We've got set photos, release dates and cast announcements. Lots of good stuff in this edition of Sequel Bits. Below, read about the following: It Follows star Maika Monroe joins Independence Day 2. Michael Bay posts images of several vehicles from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Josh Gad explains how John Lasseter told him about…
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There's some movement on the sequel to one of Ben Stiller's cult hits. For Zoolander 2 Penelope Cruz is the latest addition to the cast.
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Sacha Baron Cohen's latest, Grimsby, will be out in July 2015 and actress Penelope Cruz has just joined the film. Read more about Penelope Cruz Grimsby here
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Details about Lego Movie 2 are being kept under wraps, but one thing Chris McKay says we can expect is more female characters. Also after the jump: Ivan Reitman is still gung-ho about Ghostbusters 3 Camera tests are underway for Jurassic World Karl Urban wants you to sign the Dredd 2 petition Those "Penelope Cruz…
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Of all the dangerous criminals in The Counselor, Cameron Diaz's Malkina may just be the iciest. In a new clip from the Ridley Scott-directed drama, she shows her steely side to Reiner (Javier Bardem), prompting even the hardened career criminal to ask, "You don't think that's a bit cold?" But at least Malkina's femme fatale…
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Looking back at Season 1 of Breaking Bad, it's funny to remember how unassuming Walter White was in the very beginning. Meth-making was just something he turned to in a desperate attempt to support his family. But getting into that world is easier than getting out of it, and at this point there's really no…
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A film directed by Ridley Scott, scripted by Cormac McCarthy, and starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and John Leguizamo can't possibly help but come with sky-high expectations. Happily, the first teaser for The Counselor isn't letting us down. To be fair, it's tough to tell exactly what's going on…
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Briefly: Now that we've got the director question solved, casting speculation can begin in earnest for Bond 24, which it seems Sam Mendes will return to direct. Despite the fact that Mendes is going to do a UK and Broadway version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory before getting back in the Bond director's chair,…
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At first, Pedro Almodovar's new film I'm So Excited! seems to move away from the psycho-sexual weirdness of his last movie, The Skin I Live In and its predecessor Broken Embraces. The colors are bold, the energy is big, and the tone is defiantly upbeat, at least from what we've seen of the film to…
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A few people have lined up new films, or are getting their hoped-for projects closer to rolling. After the break, Jordan Scott takes over Gucci from her father, Nicholas Jarecki moves from Arbitrage to Fuel, and the Woman in Black sequel gets a director. Ridley Scott is a filmmaker who lines up one project after…
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Read all about these sequel-related odds and ends after the jump: Would Penelope Cruz do Pirates of the Caribbean 5? Kathleen Kennedy offers a minor Jurassic Park 4 update Catching Fire announces the rest of its supporting cast Scary Movie 5 still shows a Mob Wife and a Real Housewife Prometheus Blu trailer promises answers…
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With the Toronto Film Festival set to get into full swing Thursday, we've already begun to see trailers and clips from all sorts of interesting independent releases. The latest is Twice Born, directed by Sergio Castellitto based on a novel by Margaret Mazzantini. Penelope Cruz stars as a mother who brings her 16-year-old son back…
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As Ridley Scott's The Counselor approaches its June start date, the cast list is undergoing some last-minute adjustments. According to a new report, Cameron Diaz has just been brought in to replace Angelina Jolie, who was circling a strong supporting role last month and was said to be "very likely" to board. The Cormac McCarthy-penned…
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Is there any project in Hollywood that has the potential to boast a hotter cast than Ridley Scott's The Counselor? Man of the moment Michael Fassbender was the first to board the project back in February, while Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem signed on last week. (Bardem beat out another shining star, Jeremy Renner, for his…
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2011 saw one of the greatest successes of Woody Allen's career, as his film Midnight in Paris did great business on the US arthouse circuit and worldwide, eventually raking in nearly $150m globally. There was also that little matter of winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Now Allen returns with To Rome With Love,…
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Briefly: 2011 was a great year for Woody Allen. His playful, entertaining film Midnight in Paris turned into the year's runaway arthouse hit, taking in $60m to become Allen's greatest domestic success. Sony Classics has distributed the director's last few films and after their stellar success with Midnight in Paris, I think it has been…
Read MoreThis past summer, Woody Allen enjoyed the unexpected success of his film Midnight in Paris, which has been going strong in arthouses since May with over $100m earned worldwide. He also shot a new film in Rome, and for quite some time he was planning to call the movie Bop Decameron. There's a lot to…
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Coming off Midnight in Paris, his biggest financial success in decades, Woody Allen is ready to shoot his 2012 film. It's called The Bop Decameron and he's just finalized the very impressive cast, many of which we were already aware of. The most exciting news is the confirmation that Allen himself will return to the…
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As Woody Allen prepares to arrive in Cannes with his latest film Midnight in Paris, he is confirming some casting reports about his next film, to be shot in Rome, which he calls "a comic picture, an out-and-out comedy." Speaking to USA Today he offered that quote, said that reports pegging the film's title as…
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Woody Allen is notoriously shy about naming his movies, typically only doing so after writing the script, and sometimes picking a name far later in the process, like when the film has been shot. He has lately been prepping a film that will shoot in Rome this year, with a cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg,…
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The other day when Alec Baldwin was set as one of the actors for Woody Allen's next film, Jesse Eisenberg was mentioned as a possible choice as well. And many of you probably thought "well, duh. Of course he is." Is there any more obvious, even necessary actor to put in a Woody Allen movie?…
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Briefly: While Alec Baldwin was once actively talking about retirement, we know better than to take talk like that too seriously. He says he's done with 30 Rock after the next season, and in the meantime will shoot a part in Adam Shankman's adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages. And now we know that…
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The latest addition to the cast roster of The Three Stooges is Modern Family's Sofia Vergara, who is now in talks to play a femme fatale. (THR describes her as "a devious woman who pretends to be the wife of a dying man and tells the Stooges she'll pay them a handsome sum if they…
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Walt Disney Pictures have released a new movie trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This full length trailer certainly adresses some of the criticisms of the first trailer, expanding the scope of the story a bit. We also get mermaids and a peek at Keith Richards, who is reprising his role as…
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Over the last few years, Disney decided to create live-action reenactments of classic Walt Disney Animated classics using some of Hollywood's biggest stars. The first batch included Rachel Weisz as Snow White, Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland. The second batch included Jessica Biel as Pocahontas, Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie, Jennifer…
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Walt Disney Pictures have released a 10 second sneak peek of the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Super Bowl TV Spot. The full thirty second commercial will air during the big game this Sunday. But catch 10 seconds now embedded after the jump. Previously: Official Plot Synopsis: In this action-packed tale of truth,…
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Walt Disney Pictures have released a couple new photos from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. One of the new photos gives us out first look at Captain Hector Barbossa, portrayed by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, who in this film joins King George II's Royal Navy as a privateer to lead an expedition to…
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