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J.J. Abrams to Start Production on 'Super 8' Next Month in West Virginia

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Aug 20th 2010 11:02AM
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J.J. AbramsThe sleepy little steel town of Weirton, West Virgina, is about to get a big dose of Hollywood glamour.

According to Production Weekly, director J.J. Abrams and his cast and crew for the super-secret film, 'Super 8,' will move into the hamlet -- which is nestled among the hills of the Ohio River Valley -- later next month.

Details on the sci-fi film, which is being produced by Abrams' boyhood idol, Steven Spielberg, have been kept very close to the vest. (We don't even have an inkling as to who's set to star.) But there have been rumors that it's an homage to Spielberg's early days when Super 8 MM film was all the rage, and a trailer for the flick did debut back in May when 'Iron Man 2' hit theaters.
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Carey Mulligan Is Not 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jul 22nd 2010 11:30AM
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Carey MulliganThe increasingly busy Carey Mulligan may have recently signed on to star in Wentworth Miller's upcoming drama 'Stoker,' but the coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in the rapidly approaching U.S. film adaptation of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' will go to somebody else.

"I can officially quash that rumor once and for all," Mulligan told Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday. "It's not going to be me. But I'm excited to see it. I love the books and I think it will be great."

If it's not going to be Shia LaBoeuf's gal pal, then who will get to play Salander? The clock's a-ticking if the David Fincher-directed flick is going to be in the can in time for its slated Dec. 21, 2011 release date. So who is Sony considering?
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Stanley Tucci May Direct Meryl Streep and Tina Fey

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jul 16th 2010 4:00PM
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What do you get when you take film icons (and longtime pals) Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci and add in a jigger of Tina Fey? If you're the chefs at the Creative Artists Agency, you're hoping for a 5-star serving of boffo boxoffice -- and, that's just may what result if this project gets underway.

According to the Los Angeles Times, CAA, the famed talent agency, is shopping an enticing package around town that, if it comes to fruition, would put Tucci behind the camera directing Streep and Fey. (There's no word yet on whether he would act in the film too.)
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Reports of Ryan Reynolds' 'Green Lantern' Injury Exaggerated

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jul 15th 2010 1:00PM
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Fear gripped comic book (and hunky-actor) fans yesterday when reports began circulating that Ryan Reynolds had separated his shoulder on the New Orleans set of 'The Green Lantern.' Now, that collective sigh you're hearing is from the news that those reports were erroneous.

According to EW.com, which cites a source close to the film, Scarlet Johansson's hubby only sustained a minor injury while training to play the titular character, but was fine, got right back into character and didn't delay production a bit.
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Chris Pratt Goes to Bat as Scott Hatteberg in 'Moneyball'

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jul 13th 2010 11:00AM
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Chris PrattYesterday, the blogosphere was abuzz about the movie 'Moneyball,' because star Brad Pitt showed up on set having shaved that scraggle of a beard he'd been sporting. Today, tongues are wagging about it, because Chris Pratt has joined the cast.

Pratt, known to legions of girls as hunky Bright Abbott from 'Everwood' and tree-hugging Ché from 'The O.C.,' will step into the cleats of real-life MLB catcher Scott Hatteberg, whose elbow injury saw him cut from the Boston Red Sox but wound up playing first base for the A's and leading them to the 2002 and 2003 playoffs.

Pitt stars in the sports drama as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane.
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Colin Farrell, Eric Bana 'Fall' for the Same Revenge Drama

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jun 29th 2010 1:40PM
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If a deal can be hammered out, the Hulk may soon share the big screen with Sonny Crockett, in a film that's title was inspired by Shakespeare.

According to Deadline, Colin Farrell and Eric Bana are in talks to star in the new indie drama 'By Virtue Fall.'

But while both stars appear to be smitten with Sheldon Turner's ('Up in the Air') story, about a man who is set up by his best friend and then plans his revenge while in prison, tight purse strings on the film's budget are making it hard to close the deals.
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Carey Mulligan Eyes Key Role in 'Stoker'

By Audrey Fine (Subscribe to Audrey Fine's posts), Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:40AM
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Carey MulliganHollywood's newest "It" girl Carey Mulligan has just landed her latest role -- and, get this, it's in a movie called 'Stoker' that was written by erstwhile 'Prison Break' hottie Wentworth Miller.

According to an exclusive in the Los Angeles Times, Mulligan has been tapped by Fox Searchlight -- the studio behind her upcoming thriller 'Never Let Me Go,' with fellow Brit Kiera Knightley -- to star in 'Stoker,' a drama about a teenage girl whose life is turned upside down when her father passes away and her estranged uncle returns to the family's fold. Mulligan, 25, will play the "teenage" girl, and word is that Fox Searchlight wants Jodie Foster to co-star in the movie that's being produced by Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions.
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