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The Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas Follow-Up Jupiter Ascending Secures Extra Financing

By:  Katey Rich Though it managed to eventually make an impressive $107 million worldwide, Cloud Atlas was a sad entry in the box office of 2012, an expensive and beautiful passion project that divided critics and was roundly rejected by American audiences. Even the poor movie’s Blu-ray release has been pushed back all the way to May, and fans of the film will be gritting their teeth at … Continue reading The Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas Follow-Up Jupiter Ascending Secures Extra Financing

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Ben Affleck Was Asked To Play Batman In The Justice League Movie?

By:  Sean O’Connell The Justice League movie might never graduate beyond the rumor stage. The last bit of news we reported about the potential JLA movie was pretty bad (more on that in a second). But when the rumors are as tantalizing as the one that recently dropped, you understand why this project potentially works better as fanboy wishes and dreams than as an actual movie that probably won’t live … Continue reading Ben Affleck Was Asked To Play Batman In The Justice League Movie?

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Benedict Cumberbatch Could Play Heroic Code-Cracking Mathematician Alan Turing

By: Kristy Puchko Only three short years ago, Benedict Cumberbatch was a little-known British actor who had no reputation to speak of Stateside. But then came the mini-series sensation that is BBC’s Sherlock. Roles in high prestige movies likeTinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse followed, as well as villainous turns in such highly anticipated action-adventures as the Hobbit trilogy andStar Trek Into Darkness. This year he has a slate of five … Continue reading Benedict Cumberbatch Could Play Heroic Code-Cracking Mathematician Alan Turing

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Robotech Anime Adaptation Hires Nic Mathieu To Direct

By: Sean O’Connell Just in case audiences responded favorably to Guillermo Del Toro’s robots-versus-monsters blockbuster Pacific Rim (which is expected), Hollywood wants to make sure it has rival sci-fi/tech/robot/battle projects in the pipeline. As a result, Rim studio Warner Bros. has decided to move ahead with a big-budget adaptation of the anime series Robotech, officially tapping a director for the gig. Nic Mathieu, a CGI-friendly commercial director, will make his feature-film … Continue reading Robotech Anime Adaptation Hires Nic Mathieu To Direct

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The Impossible Director To Helm Warner Bros’ Untitled Sci-Fi Feature

By:  Kristy Puchko A disaster movie out of Spain became a massive international hit this year, and the man to thank is Barcelona-born filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona. Based on the true story of one family’s survival of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, The Impossible showed movie audiences the catastrophe’s widespread and horrific devastation by focusing on a family’s journey to survive and reunite. The Spain-produced English-language film has … Continue reading The Impossible Director To Helm Warner Bros’ Untitled Sci-Fi Feature

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Frank Darabont Describes His Take On Godzilla As ‘A Terrifying Force Of Nature’

By: Eric Eisenberg Frank Darabont has proven himself a skilled filmmaker and storyteller when it comes to the work of Stephen King and Robert Kirkland, but his next big effort takes him into uncharted waters, a.k.a. kaiju territory. Earlier this month it was revealed that the Shawshank Redemption director had been hired by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. to rewrite the script for the upcoming Godzilla reboot from director Gareth … Continue reading Frank Darabont Describes His Take On Godzilla As ‘A Terrifying Force Of Nature’

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The Hobbit Has Made So Much That New Zealand Wants Its Money Back

By:  Kristy Puchko The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been out for little more than a month and yet has already pulled in more than $886 million worldwide. While this should be all around great news for film’s director Peter Jackson and its distributor Warner Bros., its meteoric rise has inspired a rabblerousing politician to demand about $56 million dollars be refunded to New Zealand, where the … Continue reading The Hobbit Has Made So Much That New Zealand Wants Its Money Back

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Justice League Plot Revealed?

By: Katey Rich Much as we might like it to be otherwise, the only person currently confirmed to be working on Warner Bros.‘ Justice League movie is screenwriter Will Beall. The Gangster Squad writer is presumably hard at work putting together a draft good enough to lure in a top-flight director, but while he works, we have nothing to but speculate about what he might … Continue reading Justice League Plot Revealed?

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Guillermo del Toro Says Haunted House Story Crimson Peak Will Be His Next Film

By: Eric Eisenberg Guillermo del Toro has a number of projects at various stages of development, but now he has apparently nailed down which one he wants to direct once he has completed work on the upcoming monster vs. robot epic Pacific Rim. Moving away from sci-fi and back to horror, it has been revealed that the Mexican filmmaker has named the ghost story Crimson Peak … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro Says Haunted House Story Crimson Peak Will Be His Next Film

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Todd Phillips’ Crime Thriller Hires Screenwriter Peter O’Brien

By: Sean O’Connell For the entirety of his career, Todd Phillips has been responsible for medium-concept, ridiculously successful male-centric comedies. But once he puts the finishing touches on his third Hangover movie, which has circled a May 24, 2013 release date, it’s sounding like Phillips will attempt to go in a completely different direction, tonally speaking. Phillips’ name is attached to an adaptation of Linwood … Continue reading Todd Phillips’ Crime Thriller Hires Screenwriter Peter O’Brien

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