Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Captain America Casting Rumors Swirling
With director Joe Johnston now completely freed up with the release of The Wolfman the current focus for Captain America appears to be on the casting which should be completed in the coming weeks. The movie is expected to begin shooting in June so the decisions are going to be made very soon. Because of that media outlets are doing everything they can to try and get a scoop. Johnston has previously described the desire to give the lead role to an unknown actor and one that should be in his ...
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Valentine’s Day Wins Huge Box Office Weekend
There has been a lot of talk leading up to release how Valentine's Day was able to keep its budget under $50 million despite having a star-studded ensemble cast. The studio was so confident in it becoming a hit that even a sequel is already in the works. The formula has certainly paid off already as Valentine's Day made $52.4 million over the weekend which included three others making over $20 million. As anticipated the terrible reviews for Valentine's Day did nothing to damage its potenti...
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‘Book of Eli’ directors in talks for ‘Akira’
According to New York Magazine, Warner Bros. is currently in negotiations with Book of Eli directors Albert and Allen Hughes, to direct the live-action adaptation of Akira. Iron Man writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby will pen the script for the film. Respecting the source's complexity (or perhaps acquiescing to it), Warners won’t proceed with a single, live-action remake of the film, which trimmed away the last half of the 2,182-page graphic novel in order to weigh in at just over t...
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Current Oscar Race Odds
Outside of the Best Picture race there doesn't appear to be a lot of suspense over who will win the Oscars in the top categories at the Academy Awards taking place on March 7th. The odds have been released by various betting outlets providing a bigger picture look at the favorites and those in position to possibly pull off an upset. (more…)...
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Vin Diesel Returns For More Riddick
Variety is reporting that Vin Diesel has signed on for another movie in the "Riddick" series which began with the character being introduced in Pitch Black and followed with the sequel The Chronicles of Riddick. This new film will simply be titled Riddick. Plot details are being kept under wraps. But insiders say the third outing will hew closer in tone to the cult hit "Pitch Black" and will focus on the character of Riddick as opposed to the universe he inhabits The director and screenwrite...
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Breaking Dawn To Split Into Two Films
While it hasn't been confirmed word is out that the final installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, will be split into two parts as reported by Deadline Hollywood. Summit would view this as an easy way to nearly double profits. Twilight fans will be paying for two movies instead of one while the costs of production would only increase marginally. They would be able to film the whole thing at once and then it would just be paying for the distribution and marketing of the additional ent...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 2/12
Last weekend Avatar was finally toppled from its reign as box office champ by a movie directed at young females and couples. This weekend it could end up in fourth place as three new movies arrive that appeal to different audiences and have the potential to open with over $20 million. Valentine's Day is packed with more stars than any movie in memory. The ensemble cast includes Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hatha...
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Trailer for Get Him to the Greek
The first trailer for the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off Get Him to the Greek was released today. The movie follows the character of Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) as he is transported from London to the Greek Theater in LA by a record company intern (Jonah Hill). Some others to appear in the movie include Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Aziz Ansari, Katy Perry and Pink. Nicholas Stoller returns from Marshall to direct and Judd Apatow produces. It may be a little confusing because the character of ...
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