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Carter Blanchard Enlisted for 'Independence Day' Sequel Rewrite
Nearly twenty years ago, Independence Day mightily stood as the biggest, most rollicking and absurd of summer spectacles. The cinematic spectrum has changed greatly since then, yet Roland Emmerich's bombastic alien invasion saga helped to usher a...
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Possible Adaptation in the Works for 'Soulkeepers'
Producer Aaron Magnani recently picked up the film rights to G.P. Ching's young-adult book series Soulkeepers. The six book series was published from 2011 to March of 2014. Magnani's only credit so far is a producer for Iron Doors, a 2010 German...
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Let's Talk About: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
Well, X-Men: Days of Future Past is out of the gate and (so far) tearing up the box office. So we thought we'd get a few people together and talk about it. Not the box office bit so much, but just some thoughts and reactions to the movie. It's a...
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Details Emerge Over Edgar Wright's Departure
Sources close to The Hollywood Reporter have provided some explanation for why Edgar Wright will not direct Ant-Man for Marvel despite working on the film since 2006. A lot has changed in comic book movies and at Marvel in particular within the...
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Chris Evans Fights Back in New 'Snowpiercer' Trailer
The passengers/inhabitants of the massive train/community look like they have a rough road ahead of them in the new Snowpiercer trailer. Likewise, the movie itself has been on a rough road getting to the U.S. You can read all about that here,...
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'World War Z' Sequel Finds a Screenwriter
A sigh of relief was likely heard around the world from executives at Paramount Pictures last summer when World War Z became an international blockbuster. It appeared a rough go for a time, with savage reports in the press of a project that...
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Magnolia Picks Up 'Force Majeure,' Award Winner from Cannes
Cannes may be over for the filmmakers, but it is certainly still fresh in the minds of distribution companies. Magnolia Pictures recently acquired the U.S. rights to Force Majeure (a.k.a. Turist), the Jury Prize winner in the Un Certain Regard...
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Johnny Depp in Negotiations to Star as Houdini in New Movie
Johnny Depp may soon have another iconic role to add to his rather eclectic body of work. As being reported by both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Depp is currently in negotiations to star as famed magician Harry Houdini in a new movie being...
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