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Early Buzz: The First Reader Reviews Of The Princess And The Frog And Terminator Salvation The first reader reviews of McG’sTerminator Salvationand Disney’s return to hand drawn animation,The Princess and The Froghave shown up online. Gandalf The Grey over onAICNsays that he went in with low expectations but “actually came out of the cinema quite uplifted and hopeful.” He admits that the film “isn’t as convincingly done as the Batman reboot” but its “a good beginning for this storyline....

Eva Green And Julia Garner Join ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Cameras have been rolling onRobert Rodriguez’sSin City: A Dame to Kill Forfor some time now, but either he’s only just gotten around to casting one of its major characters, or publicists have waited to announce the casting until late in the game.Eva Greenhas just been announced as part of the project in the role of Ava Lord, the femme fatale who features prominently in the titular plotline....

First ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Character Poster Spotlights Groot And Rocket This week will bring a slew ofGuardians of the Galaxycharacter posters and Marvel and Disney are starting things off right. The first one features the duo of Rocket Raccoon (voiced byBradley Cooper) and Groot (voiced byVin Diesel) in full on badass mode. The film, written and directed byJames Gunn, opens August 1. Check out the first character poster below....

Hoping For Oscars, ‘127 Hours’ Gets 600 Screen Expansion Next Week Four days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce their nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards, Fox Searchlight will be expandingDanny Boyle’s127 Hours, a visually stunning narrative retelling of one man’s battle vs nature starringJames Franco. The film opened on November 5 and has since made just north of $11 million. At its widest expansion, the movie played on 433 screens....

How A Nightmare On Elm Street Essentially Saved New Line Cinema In 2004, New Line Cinema’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” cleaned up at the Oscars, taking home a record-equalling 11 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was something of a coronation for Peter Jackson’s spectacular trilogy and a triumph for New Line CEO Bob Shaye, who had greenlit the project on the condition that Jackson expand his original pitch to three films....

How Many Shadows? Producer Michael Uslan Suggests There Might Be A Bunch It’s been sometime since we heard anything about the newThe Shadowfilm. Way back in December 2006,Sam RaimiandMichael Uslancame onboard as producers and Siavash Farahani was appointed to write the screenplay. It wassaidthat several other Street and Smith properties were being optioned, almost as part of a set – these would includeDoc SavageandThe Avenger, possibly evenThe WhispererandThe Skipper, and it was sometimes suggested that characters from each would all appear in a single movie....

James Cameron Says ‘Avatar’ Sequels Will Make You ‘S*** Yourself;’ Plus Frame Rate Update James Cameronhas never been one to set the bar low. When his last two films were released, each was most expensive movies ever made and became the highest grossing films ever.Avatarremains on the top of the list by a wide margin, followed up by the other recent Cameron film,Titanic. But that’s not all. Cameron has reached similar heights making the first $100 million film inTerminator 2: Judgement Day, groundbreaking effects inThe Abyss, and of course the technical advancements inAvatarwhich set the stage for much of what’s happening in special effects today....

Lionsgate Executive Hints ‘Saw’ Series Will Return Whether you realized it or not, this past Halloween was the first one in seven years without a newSawmovie in theaters. 2010 brought audiences the seventh film,Saw 3D,which was the most expensive of the series thus far. However, while it did receive a nice box office bump thanks to inflated 3D ticket prices, the film failed to perform up to lofty expectations. Producers decided it was time for Jigsaw and his minions to take a break and this year,Paranormal Activity 3was the lone major horror Halloween release....

Marvel Will Exclusively Publish ‘Star Wars’ Comics Starting In 2015 Disney ownsMarvel. Disney also ownsLucasFilm. So it makes perfect sense starting in 2015, Marvel will once again become the official comic book company for theStar Warsuniverse. Before the firstStar Warsfilm came out, Marvel was publishing comics based on the universe butDark Horsehas had the license for over two decades. Now, the Skywalkers return to their home. Read the full press release below, which may hint at characters in the new trilogy, as well as a comment from Dark Horse....

Matthew Broderick Is Playing Old Ralphie In Fox’s ‘A Christmas Story’ Live Musical Hopefully, when you read thisA Christmas StoryLivecasting news, you won’t want to shoot your eye out.Matthew Broderick(Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Election, Glory) has been hired to play the adult version of Ralphie Parker, the young protagonist of the 1983 holiday movie and the subsequent Broadway musical. Like in those productions, Broderick will provide the narration for Fox’s live TV take on the Christmas tale....

Mondo To Celebrate Batman’s 80th Birthday With A New Bat-Centric Gallery Show Holy octogenarian, Batman! The Caped Crusader first debuted in the pages of Detective Comics back in 1939, which makes him 80 years old this year. To celebrate the anniversary, Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas is hosting a brand new show called80 Years of Batmanthis summer, and you may see some of the pieces that will be on display below....

More ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Photos: Draco Malfoy Is All Grown Up You’ve metthe Pottersandthe Granger-Weasleys; now it’s time to get acquainted with the Malfoys. The upcoming playHarry Potter and the Cursed Childhas released the first official photos of Draco Malfoy, now all grown up and played byAlex Price, and his school-age son Scorpius, played byAnthony Boyle. The pair round out theCursed Childcast, which also includesJamie Parker(Harry Potter),Poppy Miller(Ginny Potter),Sam Clemmett(Albus Potter),Noma Dumezweni(Hermione Granger),Paul Thornley(Ron Weasley), andCherrelle Skeete(Rose Granger-Weasley)....

New ‘Batman V Superman’ Plot Synopsis Reignites Your Geeky, Late-Night Debates It’s a conversation you’ve had countless times before. You had it at sleepovers when you were a young kid. You argued over it in the aisles of your friendly neighborhood comic book shop. You chatted the semantics of such a showdown in late-night, half-drunk dorm room discussions. You regularly debate the details on internet forums. Who would win in a fight between Batman and Superman?...