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Avatar Samson Design Featurette

24 December 2009 11:48 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Watch a brand new design featurette for the Samson, from James Cameron’s new epic film, “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) stars Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Sam Worthington in Consideration for 'Flash Gordon'

24 December 2009 12:26 AM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

There is a chance Sam Worthington will be a comic book hero in his next feature project. Recent report has suggested that the leading man of the James Cameron-directed "Avatar" is among the top contenders for the lead role of "Flash Gordon" should Columbia Pictures move on with its feature project plan.

"Right now it's between Sam, Ryan Reynolds and one or two others for the lead role should the project actually get off the ground," a Hollywood insider talked about the likelihood of the 33-year-old taking the title role. Considering that Sam is an Australian actor, the insider added, "If he gets the role it would be quite a big deal as Flash is an all-American hero."

"Flash Gordon" is based on the classic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. The story centers around a young polo player who has been kidnapped and taken to planet Mongo. In the strange planet, »

- celebrity-mania.com

Avatar Thanator Design Featurette

23 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Director James Cameron and concept artist Yuri Bartoli, discuss the design of Pandora’s violent Thanator in the new epic film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) stars Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity [...] »

- Brian Corder

Exclusive Interview: Producer Dan Lin on Sherlock Holmes; Plus he Addresses the Brad Pitt Rumors

23 December 2009 10:12 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

With Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes about to get released, it’s time for the final segment of “7 Days with Producer Dan Lin”. Over the past week we’ve covered all the various projects Lin is developing like the Lego movie and Gangster Squad, his thoughts on the Terminator Salvation ending and what’s up with future movies, what’s up with Bone and Tom and Jerry, and yesterday was about the Justice League movie, Suicide Squad, and Stephen King’s It. But for tonight’s article, we finally get to the reason I got to speak with him in the first place: Sherlock Holmes.

As I have said many times, I loved the film. It’s got a great script. Fantastic performances from everyone involved. Amazing chemistry between Jude Law and Downey Jr.. A third act that doesn’t suck. Action scenes that sell why Sherlock Holmes is Sherlock Holmes. »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Dan Lin Talks 'Suicide Squad', 'Justice League' Films

23 December 2009 9:15 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

News of a Justice League movie might not be very far off, but in the meantime, comic book fans can commit to "Suicide".

Suicide Squad, that is. In an interview with Collider recently, producer Dan Lin said DC Entertainment — the new Warner Bros. entity that will oversee the adaptation of comic book properties into film, TV, and games — could unveil their strategy as early as next month.

The news follows rumors of a new Supergirl movie and a big screen version of Hawkman, both DC characters. "They're unveiling their DC strategy in January so you'll hear more about that and they'll speak about that in the new year," said Lin, whose producing credits include Terminator Salvation and the upcoming Bone.

At one time, Lin’s name was attached to "Justice League: Mortal", which would have featured the comic book company’s big guns, including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. While »

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Sam Worthington in Competition With Ryan Reynolds for 'Flash Gordon'

23 December 2009 8:34 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After playing a wounded marine in "Avatar", Sam Worthington could land his first superhero role. According to circulating rumor, the 33-year-old is in competition with Ryan Reynolds to play the titular character in "Flash Gordon", a remake of 1980 sci-fi film of the same title.

"Right now it's between Sam, Ryan Reynolds and one or two others for the lead role should the project actually get off the ground," a Hollywood insider told Hollyscoop. The insider additionally dished, "If he [Sam] gets the role it would be quite a big deal as Flash is an all-American hero."

Before playing Jake Sully in James Cameron's "Avatar", Sam Worthington has appeared in "Terminator Salvation". He will be next seen starring as Perseus in 2010 action fantasy "Clash of the Titans", which will be released in the U.S. on March 26, 2010.

