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It was recently announced that J Michael Straczynski (”Babylon 5,” Changeling) will be writing the script for the “Forbidden Planet” remake. But he has also just completed his rewrite of the “Thor” script, which was originally written by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend).
“Thor” is scheduled to hit theaters on July 16th, 2010 and with the [...]

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 Ever since her breakout role in “Transformers,” 22-year-old brunette beauty Megan Fox has gained an enormous fanbase online. So it was big news this week when Wonder-Who.com revealed that she would be portraying DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman in an upcoming big screen adaptation. There’s only one problem: it’s a fake.
In the “Holy Trinity” of [...]

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Joe Johnston has inked a deal to direct “First Avenger: Captain America,” Marvel Studios’ take on its classic comic book character. Marvel’s Kevin Feige is producing.
No writers are on board, but the studio, which is hearing pitches, expects to hire shortly.
Johnston first met with Marvel two years ago. When the two parties clicked, general talks [...]

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Beyonce told LA Times that she would love to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming comic book film. “I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman? It would be great,” she said. “And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful [...]

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When news came that Marvel would replace Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle for the Jim Rhodes role in the upcoming “Iron Man” sequel, everyone was surprised, including Howard. Then studio insiders revealed that the reasons why Howard will not be coming back is because he was too difficult to work with on the first movie [...]

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We are one month away from seeing “Punisher: War Zone” in theaters and the marketing for this Lionsgate film has been almost non-existent comparing to other comic book movies that have recently appeared on the big screen. Today, we have the first TV spot for “Punisher,” which highlights the film’s greatest assets; action and violence.
Plot: [...]

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Who would you rather spend a year with: Axel Foley or Conan the Cimmerian?
This has been director Brett Ratner’s dilemma for the past few weeks, as he weighed two high-profile projects: Paramount’s fourth installment of the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise and a 21st century take on “Conan” co-produced by Nu Image/Millennium and Lionsgate Films.
By the [...]

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“The Dark Knight” helped giant-screen exhibitor Imax trim its third-quarter loss Thursday.
Toronto-based Imax posted a loss of $2.1 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared with a loss of $7.3 million for the year-ago period.
Revenue jumped 13.2% to $33.5 million, against a year-earlier $29.6 million. Film revenue of $13 million — compared with 2007’s [...]

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Jeann-Claude Van Damme, who has recently garnered some attention for his performance in “JCVD,” revealed to MTV News that it’s back to business for him as he prepares to make another installment of “Universal Soldier.”
“I don’t know if they want to make it a video release or theatrical,” he said, adding that he’s “just going [...]

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Back in June, it was said that French horror directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (Inside) have been offered the chance to helm the sequel to Rob Zombie’s “Halloween.” Then two weeks ago, The Weinstein Company announced plans to release “Halloween 2″ in theaters, even though they will begin focusing more on direct-to-DVD titles.
Now, DreadCentral [...]

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