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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

<i>Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</i>

When last we left Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) of the Impossible Mission Force (not to be confused with the Extensive Paperwork Bureau), he and his new bride were traipsing off to a car chase-free life of early retirement. But as we all know, Hollywood cops and spies are never allowed to stay retired for long. After the thrilling opening sequence of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (which continues the Scream-like trend of casting stars to off them early), we cut to a Moscow prison where Ethan is mysteriously being held. Agents Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and Jane Carter (Paula Patton) are...  read more

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Tom Cruise Gives Updates, Confirms Involvement with Top Gun Sequel

Tom Cruise Gives Updates, Confirms Involvement with <i>Top Gun</i> Sequel

According to MTV News, Tom Cruise has confirmed his involvement with the upcoming Top Gun sequel. News on the project has been slow and often vague, but speaking with MTV News' Josh Horowitz at an event in Dubai for the new Mission Impossible film, Cruise stated "We're working on it", referring to himself, director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.  read more

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Watch the New Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Trailer

Watch the New <i>Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol</i> Trailer

A new trailer for Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol has hit the web, and there are plenty of explosions and Tom Cruise running scenes to go around. The fourth installment in the series finds Ethan Hunt and his team taking the blame for a terrorist bombing and being asked to complete a mission that’s, well, probably close to impossible. Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg will both return for the film....  read more

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Russell Brand Officially Joins Rock of Ages Cast

Russell Brand Officially Joins <em>Rock of Ages</em> Cast

Russell Brand has officially joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages....  read more

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Paul Giamatti Will Manage Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages

Paul Giamatti Will Manage Tom Cruise in <em>Rock of Ages</em>

Deadline reports that Paul Giamatti, who stars in the critically-acclaimed Win Win (that features a song by The National and Sharon Van Etten) will manage Tom Cruise’s rock band in the film, Rock of Ages....  read more

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Ten Actors Who Should be on Dancing With The Stars Instead of The Situation

Ten Actors Who Should be on <em>Dancing With The Stars</em> Instead of The Situation

The producers are playing fast and loose with the term "stars" these days...  read more

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Yes, There Is Going to Be A Les Grossman Movie

Yes, There Is Going to Be A Les Grossman Movie

Yesterday, MTV Films and Paramount Pictures announced they would be joining Tom Cruise in his quest for a high-"Gross"ing spinoff of the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder....  read more

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Slideshow: A Brief History of the Fat Suit in Film

Slideshow: A Brief History of the Fat Suit in Film

Turns out, the chubby costume has a long and storied history...  read more

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Mission: Impossible IV Gets a Director

<em>Mission: Impossible IV</em> Gets a Director

The fourth helping of Mission: Impossible now has a director. Brad Bird, who headed up 2004’s The Incredibles, has signed on to team up with star Tom Cruise and producer J.J. Abrams to create the next chapter in the action series. This would mark Bird’s foray into the live-action world, since he’s been an animated-only director until now....  read more

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Paste Casts the Five Remaining "Lost" Stanley Kubrick Films

<em>Paste</em> Casts the Five Remaining "Lost" Stanley Kubrick Films

Last week, word emerged that one of Stanley Kubrick’s long lost film scripts, Lunatic at Large, would be brought to the big screen, some 50 plus years after Kubrick abandoned the project to work on Spartacus. According to The New York Times, the film, a mystery about a mental asylum escapee set in New York City during the ‘50s, was found by Kubrick’s son-in-law among trunks of papers left behind after the filmmaker’s death in 1999. The main story centers on an ex-carnival worker with anger-management issues who seduces a bar floozy. Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell have signed on...  read more

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