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Jon M. Chu To Direct Young Adult Sci-fi Matched

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jon-m-chuWhile we’re still waiting to see how Jon M. Chu did with G.I. Joe Retaliation, he’s already lining up his next movie, as THR reports that he’s is in talks to direct Matched for Walt Disney Pictures. The filmmaker replaces David Slade (30 Days of Night), who was in talks to direct back in September, but that didn’t work out.

The film is based on Ally Condie’s young adult novel that is set in a future where the government controls every aspect of people’s lives – what they read, what to believe in and who they should fall in love with. The main plot follows a young woman who is set up with an arranged romance, which she turns down to forge her own path.

Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) wrote the adapted screenplay. Chu remains attached to the reboot of Masters Of The Universe, but it’s believed that project is still in the early stages, so Matched is likely to be in his next film.

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Kenneth Branagh May Take On Disney’s Live-Action Cinderella

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kenneth-branaghThor certainly opened a lot of doors for Kenneth Branagh, including rebooting the Jack Ryan franchise with Chris Pine and Kevin Costner. Now he’s in talks for another huge project, as Vulture reports that Branagh is in talks to take over Disney’s planned live-action version of Cinderella from the recently departed Mark Romanek.

Cate Blanchett is still attached to play the wicked stepmother, although the production has still not found its title character yet. Back in November actresses such as Saoirse Ronan (The Host), Alicia Vikander (The Seventh Son), and Gabriella Wilde (Carrie) were said to be in contention for the role, but it’s not known if they’re still in the running.

If a deal is finalided, Branagh will direct from a screenplay by Chris Weitz, who rewrote the original draft by Aline Brosh McKenna. The studio hopes to start shooting in London this autumn.

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Zachary Quinto Wants To Adopt In Dog Eat Dog Short Film

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Zachary Quinto has adopted – a dog, that is. Now he wants us all to see his experience getting a doggy, in exaggerated short film form. The money for Dog Eat Dog was raised through Kickstarter, with a portion of the budget donated to the LA Shelter System.

Quinto says, “This story is very close to all of us, as we have all rescued or fostered dogs over the years. The story of the film is an exaggerated account of how I eventually found my rescue dog Noah, but it still reflects a bit of the reality I faced when I was looking to adopt a shelter dog.”

Take a look at the 13-minute short above, all about how one man can get very attached to a rescue dog before he’s even been allowed to take it home, and tries to beat out Philip Baker Hall to be the adoptive doggy daddy.

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Watch Disney’s Oscar Nominated Short Paperman

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It’s nice to know that Disney hasn’t completely given up on hand-drawn animation and that they’re also still able to come up with innovative shorts. With Paperman nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar, the full film has now been put online, presumably in the hope as many Oscar voters will get to see it as possible.

It’s a sweet and charming black and white mix of hand-drawn and CG animation, telling the story of a young man’s attempts to get the attention of a girl he previously met on a train platform.

It’s sweet, charming and stylish, so take a look.

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First Look At Tom Hiddleston & Tilda Swinton In Only Lovers Left Alive

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only-lovers-left-alive-pic1Any new movie from indie king Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man, Broken Flowers) is intriguing, but the idea of him turning to the world of vampires has gotten a lot of people even more interested. Now the first photo from the movie, Only Lovers Left Alive, has arrived, featuring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston.

Hiddleston stars as Adam, an underground musician who’s deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, who reunites with his long-lost lover from centuries ago, Eve (Tilda Swinton), although their reunion gets disrupted by Eve’s rowdy sister (Mia Wasikowska). John Hurt and Anton Yelchin also star.

No release is set at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get to see the movie later this year.

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Sam Worthington Is For The Dogs In A New Assassin Thriller

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Sam WorthingtonSam Worthington has several projects he’s attached to while he waits for Jame Cameron to be ready to shoot Avatar 2 & 3, and now Variety says he’s added another one, the indie thriller For The Dogs.

Phillip Noyce (Salt) is set to direct from a screenplay by Oren Moverman (working from Paul Leyden’s earlier draft), based on Kevin Wignall’s novel. It’s about a lone assassin who agrees to help a bright college girl exact revenge on those who mercilessly murdered her parents and younger brother.

The producers plan to look for distributors and funding at the Berlin Film Festival before kicking of shooting later this year.

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Charlize Theron Up For Seth MacFarlane’s Million Ways To Die In The West

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charlize-theronYou’d think Seth MacFarlane would be too busy preparing to host the Oscars to do much else at the moment (and that’s ignoring the fact he has three TV shows on the air), but he’s also busy moving forward on his follow-up to Ted, A Million Ways to Die in the West.

THR reports that he’s starting to piece the cast together, with Charlize Theron now in negotiations to star alongside Seth himself in the movie.

The ‘Blazing Saddles-style comedy’ is about a meek farmer whose girlfriend leaves him after he backs out of a gunfight. He meets the wife of a notorious outlaw who offers to teach him how to shoot. However what first seems to be a chance to win back his girlfriend turns into something else when he falls for the women. Things inevitably get complicated when the outlaw returns to reclaim his woman.

The plan is start shooting the film in May.

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Tony Stark Is Falling In A New Iron Man 3 Poster

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It seems no movie featuring Iron Man is complete without a scene where Tony Stark plummets from his sky and we don’t know whether he’ll survive. He’s done it in both the Iron Man movies and The Avengers and now we’re even getting some foreshadowing of that happening in Iron Man 3 with a new poster.

It certainly makes for a great image, and suggests that Tony is going to need to upgrade his suit a bit in order to take on the evil Mandarin.

The image arrives ahead of a new promo which will debut during this Sunday’s Superbowl and should be online shortly afterwards. Iron Man 3 hits cinemas on May 3rd.

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Source Code Helmer Duncan Jones Takes On World Of Warcraft Movie

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duncan-jonesFor several years Sam Raimi was attached to direct a World Of Warcraft movie, but for a long time after he went off to make Oz The Great And Wonderful there was little movement on the project. Indeed many had assumed the whole idea had been canned, but then last August Charles Leavitt (The Seventh Son) was hired to take a new crack at the script.

Now Legendary Entertainment is finally moving forward with the game-to-film adaptation, bringing Moon and Source Code helmer Duncan Jones on board to direct. The $100 million plus project certainly a far bigger project than anything he’s taken on before.

There are no specific details on the plot of the film, but Legendary seem to like the script they have and are confident enough in it that they’re hoping to start production this fall for a 2015 release. Presumably the movie will take us into the world created by Blizzard Entertainment, which is filled with fantasy creatures taking on missions in order to rid the lands of evil creatures. (Source: THR)

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Tom Hardy & Noomi Rapace Team Up For Child 44

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Tom Hardy in WarriorTom Hardy and Noomi Rapace certainly seem keen to work together, as a couple of months ago they both signed up to star in Animal Rescue, and now Variety reports the duo are also teaming up for Child 44.

News of the movie first emerged back in 2007 when Ridley Scott was attached to direct. Scott will no longer helm the movie, but is is still planning to produce. Instead Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) will take the director’s chair from a screenplay by Richard Price, adapted from the Tom Rob Smith novel.

The movie is set in 1950s Russia and centres on a former Soviet Police member who investigates a series of child murders but finds himself being targeted by his own government. Tom Hardy will play the Soviet officer, with Noomi Rapace as his wife, who pretends to be the loving partner, but is really concealing her true feelings.

Hardy and Rapace are going to be spending a lot of time together, as the Dennis Lehane adaptation Animal Rescue starts shooting in March, with Child 44 hoping to begin production in Budapest this May.

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