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Arnold Schwarzenegger to Star In Action/Thriller Ten
Arnold  Schwarzenegger will be starring in an upcoming film titled "Ten", an action thriller that will be directed by David Ayer.The film will be about an elite DEA task force that deals with cartels. The team winds up doing a raid on a cartel safe house and s...

5/7/2012 4:59 PM EDT  | Read More

Catching Fire Getting a New Writer, Script Changes
Michael Arndt is currently in talks to do some rewrites on the script for "Catching Fire", the second film in the "Hunger Games" franchise.Arndt is an Oscar winning writer, who penned the scripts for "Toy Story 3" and "Little Miss Sunshine&...

5/7/2012 12:32 PM EDT  | Read More

Marvel's The Avengers Set Domestic Box Office Record of 200.3 Million
The Walt Disney Studios announced today that Marvel's The Avengers posted an estimated $200.3 million in its domestic debut May 4-6, shattering previous records and positioning the film as the highest-grossing domestic debut of all time. The film's cumulative globa...

5/6/2012 9:03 PM EDT  | Read More

Disney Hires Brad Bird To Direct Secret 1952 Film
Brad Bird, director of "The Incredibles" and "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" , is on track to direct "1952", for Disney Pictures.There is no word on what the plot may be for the film, but is said to be a "tent pole with multi-platform...

5/4/2012 3:33 PM EDT  | Read More

Director Timur Bekmambetov Acquires The Current War
Director/Producer Timur  Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) , has acquired   "The Current War" for his production house, Bazelevs.Based on a script by Michael Mitnick, the film will be about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and Ge...

5/4/2012 3:16 PM EDT  | Read More

Win Complimentary Passes To See An Advance Screening of Tim Bu...
Warnes Bros will release the film new Tim Burton Film, Dark Shadows, on May 11th, 2012 and for all you fans that are living in South Florida, we have a way for you to catch a complimentary screening of it early.   Just "Like" FlickDirect on Facebook and email...

5/3/2012 10:52 AM EDT  | Read More

Is There A Watchmen Prequel In The Works?
Watchmen fans can debate all they want about DC's plans for the "Watchmen" prequel, "Before Watchmen."  While some may be for it, and others against it, there is undeniable interest in the project, which reports say will include seven different m...

5/2/2012 11:36 AM EDT  | Read More

Tom Cruise To Star in Van Helsing
Universal has announced that they will be rebooting the 2004 film, "Van Helsing", which starred Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale.The film will star Tom Cruise as Van Helsing, and will be written by Transformers writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.  Adam Fog...

5/1/2012 5:00 PM EDT  | Read More

Kevin Feige Discusses Iron Man's Future
Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, recently spoke with Bad Ass Digest about the future of the "Iron Man" franchise.When asked what he would do if Robert Downey, Jr. were to leave, he said that he would probably recast the role. "I think [pre-Casino Royale] B...

4/30/2012 2:17 PM EDT  | Read More

Elle Fanning To Play Against Angelina Jolie In Maleficent
Robert Stromberg's telling of Maleficent, the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty, has some more casting news. Hot after the news that Angelina Jolie would be taking the role of her most evilness herself, came news that Elle Fanning was to play the part of the beauty, Prince...

4/30/2012 10:32 AM EDT  | Read More