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Sometime before, during or after 2004’s “Manchurian Candidate” remake, Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme swore off making fiction. He’d always had a passion for documentaries and was damn good at them, too. His Talking Heads doc, “Stop Making Sense," is arguably the best concert film ever made. Demme had no plans to return to making stuff up.

Things changed after he read Jenny Lumet’s script about a recovering drug addict named Kym, who returns to her dysfunctional family during the weekend of her sister’s wedding. The resulting film was the withering, emotional tour de force, “Rachel Getting Married.” Fans of both that Anne Hathaway-starring film and earlier Demme movies like “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia” could only hope that the director might once again invest himself in the world of fiction. Now, while promoting the DVD release of “Rachel," Demme revealed to MTV News that he has in fact optioned a work of fiction he plans to write and direct. Read more...

Tags Jonathan Demme, Michel Faber, Rachel Getting Married, The Courage Consort

FROM SPLASH PAGE: Last year, Splash Page had a chance to catch up with Radical Comics president and publisher Barry Levine, who spoke at length about Radical's "Caliber" -- a retelling of the legend of King Arthur set in America's Wild West era -- and how he and "Caliber" scribe, Sam Sarkar, had hoped to convince director John Woo to helm the adaptation.

Since it's been all quiet on the "Caliber" front since then, we decided to check in with Sarkar to see if there's been any progress on the flick that, ever since Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company (where Sarkar serves as head of development) came onboard, looks to be on the fast track.

"I just finished the adaptation of the screenplay," Sarkar told MTV News. "Between now and the Cannes Film Festival we're setting it up."

For more on the big-screen adaptation of "Caliber," head over to SplashPage.MTV.com.

Tags caliber, john woo, johnny depp

We at MTV News love Paul Rudd. I'm sure no one here loves him more than Josh Horowitz (sorry Dwayne Johnson), but we all appreciate that Rudd is usually up for anything when it comes to creative interviews. It gives me great pleasure that Paul Rudd was absolutely the best dressed male at last night's premiere for his new comedy "I Love You, Man."

Mr. Rudd looked sharp in a grey suit, black gingham shirt and black tie. Monochromatic, but not boring, the ensemble played on tones and patterns. I'm not sure what else you can say about a really well put together suit, shirt and tie, but a "thank you" to his stylist is probably in order. In fact, maybe it was his lovely wife, Julie Yaeger, who played the part of arm-candy. Her black-on-black outfit absolutely complimented his. (Check out the happy couple after the jump, plus see the who's who of comedy in our "I Love You, Man" premiere gallery.) Read more...

Tags i love you man, paul rudd

This Friday, the first season of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" will come to an end. Expectedly, Lucasfilm has some surprises in store...including one that we can unveil now. The show will be introducing a new bounty hunter to the mix, a Wild West-themed bad guy named Cad Bane.

Check him out in the video below and let us know if you think he could take on the more famous bounty hunter, Boba Fett. The final episode of "Clone Wars" -- entitled "Hostage Crisis" --airs March 20 at 9pm EST on Cartoon Network.

Tags cad bane, star wars the clone wars

Regular readers know we've been eagerly following Spike Jonze's long-in-development adaptation of the iconic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." Our interest was peaked nearly two years ago when we premiered the very first image from the film, and again last summer when we unveiled a second photo.

The movie was the subject of much blogosphere conversation as production was halted, reportedly to settle on a vision acceptable to both the director and Warner Bros. Initial reports had kids running out of the theater sobbing, though co-star Forest Whitaker told us his children enjoyed the "intense" picture. Whatever the case, "Where the Wild Things Are" is now slated for an October 16th release and to that end, we finally have an official one-sheet which you can see in its full glory after the jump. Enjoy the admittedly fantastic visual. Read more...

Tags spike jonze, where the wild things are

By now, every good Twilighter knows that Friday evening/Saturday morning will bring DVD release parties to a store near you. We’ve heard about Kellan Lutz’s plans to watch the Special Edition in his pajamas, Edi Gathegi’s hopes that he has a deleted scene or two, and we’ve even watched some exclusive featurettes early, like this one and this one. But will you be leaving your house Friday night?

As it turns out, you don’t have to. In a rare but increasingly-frequent move, “Twilight” is being released on Video On Demand the same day as the DVD streets. TVN Entertainment, the world’s largest television on-demand company, has announced that Twilight fans will immediately be able to access the film in its entirety on VOD without having to leave the comfort of their own homes. Read more...

Tags astro boy, knowing, New Moon, robert pattinson, Twilight

One of the quirkiest romantic films of the year, "Gigantic" stars Paul Dano as a high-end mattress salesman from a dysfunctional family, who falls for a customer played by the always lovely Zooey Deschanel. In our exclusive clip below, you can see the seeds of the romance being planted as Dano meets Deschanel for the first time as she falls asleep in his store.

"Gigantic" hits theaters in limited release on April 3.

Tags gigantic, paul dano, zooey deschanel

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Good news for all you vampire and Frog lovers – "The Lost Boys" are coming back. Bloody Disgusting reports that Evan Charnov has been tapped to write the screenplay for "The Lost Boys 3," the sequel to 2008's direct-to-DVD "Lost Boys: The Tribe." Not only will series veteran Corey Feldman executive produce and act in the movie, but his character Edgar Frog is set to take a front and center role.

"We're told this film will actually focus on Feldman's popular character," Bloody Disgusting reports. As if the news couldn't possibly be better for "Lost Boys" fans, Moviehole spilled the beans that Jamison Newlander will reprise his role as Alan Frog, Feldman's brother in the series. Read more...

Tags corey feldman, lost boys

Adam Sandler movies generally have big casts, but he's throwing caution to the wind on his latest project. Not only will it feature all the Happy Madison regulars (David Spade, Rob Schneider, Kevin James, and Chris Rock) together in one film for the first time, but he's snagged Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, and Colin Quinn just to keep things classy and sexy.

According to Variety, the untitled comedy centers on five best friends from high school who reunite after 30 years for a Fourth of July party. With these five guys, I think you can expect someone to be seriously injured by fireworks, and at least one of men to get naked (our money is on Schneider). Hayek and Rudolph will play the spouses of Sandler and Rock, respectively, while Quinn's role is unspecified. Read more...

Tags adam sandler, chris rock, Colin Quinn, David Spade, Happy Madison, kevin james, maya rudolph, Rob Schneider, salma hayek

FROM SPLASH PAGE: It's no secret that Eric Powell's "The Goon" is one of our favorite comic book series around Splash Page HQ, but even though we've seen the star of the award-winning series partner with Hellboy for an occasional team-up adventure, this is one match-up we didn't see coming. We're proud to announce that this summer The Goon will face the likes of "Dethklok" band members Nathan Explosion, William Murderface and the rest of Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse" cast in a new one-shot issue titled, appropriately enough, "The Goon Vs. Dethklok."

Written and drawn by "The Goon" creator Eric Powell alongside "Metalocalypse" creator Brendan Small, the special will hit shelves in July 2009. Check out the exclusive promo video created by Small for "The Goon Vs. Dethklok" below:

Feel like your face was just rocked off by the merest hint of this collaborative effort? Yeah, same here.

For the full cover to "The Goon vs. Dethklok" and everything we know about the project thus far, head over to SplashPage.MTV.com.

Tags metalocalypse, the goon vs. dethklok