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Trends International has posted the two new promotional posters for The Dark Knight Rises which you can view below.

The posters won’t be used in the film’s marketing, but you may see the images on merchandise, etc.

Opening in theaters and IMAX on July 20, the Christopher Nolan-directed action thriller stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman. Continue Reading…

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Variety is reporting that Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment is eyeing Ryan Reynolds to star in the Highlander reboot.

“Ryan Reynolds has emerged as the front-runner to topline Lionsgate-Summit’s franchise reboot, and though it’s unclear whether an actual offer has been made, sources tell Variety that both sides are in talks and are very interested in working together. Insiders add that Reynolds is weighing other offers and that [he] could still pursue another project,” says the trade.

In Highlander, after centuries of dueling to survive against others like him, Connor MacLeod, an immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his kind, a murderously brutal barbarian, who lusts for the Prize.

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo set to direct from a script by Art… Continue Reading…

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It’s been six years since Todd Field’s adaptation of Little Children, his follow-up to the multiple Oscar nominee In the Bedroom, and now, nearly three years after Field took on an adaptation of Boston Teran’s The Creed of Violence, Cross Creek Pictures have come on board to produce and finance the filmmaker’s third feature film with Universal Pictures set to distribute.

The fifth novel by Teran, author of God is a Bullet, is set during the 1910 Mexican Revolution as seen through the eyes of a small-time assassin named Rawbone and a young Bureau of Investigation agent named John Lourdes. The two are forced to work together to infiltrate a Mexican arms smuggling ring where they encounter killers and thieves.

With Oscar-nominated producers Brian Oliver (Black Swan) and… Continue Reading…

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With the summer movie season heating up, four popular Disney•Pixar movies are returning exclusively to AMC Theatres for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. From May 25 through May 28, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille, Up and WALL•E will be featured at AMC locations around the country. Each film will be accompanied by a classic Pixar short film and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming movie, Brave.

“There are some great films coming out Memorial Day weekend but nothing specifically for families and young children,” said Sun Dee Larson, vice president of Film Marketing at AMC. “We’re excited to provide our guests with an opportunity to take the whole family out to the theatre to enjoy some of the most treasured movies of all time, plus give our guests the… Continue Reading…

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With the announcement that original Blade Runner co-writer Hampton Fancher is on board for the sequel, director Ridley Scott also revealed a bit more to The Daily Beast.

Yesterday, the filmmakers said that “the much-anticipated project is intended to be a sequel to the renowned original. The filmmakers would reveal only that the new story will take place some years after the first film concluded.”

Scott told the site that he “started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week. We have a very good take on it. And we’ll definitely be featuring a female protagonist.”

Much like Sigourney Weaver in Alien, Noomi Rapace also leads Scott’s Prometheus, which opens in theaters on June 8.

Ridley Scott is next doing The Counselor,… Continue Reading…

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The first photos from Summit Entertainment’s Alex Cross have come online (via Kinopoisk). Opening in theaters on October 26, the Rob Cohen-directed thriller stars Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns and Jean Reno.

Alex Cross follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller. Continue Reading…

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Exclusive Media will finance and produce the new thriller Still of Night, written and to be directed by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3, U-571, Breakdown with Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) in final negotiations to star, it was announced today by Exclusive Media Co-Chairmen, Nigel Sinclair and Guy East.

Exclusive Media will produce the film alongside writer/director Jonathan Mostow and Steve Alexander.

A paranoia thriller that builds to a pulse-pounding crescendo, Still of Night is a smart, stylish ride packed with shocking twists that will give you nightmares – because it could actually happen to you. Katie Tyler (Michelle Monaghan) is an aspiring career woman with everything finally falling into place…until her sister Gwen disappears. Fully… Continue Reading…

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Marvel’s The Avengers set a new domestic speed record yesterday, May 17th, reaching the $400 million box office threshold in just 14 days. The previous record of 18 days was held by The Dark Knight.

Worldwide, “The Avengers” has passed Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest to become the #6 highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing Disney release ever. Internationally it is currently the #9 highest-grossing film of all time.

