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published: 2012-02-09Vincent Cassell And Lea Seydoux To Star In French Version Of Beauty And The Beast Reporting from the European Film Market in Berlin, the trade says that the new Beauty and the Beast film has landed French actors Vincent Cassell and Lea Seydoux. It is said that the project is one of the biggest European titles that was announced at the market this year. Christophe Gans, who is best known for helming Silent Hill and Brotherhood of the Wolf, will be taking over both scripting and directing duties.   
published: 2012-02-09Machete Kills Artwork Finds Its Way Online One of the most surprising news items of this week was that Robert Rodriguez had secured financing for Machete Kills, his sequel to the summer 2010 grindhouse feature Machete. According to the report, Rodriguez has teamed up with producer Alexander Rodnyansky and production is currently scheduled to begin in April. But if things aren't moving fast enough for you already, wait until you have a gander at this.  
published: 2012-02-09Emma Thompson Joins Viola Davis In Beautiful Creatures Emma Thompson is the newest actress to join the ranks of Beautiful Creatures. The film is based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and is being both written and directed by Richard LaGravanese. Described as a "supernatural coming-of-age story," the story follows a young boy and girl who investigate a curse that has been haunting the girl's family for generations. 
published: 2012-02-09Selena Gomez Replacing Miley Cyrus In Hotel Transylvania When asked for comment about why Cyrus had to neg on her deal, the studio replied with no comment. In the movie, Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) sets up a resort to house all of the classic monsters including Frankenstein (Kevin James), the Bride of Frankenstein (Fran Drescher), the Invisible Man (David Spade), Quasimodo (David Koechner), Murray the Mummy (Cee Lo Green), and a couple of werewolves (Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon). 
published: 2012-02-09Ridley Scott Making Cormac McCarthy's The Counselor, Could Michael Fassbender Star? The film isn't based on a novel, but rather an original script that McCarthy wrote last year and is described as "No Country For Old Men on steroids." The story follows a lawyer who decides to try and make a bit of money in the drug world. His plan backfires, however, when he is sucked in too deep and must fight to survive. 
published: 2012-02-09Patton Oswalt Could Join Ben Stiller In The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Based on the 1947 Danny Kaye film, Stiller will play Walter, a meek man working for LIFE magazine who constantly daydreams and fantasizes about wild adventures. One day, however, his life completely changes when he goes on the hunt for a missing photograph negative and ends up having the adventure he's always wished for. In the film Oswalt will be playing a character named Todd who helps Walter set up an online dating profile. 
published: 2012-02-09Musical Chairs Trailer Is Full Of Music, Dancing, Humor And Drama If you’re a regular viewer of Fox’s Glee then you know that the series does include a teen in a wheelchair. Artie isn’t excluded from the musical numbers, which often include dancing. Some creative choreography demonstrates his ability to movie along with everyone else. Based on this trailer, Musical Chairs seems to combine drama, comedy, ballroom dancing and wheelchairs.  
published: 2012-02-09First Trailer For Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, Starring Steve Carell If you knew for a fact that the world was coming to an end, I'd imagine that you'd panic at first, but after that you'd feel quite liberated. You'd finally have the opportunity to live life like you've always wanted and not have to worry about all of the terrible consequences. There would, of course, be some horrible people that would take advantage of the situation and use it to commit crimes, but I'd like to think... 
published: 2012-02-09Hitchcock's Rebecca To Be Remade By Eastern Promises Scribe Steven Knight Dreamworks is no stranger to remaking Alfred Hitchcock's best work. In 2007 the studio hired director D.J. Caruso to helm Disturbia, a modern-day redo of Rear Window starring Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss and David Morse. Now they are at it again, but this time they are tackling the only movie from Hitchcock's career to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. 
published: 2012-02-09George Lucas Claims That Han Solo Never Shot First In Star Wars While there are many examples to cite when discussing how Lucas has butchered his own legacy, the one that fans most often point to is the scene in the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, specifically the moment when Han Solo shoots Greedo. While in the 1977 cut of the film Han shoots the alien bounty hunter after feeling threatened, subsequent cuts... 
published: 2012-02-09Scott Eastwood Joins Clint Eastwood In Baseball Film Trouble With The Curve Clint Eastwood proved he still had it with his fantastic performance in the 2008 film Gran Torino. And this weekend, he proved it again by lending his talent through voice and brief appearance in Chrysler’s “Halftime” commercial. His next big screen venture is a baseball drama called Trouble with the Curve, which he’s not only starring in, but also producing along with Robert Lorenz through Malpaso Productions. 
published: 2012-02-09John Cusack And Evan Peters Join Emma Roberts In Adult World The story follows Amy Anderson (Roberts), a 21-year-old young woman who has recently graduated from college with a degree in poetry. Though she has great confidence that she will be the next great writer, the economic downturn mixed with her unpaid student loans cause a financial problem and she is not only forced to move back in with her parents, but also get a job at a local adult book store called "Adult World" (hence the title). |
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