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Cameron Crowe's Elton John Documentary 'The Union' To Open The Tribeca Film Festival

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 7:15 AM
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It looks like Cameron Crowe has been working away on a film that we didn't really know anything about. Oh sure, he has that Pearl Jam documentary coming out later this summer and the next feature film "We Bought A Zoo" will hit in time for Christmas, but before both of those we'll get a third film; another music documentary.

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Disney Teams Tom Hanks & Tim Allen For 'Jungle Cruise'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 6:58 AM
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With the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise already making Disney a kajillion dollars, the studio has been eager to turn another theme park ride into a movie with a number of projects in the works, however, none have had names of his caliber attached yet.

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Oscar Winner Susanne Bier Lines Up Next Film, 'All You Need Is Love'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 5:49 AM
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With Susanne Bier walking away with the Best Foreign Film Oscar on Sunday for "In A Better World," it looks like the helmer, like her fellow nominee Rachid Bouchareb, is following up her dark drama with something that has a lighter tone.

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Sienna Miller To Star In Oscar Nominee Rachid Bouchareb's 'Just Like A Woman'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 5:28 AM
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While he walked away empty handed at the Oscars on Sunday night, the nomination certainly put director Rachid Bouchareb on the map and, for those who have been following his career, recognition from the Academy seemed pretty much inevitable. His last few films have tackled some heavy topics including WWII ("Indigènes"), terror attacks ("London River") and the Algerian revolution (the Oscar-nominated "Outside the Law"). But for this next effort, Bouchareb is taking a decidedly lighter path.

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Review: 'Rango' Is A Sweetly Surreal Animated Western

By Drew Taylor
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March 2, 2011 4:59 AM
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It's strange to think that Gore Verbinski, an accomplished visual stylist who began in commercials (he was responsible for those "Bud-weis-er" talking bullfrog ads), would want to follow up the daunting and problem-plagued back-to-back shoots of the two latter 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies with an animated film. Not only are animated films notoriously time-consuming and hard to crack, but this would be his first fully animated film and the debut feature film from Industrial Light & Magic, George Lucas' wizardly visual effects house. And this was supposed to be his "small" movie.

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Daft Punk's 'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack Gets Remixed By M83, The Crystal Method, Paul Oakenfold & More

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 4:22 AM
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While the film itself turned out to be a bit of dud, French electro rockers Daft Punk walked away from "Tron: Legacy" with their reputations intact thanks to an ace score that was one of the best of the year. Well, that score is about to get tweaked in a big way.

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Jenny Lumet Rewriting Jonathan Demme's 'Honeymoon With Harry'

By Simon Dang
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March 2, 2011 4:15 AM
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After the critical darling that was "Rachel Getting Married," Jenny Lumet and Jonathan Demme are set to reunite on "Honeymoon With Harry," a project that first came to light last fall.

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New Pic From 'X-Men: First Class' Shows Off The Secret Lair Of Emma Frost & Sebastian Shaw

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 3:48 AM
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Despite the reportedly rushed production -- and what the ramblings of way-too-invested nerds would have you have believe -- "X-Men: First Class" is still looking like the uh, classiest, of the crush of comic book movies set to hit in the next few months. We're not sure what it is -- the casting, the period setting -- but Matthew Vaughn's film is thankfully devoid of the dorky stink that surrounds its competitors.

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DreamWorks Acquires Rights To Two Books About Wikileaks; Julian Assange Is The New Snow White

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 2, 2011 3:39 AM
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Hollywood seems utterly determined to turn the saga of Julian Assange and Wikileaks into popcorn entertainment and following a number of projects that are already in development, DreamWorks has jumped into the fray and picked up the rights to two books on the subject.