Many fans consider 2012 to be one of the best years for film in a long time. We've had great popcorn movies, huge epics, mind-melting indies and new films from some of the best filmmakers around. But every year has some stinkers and as good as 2012 has been, it's probably been equally as bad…
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There's plenty to look forward to in spring 2012, but as we head slowly (oh, ever so slowly) toward the warmer months, two films have been pushed back to other seasons while one has landed on a different spring date. After the jump, get updates on new release dates for Relativity's The Raven and House…
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Literary adaptations can have a reputation for being stuffy, but James McTeigue's The Raven looks anything but. The story, which is not based on legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem of the same title, revolves around Poe (John Cusack) as he gets pulled into a serial killer case when a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) realizes…
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Quite a lot of new posters showed up on the internets during the first official day of Comic Con today, and there are a few good ones. The teaser poster for The Amazing Spider-Man isn't high-res, sadly, and it basically repurposes a shot of Spidey's back that we saw via EW last week. But it's…
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Update: Two more images were released over the weekend, and you can see them in the gallery below. We've seen another shot or two, semi-official and not at all official, of John Cusack in costume as Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue's film The Raven. Now this is the first for-real official shot of the…
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A couple quick updates on James McTeigue's The Raven today: The Edgar Allan Poe thriller, starring John Cusack as Poe, has lost its title, and is currently being referred to by the working title The Untitled Raven Project. On the plus side, the film now has an official release date of March 9, 2012. Read…
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James McTeigue (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) is putting the finishing touches on The Raven, which stars John Cusack as author Edgar Allan Poe. The story is a fictionalized look at the writer’s last days, when he embarks upon a search for a killer who may be copying events from Poe’s novels. Now Relativity has…
Read MoreThough it started as a very insider thing, The Black List has recently become more popular and mainstream. For those who may not know, it's an annual list of the year's best unproduced screenplays as voted on by about 300 Hollywood development executives and high-level assistants. We recently posted the 2010 list and looking back…
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Here's your first official look at John Cusack as famed gothic author Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven, directed by James McTeigue (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin). We've seen one image of the actor in costume, but this is obviously a finished, approved promo shot as opposed to the previous paparazzi on-set snap. The film…
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Read MoreNO PHOTO Nevermore will you say you haven't seen what John Cusack looks like as legendary master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe. The High Fidelity actor is currently in Budapest shooting The Raven with director James McTeigue, who directed V for Vendetta. In the film, Poe goes on a search for a murderer who is…
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John Cusack will have company in The Raven, V For Vendetta director James McTeigue's fictionalized account of the final five “mysterious” days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, but Jeremy Renner won't be taking part. His schedule wouldn't allow it, sadly, as he's going to be off shooting the fourth Mission: Impossible. Stepping in for Renner…
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Wachowski siblings protege and V For Vendetta director James McTeigue has been planning to direct The Raven for the past year, and at one point had Jeremy Renner and Ewan McGregor both in talks for roles (perhaps the same role?) in the film. We don't know what happened with Mcgregor, while Renner is obviously going…
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The way that short films have been able to lead to feature deals with studios in the past year is rather stunning. The success of Neill Blomkamp, who went from the short Alive in Joburg to the smash success of District 9, helped pave the way for development deals for the filmmakers behind The Gift,…
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Ricardo de Montreuil's six minute sci-fi short film The Raven hit the web this week and has been making noise around Hollywood. The film tells the story of Chris Black, who "possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him. The chase…
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Today I had the opportunity to talk with Ninja Assassin and V For Vendetta director James McTeigue. The full interview won't be ready until later this week. For now, I thought I'd pass along some of the juicy news tidbits about some of his upcoming projects. As many of you know, McTeigue started in Hollywood…
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