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David Fincher's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Remake Pushed Back

2:56 PM 5/20/2013 by Jeff Giles
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Officially coming to terms with a reality that pretty much everyone else could see from 20,000 leagues away, Disney has reportedly postponed production on David Fincher's long hoped-for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake, acknowledging that due to its complete lack of a cast or an official greenlight from the studio, it was fairly unlikely to start filming next month.

'Angry Birds' Movie Picks Up 'Simpsons' Writer Jon Vitti

2:27 PM 5/20/2013 by Jeff Giles
Angry Birds
We remain 90 percent mortified that Sony insists on turning Angry Birds into a movie, but give them this much: they at least seem to recognize that if you're going to take a repetitive one-fingered puzzle game and somehow make a film out of it, you'd better hire some pretty creative people to do the job.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Review: Popcorn Bliss at Warp Speed

3:06 PM 5/17/2013 by Jeff Giles
Star Trek Into Darkness
It's become something of a scapegoat for Hollywood's current love affair with loud, effects-reliant, mostly soulless tentpole pictures, but CGI spectacle isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's only when filmmakers use it to try and distract from under-developed ideas that it ends up feeling hollow; like any tool, it's only as effective as its user allows it to be.

First Full-Length 'Riddick' Trailer Delivers the Pitch Black Goods

2:52 PM 5/15/2013 by Jeff Giles
Riddick
Riddick didn't get where he is by being a relaxed, friendly, happy-go-lucky guy, so it should come as something of a relief to fans of the Vin Diesel-portrayed sci-fi antihero that his next outing -- the simply titled and long-promised Riddick -- will find the character doing exactly what he does best:

Sony Sets 3D 'Angry Birds' Movie for 2016

2:27 PM 5/15/2013 by Jeff Giles
Angry Birds
So, uh...how often are you playing Angry Birds these days? Anywhere near as much as you were a few years ago? And, um, do you think you'll still be playing it in 2016?

Will Smith Rumored for 'Wild Bunch' Remake

3:34 PM 5/14/2013 by Jeff Giles
Wild Wild West
He may have said "no thanks" to Quentin Tarantino's efforts to cast him in Django Unchained, but that doesn't mean Will Smith is allergic to a good old-fashioned Western, and here's the proof: the Wrap reports that Smith's got his eye on a remake of the Sam Peckinpah classic The Wild Bunch.

Hasbro Sues to Prevent New 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie

3:08 PM 5/14/2013 by Jeff Giles
Dungeons and Dragons
If you let out a cry of befuddled anguish when you heard that Warner Bros. was planning on putting together another Dungeons & Dragons movie, good news: Hasbro is right there with you.

Roland Emmerich Has Big Plans for Those 'Independence Day' Sequels

10:54 AM 5/13/2013 by Jeff Giles
Independence Day
They may have spent nearly two decades getting ready to follow up 1996's Independence Day -- with sequels that, by the way, still aren't a done deal -- but give Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin credit for this much: They've got no shortage of ideas for where to take the original film's mythology next.

Seth Grahame-Smith Reportedly Hired to Produce 'Gremlins' Remake

6:55 AM 5/13/2013 by Jeff Giles
Gremlins
It's one of those long-mooted projects whose general lack of updates has lulled us into hoping that cooler heads have prevailed at the studio, but no such luck: that Gremlins remake that Warner Bros. has been trying to get off the ground is still very much in development.

First 'Gravity' Trailer Makes Outer Space Look Pants-Wettingly Scary

5:45 PM 5/9/2013 by Jeff Giles
Gravity
There's been a lot of debate over the last several years about the value of the American space program and how much opportunity for scientific/social progress we're wasting by not devoting more resources to sending people off-planet, but what both sides of the argument often tend to ignore is that space is very, very scary.
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Jeff is an entertainment writer and editor whose work currently appears at a variety of sites, including Rotten Tomatoes, Paste, American Songwriter, Popdose, Dadnabbit, Diffuser, and Ultimate Classic Rock.

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