A couple years ago Universal made a deal with Hasbro that put a whole bunch of board game films into development at the studio. The one result so far is Battleship, opening later this year, and in fact Universal has steadily shed most of the other projects: Ouija, Clue, Monopoly and now Candyland have all…
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Want to be depressed? The much-joked-about Candyland movie isn't dead yet. The crazy deal that Universal signed with Hasbro has the movie based on the sweet-themed board game continuing to draw breath, and now there are new writers on board. Finally! THR reports that Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who wrote both Kung-Fu Panda films,…
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Here's a shock: Hugh Jackman has dropped out of the film Avon Man. The comedy, which is perpetually likened to The Full Monty, was supposed to shoot this past spring, but is now set to shoot in October. Now it loses Jackman, who remains a producer on the film. Not like he's washing his hands…
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We've known most of the cast of Edgar Wright's upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for some time, but a tweet from the director today revealed one more name we didn't previously have: Bill Hader. Wright said, "“Just did some final ADR sessions with Jason Schwartzman, Garth Jennings and Bill Hader.” He followed that up…
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While I'm not wild about Francis Lawrence directing Water for Elephants, some of the cast additions have me more and more interested. We already knew that Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon would be the primary leads for the picture, which takes place in a low-rent traveling circus. Sean Penn was in the mix as one…
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Yes, Universal Pictures is moving forward with their big screen adaptation of the Milton Bradley board game Candy Land. You remember the game right? I think everyone must have owned or played it as a kid, or at least the people of the 70's-80's generation. And it would be easy to poo-poo the idea of…
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How does a big screen adaptation of Tom Thumb sound to you? Yeah, not too exciting. What if I told you that Kevin Lima, the guy who directed Disney's Enchanted is attached? Still not sold? What if I told you that Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat has been hired to write the script? Sounding…
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Earlier this month we published the first photos from Kevin Lima’s (Tarzan) half animated / live-action crossover Enchanted. Thanks to AICN, we have the first batch of promotional poster art. The one to the left is my favorite. It's the best mixture of Disney fairy tale and live action. Lets hope they don't use the…
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Thanks to the recent Disney Investor Relations release, we have new logo and production art for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Toy Story 3, Wall-E, and Ratatouille. Check it out below. As always, left click for a higher res version. Based on the hit video game series, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time…
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