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20 May 2012 2:03 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The man behind such favorites as Amelie and The City of Lost Children is at work on his next. A 12-year-old boy with extraordinary skills who leaves his family in Montana and takes off on a cross-country adventure to the Smithsonian Institution to receive a prize. Let's hope it doesn't suck like Micmacs. Filming kicks off June 30th in Canuck la...

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23 April 2012 5:22 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »

The Raven will be released to theaters on Friday and I had a chance to talk with director James McTeigue earlier today about the making of the film. During my interview time, I learned balancing the real and fictional Poe, the casting of John Cusack, changes to the script, and his inspirations for the style of this film.

Thank you for taking the time to talk to me about The Raven. I’ve read that the script existed for a good bit before you had come on board, so I was curious about how you got involved. What attracted you to the project?

James McTeigue: Aaron Ryder is the producer of this film and also worked on Memento, The Prestige and Donnie Darko. He brought me the script and I knew a little about Poe, but not massive amounts. I really dug the concept, which was a melding of fact and fiction, »

- Jonathan James

11 April 2012 8:04 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

Joss Whedon is about to have a very good week. The writer/director/producer has, until recently, been best known for his work on television: he turned his poorly-received screenwriting debut "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" into one of the most beloved cult series of all times (which itself got a long-running spin-off, "Angel"), and followed it up with the short-lived but passionately followed sci-fi Western "Firefly," a show that lasted a single season, but managed to get its own cinematic sequel, "Serenity," which marked Whedon's big-screen directorial debut.

Until now, "Serenity" has been the director's best-known entry into the movies, but that's all about to change. He wrote and produced the inspired, raucous horror flick "The Cabin In The Woods," which hits theaters on Friday, and tonight sees the world premiere of "The Avengers," the Marvel superhero team-up movie that is one of the most keenly anticipated films of the year, »

- Drew Taylor

3 items from 2012