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Jennifer Lawrence Gets Leading Role in “Hunger Games”

Mar 17, 2011 | | Movie News

We
saw it coming from a mile away, but now it’s official: Academy Award
nominee Jennifer Lawrence will play Katniss Everdeen in an upcoming
adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. Katniss was one of the most coveted roles of the past year. Academy Award nominees Abigail Breslin and Hailee Steinfeld, Sucker Punch’s Emily Browning, Kick-Ass star
Chloe Moretz, and Emma Roberts are just a few of the actresses who were
in contention to play this character. According to The Wrap, Lionsgate
plans on making a film trilogy with the aforementioned title and its two
sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The role of Peeta still hasn’t been cast, though Alex Pettyfer of Beastly and I Am Number Four fame is being considered for the role.

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Will Liam Neeson be in the “Taken” Sequel?

Mar 17, 2011 | | Movie News

UPDATE: Liam Neeson has officially signed on to star in the sequel to Taken.
It was earlier reported that he might not agree to film the sequel
because he wanted to take a breather, but he and writer Luc Besson have
settled their differences. After finishing up Wrath of the Titans, Neeson will relax for the remainder of 2011. Deadline Hollywood relays that production for the Taken sequel might begin at the end of the year or the beginning of next year.

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New “Daredevil” Film Will Be Directed by David Slade

Mar 17, 2011 | | Movie News

Whatever you thoughts may be on the first Daredevil, it’s not going to stop 20th Century Fox from pressing forward in bringing the Man Without Fear back into theaters. First Variety and now Deadline is reporting that David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 30 Days of Night) has been tapped to helm the next film in the series, which will possibly not be a reboot.

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Original Stars Reprise “Silent Hill” Roles, New Picture Released

Mar 17, 2011 | | Movie News

Fresh off the news that production was underway for the next “Silent Hill” film, Davis Films has announced that stars of the first film—Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger—are set to reprise their respective roles of Rose Da Silva, Christopher Da Silva and Dahlia Gillespe. Bloody Disgusting had previously reported Bean’s involvement in the sequel, but singled him out to play Harry Mason, father of lead character Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens). On top of the casting news, another picture from the production has been released, featuring first film protagonist Rose crossing paths with Heather.

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Liam Neeson Signs on for “Taken” Sequel

Mar 15, 2011 | | Movie News

Liam Neeson has officially signed on to star in the sequel to Taken. It was earlier reported that he might not agree to film the sequel because he wanted to take a breather, but it appears that he and writer Luc Besson have settled their differences.

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DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 3.15.11)

Mar 15, 2011 | | Movie News

There is one clear winner out of this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases, The Fighter. Winning two Oscars, The Fighter was popular with audiences, critics and of course, us PAMers: it is a fine addition to a long list of great boxing films. If you are looking for someone more arty, there are critical darlings Au Revoir les Enfants and Yi Yi coming onto Blu-ray. Strangely all of this week’s re-releases are all foreign films.

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Is Another “Doom” Movie in the Works?

Mar 15, 2011 | | Movie News

The first Doom movie came out in 2005, and it’s safe to say that it wasn’t a hit.

Now rumors are making the rounds that Universal, who just won’t let a sleeping dog lie, is sniffing around to reboot the “Doom” franchise. How do you reboot such a “franchise?” Shoot it in 3D, of course! That’s not a punch line — they really want to shoot it in 3D.

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Disney Cans “Yellow Submarine” After “Mars Needs Moms” Fails

Mar 15, 2011 | | Movie News

When Disney released Mars Needs Moms, most weren’t expecting it to be a hit thanks to terrible marketing and a weak plot. However, nobody guessed that it would open with less than $10 million. Well, it’s not surprising that Disney is taking some serious action after this recent bomb. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Disney has canned “Mars” producer Robert Zemeckis’s remake of Yellow Submarine.

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Battle: Los Angeles Fights to the Top of the Heap

Mar 14, 2011 | Mark Quinlan | Movie News

Many alien invasion epics have faired better than Sony’s effort including Independence Day and War of the Worlds. However, those were tentpoles of a different era ad caliber. Director Jonathan Liebesman was able to hold down a place among respectable but financially middling effortsCloverfield and District 9. With a modest $70 million budget, Battle: Los Angeles is a hit, and may spark a hinted-at sequel.

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Jennifer Lawrence is the Front Runner to Lead “The Hunger Games”

Mar 14, 2011 | | Movie News

Oscar nominees Abigail Breslin, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hailee Steinfeld have all been major contenders to play Katniss Everdeen, the female lead in the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games, and Emily Browning, who will lead Zack Snyder’s upcoming action flick Sucker Punch, entered this casting fray this past week. Now it seems we have a front-runner for the role.

Jennifer Lawrence Gets Leading Role in “Hunger Games”

Will Liam Neeson be in the “Taken” Sequel?

New “Daredevil” Film Will Be Directed by David Slade

Original Stars Reprise “Silent Hill” Roles, New Picture Released

Liam Neeson Signs on for “Taken” Sequel

DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 3.15.11)

Is Another “Doom” Movie in the Works?

Disney Cans “Yellow Submarine” After “Mars Needs Moms” Fails

Battle: Los Angeles Fights to the Top of the Heap

Jennifer Lawrence is the Front Runner to Lead “The Hunger Games”

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