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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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Tobey Maguire Eyes Role of Chess Master Bobby Fischer

It seems that Tobey Maguire is having no trouble hanging up his Spiderman suit. In addition to producing Pawn Sacrifice, the biopic of famous chess master Bobby Fischer, Maguire is also reportedly looking at the the lead role....
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Skyline’ Gets Cast Additions

Skyline, the sci-fi thriller being produced and directed by Colin and Greg Strause, has just had Eric Balfour and Donald Faison sign on to the film, joining castmates Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, and Crystal Reed....
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Whedon and Spurlock Join Forces for Comic-Con Doc

Joss Whedon, writer/director behind series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, has supposedly teamed with award-winning director Morgan Spurlock for a documentary about the San Diego Comic-Con International....
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Firth & MacFadyen Join ‘The Promised Land’

After premiering two films at Sundance (The Killer Inside Me, The Shock Doctrine), Michael Winterbottom is right back to working on his latest project, The Promised Land, and has just added some notable names to his cast....

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