Month: February 2010

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Exploitation Doc Premieres at SXSW

The feature-length documentary American Grindhouse explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment....
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R.J. Cutler To Direct ‘Au Pairs’

Warner Bros. Pictures has brought on R.J. Cutler (The September Issue) to direct The Au Pairs, an adaptation of the Melissa de la Cruz novel by the same name. The book is the first in a series of young-adult stories, of which the studio had acquired the film rights in late 2006....
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Angelina Jolie Defies ‘Gravity’

We had reported to you a couple of days ago that Angelina Jolie had effectively killed Wanted 2 by signing on to Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, but pump your brakes. It turns out that Jolie has turned down the film. ...
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‘The Flash’ Getting a New Director?

/Film is reporting that there is a new leader in the race to be the director for Warner Bros. next Superhero film The Flash. The could be direct or Eli Stone and Everwood writer Greg Berlanti....
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Top Ten Kevin Smith Scenes

With the release of his latest film Cop Out I'm going to go through my Top Ten Kevin Smith Scenes this week. I'd like to thank Merrill Barr, possibly the biggest Smith fan, for helping me out with this list....
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Christopher Nolan’s Brother Rumored to Direct New Superman Film

It's as if kryptonite has spilled out of the superhero world and into our public water system - and we're all genetically connected to Clark Kent. Yes, the harsh thought of a first time director at the helm of the new Superman film might come to be an inevitable truth. But please, don't position a gun to your dome quite yet....