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The maxim that preaches "if you love something, let it go" hits home in a big, zombie-ridden way in this new clip for World War Z. The scene from director Marc Foster's movie hands star Brad Pitt the tough choice of leaving his family behind or risking letting them succumb to the undead apocalypse. As we've seen a good amount of action and adventure in previous footage from the upcoming summer flick, this particularly quiet scene promises that World War Z will also be stocked with a good deal of personal drama.
Check out the clip, and catch World War Z, also starring Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale, in theaters on June 21.
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The world is divided into two stalwart societies: dog people and cat people. But within the latter group, there exist subsects of equally polarizing nature. On one hand, we have Lil Bub people: the cheerful spirits who celebrate cuteness and root for the underdog. For this folk, Tribeca offered Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary about the memetic kitten. In stark contrast, we have the Grumpy Cat people: the acerbic misanthropes who draw the shades on summer days and laugh at people who fall down on escalators. And for this community, there will be a new feature film, which Deadline reports is newly in development.
Grumpy Cat will be the focus of a new movie that is drawing comparison to Bill Murray's Garfield films. The scowling feline, actually named Tardar Sauce, will be anthropomorphized for a comical adventure movie, complete with a spoken voice. But what mere mortal human is capable of embodying the hostility that booms through the veins of this domesticated mouser? And what journey could be truly condusive to the universal enmity felt for all earthly things by this whiskered Nietzche? All we know is, there had better not be some kind of cop-out conclusion where she learns not to be so grumpy after all.
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The Avengers didn't assemble all on their own accord, we must recall — the credit for the team's ultimate construction goes in large part to that one-eyed jetsetting bald man Nick Fury, played in the Marvel films by one Samuel L. Jackson. Every superhero team needs a leader like Fury. A no-nonsense chief to dole out assignments, bark about the severity of each mission, cut through the red tape of municipal bureaucracy when their troops inevitably violate the local law enforcement's protocol. And traditionally, a well-dressed middle-aged man with some degree of facial hair. But for the Guardians of the Galaxy, this role could be filled by Glenn Close.
Deadline reports that Close is signed on to run the Nova Corp, Guardians' answer to The Avengers' S.H.I.E.L.D. agency. While John C. Reilly was recently tacked onto negotiations for a role earning comparison to the 2012 blockbuster's Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Close's potential position in the developing film should mostly resemble that of Jackson's high-ranking character. Nova's got quite the eclectic staff so far.
Meanwhile, Guardians is also mustering an attractive group for the team in the field: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and the possibility of Jim Carrey? Excitement is brimming.
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While the nations of the world may differ in regards to political leanings, religious views, and cultural ideologies, there is one thing that every country on Earth can agree on: zombies are the worst. World War Z entrenches everywhere from New York to Paris to Berlin to Sydney. Breaking language barriers and trumping the blockades of xenophobia, the undead infestation makes its way into all of the world's major cities in these new banners from the forthcoming Brad Pitt apocalypse film. Doesn't matter where you are, your hometown will hop aboard the spreading trend soon enough. Check out the banners, and catch the film in theaters on June 21.
NEW YORK CITY...
PARIS...
MEXICO CITY...
BERLIN...
SYDNEY...
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There's no rest for the Wicked Within star Eric Roberts. Best known perhaps for his Oscar-nominated role in Runaway Train, for his more recent turn as a crime lord in The Dark Knight, or for rearing model/actress Emma Roberts, the thespian lays claim to another remarkable feat of unsung heroism: according to IMDb, Roberts presently has 57 movies in production.
With statuses ranging from pre-production to completion, Roberts' many prospects for 2013 and beyond inhabit the genres of comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, crime, thriller, and the uncategorizable: Entertainment Weekly reports that Roberts will be starring in the highly dreaded The Human Centipede III.
In addition to the 57 films in question, Roberts also has a handful of titles announced for the future and a couple of television appearances. Bravo, Mr. Roberts. Your work ethic puts the rest of us to shame.
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There's nothing like rolling up your sleeves and making something from scratch. Especially when the craft in question is a bloodthirsty creature from the depths of a toxic swamp or the farthest corners of an known universe.
Long before the days that James Cameron could just plug in his laptop and render a vast planet of flying jellyfish and ponytail dragons (we assume it's that easy), production teams relied on practical effects to bring movie monsters to life. Although CGI has overwhelmed the sci-fi and fantasy markets, there are still traditionalists who prefer a good, old fashioned, real life creature that you can reach out and touch... and, resultantly, get your arm bitten off by. Via the good graces of Kickstarter, special effects artist Alec Gillis hopes to revive this practice in a new project titled Harbinger Down.
