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Disney Eyeing Reboots Of ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids,’ ‘Father Of The Bride’ And ‘The Parent Trap’ Disney already has all hands on deck for live-action remakes of their classic animated movies. We’ve already seen the likes ofCinderella, Beauty and the BeastandThe Jungle Bookhit theaters andAladdin, Dumbo, Mulan, Pinocchio,andThe Lion Kingare on the way. But it sounds like Disney is running out of animated movies they want to remake, because now they’re turning their attention to their live-action catalog for remake opportunities....

Disney Plans Live-Action ‘Winnie The Pooh’; Alex Ross Perry To Write Clearly Disney isn’t going to rest until they’ve turned every single one of their animated properties into a live-action feature. Just days after they got the ball rolling on a live-actionMulan, the studio is also making plans for a live-action version ofWinnie the Pooh. The real surprise here, though, is who’s behind it:Alex Ross Perry, writer and director of the caustic Sundance indieListen Up Philip....

First ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Clip Sends Michael Fassbender Back In Time (Sort Of) We’re less than a month away from the release ofAssassin’s Creedand I can’t help but wonder if anyone outside of the faithful are prepared to lay down money to watchMichael Fassbenderkind-of sort-of time travel into the distant past so he can stab people in the face. While these video games have a strong following (and a few of them have been genuinely great), I’ve yet to encounter any non-gamers who have greeted the trailers with anything more than a shrug....

First Look At Stallone And Schwarzenegger In ‘The Tomb’ Arnold Schwarzeneggeris getting back to work in a big way, having already shot a role inThe Expendables 2, and the featureLast Stand. (A trailer for while should go online this week.) Now he’s shootingThe Tomb, which puts him back on the screen withExpendablescreator and former box-office rivalSylvester Stallone. Stallone plays a security expert trapped in an unbreakable jail of his own design, while Arnie plays a prisoner in the jail who helps Sly escape....

Found-Footage Tornado Pic ‘Into The Storm’ Sets August Release Date Just as next year’s real-life tornado season winds down, Warner Bros. will unleash a twister of its own The studio has just set an August release forInto the Storm, formerly titledBlack SkyorCategory Six. Steven Quale(Final Destination 5) directs the found-footage tornado thriller, which centers around a group of storm chasers and starsRichard Armitage(The Hobbit),Sarah Wayne Callies(The Walking Dead), andMatt Walsh(Veep). Hit the jump for plot details and more....

Hugh Jackman Speaks About Moving Forward With ‘The Wolverine’ Comic fans got a shock a couple weeks ago whenBlack SwanandThe WrestlerdirectorDarren Aronofskyannounced that hewould not directThe Wolverineas previously planned. Hiring the director seemed like a move that was almost too good to be true, even with his previously evident genre and comic interests, and the long-standing friendship with Wolverine starHugh Jackman. Indeed, it turned out to be so, and the film is currently in a state of flux....

Interview: Robert Rodriguez And Nimród Antal Talk Predators On July 1st, I got a chance to participate in a roundtable interview with writer/producerRobert Rodriguezand directorNimród Antalabout their upcomingPredatorsequelPredators. You can read the transcript from the roundtable/press conference interview after the jump. Question: I thought I’d start things off with a question for the both of you. It’s been 20 something years now since the first “Predator” movie. After all this time, why does the character endure?...

Is Judd Apatow’s Next Movie A ‘Knocked Up’ Spin-Off? Paul Rudd And Leslie Mann To Reprise Roles It seemed like a pretty good bet thatPaul RuddandLeslie Mannwould appear inJudd Apatow’s currently untitled comedyset for release July 30, 2025. After all Mann, his wife, has been in every single movie Apatow has directed and Rudd has only missed one,Funny People. What no one could have seen coming, though, is that they’ll be reprising their roles as husband and wife from Apatow’s 2007 hitKnocked Upand according toVariety, that’s exactly what they’ll be doing....

Jason Clarke In Talks To Become The New John Connor In ‘Terminator: Genesis’ After dealing with terrorists, apes, and the Jazz Age nouveau riche,Jason Clarkeis ready to go head-to-head with Skynet. The Aussie star has entered early talks to take the role of John Connor in the upcomingTerminatorsequel/reboot, reportedly titledTerminator: Genesis.Alan Taylor(Thor: The Dark World) is directing. More details on this potential casting after the jump. Sarah, of course, is the mother of John Connor — which means that either 26-year-old (Emilia) Clarke or 24-year-old Larson could be playing the mother of the 44-year-old (Jason) Clarke....

Jason Reitman’s ‘The Usual Suspects’ Live Read Highlights The Power Of McQuarrie’s Script And Singer’s Direction ForJason Reitman’s final live read of the 2012-2013 season, he chose a revered, Oscar-winning screenplay:Christopher McQuarrie’sThe Usual Suspects. When that title was announced I was initially skeptical. I thought, “The Usual Suspectsis so well known for its surprise ending, and that ending is so incredibly visual, how would it come across in a live read setting?...

Josh Gad Is Writing A Gorgeous George Movie For WWE Studios Here is a collection of proper nouns that you didn’t think you’d see in a sentence today:Josh Gadis writing a biopic about influential wrestlerGorgeous GeorgeforWWE Studios. Gad is typically known for acting. WWE is typically known for schlocky genre movies. Gorgeous George, while certainly an interesting figure, doesn’t seem to bedemandinga movie biography of his life. But here we are....

Jurassic Park’s Mr. DNA Mascot Solved A Major Problem With The Script One of the biggest challenges in adapting a novel into a movie is figuring out how to cram all the exposition into a decently moderate run time. Such was the problem Steven Spielberg faced when Universal won the bidding war to turn Michael Crichton’s 448-page novel “Jurassic Park” into a film. But that wasn’t the only hurdle. The director already had a big enough conundrum on his plate: figuring out how to realistically bring to life the dinosaurs that were undoubtedly its central stars....

Live ‘Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Fan Event Happening November 4 Next week,Hobbitfans can head to theaters to see brand new footage fromThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. On November 4, Warner Bros. is hosting a worldwide theatrical fan event to celebrate the upcoming sequel, which will include a Q&A with several of the film’s stars. While the event will take place in cities all over the world, the four host cities – New York, Los Angeles, London and Wellington – will have stars in attendance, all linked by satellite, answering your questions....