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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Plans A Comedy Called Birdman

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Alejandro Gonazalez Inarritu has made a name for himself with impressively melancholy/depressing movies such as Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful. It seems he wants to cheer up a bit, as THR reports that he’s busy lining up his first comedy project, Birdman.

The movie is about a once-famous actor who’s almost completely identified with playing an iconic superhero. He’s now keen for people to see him in a different light by lining up a comeback in a Broadway play. The plot takes place entirely at one location over the span of three days, as he tries to juggle his comeback attempt with his family life, which takes a toll on his sanity.

Inarritu will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Biutiful writers Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo, and Alexander Dinelaris. He hopes to start shooting next March.

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Disney Plans Alice in Wonderland Sequel

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When a film becomes a major hit, the usual thing in Hollywood is to get a sequel moving as fast as possible. However despite Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland making a billion at the box office, we haven’t heard anything about a follow-up – until now, that is.

Variety reports that Walt Disney Pictures is now moving ahead on a sequel to Alice in Wonderland, with original screenwriter Linda Woolverton returning to write the follow-up. There’s no news on whether Tim Burton intends to direct.

It’s likely it’s taken a while to get this going as no deals are in place guaranteeing the likes of Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter), Mia Wasikowska (Alice), Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen), and Anne Hathaway (White Queen) will returns – and so getting them back may be difficult and incredibly costly. However it’s possible Woolverton has come up with a pitch that gets around this.

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Tom Cruise Eyes A Ruined New York In First Oblivion Poster

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Joseph Kosinski’s Tron: Legacy may not have been as big a hit as he might have hoped, but Oblivion is intriguing and may benefit from arriving with less hype than his previous effort. Now the marketing has begun, with the first poster for the film (which you can see above) and the promise a trailer will arrive on Sunday.

Adapted from Kosinski’s own graphic novel, Tom Cruise stars as Jack Harper, one of the last men left on a ruined Earth, who repairs the drones tasked with retrieving vital resources from the planet. His whole world is turned upside down when he encounters a female pilot who crash lands on the planet, and they go on a journey of discovery that forces him to question everything he thinks he knows.

I’m not sure how you get a waterfall halfway up a skyscraper, but I’m sure the movie will explain it when it arrives next April.

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The Muppets 2 Gets Ty Burrell, Replacing Christoph Waltz

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A couple of months ago, it was revealed that Christoph Waltz was in talk to star in The Muppets 2. However a deal couldn’t be reached with the Oscar winner due to scheduling conflicts and so he’s been replaced by Modern Family star Ty Burrell, according the THR.

Burrell is set to play an Interpol inspector, one of the key, non-puppet roles, in a film that’s said to bring Kermit and co. to Europe. Other parts that are still being cast are a Russian femme fatale and a mysterious male lead. There are also expected to be a slew of cameos.

Muppets director James Bobin is returning helm the film, working from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nick Stoller. Jason Segel, who co-wrote and starred in The Muppets is not coming back for the sequel. Shooting is slated to begin this winter in London (which means Burrell is going to have to slot in his role amongst his Modern Family commitments).

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Warner Drops Gay Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash’s Movie Following Sex Scandal

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It’s not been a good couple of months for Kevin Clash, the man who for 28 years worked on Sesame Street and was the puppeteer and voice behind Elmo. He’s been hit with several claims that he’s engaged with underage sex with young men, which resulted in him resigning permanently from the children’s show that’s long been part of his life.

Now he’s had more bad news, as Vulture reports that Warner Bros. has dropped a proposed puppet feature that Clash was developing. The former Sesame Street-er began putting together the project last summer, which would have revolved around a newly created character.

A brief description of the story, as described in a leaked development document, says it would have been, ‘A Calvin and Hobbes kind of movie about a kid and his stuffed animal that takes on a life of its own because of the child’s imagination.’

The unnamed lead puppet character was reportedly inspired by the WB’s Ralph Phillips, who appeared in a series of 1950s Looney Tunes short films.

