

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Fleischer was one of the possible candidates named for the concert in November, along with Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) and José Padilha (Tropa de Elite). Deadline reports that the survey has begun negotiations with director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). The project (which has also been called “Tales from the Gangster Squad,” but Time refers to him simply as “Gangster Squad”) has also attracted the attention of Ben Affleck and Darren Aronofsky.Warner Bros. big search director Gangster squad may be coming to an ...More

May

10

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum Confirmed for 21 Jump Street

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Rain meatballs) will direct the film, which will be written by Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs The World). Hill came up with the story with Bacall and described it as “a film by John Hughes-style action with the ‘Bad Boys’.” Emma Stone to star in the film, but recently had to leave because of their commitment to the next reboot of Spider-Man. 21 Jump Street is set to a release date March 16, 2012. You can hit the jump to read the press release.We’ve known for a while now, but ...More

May

10

Josh Brolin stars to face direct and Joe Pitz

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Hit the jump for more.Warner Bros. production is based on personal experiences Cieri, and is apparently a “drama of two characters of a young woman and her brother with brain damage.” Although initial reports suggested that Brolin could also be writing the adaptation, according to the playlist, the script will be written by Maya Forbes (Monsters vs. Aliens) and instead see Brolin stars as well as direct. After his directorial debut in 2008 with the short film ‘X’, Josh Brolin seems to have acquired a taste for ...More

May

8

Noah Baumbach recruits Ben Stiller, James Franco, Greta Gerwig, Cate Blanchett when we are young

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Gerwig Stiller and took leading roles in his latest film, Greenberg, Blanchett starred in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Baumbach’s script, which he co-wrote.The writer and director Noah Baumbach is preparing his next film, while we’re young, and as usual, is sacrifice a great deal. Franco is the only rookie to land Baumbach. Ben Stiller and James Franco are attached to star, with offers to Greta Gerwig and Cate Blanchett.
Vulture tells the story centers on “a couple of free-spirited twentysomething Brooklyn ...More