“The Avengers” added $10.6 million internationally and $6.2 million domestically for a Thursday total of $16.8 million. The film has earned $668.7 million overseas and $402 million in North America for a global total of $1.070 billion. Continue Reading…

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MTV has released the first 10 minutes of the second season of “Teen Wolf,” which premieres in two parts, with part one kicking off on Sunday, June 3 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, immediately following the “2012 MTV Movie Awards,” and part two debuting the following night, on Monday, June 4, in its regularly scheduled 10:00 p.m. ET/PT timeslot.

You can still watch the trailer for Season 2 by clicking here.

“Teen Wolf” was developed by Jeff Davis (creator, “Criminal Minds”) who also serves as executive producer. Additional executive producers include Marty Adelstein (“Prison Break”), Michael Thorn, René Echevarria (“Medium,” “Castle”), Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley. Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Resident Evil:… Continue Reading…

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Number 9 Films is announcing from out of the ongoing Cannes Film Festival that they’ve confirmed Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett and Alice in Wonderland star Mia Wasikowska to headline their adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novella “The Price of Salt” into a film called Carol, directed by John Crowley (Intermission, Boy A).

Adapted by Phyllis Nagy, the story of a lesbian romance in the ’50s written by Highsmith (under the pseudonym Claire Morgan), is being produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley at Number 9 Films along with Film4 with filming scheduled to start in London and New York starting February 2013.

The rather unprecedented homosexual love story–for the time in which it was written–follows the relationship between two very different women… Continue Reading…

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The Broadway play Peter and the Starcatchers, based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pierson’s bestselling children’s book, is already a huge hit, having received nine Tony Award nominations earlier this month, and now Walt Disney Pictures (whose publishing division Hyperion released the original book) have hired writer Jesse Wigutow to adapt the book into a movie with likely franchise potential.

The book tells the backstory of the iconic Peter Pan character with Barry and Pierson already working on a series of books set in the same word.

Wigutow is fairly hot right now with his adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s thriller The Osterman Weekend in development at Summit with director Brian Kirk (“Game of Thrones”) and a reboot of The Crow at Relativity Media with F. Javier… Continue Reading…

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According to Deadline, actor Anthony Mackie may be joining Brad (The Lincoln Lawyer) Furman’s Runner Runner, a drama about offshore online gaming for 20th Century Fox’s New Regency that already stars Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck.

Written by David Levien and Brian Koppelman (Rounders) and produced by Appian Way, the film about the tense relationship between the man who starts the offshore gaming business and his protegé is scheduled to being production next month.

Mackie, who starred in last year’s The Adjustment Bureau and the Oscar-winning war drama The Hurt Locker, can be seen later this year in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (also for Fox) and Reuben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad, is currently filming Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain…. Continue Reading…

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20th Century Fox is getting back in bed with Alvin and the Chipmunks director Tim Hill, buying the family film pitch for something called Playdate, which will be written by Hill and Dave Johnson and directed by Hill.

Produced by Nicky Weinstock’s Invention Films, the plot of the movie is being kept under wraps as is whether or not the movie will combine the live acton and CG animation of Hill’s biggest hits Alvin and the Chipmunks and Hop. Continue Reading…

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A few years back, I, Robot director Alex Proyas helmed the sci-fi thriller Knowing for Summit Entertainment, and according to Deadline, they plan to reunite for Proyas’ Gods of Egypt, an original story set in ancient Egyptian times that he’ll be co-writing with Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.

Produced by Proyas’ Mystery Clock Cinema with Basil (Clash of the Titans) Iwanyk’s Thunder Road, the film is “the story of a common thief and a god on a magical quest set amongst the pyramids and sphinxes.”

But first, Proyas will make the psychological thriller The Unpleasant of Jonathan Hoag for Phoenix Pictures, which he’s currently casting. Continue Reading…

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Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with his Blade Runner director Ridley Scott to develop the idea for the original screenplay for the Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Bud Yorkin produced follow up to the ground-breaking 1982 science fiction classic, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.

