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David Lynch Says He Turned Down Return of the JediAccording to a rather snarky recollection from a recent interview, David Lynch was offered the chance to direct "Return of the Jedi," and turned it down posthaste. |
CinemaBlend.com |
Thomas Dolby Starts a Star Wars RumorDid Thomas Dolby just speak out of turn, or is there really a new "Star Wars" movie on the horizon? |
Ain't It Cool News |
Sundance Plans Road Trip for 2010Never been to Sundance? Next year, the festival will hit the road, taking the Sundance Film Festival USA to eight major cities. |
Collider.com |
Cameron Diaz Is One Bad TeacherCameron Diaz has signed on to star in Jake Kasdan's "One Bad Teacher," about "a foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher who, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a colleague for the affections of the school's model teacher." |
Variety |
Disney Has Fallen for Lauren Kate's BooksVampire/werewolf love triangles are all the rage these days, so one can hardly find fault with Disney for gobbling up the film rights to Lauren Kate's "Fallen" books, about a pair of angels engaged in a centuries-long squabble over the heart of a young girl. |
Hollywood Reporter |
Hollywood Teens Will Jump AroundScreenwriter Duane Adler has already exhorted you to "Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance"; now, he'll rewrite and direct the upcoming teen dance drama "Jump Around." |
Hollywood Reporter |
Robert Downey Jr. talks Sherlock Holmes & Iron Man 2 - RT InterviewRobert Downey Jr. can't quite remember why he was on the phone to Guy Ritchie the first time Sherlock Holmes was mentioned, but it was to give him some advice about the trailer for his comic thriller RocknRolla, not to bid for the lead in his $80m Victorian detective caper. But Downey does remember that when the conversation finally swung round that way, Ritchie told him he'd be too old for it anyway. Nevertheless, within weeks of that chat, a press conference was held in the Freemasons Hall in central London, announcing the news that Downey had signed to play the eccentric sleuth. Just over 12 months later, the film is imminent, and what at first looked like stunt casting now appears to be a stroke of crazy genius. Once a cadaverous codger with a deerstalker hat and fogey pipe, Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous literary creation gets a jolt of adrenaline with Downey's firecracker performance, cutting a psychedelic swathe through the fog of Old London Town. He talks exclusively to Rotten Tomatoes about the challenge of playing the most brilliant man there never was... |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Amazon Debuts "Disc+ On Demand" ServiceIt's just a limited promotion at this point, but Amazon has debuted a program they're calling Disc+ On Demand, which will allow consumers to download digital copies of select DVDs and Blu-rays after purchase. |
NewTeeVee |
The Gimmicks That Changed Cinema: Part 1James Cameron's 'Avatar' is almost here, and if it's anything like the director's been promising-a new way to experience immersive 3-D movies, whatever that mean-then the industry could be about to enter a new phase of technology. So to mark the release of the latest revolution in film technology, we took a look back-way back--at the ones that have come before it. In the first of our two-part series about the technological advances that changed the movie industry forever, we look at the gimmicks that are now part of the standard moviegoing experience. Tomorrow, we look at the ones that weren't so fortunate. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Headed for IMAXDo you like really big vampires? You'll be cheered by the news that Summit Entertainment will be sending "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" to IMAX screens in June 2010. |
Collider.com |
James Cameron Developing Sci-Fi Film for FoxAccording to Production Weekly, James Cameron is developing a Shane Salerno-written sci-fi action script for Fox, which ComingSoon speculates is "The Doomsday Protocol." |
ComingSoon.net |
Peter Jackson Reveals Which LotR Characters Will Return for The HobbitHe doesn't have an "official" script yet, but Peter Jackson knows which of the "Lord of the Rings" characters will be putting in appearances in "The Hobbit" -- and he listed all three of them in a recent interview with MTV. |
MTV |
Josh Brolin Rumored for Men in Black 3Could Josh Brolin really be contemplating joining the cast of "Men in Black 3"? |
Los Angeles Times |
The Wolfman Claws Out an RIt's been plagued by delays and troublesome rumors, but horror fans can at least take comfort in the knowledge that when "The Wolfman" arrives in theaters next year, it'll do it with an R rating. |
Ain't It Cool News |
Trailer Bulletin: The Sorcerer's ApprenticeFresh off his piles of raves for "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," watch Nicolas Cage in the first trailer for Disney's live-action "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"! |
Apple |
The Princess and the Frog Takes Randy Newman Back to New OrleansRandy Newman has had a fair amount of success with cartoon soundtracks, and for his return to the medium with "The Princess and the Frog," he was able to (ahem) draw on his New Orleans roots. |
Los Angeles Times |
Sandler Asks Aniston to Be His Pretend WifeAdam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are on track to do the rom-com thing in "Pretend Wife," a Happy Madison project in development at Columbia. |
Hollywood Reporter |
On the Trail of the Cinematic Sherlock HolmesIn anticipation of Sherlock Holmes' return to theaters on December 25, the venerable detective will experience a revival of sorts, both on the big screen and home video. |
Los Angeles Times |
Malkovich and Hathaway Rumored for Spider-Man 4We've been holding back on the "Spider-Man 4" casting rumors, but really, this one's too perfect to pass up: John Malkovich...as the Vulture? |
Movieline |
Nikki Blonsky Talks Hairspray 2The "Hairspray" sequel is slated for next year, and if you take Nikki Blonsky's word at face value, it'll be just as much fun as the first installment. |
Popeater |











