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Captain America Costume Photos Online
Posted by: | CommentsThe first photographs of the Captain America costume are now online courtesy of The Daily Mail .
The outfit, seen below, is reportedly worn in these shots by a stuntman and not Chris Evans himself. The scene involves a motorbike chase between Steve Rogers and agents of H.Y.D.R.A., as pictured in the second image down. Click on either of the below images for more full costume shots at The Daily Mail :
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The Dark Tower to Become a Film Trilogy and TV Series
Posted by: | CommentsUniversal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langleyalong with Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment and Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC & Universal Media Studiostoday announced that Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have acquired the rights to produce three films and a television series based on the seven epic novels, short stories and comic books from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower .
Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of television, which will be written by Akiva Goldsman. Goldsman will produce the film through his Weed Road Pictures with Howard and Grazer for Imagine Entertainment. Howard, Grazer and Goldsman will executive produce the television series…
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Martin Freeman May be Hobbit Frontrunner
Posted by: | CommentsMartin Freeman may be at the very top of the list of potential Hobbit leads, according to a report at EW .
Freeman, best known for his performance as Tim on the original “The Office,” would play Bilbo Baggins, a humorless Hobbit unwittingly thrust into the life of an adventurer. Ian Holm portrayed Bilbo in the “Lord of the Rings” films, set decades after the events of The Hobbit .
Freeman reportedly turned down the role due to a previous commitment to the BBC series “Sherlock.” Now, EW claims that an offer has been made to Freeman that would work The Hobbit shooting into his schedule.
Though official details are still unannounced, progression on The Hobbit would seem to indicate that New Line/Warner Bros. and MGM are close to working out…
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Ronald Reagan Biopic in the Works
Posted by: | CommentsThe Hollywood Reporter says that the story of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, is in development.
The $30 million movie, titled Reagan , is set for release late next year and will be based on two best-selling biographies by Paul Kengor: “The Crusader” and “God and Ronald Reagan.”
Mark Joseph, who optioned the books four years ago, is co-producing with Ralph Winter (“X-Men” films, Planet of the Apes ) and Jonas McCord ( Ray , Holes , The Pa*sion of The Christ ) wrote the script.
Reagan begins with the 1981 a*sa*sination attempt and tells Reagan’s story through flashbacks and flash-forwards.
A “Reagans” movie, starring James Brolin as the president, premiered on Showtime in November of 2003.
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Exclusive TV Spot for Let Me In
Posted by: | CommentsComingSoon.net’s horror arm ShockTillYouDrop.com has an exclusive first look at the new TV spot for Let Me In , written and directed by Matt Reeves ( Cloverfield ). Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono and Sasha Barrese, the adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s “Let the Right One In opens in theaters on October 1st.
Let Me In tells a terrifying tale about an alienated 12-year old boy named Owen (Smit-McPhee) who is viciously bullied by his cla*smates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Moretz), an eerily self-possessed…
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Michael Caine Will Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Posted by: | CommentsMichael Caine has joined the cast of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island , says a report at Heat Vision .
Caine will join Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson, who himself returns as Sean Anderson, his character from the first film. Caine will play Sean’s grandfather who, missing, leads Sean to team with his mother’s boyfriend (Johnson) and track him down. Though the film may begin with his character’s absence, Caine will, according to the original article, have a great deal of screen time, including a chase scene against giant bees.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is gearing up to begin production soon in Hawaii and North Carolina.
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Liam Neeson Joins Battleship Cast
Posted by: | CommentsLiam Neeson has joined the cast of Universal’s Battleship , the Hasbro board game adaptation directed by Peter Berg.
The film also stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna and Hamish Linklater
Neeson will play the Admiral Shane character alongside Kitsch, who portrays a Naval officer and Shane’s future son-in-law. Decker is playing Shane’s daughter. Skarsgard will play the brother to Kitsch’s character.
Battleship will unfold as a ma*sive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.
Universal Pictures is scheduled to release the movie on May 18, 2012.
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Natalie Portman Offered Lead in Gravity
Posted by: | CommentsA little over a week ago, it was reported that Angelina Jolie had pa*sed a second time on the lead female role in Alfonso Cuaron’s planned 3D space survival thriller Gravity , which already had attached Robert Downey Jr. cast in a supporting role. Despite recent rumors of Rachel Weisz being offered the part after other potential candidates like Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson were nixed, word now comes from The Hollywood Reporter that Natalie Portman has been offered the part, having earned buzz out of Venice and Telluride for her performance in Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan .
With a reported budget of $80 million, the film focuses on a female astronaut sent out to fix the Hubble telescope who is the sole survivor left stranded after space junk hits her transport,…
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Heartbreaker : An Exclusive Clip and Interview
Posted by: | CommentsConsidering the sad state of the American romantic comedy, it makes sense that France, home of the proverbial “language of love,” would produce one of the most brilliant concepts for a romantic comedy, maybe ever. Directed by Pascal Chaumeil, Heartbreaker stars Romain Duris as Alex, a smooth-talking charmer whose way with the ladies allows him to front a business that specializes in convincing unhappy women to break up with their less-than-perfect boyfriends and husbands. When he’s hired by a wealthy businessman to seduce his beautiful daughter (Vanessa Paradis) away from her British fiancé, Alex instead finds himself falling for her charms, making this his toughest job yet.
Although Duris is a well-known commodity in France, this is a very different type of role for the…
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Andrew Garfield’s First Words on Spider-Man
Posted by: | CommentsTwo months ago, when it was announced that British actor Andrew Garfield had scored the coveted role of Peter Parker in the upcoming still-untitled Spider-Man reboot by Marc Webb, there weren’t that many American moviegoers familiar with his work, but with two new movies coming out in the next month, Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go and David Fincher’s The Social Network , one can expect Garfield will be everywhere talking about the movies and invariable, he’ll be asked questions about the high-profile superhero reboot.
The first to get to him was The Hollywood Reporter , who asked him for a few thoughts on getting the part:
I have been waiting for this phone call for 24 years, for someone to call me up and say, "Hey, we want you to pretend to be a character that…
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