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Do we really need this? As if it weren't scraping the bottom of the creativity barrel enough when it was previously announced that once-ago-popular games, Battleship and Asteroids were being adapted to the big screen, we now get word that the classic '80s arcade game, Missile Commmand (yes, with the 8-bit graphics) will get the big screen treatment.
Read more: Arcade Game MISSILE COMMAND Coming to Big Screen?
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Thanks to Yahoo! and W Magazine, we have some delicious pics of Rooney Mara in full getup as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander. (click to enlarge pic)
Read more: Pics of Rooney Mara as DRAGON TATTOO Girl (UPDATE)
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A Universal Marketing Director recently revealed during an interview some of the movie company's catalog titles that will find a Blu-ray release later this year.
Read more: Universal to Release SCARFACE, JURASSIC PARK Trilogy on Blu-ray This Year
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Updated: with a new close-up pic of a running Spidey.
The first official pic of Andrew Garfield in full spidey-wear has hit the internet.
And guess what? We have it for your viewing pleasure (below). Do anything for you? Wanting Tobey back? Looks like we should at least give it a sporting chance.
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What a week for movie geeks! First there was the official pic of Andrew Garfield as Spider-man. Now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we get to ogle the first, shiny, crisp photo of Chris Evans in full Captain America gear.
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Why is there a monkey in a scene from The Hangover Part 2? We seem to remember asking a similar question about a chicken in the first installment.
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Pop on over to the LA Times to read the details of why Michael Bay now realizes what many of us knew about the second film in the Transformers franchise, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 2009.
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During an interview with Collider, Jason Statham said he doubts Crank 3 will ever see the light of day.
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Now that he's no longer the Governator of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is apparently eyeing a return to the big screen.
Read more: Scwarzenegger Ready to Return to Big Screen with WW2 Pic?
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Have you been holding off on buying that cool (but expensive) Alien Anthology Blu-ray box set because of fear of a bigger box set coming out when Ridley Scott's Alien prequel finally hits blu-ray?
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Updated: to include image of teaser poster
Earlier today, The Daily Blam ran with a pretty cool cast shot from Matthew Vaughn's upcoming X-Men: First Class movie. Not to be outdone, MSN Movies published the photo on their site as well.
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Love the convenience of renting DVDs from Netflix? Well, most have already caught on by now that the DVD-by-mail rental outfit has been slowly moving its business model over to Instant streaming, which allows subscribers to watch a movie on a number of electronic devices without having to wait for that pesky DVD or blu-ray disc to arrive in the mail. Love it or hate it, that's where the company is going.
Read more: Netflix Removes "Add to DVD Queue" From Streaming Devices, Angers Customers
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Looks like the blu-ray release of yet another highly-anticipated catalog title has met the "cancelled" monster. Warner Home Video says that the scheduled blu-ray release of the Spike Lee biopic, Malcolm X, has been cancelled because of issues involving music rights for certain of the film's songs.
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Spanish site ZonaDVD.com is reporting a sneak peek that says Warner Home Video are working on the launch of a Superman - Ultimate Blu-ray Collector's Set.
Read more: Hints of a Forthcoming SUPERMAN 5-Movie Collector's Blu-ray Set
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The original slate of sixty-six films that had initially qualified in the Academy's foreign language film category has now been pared down to nine.
Read more: Academy Names 9 Foreign Language Films for Oscar Race
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Updated: to include new pic of Ian McShane as Blackbeard.
Walt Disney Pictures recently released two new photos from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides which will open in 3D, 2D, and IMAX 3D theaters on May 20. Check 'em out below.
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It appears Robert Downey, Jr. has dropped out of Sam Raimi's upcoming Wizard of Oz reimagining, Oz: Great and Powerful. According to The Hollywood Reporter, studio heads are reportedly now in talks with Johnny Depp to take his place in the Emerald City.
Read more: Downey, Jr. Steps Away from OZ Project: Depp to Step in? UPDATED
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And other related remake/reboot news
...or the reboot, that is. Warner Bros is FULL STEAM AHEAD on a reboot to the Lethal Weapon series. None of the original performers will return, so don't ask. The movie is being written by Will Beall. It is being produced by Joel Silver. No word on who is to direct and who is to star.
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Paramount pictures announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen's next film will be based on a book by Saddam Hussein. Yes, that Saddam Hussein
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Some spy footage from the downtown Los Angeles set of Sony Pictures' Spider-man has made its way to the web. The footage was filmed by a fan from the 16th floor of a downtown Los Angeles office tower.
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Ok, not so sure we really needed it, but get a load of this one. Seemingly yearning for a bit of a respite from his weighty dramas of late, Clint Eastwood, he of recent Hereafter and Gran Torino fame, will co-produce and direct another version of A Star is Born.
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In what may classify as the most over-hyped release of movie marketing non-sense ever, we now present you with the official title treatment for Part I of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
Read more: New TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN Title Treatment Hits the Web
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Sir Anthony Hopkins is in talks to play horror filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in a new biopic by Anvil: The Story of Anvil director, Sacha Gervasi.
Read more: Anthony Hopkins in Talks to Play Alfred Hitchcock
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We'd like to congratulate author and Reel Reviews film critic Loron Hays on the publication of his next book, Either Side of the Same Street.
Read more: Reel Reviews Critic Loron Hays Publishes Next Book: EITHER SIDE OF THE SAME STREET
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Warner Bros. today announced the development of a live-action digital short series based on the best-selling Mortal Kombat videogame franchise.
Read more: Warner Announces Live-Action MORTAL KOMBAT Digital Series
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Kevin Smith made it official yesterday that he will retire from directing.
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Updated: We don't like to broker in rumors because we've had our little movie hearts broken too many times and don't want to send you down that same path of gloom and despair (the wrist scars are quite embarrassing), but this one seems to have a little bit of meat on its realm-of-possibility bones.
Read more: Are the Wachowskis working on THE MATRIX 4 & 5 in 3D?
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The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation have sifted through the cinematic rubble of last year and selected nominees for The 31st Annual RAZZIE® Awards.
Leading the pack among this year's Razzie contenders - with 9 nominations each are M. Night Shyamalan and his “re-imagined” the faux-anime TV series, last year’s 4th biggest money-maker, Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the aptly titled Twilight “parody” Vampires Suck, the bling-obsessed superslick chick flick Sex & The City 2, and the decidedly un-romantic rom-com/revenge fantasy The Bounty Hunter.
Read more: LAST AIRBENDER, VAMPIRES SUCK Pick up Razzie Nominations
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The Academy has nodded. Their favorites anointed.
The 83rd annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning at 7:30 am CST and The King's Speech is now running around the room holding up a giant number 1 foam finger. The British monarchy saga leads all comers with 12 nominations including best picture and actor honors for Colin Firth, Helen Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.
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A small paragraph from an article that ran on freep.com has apparently re-opened the necronomicon and is causing quite a stir across the interwebz. In the article, Sam Raimi's long-time producer, Robert Tapert mentions that it's possible that he and Raimi will revisit their roots with the oft-rumored Evil Dead reboot. *Sigh* Here we go again.
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