Paul Rudd made a name for himself in comedy and more recently has been proving his action skills in the Marvel universe as Ant Man. Now he’s keen to show he’s a dab hand at drama, as Deadline reports he’s set to star in the true-life drama, The Catcher Was a Spy.
As Deadline points out, it’s a story it’s surprising hasn’t been turned into a movie before (although the likes of Warner, Miramax and HBO have tried), as Rudd will play ‘Moe Berg, an Ivy League grad and attorney who spoke nine languages, but that wasn’t the only reason he stood out among his baseball teammates when he spent 15 years as a journeyman player for such teams as the New York Robins and Chicago White Sox.
‘Their biggest worry might have been hitting a curveball; Berg doubled as a top secret spy for the OSS (a forerunner for the CIA), who helped the U.S. win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb. Perhaps Berg was helped in his efforts to stay under the radar by the fact his skills were not going to make anyone forget about Babe Ruth. When Berg played for the Senators, teammate Dave Harris once famously said, “Moe Berg can speak twelve languages, but can’t hit any of them!”’
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For quite a few years The Jim Henson Company has been working on The Happytime Murders, but despite plans to shoot in 2010 and 2012, and stars likes Katherine Heigl and Cameron Diaz linked to it at various times, the project has remained stuck in development hell. However now the grown-up puppet film looks like it may be moving forward, as 
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Yep, it’s true, after years and years of promises, an Absolutely Fabulous is finally on its way, and to give us a proper taste of this return to the world of Edina & Patsy, the first trailer has arrived. It’ll be in UK cinemas on July 1st.
To some Edward Snowden is a traitor, while to others he is a hero who blew the whistle of government spying programs. Now Oliver Stone is taking on the tale, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden.
While we’ve still got a few weeks left until we get to see the next X-Men movie, Apocalypse, things are already moving fast on the next standalone Wolverine movie. The film has just added a new bad guy, as 
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As you’d hope for a web series called Go-Go Boy Interrupted, Jimmy Fowlie’s show is often good at flashing some flesh. For this episode they bring in a master of it with Andrew Christian boy Pablo Hernandez showing off his acting skills – while only wearing some bulge inducing undies of course.