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The Oscar-nominated actress is joining Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, and Emily Blunt in the film. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, the visual effects supervisor on the first film, called
Snow White And The Huntsman, will direct the flick and make his feature debut, replacing Frank Darabont. No word yet on which part she will play, but it will be in theaters April 22nd, 2016.
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The star of the first three
Terminator films (who had a cameo in the fourth one,
Terminator Salvation) and co-star of the upcoming
Terminator: Genysis along with Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney and Jason Clarke, has reassured fans that he expects to return for a
Genysis sequel. Of course, the July 1st release has to be enough of a hit for Paramount to green light a sixth film in the franchise.
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Writer of
If I Stay, which was one of the company’s releases over this past summer, has picked up the rights to
I Was Here, which centers on Cody, an 18-year-old whose best friend Meg takes her own life. Looking for answers, Cody begins a brave and dangerous journey that takes her from her dead-end Washington town to Meg’s college dorm, to the clubs of Seattle, to the deserts of Nevada, and to the darkest parts of her own psyche.
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Melissa Benoist and Calista Flockhart star in the pilot, from Greg Berlanti. Now, a casting request has gone out for “someone ‘5-foot-11 or taller,’ ‘square-jawed’ and wielding ‘a ripped physique’ to serve as a body double for ‘a DC Comic Superhero.’”
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Community veteran Rob Schrab will step in to helm the follow-up to the enormous hit. While writer-directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord will write and produce the second one, Schrab — who has also directed episodes of
Workaholics,
The Mindy Project,
Parks And Recreation and
The Sarah Silverman Program — will call the shots on the film, due in theaters in 2018.
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Jennifer Yuh, who directed the previous installment of the popular animated franchise, will be joined by Alessandro Carloni to helm the third in the series. The move reportedly came at Yuh’s request, so as to complete the film i a timely manner. The film was moved off its original December 23rd, 2015 release date to get away from the new
Star Wars film, and is now hitting theaters next March.
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EastEnders actor joins Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult in an unknown “but substantial” role. Also in the Bryan Singer film is Rose Byrne, Oscar Isaac, Tye SHeridan, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Evan Peters in the film, which hits theaters on May 27th, 2016.
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This year’s show wasn’t just a disappointment in terms of viewership — down 16%, with tepid reviews for host Neil Patrick Harris — it also speaks to a much larger problem for Hollywood. Here are five thoughts on how to fix the show, including a revision of the voting and, of course, tightening the show from its interminable length.
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The producer behind the brilliant fan fiction short films
Dirty Laundry, starring The Punisher, and
Truth In Journalism, starring the Spider-Man villain Venom, as well as the 2012 film
Dredd, is back with this pretty amazing take on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff.
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The 118-page screenplay by D.W. Harper, based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and later filmed as
Edge of Tomorrow. Script is dated April 1st, 2000.
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