Welcome to the Back Stage. Here you will find a collection of film-related news, articles, features, etc. I’ve managed to find around the interwebs the past few days. Let the madness begin. Read the full story

After a long break Back Stage finally returns! Below you will find a collection of film-related articles, news, videos, etc. that have been found throughout the deep ends of the interwebs…or my RSS feed. Check all 47 of  them out below.

Netflix Coming To Nintendo Wii [Mashable]

The Curse of Harrison Ford [Total Film]

John Carter of Mars Shooting Next Week? [Gordon and the Whale]

Avatar Script Available For Download [Rope of Silicon]

The 100 Greatest Characters of the Decade [Rotten Tomatoes]

The Crazies iPhone App Launches [ShockTilYouDrop]

Should Will Smith Play Captain America? [Collider]

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Back Stage is a round-up of various news items around the net that never hit the front page. Check them out below.

Tom Cruise Potentially Reteaming with John Woo for Flying Tigers [First Showing]

January Jones Teams With Cage for The Hungry Rabbit Jumps [THR]

Wes Anderson: ‘Why Was Slumdog a Hit and Not Darjeeling?’ [Vulture]

How Transformers 2 Should Have Ended [/Film]

Alamo’s Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Beetlejuice Posters [/Film]
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Darren Aronofsky Developing the World’s Biggest Heist Film [/Film]

Get Low + Lebanon Picked Up By Sony Pictures Classics [THR]

Precious Takes Top Prize at Toronto [In Contention]

Unused Moon Posters [Firstshowing]

John Malkovich Joins Secretariat [Variety]

Ryan Reynolds Confirms Deadpool Plans [SHH]

Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson Become The Other Guys [Variety]

Andrew Niccol Adapting Stephenie Meyer’s Novel The Host [Firstshowing]

First Look at The Losers [Collider]

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Editor’s Note: Hello Film Stagers! I will use this post as a platform for some recent news. I received an internship in NYC so I will be there the whole summer! Get in contact with me if you want to meet up. Meanwhile Dan Mecca is having a fun time at the Cannes Film Festival. Check out a new section dedicated to his updates. Without further ado, below is a round of this week’s film news I missed.

Monica Bellucci Joins Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Variety]

Mickey Rourke to Star in Mona Lisa Remake [Variety]

Sundance Hit Precious Trailer Debut [Oprah]

Kevin Smith Wants to Make Hockey Movie – Hit Somebody [MTV]

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Editor’s note: Due to a trip to NYC I wasn’t able to update as frequently as I hoped. Here are the major (and minor) news stories I missed.

First Promo Posters From Cannes Include Shutter Island, The Lovely Bones, + More [Firstshowing]

Quentin Tarantino has an Inglourious Basterds prequel “ready to go”. [NYTimes]

Nicole Kidman No Longer in New Woody Allen Flick [Variety]

Trailer for Woody Allen’s Whatever Works [Apple Trailers]

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You are entering the Back Stage. The following is a round-up of smaller film news around the web this week. These stories aren’t quite big enough to garner a full post, but worthy checking out.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cast in Christopher Nolan’s Inception [THR]

Tom Hanks Has Seen Toy Story 3 [/Film]

Transformers 2 Trailer to Premiere in 20 Cities [/Film]

Jack Black and Michael Cera Are Proud of Their Son Andy Samberg [/Film]

See The First 7 Minutes of The Brothers Bloom [Firstshowing]

Empire Unveil Tintin Information Galore [/Film]

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Hello fellow Film Stagers, I’m going to start posting a round-up of smaller film news around the web in a section called Back Stage. These stories aren’t quite big enough to garner a full post, but worthy checking out regardless.

The End of Terminator Salvation will Divide Audiences [/Film]

The Green Lantern Has $150 Million Budget, Shooting in Sydney [THR]

Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for “sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language.” [ropesofsilicon]

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