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All of the plaintiffs in the seven class action lawsuits filed against the studio over the massive leaking of personal information like Social Security numbers and alleged inadequate cyber protection have asked Judge R. Gary Klausne to consolidate their cases.
(DH)
The writer-director’s latest, about the high-speed, musically influenced life of a young getaway driver, who grooves to his personal soundtrack on jobs to keep him at the top of his game, is close to casting Ansel Elgort. MRC and Tom Rothman’s TriStar will co-finance.
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No word if Kurt Russell, the original Snake Plisskin, will appear, but series writer-director John Carpenter will be an executive producer on the project and will, apparently, “exert creative influence” over the project.
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Films such as
Ghost in the Shell, which will star Scarlett Johansson, Jon Favreau’s VFX-heavy
Jungle Book, the
Pete’s Dragon remake and the Coast Guard drama
The Finest Hours all are now set for when they will hit theaters.
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Rordigo Santoro is in talks to play the Biblical figure in Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of the 1959 Oscar-winner. Jack Huston takes over for Charlton Heston in the lead role, and is joined by Toby Kebbell and Morgan Freeman, among others.
(THR)
Creator Dan Harmon and his cast, including Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs and Ken Jeong, as well as new addition Paget Brewster, put out a new subliminal video to tease the March 17th release of the new season.
(IW)
Paramount and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are in the process of hiring
Disturbia and
Eagle Eye helmer D.J. Caruso for the project, which will star Dwayne Johnson. No other casting is known, but speculation is that Channing Tatum will also return.
(SF)
A pair of trailers for a short film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, which are part advertisements for casinos in Manila and Macau, part preview of the short film.
(TFS)
Have you wondered why it is that some talented folk make a single bad movie and are thrown into “director’s jail,” while others make one middling offering after another and keep getting hired? An interesting take on modern Hollywood.
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The 138-page screenplay from the 2005 film, written by Cameron Crowe, version dated March, 2003.
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