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Ben Affleck in talks to direct Argo, an adaptation of a 2007 Wired article, with George Clooney producing

Posted 16 years ago

Back in April 2007, Wired magazine ran an article written by Joshuah Bearman titled How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran. George Clooney and his producing partner Grant Heslov (THE MEN WHO STARE AT...

Cool Videos: Take a peak inside Guillermo del Toro’s amazing sketchbooks

Posted 16 years ago

There’s reason to get excited when given the opportunity to look inside the creative process of a person you admire and respect. For myself and many others here, Guillermo del Toro is one of those people. Here now, thanks to...

Who were Hollywood’s top earners in 2010?

Posted 16 years ago

With 2010 now well in the can, Vanity Fair has once again released their annual breakdown of which Hollywood players got just a little bit richer this past year. It’s a thorough list that even details where exactly the money...

Touching the Void director Kevin Macdonald to direct a new Bob Marley documentary

Posted 16 years ago

Director Kevin Macdonald (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, TOUCHING THE VOID) has been a documentary filmmaker his whole career, though these past five years have seen him working primarily with narrative features (he’s got THE EAGLE with Channing Tatum coming...

Is Amazon gearing up to unveil an unlimited streaming service to compete with Netflix?

Posted 16 years ago

While it’s easy to develop brand loyalty to a company, especially when they provide a great service, competition in the market place is and will always be that great necessity to help promote better products, better services, and even innovation...

Casting round-up with tidbits on Joaquin Phoenix, Tyler Perry, Val Kilmer, and more

Posted 16 years ago

Lots of casting morsels to report on today for a variety of projects. I figured let’s just cram them all into one article to ease your perusal. So, what’s going on? – Joaquin Phoenix, back again sans unkempt hair and...

Javier Bardem has been offered a “big role” in the next Bond film

Posted 16 years ago

Everyone in Hollywood wants to be in the hot Spaniard business it seems. After having been offered the lead role in Ron Howard’s ambitious adaptation of THE DARK TOWER late last week, Javier Bardem (just nominated for Best Actor in...

Cool Videos: The Mechanic gets a tongue-in-cheek throwback trailer

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ll recall the name Garrison Dean, you’ll know that he’s the guy who brought us a couple of really terrific trailer remixes: the unofficial but very popular testosterone-driven trailer for THE EXPENDABLES and the grindhouse-esque trailer for Dwayne “The...

New images from the set of the Spider-Man reboot give us the best look at the Web Crawler yet

Posted 16 years ago

Thanks to On Location News (via Coming Soon), a whole new batch of photos from the L.A. set of Marc Webb’s untitled SPIDER-MAN reboot have appeared online. And they look great, giving us our first real clean and close-up look...

Rumor du jour: Are Xenomorphs and the Space Jockey actually appearing in Prometheus?

Posted 16 years ago

So when Ridley Scott issued this statement a couple of weeks ago about his original sci-fi tale PROMETHEUS… “While Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and...

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Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked: Where Does The Odyssey Land?

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We rank all of Christopher Nolan's movies, up to and including his latest release, The Odyssey!

Ed Harris, star of James Cameron's The Abyss, has said that he wouldn't talk about the film, but now he has broken his silence

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“I’m Never Talking About It”: Ed Harris Finally Breaks Silence on The Abyss

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Ed Harris, star of James Cameron's The Abyss, has said that he wouldn't talk about the film, but now he has broken his silence

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Evil Dead Burn’s Mid-Credits and Post-Credits Scenes Explained (SPOILERS)

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Evil Dead Burn features two post-credits scenes that tease the franchise's future. We break down what it all could mean.

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How The Mask Went From a Violent Comic Book to a Jim Carrey Comedy Classic

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Discover how a hyper-violent indie comic book about a homicidal artifact was transformed into Jim Carrey’s iconic 1994 family-friendly comedy hit, The Mask.

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Polygon Punches: We take a look at the 2000’s era of Hong Kong action-based video games

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Join us as we take a look at the video games from the early 2000s, which centered around martial arts and gun-toting action stars.

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5 Underrated Sam Neill Movies Every Fan Should See

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While best known for the Jurassic Park movies, there was much more to Sam Neill than Dr. Alan Grant. Here are five killer performances you can't miss.

Ben Affleck in talks to direct Argo, an adaptation of a 2007 Wired article, with George Clooney producing

Cool Videos: Take a peak inside Guillermo del Toro’s amazing sketchbooks

Who were Hollywood’s top earners in 2010?

Touching the Void director Kevin Macdonald to direct a new Bob Marley documentary

Is Amazon gearing up to unveil an unlimited streaming service to compete with Netflix?

Casting round-up with tidbits on Joaquin Phoenix, Tyler Perry, Val Kilmer, and more

Javier Bardem has been offered a “big role” in the next Bond film

Cool Videos: The Mechanic gets a tongue-in-cheek throwback trailer

New images from the set of the Spider-Man reboot give us the best look at the Web Crawler yet

Rumor du jour: Are Xenomorphs and the Space Jockey actually appearing in Prometheus?

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