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• Adam Sandler To Write, Produce & Star In ‘Candy Land’ Movie For Sony
• Oscar Nominee Vera Farmiga Cast As Christine McVie In Dennis Wilson Biopic ‘The Drummer’
• Justin Timberlake Joins Clint Eastwood In ‘Trouble With The Curve’
• Gary Oldman Joins ‘Motor City’
• Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin Join ‘Stand Up Guys’
• Darren Aronofsky Wants Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson For Noah’s Ark Movie
• Super Bowl Spots For G.I. Joe 2, The Dictator; The Avengers, John Carter Teased
• ‘Gran Torino’ Writer Brought In For MGM’s ‘RoboCop’ Remake
• Watching ‘Before Watchmen’: Analyzing The ‘Watchmen’ Prequel Comic Book Event
• Watch Now: Volkswagen’s Little Darth Vader ‘Star Wars’ Super Bowl Commercial Gets A Sequel
• New Photo Of Daniel Craig As James Bond In ‘Skyfall’ Arrives

Adam Sandler To Write, Produce & Star In ‘Candy Land’ Movie For Sony Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:09 PM PST Not too long ago, numerous movies based on popular Hasbro games and toys were set up at Universal, who has since dropped out of most of them. One of them was for a movie based on the popular board game Candy Land, which now has a new home and a large star attached to help make it happen. It's being reported that Adam Sandler is in final talks with Sony to not only star in their live-action version of Candy Land, but also write the script with Robert Smigel and produce through his Happy Madision Productions. [...]

Oscar Nominee Vera Farmiga Cast As Christine McVie In Dennis Wilson Biopic ‘The Drummer’ Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST Actress and filmmaker Vera Farmiga, best known for her Oscar-nominated performance in 2009's Up in the Air as well as films like Orphan and The Departed, has signed on to play singer/songwriter Christine McVie in The Drummer, a biopic of the late musician and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, for director Randy Miller. McVie and Wilson were in a relationship from 1979 to 1981, but McVie was forced to break things off because she couldn't deal with his alcoholism. Wilson died from drowning two years later. [...]

Justin Timberlake Joins Clint Eastwood In ‘Trouble With The Curve’ Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST With the success of Moneyball, baseball movies appear to as popular as ever, and WB knows exactly that fact. According to Variety, the studio's upcoming baseball picture Trouble With The Curve has just added Justin Timberlake to its cast, which also includes Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams. [...]

Gary Oldman Joins ‘Motor City’ Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST Throughout his career, actor Gary Oldman has garnered only one Oscar nomination, yet has become one of the most beloved thespians around. Collecting one hell of a rogues gallery of performances, Oldman has played a cavalcade of top notch villains during his career, and now according to THR, he's about to add yet another one, right after garnering his first Best Actor nomination. The outlet reports that Oldman has joined the cast of Motor City, a project being set up over at WB, with director Albert Hughes attached to helm. [...]

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin Join ‘Stand Up Guys’ Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST Talk about a who's who of great actors. THR is reporting that the trio of Alan Arkin, Al Pacino, and Christopher Walken have joined the cast of a new action comedy, Stand Up Guys. Helmed by Fisher Stevens, the film follows a couple of criminals in the later stages of life---one having been hired to kill the other---who have one more wild night together involving stolen cars, brothels, and cop chases. [...]

Darren Aronofsky Wants Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson For Noah’s Ark Movie Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST A movie about the story of Noah and his ark from Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has been floating around out there for a while now, but it's been taking its time getting moving forward. Nothing is official as of yet, but Aronofsky has shared who he would like to cast in his movie, which is simply titled Noah. According to sources, the director wants to bring in none other than Russell Crowe to play Noah in the biblical epic. [...]

Super Bowl Spots For G.I. Joe 2, The Dictator; The Avengers, John Carter Teased Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST With the Super Bowl set to kick off in just a matter of days, film studios are not wasting any time getting either their entire spots, or the buzz started surrounding their spots, for some of 2012's most hyped projects. Full spots have been released for Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming film The Dictator, as well as G.I. Joe: Retaliation. On top of that, teasers have been posted for The Avengers and John Carter, hinting at the spots which will premiere during the game on Sunday. [...]

‘Gran Torino’ Writer Brought In For MGM’s ‘RoboCop’ Remake Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST Yes, MGM is still trying to remake RoboCop, as much as you hoped and wished it would go away if no one talked about it for a while. It's being reported that Nick Schenk has been hired to work on the screenplay for the long-in-development remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi classic. Schenk doesn't have a whole lot of writing credits to his name, but one big title he did work on the script for was Clint Eastwood's tragically non-Oscar nominated drama, Gran Torino. [...]

Watching ‘Before Watchmen’: Analyzing The ‘Watchmen’ Prequel Comic Book Event Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST Earlier today, my overlord and master Empress Eve posted an article telling all of you about the "it's really happening, isn't it?" Watchmen prequel comics miniseries collection entitled Before Watchmen coming this Summer from DC Comics. Well folks, I have been tasked to bring you my opinions on the creative teams and titles and to put it shortly, this whole thing is hilarious to me. First and foremost let's talk about the whole idea of a Watchmen prequel comic. Does it need to happen? Absolutely not. Thinking back on the multiple times that I've read Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' seminal work, I can't recall feeling like I really needed to know anything about their time prior to the events in the comic.[...]

Watch Now: Volkswagen’s Little Darth Vader ‘Star Wars’ Super Bowl Commercial Gets A Sequel Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:01 AM PST We all know the commercial: a little kid dressed as Darth Vader is running around trying to learn the ways of the Force when he unexpectedly starts his parents' Volkswagen using only his mind powers (watch it here). It was easily one of the most popular Super Bowl commercials of last year, and could arguably be one of the best Super Bowl commercials of all time, though a long list that would be. Now that very commercial has itself something of a sequel that will air during this year's big game. You can see the new commercial below now. [...]

New Photo Of Daniel Craig As James Bond In ‘Skyfall’ Arrives Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:00 AM PST As the film nears its long awaited November release date, we finally have our first look at the upcoming return of James Bond, Skyfall, and it's a killer. The James Bond Facebook page has released the first photo from the film, which itself has been in purgatory for seemingly years now, particularly following a long and much talked about battle over at MGM. However, all roads are leading to the film's release later this year, and with this photo, hopes couldn't be higher. [...]

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