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'Dark Knight Rises' Occupies Wall Street, Cillian Murphy Handles Scarecrow Questions

Posted 10/19/11 10:52 am EST by in News


The Dark Knight Rises

"The Dark Knight Rises" provided a double dose of news yesterday. First and foremost is the report that Christopher Nolan is planning to shoot the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City as part of his third and final Batman movie. It's said that he wouldn't be incorporating the actual Occupy Wall Street message into his film, but would be using the protests to enhance preexisting portions of the "Dark Knight Rises" story line.

Additionally, Batman veteran Cillian Murphy had to battle a tough line of questioning regarding whether or not he's returning as Jonathan "Scarecrow" Crane when "The Dark Knight Rises" rolls into town. The man didn't give up any spoilers, but it's not for lack of trying on his interviewers' parts.

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Johnny Depp Circles 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 5'

Posted 7/6/11 10:45 am EST by in Casting Call


Captain JackThe tides are about to get stranger for Johnny Depp.

The Wrap reports that Depp is "close to a deal" for a fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean," surprising... well, nobody. The latest movie in the franchise, "On Stranger Tides," just passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and Jerry Bruckheimer is rumored to be meeting intensively with writers to polish up the screenplay.

We can hardly imagine what shenanigans Captain Jack Sparrow will get into this time, but we're sure the masterminds at Disney have something clever up their sleeves.

In the news after the jump, some major comedians check in to "Hotel Transylvania," a "Zombieland" star thinks the sequel won't ever happen and a brilliant moviemaker signs Christopher Walken on as Zeus.

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Harrison Ford Revisits 'Star Wars,' Lily Collins Joins Taylor Lautner's 'Abduction' In Today's Dailies -- 4/16/10

Posted 4/16/10 5:45 pm EST by in Dailies


Harrison Ford-- Harrison Ford returns to the "Star Wars" universe with a special appearance at a Los Angeles event honoring the 30th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back." The event is intended to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [Los Angeles Times]

-- "The Blind Side" actress Lily Collins will appear opposite "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner in "Abduction," the erstwhile Jacob Black's upcoming action thriller about a teenager who suddenly learns that his parents aren't really his parents at all. [Variety]

-- Director Curtis Hanson and screenwriter Clark Gregg are teaming up for a new film that tells the true story of a small Missouri town plagued by drugs and crime. A mystery law man appears out of the blue and cleans the streets of criminal activity, but this is no ordinary law man — this is a bank security guard with a phony badge. [Deadline] Read More...

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'Choke' Director Clears Up Radiohead Confusion

Posted 9/2/08 11:03 am EST by in News


Earlier this month, the BBC reported that legendary band Radiohead was so pleased with being asked to contribute a song to the new movie “Choke,” that they, in fact, wound up creating the film’s whole score.

“The WHOLE score,” “Choke” director Clark Gregg joked. “[In fact] they wrote most of the script. They did a lot of the catering. They actually hand sewed most of the costumes but because they don’t want people to know how much work they did we’ve promised to keep it secret. For now we’re just saying they gave us the one song.

“My role actually performed by Thom Yorke,” Gregg continued, laughing. “But I cant reveal that for another six years. It’s just a part of the contract.”

If it wasn’t obvious from Gregg’s statements, the fact that The Playlist actually went to the trouble of talking to the film’s music supervisors a few weeks ago should clue you into the fact that the whole thing is something of a big mistake. Read More...

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