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Liam Neeson and Giovanni Ribisi are the latest to join Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane 's A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST is putting together a pretty impressive cast. They snagged Charlize Theron for a part a while ago and most recently Amanda Seyfried agreed to be in the film. Today we have double casting news about the western comedy. First up, Deadline is reporting that Giovanni Ribisi has joined the cast as Edward, the best friend to Seth...

Seth MacFarlane enters The Matrix and discusses his favorite movies in these new Oscar videos

I was looking forward to seeing how TED director Seth MacFarlane would approach hosting duties for the Oscars until now. Now I am torn between whether he is going to do a great job or a bland version of his usually crude sense of humor. Oscars.com has released two videos for the upcoming Oscar telecast. One is a commercial and the other a brief behind the scenes type clip. The...

Sean Penn to chase his own action franchise with Taken director Pierre Morel's Prone Gunman

It seems that Sean Penn is starting to explore his more commercial side.  Starting with this month's GANGSTER SQUAD, a 1940's-set action pic, the prolific actor is set to tackle the action franchise department with PRONE GUNMAN, based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette "the story centers on an international operative named Martin Terrier (Penn) who is betrayed by the...

Review: Gangster Squad

PLOT: In post WW2-L.A, a tough but honest cop, John O'Mara ( Josh Brolin ) is tasked by LAPD chief Parker ( Nick Nolte ) to assemble a unit devoted to wiping out gangster Mickey Cohen ( Sean Penn ). REVIEW: GANGSTER SQUAD starts with the oft-used phrase "inspired by true events". In this case, the true events are that Mickey Cohen was a real gangster, and that the LAPD did...

Six new clips from Gangster Squad showcase crotch-burning violence

GANGSTER SQUAD may be the best movie to be released in January...ever. Usually the dumping ground for crappy studio mistakes, the movie was delayed due to controversy surrounding the Aurora theater shooting but now will have no real competition at the box office. These six new clips showcase the violent core of the movie including Ryan Gosling going all DRIVE on a guy by pouring...

Cool Videos: Ted visits Jimmy Kimmel Live without Seth MacFarlane

The use of CGI in films and on television has grown exponentially over the last decade to the point that we cannot tell when computer effects are used in most cases. Sure, we know when THE AVENGERS uses CGI, but we don't notice all of the subtle places technology has tweaked our entertainment. With TED, I doubt anyone actually thought the bear was real. But, it was pretty damn...

Gangster Squad rolls out seven new character posters

You may think the highlight of this article is going to be the seven new photoshop-happy character posters for GANGSTER SQUAD.  But you'd be wrong.  You may think that there's something more intriguing to be found here than seven posters that showcase semi-closeups and too-smooth skin.  And you'd be right.  Because I'm talking about the decision to use this take of...

These eight Gangster Squad banners make it clear: No names. No Badges. No Mercy.

After you've just walked out of your DJANGO UNCHAINED screening on Christmas Day, you may find yourself wondering where to get your next well-shot action fix now that you've finally caught Tarantino's latest immersion in homage.  Well I have good news that may help in just such a time - GANGSTER SQUAD is still coming.  The Los Angeles period-piece gangster epic hits on January...

Luke Wilson joins Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan in A Many Splintered Thing; production starts Saturday

I've had a soft spot for Luke Wilson ever since LEGALLY BLONDE . Something about his earnestness and charm wiggled its way into my heart back in the early years of the last decade, and somehow it has never quite left in the time since.  Hence why I'm actually looking forward to the fact that he has decided to join A MANY SPLINTERED THING. Once described by star Chris Evans as an...

Totally gangsta! Five character posters for Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad hit the beat

Yesterday we got a new trailer for Ruben Fleischer's GANGSTER SQUAD and today we have five new OLD character posters to supplement.  I say new old, because the posters still have the original September 7th release date on them, which has obviously changed since then.  Although I haven't seen them before, there's certainly the possibility that these slipped throught he marketing...

It's Sean Penn versus everyone in this new trailer for Gangster Squad

Ruben Fleischer's GANGSTER SQUAD pulls out all the stops. If the cast doesn't immediately get your attention, then the trailers are there to give the one-two punch. We've already had two previous trailers for the film, and as for this latest one, it basically serves as a reminder. A reminder of what exactly? How potentially awesome this thing might be. I'm a sucker for any...

Casting news collection: Elijah Wood, Meryl Streep, Ron Perlman, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza, and more!

Nine actors go in, four vastly different projects come out.  1) Elijah Wood is starring in THE LATE BLOOMER.  To be directed by Randall Einhorn (Wood's own "Wilfred"), THE LATE BLOOMER is an adaptation of the 2001 book "Man Made: A Memoir of My Body" and tells "the amazing true story of a man who found out at close to age 30 that he hadn’t yet totally undergone...