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Universal Takes The Demonologist
20 hours 34 minutes ago - Coming Soon
Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to Andrew Pyper's upcoming novel, The Demonologist , Deadline reports. Robert Zemeckis and his ImageMovers studio are planning to develop the text for the screen. Though the book does not yet have an official release date, an early description is as follows:
Professor David Ullman is among the world'...
Sacha Baron Cohen Banned from the 84th Annual Academy Awards?
21 minutes ago - First Showing
When it comes to award shows, Sacha Baron Cohen knows how to make an entrance and get people talking, especially when his character Bruno decided to dropped in on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards a few years ago. Now Cohen was apparently poised to appear yet again at an awards show in character, this time as General Aladeen, from his forthcoming film...
Total Recall: Worst-Reviewed Best Picture Nominees
3 hours 44 minutes ago - Rotten Tomatoes
Much has been made of the fact that when this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees were announced, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close -- currently sporting a rather sad 45 percent on the Tomatometer -- ended up making the cut. All that consternation got us to thinking about previous Best Picture nominees that ended up on the Rotten end of the spectrum...
The Lone Rango Lassos William Fichtner
20 hours 34 minutes ago - Coming Soon
William Fichtner has landed the role of the lead villain in Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger , Deadline reports. He'll replace the previously rumored Dwight Yoakam as Butch Cavendish.
Described by Verbinksi as "'Don Quixote' told from Sancho Panza's point of view," the film will star Armie Hammer as the titular western hero with Johnny De...
Watch: Official Trailer for '4:44 Last Day on Earth' with Willem Dafoe
38 minutes ago - First Showing
"At 4:44AM tomorrow morning, there will be no survivors. The world will end." IFC Films has debuted an official trailer on IMDb (found via TheMovieBox) for Abel Ferrara's 4:44 Last Day on Earth, essentially Ferrara's crazy Southern take on the last days before the end of the world. Willem Dafoe stars with Paz de la Huerta as two of the characters i...
New Website Tugg.com Hoping to Bring More Movies to More Towns
1 hour 16 minutes ago - First Showing
One complaint I hear time and time again is that many great indie films we talk about never show in cities where people live. They never come, or they show up randomly for two weeks then disappear again. So how can you actually get a movie to come to your town and play there? Well, there's a new site launching called Tugg that's aiming to solve thi...
WB Setting Peter Segal & Dan Mazeau to Develop the 'Bleach' Movie
1 hour 49 minutes ago - First Showing
While we wait for Akira, how about a little Bleach? Warner Bros, who's developing the live-action Akira, is apparently now moving forward on developing a live-action adaptation of the manga/anime Bleach. We first heard about this project existing a few years ago, but Variety is now saying that Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Get Smar...
Warner Bros. to Adapt Manga Bleach
20 hours 34 minutes ago - Coming Soon
Warner Bros. has plans to adapt Tite Kubo's manga series Bleach into a live-action feature, Variety reports. Peter Segal, who most recently directed Get Smart , will produce and potentially direct while Dan Mazeau ( Wrath of the Titans ) is attached to draft the screenplay.
First published as a serial in "Weekly Shōmen Jump," Bleach tells...
Paramount and Bad Robot Extend First Look Deal
20 hours 34 minutes ago - Coming Soon
Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions have jointly announced today an extension of their exclusive, first-look agreement through December 2015.
Bad Robot's original first look deal with Paramount began in 2006. They are currently shooting the next installment of the studio’s Star Trek franchise. Once again, Abrams is directing and Bad R...
We're Giving Away Passes to a NYC Screening of The Snowtown Murders
20 hours 34 minutes ago - Coming Soon
ComingSoon.net is giving away 6 pairs of tickets to a New York screening of The Snowtown Murders , Justin Kurzel's Grand Jury Prize winner at Cannes last year, on February 29 at the IFC Center.
Based on horrifying crimes discovered in Snowtown, Australia in 1999, The Snowtown Murders is Kurzel's directorial debut, a stark journey into a brutal...
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