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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:39 AM
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24 THE HOBBIT---Peter Jackson confirmed the new title for the third movie is THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES which replaces THERE AND BACK AGAIN. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5---a reliable source said Jessica Chastain (ZERO DARK THIRTY) has been offered the co-starring role of Ethan Hunt's "right hand woman". Tom Cruise stars as Hunt with Christopher McQuarrie (THE USUAL SUSPECTS, JACK REACHER) directing. BEN-HUR---the script of the MGM/Paramount movie is being rewritten by John Ridley (12 YEARS A SLAVE). Timur Bekmambetov (WANTED, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER) is the director. The Oscar-winning 1959 movie starred Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd. EXTINCTION PARADE---new horror tv series from Max Brooks (WORLD WAR Z) in which zombies battle vampires, "In a world where the zombie plague has put the human race on the endangered species list, another predatory undead species realizes that to stand by idly means the end of their food supply. Vastly outnumbered by the zombie hordes, vampires descend into all-out subdead war, with humanity caught in the crossfire." JURASSIC WORLD---first official photos released from the sequel show Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of Ron Howard, and a damaged Jurassic World truck. BARBIE---Sony Pictures comedy live-action movie underway based on the popular Mattel doll. The script is by Jenny Bicks (RIO 2). A MONSTER CALLS---Felicity Jones (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2) will star in the movie based on the children's fantasy novel with the role of the monster being offered to Liam Neeson. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR---Ron Howard/Warner Bros. movie underway based on the novel in which a novelist tries to clear the name of his famous mentor who is suspected of killing a 15-year-old girl after he had an affair with her in 1975. HOW I MET YOUR DAD---Meg Ryan will be the narrator of the HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER spin-off. VAMPYRES---remake of the 1974 horror movie in which two lesbian vampires seduce men into having deadly blood orgies. Marta Flich, Caroline Munro and Almudena Leon star. THE JUNGLE BOOK---Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o are in negotiations to join the voice cast of the Disney animated movie. Johansson will play Kaa the python and Nyong'o will play Rakcha the mother wolf. THE CASUAL VACANCY---HBO/BBC three-hour miniseries underway base on the JK Rowling novel. MIDNIGHT RIDER---William Hurt has left the Greg Allman biomovie after his safety concerns about filming on train tracks were ignored. A camera assistant was then fatally struck by a train. THE DRIFTLESS AREA---black comedy movie starring Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin, Ciaran Hinds and John Hawkes in which a bartender returns to his hometown after his parents die, falls in love with a mysterious woman and is targeted by a deadly criminal. OCTOBER GALE---Scott Speedman and Patricia Clarkson star in this thriller movie in which a widowed female doctor discovers a wounded man washed up on the beach of a remote island during a violent storm. She then realizes the shooter is determined to finish the job. GOLFING WITH GOD---movie underway based on the novel with a script by George Gatins ( NEED FOR SPEED). THE SISTERHOOD---new Lifetime reality series about five young nuns in the first part of entering the religious order. NEKOME---movie underway in which two Holocaust survivors journey to Brazil to seek revenge against the Nazis who ran their concentration camp. AS ABOVE, SO BELOW---horror movie from brothers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle (QUARANTINE, DEVIL) in which explorers investigate the miles of catacombs below Paris and discover a terrifying city of dead souls.
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Wow, it's scary how creative Hollywood is!
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I want to see Ron Howard's icky and yet extremely popular daughter eaten alive by a T-rex. I'll be there opening day. Thanks in advance, Universal.
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I'M WITH YOU, SIGERSON!
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