Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Men In Black 3 Cast Coming Together
With filming for Men in Black III scheduled to begin next month the cast is starting to fill up. Already we knew that both Will Smith (Agent J) and Tommy Lee Jones (Agent K) would be back along with director Barry Sonnenfield. The movie takes place in present day as well as 1969. Emma Thompson will be the head of MIB now while Josh Brolin plays a younger Agent K circa 1969. Sasha Baron Cohen is also involved as the voice of one of the aliens. Now comes news that Alec Baldwin is in talks ...
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Trailer for Wrecked
The first trailer for the Adrien Brody film Wrecked has arrived. The film centers on a man who awakens trapped in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine and must overcome incredible odds to survive. Wrecked does not have an official released date yet other than it coming in 2011. A man awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He’s injured, his legs are trapped, and he has no memory of who he is or how he got there. His only company – a crackling radio broadc...
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Spider-Man Villain is The Lizard
Earlier this week we learned that Rhys Ifans had been cast as the villain in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. However Sony was not forthcoming with what specific villain he would actually be playing in the film. Now The Wrap is reporting that it will be Dr. Curt Connors aka The Lizard. Ifans will play the role of a surgeon who was sent to war and lost his arm only to return and regrow the limb using reptilian DNA but with drastic side-effects. The most recent trilogy had Dylan Baker in the r...
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Tom Hardy Cast in Batman 3
The first piece of solid casting news for Batman 3 comes from Deadline who reports that Tom Hardy has been cast in the film. Hardy starred in Christopher Nolan's Inception so the ties are there to the director. No info on what role Hardy will be playing or even if it will be a potential villain but it is being described as a "lead role". Lately we've learned that Killer Croc could be one of the villains in the film and The Riddler is still heavily rumored to be another....
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How to Train Your Dragon Sequel and TV Series On The Way
Dreamworks has announced that a sequel to the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon is in the works and will be releasing sometime in 2013. The original voice cast such as Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse will all be back. How to Train Your Dragon made $217 million domestically and is just under $500 million in worldwide total. It is one of the best reviewed films of the year and a lock for a Best Animated Feature nomination at the...
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Fox Orders Animated Napoleon Dynamite
Back in May it was reported that an animated version of the film Napoleon Dynamite was being developed. Today we learned that Fox has picked up the series for an initial six episode run. The comedy will follow the "misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho." The voice talent features much of the original cast from the movie including Jon Heder (Napoleon), Efran Ramirez (Pedro), and John Gries (Uncle Rico). N...
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Rhys Ifans to Play Spider-Man Villain
Last week it was announced that Emma Stone had joined the Spider-Man reboot to play Gwen Stacy. She joined Andrew Garfield who, as Peter Parker, was naturally the first person brought on for the film. Now another name has joined the cast. Director Marc Webb: "What sets the Spider-Man villains apart is the complexity of their relationships with Peter Parker. Rhys' incredible ability to embody both warmth and rage makes him the ideal choice for this character." Rhys Ifans, probably best kno...
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The Social Network Beats Three New Releases
Word of mouth for The Social Network has helped it hang on to the top spot at the box office besting three new releases. The movie fell just 30% to $15.5 million and has now collected $46 million. Life as We Know It, Secretariat, and My Soul To Take all produced mediocre results. In second place it was the Life as We Know It which pulled in $14.6 million. The romantic comedy starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl had a strong marketing push but got poor reviews. However audiences seem to...
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