As for Ryan Reynolds, the actor is famous for his roles in comedy films such as "Waiting...", "Definitely, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Biggest Movie Mistakes of 2009

23 December 2009 3:43 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

It’s been a bumper year for Hollywood, with box office takings totalling over $10 billion, but there is one big total they might not be so proud of – fans have spotted over 900 mistakes in this year’s releases, submitting them to website moviemistakes.com. A few of the mistakes:

New Moon mistakes: After Bella awakes from the first nightmare, we see her Romeo and Juliet book on the pillow beside her. When Charlie brings in her presents the book is gone, but then reappears on the pillow between shots.

In the very last scene, right before the ultimatum, if you look into the tail lights on Edward’s car you can see various members of the crew reflected. [read more]

Terminator Salvation mistakes: The four-door Jeep Wrangler used in the movie wasn’t made until 2007, three years after the date of Judgment Day as established in Terminator 3 (Saturday 24th July 2004).

When Barnes »

- Allan Ford

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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!

23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »

Hollywood Tops $10 Billion for First Time in 2009

23 December 2009 9:18 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

With Avatar the reigning champ and Sherlock Holmes still to come, Hollywood crossed the $10 billion line for the first time in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for 2009. Through Sunday, the total stood just $36 million short of crossing the $10 billion line, according to tracking firm Hollywood Box Office, and was set to plow across it Tuesday night.

The year’s top box office attractions were Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and with hits like Harry Potter and The Hangover, Warner Bros. was the North American box office champ among studios. And with both Robert Downey Jr.’s take on Sherlock Holmes and the return of those rascally rodents in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel coming in time for Christmas, the final take is expected to top $10.4 billion.

Hit the jump for a list of the top 20 domestic box office hits of »

- Keith Demko

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DC Movie Update: ‘Major Announcements’ Coming in 2010

23 December 2009 8:49 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

For a few days now, Collider has been sharing a the knowledge they gained from a lengthy talk with producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes, Terminator Salvation). We recently posted a snippet of Lin talking about Terminator Salvation’s ending, and today we’re going to follow the conversation into the subject of DC/WB’s slate of upcoming superhero movies, including Justice League, which has been stopping and going and stopping again for a few years now.

The word from Lin: Justice League is still on hold. However, it may not stay that way for too long – just one of many things we should hear more about in early 2010, as we now have further confirmation that DC/WB will be unveiling their superhero movie plans to the masses!

If you think back a year or two ago (can people still remember things that far back?), you’ll recall that DC »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Howard joins Eastwood’s latest

23 December 2009 12:28 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

The shooting schedule for Clint Eastwood’s latest film Hereafter has barely cooled out of the printer. But already buzz is gathering momentum on what could be the filmmaker’s most mysterious project yet. Not least because nobody really knows what it is. Even newly-cast Bryce Dallas Howard is being coy with details. Promoting The Loss of a Teardrop in Los Angeles this week, the Terminator Salvation star teased reporters with vague details about her involvement in the project. "Oh, goodness, that's...

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- Josh Winning

Producer Dan Lin on the Justice League Movie, Suicide Squad, and Stephen King’s It

22 December 2009 11:08 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Over the past few days I’ve been posting “7 Days with Producer Dan Lin”. As I explained in the previous articles, I spoke at length with the Sherlock Holmes producer about not only his latest film, but everything he has in development. Since the conversation ran so long, I’ve decided to break up the interview into many smaller parts. I’ve already posted what he said about the Lego movie and Gangster Squad, as well as his thoughts on the Terminator Salvation ending and what’s up with future movies, and yesterday was about the Bone and Tom and Jerry movies. For today’s article, I’ve got him talking about the Justice League movie, Suicide Squad, Hiding in Time, The Chaser and Stephen King’s It.

