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July 2011

It’s been one full week since a billion sexy nerds descended upon San Diego for their annual Comic-Con event, which has become the premiere Hollywood launching pad for just about everything in the way of entertainment. This was a strange year, as no one property walked away from the grit, glitz, glamour, and geek sweat of the experience better for showing off its wares to what has become a very bored public.

It’s true. If Comic-Con 2011 will be remembered for anything, it’s the ennui…

Jul 31, 2011

Cowboys & Aliens star Olivia Wilde is considering the biopic Lovelace, where she would portray the infamous 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace.

The actress has not officially signed on yet, although it seems she is definitely interested in the biopic. Here’s what she had to say below.

“It would be a tremendous honor. It’s such a cool role. She was a fascinating woman -with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron. It’s…

Jul 30, 2011

The Lincoln Lawyer’s Brad Furman has signed on to direct an untitled biopic about infamous Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar for Stone Village Pictures.

Matthew Aldrich will write the screenplay for this untitled biopic, which is described as a cross between The Godfather and a war movie. Here’s what producer Scott Steindorff had to say about the project.

“This is the Latino Godfather. We’re showing the story of his family, the structure of his enterprise, his…

Jul 30, 2011

Our roving reporter Sasha Perl-Raver recently braved the wilds of Montana to catch up with director Jon Favreau for a chat about his action-packed sci-fi Western genre mash-up Cowboys & Aliens, which lands in theaters nationwide this Friday, July 29th. While roping cattle and enjoying some good old fashioned horseback riding, Sasha also managed to sneak a peek at the film alongside stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, and everyone’s favorite genre hero Harrison Ford….

Jul 28, 2011

Max Martini is set to star in the Guillermo del Toro-directed Pacific Rim from Legendary Pictures.

Travis Beacham is writing the sci-fi script, which tracks an alien invasion that threatens Earth, and the people who come together to defend it.

Max Martini would play part of the resistance that fights the alien invasion.

Production is expected to get underway this fall.

Pacific Rim comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day, …

Jul 26, 2011

First debuted at Comic-Con this past weekend, the official trailer to the highly anticipated follow up to Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is here. Prepare for the The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra! take a look at the first trailer below.

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Taking place 70 years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, this story follows the adventures of the Avatar after Aang - a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenage girl from the…

Jul 25, 2011

IndieVest Pictures has released the first trailer for Knights of Badassdom, down here at Comic-Con 2011. Check out stars Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn and the rest of the cast in the comedy below!

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In Knights of Badassdom, live-action role players conjure up a demon from hell by mistake and must deal with the consequences.

Knights of Badassdom comes to theaters in 2012 and…

Jul 24, 2011

Watch the entire panel presentation for season 2 of Game of Thrones below!

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Jul 22, 2011

Creator Vince Gilligan recently told The New York Times that the 5th season of Breaking Bad (the show is currently in it’s 4th season), will be it’s last.

“This was never intended to be an open-ended show,” he said. “As creators of the show, we have to see it through to the end, to finish what we started.”

Actor Bryan Cranston added:

“We’re able to manipulate time, so that even though we’re four years into the show, we’re only a year into the story,” Mr. Cranston…

Jul 21, 2011

The actor takes us behind-the-scenes of this epic WWII adventure from Marvel, in theaters July 22nd

On July 22nd, Captain America: The First Avenger will finally arrive on theater screens, offering the heroic Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) a chance to save the world from the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) and his evil Nazi regime. Luckily, Rogers has a faithful sidekick in Lt. James “Bucky” Barnes. But don’t let actor Sebastian Stan hear you call Bucky that. Sidekick is a…

Jul 17, 2011

We recently caught up with director Joe Johnston, the man behind this July’s epic summer superhero adventure Captain America: The First Avenger. And he explained that the Steve Rogers we will see in The Avengers is different from the one Chris Evans is portraying in the stand-alone film. Part of that comes from the director distancing himself from The Avengers production.

This is what he had to say.

“Chris Evans plays a slightly different character in The…

Jul 16, 2011

Sean Bean has become the latest actor to join the cast of the Untitled Snow White Project.

The Game of Thrones star will portray the King in Untitled Snow White Project, who is also the father of Snow White (Lily Collins). Sean Bean’s character used to rule the land, before the Evil Queen (Julia Roberts) destroyed the kingdom. Armie Hammer also stars as Prince Alcott.

Tarsem Singh is directing the Untitled Snow White Project from a screenplay by

Jul 16, 2011

“Two weeks of sun, sea, booze, minge, fanny, and sex!” Unless you’ve been catching the latest season of The Inbetweeners on BBC America this summer, you may not have any feelings towards this upcoming UK August release. But if you haven’t missed an episode, you’ll be praying that The Inbetweeners movie gets a proper American release date soon, as this promises to be one of the funniest comedies of the year. The second trailer has hit. Check it out below, and don’t discount this until…

Jul 13, 2011

The first trailer has been released for the highly-anticipated sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which hits theaters nationwide on December 16. Click on the video player below for your first look at this upcoming adventure, which stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Jared Harris as Moriarty.

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Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at…

Jul 13, 2011

The fire indeed rises. Warner Bros. Pictures has unleashed the first teaser poster for one of the biggest franchises in history. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises now has an official one-sheet to go with it.

The one-sheet reflects that of the final poster art for The Dark Knight, which appeared in 2008. A city in ruins, a city crumbling to it’s knees, the bat symbol shines through as a ray of hope towards the sky.

The image comes from the new official website…

Jul 12, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises Poster! → movieweb.com

The fire indeed rises. Warner Bros. Pictures has unleashed the first teaser poster for one of the biggest franchises in history. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises now has an official one-sheet to go with it.

The one-sheet reflects that of the final poster art for The Dark Knight, which appeared in 2008. A city in ruins, a city crumbling to it’s knees, the bat symbol shines through as a ray of hope towards the sky.

The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.

Jul 12, 2011

Warner Bros. has released a new reminiscent featurette for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which hits theaters nationwide on July 15. Click on the video player below to take a look back at the entire history of this magical franchise before the last Hogwarts adventure hits theaters.

Click to watch A Look Back Featurette!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 comes to theaters July 15th, 2011 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,

Jul 11, 2011
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

  • 1

    $47 million

    Horrible Bosses $28.1 million

    Zookeeper $21 million

    Cars 2 $15.2 million

    Bad Teacher $9 million

    Larry Crowne $6.2 million

    Super 8 $4.8 million

    Monte Carlo $3.8 million

    Green Lantern $3.1 million

    Mr. Popper’s Penguins $2.8 million

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    92%

    MovieWeb: 38 reviews

    37%

    RottenTomatoes: 165 reviews

  • 2

    Horrible Bosses

    100%

    MovieWeb: 2 reviews

    74%

Jul 10, 2011

“The sky darkens…And flames…And cut!” Peter Jackson has released his second behind-the-scenes production video for the upcoming prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Here, he meets Andy Serkis for their last day of shooting on K-stage at Stone Street Studios, where they will get one last pick-up on “Block 1”. Check it out below to see Andy Serkis performing Gollum, and to hear what the cast and crew will be doing during their break after shooting 54 of 254 days.

Jul 10, 2011

Orlando Bloom, Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, and Milla Jovovich have joined forces for Paul W.S. Anderson’s update of the literary classic The Three Musketeers, which will hit theaters October 14th in 3D. A swashbuckling new banner has been released for this rousing adaptation, which you can check out below.

The Three Musketeers comes to theaters October 14th, 2011 and stars Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, …

Jul 8, 2011
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