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‘Apes’ Franchise Will ‘Rise’ Again From Fox

Love it or hate it, the Planet of the Apes is returning to the silver screen, and sooner than one might have expected. Set to release a decade after Tim Burton's 2001 debacle, Fox will voyage to the planet once more on June 24th, 2011. ...
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[Conor’s Review] Iron Man 2

In the summer of 2008, Hollywood raised the bar in the modern superhero film. Through The Dark Knight, audiences discovered that a superhero yarn could spin itself in the utmost seriousness and still be immensely enjoyable, while a film like Iron Man could be equally enjoyable, and also know when to relax here and there....
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‘Captain America’ Jonesin’ For Commandos Leader?

With the title role (Chris Evans) announced only two weeks ago, and the film's main villain (Hugo Weaving) only shortly before that, Marvel and Joe Johnston have wasted no time in adding more faces to The First Avenger: Captain America's casting roster. ...
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Official: The Caped Crusader Returns July 2012

While Christopher Nolan's development on the eagerly awaited Batman 3 has been slow and steady, the past few days have offered up a handful of buzz-worthy nuggets of information that should help the reality of the project sink in....
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The Curious Cast of ‘Larry Crowne’

Despite a lukewarm performance in two mediocre (at best) films, actor/producer/writer/director Tom Hanks can't seem to leave the world of codes and mysteries - only this time the codes are of a Larry Crowne, not Dan Brown, variety. ...

WME Hoping For Spielberg/Nolan To Go ‘Interstellar’?

Abraham Lincoln, Jackie Onassis, George Gershwin and... Time Travel? Steven Spielberg seems to be swimming in a sea of projects in-development, which is certainly no new territory for him, and a certain time travel film dubbed Interstellar has been on his radar for upwards of 3 years...

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