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Ang Lee May Direct Long-Awaited Clone Thriller ‘Gemini Man’ Ang Leehas become quite fixated on technology advances in film, with his latest films likeLife of PiandBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walkexperimenting with everything from 3D filming to high frame rates. Despite the meager reception to the experimentalBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, it looks like Lee won’t be shying away from boundary-pushing high-tech storytelling, as he’s reportedly eyeing the director’s chair forGemini Man, a spy thriller about an aging assassin who is hunted by a younger clone of himself....

Ben Affleck And ‘Argo’ Screenwriter Chris Terrio Could Reunite On ‘Bunker Hill’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You know how it goes: a picture becomes a financial success, wins a few awards, takes home the top Oscar, and pisses off Iran. All because of that, someone is guaranteed to want to get the team back together for another round. Ben Affleck, star and director ofArgo, andArgoscreenwriterChris Terrio(also an Oscar-winner forArgo) are looking like the duo to adapt the bookBunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, which tells the story of the battle that helped kickstart the American Revolution against the British....

Bruce Campbell Says ‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Won’t Be “A Watered-Down Version Of Evil Dead” TheAsh vs Evil DeadTV series has begun production in New Zealand, and the first behind the scenes photo featuring the producers, director and star also features a super-important returning character: the 1973 Delta 88 that has been in nearly everySam Raimimovie to date. Along with that image, which you can see in larger form below, we have a handful of new facts about the show, straight from the creative trio of Raimi,Robert Tapert, andBruce Campbell....

Cannes 2014 Lineup Features Ryan Gosling, David Cronenberg, Bennett Miller And David Michôd This morning, the official selections for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival were announced. Now in its 67th year, the event is still considered one of the highlights of the cinematic calendar, and lineups like this one are why. The list runs all over the place, in a good way. Among the featured filmmakers this year areDavid Cronenberg,Jean-Luc Godard,Bennett Miller,David Michôd,Xavier Dolan, andMichel Hazanavicius— andRyan Gosling, finally making his directorial debut....

Clive Barker’s Twitter Feed Brings Hellraiser And Nightbreed News It seems that rasp-voiced cigar-hogClive Barkerhas been posting to Twitter under the nameRealCliveBarker, and posting good stuff too. In just the last few days, he’s managed to spark up two very interesting flames. First, the good news: It seems that all of the missing footage fromNightbreedhas been tracked down, safe and sound, and a director’s cut is now a possibility. Now, the bad news: Barker has also reported thatMartyrsdirectorPascal Laugieris off of theHellraiserremake....

Cool Stuff: ‘WandaVision’ Has Unleashed Scarlet Witch Toys & Collectibles We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now thatWandaVisionis over, Wanda Maximoff has finally been unleashed as the Scarlet Witch. That means there’s an onslaught of new toys and collectibles coming to shelves that will let fans bringElizabeth Olsen’s tragic Marvel Cinematic Universe character home. Following last weekend’sWandaVisionseries finale, there are a couple new Funko POPs, a Marvel Legends figure, a Marvel Select figure from Diamond Select Toys, a fancy Disney Shop doll, and a pair of those expensively detailed Hot Toys figures....

David Cronenberg On Influencing Josh Trank’s ‘Fantastic Four’ David Cronenbergisn’t a name you’d typically associate with big-budget Marvel adaptations, butJosh Trankmade the connection when speaking about his upcomingFantastic Four. Trank cited the filmmaker as a major influence on his film, specifically referencingScannersandThe Fly. So how does the idiosyncratic Cronenberg feel about his style getting chewed up by a big studio production? Read the David Cronenberg Fantastic Four quotes after the jump....

DC Fandome Returning In October With New Looks At The Batman, The Flash, Peacemaker And More Who needs Comic-Con anymore? Last year, the pandemic forced studios to get creative in figuring out how to deliver information about their upcoming projects to the masses. Going fully digital was apparently the answer. For Warner Bros., the DC FanDome online convention had its share of hiccups and technical snafus, but for the most part it performed as well as could be hoped for....

Delroy Lindo Joins Marvel’s Blade Reboot Delroy Lindo is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lindo, one of the best in the biz, has joined the cast of Marvel’s new “Blade” reboot alongside star Mahershala Ali. We don’t know who Lindo is playing just yet, but the fact that he’s involved at all makes this project all the more exciting. Lindo recently appeared in the Netflix movie “The Harder They Fall,” and last year he gave a phenomenal performance (that the Academy overlooked for some insane reason) in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods....

Disney Announces Triple Force Friday For ‘Star Wars Episode 9’ And Frozen Fan Fest For ‘Frozen 2’ WhenStar Wars: The Force AwakensandStar Wars: The Last Jedimerchandise first hit shelves a few months before the movies arrived in theaters, they were given a special day for fans to run out and buy anything they could get their hands on: Force Friday. However, whenStar Wars Episode 9merchandise hits shelves, it will be an even bigger deal....

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Now Officially A Japanese Citizen While people have to cut through endless red tape, fill out countless pieces of paperwork and wait weeks to become an official citizen of the United States, being a giant, fictional, radioactive lizard hasn’t stopped the King of Monsters from becoming an official citizen of Japan. In case you hadn’t heard, when the Toho Cinemas Kabukicho/Hotel Gracery Shinjuku entertainment complex in Japan opened, one of the highlights was a full-scaleGodzillahead that peeks out from the theater’s rooftop....

Guillermo Del Toro Says MGM Woes Holding Up The Hobbit We’ve passed on reporting a lot of non-news stories about the casting and start date forThe Hobbit, because most lately have come from people who aren’tPeter JacksonorGuillermo del Toro. At this point, those are the only two guys you should be looking for for news on the film. Now del Toro has spoken briefly about the state ofThe Hobbitin a conference call....

Guillermo Del Toro Wants ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ To Be A Family Horror Film Yesterday in New York City, directorAndré Øvredaland producerGuillermo del Torobrought two clips and a new trailer forScary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the big screen adaptation of the iconic, and terrifying, children’s book series. Those books are sacred to me – I grew up with them. As a result, I’ve been a little wary of this film adaptation, even with talented folks like Øvredal and del Toro involved....