- I thought you were dead! "Half…." Video showing Two-Face / Harvey Dent pops up online. "The Dark Knight" continues to be the one movie that can't come soon enough. (Why So Serious)
- James Cameron, Joe Dante, Jon Favreau, Rick Baker, Frank Darabont and others pay tribute to Stan Winston. (AICN)
- Sam Raimi to direct "The Given Day," Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River") novel about post WWI Boston. (Variety)
- Just what in the heck is "Hulk" director Louis Leterrier's new film "Strays" all about? AICN investigates. (AICN)
- Practice your parkour. "District 14" coming to theaters. (/film)
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- Robert Downey Jr. in negotiations to star in "Cowboys and Aliens." Plot self-explanatory (but you can read the entire comic here) (THR & Drunk Duck)
- Director Lexi Alexander talks about exploding heads, graphic violence in anticipation of "Punisher: War Zone." (Lexi Alexander)
- "Hulk" director Louis Leterrier eyes eco-thriller "Strays" as next project. (THR)
- Finally, something the Pope and I agree on. "The DaVinci Code" an "offence against God." Sequel starring Tom Hanks prohibited from filming in any Roman church. (Times Online)
- Say cheese! Pictures of new Wallace and Gromit short surface online. (Io9)
- Nic Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, and Bill Nighy among voice cast announced for "Astro Boy." (Coming Soon)
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Article By Elena Torres
The pimples, the tacky fashion, the embarrassing haircuts. Imagine if Steven Spielberg saw YOU during that painfully awkward high school phase.
In a way, that's kind of what happened to actor/writer/director Vin Diesel eleven years ago at the Sundance Film Festival. Spielberg saw the star's first film "Strays" and went on to cast the man who would be Riddick in "Saving Private Ryan," jump-starting the actor's career.
"You look back to the beginning and your first work…I think it's like looking at a high school yearbook," Diesel laughed of the new-to-DVD "Strays." Read more...