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Matthew Vaughn Back To Directing ‘X-Men: First Class’

Only a few days ago we reporting Kick-Ass, Layer Cake and Stardust director Matthew Vaughn was in negotiations to direct X-Men: First Class. That rumor was shot down by Deadline, but they are back today saying he has returned to the project and about to "close a deal."...
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Filmax Presses ‘[REC]’ Two More Times

Variety is reporting Spain's Filmax Entertainment has greenlit production on two more sequels in the highly successful [REC] series. The first will be Paco Plaza's [REC] Genesis and the second is Jaume Balaguero's [REC] Apocalypse....
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Paramount Also Passes On ‘Zoolander 2’?

A few days ago we reported that Paramount had passed on a Anchorman sequel, even after Adam McKay got the cast and production to lower their budget. Now, like McKay's news broke, Ben Stiller reports that we won't be seeing Derek Zoolander either....
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8 Films To See In May

May marks the start of the summer blockbuster season. Unfortunately, it may be quite a weak one. Many early reviews and screening reports hint that we may need to wait a month or two to get our first great blockbuster. ...
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Full-Length ‘Piranha 3D’ Trailer

The teaser for Alexander Aja's Piranha 3D just surfaced online a few days, now we get a brand new one via Yahoo. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames and Richard Dreyfuss....
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Summit Has ‘Fair Game’

Doug Liman's Fair Game, the story of Valerie Plame starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, won't premiere for another few weeks at Cannes but it has already found a domestic distributor....
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Paramount Says No To ‘Anchorman 2’

We reported a few days ago that director Adam McKay had proposed a smaller budget to Paramount for Anchorman 2, but it looks like that did not go through....

Jordan Raup

Editor-in-Chief

Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.