The Film Stage

David O Russell's highly anticipated film, The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg now has a confirmed released from Paramount Pictures. The film will hit theatres on December 10, 2011. Right now there is one other fairly big film opening that day. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader also will open December 10, 2011. As The Playlist points out though, the competition should be too much of an issue....

Today we get news that a sequel for the film Diary of A Wimpy Kid, has been fast tracked and is looking at a March 2011 release. The first film was filmed for $15 million and went onto gross around $64 million so it was no surprise that the sequel would be fast tracked. The Playlist tells us that the sequel will be called "Diary of Wimpy Kid 2: Roderick Rules"....

Warner Bros. has release some press notes regarding their upcoming film, Inception. While the notes do contain spoilers, they flesh out each of the main characters and provide depth and background to them all. If you don't want anything spoiled, you probably shouldn't read on. But, if you don't mind a few minor spoilers, feel free to hit the jump and take a look at some of the characters in the summers biggest movie. ...

/Film brings us news today on the upcoming remake of the 1980's film Escape From New York. Coming straight from the director himself, Breck Eisner (The Crazies), we get some more information on the upcoming film....

Cinemablend brings us news today that actor Neil Patrick Harris, who was easily the best part of the past two films in the Harold and Kumar series, will return for the third one. The third film is currently shooting in Troy, Michigan and Harris will once again play himself....

It has been a busy few days for baseball movie news. The other day, we reported Bradley Cooper will star in an untitled Disney baseball flick. Now, it looks like the gang from the original Major League will be back for one more shot at the big leagues. ...

The Planet of the Apes sequel, Rise of the Apes is starting to pick up and the film is slowly coming together. First we reported that James Franco had joined the cast and now we get news from Cinematical that John Lithgow and Freida Pinto have joined the cast. ...