Along with a pretty impressive team of Oscar-winning and -nominated VFX artists from the productions of Armageddon, Aliens, Terminator 2, and The Abyss, Gillis is pledging to create an entirely practical monster movie with the help of the ever popular crowd funding site. Check out Gillis' Harbinger Down teaser above, followed by his own love letter to practical effects, and click over to Kickstarter to keep the project alive.
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When Tom Cruise opted to call it quits on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the studio must have panicked. First Clooney, then Cruise. The bar had been placed incredibly high. Few men could contend with the gravitas of the actors who previously occupied the spy feature's lead role of Napoleon Solo. What they'd need is a real hero. Someone existing well beyond the realm of mortal stardom. A bona fide super... fella. They'd need Henry Cavill, who, as Variety reports, is in negotiations for the part.
While the Man of Steel star is still only sprouting as a Hollywood name, his turn in the highly anticipated Superman picture could cement him as the next big thing. With a character both as iconic and as fragile as Clark Kent, an impressive performance by Cavill could cement him the kind of celebrity Christian Bale won after reinventing and re-immortalizing Batman.
If Cavill does indeed climb aboard, he'll be joining another rising star, The Lone ranger's Armie Hammer, along with established adrenaline aficionado, director Guy Ritchie. Meanwhile, Cruise is focusing his energies on Mission: Impossible 5. So, we're pretty much covered for fast-paced action-adventures.
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Michael Bay pioneered the market on racist machinery, introducing a pair of robots in Transformers that lay waste to political correctness. You might expect this from the man who has made a career out of the sense of humor celebrated by 12-year-old boys. But from Disney, you'd assume that ethnic stereotypes aren't really part of the game plan... well, at least from contemporary Disney (before the modern era took hold, the works of Walt were infamously riddled with jive talking crows and babbling Siamese cats). But the company's latest foray, Planes, seems to opt for every stereotype in the book.
The trailer below showcases a Southern yokel leading the cast, backed up by a passionate and poetic Latin lover, a mystical Indian temptress, an uptight and rigid British character, and a quip-snapping African-American forklift. Seems as though the days of Peter Pan's American Indians aren't as far behind us as we might have thought...
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Sure, the very idea of monsters invading the planet is a scary notion. And the monsters themselves? A terrifying sort, equipped with behemoth claws, razor-sharp fangs, and toxic waste running through their veins. So, as this is the fate that befalls the human race in Pacific Rim, we're going to need something equally chilling to fight back: massive killer robots, of course!
But will that do the trick? Powerful though they may be, are the cyborg weapons truly inspiring of the right degree of fearful tremors? Perhaps not, but that doesn't mean humanity is at a loss. For we have one thing at our disposal that no otherworldly creature can combat in intimidation: Idris Elba. Whether you know him as Stringer Bell, as Luther, or as that jackass interim manager on that middle season of The Office, Idris Elba musters up quite a quaver in the below TV spot for Pacific Rim. Check it out:
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As far as we're concerned, Amy Poehler is the only performer who can effectively don the garb of one Hillary Clinton. But somehow, the Saturday Night Live vet has not made the short list of actresses in consideration to play the former Secretary of State in a developing biopic Rodham... a project that earned attention not long ago when details from its absolutely bonkers script hit the Internet. As The Independent lists the potential Hillarys as Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Seyfried, Reese Witherspoon, and Jessica Chastain, we're wondering which of the lot would be the best pick for the 26-year-old politician...
SCARLETT JOHANSSONPROS: She has a history of fighting tyranny (a la The Avengers).CONS: All those Woody Allen movies can't bode well for swaying the moderates.
REESE WITHERSPOONPROS: She can handle the drawl needed to attract the Southern vote.CONS: Well, the recent escalation of her criminal activity isn't exactly the stuff presidential campaigns wish for...
AMANDA SEYFRIEDPROS: She's actually right around 26, the age at which the biopic pinpoints Hillary.CONS: Call us crazy, but we think it'll be hard to accept the Secretary of State as the same lass who belted in Mamma Mia!
JESSICA CHASTAINPROS: Wanna be president? It probably helps to have taken down the most wanted terrorist in the world.CONS: The hair, I guess (we'll be honest, she's our frontrunner).
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