The filmmakers are also revealing for the first time that the much-anticipated project is intended to be a sequel to the renowned original. The filmmakers would reveal only that the new story will take place some years after the first film concluded.

The three-time Oscar-nominated Scott and his Blade Runner collaborator Fancher originally conceived of their 1982 classic as the first in a series of films… Continue Reading…

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The cast for Walt Disney Pictures’ reimagining of the “Sleeping Beauty” fairy tale, Maleficent, has been coming together over the last few weeks and the new name joining the cast is Juno Temple, who will play Thistlewit, one of three pixies along with veteran British actresses Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville.

These pixies are in charge of caring for Aurora, the actual sleeping beauty played by Elle Fanning, although they’re “neglectful and superficial.” Angelina Jolie plays the title character, the witch Maleficent who puts the curse on Aurora that sends her into a permanent sleep on her 16th birthday.

Juno Temple has appeared in numerous independent films, starring in last year’s Dirty Girl, and later this summer, she’s playing “Holly… Continue Reading…

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Relativity Media announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to market and distribute IM Global’s currently-titled Paranoia, directed by Robert Luketic (21) and starring Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), Oscar-nominee Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), Oscar-nominee Harrison Ford and Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class). Production is targeted to begin this summer and the film will release in theaters on September 27, 2013. IM Global will handle international distribution.

In this high-stakes thriller, Adam Cassidy (Hemsworth) is a charming, blue collar guy trying to get ahead in his entry-level job at Wyatt Telecom. But after one costly and illegal mistake, Adam is confronted by ruthless CEO Nicholas Wyatt. He won’t turn Adam in under one condition: Adam must agree to… Continue Reading…

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Stealth Media Group announced today that Nicolas Cage and Mickey Rourke are in talks to star in director Ryuhei Kitamura’s Marble City. The announcement was made by Jason Piette, Managing Director of Stealth Media Group LA office. Polaris Pictures’ Producer Jeremy Wall will co-finance the film along with Premiere Pictures. Mike Nilon, Nicolas Cage’s manager, is also Producing.

“Ryuhei is the electric kind of filmmaker that Stealth Media is proud to be in business with,” said Piette. “His vision of action filmmaking is truly unique as seen in ‘Azumi’ and we look forward to bringing a high octane smart action picture to the market that targets the critical young male demographic.”

Marble City takes us on a journey of a newly released prisoner who seeks revenge… Continue Reading…

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Dimension Films announced today that the sequel Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For will open nationwide on October 4, 2013. Casting is underway, with original cast members returning to work with directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, from their script co-written by Academy Award winner William Monahan. Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba are already confirmed to return.

The script and details of the film’s story are being kept tightly under wraps. The studio says the remaining cast will be announced shortly with some big names expected to fill the roles of Sin City’s newest characters yet to be seen in theaters.

The original Sin City broke new ground with its iconic stylish look and grossed over $160 million worldwide. Frank Miller’s Sin… Continue Reading…

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CBS Films and Good Universe confirmed today that Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman will join fellow Oscar-winners Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro in the comedy Last Vegas.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, While You Were Sleeping) from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Tangled), Last Vegas is a comedy about four old friends who decide to throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.

Freeman is set to play Archie Clay, an army veteran, who looks to escape the watchful eyes of his son and daughter-in-law and accompany his best friends on a trip to Vegas.

The ensemble comedy is being produced by Laurence Mark (Julie & Julia, Dreamgirls) and Amy Baer. Good Universe’s Nathan Kahane will… Continue Reading…

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SuperHeroHype has posted the first promo clip for “Arrow,” which will air this fall on Wednesdays at 8:00-9:00 p.m on The CW.

The series stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Colin Donnell as Tommy, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, with Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen and Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance.

Click the image below to watch the clip! Continue Reading…

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Sony Pictures and MGM have debuted the first poster for the 23rd James Bond movie, Skyfall! The first trailer for the film will be online on Monday, May 21st at 8:30 a.m. BST / 12:30 a.m. PST.