Kevin Clash could still potentially shop the project to other studios, but with legal action still hanging over his head, and no guarantee others won’t emerge making claims, it’s tough to imagine anyone would want to touch it at the moment.

It should be noted that while several claims of underage sex have been made, nothing has been proved.

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Great Hobbit 13-Minute Featurette Arrives

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It’s less than a week until The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits cinemas. There’s a huge amount of anticipation and for those who can’t get enough on the film, there’s a great new 13-minute featurette, which includes plenty of new footage from the movie, as well as some interesting behind-the-scenes info on the making of the movie.

The movie has been getting slightly mixed notices – no one’s said it’s bad, but that perhaps it doesn’t quite hit the ridiculously high bar set by Lord Of The Ring, although it will be difficult to fully judge it until we’ve seen all three movies. We’ll all get to see what we think on December 13th.

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New Pics Of Saoirse Ronan & Jake Abel In The Host Debut

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I’d imagine there are many people out there already feeling Twilight withdrawal symptoms now that the final film in the series has hit cinemas. However they might find some solace from the fact another Stephenie Meyer adaptation, the sci-fi flick The Host, hits cinemas on March 29th, 2013.

Now a slew of new images from the film have arrived via Hollywood.com, showing the likes of Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons and William Hurt. In The Host, our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed, including Soarise Ronan’s main character, Melanie Stryder. However while normally the human is completely subdued by their host, in Melanie’s case, her personality flashes through, intriguing her Host, known as Wanda, and setting them off on a quest to find the last free humans.

Click on the pics below for larger versions.

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Ryan Kwanten & Sullivan Stapleton Will Cut Snake In An Aussie Thriller

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The title Cut Snake might sounds like it’ll be about circumcision, but it’s actually an Aussie thriller that’s just added homegrown sons Ryan Kwanten and Sullivan Stapleton to its cast, according to Deadline.

Written by Australian TV writer Blake Ayshford, Cut Snake looks at a real-life tragedy that happened in Brisbane in 1973. A heist gone wrong led to the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub getting torched, resulting in the deaths of 15 people. Just released from prison, Stapleton’s character convinces Kwanten’s, who is on the verge of getting married, to help him out on this ill-fated robbery. Rachael Taylor is attached to play Kwanten’s fiancee. Tony Ayres will direct.

Both Kwanten and Stapleton have found success outside their home country with Ryan starring in True Blood, while Sullivan made a splash in Animal Kingdom and will be seen soon in Ruben Fleischer’s much anticipated Gangster Squad.

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First Hobbit: There & Back Again Image Sees Orlando Bloom Back As Legolas

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We’ve had quite a few images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which hits cinemas on December 13th, but now we’re jumping forward to the third film, The Hobbit: There & Back Again, with the first pic from that movie arriving via EW. And it’ll be exciting for all those who swooned over Legolas in Lord Of The Rings, as it shows Orlando Bloom back in Middle Earth for more elf-ness.

As many will know, Legolas isn’t in the book, so what’s he doing in the movie? Peter Jackson says, “He’s [elven king] Thranduil’s son, and Thranduil is one of the characters in The Hobbit, and because elves are immortal it makes sense Legolas would be part of the sequence in the Woodland Realm.” In the pic Legolas is one of the Hobbit trilogy’s new human faces, Laketown warrior Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans).

EW also has a rather cool new Unexpected Journey shot, showing Gandalf meeting the Goblin King (played by Dame Edna herself, Barry Humphries).

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Zach Helm Writing Jumanji Remake

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Several months ago now, Sony revealed that they were thinking of remaking Jumanji. Now that’s moved forwards, with THR reporting that Zach Helm has signed up to take a first crack at the script.

Helm is best known for writing Stranger Than Fiction and (in a more Jumanji vein) Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Now he’s taking on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 book, about two kids (played in the first film by Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce) who discover the game called Jumanji. When they play it, they discover that whatever happens in the game unleashes things in real life, including a horde of animals and a man who’s trapped in the game’s world since he was a child (originally Robin Williams).

There’s no news on whether this new take will put any sort of radical spin on the story or if it will be a straightforward retelling for a new generation.

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