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Casting Bits: Sacha Baron Cohen In ‘Les Misérables’, Selena Gomez In ‘Spring Breakers’, Holly Hunter In Diablo Cody’s Directorial Debut There’s still no word onwho’ll be playing ÉponineinTom Hooper’sLes Misérables, but the project has landed yet another well-known star to play her father. According toLondonNet,Sacha Baron Cohenis set to joinHugh Jackman,Russell Crowe,Anne Hathaway, andEddie Redmaynein the musical, in the role of the villainous inn owner Monsieur Thénardier.Helena Bonham Carterwas said to bein talksto play Thénardier’s wife earlier this year, but it’s not clear whether she’s actually attached at this point....

Conan Director Rumors Continue, Doomsday’s Neil Marshall Now In Mix A few days agoRob Zombiewas said to be up for the skull-and-horn adorned director’s chair on the 2009 Lionsgate tent-poleConan. The plethora of dried blood and fur, swords, mating calls and battle cries that drenched my imagination when I heard this rumor was lovely. Zombie could do both the classic barbaric character and John Milius’s wild original film supreme justice. Of course, now wenow knowthat Zombie’s next film will beTyrannosaurus Rex, with word growing that it’s a hardcore flick about bikers, set for late summer 2009....

Contest: Win ‘Shutter Island’ On 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Martin Scorsese’sShutter Islandcomes to 4K this week, and we’re giving away three copies, because that’s how we roll. Celebrating its 10th anniversary,Shutter Islandis a gorgeous, gothic horror-melodrama following a U.S. Marshall (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigation the mysterious disappearance of an inmate of a secluded, island-bound insane asylum. It rules. It would be a mistake to callShutter Island"underrated", because it’s one of the biggest box office hits of Martin Scorsese’s career....

Controlling Britney Spears: Surprise Documentary Premiering Tonight On Hulu And FX The New York Times, Hulu and FX have announced the surprise premiere of “Controlling Britney Spears,” a feature-length documentary follow-up to “Framing Britney Spears,” which released earlier this year. Back in 2007, a viral plea to “Leave Britney Alone” became the object of gleeful mockery across the internet. In 2021, it’s a cause that has united people from all walks of life as the pop star fights against the conservatorship that has controlled her life since it was court-ordered in 2008....

Dare Comics' The Hunter Being Adapted To Film Another day, another comic book adaptation. This timewe’ve learnedthat Scarlet Fire Entertainment is developing an adaptation of the Adam Hamdy’s Dare Comic property,The Hunter. The series concerns an FBI agent who discovers that he has extraordinary powers. Hamdy is set to produce the adaptation, and will also be writing an entirely new adventure for the film. Apparently, Hamdyfirst intendedforHunterto be a film project, so news of the adaptation brings his initial concept full circle....

Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Fox Purchase Was All About Building Disney+ Content Ever since the deal for The Walt Disney Company to buy tons of assets from 21st Century Fox was announced, there has been a fair share of concern about what this means for the future of studio filmmaking. Now thatthe deal has closed, we’ve already seen some of theupsetting fallout of that purchase, but it will be years before we see how this changes the box office landscape....

Disney Developing Sequel To Live-Action ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Tim Burton’s 2010 3D version ofAlice in Wonderlandwas a unexpected mega hit for Disney, grossing over $1 billion worldwide. Its success is credited with kickstarting the ongoing trend of live action adaptations of fantasy/fairy tale classics such asMirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsmanas well as the upcomingMaleficent, Oz the Great and Powerfuland more. Surprisingly, after all that, it’s taken two years for Disney to finally get the ball rolling on a follow-up....

Doom Patrol Learned A Key Lesson From Supernatural Anyone who has watched"Doom Patrol"will tell you that it is pretty bonkers. The show follows a group of rag-tag, traumatized, and downtrodden superheroes who have received their abilities from tragic accidents that have left them scarred. Despite being shunned by society, these reluctant, superpowered outcasts work together to investigate some of the world’s weirdest phenomena. Although disguised as a superhero show, “Doom Patrol” is a genuine lesson in character study....

Everything We Know About The Nevers Season 2 (AKA Part 2 Of Season 1) The first six episodes of HBO’s “The Nevers” premiered in April 2021. The story, which takes place in 1896 Victorian London, chronicles the aftermath of what happens when several people — mostly women — are receive extraordinary abilities. The last few episodes that aired included a shocking revelation about how certain people received powers, but in doing so opened up a slew of new questions....

First Look Clip: Mickey Rourke And Megan Fox In Passion Play We should soon start hearing aboutMitch Glazer’s filmPassion Play, which screened for the first time last night right before James Gunn’sSuper.Passion PlaystarsMickey Rourke,Megan FoxandBill Murray, and sounds like a messed-up carny-flavored romance. In the meantime, in the absence of a trailer, there’s a clip online, and you can see it right here. This clip, courtesy ofEntertainment Tonight, shows the moment where Mickey Rourke sees Megan Fox for the first time....

First Look: The ‘Zombieland’ TV Show; Plus Writers Explain How To Keep The Show Alive ManyZombielandfans know that, before the idea was turned into a successful film, writersRhett ReeseandPaul WernickconceivedZombielandas a TV show. At the time, that sounded kind of nuts but after the uber success ofThe Walking Dead(not to mention the hit status of Ruben Fleischer’s film) the show is finally going to take its original form. Reese and Wernick just finished shooting the pilot forZombielandthe TV show and, above, you have the first look at the new cast: Little Rock (Izabela Vidovic), Tallahassee (Kirk Ward), Wichita (Maiara Walsh), and Columbus (Tyler Ross)....

Fresh Actor Dayo Okeniyi Talks The Power Of Social Thrillers And Working With Robert Rodriguez [Interview] Last weekend saw the release of the much-anticipatedSundance darling"Fresh," a genre-subverting thriller which centers on the horrors of dating.Daisy Edgar-Jonesleads the film as unlucky-in-love Noa, a woman who’s grown tired of meeting terrible men on dating apps but seems to luck out when she has a grocery store meet-cute with a charming doctor, Steve (Sebastian Stan)....

HBO’s The Last Of Us Series Introduces A New Original Character HBO is bringing the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world of “The Last of Us” to life, with plenty of people coming along for the ride. Production on this video game adaptation is well underway, with details remaining pretty tight (sans a few sneak peekshereandthere), but every now and then, we get news of another cast member added to the team. For fans of the original game, it’s always exciting to put a new face to a beloved character — unless the character happens to be new, too....