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The Six Month Shoot For Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' Has Started In Toronto

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 8, 2011 5:45 AM
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With the the casting for the lead roles sorted out earlier in the week and with a release date just over a year from now, THR reports that Ridley Scott has actually already started shooting "Prometheus" at Pinewood Studios Toronto -- where it will lens for three weeks -- and eagle eyed celeb watchers might want to keep an eye out around town for Noomi Rapace.
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More: Films, Actresses, Genre Films, Prometheus

Review: 'Monogamy' Is More Like Monotony & A Poor Man's 'Sex, Lies & Videotape'

  • By The Playlist
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  • March 8, 2011 5:25 AM
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This is a republish of our review that ran last year during the Tribeca Film Festival.Shot beautifully, right in the middle of the Brooklyn neighborhood that houses The Playlist headquarters and even prominently featuring our local watering hole and one of its well-liked jovial bartenders, "Monogamy"nevertheless remains a fairly unconvincing portrait of a romantic implosion, and a picture that becomes unbearably precious and self-important once the amiable set up is dispensed with.
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Review: 'Boy' Doesn't Talk Down To Its Audience, But May Have Trouble Reaching Them

  • By Cory Everett
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  • March 8, 2011 4:45 AM
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This film played as part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
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More: Foreign Films, Review, Boy

Kristen Wiig Says Her Dark Comedy 'Imogene' By 'American Splendor' Pair Hopes To Shoot This Summer

  • By Christopher Bell
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  • March 8, 2011 4:35 AM
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Comedianne Also Talks New Project 'Clown Girl'Exclusive: With scene-stealing "Paul" and "MacGruber" supporting roles already in the can, plus the leading role in the upcoming Judd Apatow/Paul Feig female-centered comedy "Bridesmaids" (which we're particularly excited for), comedian Kristen Wiig shows no signs of slowing down. Yesterday we had a chance to sit with the "Saturday Night Live" actress and talk about a few the upcoming projects which she is spearheading herself including "Imogene," and, "Clown Girl," and a rumor making the rounds that turns out to be false.
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More: Films, Actresses, Paul, Kristen Wiig

GK Films Readying 'Tomb Raider' Reboot For 2013 Release

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 8, 2011 4:12 AM
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Have you said to yourself recently, "Man, I could really go for another 'Tomb Raider' movie." Well tonight, those prayers have been answered.
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More: Films, Genre Films, Tomb Raider

Exclusive: New Bill Hader Film 'Vaughn Meader' Being Directed By 'The Wrestler' Scribe Rob Siegel

  • By Edward Davis
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  • March 8, 2011 4:05 AM
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Alexander Woo Writing; Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films To Produce Dark Comedy About American Comedian/ImpersonatorEXCLUSIVE: When comedians are hired for a film, it's generally so they can do the familiar and funny thing they're known for, so it's refreshing to see Bill Hader play against type in Greg Mottola's sci-fi road-trip film, "Paul," as what essentially is the psychopath villain, perhaps not unlike Robert Patrick as the T-1000 in "Terminator 2" -- his character is a man on a mission that won't be stopped.
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More: Actors, Films In Development, Akiva Schaffer, Bill Hader, Rob Siegel, Henchman, Vaughn Meader

Ray Stevenson Talks 'Thor' And The Possible Return Of The 'Punisher'

  • By Gabe Toro
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  • March 8, 2011 3:48 AM
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We sat down with "Kill The Irishman" star Ray Stevenson yesterday, and while we discussed the upcoming Jonathan Hensleigh thriller, we also had to ask about being a cog in the mighty Marvel filmmaking machine. The once (and future?) "Punisher" has the role of Volstagg in this summer's "Thor," a hefty, bearded pugilist that brings color to the group known as the Warriors Three. But could Volstagg appear in the future?
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More: Films, Actors, The Three Musketeers, Super Hero Films, Ray Stevenson, Thor

Review: Abbas Kiarostami's 'Certified Copy' Is Rich, Absorbing & Moving

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 8, 2011 3:32 AM
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The following is a reprint of our review from the Cannes Film Festival.
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More: Review, Foreign Films, Certified Copy

Simon Pegg Says He & Edgar Wright Still Trying To Find Time To Write 'The World's End'

  • By Edward Davis
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  • March 8, 2011 3:15 AM
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Third Installment Of The Cornetto Trilogy Not Even Started, C'mon Guys!If you don't speak geek-ese like we do, here's a translation: The "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy is the unofficial nickname of the films made by director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (a nice knowing nod to Krzysztof Kieslowski which we appreciate) Presumably, you've heard of the first two installments, "Shaun Of The Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," and while they are not sequels of any kind, they all star Pegg and Frost, they're penned by Pegg and Wright and they're directed by the "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" filmmaker.
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More: Films, Actors, Films In Development, Edgar Wright, Paul, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, The World's End

Sony Picks Up Channing Tatum's Horrible-Sounding Peter Pan Prequel

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • March 8, 2011 2:53 AM
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If you'll beg our indulgence for a second, we've got a pitch that we want to put out there, one that we think is our ticket out of this film blogging racket. It's called "Rick," and it's a prequel to the all-time-classic "Casablanca." See, Rick Blaine, as played by Humphrey Bogart, is one of the all time great screen heroes, but you don't really get that much of his backstory. When told that he came to Casablanca "for the waters," a baffled Captain Renault asks "The waters? What waters? We're in the desert." To which Rick replies, in one of the all-time-greatest pieces of screenwriting, "I was misinformed."
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More: Films, Actors, Film Studios, Billy Ray, Genre Films, Channing Tatum, Peter Pan Begins, Sony

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