Being one of the most elusive filmmakers working today, Terrence Malick is able to attract attention when he announces a new film. In 37 years he’s only released four films, with his fifth, The Tree of Life, supposedly coming out this year. The fact that it hasn’t yet been released is why it’s so surprising that he’s already announced work on a new film, with a main cast hired, and, according to Tulsa World (via /Film), auditions have already been held, and filming may begin in September. Read the full story

Is Terrence Malick actually going to start another film right after he finishes another? It’s a practice unheard for the mysterious director. The Wrap is reporting that his next project will actually start filming this October with a few new cast members. Read the full story

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They’ve got me half convinced with this first full trailer, taking all they can from Up in the Air and then some. It’s a whole lotta Ben Affleck, which is a bit of a surprise, and only a little bit of Kevin Costner. But with a Boston accent! So that’ll be exciting.

Check it out below (courtesy of Yahoo):

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The follow-up to Ben Affleck‘s Gone Baby Gone is hitting theaters this year and we have the trailer. His directorial debut was one of my favorites of the last decade and this looks to be great, although the trailer may reveal too much.

The stellar cast includes Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper. It was also rumored Lively’s performance was so great in this that it landed her The Green Lantern role. The trailer will also be attached to Inception this week, along with Due Date. Check it out below via Apple. Read the full story

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Harvey Weinstein has acquired the domestic distribution rights to indie producer John Wells’ directorial debut The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper, Maria Bello and Rosemarie DeWitt.

Here’s what Weinstein had to say about the pick-up:

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The old friends and past Oscar winners are back in the saddle again, and this writing up a contract to get paid for it. THR is reporting that the duo is close to closing a first-look deal with Warner Brothers for a company of their creation, its name not yet known.

It could be a rejuvenation of LivePlanet, the company the two ran under Disney’s roof for a decade (until 2007) while they conducted Project Greenlight, the filmmaking show which resulted in three unsuccessful indies (Stolen Summer, The Battle of Shaker Heights and Feast). LivePlanet also had a hand in Affleck’s critically-hailed directorial debut Gone, Baby, Gone and this year’s Tron Legacy.

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Jeremy Renner has had quite a year, nominated for Best Actor with last summer’s The Hurt Locker and this summer he will star in Ben Affleck‘s Gone Baby Gone follow-up, The Town. Now, Reuters is reporting that the actor is confirmed to star alongside Ewan McGregor in James McTeigue‘s Raven, inspired by Edgar Allen Poe‘s famous poem. Check out Firstshowing‘s report below. Read the full story

The latest film to fall under the reboot axe is Daredevil, Deadline Hollywood reports. The 2003 superhero film, starring Ben Affleck, made over double it’s budget, taking in almost $180 million. Writing the reboot script is David Scarpa (The Day The Earth Stood Still) and producing is Peter Chernin, who is spearheading the new Planet of the Apes film. The reason for the reboot? “Hollywood studios with Marvel superheroes need to keep reinventing these Marvel movie franchises or the rights revert back to Disney-based Marvel.” Read the full story

A new teaser trailer/montage for the new John Wells film, The Company Men has just been released. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper, Maria Bello, Craig T Nelson, and Rosemarie DeWitt and is premiering at Sundance this month. It was shot by the 8-time Oscar winning DP Roger Deakins, who most recently worked on A Serious Man. Check out the teaser below. Read the full story

Miramax Films | USA | 91 minutes

WARNING: This review contains SPOILERS.

Extract comes from the comedic genius mind of Mike Judge; the man behind the hilarious Office Space and the overlooked Idiocracy. This may not be on the level of grandness that Office Space is, but it is in fact mildly superior to Idiocracy. Judge is an artist when it comes to conveying the average joe and the simple frustrations in life. This joyous factor is present and it makes for pure hilarity. A fantastic comedic cast is assembled along with sharp dialogue to assist them, which leads this to being one of the comedy highlights of the year.

The film revolves around Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman) who owns his own company that manufactures culinary extracts. While Joel seems to have everything from a good looking wife to owning his own company, he’s miserable. His wife doesn’t put out which leads to most of his problems. The only thing that keeps him sane is taking to his druggy best friend Dean (Ben Affleck), who only supplies with horrible advice. After contemplating the idea of selling his company things may soon start to get better for himself, but things only get worse. When one of his dimwitted employees named Step loses one of his testicles in a factory accident a domino effect takes place. Joel soon finds himself battling the temptation of cheating on his wife with the new con-artist employee Cindy (Mila Kunis), dealing with a lawsuit, and even having to deal with a mindless gigolo.

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