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The Heartbreak queef

It’s been almost a decade since the Farrelly brothers made a funny movie. But they’re reuniting with the star of THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY for their new one THE HEARTBREAK KID, in the hopes that Ben Stiller, a couple of...
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Transformers 2 in ’09

UPDATE – Variety has confirmed that news that Paramount has set the release date with one exception: June 29, 2009 not June 26th. Michael Bay and Shia LaBeouf are set to return as well. (Ed. note: That was a Variety...
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Superman on trial

I had assumed that a sequel to SUPERMAN RETURNS was languishing because that movie was exorbitantly costly and barely – if at all – profitable (not to mention fairly dull, unless you’re a big fan of heavy lifting), but could...
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X-Files 2 soon?

Much like Tom Arnold used to constantly talk about how TRUE LIES 2 was going to start shooting “soon”, David Duchovny shows up every couple of months and offers an “update” on the long-discussed second X-FILES feature film. Which is...
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Dragon Wars 2??

While the serpentine hostilities of DRAGON WARS didn’t exactly arrive at the US box office with the thunder of a giant scaly horde, it has apparently generated enough global cheddar for the filmmakers to start mentioning a sequel. Though it...
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Snyder on Watchmen

It’s still another year and a half (gah!!) before the big-screen adaptation of the seminal graphic novel WATCHMEN finally arrives in theaters, but director Zack Snyder is already hard at work and shooting the exploits of Rorschach, Nite Owl and...
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More in State of Play

This political thriller STATE OF PLAY is turning into quite a talent magnet. The project already features Brad Pitt, Ed Norton and Jason Bateman, but clearly that’s not enough. So wait! There’s more. Dotted starlet Rachel McAdams, regal Oscar-winner Helen...
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Biel is Wonder Woman?

Will Jessica Biel finally put those glorious guns to good use as a bona fide super heroine? I can only respond with O M G. That’s the static at the moment — earthbound goddess Biel may actually portray one in...
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Rock: Shazam or Adam?

Do you smell who The Rock is… playing? Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been unofficially attached to that SHAZAM movie for a while, but this is the closest we’ve seen to confirmation. The tragically Disneyfied near-superstar spoke to MTV while...
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Denzel takes Pelham?

Now that he got thug life out of his system with AMERICAN GANGSTER, it looks like Denzel Washington will put on the badge again and play for the good guys. According to EW, Denzel plans to reunite with director Tony...
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