Want to know more…hit the jump:

Let’s start with the easy stuff first: According to Lin, Dave Kajganich is turning »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

Avatar Selfridge Profile Featurette

22 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Giovanni Ribisi talks about his role as Parker Selfridge in the new epic film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) stars Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Warner Bros Exec Dan Lin Talks 'Tom and Jerry' and 'Bone'

22 December 2009 4:51 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

I've admitted before that I think Warner Brothers is one of the best studios around. Not only do they almost always release great movies, but there is a certain level of quality to the movies that come from that studio. Our good friend Frosty from Collider caught up with Dan Lin, one of the development executives at WB who not only brought Terminator Salvation and Sherlock Holmes to them, but has a whole bunch of other projects in the works. Some of the more interesting stuff in his interview, however, is in relation to Tom and Jerry, the feature version of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon that still plays on TV today. Read on! Before we get into the thick of things, Lin also talked very briefly about the adaptation of Jeff Smith's comic book Bone that they're also developing as a feature film. We've written about it before and »

- Alex Billington

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Schwarzenegger returning to big screen

22 December 2009 5:02 AM, PST | Hindustan Times - Cinema | See recent Hindustan Times - Cinema news »

Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron has said he is convinced Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to the big screen once his term as governor of California comes to an end. The action hero who shot to international stardom in Cameron's 1984 movie The Terminator swapped acting for politics when he was elected to office in California in 2003. Schwarzenegger returned to the franchise created by Cameron in recent blockbuster Terminator Salvation, but did not shoot new footage - his appearance was compiled using old film from the first sci-fi blockbuster. Cameron however is convinced that Schwarzenegger will return to show-business »

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Sherlock Holmes Producer Dan Lin on His Tom and Jerry, Bone Movie Adaptations

22 December 2009 1:43 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

We last reported nearly a year ago that Warner Brothers was aiming to develop a live-action film version of Tom and Jerry, with the titular cat and mouse being CG. Needless to say, it seemed like a bad idea. Just recently our pal Frosty got a chance to speak with the film's producer, Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes, Terminator Salvation), and they also chatted about Lin's upcoming CG adaptation of the fantasy epic comic Bone. We learn what drove him to work on those projects, and also find out quite a bit on Bone --- which has the potential to be all sorts of awesome if done right. Lin mentioned that both he and his kids are big fans of Tom and Jerry, and discussed his interpretation of the beloved cartoon series: And the way I view it is it’s almost like sibling rivalry. It’s the way my brothers »

- Devindra Hardawar

Avatar Grace Profile Featurette

21 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

In a recent featurette, actress Sigourney Weaver discusses her role as Dr. Grace Augustine. The film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) stars Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly [...] »

- Brian Corder

Exclusive: Producer Dan Lin on the Live Action/Animation Tom And Jerry Movie and Bone by Jeff Smith

21 December 2009 10:14 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Over the past few days I’ve been posting “7 Days with Producer Dan Lin”. As I explained in the previous articles, I spoke at length with the Sherlock Holmes producer about not only his latest film, but everything he has in development. Since the conversation ran so long, I’ve decided to break up the interview into many smaller parts. I’ve already posted what he said about the Lego movie and Gangster Squad, as well as his thoughts on the Terminator Salvation ending and what’s up with future movies. For today’s article, I’ve got him talking about the Tom and Jerry movie and the animated Bone movie - which is based on the comic by Jeff Smith.

Regarding Tom and Jerry, Lin says it’s going to be live action/animation hybrid and he compared it what was done on Alvin and the Chipmunks and Scooby-Doo. »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

See full article at CinemaSpy »

Warner Bros. Has a 'Bone' To Pick

21 December 2009 9:40 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Dan Lin, the producer of such films as Sherlock Holmes and Terminator Salvation, recently spoke to /Film about a live-action version of the cartoon show Tom and Jerry, which Warner Bros. is interested in developing. If you’re into the cartoon, you might find it interesting. What caught my eye, however, was Lin’s comments about his upcoming CG adaptation of the fantasy comic book "Bone", also for Warners.

Published between 1991 and 2004 by writer/artist Jeff Smith, "Bone" centered around a family of bald, white cartoon caricatures called the Bone Family. They get run out of their hometown, meet a mysterious girl named Thorn, and have a number of adventures, many of which involved broad comedy and slapstick. Fifty-five issues in total were published.

According to Lin, the project is still moving along. The questions for now are how many films they want to make and how best to divide the source material. »