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Scoop This: 'Area 51', 'Jonah Hex' and 'Predators'
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Paramount Nabs Peli's 'Paranormal Activity' Follow-up, 'Area 51' After taking a chance on the no-budget ghost story Paranormal Activity and then watching it score over $100 million at the box office, I don't blame Paramount for taking another chance on director Oren Peli's follow-up film, Area 51. Shot with the same sort of found-footage look, Area 51 comes equipped with a larger budget (of $5 million, versus Paranormal's $11,000) and it follows a group of friends who, curious, figure out a way to venture onto the mysterious Area 51 military base. One imagines they'll uncover all kinds of other-worldly things once inside, though we'll have to see for ourselves when Paramount rolls this thing out in 2010. Are you interested, or do you think Peli was a one-hit wonder?...
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Sam Raimi to Help Produce the Next 'District 9'
3 hours ago
Could the next District 9 come from Spider-Man director Sam Raimi? Well, actually, it won't directly come from Sam Raimi, but the director behind the Spider-Man franchise and Drag Me to Hell will be producing a new film from an unknown director whose short film has made waves online. Those familiar with the story behind District 9 will see similarities here. Whereas Peter Jackson mentored the young, talented Neill Blomkamp (who was known mainly for his short film Alive from Joburg, which District 9 was based on), Sam Raimi will be doing the same sort of thing with a Uruguayan director named Federico Alvarez. The short in question this time around is called Panic Attack!, and it follows a city that's being destroyed by giant robots. It's not all official yet, as these...
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First Look at War Machine from 'Iron Man 2'
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While we wait for more official stills from Iron Man 2, what appears to be our first look at Don Cheadle's much-anticipated War Machine costume has arrived online in the form of a toy advertisement from Diamond Select. They don't show you the full costume, though they give you a peek at the helmet and a dude who definitely looks like Cheadle. We're not entirely sure how War Machine will factor into the story this time around. In the comics, Jim Rhodes (played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man and Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2) takes on the War Machine persona when Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) relapses into alcoholism. It's kind of a dark story that probably won't be part of the sequel. My guess is that War Machine will show up to assist Iron Man in defeating the main villain (Whiplash) and...
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