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‘Project X’ Beats ‘Avengers’, ‘Dark Knight Rises’ As 2012’s Most Pirated Film Next to the $1B+ grosses forThe AvengersandThe Dark Knight Rises,Project X’s respectable $100M worldwide take seems like spare change. But there is one arena in which theTodd Phillips-produced raunchfest is king: illegal downloads. Project Xhas emerged as the single most pirated film of 2012 — as well as the lowest grossing of the top 10, which also includes both of the aforementioned box office smashes....

‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’: What Is Marion Ravenwood Holding When Indiana Jones Shows Up? Steven Spielberg’sRaiders of the Lost Arkis unquestionably one of the best adventure movies ever made, and every inch of the film has been examined and analyzed by film lovers since it came out in 1981. But I just discovered something new about the movie that I’d never heard before. During the scene in which Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood reunite for the first time in years, Marion has her hands full – but she’s not carrying what it sounds like she’s carrying....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Lines Up Two New Head Writers Earlier this week,Saturday Night Livemade some personnel changes by confirming that six-year cast members Jay Pharoah and Taran Killamwould not be returningto fulfill the last year of their standard seven-year contract. In addition, featured player Jon Rudnitsky, who just joined last season, was also not being asked to return. Now there’s another change in the ranks atSNLthis time regarding the position of head writer....

‘Show Dogs’ Is Getting Recut After Sexual Abuse Uproar Well, this is certainly a first. Global Road Entertainment will be making changes to the theatrical cut of their family friendly comedyShow Dogsafter the National Center on Sexual Exploitation accused the movie of inadvertently “grooming” kids for sexual abuse. Yes, we’re still talking about the movie featuring talking dogs infiltrating a dog show to save a kidnapped baby panda. Find out more about thisShow Dogssexual abuse controversy....

‘Stoker’ Poster And Video: Nicole Kidman And Mia Wasikowska Drawn Into Twisted Family Tension Park Chan-Wook’sStokeris one of the film’s we’re most keen to see in the early months of 2013; the English-language debut of the director behindThirstand the “Vengeance Trilogy” (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,Oldboy,Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) holds a lot of appeal. That’s in part due to Park’s wonderful work with the camera and actors, as seen in most of his previous films....

‘Trainspotting 2’ Is Officially A Go; Danny Boyle Returning With Original Cast The long-promisedTrainspottingsequel has taken one step closer to becoming a reality. Sony TriStar has just picked up the rights to the project, which will shoot next year. Original directorDanny Boylereturns along with original cast membersEwan McGregor,Jonny Lee Miller,Ewen Bremner, andRobert Carlyle. Get more details on the Trainspotting sequel after the jump. THRserved up the latest update on theTrainspottingsequel. Shooting will begin in spring 2016....

‘Willow’ TV Series Loses Director Jon M. Chu The Disney+WillowTV series has lost its director.Crazy Rich AsiansfilmmakerJon M. Chuwas locked in to direct the show’s pilot episode and serve as executive producer, but Chu took to social media today to announce that he has to leave the project. Chu cited continued lockdowns in the UK and the future arrival of a new baby as the reasoning behind stepping away from the series....

‘You’re The Worst’ Season 3 Trailer: Now With More Samira Wiley This summer may have been kind of a stinker movie-wise, but TV-wise there’s been a lot to love. Just in the past few weeks we’ve been obsessing over HBO’sThe Night Ofand USA’sMr. Robot, sampling Netflix’sThe Get Downand catching upon theirStranger ThingsandBoJack Horseman. And next week brings the season 3 premiere of FXX’sYou’re the Worst, to close out the summer and carry us into fall....

10 Of The Best Movie Mothers For Mother’s Day Mothers are incredible creatures, that’s a given. From your own to those of a fictional existence, all of the moms of the world each play a critical role in the story of our lives, or in the tales of our favorite pieces of media. They inspire the hero, teach them the fundamental building blocks of life, and energize them to continue on their own personal journeys – all the while being their own special brand of magical, smart individuals (or being terrifying villains of the horror sort, but that’s for another list....

Alfonso Cuaron, David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Shortlisted For ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire’ Chatter about who could or should direct theHunger GamessequelCatching Firebegan the second word got out that the first film’s helmer,Gary Ross, might be leaving the franchise. And now that his departure’s officially been confirmed, the conversation has further heated up, not just among fans but among Lionsgate studio execs as well. A search has begun in earnest for Ross' replacement, and if the first three names we’ve heard are indicative of the direction that Lionsgate is going, Ross' exit could actually end up being a blessing in disguise....

Ben Lyons And Ben Mankiewicz Replaced On At The Movies At The Movies, the ABC-produced syndicated movie review show made famous byRoger EbertandGene Siskel, is once again switching hosts. After Ebert andRichard Roeperwere unable to come to terms with ABC, the network decided to take the show in a new direction. In 2008 they hiredBen Lyons(son of film critic Jeffrey Lyons) andBen Mankiewicz. Many people in the film community were outraged, with Lyons receiving the brunt of the criticism for his hyperbolic statements (calling I Am Legend one of the “greatest movies ever made”) and his apparent inability to engage with films on level much higher than the average teenager....

Brian K. Vaughan Leaves Lost Comic book scribe turned screenwriterBrian K. Vaughanhas certainly made his mark on the hit showLost. But everything good must eventually come to an end. Lost producerDamon Lindelofhas confirmed on theDocArzt & Friends Lost Podcastthat Vaughan will not be returning for the sixth and final season of the series, and “has left for greener pastures.” Vaughan has been with the show since mid-way through Season 3. His presence could be felt though the pop culture-infused dialogue (who would win in a race, superman or the flash?...

Casting Notes: Haggis Hires Neeson; A Shield Star Fights Predators; The Elder Skarsgard In Thor It’s Monday morning, so the casting news is just starting for the week, but we’ve already got brief tidbits about a couple of marriages between talent and movies that you may (or may not) be excited to see. Since he madeTakeninto a genuine hit,Liam Neesonhas owned more cred than ever. But is he enough to get you into the seat for aPaul Haggismovie?...