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Armie Hammer Is Going To Have Problems At '2:22' From 'Moon' Writer Nathan Parker

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 5:56 AM
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While Armie Hammer has ridden his "The Social Network" buzz into roles in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" and Tarsem's Snow White film it looks like his shot at starring opposite Johnny Depp in "The Lone Ranger" has been tabled for now.

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'Smallville' Star Laura Vandervoort Joins 'Ted'; Four More Unknowns Join 'Hunger Games'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 5:30 AM
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A couple quick bits of casting here for you.

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Watch: Uma Thurman Can't Stop Talking About Schweppes (Not Sex You Pervert)

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 4:59 AM
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So....Uma Thurman is doing commercials for fancy sodas now? Ok.

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Confirmed: Guy Pearce Joins Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 4:24 AM
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Rumors had been flying around for the past few days about Guy Pearce taking a role in Ridley Scott's highly anticipated and top-secret "Prometheus" after CHUD caught wind of some intel from their sources. We put in a few calls and it turns out that morsel of info is bang on.

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New Pics: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn,' 'Three Musketeers' & 'Stranger Tides'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 4:04 AM
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A bunch of new pics to start your week, so let's dive right in, shall we?

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Watch: Clive Owen's House Is Haunted In 'Intruders' Trailer From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 3:45 AM
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Spanish helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo got himself onto the Hollywood radar fairly quickly with the one-two punch of "Intacto" followed by the solid "28 Weeks Later." He's already tipped for "The Crow" reboot/remake -- though that seems to be tied up in legal woes for the moment -- but he's got another film on the way that will try to spook you silly.

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Tristan Patterson Talks Form of 'Dragonslayer' And Creating An Authentic Experience

By Catherine Scott
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May 2, 2011 3:21 AM
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Writer and director Tristan Patterson is flying pretty high right now. His first feature-length film "Dragonslayer" just won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, and he's in the middle of negotiations for distribution. The film follows Josh "Skreech" Sandoval, a pool skateboarder from California, in his daily wanderings. Patterson took some time while promoting his film at the Independent Film Festival of Boston to sit down with us to talk about the odd form of his documentary, what type of viewer he's interested in and what it was like to win a major award after only one film.

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SFIFF ’11: Terence Stamp Talks About Working With Fellini, Bill Clinton the ‘Priscilla’ Fan

By Sean Gillane
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May 2, 2011 3:00 AM
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Friday night at the San Francisco International Film Festival, actor Terence Stamp (“The Adjustment Bureau,” “Valkyrie”) was presented with the Peter J. Owens award for excellence in acting. To celebrate the award, Stamp appeared on stage with film critic Elvis Mitchell to tell stories of a decades-long career that saw him rise to the level of leading man, then experience a period as a bit part player, and then journey back into the spotlight. Following the conversation was a screening of the rarely shown “Toby Dammit,” the Stamp-starring and Federico Fellini-directed segment of the 1968 Edgar Allen Poe adaptation collection called “Spirits of the Dead.”

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Luke Evans & Kristin Scott Thomas Join Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 2:34 AM
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Just a little bit of a history lesson before we begin: Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn had originally planned to shoot "Only God Forgives" before a little project called "Drive" with Ryan Gosling fell into his lap. And while he went off to shoot the upcoming Cannes-competing flick, "Only God Forgives" stayed on his radar, and last summer he said that not only did he still plan to make it, he would starting lensing once he was finished up with "Drive." More recently, composer Cliff Martinez -- who has scored "Drive" -- told us in an extensive interview that while he's tentatively talked to Refn about "Logan's Run," the director was planning another film in between. And it looks like Refn is sticking to that schedule and is beginning to round up a cast.

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Tribeca Reviews: Rwanda's First Film 'Grey Matter,' France's 'My Piece Of The Pie,' 'Cairo Exit'

By Christopher Bell
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May 2, 2011 2:19 AM
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"My Piece of the Pie"When "The Company Men" arrived, people found it difficult to have sympathy for the three main characters -- each was an upper-class employee being fucked over by an even richer fat cat. Maybe it would've done some good to have one of the prominent characters be working class (Kevin Costner fills that void, though he's a side character that serves only to tease Ben Affleck and, in the end, teach him a lesson), as a character losing his BMW and country club privileges is only going to induce eye-rolls. French film "My Piece of the Pie" at first splits its time between power broker Steve (Gilles Lellouche, "Tell No One") and the recently laid-off factory worker France (Karin Viard, "Potiche"), portraying the former as a cocky playboy and the latter as a worn-out mother on the verge of suicide.

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