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Ryan Reynolds To Co-Write & Star In New Netflix Comedy, ‘Upstate’

August 25, 2020 11:56 am

Ryan Reynolds has to be one of the busiest men in Hollywood. Over the past year, a number of new projects have been announced with Reynolds in the lead and it appears that he’s keeping that going with yet anot...

‘Grease’ Prequel ‘Summer Loving’ Will Stretch A 4-Minute Song Into A 2-Hour Movie

Charles Barfield

April 10, 2019 3:12 pm

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You know what’s a great film to revisit in 2019? The classic story of a macho boy trying to get in the pants of an innocent girl by faking like he cares about her and tricking her into liking him, all while he ...

Watch: Disney’s 1997 ‘Tower Of Terror’ Starring Steve Guttenberg & Kirsten Dunst; John August Hired To Pen New Film

Kevin Jagernauth

October 23, 2015 4:52 pm

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Watch: Disney's 1997 'Tower Of Terror' Starring Steve Guttenberg & Kirsten Dunst; John August Hired To Pen New Film

Disney Sets June 8, 2012 Release Date For ‘John Carter Of Mars’ & March 9, 2012 Bow For ‘Frankenweenie’

Kevin Jagernauth

August 9, 2010 10:16 pm

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Walt Disney have set dates for two of their major tentpoles for the 2012 cinema season.First up, Andrew Stanton's ambitious "John Carter Of Mars" will hold down the summer with a June 8, 2012 slot. The film, wh...

Joe Carnahan Keen To Bring ‘Preacher’ and ‘Taskmaster’ To The Screen

Oliver Lyttelton

June 7, 2010 12:39 pm

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We're only a few days away from the release of Joe Carnahan's "The A-Team," and, from interviews that the director is giving to plug the film, it seems that he hasn't got his fill of comic-book action from a fi...

Sam Mendes Dumps ‘Preacher’ In Favor Of Bond

Oliver Lyttelton

April 9, 2010 2:33 pm

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All week, Collider have been running an in-depth interview with taste-free producer Neal H. Moritz, full of new information about his upcoming slate, which includes "Green Hornet," "Jack the Giant Killer," and,...

Sam Mendes Talks ‘Preacher,’ To Begin Shooting In 2010?

Simon Dang

May 12, 2009 6:15 am

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Whilst doing press for his upcoming film "Away We Go," Sam Mendes has taken time out to discuss his upcoming adaptation of comic book series, "Preacher."Mendes revealed with MTV that progress on the script, whi...

‘The Preacher’ Finally Finds Writer In John August

Spencer Martin

January 23, 2009 1:33 pm

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Remember back in November when Sam Mendes said that he would love to direct an adaptation to the graphic novel, "The Preacher," if only he had a script? Well it now appears that the project has taken one more ...

GeekBeat: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Cast in ‘Tintin,’ And More

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January 7, 2009 3:03 am

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It's official: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost have been cast as Thomson & Thompson in the Steven Spielberg-helmed, Peter Jackson-produced 3D motion capture adaptation of the French comic strip, "Tintin". Andy...

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