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Tony Jaa will elbow you between the eyes in a 3D sequel to Tom Yum Goong

Posted 15 years ago

Now that he’s apparently recuperated from going a little nutty, Tony Jaa is getting back to what he does best: busting skulls with his knees and elbows. Jaa will be back with his unearthly acrobatics and fondness for pachyderms in...

Johnny Cage punches some crotches in the the new episode of Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Posted 15 years ago

If you can pull yourself away from hammering on your enemies in the new MORTAL KOMBAT videogame, the latest episode of the webseries has been released online. While we await the introduction of decent characters like Scorpion and the further...

Lord of the Rings extended cuts: There and back to theaters again

Posted 15 years ago

If you can’t wait until December 2012 to see little hairy-footed adventurers and other Middle Earth denizens on the big screen, and your television isn’t sufficient for the grandeur of the impending Blu-Ray releases, the LORD OF THE RINGS extended...

Crappy post-conversion tests are what saved your eyeballs from Fast Five 3D

Posted 15 years ago

You almost had bulging biceps and whizzing vehicles hurled at your noggin in 3D, but Universal tried it with this week’s FAST FIVE but didn’t like what they saw. (And actually decided not to release it in 3D despite that.)...

Ghostface may go into storage, Scream 5 and 6 not likely

Posted 15 years ago

Absence doesn’t necessarily make the heart grow fonder, at least when it comes to masked murderers. Revisiting the SCREAM franchise after a decade obviously hasn’t been the phenomenon the Weinsteins hoped (or the financial resuscitation they desperately need), and while...

What Russell Crowe really wants to do is direct

Posted 15 years ago

As many actors inevitably do, Russell Crowe is feeling the itch to climb behind the camera and literally call the shots himself. Crowe might be making his feature directing debut on a cop thriller called 77. Crowe will also star...

Zombie epic World War Z gets a living human female

Posted 15 years ago

After a few years shambling around development hell, a feature adaptation of Max Brook’s book WORLD WAR Z is finally getting an adrenalin shot, and a leading lady. TV regular Mirelle Enos will join Brad Pitt in the aftermath of...

A better look at the godly and human supporting characters in these new pics from Thor

Posted 15 years ago

Thus far we’ve seen quite a bit of the Thunder God and his human romantic interest Natalie Portman, but the other non-hammer-swinging characters in Marvel’s THOR haven’t received the same attention. So as we prepare for the Asgardian’s imminent arrival...

Updates on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: actors added, Aliens spotted

Posted 15 years ago

Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic PROMETHEUS has been doing a reasonable job at remaining classified… but even though they’ve tried to swerve us away from the idea that the movie is a legit prequel to the ALIEN franchise, we’re slowly getting...

Writers of this summer’s big movies discuss the pressures and challenges

Posted 15 years ago

Writers tend to have some of the most interesting Hollywood stories… and not the ones that come out of Final Draft and get onto theater screens in some form. THR sat down with a group of guys who worked on...

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