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Barry Manilow and Michael Stipe Team Up for Romantic Comedy

Michael Stipe has paired with one of music's shiniest, happiest people to create a...romantic comedy? The project, Variety reports, will be co-developed by Stipe using Manilow's tunes as both the soundtrack and focus. The plot will center on a crew of Manilow fans converging on Las Vegas one fateful weekend for a Manilow concert....  read more

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Arctic Monkeys Featured In Upcoming Mockumentary

The Arctic Monkeys are following suit with popular British bands that have gone before them, playing themselves in the upcoming rock mockumentary, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee....  read more

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The Road's Release Date Gets Pushed Back...Again

In the movie business, every time a film's release date is moved back, industry confidence and media support for the project drops at least a little bit....  read more

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Will the Dude Abide Again? Jeff Bridges in Talks for Next Coen Brothers Film

Details about the latest Coen Brothers project continue to develop as the directors discuss a potential reunion with Jeff Bridges, Variety reports....  read more

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Watch the Trailer for John Krasinski's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men has a ridiculous pedigree, what with the David Foster Wallace source material and a cast that includes Will Arnett, Julianne Nicholson, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale and Will Forte. It’s also backed by indie superdistributor IFC Films and marks the directorial debut of winsome Office star John Krasinski. As we might expect, then, the movie’s first trailer is brisk and droll, easy to watch and easier to like....  read more

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Richard Linklater Gets Long-Awaited Release Date for Orson Welles Biopic

Pushing through multiple delays, a filmmaker finally manages to get a release date for his film about another filmmaker directing a Shakespeare play on Broadway. It rarely gets more convoluted or meta than that. Small wonder, then, that it took nearly a year for said film to get that release date in the U.S....  read more

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Watch the Trailer for Jason Reitman's Up in the Air

The trailer for Up in the Air takes a risk, and, eh, it pulls it off pretty well. The third feature by Jason Reitman (Juno) comes from the novel by Walter Kirn about a corporate consultant who obsessively collects frequent-flier miles. Instead of trying to tackle that decidedly noncommercial premise, the trailer splices together gorgeous images, a voice-over of vaguely existential musings and fun-looking scenes with George Clooney....  read more

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Fantastic Four Gets A Reboot

Movie remakes are more popular than sequels these days, especially those of the comic-book sort, such as Batman Begins, The Incredible Hulk, and possibly the upcoming Spider-Man films. However, some superhero franchises are either so fortunate or so paltry that they are given a couple reboots to finally get it right. Enter Fantastic Four....  read more

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Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Make U.S. Debut at Hamptons Festival

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger's final film, will make its U.S. debut by closing the Hamptons International Film Festival in October, Variety reports....  read more

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Live-Action Akira Driving Forward with Children of Men/Iron Man Writers Onboard

A live-action version of the classic 1988 animé Akira will go ahead, red motorcycle and all....  read more

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