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Guillermo del Toro Admits He Didn't Want 3D For 'The Hobbit,' Doesn't Want It For Frankenstein'

  • By Edward Davis
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  • November 3, 2010 4:01 AM
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Filmmaker Says He Doesn't Want 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,' Or 'Frankenstein' To Be In 3D, Is On The Fence About 'Slaughterhouse Five' Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is perhaps today's biggest genre-centric multi-tasker. If his projects file were a kitchen it would be jam-packed with several sous-chefs working on dishes in different states of readiness; many still marinating, trying out different sauce combinations, with some tested in various iterations and ready to to go on the grill.
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More: Films, Guillermo del Toro, Genre Films, The Hobbit, At The Mountains of Madness, Frankenstein

"It's Going To Be A Bloodbath:" Who Will Survive The Summer Of 2011, And What Will Be Left Of Them?

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 2, 2010 10:30 AM
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The knock-on effects of the 2007 writers' strike have been felt heavily in the last few years. Last summer saw the obviously rushed likes of "Wolverine," "Terminator Salvation," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra;" all of which were patently harmed by the disruption caused by months of inaction by screenwriters, while the films were in or gearing up for production. Hell, even "Star Trek," easily the strongest of the tentpoles that year, had script issues.
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More: Films, Super Hero Films, Genre Films, The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men: First Class, Conan

James Nesbitt & Adam Brown Join 'The Hobbit'; Ian McKellen Says He's Still Without A Contract

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 2, 2010 2:42 AM
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More good news from The Shire. With Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" having a firm greenlight and also settling the union woes that once threatened to move the production from New Zealand, two more names have been added to the growing cast for the film.
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More: Films, Actors, Genre Films, Ian McKellen, James Nesbitt, Adam Brown, The Hobbit

John Carpenter To Direct Comic Adaptation 'Darkchylde'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 1, 2010 9:26 AM
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First Look At 'Trespass'; New Films From Jennifer Lynch, Dennis Iliadis & Niels Arden OplevEven though "Fangland" with Hilary Swank seems to have fallen apart, John Carpenter seems well on his way with a new project, an adaptation of the comic "Darkchylde." Created by Randy Queen, the comics follow "a young girl named Ariel Chylde who regularly sheds her skin and turns into her deepest, darkest nightmares." Richard Taylor of WETA recently dropped some test footage from the film (which you can watch below) and indicated they hope to get things going on the film within the year. We've never really paid much attention to the comic, and considering Carpenter hasn't made a film worth caring about in over a decade (this year's "The Ward" was dead-on-arrival at TIFF) we're finding it difficult to muster up too much excitement about this one. But in case dorks start complaining about the CGI in the WETA clip, it's test footage guys, nothing close to final, so relax.
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More: Films, John Carpenter, Joel Schumacher, Dennis Iliadis, Jennifer Lynch, Genre Films, Modern Horror, Trespass, The Keep, Visibility, Ehren Kruger, Allan Loeb, Darkchylde, The Demonologists, Niels Arden Oplev

Chris Evans Turned Down 'Captain America' Role Three Times Before He Finally Agreed To Play Hero

  • By Edward Davis
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  • November 1, 2010 1:32 AM
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Reluctant Actor Now Says "I Can't Believe I Was Almost Too Chicken To Take The Role"; Is Signed On For 6, Not 9 FilmsThe recent issue of EW obviously has an abundance of new images from Marvel Studios' "Captain America: The First Avenger," but within that article there's a bunch of interesting behind-the-scenes factoids about the making of the Joe Johnston-directed film.
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More: Films, Actors, Film Studios, Joe Johnston, Genre Films, Chris Evans, Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel

New Poster For Michel Gondry's 'The Green Hornet' Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou & Black Beauty

  • By Simon Dang
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  • November 1, 2010 1:25 AM
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For a superhero film starring comedy titan Seth Rogen, international pop-star Jay Chou and the beautiful Cameron Diaz directed by French favourite Michel Gondry, "The Green Hornet" has certainly defied expectations in generating little-to-no hype about its upcoming release with early trailers and promo material seemingly killing audience anticipation.
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More: Films, Michel Gondry, Genre Films, The Green Hornet

Roland Emmerich Preparing Super Secret Lo-Fi Alien Invasion Movie 'The Zone'

  • By The Playlist
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  • October 31, 2010 8:41 AM
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The Man Who's Blown Up The World's New Project Not That Secret Anymore; Film Will Shockingly Only Cost $5 MillionSupersize filmmaker Roland Emmerich, he of bombastic spectacles like "Independence Day," "Godzilla," and over-the-top disaster porn pics, "The Day After Tomorrow " and "2012" -- pictures that all featured some kind of catastrophe hitting the earth -- is going to attack the world once more. However, this time he's going to be doing it in a much quieter fashion
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More: Films, Roland Emmerich, Genre Films, The Zone

Weekend Box Office: 'Saw 3D' Cuts Up The Competition; 'Jackass 3D' Crosses $100 Million

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • October 31, 2010 6:37 AM
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While there was a brief moment this year when Lionsgate and Paramount were both eyeing an October 22nd bow for their respective horror franchise sequels, it was a probably a good idea that "Saw 3D" moved out of the way. Opening to $24.2 million, the figure is nowhere near the $41.5 million haul last weekend for "Paranormal Activity 2," but though the figure is being seen as a "disappointment" in some quarters, we don't imagine Lionsgate is too upset. It takes the number one slot this weekend and represents an uptick for the franchise which saw its last two installments open in second place with figures under $20 million. And while it's not in the range of the $30 million plus openings of the first four films, its certainly more than enough incentive for producers to find a way to keep this wheezy franchise going. Though touted as the final entry in the series, the door is left wide open for another film where young people and rap-rock stars get eviscerated in increasingly elaborate traps. For some reason, this creatively bankrupt series still has its fans.
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More: Films, Jackass 3D, Genre Films, Modern Horror, Hereafter, Life As We Know It, Conviction, The Town, Secretariat, The Social Network, Red, Paranormal Activity 2, Saw 3D

Nicolas Cage Will Be Playing Two Parts In 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance', But Won't Be Villain

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • October 29, 2010 12:48 PM
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One of your most eagerly-anticipated films of 2012, if you recently suffered a significant injury to the brain, or have only ever watched films with the words "Rider" and "Ghost" in the title, is probably "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," the sequel to the disastrous 2008 Marvel Comics adaptation "Ghost Rider." Nicolas Cage will once again be playing stuntman Johnny Blaze, who makes a deal with the devil to become the fiery-headed demon-hunter Ghost Rider, and the plot will involve the hero in Europe, going up against his employer, who's trying to possess the body of a child.
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More: Films, Actors, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, Genre Films, Nicolas Cage, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance

Robert Rodriguez Reveals His Pre-Expendables Idea For 'Grindhouse,' 'Three The Hard Way'

  • By The Playlist
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  • October 29, 2010 8:51 AM
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The Never-Happened Fake-Trailer Was Supposed To Star Stallone, Schwarzenegger & WillisAlright, we're on IndieWire now (hold on, don't groan, there is a point to this) and before the move this interesting could-have-been tidbit got lost in the moving shuffle. You'll recall earlier this month Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez took part in a Facebook livechat and it was there he revealed that "Sin City 2" would be the follow-up film after "Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World," not "Deadpool" (and obviously that was his way of saying. "I'm passing" as Swedish filmmaker Adam Berg appears to be the frontrunner for the directing gig).
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More: Films, Actors, Robert Rodriguez, Genre Films, The Expendables, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grindhouse

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