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Comic-Con: Hobbit, Superman, Django wow crowds
Peter Jackson showed more than 12 minutes of footage from his two Hobbit films to close out an extravagant Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures presentation in Hall H on Saturday (14).
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Comic-Con: Marvel Studios reveals scheduling line-up
Thor: The Dark World will open on Nov 8 2013 while Captain America: Winter Soldier is set for Apr 4 2014.
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Comic-Con: Resident Evil sparks sequel talk, Elysium mesmerises
Paul WS Anderson hinted at a sixth Resident Evil episode during a rousing Sony session that featured spectacular first-look footage from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up Elysium as well as reels from Rian Johnson’s Looper and Len Wiseman’s Total Recall reboot.
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Viola Davis joins The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby
EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar nominee and William Hurt are among a handful of new additions to the project, which has begun shooting in New York.
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Ryan Kwanten to star in Sex And Sunsets for Serendipity Point
Producer Robert Lantos made the announcement on Friday (13). eOne will distribute in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux.
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Obituary: Richard Zanuck 1934-2012
The Oscar winning producer died on Friday (Jul 13) from a heart attack. He was 77.
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Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for Red Granite, Mandalay
The British actor faces his darkest role yet in the supernatural thriller. Red Granite is financing and will co-produce with Mandalay Pictures and Alexandre Aja will direct.
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Comic-Con: Universal greenlights The World's End
The third film in Edgar Wright’s comedy trilogy follows 2004’s Shaun Of The Dead and 2007’s Hot Fuzz. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will star.
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Comic-Con: Kick-Ass 2 on runway for September shoot
UPDATE: Christopher Mintz-Plasse told Hall H attendees on Friday morning (13) that he will reprise his role in Marv Films’ action sequel, adding that “hopefully” it will commence production in September.
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Clash of the titans
World-renowned cigar smokers Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger dominated Thursday’s Comic-Con panel for The Expendables 2 as they regaled Hall H attendees with war stories.
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Spider-Man amazing internationally on $248m
The Amazing Spider-Man has raced to $247.5m in less than two weeks and Sony Pictures Releasing International top brass will look to hold on to their top berth in the face of a stiff challenge from Fox International’s Ice Age 4.
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Comic-Con: Schwarzenegger confirms Twins sequel
The former Governor of California (pictured at a previous Comic-Con) revealed on a Day One panel in San Diego that Universal Pictures and Ivan Reitman are on board and have begun the search for a writer.
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Universal to release Iron Fists on Nov 2, 2012
Quentin Tarantino presents RZA’s feature directorial debut inspired by classic kung fu cinema. Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu star.
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Anne Archer boards Andrew Levitas debut feature Lullaby
Jessica Barden and Daniel Sunjata will also join previously announced Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard and Amy Adams.
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Walter Hill to remake What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Hill has signed a deal with the Aldrich Company to adapt the screenplay and direct.
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Premature begins shooting in Atlanta for FilmNation, Icon
Icon has come aboard to co-finance the teen comedy with Filmnation. Alan Tudyk, Craig Roberts, Adam Riegler and Carlson Young have joined previously announced Katie Findlay and John Karna.
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StudioCanal acquires RoboCop for select territories
The company has picked up the UK, Germany and France to MGM and Sony’s sci-fi reboot. José Padilha (pictured) directs.
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SSFS to be lead investor in The Last Empress
Seven Stars Film Studios chairman Bruno Wu has lined up Jake Eberts to produce and Jeremy Thomas to act as consultant on the English-language China-US production.
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Lionsgate to split The Hunger Games finale into two
The studio confirmed on Tuesday (10) that it will turn The Hunger Games: Mockingjay into a two-parter, setting up a November 2015 series finale.
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The Film Arcade takes US rights to Simon & The Oaks
The recently launched distributor has added the Swedish hit to its initial slate and plans an Oct 12 platform release in New York and Los Angeles.