| Christopher Symonds and the Reel Reviews staff deliver the movie news headlines that matter - 'Cause life's too short for fluff. |
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| May 8, 2008 |
George Lucas has announced that Samuel L. is returning with Anthony Daniels in the new CGI Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature and series. We have the poster!... check it out! |
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| There are more ideas/rumors/predictions/quasi-news about this film that any other. The latest rumblings about Rambo 5 is that it will be set in Mexico, pitting our slurring bandana weilder against abductors of women... (just shut up until you decide, Sly and makers, will ya) |
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| High School Musical 3: Senior Year has begun shooting and is due in theatres October 24 (cough.. yippie) |
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| The Criterion Collection - feature laden and extra pricey dvds - are entering the Blu Ray world, with the announcement their first batch is due in October |
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| George Romero's Crazies is the next in the horror maestro's stable to be in the sights for a remake. Breck Eisner, who is driving the Creature from the Black Lagoon remake, is apparently eyeing off this project |
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| Terminator 4 has started filming, despite the threat of a looming actor's strike at the end of next month |
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| Johnny Knoxville and Parker Posey have signed on for John Waters' Fruitcake |
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| Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel will star in 'anti-romantic' comedy 500 Days of Summer, says Rueters |
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| Eva Mendes has signed on to play the title character in The Queen of the South. Josh Hartnet and Ben Kingsley are joining her |
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| May 7, 2008 |
There is yet another strike looming! This time, the AMPTP and the Screen Actors Guild are about to go at it. The AMPTP has walked away from the bargaining table, despite SAG's offer to negotiate 'round the clock' to avoid another work stoppage.
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| Lionsgate has brought forward the release of 'Will Eisner's The Spirit' - helmed by comic geek icon Frank Miller - to Christmas Day this year |
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| A new adaptation of Jane Eyre is on the way from the makers of The Other Boleyn Girl. Ellen Page is set to star |
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| Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica has started filling in its new cast with Jericho's Esai Moralles to play Joseph Adama, daddy of William |
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| Josh Brolin has replaced James Cann on the David O. Russel pic Nailed. Cann left the project after an on set... difference of opinion |
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| Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton have signed on to road pic The Messenger |
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| Rapper Common may have lost out with Justice League being canned, but has joined the cast of Terminator 4 |
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| Negotiations have apparently 'broken down' between Dreamworks and Jonah Hill, and he is not expected to star alongside Shia LaBouf in Transformers 2 |
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| Australian actor Tim Pocock will play a young Cylcops in X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
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| Hancock, Will Smith's upcoming superhero flick, will have its world premiere in Sydney, Australia next month |
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| May 6, 2008 |
| Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are considering producing a film based on the documentary Cocaine Cowboys |
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| Following a rollicking good start in the movie biz, Marvel has announced its upcoming films in 2010. Iron Man 2 will hit screens on April 30; Thor on June 4; The First Avenger: Captain America'on May 6; and The Avengers in July |
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| Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Joe Pantoliano and Patrick Flueger have been cast in The Job a 'darkly comic drama' reports Rueters |
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| Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas and Bill Pullman are joining Ellen Page and Cillian Murphy for thriller Peacock |
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| Sony Pictures has become the first major studio to broker a distribution deal with Vietnam. The company will release some of its dvd titles like Casino Royale and Spider-man this week, with 10 -15 titles a month to follow |
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| Universal has picked up spec script Knights Templar which pits the ancient order against vampires. Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov is reportedly going to helm |
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Bloody disgusting is reporting that Saw 4 helmer Darren Lynn Bousman has been snagged to direct the Hellraiser remake
Due in theatres Jan 9 next year! talk about under the wire |
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| 80's tv producer Lee David Zlotoff - the man who brought us MacGyver - has revealed a feature film adaptation is on the way for his mulleted agent who could build a steam ship from an empty Coke bottle, a boiled egg and a good fart |
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| May 5, 2008 |
Will Ferrell has announced he will do a sequel to his 2005 hit Anchorman.
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| Terminator 4 is going to be rated PG-13. (...shit.) |
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| Despite the fact it isn't even out yet, Fox's Wanted has been slated for a sequel. Writers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt have been hired to pen the script. |
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| Seth MccFarlane is working on a Family Guy movie, though it's a ways off yet |
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| Despite having a rather public falling out, Tom Cruise and Paramount head Sumner Redstone have reportedly being rebuilding a bridge and talking up another Mission Impossible instalment |
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| Sequels to The Descent and Grizzly Park are on the way |
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| Iron Man has smashed projections for its opening weekend, scooping north of 100 million |
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| Robert Downey Jr. will start training for Iron Man 2 as soon as his promotional duties for the first film are complete |
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| Breck Eisner has told ShockTilYouDrop that he is indeed at work on the long-gestating remake of The Creature from the Black Lagoon |
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| Nicole Kidman is being touted to play Dusty Springfield in a biopic of the legendary singer |
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| Josh Schwartz is taking up writing duties on an as yet untitled young X-Men movie, to be centred around teenage mutants at Xavier's mansion and rumored to be a prequel |
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| May 2, 2008 |
| Michael Rosenbaum will not return to Smallville for its 8th and rumored final season. The new producers are hopeful he may guest star |
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| Simpson's Movie director Davis Silverman has signed on to helm Disney's The Pet |
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| Tabloid-favoured Brit singer Amy Winehouse is reportedly a contender to sing the next Bond theme song in Quantum of Solace |
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| Damon Wayans has joined a pilot for ABC, possibly marking his possible return to the boob tube after his sitcom My Wife and Kids ended in 2005 |
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