Every week there's usually one major Star Wars story, but that doesn't stop the smaller stuff from happening. That's where Star Wars Bits comes in, and after the jump, you can read about the following: Electronic Arts says Star Wars video games won't be direct movie tie-ins. Actor Jason Flemyng tweets what might be a…
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To be totally honest, we kinda forgot that Mike Newell's Great Expectations existed at all. Can you blame us? The project started casting two and a half years ago, released a trailer and got a TIFF premiere a year ago, and since then we've heard next to nothing about it. But now it's getting ready for…
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It feels like half the filmmakers in Hollywood have been rumored for the Star Wars Episode VII gig at this point, but one of the first names to crop up was Matthew Vaughn. The X-Men: First Class director popped up on a supposed shortlist just days after the Disney / Lucasfilm deal was announced, and…
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One bit of advice that commonly gets doled out at weddings is the warning / reassurance that the first year of marriage is the toughest, since the couple are still adjusting to being shackled together for all eternity. That certainly seems to be the case in I Give It a Year, directed by Brüno scribe Dan…
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There are a handful of classic tales that seem to get reinterpreted for the screen every few years, and among them is Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The most recent theatrical version you probably recall is Alfonso Cuarón's 1998 modernized version featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, and Ethan Hawke, and since then there have been at…
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The theme of this Casting Bits seems to be "rising stars," as All My Children's Ambyr Childers stakes out a spot in an all-star cast, War Horse star Jeremy Irvine leads a movie starring Britain's finest, and Thor actress Jaimie Alexander signs on to co-star with the Governator himself. Read more after the jump. Ambyr…
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Yet another new international trailer for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class has dropped, and while it looks a lot like all the other trailers we've seen, I can't argue that it doesn't look good. There's also a tiny bit of new footage within. Watch it after the jump. [via FirstShowing] The new trailer doesn't reveal…
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A couple weeks ago a great international trailer for X-Men: First Class appeared, with dialogue dubbed in Russian. Now there is a Japanese cut of the trailer -- same thing, but with original English dialogue. If the dubbing put you off before there's no reason not to take a look now. While some of the…
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Total Film has a new cover story on X-Men: First Class, and the magazine has created a bonus for those who purchase: a series of three vintage-style covers that emulate the classic styles of mags such as Life and Esquire. They're great ways to get across the swinging '60s vibe of First Class. And damn,…
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It's fitting that after two less-than-stellar X-Men movies, the man who launched the franchise is once again the mouthpiece. Bryan Singer, the director of the first two X-Men films, is a producer on the upcoming X-Men: First Class and has emerged as sort of the behind-the-scenes face of the big screen X-Men. As a follow-up…
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Here's the first small image of the assembled cast for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class. Left to right, we see: Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Lucas Till as Havoc, Zoe Kravitz as Angel Salvadore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique,…
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After the break lurks the first trailer for Ironclad, comprising un-polished footage from only the first 2 weeks of shooting and originating as a Cinematical exclusive. You can also see a BBC video report from the set that, while considerably less intense and graphic shows just as much mud and medieval might. Jonathan English's film…
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Warner Bros Pictures has issued an official press release announcing the beginning of principal photography on Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans. I've included the whole press release after the jump, and it is actually worth reading because it includes a detailed cast and crew breakdown, and plot synopsis. The film is currently scheduled to…
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