Coming to theaters and IMAX on November 9, the Sam Mendes-directed action adventure stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace and Tonia Sotiropoulou.

In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Continue Reading…

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Twentieth Century Fox has released a new international poster for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus , opening in theaters on June 8th. The anticipated sci-fi thriller stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron.

Prometheus takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery. Continue Reading…

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Exclusive Media and Cross Creek Pictures have entered into a three year development and production deal with a minimum of two feature films per year. A Walk Among the Tombstones, starring Liam Neeson, will be the first film to be produced and financed under this new arrangement. Scott Frank (The Lookout) wrote and will direct the film with Double Feature Films partners Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher to produce with Danny DeVito and his company, Jersey Films.

Here’s the full announcement:

Exclusive Media and Cross Creek Pictures have entered into a three year 50-50 co-financing, co-producing, co-development deal for a minimum of two feature films per annum with budgets up to $65m. All films under this new arrangement will be released theatrically in the US through Cross… Continue Reading…

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Entertainment Weekly has debuted these first three photos of Liam Neeson in Taken 2, which Twentieth Century Fox will release in theaters on October 5.

Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) from Albanian kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape, and uses the same advanced level of special forces tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the kidnappers one by one.

The original 2009 release cost only $25 million to make but earned $226.8 million worldwide. Continue Reading…

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A new international poster for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has a lot of people buzzing this morning, not because it features some new artwork… but it might contain a big spoiler.

As you can see, the image features the Prometheus ship colliding with the alien spacecraft. Does this actually happen in the film or was this merely whipped up for the poster? Guess we’ll all find out on June 8th when the film opens. Continue Reading…

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The CW announced its 2012 – 2013 fall schedule today which includes five new dramas. The final season of “Gossip Girl” will air this fall on Monday nights, preceded by “90201.” Tuesdays will start with “Hart of Dixie” leading into the new medical drama “Emily Owens, M.D.” New action series “Arrows” kicks off Wednesday, preceding “Supernatural” on its new nights. “The Vampire Diaries” stays on Thursday nights, followed by the new romantic drama “Beauty and the Beast.” “America’s Next Top Model” struts to Friday nights, followed by “Nikita,” “Cult,” and “The Carrie Diaries” on tap for mid-season. Here’s the full line-up:

The CW Network presented its 2012-13… Continue Reading…

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John Cusack is in negotiations to join Elijah Wood in the high-concept indie thriller Grand Piano, Variety reports.

The film arrives from writer Damien Chazelle and director Eugenio Mira and will feature Wood as a famous concert pianist whose crippling stage fright has prevented him from performing for years. When he finally overcomes his fears and plays before an audience, he finds himself trapped in a deadly scenario that forces him to keep playing expertly or forfeit his own life and that of his wife to a mysterious madman.

Production is targeted for this summer in Ciudad de la Luz in Alicante and Chicago with Buried producers Rodrigo Cortes and Adrian Guerra.

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20th Century Fox has plans to adapt Hugh Howey’s popular Wool series into a feature film, Deadline reports. Originally published an ebook series, the first novel is officially described as follows:

They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by the toxic airs that kill any who brave them.

So they leave it to the criminals, those who break the rules, and who are sent to cleaning. Why do they do it, these people condemned to death? Sheriff Holston has always wondered. Now he is about to find out.

Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Productions is set to develop the property alongside Garrett Basch and Steve Zaillian of… Continue Reading…

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Eli Roth is set to direct his next horror thriller, The Green Inferno. Details on the film’s plot have yet to be revealed.

Best known for horror entries like Hostel and Cabin Fever, Roth co-wrote the screenplay with Aftershock co-writer Guillermo Amoedo, from Roth’s own original story.

Worldview Entertainment, a New York City-based motion picture production and investment company, has signed on to finance and produce.

“Eli has an excellent track record of writing and directing high quality, commercially successful films of this genre. We are big fans of his work and very excited to be a part of his next project,” said Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow.

“I’ve had an amazing few years producing, writing and acting, and am very excited to get back in the… Continue Reading…