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Robert Pattinson Says His Character In 'Bel Ami' Is a "Shit" & Film Will Be Hard To Market

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 30, 2011 2:38 AM
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Robert Pattinson, in a recent profile in Vanity Fair, said “....being in such a specific pigeonhole right now, it’s very strange. Having a persona people recognize, it’s the thing that probably gets you paid the most—but it’s also the thing that virtually every actor in the world doesn’t want. Cause, like, no one would believe me if I wanted to play something ultra-realistic, like a gangster or something.”

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Clint Mansell Scores BBC TV Soccer Pic 'United'; Jonathan Goldsmith Tunes Up 'Take This Waltz'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 30, 2011 2:20 AM
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While next week's "Source Code" will be without a score by Clint Mansell who left the project citing scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Chris Bacon, the composer is certainly busy. Last month he was hired to score the videogame "Mass Effect 3" (take that Roger "video-games-aren't-art" Ebert!) and now he's got another film project on his plate.

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'Monsters University' The Official Title For The 'Monsters Inc.' Followup

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 30, 2011 1:56 AM
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Steve Buscemi Is Back As Baddie Randall BoggsThe theater owners convention CinemaCon has provided a slow trickle of news this week, but Pixar takes the lead on the biggest bit of info to come out of the industry confab: they now have a title for their "Monsters Inc." followup.

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Francis Ford Coppola Has Something Up His Sleeve For 'Twixt Now And Sunrise'

By Simon Dang
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March 30, 2011 1:37 AM
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Plans To Present Film In A Way That Has 'Never Been Done Before'Just what does Francis Ford Coppola have installed for audiences with his upcoming film "Twixt Now And Sunrise"? Speaking with Empire, the legendary director has tantalized us with another little tidbit noting that "if I can present it the way I want to, it is something that's never been done before."

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James Marsden, Michael Shannon, Michael C. Hall & Melissa Leo Head Up A 'Dead Circus'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 30, 2011 1:35 AM
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Well, we'll give this one points for bonkers casting because when you have a movie where James Marsden plays Charles Manson that's...something. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

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Brillante Mendoza's 'Captured' Starring Isabelle Huppert Headed To Cannes?

By Simon Dang
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March 30, 2011 1:16 AM
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It's that time of year again when every man and his dog is speculating about what will and what won't show up at the Croisette.

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Shawn Levy Is Going To Take Your Kodachrome Away

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 29, 2011 11:42 AM
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If there is any doubt that Shawn Levy is one the hottest directors around town, just take a look at some of the projects that he's been linked to in the past little while. The "Date Night" and "Real Steel" helmer currently has an animated "Mr. Men" movie he's producing; the James Cameron-produced 3D "Fantastic Voyage"; a re-team with Hugh Jackman on a Carlton Cuse ("Lost") penned action-adventure movie and a modern re-telling of "Romeo & Juliet" penned by the "(500) Days Of Summer" writers on his plate. And with already plenty of options to choose from, he's added one more.

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Bill Murray To Play Franklin D. Roosevelt In 'Hyde Park On Hudson'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 29, 2011 11:02 AM
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Sorry Ivan ReitmanIt's been a pretty slow news day, so here's bit of WTF to go with your supper tonight.

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Universal Will No Longer Go 'In The Heights' With Big Screen Musical Adaptation

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 29, 2011 10:40 AM
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The success of studio musicals over the past little while has been a bit of a mixed bag. For every "Mamma Mia!" or "Hairspray" there's a "Rent" or "Nine" and there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason why one film flops and another succeeds in the genre. And while Universal is mounting "Les Miserables" -- one of the biggest musicals of all time -- with Oscar winning director Tom Hooper, they've dropped plans to bring another acclaimed musical to the big screen.

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Disney Drops 'Horizons' (aka 'Oblivion') With 'Tron: Legacy' Director Joseph Kosinski

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 29, 2011 9:47 AM
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For a while, it seemed that Disney was still total buds with Joseph Kosinski. The commercial director turned feature filmmaker made his feature length debut with "Tron: Legacy," the eye-opening franchise reboot of sorts that unfortunately underperformed with audiences and was met with lukewarm praise from fans. Regardless, the studio seemed to be plowing ahead with his graphic novel “Oblivion,” a property the studio picked up a while ago and was still actively developing. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago, Karl Gajdusek was brought on board to do a rewrite to the script -- now being called "Horizons" --- that also saw William Monahan take a pass at it. But it looks like it was all for naught.

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