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DAILIES: Arnold Schwarzenegger's TV Series Details, New 'Rock Of Ages' Casting

Posted 3/24/11 5:53 pm EST by in Dailies


Arnold SchwarzeneggerNow that Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to delve back into the wild world of Hollywood, speculation has risen as to what his first project will be.

The latest we heard was that it would be a television series, which is a bit surprising since he is such a major movie star. But now Deadline has the news that the mystery series might actually be animated. They speculate that comic book guru Stan Lee might even be a major collaborator. The plot thickens!

After the jump, find out which actress is headed to "Rock of Ages," who will be directing Ben Mezrich's latest and which Wes Anderson regular is joining "Moonrise Kingdom."

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'Easy A' Director Talks Bad Reputations, 'Friends With Benefits'

Posted 8/12/10 3:27 pm EST by in News


If you haven’t yet seen the trailers for “Easy A,” stop reading now and do yourself a favor and go watch. The buzz around this film, which stars the always-enjoyable Emma Stone as a high schooler trying to stand out from the crowd by altering her reputation in a big way (read: pretending to become promiscuous), is great.

We recently spoke with the film’s director, Will Gluck, who said the teen comedy is different because it is smart and about a universally-relatable subject: reputation.

“It’s about how people are judged and what it feels like to be judged and to judge,” Gluck said. “But hopefully it doesn’t feel like medicine when you’re watching it.” Read More...

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'Twilight' Star Cam Gigandet Earning 'A' For Effort In Currently-Filming Flick

Posted 6/19/09 3:24 pm EST by in News


Cam GigandetHe played a villainous vampire in “Twilight” and has won Best Fight at the MTV Movie Awards two years running -- so, it’s safe to say we all know that Cam Gigandet is a really good bad boy. Currently, the in-demand star is hard at work on “Easy A,” a comedic spin on “The Scarlet Letter” that has him setting aside the vampire attire and instead cloaking himself in mortality and school clothes.

“The whole idea is that people [develop] their personas in high school,” Gigandet explained about the film, which stars Emma Stone as a modern-day Hester Prynne, the “Scarlet” outcast forced to wear a red “A” to mark her shame. “Whether that’s true or not, you never know until afterwards. I’m one of those characters who you think is one person, where he turns out to not be.” Read More...

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'Superbad' Star Emma Stone Heads Back To High School For An 'Easy A'

Posted 3/30/09 11:22 am EST by in News


Emma StoneEmma Stone may have played second fiddle to Anna Faris in "The House Bunny," but she's becoming a comedic leading lady in her own right ... even if she has to brand herself to do it. According to Variety, she's nabbed the lead in Screen Gems' "Easy A", a high-school retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."

Directed by Will Gluck ("Fired Up") and boasting a script from New York playwright Bert. V. Royal, "Easy A" centers on a high school student who decides being known as a slut is the way to go. She decides to feign being promiscuous, but her life begins to mimic that of Hester Prynne, Hawthorne's famous "scarlet woman." Read More...

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