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‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailers Ready for War
20th Century Fox has release two new trailers for their upcoming summer blockbuster, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. The newest chapter in the Apes vs Man saga takes place after a human created virus made the apes more intelligent, but also decimated man-kind....
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Lionsgate and Saban are Go Go for a New ‘Power Rangers’
Since the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debut over twenty years ago, that must mean its time for a new movie. Lionsgate and Saban have announced plans to bring the rangers back to the big screen with a new live-action adaptation. That means the Power Rangers ar...
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Criticwire’s Sam Adams Suggests There May Be Too Many Comic Book Films
Criticwire's Sam Adams lobbed a fastball down the middle of the plate yesterday when he asked if there are too many superhero movies? The question is not unwarranted; comic book films are largely based on the same structures (origin story, escalation, bait-and...
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Three Separate Versions of “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” To Be Released This Fall
Deadline has word out of Cannes that the upcoming debut from Ned Benson, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, will have 3 different cuts released this fall. Plot details are somewhat vague, other than it revolves aroun...
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Release Date Roundup: “Live By Night” Pushed, “Midnight Special” Set
Deadline reports that release dates for films I'm looking forward to have been finalized. The first is that Ben Affleck's followup to his Best Picture Oscar-winning Argo, Live By Night has been pushed from December 25, 2015 to October 7th, 2016. No other films...
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Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell Join Max Landis Scripted “Mr. Right”
Earlier today Deadline reported that a new script from Max Landis is coming to life starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Paco Cabezas (of the upcoming Nic Cage action thriller Tokarev), the romantic comedy follows Kendrick's character whose bad...
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“Spring Breakers: The Second Coming” Is…Coming
It's happening. There is a sequel in development to 2013's masterpiece of neon-tinged debauchery, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers. Titled Spring Breakers: The Second Coming (obviously), it appears that the production company Wild Bunch is going to the Cannes ...
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Weekend Box Office: Spidey Starts Summer
The first weekend of May means the kickoff of the summer movie season, and usually a superhero movie kicks things off (last year brought Iron Man 3 and the year before was The Avengers). This year brought us the fifth cinematic outing for Spider-Man and the se...
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Joe Carnahan Adapting “Narc” For Television: The State of Filmmakers and TV
In a recent interview with /Film Joe Carnahan revealed details on the adaptation of his 2002 film Narc into a mini-series for Paramount.
I’m writing the outline of it right now. I mean, dude, it’s crazy. I came up with, what I thought, was a really cool way o...
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Joaquin Phoenix Starring in Woody Allen’s Next Film
Ever the constant worker, Woody Allen is gearing up for his next film to shoot sometime in July. In typical Woody Allen fashion there are no plot details at this time, only that Joaquin Phoenix will be taking on the lead role. Adding to theories surrounding wh...
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