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Seth Grahame-Smith Writing Stop-Motion Animated 'Night Of The Living' For Tim Burton

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 6:43 PM
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Look out Johnny Depp, Tim Burton has a new bromance brewing. Screenwriter and author Seth Grahame-Smith has made a big splash in Hollywood, starting with "Pride And Prejudice And Zombies" the smash hit book that soon found studios calling, and while the movie is stuck in development hell, he's moved on to bigger things and found a pal in Burton. SGS has penned the screenplay for upcoming "Dark Shadows," Burton produced the SGS-penned "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and writer is also working on the "Beetlejuice" sequel for the director. And now, there's one more gig being thrown into the mix.

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Ben Kingsley In Talks To Play Villain In 'Iron Man 3'

By Gabe Toro
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April 9, 2012 5:51 PM
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He opposed Robert Redford's gang in "Sneakers." He gave Ray Winstone fits in "Sexy Beast." Now, one of cinema's great purveyors of evil menace is about to take on Iron Man.

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'CSI' Star Wallace Langham To Play Legendary Designer Saul Bass In 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 5:14 PM
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This is one of the few times we'll ever be excited about the role of a graphic designer getting cast in a movie, but when it comes to Saul Bass, there are are exceptions to every rule...

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Paula Patton Draws '2 Guns' With Mark Wahlberg & Denzel Washington

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 4:38 PM
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You can practically see the marketing department doing backflips already, becuase this one is a no brainer. Combining the stars of three of the big hits of the last few months -- "Contraband," "Safe House," "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" -- in the same movie? Slam dunk.

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'Maleficent' Starring Angelina Jolie Takes March 14, 2014 Release Date

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 4:23 PM
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If ain't broke, don't fix it. While "John Carter" and "Mars Needs Moms" didn't exactly match the billion dollar success of Disney's 2010 spring entry "Alice In Wonderland," the studio is sticking with March as their early season tentpole date, and are hoping that Angelina Jolie can right the ship after two years of spring flops.

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Steve Carell Will Have 'Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' With 'The Kids Are All Right' Director Lisa Cholodenko

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 4:01 PM
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So what do you do after you've helmed what is arguably the most successful film of your career? If you're Lisa Cholodenko, the co-writer and director behind "The Kids Are All Right," you use that momentum to try something brand new. Last spring, she signed on to helm an adaptation of the celebrated kids' book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Vorst, and now it looks like one of the biggest comedy stars around is going to lend his talent to the picture.

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'Ender's Game' Moves To November 1, 2013; 'Red Lights' Will Turn On July 13th

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 3:44 PM
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Some movement on a major franchise and a smaller-scale horror flick, so adjust your calendars accordingly....

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Chris Weitz Gets Literary, Writing Post-Apocalyptic Trilogy Of Novels Starting With 'The Young World' In 2014

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 3:06 PM
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Chris Weitz knows a thing or two about franchises. He helped kick off the "American Pie" series, dipped his toes in "The Twilight Saga" with "New Moon" and tried get things moving with "The Golden Compass," a less-than-pleasurable experience that he has spoken quite candidly about. But Weitz's next effort will find him fully in control of what goes on in the story, though it will be in a new medium for the filmmaker.

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Martin Scorsese Meeting With More Writers For Brewing Sinatra Biopic; Says He Could Go With An Unknown For The Lead

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 2:32 PM
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While Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will be re-upping their bromance this summer, shooting the financial world drama "The Wolf Of Wall Street," one of the many brewing projects the director has bubbling in the background is his long gestasting biopic on the Chairman Of The Board, Frank Sinatra. Last we heard, powerhouse producer Scott Rudin ("The Social Network," "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") came on board last March and while the film had a script from Phil Alden Robinson (”Field Of Dreams,” “Sneakers”), the plan was to hunt for a new writer to take a stab at the material. And it seems those steps are being taken.

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Contest: 5 DVD Copies Of Music Doc 'The Sun Came Out' Featuring Neil Finn, Members Of Radiohead, Wilco & More

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 9, 2012 1:57 PM
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What happens when you wrangle some of the finest, most critically acclaimed musicians today, fly them to New Zealand and get them to collaborate on an album and live concert? Well, you'll find out in the music documentary "The Sun Came Out," a look behind the curtain at a pretty phenomenal undertaking, all done in the name of charity.

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