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Weekend Box Office: All “Iron Man 3″ Edition

Okay, we might as well just forget about everything else for the moment, since “Iron Man 3″ pretty much was the entire weekend box office. Let’s run through some of the superlatives. An opening weekend projected from $171 million to $171 million, which puts it in second place for best three day weekend opening since...
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Finally, Luke Evans To Star in “The Crow”

Hopefully this is the real thing–after about a million casting rumors (okay, let’s put it under ten) we now have word from Deadline  that Luke Evans will star in the remake of “The Crow.” F. Javier Gutierrez will direct. “The Crow,” based on the comic book written by James O’Barr, is about Eric Draven, a...
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Pacino Departs “Despicable Me 2,” Benjamin Bratt Steps In

Deadline reports that Al Pacino has departed “Despicable Me 2,” the sequel to the 2010 animated hit of the same name without the “2.” Pacino was supposed to voice the villain of the film; Benjamin Bratt has already been brought in to replace him. The movie is set for a July 3rd release. Pacino supposedly...
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Calendar Alert! “Inside Llewyn Davis” Gets Release Date

Are you already planning your 2013 awards season movie going? If so, you’re insane–just kick back and enjoy summer. If you can’t stop yourself, then you’ll be glad to know that the next Coen brothers movie, “Inside Llewyin Davis,” finally has a release date: December 6th. That’s almost three years after the release of “True...
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Michael Caine Joins Nolan’s “Interstellar”

Some directors like working with the same actors. I don’t mean franchises, where obviously the same actors are going to keep coming back as the same characters, but directors who keep casting the same people, no matter what movie they’re doing next. Hey, it makes sense–no matter what business you’re in, wouldn’t you prefer to...
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Jessica Chastain Is Up For “Interstellar”

Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is getting a pretty stellar cast. Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway were already set to star, and how word comes from Deadline that Jessica Chastain is in talks to join in the fun in a third leading role. As always with a Nolan movie, everything is top secret. We do know a...
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The Latest in Bradley Cooper News: Spielberg to Direct Him in “American Sniper,” Wells to Direct Him in “Chef”

We have had a busy Bradley Cooper news week. First he dropped out of “Jane Got a Gun” to concentrate on finishing David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” and doing the required promotion for “The Hangover Part III,” and now he’s picked up some directors for other projects. Steven Spielberg will make Cooper’s “American Sniper” his...
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Robert Downey Jr. Wishes For Ben Stiller, Director, And Gets Him

One of Disney’s best known songs is “When You Wish Upon a Star,” sung by the character Jiminy Cricket in “Pinocchio.” The lyrics include lines about how when you wish upon a star, your dreams will come true, and that’s essentially become a theme for the whole huge Disney empire. Well, one of the members...
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Michael B. Jordan Rumored For “Fantastic Four”

The Wrap says that Michael B. Jordan is in talks for a role in the new version Marvel is planning of its “Fantastic Four” comic series. Josh Trank, of “Chronicle” fame, is set to direct. Jordan actually appeared in “Chronicle,” but may be better known now for his role on TV’s “Friday Night Lights” and...
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Lily Collins To Star In “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”

After being unable to hold onto a director or cast a female lead, the adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” seemed dead. How silly to think that. Like the zombies in the title, it has apparently staggered back to life. Variety  reports that Burr Steers now will direct, with Lily Collins taking the lead...
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Bradley Cooper Leaves “Jane Got a Gun”

I used to work in customer service for a mail order company.Sometimes we’d get orders where we clearly messed up–leaving a product out of the box, putting in the wrong color item, things like that. In other cases, the customer messed up, maybe leaving something off their address that made the package come back or...
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Michael Mann Goes To Battle With “Agincourt”

Deadline reports that Michael Mann’s next film will be an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s novel “Agincourt.” Stuart Hazeldine is directing. Agincourt was the 15th century battle where a small, worn down British force won a major victory over a much larger, better equipped (and arrogant) French army during the Hundred Years War. It’s a story...
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Natalie Portman Joins Michael Fassbender in “Macbeth”

It seems like just yesterday that we heard Michael Fassbender would play the title role in “Macbeth,” in a new version of Shakespeare’s play to be directed by Justin Kurzel. Why, as a matter of fact, it WAS just yesterday! That announcement stated that they were talking to a well-known actress about playing Lady Macbeth,...
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Lily James Is “Cinderella”

Apparently Lily James has a taste for fragile footwear. After an interminably long process, Deadline reports that Lily James will play the title role in Disney’s new live version of “Cinderella.” Kenneth Branagh will direct and Cate Blanchett will play the wicked stepmother. James was seen on the big screen in “Wrath of the Titans,”...
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Michael Fassbender To Star In “Macbeth”

Actors don’t like to say the title “Macbeth” in a theater, but they love being in the Scottish Play. There aren’t any superstitions about saying the play’s title on a sound stage, or location shoot, though, as far as I know, but nevertheless, there haven’t been many film adaptations of the play, despite it being...
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