Movie News: Development
'Avengers 2' can't name Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver?
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Report claims that only 20th Century Fox can use the characters' superhero names.
4 hours 40 min ago via jackiechan
Dredd Movie Sequel Might Still Be On The Cards Say Rebellion, 2000AD's Publishers
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Two little bits of Judge Dredd business came out of this afternoon’s Retailers Conference at the MCM London Comic-Con. I’m going to share the film-centric one first. Because, you know. Films. According to a rep from Rebellion, addressing the assembled store holders and comic hawks, plans for a Dredd movie sequel aren’t entirely dead.
6 hours 55 min ago via theothersenhman
MGM Buys 'Modern Family' Producer Ben Karlin's 'Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me'
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EXCLUSIVE: MGM has acquired screen rights to Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me, the best-selling humor anthology edited by Ben Karlin. Script will be written by Kyle Pennenkamp & Scott Turpel, who scripted the upcoming Get A Job. Karlin is the Emmy-winning former executive producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
1 day 3 hours ago via jetli
Universal Makes Seven Figure Deal For 'The School For Good And Evil'
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EXCLUSIVE: Boy, does Joe Roth have the hot hand when it comes to irreverent fairy tale fare. Deadline revealed last Thursday that the Oz The Great And Powerful producer had partnered with Jane Startz Production to acquire movie rights to The School For Good And Evil. After a spirited auction, Universal Pictures won the property in a seven-figure deal for book and scriptwriting fees.
1 day 5 hours ago via jackiechan
Saoirse Ronan Talks Scarlet Witch Casting Rumors
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Two weeks ago , SuperHeroHype broke the story that Marvel Studios are looking at Irish actress Saoirse Ronan as their "model" for the Scarlet Witch in the upcoming Avengers sequel. While this isn't a confirmation on the casting, it does point toward a general direction that the film could go with the characters.
1 day 5 hours ago via jetli
Will Forte Says He's Locking Himself in a Room on June 10th to Write MACGRUBER 2
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I've come to the conclusion that MacGruber 2 is the new Anchorman 2. It's the sequel we'll want for years and years, but the studio will keep waiting to see if the cult fanbase is big enough to warrant a greenlight (or if there's an empty spot in their calendar).
1 day 6 hours ago via jetli
Richard Linklater Hopes to Shoot 'Dazed & Confused' Sorta-Sequel This Fall; 'Growing Up' Due in 2014
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To steal a line from The Most Interesting Man in the World, Richard Linklater doesn’t always make sequels, but when he does, he makes some of the most vital sequels a film lover could ask for. One of those, Before Midnight, is about to slide into theaters this weekend with with almost unanimously positive reviews.
1 day 23 hours ago via donnieyen
Universal Throws 'Timecop' Reboot Into Development (Exclusive)
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Marc Shmuger will produce the film via his Universal-based Global Produce banner alongside Tom McNulty.
1 day 23 hours ago via donnieyen
Warner Bros Tells Space Story, From The Bra Designers Who Made Moon Mission Possible
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EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has hired Richard Cordiner to script Spacesuit, based on the book by Nicholas De Michoud. This tells the true story of the unsung heroes of the Apollo space program– a team of bra and girdle designers from Playtex who successfully built the iconic spacesuit that enabled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.
2 days 23 min ago via brucelee
Francis Ford Coppola to Direct Italian-American Saga (Exclusive)
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The helmer is readying an untitled film that will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s.
2 days 7 hours ago via donnieyen
Fox Picks Up Crime Thriller 'Narc' With Zac Efron Attached to Star
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Julie and Rick Yorn will produce the true-life tale via their Fox-based shingle, LBI.
2 days 23 hours ago via donnieyen
Dennis Lehane Reteams With Leonardo DiCaprio on Fox's 'Travis McGee' (Exclusive)
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Lehane will write the screenplay for the DiCaprio vehicle, which Peter Chernin is producing.
3 days 2 hours ago via brucelee
Guillermo del Toro Talks the 'Pacific Rim' Sequel
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Before Guillermo del Toro's giant robots vs giant aliens sci-fi flick has even hit theaters, a sequel has already been given the greenlight. According to Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment CEO Thomas Tull approached del Toro after the film's first screening and asked him to pen a sequel. When Tull asked if del Toro had any immediate ideas for a narrative, the director said ‘F—, yeah!’ !
3 days 19 hours ago via theothersenhman
Rumored Plot Details for GHOSTBUSTERS 3 and POLTERGEIST Remake; Sam Neill Thinks JURASSIC PARK 4 Is a Reboot
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With regard to the sequels to and remakes of your favorite properties from 1982-1993: Dan Aykroyd continues to promise Ghostbusters 3, revealing that the sequel plot centers on troubling research by Columbia University particle physicists. Director Gil Kenan (City of Ember) has begun to cast his remake of Poltergeist for a September shoot in Toronto.
3 days 19 hours ago via theothersenhman
Fox Searchlight Nabs 'Professor and Bikini Model' for Steve Zaillian to Produce (Exclusive)
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The specialty label also has set Film Rites' Garrett Basch to produce the film based on the New York Times magazine feature.
4 days 1 hour ago via jackiechan







