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The Dark Knight Rises Makes $27 Million At Midnight Screenings

By: Katey Rich Normally it’s fun to report the midnight box office numbers for a highly anticipated movie, thinking of all the excited crowds lining up in the middle of the night, and how much that fan anticipation might lead to a big box office weekend. Today it just feels even sadder. But let’s think of it this way: while a genuine, unimaginable tragedy was … Continue reading The Dark Knight Rises Makes $27 Million At Midnight Screenings

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Iron Man 3 Concept Art Shows A Stunned, Smoking Tony Stark

By: Sean O’Connell Someone is getting the jump on Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in this concept art for Iron Man 3, which currently is shooting in Wilmington, N.C. The image was shared with Entertainment Weekly, which says posters made from this shot will be handed out to fans at San Diego Comic-Con beginning next week. But we have it for you above. Artist Ryan … Continue reading Iron Man 3 Concept Art Shows A Stunned, Smoking Tony Stark

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Top Secret Marvel Short Revealed!

By: Kristy Puchko Beyond their big-budget blockbusters, Marvel has been extending their productions into a string of short films that have peppered the home-video releases of features like Thor and Captain America. More than just fan service, these shorts—or "One-Shots" as Marvel dubs them—give love to arcs that—like one shot comics—don’t require much time to offer a satisfying punch and story. Buzz has been percolating … Continue reading Top Secret Marvel Short Revealed!

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Michael Ian Black And Cobie Smulders Join David Wain’s They Came Together

By: Kristy Puchko Paul Rudd and writer-director David Wain can’t seem to get enough of each other. Mere months after their latest collaboration Wanderlust hit theaters, the pair have swung into casting for their next team-up They Came Together, which Wain calls “a spoof/homage/deconstruction/love letter to Romantic Comedies.” This will mark the eighth feature the duo has worked together on, and buzz is already building … Continue reading Michael Ian Black And Cobie Smulders Join David Wain’s They Came Together

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Will Prometheus Get A Sequel? Plus Two More Big Questions

By: Sean O’Connell With fanfare worthy of a summer tentpole, Sir Ridley Scott’s Prometheus touched down in theaters over the weekend surfing a pre-release buzz of sci-fi mystery and big-budget mayhem as rabid Alien fans bought tickets to see how the “strands of Alien DNA” found in Damon Lindelof’s screenplay connected Scott’s former masterpiece to his latest. Based on the box-office results, hordes of movie … Continue reading Will Prometheus Get A Sequel? Plus Two More Big Questions

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Captain America 2 Hires Community Producers Joe And Anthony Russo To Direct

By: Katey Rich They seemed like total longshots when they made the rumored shortlist for directors back in March, but it seems unlikely dreams really can come true:Variety reports that Joe and Anthony Russo, former producers of the sitcom Community, have been tapped to direct Captain America 2, the upcoming sequel to the hit Marvel movie that’s set for a release date of April 4, … Continue reading Captain America 2 Hires Community Producers Joe And Anthony Russo To Direct

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New Justice League Script Described As Dark And Mature

By: Katey Rich Comic book author Mark Millar is currently helping put together Kick-Ass 2, a second film based on his comic book and an unlikely sequel to the 2010 film, which made almost no money but did make a star out of Chloe Moretz. So how much are we to assume Mark Millar actually knows about DC’s recently revived Justice League movie? Well, that’s up … Continue reading New Justice League Script Described As Dark And Mature

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Wonder Woman Movie Moving Forward With Green Lantern Screenwriter

By: Sean O’Connell Buried, somewhat, beneath the noisy buzz surrounding news that Warner Bros. plans to move forward with a Justice League movie is the news item that a script is being commissioned for a Wonder Woman film, with a Green Lantern scribe hard at work and trying to deliver in a timely fashion. That makes sense. Of the League’s “Big Three” (Batman, Superman and … Continue reading Wonder Woman Movie Moving Forward With Green Lantern Screenwriter

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Jeremy Renner Protects Rachel Weisz In Latest The Bourne Legacy Image

By: Sean O’Connell We’re warming up to the idea of Jeremy Renner as the latest trainee in the ultra-secret Bourne spy program. Nothing against Mr. Renner, who was outstanding in such films as The Town and The Hurt Locker (and held his own alongside some titans of personality in The Avengers). Matt Damon just gave Renner some massive shoes to fill. How does Renner get … Continue reading Jeremy Renner Protects Rachel Weisz In Latest The Bourne Legacy Image

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Disney’s Order Of The Seven Gets Shut Down Due To Budget Concerns

By: Eric Eisenberg It’s been a year of highs and lows for live action films over at Walt Disney Studios. While John Carter – despite impressive foreign box office numbers – will likely go down in history as one of the bigger bombs in recent memory (it ended up losing the studio approximately $200 million), Marvel’s The Avengers was an astronomical success that has already … Continue reading Disney’s Order Of The Seven Gets Shut Down Due To Budget Concerns

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